BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987
BTG Week OF LOVE!
“Get That Love” is a song by British pop group Thompson Twins, released in 1987 as the lead single from their sixth studio album Close to the Bone. It was written by Alannah Currie and Tom Bailey, and produced by Rupert Hine and Bailey. The single peaked at #66 in the UK, and spent 4 weeks within the Top 100. The single fared better in America where it peaked at #31 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
SIDE A:
Get That Love (Extended Version) 6:27
SIDE B:
Get That Love (7″ Version) 3:57
Perfect Day 4:24
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Get That Love | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #31 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Arista– TWINS 1212
Format: Vinyl, 12″
Country: UK
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Art Direction – Alannah*
Design, Artwork By – Andie Airfix, Satori (14)
Engineer – Stephen W. Taylor*
Photography By – Carrie Branovan
Producer – Rupert Hine
Producer [Associate], Executive Producer – Tom Bailey
Written-By – A. Currie*, T. Bailey*
NOTES:
From the Arista LP “CLOSE TO THE BONE”
Find the 12″ on DISCOGS
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: Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: 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)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
Such an awesome 12″ Paul, even here in Mexico my vinyl copy has a dub version of 6:58 min, with an alternative-percussion mix.
Do you have the Bush Baby 7″ remix version? Only a few rare copies were released.
Thanks for sharing!
I have Bush Baby Australian 7inch.
I’m not sure if it’s particularly rare or not.
The Bush Baby 7″ remix was not that rare, and it was released as an official 7″ single. But it was at random, mixed with the 7″ single edit. I have both 7″ singles, but I do know that others have posted download links on facebook, I think on TT Forever site.
Pure class!
This was the first CD single I ever bought!
The Close To The Bone tour was awesome. I was lucky to be front row.
Great memories.
🙂
You were very lucky AnthonyC that would have been a dream come true 🙂
I was also very lucky to meet Tom and Alannah backstage. They autographed my tour programme while my brother took photos. The programme was the same as the Future Days tour as no new merchandise was created for the Close To The Bone tour.
Alannah also gave me her drum stick.
Happy days!
🙂
Wow. I’d kill for that drum stick! 😀
Ooh, I was e pecting a different Twins track, but this is just as good, thanks PaulT.
I thought you might have been just thought I would throw in the unexpected 🙂
Such a great song. Thank you Paul.
You’re welcome memoryboy 🙂
i see 3 time thompson twins in concert in montreal its really amazing great memory i never forget specialy the concert for Here’s to Future Days tour i love also close to the bone tour but joe leway left before very sad anyway i want share my memory tresor with you.
Thank you for sharing your memory with us musicman 🙂
Thanks for another gem from my favorite band, Paul.
You’re welcome Chris 🙂
I remember going into the record shop to buy this on twelve inch… I don’t know which was the bigger shock – no Joe Leeway or no TT logo!!!
This single (the best off the album) marked the end-of-an-era for me regarding the Twins – I still bought their records, but Quick Step/Gap/Future Days were the halcyon days of the Thompson Twins for me!
It was a shock back then we didn’t have the internet so when changes happened with our favorite bands we found out with the rest of the world all at the same time. Thanks for your comment archiefax 🙂
Thank you. Big TT fan. Long Goodbye would be fan-tastic!!!
I will see what I can do Mike C. 🙂
Some serious TT fans here Paul. I love to read the expressions of true fans. Thank you for posting this too as I’m trying to fill in my “gaps” within my collection. And what better way to do this than with your expertise and mighty skill Paul. We can always count on you to do a release right with your respectful treatment.
I dreamed of Burning The Ground last night Paul. It was very cool. Thank you for filling my days and nights, my conscious and unconscious worlds with your music.
Jeff
Thank you Jeff. Would love to hear your dream sometime 🙂
This was not well-received, but I loved it at the time, and Close To The Bone too. The B-Side track on this was one of my favorite album tracks from it as well. 🙂 It’s very bittersweet knowing it was the final straw with Arista. There’s an underlying darker theme in Here’s To Future Days as compared to the more joyful Into The Gap, and that really comes to fruition in Close To The Bone. Listening to the later Big Trash and Queer albums, you feel they closed a door that would never be reopened again. That was even left… Read more »
Thanks for sharing your comment Goodguy I will do my best to post more from the Twins 🙂
Thanks Paul! I’d love to see more. (Well, after that Erasure A Little Respect Promo 12″) 😉
Thanks Paul. It wasn’t a hit for TT but it’s a really good song. I also like the production work of Rupert Hine.
I always loved this song too Daniel it’s very catchy 🙂
wow really big thanks for the thompson twins i want more thompson twins please style lomg goddbye cd and suggar daddy 12 vinyl anyway thanks for all kinf regard janick
I will be posting more in the future janick 🙂
Loved this since release. They showed the video here in the UK on a Saturday morning BBC TV show. Do you have any more Thompson Twins that you could post after this ‘Week of love’? It would be wonderful to finally have everything that you have. I’d love to burn a definite BTG TT CD!!! I’ve just done a huge project which i finished last week on TT, an A-Z of songs including all the formats they appeared on with versions included on a Word doc. Great timing from you once again. Many thanks!
Did that a while ago and made a collection for my NAS with every version I could find of every song in best quality available. That’s perfectly normal, isn’t it? %-)
Yes, there are quite a few of Paul’s rips in there of course. 🙂
Thanks again, Paul. I <3 <3 <3 <3 Thompson Twins.
I have more Twins Neil that I will be posting over time 🙂
Thankyou Paul. I liked their album Close To The Bone even though it wasn’t a hit like the previous ones.
I liked it too Omar thought it was well produced 🙂
One of their many singles that didn´t even chart over here in Germany. Shame, really. It´s a solid song. Not great, but certainly good enough. And again, a surprise for me: I only got to know Get That Love when I bought the “Greatest Remixes” cd years ago. And low and behold – the 12inch version on that cd obviously was edited down to 4:56. I HATE when they do that! It´s like an abridged novel or showing only two thirds of the Mona Lisa painting 🙂
I agree Song and Dance I don’t understand why labels do that. Why bother releasing a remix compilation if you are not gonna provide the full versions.