Tag: Young Men Drive Fast

The Quick – Young Men Drive Fast (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1980

Side A

REQUEST

“Young Men Drive Fast” is a 1980 single by UK dance pop duo The Quick. The group consisted of vocalist Colin “Col” Campsie and bassist/keyboardist George McFarlane. “Young Men Drive Fast” debuted on the US Billboard dance chart on April 4, 1981 peaking at #41 spending sixteen weeks on the survey. The single was taken from the duo’s debut album Fascinating Rhythm.

SIDE A:
Young Men Drive Fast 6:41

SIDE B:
Small Blond Box 3:07

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1981 Young Men Drive Fast U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #41

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label:  ‎– S EPC 13 9466
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1980
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Engineer – Graham Dickson
Producer – The Quick
Written-By – Campsie*, McFarlane*

NOTES:
Original sound recording made by CBS Records.

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

Side B

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