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Billy Idol – White Wedding Parts I & II (Shot Gun Mix) (UK 12″)

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“White Wedding Parts I & II (Shot Gun Mix)” is a single released in June 1985 by English rocker Billy Idol to promote the Remix Album “Vital Idol”. This single contains the original 1982 12″ version of “White Wedding (Part 1&2)” renamed “Shotgun Mix” for this 12″ and the “Vital Idol” LP. The 1985 re-issue of “White Wedding” reached #6 on the UK singles chart where it did not chart at all when originally released in 1983.

This 12″ also includes the exclusive “Mega-Idol Mix” a megamix which comprises “Flesh For Fantasy,” “Hot in the City” and “Dancing With Myself”.

SIDE A:
White Wedding (Parts 1 & 2) (Shot Gun Mix) 8:21

SIDE B:
Mega-Idol Mix 8:00

B1 Flesh For Fantasy
Remix – Gary Langan

B2 Hot In The City

B3 Dancing With Myself
Remix – Steve Stevens

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis – IDOLX 5
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single, Partially Mixed
Country: UK
Released: Jun 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Made in the UK

New album “Vital Idol”

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Billy Idol – Eyes Without A Face (US 12″ Promo)

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“Eyes Without a Face” is a song by the English rock musician Billy Idol, from his second studio album Rebel Yell (1983). It was released in June 1984 as the second single from the album. The song is softer and more ballad-like than most of the album’s other singles. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Idol’s first top-10 hit in the US. The recording features the voice of Perri Lister—she appeared in the banned video for “Hot in the City”—who sings “Les yeux sans visage” (French for “Eyes without a face”) as a background chorus. The title of the song refers to the English title of French director Georges Franju’s horror film Les Yeux sans visage (1960). The “Single Version” was not included on the 2024 expanded Edition of “Rebel Yell”.

SIDE A:
Eyes Without A Face (LP Version) 4:58

SIDE B:
Eyes Without A Face (Single Version) 4:10

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1984 Eyes Without A Face U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #4
1984 Eyes Without A Face U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks #5

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis – AS 1856
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Special AOR 12″

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Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
DAC: Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

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Billy Idol – Catch My Fall (Re-Mix Fix) (UK 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1988

“Catch My Fall” is a song by Billy Idol from his 1983 studio album Rebel Yell. It became the album’s fourth and final single (released in 1984). It was written by Idol and produced by Keith Forsey. In December 1984 the song reached #50 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

In 1988 the song was re-released as a single in the UK to promote the Billy Idol hits package “Idol Songs”, “Catch My Fall” was also remixed for inclusion on the remix album “Vital Idol” The 1988 re-release reached #63 in the UK.

David Mallet directed the song’s original 1984 music video.

SIDE A:
Catch My Fall (The Remix Fix) 4:56
Remix [Uncredited] – Billy Idol, Steve Stevens

SIDE B:
All Summer Single 4:34

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1984 Catch My Fall U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #50
1984 Catch My Fall U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks #24

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis – IDOLX 13
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: Aug 1988
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Track A is printed on the back sleeve as “Catch My Fall (Re-Mix Fix)”.

“IDOL SONGS” – 11 Of The Best available on album, CD, and cassette.

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Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
DAC: Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

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Billy Idol – Don’t Stop (US 12″ EP)

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“Don’t Stop” is the first solo release by rock singer Billy Idol. Released in the US in 1981, it contains a cover of Tommy James and the Shondells’ UK #1 “Mony Mony,” which would become a later hit for him as a live version in 1987.

It also contains the song “Dancing with Myself”, which had previously been a commercially unsuccessful single release for Idol’s former band Gen X in the United Kingdom in 1980. “Dancing With Myself” (from that band’s LP Kiss Me Deadly) was not re-recorded for the Don’t Stop EP release but was remixed from Gen X’s 6:05 minute long extended version of the song and edited down into 4:50 minutes, from which a drum solo and chorus section was removed.

“Untouchables” is another Gen X song taken from the 1980 album Kiss Me Deadly, which was re-recorded for Don’t Stop.

The EP peaked at #71 on the Billboard 200 and generated considerable anticipation for the full-length album Billy Idol, released the following year.

For this promo release, the tracklisting is in a different order on the vinyl than on other releases and what is listed on the sleeve.

SIDE A:
Dancing With Myself (Long Version) 4:51
Backing Band [with] – Generation X (4)

Untouchables 3:36

SIDE B:
Mony Mony 5:02
Baby Talk 3:12

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
Poster: Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis ‎– PV 44000 DJ
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Promo, Poster
Country: US
Released: 1981
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock, New Wave

CREDITS:
Engineer – Brian Reeves, Nigel Walker (tracks: A1)
Producer [Produced By] –  Keith Forsey

NOTES:
Label: “FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY”

Matrix/Runouts/Cat No: “DJ”

Issued with large folded poster

The back cover lists songs in a different order on different sides. Label and actual play order is listed here.

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DAC: Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
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