BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1981
“Welcome To The Monkey House” is a 1981 single by British New Romantic five-piece band Animal Magnet formed in London in 1980, featuring Paul Caplin and Richard Magnet.
In 1981, the band were a support act for Duran Duran on their first national tour and released their debut single “Tomorrow Will Do”. This was followed by “Welcome to the Monkey House” which didn’t reach the UK Top 40 Chart, but EMI did not delete it for a long time. The reason being it sold weekly in very small amounts and became a club hit in cities including Birmingham.
Paul Caplin left Animal Magnet to become the ‘secret mastermind’ behind the 1980s avant-garde new wave pop project Haysi Fantayzee.
SIDE A:
Welcome To The Monkey House (12″ Version) 5:38
SIDE B
Game Over, Player 1 3:54
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI – 12EMI 5240
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1981
Genre: Electronic
Style: New wave, Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Credits
Engineer – Alan Douglas (2)
Producer – Vic Coppersmith-Heaven
Written-By – Caplin*, Magnet*
NOTES:
Manufactured in the UK by EMI Records Limited.
Mastered At – The Town House
Pressed By – EMI Records
Find the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net
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: Schiit Mani
Soundcard: ESI Juli@ XTe Audio Interface
Monitiring: Novation Audiohub 2×4 Audio Interface
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2, ocenaudio
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
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