BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

“So This Is Love” is a single by English songwriter-producer Phil Thornalley. He is perhaps best known for co-writing (with Scott Cutler and Anne Preven) the Ednaswap song “Torn” (made famous by Natalie Imbruglia’s cover version) and the number one hits “Mama Do”, “Boys and Girls” and “Cry Me Out” for Pixie Lott. He has produced for The Cure and was their bass player for eighteen months. He was also a member of the English pop band Johnny Hates Jazz from 1988 to 1992.

I addition Thornalley remixed singles for Thompson Twins, Duran Duran, Psychedelic Furs and Cyndi Lauper.

In 1983 “So This Is Love” was released as a one-off single on RIVA Records in Australia and the UK, the single failed to chart.

SIDE A:
So This Is Love (Extended Mix) 5:12
Last Too Long 2:22

SIDE B:
So This Is Love (Instrumental Mix) 4:03
So This Is Love (System Mix) 3:17

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Riva (2) ‎– RIVA 41T
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Engineer – Phil Thornalley
Mixed By – Phil Thornalley
Producer – Phil Thornalley

NOTES:
Recorded and Mixed at RAK Studios
Art Direction and Design – Martin Brown
Photography – Ashworth
Stylist – Suzanne Rose

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
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: Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: 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)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi