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.Mondo Rock - Primal Park at Australian Music Database 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.

Track listing Side A "Question Time" (Gunther Gorman) – 3:38 "Down to Earth" (Kim Fowley, Ross Wilson) – 4:06 "Primal Park" (David Pepperell, R. Wilson) – 4:15 "Searching for My Baby" (R. Wilson) – 2:52 "Tell Me" (Iain McLennan) – 4:21

Side B "Toughen Up" (R. Wilson) – 3:45 "Down Down" Down Down (R. Wilson) – 4:29 "The Rebel" (R. Wilson, Tony Slavich) – 5:26 "Live Wire" – The Mondo Shakedown (R. Wilson, Simon Gyllies) – 6:56

2009 Bonus tracks – Singles A's And B's 1978/79 "The Fugitive Kind" (R. Wilson, T. Slavich) – 3:35 "The Breaking Point" (I. McLennan) – 4:57 "Send Me Someone" (R. Wilson) – 3:18 "Love Shock" (Peter Laffy, R. Wilson) – 3:10 "Don't You Lie to Me" (Chuck Berry) – 2:51 "Louie Louie" (Richard Berry) – 4:56 "Telephone Booth" (R. Wilson, Stephen Cummings) – 3:16 "Perhaps Perhaps" (R. Wilson, S. Cummings) – 3:11

Personnel Mondo Rock: Ross Wilson – lead vocals, harmonica Randy Bulpin – guitar, slide guitar Peter Laffy – guitar, backing vocals Rex Bullen – keyboards (tracks 2–5 only) Simon Gyllies – bass Iain McLennan – drums, backing vocals; lead vocals on "Tell Me" 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 Chart (1979) Peakposition Australia (Kent Music Report). 40

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