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Musical Reporters – Blow Job (It’s Hard To Be President) (France 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1987

Vinyl-only

“Blow Job (It’s Hard To Be President)” is a 1987 New Beat single by Belgian trio Musical Reporters which consisted of Jos Borremans (aka Chris Inger), K. Hendrickx (aka Harry Van Oekel), Maurice Engelen (aka Praga Khan). They only released one single, which managed to get some club play in America.

SIDE A:
Blow Job (It’s Hard To Be President) 6:31

SIDE B:
Hold On 6:16

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Carrere – 8769
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: France
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Beat

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Recorded At – Ace Studio
Recorded At – Le Studio Brussels

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VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus:  Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
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

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

**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!


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