BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

“Waiting For The Loveboat” was a 1984 single by Scottish post punk/new wave band The Associates. Front man Billy Mackenzie loved The Human League so as well as working with Martyn Ware, he roped in “Dare” producer Martin Rushent to handle producing duties. “Waiting For The Loveboat” was released on August 17, 1984 and debuted on the UK singles chart on August 25, 1984 peaking at #53.

The b-side contains a dramatically different arrangement of “Waiting For The Loveboat” taken from the John Peel sessions.

SIDE A:
Waiting For The Loveboat (Extended Version) 8:18
Producer – Martin Rushent

SIDE B:
Waiting For The Loveboat (Peel Session) 5:00
Producer – Dale Griffin

Schampout (Extended Version) 5:59
Producer – Billy MacKenzie, Dave Allen*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: WEA ‎– YZ 16T, WEA ‎– 249306-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Layout [Sleeve] – Caryn Gough
Photography By – Richard Haughton
Written-By – Billy MacKenzie

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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