Sherbet - 1975 - Life Is For Living FLAC RE-POST

 Arrival/Survival/Life/I Wanna' Live/Only One You/Matter Of Time/Just Being You/Bluesong/I've Been In It Too Long/Where Do We Go/Survival - Reprise


 Life... Is For Living is the fourth album released by Sherbet released in 1975. Life is for living was a very interesting album because various members did lead vocal, Tony Mitchell takes lead vocals on "Bluesong" while Garth Porter takes over on "Matter Of Time" there were also a couple of instrumental tracks. Life... Is for Living reached #6 on the Australian charts.

Doug Parkinson - 1986 - Reflections WAVE RE-POST

 01 Reach Out, I'll Be There 
02 The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore 
03 A Whiter Shade of Pale 
04 Without You 
05 Reflections 
06 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 
07 I Heard It Through the Grapevine 
08 (Love Is Like A) Heatwave 
09 You Keep Me Hangin' On 
10 Dear Prudence 
11 When a Man Loves a Woman 
12 I'll Be Around 
13 Endlessly 
14 It's a Man's Man's World 
15 You've Really Got a Hold On Me 
16 You Are So Beautiful  



 This album was released on the Hammard label in 1986 (Rememember them ) On it, the true living Oz legend that is Doug pays homage to the wonderful soul stars of the 60's & 70's & their classic songs that he so loves. Along the way he also revives a Procol Harum beauty as well as revisiting songs from his own formidable back catalogue including Dear Prudence, Without You, I'll Be Around & The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore (though I do miss another of our very best singer's, Brod Smith's backing vocals on this one)

Doug's gravelly baritone is in awesome form & though there's only one new song on here, an excellent original called Endlessly, he effortlessly stamps each & every one of these familiar, stomping classics as his own. Reviewed by Micko

Steve Prestwich - 2000 - Since You've Been Gone FLAC

 Hurt Me So/Get Onboard/Someone Caught My Eye/ Since You've Been Gone/Early One Mornin'/Harbour Lights/Love Ya Baby/Best of a Bad Situation/Trouble Free/Bended Knees/So Tired/White Dove

 

 Prestwich was born in Liverpool, England in 1954. He was a member of a folk-rock band called Sandy in 1970. His family relocated to Adelaide, South Australia in 1971 when he was 17. He was a member of Elizabeth band, Ice, with bassist Michael Smith, later of Scandal, and guitarist John Pryer from 1971 to 1973.

In 1973, he was the founding drummer for heavy metal group, Orange, with the line-up of Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss, Don Walker and Leszek Kaczmarek. Orange evolved into Cold Chisel in 1974 and a year later, Kaczmarek was replaced by Phil Small. Prestwich remained a member until early 1983 and during his time in Cold Chisel, he wrote "When the War Is Over" and "Forever Now". Both songs appeared on the 1982 album Circus Animals. He co-wrote with Walker the song Flame Trees from the 1984 album Twentieth Century. He briefly rejoined Cold Chisel for their Last Stand Tour from October to December 1983.

 

From 1984 to 1986 Prestwich was the drummer in the Little River Band. He toured the United States and released two albums with LRB. Little River Band recorded a version of "When the War is Over" with John Farnham on vocals. Prestwich rejoined Cold Chisel in later reformations.

Prestwich released his first solo album, Since You've Been Gone in August 2000, which he also produced. His second album, Every Highway was released in October 2009.

Prestwich was the father of a daughter, Melody, and a son, Vaughan. Prestwich died at the Macquarie University Hospital in Sydney after not regaining consciousness following brain surgery to remove a tumour diagnosed less than two weeks before. Cold Chisel singer Jimmy Barnes later planted a flame tree in Prestwich's memory at the National Arboretum Canberra.

Little Pattie - 1995 - Moments Like This FLAC

  Let’s Face the Music and Dance/You Don’t Know Me/No More Blues/Who Cares/Love Letters/I’m Walkin’/When a Woman Loves a Man/Among My Souvenirs/Reachin’ for the Moon/When I Lost You/ You’re My Thrill/Moments Like This/Lover, Come Back to Me/ I Remember Clifford

 

 Little Pattie, née Patricia Thompson, has been a mainstay on the Australian entertainment scene since she was a teenager. She had her first pop hit at just 15 and, at the age of 17, was the youngest performer to sing for Australian troops during the Vietnam War. Generally categorized as a rocker, she has crossed the line to record a set of classic standards at two separate studio sittings. Her style and relatively deep voice immediately remind one of Susannah McCorkle, especially on medium-tempo tunes such as "No More Blues." She also has a similar way of phrasing, singing slightly behind the beat. Also evident right from the outset is that this lady is a veteran of the entertainment business with the utmost confidence in what she does. This is no amateur night contestant. She can swing ("I'm Walkin'"), she can be sentimental ("Among My Souvenirs"), and she can be ironically romantic ("When a Woman Loves a Man"). She is also comfortable flirting with other music styles, such as a slight touch of sultry country on the Eddie Arnold classic, "You Don't Know Me." Her supporting cast serves her well. The two pianists, Terry Wilkinson and Barney McAll, are pretty much interchangeable. Erroll Buddle kicks in with a sax solo now and then, such as on "Reachin' for the Moon." Once in a while, drummer Lawrie Thompson forgets this is not a rock session, but that's an inoffensive slip that doesn't matter all that much. This is an album of solid vocalizing by a consummate professional and is recommended.

Mary-Jo Starr - 1990 - Too Many Movies FLAC

 Hidden Things/Kissing In A Taxi/One True Love/ Passionate Kisses/Don't Say I'm No Good/Just A Phrase He's Going Through/Too Many Movies/Take Off Your Shirt/Too Much Lovin'/What To Do/The Boy That Radiates That Charm/Hungry Waltz

 

 Kaarin Louise Fairfax (born 30 September 1959) is an Australian actress, director and singer who played the role of 'Dolour Darcy' in two TV miniseries The Harp in the South (1986) and its sequel Poor Man's Orange (1987) based on books of the same names by Ruth Park. She has also acted in other Australian television series throughout the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and recorded music under the name of Mary-Jo Starr. Fairfax had the role of 'Deb Mathieson' on Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV series, Bed of Roses (2008, 2010).                                                                                     

                          As Dolour Darcy in The Harp in the South

Fairfax played the mother in the Rachel Perkins 2001 short film One Night the Moon, a story of racial prejudice in the outback. Fairfax is the former partner of Australian musician Paul Kelly—they met in 1988— their two children are Madeleine (born 1991) and Memphis (born 1993). Memphis appeared with her parents in One Night the Moon, the couple separated not long after the film's release. She appeared in the Australian sitcom Col'n Carpenter, a spin-off from The Comedy Company, after Vicki Blanche left the series.

 

By 2008, Fairfax had established The Little Theatre Company in Frankston, Victoria, in honour of her father George Fairfax. Fairfax directed Frankston Lights in January 2009, it was a musical which included songs co-written by Madeleine and Memphis and Robert McHugh. Kaarin has been working extensively since that time, joining forces with Sally Baillieu and directing The Wetlands Project, One Last Chance- performed in the Wetlands at Tootgarook. She runs with Sally The Lineup at Frankston Arts Centre Cube37. A musical mentorship program for young emerging artists. In January 2012 she directed Good People for Red Stitch Actors Theatre. Her children Madeleine and Memphis have recorded their first EP with additional band member Sam Humphrey. The band's name is Wishful, the EP is called Fifty Days and it was produced by their father Paul Kelly. Kaarin and Sally have an Arts program on 3RPP Radio Port Phillip on the Mornington Peninsula, called Arts About. In 2015, she co-starred in the film StalkHer.

 

 

Fairfax was a vocalist for Wild Blue Yonder, a Sydney-based band from 1985 which had a varied line-up but had no known recordings. In the late 1970s she was part of a comedy vocal trio The Droolettes which also included Gina Riley and Gina Mendoza with Geoff O'Connell on piano. During 1989–1991 she supplied backing vocals on tracks by Paul Kelly & the Messengers. In 1990, under the name, Mary-Jo Starr, she released three singles and an album, Too Many Movies. She was nominated for the 1991 ARIA Award for Best New Talent and appeared on the Breaking Ground - New Directions in Country Music compilation which was also nominated for Best Country Album. She joined Truckasaurus in 1993, a Melbourne-based Grungey/country band which released Truckasaurus in October.

 

Various Artists - 2005 - Homebake 2005

 Decoder Ring - Out Of Range/Cut Copy - Going Nowhere/Wolfmother - Woman /Katalyst - Uprock This /Paul Mac Featuring Lenka - Panic Room/The Grates - Message/Architecture In Helsinki - Wishbone/Amiel - Be Your Girl/The Morning After Girls - Run For Our Lives /The Mess Hall - Disco 1 /Dappled Cities Fly - Peach/ The Scare - If I'm Choking, Make A Scene/British India - The Time / The Golden Age - We'll Be Here

Decoder Ring is an experimental electronic-rock crossover group from Australia.
 
Decoder Ring was formed in 2001, in Sydney, Australia. The original line-up consisted of Tom Schutzinger (Keyboards, drums), Geoff Towner (bass, El Mopa), Pete Kelly (guitar, Sea Life Park), Kenny Davis Jr (keyboards, piano, The Jackson Code, The Blackeyed Susans) & Matt Fitzgerald (keyboards, guitar). This line-up recorded the EP Spooky Action at a Distance (2002) and the album Decoder Ring (2002). Geoff Towner departed in 2003 and was replaced by Ben Ely (Regurgitator).

The track "Night Shift" from Spooky Action at a Distance, featuring vocals by Jodi Phillis (Clouds), was featured in the soundtrack to the Alex Proyas film Garage Days (2002).

The band wrote the soundtrack for the 2004 Australian film Somersault, for which they won an AFI Award for 'Best Original Music Score', an Australian Screen Sound Guild Award for 'Soundtrack of the Year', a Lexus IF (Inside Film) Award for 'Best Music', 'Best Original Song Composed for a Feature Film, Telemovie, TV Series or Mini-Series' at the APRA/Australian Screen Music Awards, a Jackson Hole Film Festival Award for 'Best Score' and was nominated for an ARIA Award in the category of 'Best Soundtrack/Cast/Show Recording'.

Kenny Davis Jr & Ben Ely departed after the recording of Somersault in 2004, the band subsequently reconfiguring with new members Lenka (vocals, keyboards), Xavier Fijac (keyboards, samples) & Matthew Steffen (bass, [la Huva]).

The band wrote the soundtrack for the 2005 short feature Jewboy by writer/director Tony Krawitz, which was presented in 2006 at the Sundance Film Festival. All the band's performances are accompanied by film projections put on by Simon Killalea who, while not playing an instrument, is considered a member of the band. Both of the films were shown at the Cannes Film Festival.

2005 saw the release of the band's third full-length album Fractions, as well as performances at Homebake, the Big Day Out concerts, Splendour in the Grass, Cockatoo Island Festival and the Perth International Arts Festival. In March 2006 Decoder Ring performed at the St Jerome's Laneway Festival in Sydney. A US tour saw them play shows in Los Angeles and New York City, as well as at the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas. Upon their return home they played at The Great Escape Festival and Splendour in the Grass, as well as completing a national tour of Australia.

 

 Cut Copy (sometimes stylised as Cut/Copy) are an Australian synth-pop band formed in 2001 by Dan Whitford (vocals, keyboards and guitar). Originally a home-recording project, the band now includes Tim Hoey (guitars), Ben Browning (bass guitar), and Mitchell Scott (drums). The band achieved breakthrough success in 2008 with their second album, In Ghost Colours, which included well-known singles "Lights & Music" and "Hearts on Fire".

Cut Copy was established in 2001 in Melbourne, Australia as the solo project of Dan Whitford, a DJ and graphic designer. Whitford was educated at Scotch College and studied graphic design at Monash University. During his studies he became interested in dance music and began DJing while hosting a radio show. Around this time he bought a sampler and keyboards to experiment with. Musically he was "inspired by indie low-fi stuff as much as dance". Upon graduating Whitford co-founded the design agency Alter, who continue to produce all of the graphical material for the band.

According to Whitford, the band's name was a random choice: "I was in the edit menu [of my computer] and I moved down in the document to the few words that didn't make sense together, and at that particular day and time the words 'cut' and 'copy' really stood out to me. At the time it felt like a fairly abstract choice but now it feels very tied in with what we do". The name is often displayed as one word with a forward slash in between: Cut/Copy.

