BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986
1986 Front Cover
III is a 1986 12″ EP wich features tracks taken from The Missions debut LP “God’s Own Medicine” the EP features the “Untitled” instrumental reprise of “Island In A Stream” as well as the extended version of “Stay With Me” which peaked at #30 on the UK singles chart in 1986. The EP was released on October 10, 1986.
RELEASE/PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Label: Mercury
Catalog#: MYTHX 1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 10 Oct 1986
Genre: Rock
Style: Goth Rock
Credits: Artwork By [Sleeve Design] – Sandy Ball
Lyrics By – Hussey*
Producer – Mission, The , Tim Palmer
Written-By – Adams* , Brown* , Hinkler* , Hussey*
NOTES
Recorded in London 1986.
RCA Music
1986 Phonogram Ltd (London)
Track A2 is a reprise of “Island In A Stream” but this is not listed on the release.
SIDE A
(A1) Stay With Me 7:30
(A2) (Untitled) 1:22
SIDE B
(B1) Blood Brother 5:16
(B2) Island In A Stream 5:25
Back Cover
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 10
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




Hi Paul, a big Thank You for all the vinyl disks that you make accessible for us!!! Great effort, great effect. Many many old memories come back in my mind.
But a question: could you make expired uploads accessible again for a time? E.g. this vinyl from The Mission?
Thanks Paul Big fan of Sisters of Mercy. Can’t wait to hear this.
Many thanks for this.
Downloaded the FLAC version, it sounds
great
Paul, would be it be possible to upload tracks separately in future? E.g. the b-sides of this release are already available on CD and I have those, it’s just the a-side that is not available, so I’d prefer to just download that. With the size of FLACS, it would help a lot. However, I also appreciate that if you do want all the tracks, a single upload is easier, so it’s nice to have both options. Thanks.
Hi Andy I am sorry but I only upload each 12″ or CD as one single archive file this process alreadt takes a lot of my time to upload and it take more time to upload in both an individual tracks and a single archive. This is the way that I have been doing this since starting Burning The Ground 2007. I realize that some of the tracks are on CD but there are some people out there including myself who prefer the sound of vinyl especially in lossless format. I did not always offer flac and if the file… Read more »
OK, Paul, that’s fair enough. Thanks for taking the time to reply.
What a lovely Friday morning surprise. Thanks Paul!