Pseudo Echo – A Beat For You (Australia 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

“A Beat for You” is a song by the Australian pop group Pseudo Echo. The song was released in April 1984 as the second single from their debut studio album, Autumnal Park (1984). The song peaked at number 12 on the Australian Kent Music Report.

AllMusic said, “driving hard rock riffs puncture Pierre Gigliotti and James Leigh’s wall of synthesizers. Vocalist Brian Canham has a darkly erotic voice that only new wave groups seem to breed — imagine a cross between Jim Kerr of Simple Minds and Midge Ure.”

SIDE A:
A Beat For You (Extended Mix) 7:25
Written-By –  B. Canham*

SIDE B:
Autumnal Park 4:07
Written-By –T. Lugton*

A Beat For You 3:41
Written-By –  B. Canham*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI ‎– ED 81
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Australia
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Engineer – Glen Phimister
Producer – John Punter

NOTES:
Recorded at Studio 301, Sydney Australia
Made By E M I (Australia) Limited Sydney, N.S.W.

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp:
Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
DAC:
Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning
: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans
: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi


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Carl Davidson
Carl Davidson
April 22, 2021 2:58 am

So good. Thank you Paul
Autumnal Park has never sounded this good.
you have done much better than the other releases including the last one from the official Ebay store. It was terrible.

dugn
dugn
April 21, 2021 10:20 pm

TOTALLY LOVE PSEUDO ECHO! I remember seeing their first U.S. released video “Listening” back in the early 80’s and watching it on MTV and Night Trax. Just imported their “Long Plays 83-87” to get all of their 12″s in one shot. Also a proud owner of their original, first release Autumnal Park – and the remastered version straight from Australia. Really love that you preserved and shared something from this band! Thanks, Paul!

dugn
dugn
Reply to  DjPaulT
April 22, 2021 1:39 pm

Glad you enjoy them as much as I do – and yeah, the fact that the master tapes are lost is a huge letdown 🙁

Greg. M
Greg. M
April 21, 2021 12:08 am

Thanks Paul. This one really resonates with me. Apparently, it was in our charts for 16 weeks of 1984, peaking at no. 6. Great to hear the single version again and the extended which I don’t think I’ve heard before.

Grant
Grant
April 20, 2021 1:11 pm

Thanks for this!!

Jeff
Jeff
April 20, 2021 10:38 am

Absolutely PHENOMENAL!!!! I love the description :a darkly erotic voice that only new wave groups seem to breed — imagine a cross between Jim Kerr of Simple Minds and Midge Ure.”

I am so ready for this Paul!!!!

Jeff

Guss
Guss
April 20, 2021 10:25 am

Thank you Paul!!!