The Birthday Party's single 'The Friend Catcher', recorded at Richmond Recorders January 1980
The Birthday Party's single 'The Friend Catcher', recorded at Richmond Recorders January 1980 - 4AD

Richmond Recorders

Richmond Recorders was a popular recording studio in the late 70s and early 80s; the Ears, the band that inspired the group in Dogs in Space, recorded its second single 'Scarecrow' there in 1980. Six years later, Ollie Olsen recorded half of the Dogs in Space soundtrack album, including Michael Hutchence's top 20 hit single 'Room for the Memory,' there. A number of other major albums of the period - including Men at Work's Grammy Award-winning Business as Usual and some of the Birthday Party's best records - were recorded at Richmond Recorders. The Young Talent Team recorded songs at the studio on a weekly basis for its TV show.

by davidnichols on Oct. 9, 2018


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