Tag: UK

February 14, 2017

Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1980

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“Love Will Tear Us Apart” is a song by English post-punk band Joy Division. It was written in August 1979, and debuted when the band supported Buzzcocks on their UK tour from September to November of that same year. It is one of the few songs in which singer Ian Curtis played guitar (albeit somewhat minimally) on live versions. The lyrics ostensibly reflect the problems in his marriage to Deborah Curtis, as well as his general frame of mind in the time leading up to his suicide in May 1980. The title is an ironic reference to “Love Will Keep Us Together”. Deborah had the phrase “Love Will Tear Us Apart” inscribed on Ian’s memorial stone.

The song was first released as a single in June 1980 and became the band’s first chart hit, reaching number 13 in the UK Singles Chart. That October, “Love Will Tear Us Apart” peaked at number 42 on the American disco/dance chart. It also reached number 1 in New Zealand in June 1981. The band postponed their US tour after Curtis’s death, performed a few short sets as The No-Names, then finally renamed the group as New Order.

The song was originally recorded at Pennine Studios, Oldham on 8 January 1980 along with the B-side, “These Days”. This version was similar to the version the band played live. Ian Curtis and Martin Hannett, however, disliked this version, which has since become known as the “Pennine version”, and, as a consequence, the band reconvened at Strawberry Studios, Stockport in March to re-record it. Whilst Curtis, who generally did not play guitar at all, played guitar on the song live – the band taught him D major specifically – the guitar on the recording was a 12-string Eko guitar played by Sumner.

The 12″ cover photo is a detail of the Ribaudo family tomb in the Staglieno Cemetery in Genova, Italy. The sculpture was made by Onaroto Toso.

SIDE A:
Love Will Tear Us Apart 3:26

SIDE B:
These Days 3:26
Love Will Tear Us Apart (Pennine Version) 3:12

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1980	Love Will Tear Us Apart	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#42

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Factory ‎– FAC 23-12, Factory ‎– FAC•XXIII•XII
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: Aug 1980
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave

CREDITS:
Producer – Martin Hannett

NOTES:
A Fractured Music
A Factory Record

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
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

February 9, 2017

Endgames – First-Last-For Everything (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1982

“First-Last-For Everything” is the second single released by Scottish pop band Endgames. Produced by Steve Levine (soon famed for the production work with Culture Club). It found success in clubs in Europe and North America, receiving significant airplay in Canada, especially on the “alternative” radio station CFNY-FM (Toronto), while in the US it was a club success. Eventually it charted in the Billboard magazine Hot Dance Music/Clup Play Chart, peaking at No. 31.

SIDE A:
First-Last-For Everything (Club Version) 4:38

SIDE B:
First-Last-For Everything (Dub Version) 5:00

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	First-Last-For Everything	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#31

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Virgin ‎– GAME 212
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Mastered By – Timtom*
Producer – Steve Levine
Written-By – Endgames

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RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
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MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

February 6, 2017

Then Jerico – The Motive (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“The Motive”, also titled as “The Motive (Living Without You)”, is a 1987 single by English band Then Jerico, from their debut album, First (The Sound of Music). The song was their first hit single, reaching the top 20 and peaking at No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart in July 1987.

SIDE A:
The Motive (Extended) 5:53
Engineer – Wobbly Tony Phillips*
Producer [Assistant], Recorded By [Assistant] – Shaw*
Producer, Recorded By – The Elusive Owen Davies*
Remix – Rt. Hon. Greg Walsh*

SIDE B:
The Word 3:52
Mixed By – Pete Von Wooliscroft*
Mixed By [Assistant] – Stainthorpe*, Shaw*
Recorded By – Owen Davies

The Motive (Midnight Mix) 5:56
Producer [Assistant], Mixed By [Assistant], Engineer [Assistant] – Shaw*
Producer, Mixed By, Engineer – Owen Davies

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: London Records – LONX 145
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design – The Leisure Process
Keyboards – The Leisure Process
Performer – Stainthorpe*, Shaw*, Taylor*, Wren*
Photography By – Laurence (Of Arabia) Lawry*
Sleeve [Design], Lyrics By, Other [Styling] – Shaw*
Tape Op – Ashley Alexander, John (Teddy) Brough*, Joolz, Mark O’Donahuge*, Noel Harris (2)
Written-By, Arranged By, Performer – Then Jerico

NOTES:
(Summer 1987)

“The Word” Recorded (Live in London Summer 1986)

“The Motive” from the album ‘First’ (The Sound Of Music).

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RESTORATION NOTES:
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February 3, 2017

Tears For Fears – Mothers Talk (Extended Version) (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

“Mothers Talk” is a 1984 song by the British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley and sung by Orzabal, it was the band’s seventh single release (the first to be taken from their second album Songs from the Big Chair (1985) and fifth UK Top 40 chart hit. The song was released six months in advance of the album and showcased the band’s edgier sound, as compared to their debut LP The Hurting (1983). It was also a moderate success internationally.

“Mothers Talk” was written in 1983 and was first publicly performed during the band’s late 1983 tour. In early 1984, the band went into the studio to record the song as their next single, though the recording sessions with their new producer Jeremy Green did not work out as planned and the recording was scrapped. The band’s previous producer, Chris Hughes, was then brought back into the fold and the song was re-recorded and finally released as a single in August 1984. Hughes stayed on with the band to record their second album, Songs from the Big Chair.

Along with its B-side, “Empire Building”, “Mothers Talk” was one of the first Tears for Fears songs to demonstrate a creative use of sampling. The strings at the beginning of the song were culled from a Barry Manilow record, while the drum sample around which “Empire Building” is built was lifted from the Simple Minds song “Today I Died Again”. This was the second Tears for Fears single for which Phonogram Records would use the picture disc and coloured vinyl gimmicks as a promotional tool, as well as the first one to feature multiple 12″ releases offering different remixes of the track. Limited quantities of the 7″ single also came with a free Tears For Fears window sticker of the band’s new logo.

SIDE A:
Mothers Talk (Extended Version) 6:17
Producer – Chris Hughes
Written-By – Stanley*, Orzabal*

SIDE B:
Empire Building 2:50
Written-By – Smith*, Stanley*, Orzabal*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mercury ‎– IDEA 712, Mercury ‎– 818 388-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: 13 Aug 1984
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Backing Vocals – Stevie Lange
Design – J.B.*, Peter Jones (15)
Mastered By – Timtom*
Photography By – Mike Prior (2)

NOTES:
Track B was not produced

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RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi