Burning The Ground Exclusive 1983
In TIn my opinion “Listening” is one of the best New Wave songs to come out of the 80s a shame this band is so overlooked. The b-side “In Their Time” is an epic New Wave non-lp track.
“Listening” is the debut single from Australian pop group Pseudo Echo. The song was released in November 1983 as the lead single from their debut studio album, Autumnal Park (1984). The song peaked at number 4 on the Australian Kent Music Report. Following the international success of “Funky Town”, a remixed version of “Listening” was released in America in 1987 for the movie “North Shore” starring Nia Peeples.
Pseudo Echo was formed in Melbourne in 1982 and performed around Melbourne when music journalist Molly Meldrum attended one of their shows at Melbourne’s ‘Jump Club’. Meldrum was impressed, spoke highly of the group, and convinced them to perform on the music TV show Countdown where they performed a demo version of “Listening” on 28 June 1983. While it wasn’t unusual for Meldrum to speak in glowing terms about an up-and-coming artist, Pseudo Echo was the first unsigned artist to perform live on the show.
Meldrum’s introduction was: “We’re about to present a group, a local group, who have got no record contract. We saw them at a gig. I think they have loads of potential, so all you record companies out there, have a look at them, and the public, you judge for yourselves. We think they’re pretty good. A young group, they go under the name of Pseudo Echo. Here they are with “Listening”. Go boys!”
Shortly after, Pseudo Echo were signed by with EMI Music and producer Peter Dawkins (who had worked with Australian Crawl, Dragon) was at the helm at the studio to re-record “Listening”. The single made an immediate impact upon its release in November 1983.
SIDE A:
Listening 2:57
SIDE B:
In Their Time 5:42
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI – EMI.1158, EMI – EMI-1158
Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: Australia
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Engineer – Dave Marett
Lacquer Cut By –DB*
Photography By – Cathy Hayton
Producer – Peter Dawkins
Written-By – B. Canham, T. Lugton
NOTES:
Recorded at Studios 301, Sydney, Australia.
An Australian Composition and Recording
Manufactured and distributed by EMI Music Group of Companies, Sydney, Australia and Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
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Incredible Penguins were an Australian supergroup formed in 1985, which reached the top ten on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart with their cover of “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” in December. Contributors included Angry Anderson (Rose Tattoo), Bob Geldof, Brian Mannix (Uncanny X-Men), Scott Carne (Kids in the Kitchen), Colleen Hewett, and John Farnham. The charity project, for research on little penguins, was organized and produced by Countdown host, Ian Meldrum.