Whitford began producing music at his home-studio and submitted a demo-tape to Modular Recordings, who subsequently signed him sometime in the first half of 2001. He enlisted the help of veteran guitarist Harry Howard to record the debut single "1981", which was released on vinyl only. With Howard filling in on guitar, Whitford asked his childhood friend Bennett Foddy to join on bass with the view to release an EP. The band was assisted by Robbie Chater of The Avalanches who produced the seven largely instrumental tracks that were leaning heavily on samples. I Thought of Numbers was released in September 2001 and spurred a number of remixes on vinyl. The following year saw Whitford remould the band with a view to take to the stage. Their live debut was at the 2003 Livid festival where they performed in front of 5,000 people.

In 2003, Howard was replaced by Tim Hoey, a student at the Victoria College of Art after he and Whitford began exchanging demo tapes. Drummer Mitchell Scott joined shortly after, explaining that "we were just in the same circle of friends, and Tim was sort of roped in because he could play guitar and Dan's sampler had actually broken down, which kind of brought on the need to find a new way of thinking about a live show". Prior to Hoey and Scott joining, a Cut Copy performance was essentially Whitford together with Joel McKenzie doing a DJ set that included sampling their own material. Throughout their career, the band has continued to do DJ sets and remixes for others.

 

  Wolfmother is an Australian hard rock band from Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 2004, the group is centred around vocalist and guitarist Andrew Stockdale, who is the only constant member of the lineup. The band has been through many personnel changes since their formation, with the current incarnation including drummer Hamish Rosser and bassist Brad Heald, both of whom are former members of The Vines. The original – and most commercially successful – lineup included bassist and keyboardist Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett. Ross and Heskett left Wolfmother after four years in 2008.

Stockdale, Ross and Heskett formed Wolfmother in 2004 after several years of informal jamming. Signing with independent label Modular Recordings, the band released their self-titled debut album in Australia in 2005, which reached number 3 on the domestic albums chart. It was released internationally by Interscope and Island Records the following year, and to date has sold in excess of 1.5 million copies worldwide. After Ross and Heskett departed, Stockdale rebuilt the band with the addition of bassist and keyboardist Ian Peres, rhythm guitarist Aidan Nemeth and drummer Dave Atkins, who released Cosmic Egg in 2009.

In recent years, the lineup of Wolfmother has continued to change frequently, with their commercial popularity fluctuating. The band's planned third album Keep Moving was released as Stockdale's solo debut in 2013, with a new lineup including drummer Vin Steele issuing New Crown independently the following year. In 2016, the group released Victorious as their first album on a major label since Cosmic Egg, and subsequently toured with Alex Carapetis on drums. Wolfmother's personnel have continued to change, with Stockdale subsequently releasing and touring in promotion of his second solo album Slipstream in 2018.

 

Katalyst is the true innovator. Respect to one of Australia’s finest purveyors of world class Hip-Hop.

Katalyst has been getting busy, enlisting some top Australian and UK producers to remix tracks from his critically acclaimed, award winning album, "Manipulating Agent". The result is the remix album "Agent Manipulated". Due for released in the first week of March, it contains tunes from 13 different producers, and two previously unreleased Katalyst tracks.
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All the tracks are far removed from the originals from which they drew influence. The producers were in no way restricted to using material from the existing tracks, and came up with 15 new and exciting tunes. Rather than a remix album, it is more like a new album inspired by Katalyst's first release "Manipulating Agent". The only thing that didn't change was the quality of material.

"Uprock This" is the first single off the album, and is essentially a new tune by Katalyst. This funky yet soulful tune bears little or no resemblance to the original, yet still has that distinctive Katalyst sound. It is accompanied by a great film clip, that utilizes footage from a legendary Australian Kung Fu flick, "The Man From Hong Kong".
This radio single has gone onto high rotation on JJJ as of the 4th March.

 

Paul Francis McDermott (born 17 September 1965), who performs as Paul Mac, is an Australian electropop musician, singer-songwriter, producer and music re-mixer. He was classically trained at Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Mac has formed various bands including Smash Mac Mac (1986–88), The Lab (1989–1998), Itch-E and Scratch-E (1991–present), Boo Boo Mace & Nutcase (1996–98), and The Dissociatives (2003–2005). Mac has released two solo albums, 3000 Feet High (6 August 2001) and Panic Room (17 October 2005) – both appeared in the top 40 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
Lenka provided the vocals for 2 tracks on Paul Mac's 2005 album Panic Room. As Lenka Kripac, she was a member of the Australian electronic-rock crossover band Decoder Ring for two of their albums. 

