BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“Motortown” is a 1987 single by pop trio from North East England Kane Gang. The single was taken from the bands second album Miracle. “Motortown” debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on December 19, 1987 spending sixteen weeks on the survey peaking at #36. In the U.K. “Motortown” reached #45.

The b-side “Spend” is a non-lp track.

SIDE A:
Motortown (Cruising Version) 6:45

SIDE B:
Motortown (7″ Mix) 4:20
Spend 5:01

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	Motortown	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#36
1988	Motortown	U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	#12

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Capitol Records – V-15329
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Downtempo, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Producer – Pete Wingfield, The Kane Gang

NOTES:
“MOTORTOWN” From the album “MIRACLE”

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VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjaPaulT
burningtheground.net

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
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: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2, ocenaudio
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