Do-Re-Mi (EP)

Do-Ré-Mi or Standing on Wires is the debut EP album by Australian rock/pop group Do-Ré-Mi which was released by independent label Green Records in August 1982.^[1][2] The album has four tracks, which were written by lead vocalist Deborah Conway, drummer Dorland Bray, bass guitarist Helen Carter and guitarist Stephen Philip.^[3][4] Philip had been a session musician but was invited to join the band during recording in July.^[2]

Do-Ré-Mi
EP by Do-Ré-Mi
Released	23 August 1982
Recorded	July 1982
Label	Green
Do-Ré-Mi chronology
Do-Ré-Mi (1982) The Waiting Room (1982)

Background

Do-Ré-Mi had formed in Sydney in 1981 when Deborah Conway (lead vocals) and Dorland Bray (drums, percussion, backing vocals), both previously in Melbourne-based group The Benders, joined Helen Carter (bass, backing vocals) ex-Friction.^[4] Stephen Philip (guitar), ex-Thought Criminals, was initially a studio musician for this EP.^[1] Do-Ré-Mi was recorded in July 1982 and Philip was asked to join formally by its release in August.^[2] They returned to the studio almost immediately and recorded their next EP The Waiting Room which was released in January 1983.^[1]

Carter later said, "When we did release the first EP we didn't even put on it what everybody did; we just put our names on it and that really shat everybody off. Definitely the press hated us. The success of it, which had a lotto do with 2JJ in those days, was a real surprise."^[5]

Track listing

All tracks were written by Deborah Conway, Dorland Bray, Helen Carter and Stephen Philip.^[3]

1. "Standing on Wires"
2. "Honeymoon"
3. "Pecking Order"
4. "Violet Town"

Personnel

Do-Ré-Mi members

• Dorland Bray – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Helen Carter – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Deborah Conway – lead vocalist
• Stephen Philip – guitar