 

 The Grates are a three-piece indie rock band formed in Brisbane in 2002 they are Patience Hodgson (vocals), John Patterson (guitar) and Richard Daniell III (drums).. They were brought to national attention when a demo of their single, "Trampoline" in 2004, which received airplay on radio station Triple J. Their first two albums, Gravity Won't Get You High (2006) and Teeth Lost, Hearts Won (2008), both reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 10. Since May 2012 Hodgson and Patterson are also proprietors of Southside Tea Room, a cafe and bar, in Morningside; the couple also married in November that year. 

 

Architecture in Helsinki is an Australian indie pop band which consisted of Cameron Bird, Gus Franklin, Jamie Mildren, Sam Perry, and Kellie Sutherland. The band released five studio albums before going on hiatus: Fingers Crossed (2003), In Case We Die (2005), Places Like This (2007), Moment Bends (2011), and Now + 4eva (2014). As of 2018, they are recording new music with plans to release a new album. Architecture in Helsinki developed from a short-lived high school music experiment in Albury, New South Wales, by childhood friends Cameron Bird (lead singer), Jamie Mildren and Sam Perry. By 1999, the trio had moved to the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, where they used the name Architecture in Helsinki for Bird's first collection of self-penned songs. Bird got the new band's name after cutting up a newspaper and re-arranging words. They played a small number of gigs before going into hiatus. In 2000, while studying photography at art school, Bird met James Cecil, the two developed a musical connection and within months Cecil joined the band on drums. Around that time Bird took up guitar, he also met Kellie Sutherland at a party and invited her to play clarinet for the band. 

 

 Amiel Muki Daemion (born 13 August 1979 in New York City, United States), also known as just Amiel, is an American-Australian pop singer, songwriter and actress. She moved to Australia with her family at the age of two and starred in films in the 1990s, including The Silver Brumby, which also starred Russell Crowe and Caroline Goodall. Her music career shot to fame in 1999 when she teamed up with producer Josh G. Abrahams (as Puretone) for the song "Addicted to Bass" which became a top twenty hit in Australia, this led to Daemion releasing studio albums such as Audio Out in 2003 and These Ties in 2005.

 

 

The Morning After Girls are an Australian neo-psychedelia[citation needed] band. The group was originally formed in Melbourne, Victoria around 2003 by founding members Sacha Lucashenko (vocals and guitar) and Martin B. Sleeman (vocals and guitar), who relocated the group to New York City in 2008. Its American lineup includes Alexander White (keyboards, percussion, backing vocals), EJ Hagen (bass guitar), and John Brodeur (drums). They have since returned to Australia and are now based in Melbourne to complete their third album in 2017.

 

 

The Mess Hall are a two-piece drums and guitar combo based in Sydney, Australia specialising in "raw, edgy bluesy rock." The band consists of Jed Kurzel (vocals/guitar) and Cec Condon (drums/vocals). The band often find themselves being compared to The White Stripes but Kurzel expresses otherwise. "When we started to do our thing there was no White Stripes around. A lot of people I'm influenced by are a lot of old poor guys from the Mississippi who just play really honest and a dirty sort of blues. That's where The Mess Hall come from. We really never set out to be a two piece. It was just something that worked out that way". However The White Stripes had released two albums before The Mess Hall formed.

Dappled Cities (formerly "Dappled Cities Fly") are an indie rock band from Sydney, Australia. The band first came together as teenagers in the northern suburbs of Sydney in 1997. Dave Rennick and original drummer Hugh Boyce were joined by Alex Moore on bass and Tim Derricourt on guitar. Keyboards were added occasionally by Mark Bradshaw, and after 2006 more regularly by Ned Cooke.

The band started out playing at all-ages shows and charity benefits before they reached legal age to play in the licensed venues in the Sydney CBD. The performed at the Hopetoun (now defunct), the Excelsior and The Bat and Ball. The band members moved to the inner suburbs of Sydney and after various name changes settled on Dappled Cities Fly.

The band made several tours of Australia and also toured New Zealand in 2004. In 2006 Dappled Cities Fly performed in London, England and at shows in the United States, including South by Southwest, where they played again in 2009 and 2010. From 2006–2009, the band did a number of tours of America and Canada, including performances at the Crocodile Club in Seattle, Mercury Lounge in New York and the Troubadour in Los Angeles. 

