BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984
“On The Air Tonight” is a 1984 single by Scottish singer Willy Finlayson. The song was released as a single in Europe and featured in the film “A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge” but did not appear on the soundtrack. “On the Air Tonight” failed to chart but is still played on retro 80s radio.
If you are not familiar with this track I suggest you give it a listen it’s truly brilliant another one of my all-time favorites.
SIDE A:
On The Air Tonight (Extra Long Mix) 5:52
SIDE B:
After The Fall 3:57
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label:PRT – 601 568
Format:Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country:Germany
Released:1984
Genre:Electronic
Style:Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Backing Vocals – Debbie Doss*
Drums – Stuart Elliot*
Engineer – Matthew Fisher
Photography By – Nick Scott (5)
Producer, Keyboards – Peter Bardens
NOTES:
Recorded at The Old Barn.
Find the 12″ on DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
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
Ist es möglich diese Maxi Single noch mal ein zu stellen wäre echt supi bin ein echter Fan von ihrer Seite einfach spitze
Superbe! I don’t recall ever hearing this single. Thanks Paul I followed your suggestion to give it a try and you are right. I love it.
Wow… Thank you very very very much Paul.
If you believe it or not, last week i thought “hopefully will Paul digitized this lovely 12 Inch in the near future”. It’s crazy.. you are a mentalist ;o)
(sorry for my english)
Have it on 12inch, of course 🙂
But not in such brilliant quality.
Thank you, Paul.
Great tune. Never heard this it before even though originally from Europe, grew up listening Radio Luxembourg and alike station. Already transferred to my iPod!
Thanks.
Thank you so much Paul for this wonderful post. I’ve been waiting to get this rip in high-quality-sound for such a long time. Well, it was worth the wait. You make my day (it’s raining today in France) become such a wonderful and bright day!!! I’m also very glad to read that it belongs to one of your all-time favorites. This brilliant song was written by Pete Bardens who had also a solo career. He had a minor hit in 1987 with “In dreams”. His works including “On the air tonight” unfortunatelly didn’t get much success. I hope that people… Read more »
Thank you Daniel for the kind words. I do love the synths and the drums and Willy’s beautiful voice. Hope this brings some sunshine to a rainy day 🙂
Oh yes it does Paul. It makes the sun shine so bright! Just listened to the rips. The sound is pristine. I’m so happy right now, thanks to your fantastic work. For me BTG is like a fountain of joy. I wish this fountain will never stop.
Hi Paul,
thanks a lot for this pretty little diamond.Long time ago…
You’re welcome Ralf 🙂
I love when you describe your postings as “another one of my all-time favorites.” You have really presented so many wonderful tracks that I wasn’t too familiar with, if at all, that quickly became a brand new favorite of mine. Thank you Paul for these, such gifts they are. I can not wait to listen to this one this evening. Days are so much better with a DjPaulT musical masterpiece!!!
Jeff
aww thank you Jeff you so sweet to me I appreciate you so much. I hope you like this one I am dying to hear what you think 🙂
Oh Paul!! The importance of who you are and what you do, really means so much. This record is beautiful. I found it hypnotic and haunting; it created images in my mind like a dream. Gorgeous musical atmospherics and impassioned vocals. Wow, I’m so swept away by it all. Thank you for continually showcasing music that deserves to be heard. I continually celebrate you because you archive records that need, that MUST be heralded because so much is lost and/or forgotten. You’re like a sonic Turner Classic Movies (TCM), preserving “soundtracks” to a generation of the ’80’s and the ’90’s… Read more »
Oh you are so welcome Jeff I am so happy that you liked this record. It amazes me that this wasn’t at least a top ten record.
Thanks Paul. Great single. He looks like actor Val Kilmer on the cover a little bit doesn’t he?
You’re welcome Omar. Yeah I can kinda see Val in him 🙂
(So glad you did not mention Jim Morrisson..)
Great a very obscure one for me, never heared it as I know of. Thanx for the op, Paul.