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The A Side:
Battleship Chains (Vocal/LP Version) 2:55
The B Side:
Battleship Chains (Vocal/Party Mix) 3:10
The Brief:
After years of playing the bars and small clubs, The Georgia Satellites blasted on to the music scene in 1986 with the #2 charting song “Keep Your Hands To Yourself”. The single came from their self-titled debut album which went to #5 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The follow up single was “Battleship Chains” which is the subject of tonight’s post. This promotional 12″ contains the LP Version on side A and the Party Mix on side B.
The Billboard Charts:
| Chart | Debuted | Debut Pos. | Peak Pos. | Wks on Chart |
| Hot 100 | 3/28/87 | 95 | 86 | 5 |
The Source:
Label: Elektra Records
Catalog#: ED 5197
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 1/3 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
The Equipment:
Technics SL-1200MK2 Turntable
Audio Technica AT440MLa Phono Cartridge
Yamaha RX-Z1 A/V Receiver
Sony PCM-R300 DAT Deck
Turtle Beach Catalina sound card
Mustek Scan Express A3 1200 Scanner
Spin Clean Record Washer MKII
The Software:
Cool Edit Pro
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006
Microsoft ICE
The Links:
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password is: funwithvinyl
Enjoy and get it on!
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I’m actually very surprised when Keep Your Hands went to #2 in 1986…but then again Fabulous Thunderbirds had a Top 10 with Tuff Enuf earlier that year…
haven’t heard this in ages…so Thanks for bringing it back, Richie!
I will do the Hippy Hippy Shake now. LOL!
for goodness sake!