 

The Scare was an Australian punk rock band formed in 2004 by Kiss Reid, Ben Lewis, Samuel Pearton and Liam O'Brien in Brisbane, Queensland. They released their debut EP, Masochist Mimes, in November 2004. Brock Alexander Fitzgerald joined in 2005 and the band released a second EP, Vacuum Irony in October. Wade Keighran joined later in the year and in 2006 the band relocated to Birmingham. They returned to Australia to record their first album before returning to the UK to tour. Their debut album, Chivalry, was released in 2007. This was followed up by the Daniel Johns produced Oozevoodoo in September 2009. The band has toured in Australia, UK and USA and have had national rotation on Triple J. The band broke up in 2010, playing their last gig on 9 August in Fortitude Valley QLD.

 

  British India are an Australian indie rock band from Melbourne. The band comprises lead vocalist and guitarist Declan Melia, guitarist Jack Tosi, bassist Will Drummond and drummer Matt O'Gorman. They have released six studio albums. The members of British India met at high school in 2004 whilst attending St. Bede's College, in Melbourne, Victoria. Reportedly social misfits throughout high school, the band would converge during school lunchtimes and study periods to rehearse and compose in the school music room. The band later relocated to drummer Matt O'Gorman's parents shed.

The Golden Age were formed in Sydney in 2004. The band members knew each other while they lived in Canberra and played in different bands. They moved up to Sydney at various times and got the band together. The band's first gig was with Youth Group. They also did shows with Wolf Mother, Alex Lloyd, Youth Group, Starky and the Mess Hall. Their sound was influenced by Sonic Youth, The Pixies, The Dandy Warhols, Blondie and T-Rex. In 2005 they released their only album 'Mexico City Bees'. Members Dallas Houldsworth (vocals, guitar), Kat Harley (guitar, vocal), Mick Laws (drums, 2006-), Geoff (bass, 2007-), Anthony Layton (drums, 2004-06), Jen Mitchell (bass, 2004-07)

Eskimo Joe - 2001 - Girl FLAC

 Head Hurts/Wake Up/Planet Earth/Who Sold Her Out/Love List/Liar/ Election/Take a Rest/Slow Down/Sydney Song/Just Like Me/Driver

 

 

 Girl is the debut album by Australian rock band Eskimo Joe, released on 20 August 2001. The album reached number 29 on the Australian (ARIA) Album Charts and went gold. The album was nominated for four ARIA Awards.

The album features the two heavily played Triple J songs "Wake Up" and "Who Sold Her Out", with the latter reaching number 94 on the ARIA Singles Charts. "Sydney Song" featured on an advertisement for Kit Kat, in which a man carried a novelty sized Kit Kat around, to promote the Kit Kat Chunky. This also assisted in sales of the band's album, Girl.

 

Mixtures - 1996 - The Pushbike Song FLAC

The Pushbike Song/Call Me Do/Travelling Song/ I Wanna Go Home/Love Is Life/Oh Mr Jones/In The Summertime/Never Be Untrue/This Songs For You/Hobo's Hideaway/Daddy Brings Home The Bacon/Here Comes Love Again/Henry Ford/Hit Me On The Head/Fancy Meeting You Here/It Ain't Easy/Where Are You/Gotta Be A Free Man/Home Away From Home/Captain Zero


 The Mixtures were aptly named. Their decade-long career included some very notable successes, including major Australian and international hits, but the group really never developed a consistent musical style or image and, like so many of their contemporaries, the group was subject to repeated line-up changes in its later years.

Beginning as one of scores of 'beat' acts slogging it out on the Melbourne scene in the mid-60s, they gradually gained national prominence over the next few years. In 1970, now with a completely different line-up, The Mixtures scored two successive #1 Australian singlessingles, one of which also reached #2 in the UK, giving them the unique distinction of being the first Australian group to score an international hit with a song entirely written, recorded and produced in Australia.

By the time they split in 1976 The Mixtures' personnel list had changed several more times -- as had their musical style -- and their short-lived fame had passed. In the process, however, several very prominent performers passed through the ranks, drawn from acts as disparate as Cam-Pact, Axiom and Max Merritt & The Meteors, thus providing another interesting example of the intricate "family tree" connections between so many Australasian groups of this era. 

