BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985
“My Cleopatra” is a song by The Flaming Mussolinis a new wave band from Teesside UK who released two albums and had a minor UK hit with “My Cleopatra” which peaked at #79 in the UK. After releasing five singles the band split in 1988.
SIDE A:
My Cleopatra (Extended Remix) 5:04
Remix – Tim Palmer
SIDE B:
My Cleopatra (Single Version) 3:28
Remix – Tim Palmer
Privilege 3:08
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Portrait – TX 6833
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Cover – Andrew Douglas, Bill Smith Studio
Management – Possum Music Productions Limited*
Photography By [Group Photo] – Bleddyn Butcher
Producer – Eddy Offord
Written-By – A. Savage*
NOTES:
Made in England.
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
DAC/Phono Pre-amp: Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
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/Dither: 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)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
Username: btg
Password: burningtheground
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Great post. Hi Sir. Have you found the other singles? Them are impossible to find. Nor on mp3 can be found.
Thank you!
Never thought I’d come across this again!
On a whim, I bought a limited 5-track edition when it was released all those years ago.
Needless to say, your rip is vastly superior to mine.
I’m late to the conversation, but I had to chime in with my opinion. This is great Paul. You constantly surprise and delight me with your musical picks. Thanks Paul for so much.
Jeff
Better late than never, Jeff. Hope you like this one 🙂
Paul you are a magician. You always manage to surprise me with bands that are totally unknown to me. I don’t know where you put them from. This is amazing. I love it so much. Thanks a million Paul for this great discovery 🙂
And also thanks to Dugn for the additional information.
That’s great! Daniel love it when you guys actually like one of the rare obscure records I post 🙂
More Obscure 80’s! I had to dig deep into my music video library to find a live show to see the lead singer, Alan Savage, and discover he had a cool stage presence and sang this song with gusto. Really like this song – and the extended version here sounds great too! Wikipedia showed that not only did the band disband in ’88, and that Alan went on to be a school teacher. Thanks for a new discovery. Great job at tripping me up two days in a row 😉 Cheers, Paul!
Thank you for all of the additional info dugn 🙂