The Mission – II (UK 7″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

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Released as a double A side “Garden Of Delight”/”Like A Hurricane”. “II” was the second single released from the gothic rock band The Mission. “Garden of Delight” was originally written by Wayne Hussey and performed by The Sisters of Mercy, but after Hussey left the group and formed “The Mission UK”, he re-released the song on the album “The First Chapter”. “Like A Hurricane” is a cover of a 1977 Neil Young song and was later included on the compilation album First Chapter (a compilation of their first singles) and Ever After – Live.

This edit of “Garden Of Delight” can only be found on this single & the limited edition UK 12″. This version has not been issued on CD.

SIDE A:
Garden Of Delight 3:26
Written-By – Adams*, Brown*, Hinkler*, Hussey*

SIDE B:
Like A Hurricane 4:56
Written-By – Neil Young

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chapter 22 – CHAP 7
Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single
Country: UK
Released: 14 Jul 1986
Genre: Rock
Style: Goth Rock
Credits: Producer – Mission, The
Producer [Assisted By] – Colin Richardson

NOTES:
Recorded at The Slaughterhouse May 1986.

Find The 7″ On DISCOGS

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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Jermajesty
Jermajesty
April 1, 2012 4:24 pm

Mucho gracio.

David
David
February 21, 2012 11:30 pm

Fantastic, thanks Paul! Love these old alternative gems.

Mike Slade
Mike Slade
February 21, 2012 6:52 pm

Like hearing these old songs, can’t wait till you get the rest restored.

Thanks for sharing them.

woz
woz
February 21, 2012 3:52 pm

Not sure if I know these songs – will check them out! Thanks!

woz
woz
Reply to  DjPaulT
February 21, 2012 9:44 pm

Garden of Delight is good. Perhaps not Tower of Strength good, but still solid. The cover of Hurricane is cool. Thanks for opening these songs up to me 🙂

AS
AS
February 21, 2012 1:20 pm

Excelente blog, parabens!