BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1980
Our Daughters Wedding was an American synthpop trio from New York, consisting of Layne Rico on synthesizer, Keith Silva on vocals and keyboards, and Scott Simon on bass-synth and saxophone. The group took their name from a section of greeting cards.
In 1980, they released the internationally successful “Lawnchairs”. It peaked at #49 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1981. They toured with other bands of the day including U2, Duran Duran, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Iggy Pop, The Psychedelic Furs and frequently appeared on MTV as guest hosts. Their television resume also included various shows on BBC Television.
SIDE A:
Lawnchairs 3:25
SIDE B:
Airline 3:30
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Design Records – ODW913LR, Design Records – ODW912KS
Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single, 45 RPM, Yellow/Purple Cover
Country: US
Released: 1980
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop
Credits: Design [Designs] – Layne*
Engineer – Frank (big boy) Simon*, Richard Van Dorn
Executive-Producer – Rico West
Performer [Our Daughter’s Wedding] – Keith Silva, Layne Rico, Scott Simon (2)
Producer, Mixed By – Frank Simon, O D W*
Written-By – Silva*, Rico*
NOTES:
Comes with a postcard.
Most credits are derived from the postcard.
Some sleeves have the chair on front in white, red and green while others show it in white, yellow and purple or white, red and blue.
Find The 7″ On DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Speed Control: Pro-Ject Speed Box S
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 Removeal: ClickRepair (DeClick Level 3)
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
