Pseudo Echo - Live 1985

This listing is a live desk recording of Pseudo Echo from sometime late in 1985, probably December.

From recollections the recording can only be narrowed down to either The Palace in St Kilda or Monash Uni.

It is believed that Aaron Chugg was the FOH engineer.

I first saw Pseudo Echo on the 16th of November 1982 as a support band when I was working for The Little Heroes.  The venue was The Jump Club in Collingwood.

The following information is a extract from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo_Echo


Formed in 1982 by school friends Brian Canham (vocals, guitars, and keyboards) and Pierre Gigliotti (bass, keyboards) the band completed its lineup with Anthony Argiro (drums) and Tony Lugton (guitars and keyboards).

Their first album Autumnal Park was an Ultravox-influenced album that yielded the Australian singles "Listening" (produced by Peter Dawkins), "Stranger in Me", "Dancing Till Midnight", and "A Beat for You".

Their climb to success in the summer of 1984 was rapid, and they quickly became the second biggest band in Australia after INXS.

"His Eyes", a track from their first album, received exposure overseas as it was used in the movie Friday the 13th: A New Beginning.

There was a lineup change before their second album with Tony Lugton being replaced by James Leigh (real surname: Dingli) after a dispute between Lugton and Canham over money, and another lineup change during the making of the second album with Argiro being replaced by James's brother Vince.

Lugton went on to join synth rock band Talk That Walk.

Brian Canham joined as guest vocalist with The Incredible Penguins in 1985, for a cover of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", a charity project for research on Fairy penguins, which peaked at #10 on the Australian Kent Music Report in December.

Their second album, Love an Adventure (1986), was also a success with several singles from that album topping the Australian charts including the title track, "Don't Go", "Try", and "Living in a Dream".

The album was re-released the following year to include their remake of the Lipps, Inc. song "Funkytown", which brought the group their biggest international success, reaching No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA and No. 8 in the UK in July, 1987, as well as spending seven weeks at #1 in Australia from December 1986.

The overseas release of Love an Adventure featured a somewhat different track listing which included re-mixed versions of 3 singles from Autumnal Park: "Listening", "A Beat for You", and "Destination Unknown".

These were remixed to sound more rock-oriented, to better-match the other tracks on the album. Brian Canham even re-recorded the vocals for a slicker sound to compliment these rock remixes.

Once again, the overseas version of Love an Adventure was re-released to include the re-make of "Funkytown", replacing "Don't Go" in the original track list.

In 1987, the band re-released "Listening" for the movie North Shore starring Nia Peeples.

Their third album, Race (1989), went further in the direction of pop rock and metal.

The album featured the Australian singles "Fooled Again", "Over Tomorrow", "Eye of the Storm", and "Don't You Forget".

The album stopped at #32 on the ARIA chart and it seemed that the band's move to a more rock/metal genre had alienated a good portion of their established fanbase.

Pseudo Echo disbanded shortly after touring for Race in 1990.

The band reunited in 1999 to produce the EP Funkytown Y2K: RMX, which included 6 new remixes of "Funkytown".

A year later, they released the double-CD Teleporter (2000), which featured 4 all-new tracks, 5 re-mixed tracks, and a live performance in Melbourne.

The live performance featured all the tracks from Autumnal Park except for "From the Shore", along with a few tracks from Love an Adventure and a performance of the rare B-side "In Their Time".

Since reuniting in 1999, the band has been touring constantly in Australia, and were previously seen touring with the "Idols of the 80s" in 2005.

In April 2010 they played two sold out shows in Adelaide, South Australia, and they continue to tour nationwide.


This is really great representation of the band in its heyday. I'm positive that fans of the Pseudo's will love this....  the recording actually predates their release of Funk Town.

Thanks to "Linus Prodd" for this amazing blast from the past.  Love your work mate!!

The line up at the time of this live recording was :-


Brian Canham - vocals and guitar
Pierre Pierre (Gigliotti) - bass synth and bass
James Leigh - keyboards 
Vince Leigh - drums 
Steve Williams -  keyboards and sequencer.

Live tracks include :-

Intro / Stranger In Me
I Ask You Why
Lies Are Nothing
Tell Me
Try
I Will Be You
Girl
Lonely Without You
Listening
Don't Go
Living In A Dream
A Beat For You
Love An Adventure
Destination Unknown
Funky Town
Let's Get Together

Cover artwork included / Cassette rip / 320kbps MP3 format

Pseudo Echo - Live - 1985