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April 11, 2024

Peter Godwin – Images Of Heaven (US 12″ EP)

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“Images Of Heaven” was the second 12″ EP released by English new wave musician Peter Godwin. The EP contained different track listings depending on the country of release. The song “Images of Heaven” became a “cult favorite on New Wave radio stations. None of the songs contained on this EP appeared on Godwin’s only full-length studio LP “Correspondence”. Neither this EP nor the LP “Correspondence” have been released on CD.

Mix titles on Side A are not listed on the release.

Two music videos were released for “Images Of Heaven” a censored and uncensored version.

SIDE A:
Images Of Heaven (Dance Mix) 4:59
Torch Song For The Heroine (Extended Version) 5:40
Producer – Midge Ure

SIDE B:
Emotional Disguise (Vocal) 4:15
Emotional Disguise (Instrumental) 4:15

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Polydor – PX-1-504, Polydor – 2141 604
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:

Bass – Gary Twigg
Costume Designer [Clothes] – Antony Price
Drums [Simmons Drums] – Warren Cann
Engineer – Graham Dickson
Guitar – Colin Wight
Management – Daylight Robbery Management Ltd.
Photography By – Peter Ashworth
Producer – Georg Kajanus (tracks: A1, B1, B2)
Written-By – Peter Godwin

NOTES:
“Nobody blessed me with power to reach my love one cheap illusion can still be divine”

Printed in U.S.A.

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Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

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January 18, 2023

Visage – Mind Of A Toy (UK 12″)

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“Mind of a Toy” is the third single by the British pop group Visage, released on Polydor Records in March 1981. It was taken from the band’s eponymous debut album, following up their international hit “Fade to Grey”. The song reached #13 on the UK singles chart.

The music video for the single was directed by former 10cc members Godley & Creme, who had branched out into video production by that time. The theme of the video was Steve Strange’s idea, who decided on a Little Lord Fauntleroy look. In his autobiography, Blitzed!, Strange claimed that the video was banned by the BBC’s Top of the Pops as it was considered to be “frightening for children”, however it was actually screened on the show on 19 March 1981.

SIDE A:
Mind Of A Toy (Dance Mix) 5:15

SIDE B:
We Move (Dance Mix) 6:30
Frequency 7 (Dance Mix) 5:05

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Polydor – POSPX 236
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: Mar 2, 1981
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design – Alwyn Clayden, Visage
Musician – Billy Currie, Dave Formula, John McGeoch, Midge Ure, Rusty Egan, Steve Strange
Photography By – Peter Ashworth
Photography By [Retouching] – Alwyn Clayden
Producer – Midge Ure, Visage

NOTES:
Thanks to Vivien
A Morrison-O’Donnell Production

A: Remixed from the Polydor LP “Visage”

Made in England

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Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
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
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September 9, 2022

Ronny – If You Want Me To Stay (UK 12″)

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“If You want Me To Stay” is a 1981 New wave/Synth-pop single by Parisian model Ronny.

Ronny used to be a top French model. Ronny was brought up in the grim Northern industrial area of France and left home at 14 to go to Paris, there lying about her age and doing terrible jobs. Took dancing classes and jobs then stopped everything and started to write songs. Club entrepreneur Rusty Egan met Ronny in the Paris club Privelege and co-produced with Midge Ure “If You want Me To stay”. Ronny, a masculine name, is the blitz girl who loved to dress up as a boy.
Also, Ronny did a duet with Steve Strange called “The Lady Is A Tramp”. The single was never released.

Ronny recorded three singles for Polydor Records then disappeared into obscurity.

SIDE A:
If You Want Me To Stay (Dance Mix) 5:49

SIDE B:
If You Want Me To Stay (Instrumental) 5:49

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Polydor – POSPX 247
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1981
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Art Direction, Sleeve [Design] –Rob O’Connor
Other [Make-up] – Richard Sharah
Photography By – Phil Jude
Producer – Midge Ure, Rusty Egan
Written-By – Sylvester Stewart

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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
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May 28, 2021

Midge Ure – No Regrets (UK 12″)

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“No Regrets” is a song originally recorded by Tom Rush in 1968. Numerous cover versions have been recorded including Shirley Bassey and Olivia Newton-John.

In May 1982, Scottish musician Midge Ure released a cover of the song as his debut solo single. “No Regrets” was also produced by Ure, who said “I got tired of doing it for others, so I decided to do it for myself” and was co-produced and engineered by John Hudson.

Reviewing for Record Mirror, Simon Tebbutt described the song as “a brilliant mixture of the big emotional American ballad … with the kind of clean-cut and almost cold European precision we’ve come to associate with Mr. Ure.”

SIDE A:
No Regrets 4:02
Written-By – Tom Rush

SIDE B:
Mood Music 3:29
Written-By – Midge Ure

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis ‎– CHS 12 2618
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: 08 Jun 1982
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: New Wave, Synthpop

CREDITS:
Design – Peter Saville (2)
Co-producer, Engineer – John Hudson
Producer, Instrumentation By – Midge Ure

NOTES:
Made in the UK

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