Beauty And The Beat [Definitive Sound Series One Step]

The Definitive Sound Series (DSS) meticulous One-Step process creates the definitive sounding audiophile version of all-time classic albums. The Go-Go’s “Beauty and the Beat” was mastered from the original analog master tapes [AAA]. This iconic album has never sounded better!

This DSS version is limited to a pressing of 3,000 numbered copies, includes a top-quality heavyweight tip on single pocket gatefold jacket and is housed inside a uniquely designed slipcase.

Special care has been taken to faithfully preserve the original sound with exceptional clarity and depth, capturing the recordings nuances at every step, in order to create the definitive sounding record.

The One-Step process is highly regarded among audiophiles and collectors for its unparalleled sound fidelity and represents the pinnacle of vinyl manufacturing and the listening experience.

DSS One-Step Details

• Audio Source: Original Analog Master Tapes
• Vinyl Compound: Neotech VR900-D2 180g High-Definition Vinyl
• Vinyl Mastering: Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
• One-Step Process: Dorin Sauerbier at Record Technology, Inc.
• Pressing: Record Technology, Inc.
• Print & Packaging: GPA Global

Some records make you want to turn them up. Beauty and the Beat is one of them.

Released in 1981, the Go-Go’s debut took a band out of the Los Angeles punk scene and brought their sound to the world. Six consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart, and two songs—“Our Lips Are Sealed” and “We Got the Beat”—that became part of the soundtrack of the decade. Along the way, the Go-Go’s made history as the first all-female band to reach No. 1 with an album on which they wrote their own songs and played their own instruments.

Listening to the entire record reminds you why it connected with so many people. The songs keep coming, the playing has personality, and there’s an edge underneath those great pop melodies. The hooks pull you in, and the energy makes you want to play it again.

Recorded in New York and produced by Richard Gottehrer and Rob Freeman, Beauty and the Beat brought the band’s club-tested songs into focus. Gottehrer had already worked with Blondie, and you can hear that feel for letting a great pop song shine while keeping some grit in the playing. The guitars ring, the rhythm section drives the songs, and the harmonies give those melodies another lift. There’s a looseness and spirit to it all that’s a big part of why this record still feels so alive.

Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering mastered the album from the original analog master tapes, with One-Step processing and pressing handled by Record Technology, Inc. The care continues through the finished record, pressed on 180g Neotech VR900-D2 High-Definition Vinyl and presented in a premium heavyweight tip-on gatefold jacket housed in a custom-designed slipcase. The edition is limited to 3,000 individually numbered copies.

Our goal was what it always is: to get you as close as possible to what’s on the master tapes—to hear the playing, the texture and the personality of the recording. A great band, a remarkable debut, and a record that deserves to be played loud.

Track Listing

Side A

1. Our Lips Are Sealed
2. How Much More
3. Tonite
4. Lust To Love
5. This Town

Side B

1. We Got The Beat
2. Fading Fast
3. Automatic
4. You Can’t Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can’t Sleep)
5. Skidmarks On My Heart
6. Can’t Stop The World