Tag: Funky Killer

S’Express – Superfly Guy (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

A. Front

“Superfly Guy” was the second single realesed by English dance music band S’Express, from their debut studio album, Original Soundtrack. The single reached #5 on the UK singles chart and #2 on the US dance chart. US copies of the single had samples replaced that differ from the UK release. According to Mark Moore’s web site “Funky Killer” became a secret weapon by djs such as J Saul Kane (Depth Charge) who would cover the label up on the 7″ and when asked, say it was a track from the 70s. The vinyl crackle in the track is meant to be there for effect.

For no reason the band changed their name from S-Express to S’Express.

The original 12″ mix has never appeared on CD.

PLATFORM 1:
Superfly Guy (12″) 7:38
Superfly Guy (7″) 3:45

PLATFORM 2:
Lolly-Pop 4:29

Funky Killer 4:55
Mixed By – Mark Moore, Pascal Gabriel

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1988 Superfly Guy U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #2

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Capitol Records ‎– V-15409
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Downtempo

CREDITS:
Bass [Acid Bass] – Ian Beta*
Engineer – Lucy Blundun
Mixed By – The Marks Brothers (tracks: A1 to B1)
Producer, Written-By – Mark Moore, Pascal Gabriel
Vocals [Additional] – Steam (3)

NOTES:
Original version of “Suprfly Guy” available on the LP “ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK”

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

B. Back

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck 
Phono Pre-amp:
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube:
Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard:
ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning:
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans:
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

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

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi