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Primal Park

Primal Park is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Mondo Rock, released in October 1979 and peaked at number 40 on the Kent Music Report.[1] The album is a mixture of live recordings (tracks 1, 6–9) and studio recordings (tracks 2–5). It spawned the non-charting singles "Searching for My Baby" and "Primal Park", both of which were studio recordings. In 2009, the album was remastered and included eight bonus tracks.[2]

Primal Park
Studio album by
Mondo Rock
ReleasedOctober 1979
RecordedMay 1979
StudioBombay Rock, Melbourne
GenreRock
Length65:42
LabelOZ Records
ProducerRoss Wilson
Mondo Rock chronology
Primal Park
(1979) 		Chemistry
(1981)
Singles from Primal Park
  1. "Searching for My Baby"
    Released: September 1979
  2. "Primal Park"
    Released: November 1979

Track listing

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Side A
  1. "Question Time" (Gunther Gorman) – 3:38
  2. "Down to Earth" (Kim Fowley, Ross Wilson) – 4:06
  3. "Primal Park" (David Pepperell, R. Wilson) – 4:15
  4. "Searching for My Baby" (R. Wilson) – 2:52
  5. "Tell Me" (Iain McLennan) – 4:21
Side B
  1. "Toughen Up" (R. Wilson) – 3:45
  2. "Down Down" Down Down (R. Wilson) – 4:29
  3. "The Rebel" (R. Wilson, Tony Slavich) – 5:26
  4. "Live Wire" – The Mondo Shakedown (R. Wilson, Simon Gyllies) – 6:56

2009 Bonus tracks – Singles A's And B's 1978/79

  1. "The Fugitive Kind" (R. Wilson, T. Slavich) – 3:35
  2. "The Breaking Point" (I. McLennan) – 4:57
  3. "Send Me Someone" (R. Wilson) – 3:18
  4. "Love Shock" (Peter Laffy, R. Wilson) – 3:10
  5. "Don't You Lie to Me" (Chuck Berry) – 2:51
  6. "Louie Louie" (Richard Berry) – 4:56
  7. "Telephone Booth" (R. Wilson, Stephen Cummings) – 3:16
  8. "Perhaps Perhaps" (R. Wilson, S. Cummings) – 3:11

Personnel

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Mondo Rock:

  • Ross Wilson – vocals, harmonica
  • Randy Bulpin – guitar, slide guitar
  • Peter Laffy – guitar, vocals
  • Rex Bullen – keyboards (tracks 2-5 only)
  • Simon Gyllies – bass
  • Iain McLennan – drums

also:

  • Tony Slavich – keyboards (on bonus tracks 10, 11)
  • Gil Matthews – drums (on bonus tracks 14–17)

with:

  • Sunil De Silva – percussion
  • Eddie Rayner – synthesizer
  • Andrew Bell – additional vocals

Production team:

  • Producer – Ross Wilson
  • Engineers – Ern Rose and Jim Barton (tracks 1, 6-9: recorded live at Le Club Bombay Rock, Melbourne, 18 May 1979)
  • Engineers – Mal Devenish, Richard Lush, Tony Cohen (tracks 2–5)
  • Mixed by – Ross Cockle

Charts

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Chart (1979) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 40

References

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  1. ^ Mondo Rock - Primal Park at Australian Music Database
  2. ^ "Mondo Rock - Primal Park (Remastered)". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 205. ISBN 0-646-11917-6..
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