Pseudo Echo – Funkytown (US 12″ Promo)
Posted by DjPaulT on 14th January 2011
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987
BACKGROUND:
“Funkytown” is a 1980 disco hit song originally recorded by the disco band Lipps Inc. In 1986, it was covered by Australian band Pseudo Echo, who gave the song a different sound, less of early eighties’ electronica and more of later eighties’ rock, including a guitar solo in the middle. Pseudo Echo’s version spent seven weeks at No. 1 in Australia, (Lipps Inc.’s was at No. 1 for only two weeks in Australia), and was also a No. 6 US hit in July of the following year and in August a No. 1 hit in Canada.
All four mixes are exclusive to this promo-only 12″ with mixes by, by Steve “Silk” Hurley and Freddy Bastone.
SIDE A:
Funkytown (Funky House Mix) 5:22
Remix – Larry Sturm , Steve “Silk” Hurley
Mix Engineer – Larry Sturm
Funkytown (Funky Club Mix) 6:04
Remix – Freddy Bastone , Steve “Silk” Hurley
Mix Engineer – Larry Sturm
SIDE B:
Funkytown (Funky Vocal Mix) 6:10
Remix – Freddy Bastone
Mix Engineer – Bruce Miller
Funkytown (Funky Dub Mix) 6:42
Remix – Freddy Bastone
Mix Engineer – Bruce Miller
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint (stickered company sleeve)
CHARTS:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Funkytown | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #6 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: RCA
Catalog#: 6507-1-RDAB
Format: Vinyl, Promo, 12″
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Synth-pop
Credits: Engineer – Ian “Mack” McKenzie*
Producer – Brian Canham
Written-By – S. Greenberg*
NOTES:
Sleeve states: “Special New Dance Mix”.
from the “Love an Adventure” album 5730-RX
Find the 12″ on DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super 20
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 16bit 44kHz using Adobe batch processing
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi PNG format, resized to JPEG format for posting.
PW: burningtheground
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Tags: Freddy Bastone, Funkytown, Pseudo Echo, Steve "Silk" Hurley
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