Burning The Ground Exclusive 1985
NEW 2023 Transfer!
NEW Meticulous Audio Restoration!
Originally posted April 25, 2012
“What About Love?” is a song originally recorded by Canadian rock band Toronto in 1982. It was later recorded by American rock band Heart in 1985 and was released as the first single from the band’s self-titled album, Heart. The band’s “comeback” single, it was the first Heart track to reach the top 40 in three years, and their first top 10 hit in five. The song was also their first hit single on their new record label, Capitol Records. Grace Slick and Mickey Thomas, co-lead vocalists of Starship at the time, provide additional background vocals on the song.
The song’s sound marked a considerable change in the musical direction for Heart, moving from the hard rock and folk rock of their earlier work to a more polished, power ballad sound. “What About Love” received extensive airplay on MTV and returned Heart to the top-10 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in five years, peaking at No. 10.
SIDE A:
What About Love? (Extended Version) 5:27
SIDE B:
What About Love? 3:41
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | What About Love? | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #10 |
| 1985 | What About Love? | U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | #3 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Capitol Records – SPRO-9427, Capitol Records – SPRO-9428
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock
CREDITS:
- Engineer – Ron Nevison
- Producer – Ron Nevison
- Written-By – Allen*, Vallance*, Alton*
NOTES:
From the forthcoming LP “HEART” ST-12410
Promotional Copy Not For sale
Housed in white custom sticker sleeve.
Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net
THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
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
**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!
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“Tokyo Rose” is the debut single by Canadian Rock Band Idle Eyes. The song peaked at #16 on RPM’s Canadian singles chart in June 1985. “Tokyo Rose” won an award that year from SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) as one of the top ten most-played songs on Canadian radio that year.
