Tag: Pseudo Echo

January 24, 2024

Pseudo Echo – A Beat For You (US12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1987

Artist spotlight Pseudo Echo!

In 1987 “A Beat For You” was re-recorded, and remixed for inclusion on Pseudo Echo’s second studio LP “Love An Adventure” The song was co-produced by Brian Canham and Mark S. Berry. The track “Try” was also released in Australia as the fourth single from the album.

This 12″ includes U.S.-only remixes by Mark S. Berry.

SIDE A:
A Beat For You (Remix) 5:14
Engineer [Remix] – Kennan Keating
Remix – Mark S. Berry
Written-By – B. Canham

A Beat For You (7″ Mix) 3:39
Engineer [Remix] – Kennan Keating
Remix – Mark S. Berry
Written-By – B. Canham

SIDE B:
A Beat For You (Dub Version) 5:40
Engineer [Remix] – Kennan Keating
Remix – Mark S. Berry
Written-By – B. Canham

Try 4:18
Written-By – B. Canham, J. Leigh

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: RCA Victor – 6763-1-RD
Format: Vinyl, 12″,33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:

Co-producer – Ross Fraser
Engineer – Doug Brady
Producer – Brian Canham, Mark S. Berry*

NOTES:
Comes in a stickered, generic label sleeve.

Although label copyrights show 1985, the catalog number sequence and mention of the 1987 LP indicate this is a 1987 release.

Original version from the “LOVE AN ADVENTURE” album

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January 23, 2024

Pseudo Echo – A Beat For You (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

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 19, 2023

Pseudo Echo – Listening (Australia 7″)

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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April 20, 2021

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.

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