{"product_id":"spandau-ballet-paint-me-down-12-inch-test-pressing","title":"Spandau Ballet - ‘Paint Me Down’ 12-Inch Test Pressing","description":"\u003cp\u003eReleased on November 2, 1981, “Paint Me Down” was Spandau Ballet’s follow-up to “Chant No. 1,” recorded during the sessions for \u003cem\u003eDiamond\u003c\/em\u003e. Gary Kemp wrote it, deliberately borrowing elements of its predecessor, including the Beggar \u0026amp; Co. horns and group vocals, and he called it “very sexual.” Producer Richard James Burgess went to unusual lengths during the sessions, at one point putting Tony Hadley in a makeshift tent in the studio lit by candles to help him relax. The video was rejected by \u003cem\u003eTop of the Pops\u003c\/em\u003e as too sexually suggestive, and the single peaked at number thirty in the U.K. Reviews were mixed at the time, but the writer Dave Thompson later called it the peak of Spandau’s ambition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a 12-inch white-label test pressing with blank labels on both sides. Its paper inner sleeve is annotated in red: “A. Paint Me Down – Spandau Ballet – B. Paint Me Down (Coconuts).” The sleeve shows age toning and light spotting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKey details \u0026amp; collectability\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne 12-inch white-label test pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContemporary handwritten annotation on the original sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePre-release pressing of a single from the band’s most experimental period\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eRecovered by producer Chris Allison during a clearance at Sarm Studios\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Chris Allison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55477943206217,"sku":"LDN_CA_003","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/9992\/files\/Untitled-02October2026at17.31.52-5.png?v=1790957942","url":"https:\/\/waxpoetics.com\/products\/spandau-ballet-paint-me-down-12-inch-test-pressing","provider":"Wax Poetics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}