Soul Mining
Studio album by The TheWikipedia
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Search complete. 8 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Soul Mining".
Sep 29, 2026
Simon SweetmanHOST
Perfect.
Duncan SarkiesGUEST
So this is Soul Mining's other.
Simon SweetmanHOST
Lovely.
Simon SweetmanHOST
Which I've never owned on CD, but I have on vinyl.
Duncan SarkiesGUEST
Played it all the time.
Duncan SarkiesGUEST
Yeah.
Duncan SarkiesGUEST
Which one has This Is The Day? Is it that or Infected? Soul Mining has This Is The Day.
Duncan SarkiesGUEST
Fell in love with this.
Martin FranklinHOST
Martin mentioned being early label mates with Matt Johnson, another artist mentioned in the tape's received list.
Martin FranklinHOST
By the mid-80s, Matt came to fame as The The, with the albums Soul Mining and Infected.
Martin FranklinHOST
We got hold of Matt and began by talking about his first solo album, which he recorded in the late 70s, See Without Being Seen.
Matt JohnsonGUEST
Yeah, I consider that my first...
ChrisHOST
That song was Uncertain Smile.
ChrisHOST
The version we heard is the single, but we need to talk about the definitive iconic recording from the The Seminal 1983 debut album Soul Mining.
ChrisHOST
But getting to that point of perfection took a few tries.
ChrisHOST
After signing to Epic Records, Johnson travelled to New York in 1982 to record the song at Media Sound Studios with producer Mike Thorne.
ChrisHOST
It became Johnson's very first charting single, though it only peaked at a modest number 68 on the UK singles chart and hence why you might not have heard it.
ChrisHOST
Johnson wasn't completely satisfied.
ChrisHOST
When it came time to record the Soul Mining album at Ad Vision and Sarm West Studios in London in 1983, he decided to completely overhaul the track.
ChrisHOST
He stripped away the saxophone solo and he wanted a piano instead.