 According to historian Noel McGrath, the band had its origins in a chance meeting between Melbourne vocalist Terry Dean and Tasmanian-born bassist Rod De Clerk, who met while Terry was holidaying in Tasmania in 1965. Rod sought Terry out when he visited Melbourne a short time later and Terry took him to a dance where he was performing. It was here that Rod was introduced to guitarist Laurie Arthur, who had been a founder member of leading Melbourne band The Strangers. At the time, Laurie was 'subbing' in a group that included John Creech on drums and as the three chatted between sets they soon discovered that they shared similar tastes in music. They jammed together after the show and decided on the spot to form a group.

Rod moved to the mainland and after just one week's practice they decided to go full-time. The trio built up a solid following on the booming Melbourne dance circuit and became one of the fixtures of the scene there during in that transitional period. They quickly snagged a contract with EMI, for whom they recorded their first three singles. Their first, "Koko Joe" / "I've Been Wrong" (Sep. 1965) was another piece of good fortune -- the group was in the studio recording backing tracks (possibly for another artist -- Laurie Arthur was a seasoned session player) and in the downtime they cut two tracks of their own. EMI's executives heard them and were sufficiently impressed with the results to approve their release as the band's debut single on the HMV imprint. It sold well in Melbourne, but it made little impression elsewhere. It should be noted that commercial radio stations in Australia's capital cities each had their own charts at that time, the local scenes were quite insular, and it was comparatively rare for Sydney-based acts to chart in Melbourne, and vice-versa. 

The Mixtures' third HMV single "Music Music Music" / "Maria" was released in March 1967, at which point the group expanded to a five-piece with the addition of Dennis Garcia (organ) and Fred Weiland (guitar, also ex-Strangers). Soon after, it reverted to a four-piece -- which about the only thing that remained consistent for the rest of the band's career -- when Laurie Arthur quit performing to take over managing the group. In late 1967 Mick Flinn (ex Wild Colonials) replaced Rod De Clerk on bass. Dennis Garcia left at the end of the year, moving on to Andy James Asylum, and he was replaced by Idris Jones, who became the lead singer.

 The band worked consistently through 1968, becoming very popular on the Melbourne scene, but they released only one recordings during this period, a cover of The Four Tops' "Same Old Song" / "Never Trust In Tomorrow" on EMI's  Parlophone label.

Idris Jones was forced to leave the group because of illness in June 1969 and he was replaced for about nine months by noted singer-songwriter-guitarist Buddy England, a well-known Melbourne solo performer, a founding member of the permanent cast of Channel 0's famous '60s pop TV series The Go!! Show, and a latter-day member of The Seekers. 

 After signing to the CBS label, The Mixtures released two more singles, "Here Comes Love Again" / "Fancy Meeting You Here" (Oct. 1969), which charted in Melbourne, and "Ten Thousand Children" / "Call Me Do" (Mar. 1970). By the time the latter single appeared, Buddy England had left and Idris Jones had rejoined, along with Gary (Dick) Howard (ex-MPD Ltd) who replaced John Creech, the last original member.

In mid-1970 The Mixtures signed to a new Melbourne-based Fable imprint. Its owner, industry veteran Ron Tudor, had made his name as a producer and A&R manager for the W&G and  Astor labels, and had discovered both Diana Trask and The Seekers and signed them to their first record contracts with W&G in the early Sixties.

The Mixtures joined the Fable roster at a significant time. A few months before their first Fable single came out, the infamous 1970 Radio Ban came into force. The Ban had come about because the Australian commercial radio peak body, the Federation of Australian Commercial Broadcasters (FACB), was locked in a rancorous "pay for play" dispute with major record companies. The FACB had balked at the labels' demand that commercial radio should pay a new 1 percent broadcast fee for their records, and when negotiations broke down the labels imposed a boycott which blocked commercial radio stations from playing any major Australian or British recordings. The ban lasted exactly six months, from 16 May to 16 October 1970. In retaliation for the Ban, radio stations refused to compile the all-important Top 40 charts.

Fable was one of several smaller local labels that had refused to participate in the boycott (a decision which would cost Ron Tudor dearly) but for a brief interval these small labels were given the rare opportunity to gain commercial airplay for their artists,free from competition by overseas acts, as radio stations scrambled for alternative programming to fill the yawning gap created by the Ban.

