BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

“Metal Dance” is a synth-pop/industrial single by Australian music group formed in 1978 SPK. The single was released in March 1983 from the bands third album Machine Age Voodoo. This was the bands first single to feature Sinan Leong as the lead singer.

SIDE A:
Metal Dance (12″ Version) 7:27

SIDE B:
Will To Power 4:43

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Desire Records ‎– WANTX 1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Industrial, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Cover – Graven Images
Engineer – Mike Johnson*
Keyboards, Trumpet – Derek Thompson
Percussion [Metal] – Derek Thompson, Graeme Revell
Photography By – Peter Ashworth
Producer – Mike Johnson*, SPK
Synthesizer, Electronics –Graeme Revell
Vocals – Sinan*
Written-By – Thompson*, Revell*, Leong*

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

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: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/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