Burning The Ground Exclusive 1987

NEW 2024 Transfer
NEW Meticulous Audio Restoration

Originally posted May 10, 2011

Artist spotlight PSEUDO ECHO!

“Funkytown” is a song originally recorded by American disco-funk group Lipps Inc., released in 1980.

In 1986, “Funkytown” was covered by Australian new wave band Pseudo Echo in rock form, including a guitar solo in the middle. It reached number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 and spent seven weeks at number one in Australia. Like Lipps Inc., it is Pseudo Echo’s only US Top 40 hit single.

For the U.S. market, four exclusive promo-only remixes were commissioned by RCA Records and mixed by Chicago DJ/Producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and New York City DJ/Producer Freddy Bastone, helping to push the single to #4 on the Billboard Dance Chart.

SIDE A:
Funkytown (Funky House Mix) 5:24
Engineer [Mix] – Larry Sturm
Remix – Steve “Silk” Hurley

Funkytown (Funky Club Mix) 6:07
Remix – Freddy Bastone, Steve “Silk” Hurley

SIDE B:
Funkytown (Funky Vocal Mix) 6:13
Engineer [Mix] – Bruce Miller
Remix – Freddy Bastone

Funkytown (Funky Dub Mix) 6:44
Engineer [Mix] – Bruce Miller
Remix – Freddy Bastone

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	Funkytown	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#6
1987	Funkytown	U.S. Billboard Dance Music/Club Play	#4
Funkytown		U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Maxi-Singles/Sales	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: RCA – 6507-1-RDAB
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Synth-pop

CREDITS:

• Engineer – Ian ‘Mack’McKenzie*
• Producer – Brian Canham

NOTES:
Recorded and Mixes at Platinum, Australia
Not For sale
From the “Love An Adventure” album 5730-1-RX

Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus:  Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
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

**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!

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