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Simon Hussey was working as a record producer on a single by
the Lisa Bade Band which included guitarist Mark Greg. When he formed Cats Under Pressure in 1984 with himself on guitar, keyboards and
backing vocals; Mark Greig on guitar and David Reyne (ex-Australian Crawl) on
drums and lead vocals. They issued a self-titled mini LP on Freestyle Records,
the label owned by Reyne's former band mates from Australian Crawl. It was
produced by David Reyne's older brother, James, who was still Australian
Crawl's lead singer. Cats Under Pressure followed with a single, "Let Me
Be" b/w “Polar Notch” (FREE-0001), which was co-written by Hussey with
David Reyne. A second single followed in 1985 “On Again Off Again” b/w “Ping Pong”
(FREE-0006) this single was produced by Ian “Mack” MaKenzie and Hussey. During
the 1980s and 1990s Hussey was a legal reporter transcribing court cases when
not working in the music industry. Greig joined Australian Crawl until they
disbanded in 1986. Reyne sang backing vocals on Chantoozies most popular tracks
"Witch Queen", “He's Gonna Step On You Again" and "Love the
One You're With”. He also began his acting career with a minor role in the 1983
film, Skin Deep. At the April 1985 TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, he won the
1984 Best New Talent Logie for his work in the ongoing role of Martin Kabel in
the ABC series Sweet and Sour. These are the only two singles released by the band
as well as the mini LP in 1984 which I’m yet to find a copy. A big thanks to
Alan who provided me with the 2nd single as well as the A side to
the 1st as mine was scratched pretty bad when I dug it out. mp3
Following The Spaniards post yesterday I thought I’d post
their three singles with a couple of non LP tracks for your collection. The
first single “God Is A Shield” b/w “God Is A Shield (Extended) (KSS-1263) was
produced by Red Hot Records and mixed by Ernie Rose with Tony Cohen doing the
engineering. It was recorded in 1984 for I.C.Records. It was penned by Billy
Miller. The 2nd single recorded in 1985 for EMI “Angel” (EMI-1541)
again written by Billy Miller and features an instrumental version on the B
side. It was produce by Mark S.Berry and engineered by Ian “Mack” MacKenzie . The 3rd single “What Can I Do” b/w “Memory”
( EMI-1668) recorded for EMI in 1986 both feature on the mini LP “Locked In A
Dance”, also produced by Mark S.Berry. Thanks to Henry for his help with this
post. mp3
In 1983, Billy Miller formed The Spaniards with Mick Pealing
ex Stars/Ideals on vocals and Mark Mannock ex Ideals on keyboards. The
Spaniards utilised other musicians as required like Dave Springfield, Kevin
Purcell, Russell Brown and John Annas. The band released three singles plus a
mini LP here for you to download “Locked In A Dance” (EMM.430038) for EMI in
1986. Additional players on the track “God
Is A Shield” were Hendrick de Fries, James Freud and Wayne Young. mp3
In 1977 Silver Studs Lance Reynolds and Gino Latorre
continued as a duo, renaming themselves simply The Studs (and recruiting a new
backing band). The debut single from The Studs was Funky Feet which reached
Number 13 in October 1977. The duo completed an album which did not see the
light of day until November 1978 and followed two more singles, Today I Met The
Girl I’m Gonna Marry and Dr Bop. However The Studs only sang on side one with
Stud front man Gino Latorre singing solo on side two, which featured his single
“Crazy Lover”. The album was produced by Tony Hogarth at Trafalgar Studios,
Sydney and Larrabee Studios Los Angeles between May 1977 and July 1978. Musicians
included on this album were Tony Ansell, Stephen Murphy, Greg Lyons, Jim Kelly,
James Taylor, Terry Young, Col Loughnan, Clydie King, Terry & Mona Lisa and
Stephen Hopes. mp3
