BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1990
REQUEST
“Only Your Love” is a song recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was released as the first single from the group’s fifth studio album Pop Life and was issued several months prior to the release of the album. The Pop Life album marked a break for Bananarama from their long-standing relationship with the Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) production trio. “Only Your Love” was co-written and produced by Youth. The album version of the song was remixed for its single release.
The song’s primary rhythm, complete with ‘Woo Woo’ hoots, directly references “Sympathy for the Devil”. This led Jonathon Ross to jokingly thank ‘The Rolling Stones’ after Bananarama had performed the song on his TV show. The song also contains samples of “Loaded” by Primal Scream and “Fool’s Gold” by The Stone Roses, two songs that had been recent pop and dance hits in the UK. Upon its release “Only Your Love” received positive critical reviews. The song was not released as a single in the United States.
“Only Your Love” peaked at number twenty-seven in the UK singles chart, which the group considered to be a disappointment. The single did not fare much better in other countries, hitting number forty-nine in New Zealand and fifty-one in Australia.
SIDE A:
Only Your Love (The Monkey Drum Mooch) 7:23
Remix – Terry Farley
SIDE B:
Only Your Love (A Tribute To Barry Mooncult Mix) 5:40
Remix – Terry Farley
Only Your Love (Paris Texas Instrumental) 5:33
Arranged By [Vocal Arrangements] – Andy Caine
Engineer – Thrash
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: London Records
Catalog#: NANXR 21
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1990
Genre: Electronic
Style: House
Credits: Design [Sleeve Design] – Andrew Biscomb, Peter Barrett (3)
Producer – Youth
Written-By – Andy Caine, Sara Dallin*, Youth
NOTES:
Tracks A & B1 Remixed for Boys Own Productions
Find the 12″ on DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
