Nine Inch Nails – Burning The Ground: DjPaulT's 80's and 90's Remixes

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1989

“Down in It” is the debut single by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released on September 15, 1989. Taken from the band’s debut album Pretty Hate Machine, it was the first song ever written by frontman Trent Reznor.

The song’s outro contains lyrics referencing the nursery rhyme “Rain Rain Go Away”. In 2010, Reznor admitted that the song was his attempt to make a rip-off of the Skinny Puppy song “Dig It” from the 1986 album Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse.

The first track on the single edition, “Down in It (Skin)”, is the mix found on Pretty Hate Machine. The cover art is very similar to Joy Division’s first album Unknown Pleasures, with Joy Division always being cited as an influence by Reznor, and Nine Inch Nails later covered the Joy Division song “Dead Souls” on the soundtrack to the 1994 film The Crow.

Around the time of the single’s release, the band lip-synced a performance of the song on the dance music show Dance Party USA. The footage, originally thought to be lost, was rediscovered in 2012 and went viral after being uploaded to YouTube. Reznor responded to the video on his Twitter account, stating that the band had decided to appear on the show after deciding it was “the most absurd choice [they] could come up with at the time” for a television program on which they would be interested in performing, but were surprised when they were actually booked to appear on the program.

SIDE A:
Down In It (Skin) 3:46
Down In It (Shred) 6:53

SIDE B:
Down In It (Singe) 7:02

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: TVT Records – TVT 2611
Series: NIN – halo one
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: Sep 15, 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: Industrial

CREDITS:
Management [Exclusive Representation] – J Artist Management
Mastered By, Lacquer Cut By – TD*
Performer [Performed By], Written-By, Recorded By –Trent Reznor
Producer [Reproduced By], Remix – Adrian Sherwood, Keith LeBlanc
Sleeve –Föhn, Gary Talpas

NOTES:
halo one.

Studios: Right Track (Cleveland), Unique (New York), Roundhouse (London).

1.733 bps
104.0 bpm
6240 bph

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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