Burning The Ground Exclusive 1985
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Originally posted August 8, 2016
Released one month after the “Murder Mix” this is the second Japan 12″ release for “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) issued on July 21, 1985.
Dead or Alive’s vocalist Pete Burns states in his autobiography that he composed “You Spin Me Round” by using two existing songs as inspiration for creating something new:
How did I write “Spin Me”? I listened to Luther Vandross’s ‘I Wanted Your Love’. It’s not the same chord structure, but then that’s the way I make music – I hear something and I sing another tune over it. I didn’t sit and study the Luther Vandross album – I heard the song and it locked. I’m trying to structure the music and I know what I want. It’s like do this, do this, do this – and suddenly it hits. I don’t want to do Luther Vandross’s song, but I can still sing the same pattern over it. And there was another record, by Little Nell, called “See You ‘Round Like A Record”. So I had those two, Van Dross and Little Nell and – bingo! – done deal.
— Pete Burns, Freak Unique (2007)
According to Burns, the record company was unenthusiastic about “You Spin Me Round”, to such an extent that Burns had to take out a £2,500 loan to record it, then once it had been recorded “the record company said it was awful. It was unanimous – it was awful, it was rubbish.” Burns states that the band had to fund the production of the song’s video themselves.
The strings were based on Richard Wagner’s classical piece “Ride of the Valkyries”.
Interviewed for BBC Radio 4’s The Reunion: The Hit Factory, in April 2015, Burns said that the confrontational attitude of the producers was met with an equally confrontational attitude from the band and that this led to “quite a bad vibe” for the entirety of the studio time, describing the experience as “a time of intense friction”.
SIDE A:
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) (Performance Mix) 7:27
Producer – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
SIDE B:
Mighty Mix(Part 2) 7:47
Engineer – Tim Palmer
Producer – Zeus B. Held
Ba Wish You Were Here
Bb What I Want
Bc Do It
Bd Misty Circles
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
OBI: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #11 |
| 1985 | You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #4 |
| 1985 | You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) | U.S. Billboard Hot DanceMuisic Maxi-Singles Sales | #4 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic/Sony – 12・3P-635
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Japan
Released: 21 Jul 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Artwork – Satori (14)
Photography By – Peter Brown (23)
Written-By – Dead Or Alive
NOTES:
Also available the LP “YOUTHQUAKE”
Find the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL RESTORATION:-
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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
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:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
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