BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987
“Bite The Bullet” is a 1987 single by Canadian Hi-NRG/New Wave group They Never Sleep. The group was formed by Canadian house music producer, DJ, and composer Joe Silva. “Bite The Bullet” was later covered by Canadian synth-pop duo Kon Kan for their 1989 debut album “Move To Move”. They Never Sleep only released this single and then fell into 80s obscurity.
SIDE A:
Bite The Bullet (Submission Mix) 9:17
SIDE B:
Bite The Bullet (Instrumental) 9:10
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Contagious Records (9) – CON 1201
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Canada
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Hi NRG, Synth-pop, New Wave
CREDITS:
Arranged By [Vocal Arrangement] – Jane Clark (3)
Concept By – Synaesthesia (6)
Design – Work Ant Industries
Engineer – Dave Roman
Mixed By – Stronium 90
Performer [They Never Sleep] – Anvil Cobalt Atlas, Asia Minor (3), Neves Silva
Photography By – Lyle Stafford
Producer – Roman Panchyshyn
Sleeve – Neil Minuk
Written-By – Silva*, Panchyshyn*
NOTES:
Recorded at Maddock Studios.
“Prescription For Pleasure” Made In Canada
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: Schiit Mani
Soundcard: ESI Juli@ XTe Audio Interface
Monitiring: 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
Username: btg
Password: burningtheground
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Great post Paul. Picked up this record back in ’87 because the cover looked interesting and really liked it straight away upon listening. Transferred it to wav many years ago but decided it probably needed fresh new rip/restore anyway. I come home from vacation today and voila here it is in all it’s 24 bit glory Thanks. This original is 10x better than the Kon Kan cover. It is a shame they didn’t do anything beyond this single.
Wow Paul – THANK YOU! I can’t believe you got this bought, transferred and uploaded so quick after I requested it! YOU DA BEST!!!
Completely new to me.
Checked it on YT. Loving it !!!
Thank you yet again Paul for introducing this to me 🙂
🙂 x
Thanks for this Paul, looking forward to giving this a listen. As a huge Kon Kan fan (I have all three albums, and all the singles/promos released), I am aware of their version of this track, but never knew it was a cover
You’re welcome 🙂
Hi Paul, thanks for this really obscure rip. Being a Canadian, I actually remember this song and still have the 12″ single in my collection. Not sure if I actually heard this in a club or just bought the record on a whim, but I haven’t listened to it in a long time. Nice to have a digital copy of it after so many years. Don’t think it got much attention on this side of the border, which probably explains why there was never an album or another single. Thanks for rescuing this record from obscurity.
You’re very welcome 🙂
Paul, You’re checking off some of my bucket list wishes – thank you so much!
That’s great to hear 🙂
Never heard this one but I am so intrigued by the cover alone, I feel it’s gonna be great. I’ll have to compare it to the Kon Kan version as well. Wow Paul, so many times I would purchase a record based on the cover art alone. Your site is such an art gallery with phenomenal images from old, new and obscure favorites. I love how you delight our senses and fill up our ears, minds and hearts with your selections.
Jeff
Really do hope you like this one, Jeff. It’s a favorite of mine 🙂