The Bollock Brothers – Drac’s Back (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

“I Wanna Suck Your…”

“Drac’s Back” is a song written and originally recorded by British singer/actor Andy Forray. In 1982 The Bollock Brothers a British Punk act formed in 1979 released the song as a single under the name Red Lipstique. In 1986 the song was re-released as The Famous Bollock Brothers backed with “Horror Movies” which had been released as a single in March 1983. Both tracks received airplay on the famous L.A. radio station KROQ.

SIDE A:
Drac’s Back 4:39
Producer [Uncredited] – Paul Hardiman
Synthesizer [Uncredited] – Martyn Young
Written-By – Andy Fowray*, Jock McDonald

SIDE B:
Horror Movies 3:49
Producer – O’Higgins*, The Bollock Brothers
Written-By – The Bollock Brothers

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Charly Records ‎– BOLL 6
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design [Sleeve Design] – The Raven Design Group

NOTES:
–A Double Horror Bill Cert X–
The Famous Bollock Brothers

‘Listen to us… children of the night… what music we make.’ Jock McDonald (1986)

Side A taken from “Drac’s Back” single (1982)
Side B taken from “Horror Movies” single (1983)

[sleeve incorrectly credits “The Bollock Brothers and J. Lydon” as producer, labels credit “The Bollock Brothers and O’Higgins” as producer – producer on Side A is Paul Hardiman]

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:
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube:
Mullard 12AX7 Preamp Vacuum Tube Pins
Soundcard:
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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Mark
Mark
October 31, 2018 3:10 pm

This looks fun, can’t wait to hear this tonight.

Happy Halloween Paul & to all your readers 🙂

Walter C
Walter C
October 31, 2018 1:37 pm

Halloween DISCO !!! This is just amazing, what a great choice, thank you Paul for the share.

Christian
Christian
October 31, 2018 12:55 pm

LOVE LOVE LOVE

Adam Huemer
Adam Huemer
October 31, 2018 12:27 pm

Do you – maybe – know if the 7″ features the same versions like 12″? Discogs does not state track lengths of the 7″ and the featured 12″ versions are short.

Adam Huemer
Adam Huemer
Reply to  DjPaulT
November 1, 2018 7:44 pm

Hi Paul,

thanks for the info. I was referring to this 7″ thou, just in case you might have known about it. https://www.discogs.com/The-Bollock-Brothers-Dracs-Back/release/2801457

Adam Huemer
Adam Huemer
October 31, 2018 12:12 pm

Haha. Awesome! Thanks for that one, Paul.

Jeff
Jeff
October 31, 2018 11:16 am

Happy Halloween Paul and Burning The Ground community!! Paul, like I’ve exclaimed to you on countless times before, nobody does “The Season of the Witch” better than you!! I’ve downloaded so many treats from you that my playlist is bursting at the seams, like a musical Oogie Boogie from “Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas!” Like today, I’ve never heard this record and I’m so excited to hear it. You bewitch me with the beats, dear Paul! Today, we are playing a CD at work culled from many of your BTG postings!! You always hit it out-of-the-coffin with the greatest Halloween… Read more »