BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1981

On October 16, 1981, Heaven 17 released their fifth single, “Penthouse And Pavement”. The track appeared on their debut album, Penthouse And Pavement, but it was a remixed version. The single debuted on the UK singles chart on November 14, 1981 and peaked at #57. Although the single did not chart on the US Hot 100 it did peak at #19 on the US Dance chart.

The Sheffield, England new wave band formed when Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh split from The Human League. They recruited Glenn Gregory for vocals and the band was born.

SIDE A:
Penthouse And Pavement 6:57

SIDE B:
Penthouse And Pavement (Instrumental) 6:59

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1981	Penthouse And Pavement	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	#19

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Virgin – VS455-12
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: October 16, 1981
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop
Credits: Bass Guitar, Synthesizer [Guitar Synthesisers] – John Wilson (2)
Composed By – Gregory*, Marsh*, Ware*
Engineer, Co-producer [Assistant Producer] – Peter Walsh
Mastered By [Cut] – BilBo (3)
Producer – British Electric Foundation
Synthesizer –Ian Craig Marsh
Synthesizer, Piano – Martyn Ware
Vocals – Glenn Gregory, Josie James

NOTES:
From the album “Penthouse And Pavement”

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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