Tag: 1985

January 23, 2024

Pseudo Echo – A Beat For You (US 12″)

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Artist spotlight Australian band Pseudo Echo!

Periodically I will be doing blocks of singles by some of my favorite artists. For the next few days, I will be posting the singles that I have in my collection from Pseudo Echo most of these will be their U.S. 12″ singles which differ from singles released in Australia most of which I have already posted in the past. I hope you enjoy this run of singles from one of pop/new wave’s most underrated bands. They were so much more than “Funkytown”.

“A Beat for You” was released in the USA with two separate 12″ singles this is the first release which includes exclusive remixes by Paul Sabu, and Rusty Garner released in 1985 and produced by John Punter. The song originally appeared on the band’s debut LP Autumnal Park (1984).

For the U.S. market an updated 1987 version was included on the group’s follow-up album, Love an Adventure (1987). In the United States, the single did not chart.

To my knowledge, the two mixes included here are vinyl only.

SIDE A:
A Beat For You (Vocal Dance Mix) 5:22

SIDE B:
A Beat For You (Echo Dub Mix) 6:02

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI America – V-7856
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:

Producer [Additional 12″ Production By], Remix [Remix By] – Paul Sabu, Rusty Garner
Producer [Produced By] – John Punter
Written-By – Brian Canham

NOTES:
Comes in pink/blue concentric circles EMI America 12″ Single sleeve with yellow and black release info sticker in top left corner of front.

The album version can be heard on “Pseudo Echo” ST-17130.
Recorded in Australia.
“An Endless Music Mix”

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January 11, 2024

Kool & The Gang – Emergency (France 7″)

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“Emergency” was the title track from the sixth studio LP by American Pop/R&B group Kool & The Gang released in October 1985. The song was the fourth single taken from the album.”Emergency” peaked at #18 on the US Billboard Hot 100, #7 R&B, and #41 Dance. In the UK the single reached #50.

SIDE A:
Emergency (7″ Remix) 4:05
Remix (Uncredited) – Mark Berry

SIDE B:
You Are The One (Edit Of LP Version) 4:21

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Emergency	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#18
1985	Emergency	U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	#7
1985	EmergencyB	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#41

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: De-Lite Records – 102 112, Vogue – 102112
Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: France
Released: Oct 1985
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Electro, R&B

CREDITS:

Photography By – Chris Van De Vooren
Producer – Jim Bonnefond, Kool & The Gang, Ronald Bell

NOTES:
From the LP “EMERGENCY”

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January 5, 2024

David Knopfler – Shockwave (Germany 12″)

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“Shockwave” is a 1985 single by British musician David Knopfler taken from his second solo album “Behind The Lines” after leaving Dire Straits.

He was born in Scotland, but raised in Blyth, near Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Together with his older brother Mark Knopfler, John Illsley, and Pick Withers, he founded the rock band Dire Straits in 1977, serving as rhythm guitarist on their first two albums. After quitting the band in 1980 during the recording of their third album, Knopfler embarked upon a solo career as a recording artist.

“Shockwave” did not chart, and there was no music video released for the song. The single was only released in Germany and the U.K.

This 12″ was pressed on Blue Transparent vinyl.

SIDE A:
Shockwave (Special Mix) 6:16
Written-By – B. Roberts, D. Knopfler, H. R. Schade*

SIDE B:
Sunset 3:33
The Missing Book 4:49

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Intercord – INT 125.231
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 45 RPM, Blue Transparent
Country: Germany
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock, Electronic
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:

Composed By, Written-By – David Knopfler (tracks: B1, B2)
Engineer – H. R. Schade*
Executive-Producer – D. Knopfler*
Producer – David Knopfler, Hans Rolf Schade

NOTES:
Engineered at Hermes Studio, Kamen, W. Germany.

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December 6, 2023

The Dream Academy – The Love Parade (UK 12″)

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Originally posted March 26, 2012

“The Love Parade” is the fourth single released by The Dream Academy. It was a more “edgy” song than their previous singles, made so by the inclusion of implied themes of adultery and erotic temptation in the lyrics, and was arranged to a brisk bossa nova-esque beat which was in stark contrast to the style of the group’s first single Life In A Northern Town. There were two additional singles released in the UK by Blanco y Negro, a 7″ shaped picture disc and a second limited edition release.

The Love Parade is the only song on The Dream Academy’s eponymous album not to be produced by David Gilmour. Instead, the band recruited Alan Tarney to work with them on the track. Tarney was brought in at the suggestion of Rough Trade Records founder Geoff Travis to work on “The Love Parade”. “What happened was, we had a pretty good demo for “Love Parade,” and we loved it, and when we made the record with David, somehow we never got ’round to it”. Lead vocalist Nick Laird-Clowes noted that Tarney brought some “real special techniques” to the table: he tracked the vocals “12 or 15 times” during certain portions of the song.

There were high hopes for the single, especially from Warner, and there was some degree of promotion of the song (such as a live performance on American Bandstand). However, the single failed to live up to the expectations of their debut single, “Life in a Northern Town”, just making the top 40 (#36) in the US and reaching #68 in the UK.

SIDE A:
The Love Parade (12″) 6:16
Engineer, Mixed By – John Hudson
Producer – Alan Tarney

SIDE B:
The Love Parade (7″) 3:46
Producer – Alan Tarney

Girl In A Million (For Edie Sedgwick) 3:47
Producer – Paul O’Duffy*, The Dream Academy

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	The Love Parade	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#36
1985	The Love Parade	U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Tracks	#13

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Blanco Y Negro – NEG16T, Blanco Y Negro – NEG 16(T), WEA – 920363-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop, New Wave

CREDITS:

Artwork By [Screened By] – Art-O-Matic
Design – Peter Saville Associates
Written-By – Gabriel*, Laird-Clowes*

NOTES:
From the LP “The Dream Academy”

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