The Mixtures were one of several Australian bands who successfully exploited this window of opportunity. Several acts including The Mixtures cut their own versions of proven British hits that were not being played in Australia because of the Radio Ban. Sydney band Autumn was another, scoring a major Sydney hit with their version of Christie's "Yellow River". 

 During this time, Ron Tudor was being sent regular packages of new UK releases from London by his friend, former EMI house producer David McKay, and he optioned songs he thought would be suitable for his Fable acts. He had already scored a huge hit with the Liv Maessen version of Mary Hopkin's "Knock, Knock, Whos's There?", and when he offered The Mixtures "In The Summertime", a song that had recently been a UK hit for Mungo Jerry. the band jumped at the chance to record it -- although Idris Jones declined to sing on it, feeling it was too 'poppy', so bassist Mick Flinn performed the lead vocal.

Unhindered by any competition from the original, The Mixtures' version (backed by (b/w "Where You Are") shot to #1 in August that year, at the height of the Radio Ban, and it stayed in the charts for 23 weeks. Happily they were able to capitalise on this good fortune with the follow-up, a similarly breezy, honky-tonk-style original, "The Pushbike Song", co-written by Idris Jones and his brother Evan. It was an even bigger success, providing them with back-to-back #1 singles, and charting for an impressive 25 weeks. Significantly, Fable was also able to arrange a distribution deal with Polydor in the UK, where "The Pushbike Song" leaped into the UK Top 5, making it the first record entirely written, performed and produced in Australia to become an international hit. "The Pushbike Song" reached #2 in England the start of 1971 and stayed in the UK Top 50 for 21 weeks. It was also released by Sire Records in the USA, where it reached a creditable #44 on the Billboard Top 100. 

 Buoyed by the success of the singles, The Mixtures made the inevitable trip to England in January 1971. During this period they cut the tracks for their debut LP In The Summertime, which was begun at Armstrong's Studios in Melbourne and finished at Morgan Studios in London. By the time they arrived in the UK there had been more line-up changes -- Idris Jones left again, replaced by Greg Cook (ex Cam-Pact), and Mick Holden briefly replaced departing drummer Gary Howard.

 The Mixtures received good media exposure in the UK, including a cover story in New Musical Express, but the personnel changes continued. Cook and Holden both quit in March or April 1971, wanting to return home. The erstwhile Idris Jones, who happened to be in the UK at the time plugging his songs, was drafted back in to replace Cook, and Holden was replaced by noted drummer Don Lebler from the recently defunct 'supergroup' Axiom, who had split only weeks before the release of their second LP, which had been recorded with renowned American producer Shel Talmy.

 The Mixtures' next single "Henry Ford" / "Home Away From Home" (Jul. 1971) was only moderately successful in Australia (#29) and soon after its release Idris Jones left for good. His replacement was renowned singer-guitarist Peter Williams, who had been a key member of the legendary Max Merritt & The Meteors in the early Sixties and who had enjoyed even bigger Aussie success fronting chart-topping pop-soul group The Groove in the late Sixties. 

 This "new" Mixtures, now far removed from its beat-group origins, returned to Australia at the end of the year. They released two new singles, "Never Be Untrue" / "She's Gone Away" (Oct. 1971) and the cult favourite "Captain Zero" / "I Wanna Go Home" (Nov. 1971). "Captain Zero", co-written by Williams and Flinn, furnished the Mixtures with their third and last big Australian hit, reaching #5 in December and charting for 19 weeks. They headed home for a concert tour in November 1971, returning to the UK at the start of 1972, and although they made no further impression on the British charts, they reportedly made a good living on the club circuit there. During 1972, Fable issued an EP, The Mixtures and a compilation LP The Best Of The Mixtures (May). 

In May 1972 Chris Spooner replaced Mick Flinn, who eventually settled permanently in the UK. The Mixtures meanwhile signed a deal with the United Artists label, releasing two singles "I Dazzle Diane Easily" / "Found Out Where It's At" (Nov. 1973) and "Slow Train" / "My Home On The Murrumbidgee" (May 1974). The group, now comprising Williams, Weiland, Lebler and Spooner, subsequently returned to Australia and cut a new self-titled LP on the Harlequin label (distributed by Festival Records) and a new single, "Down Under Girls" / "My Neck Of The Woods" (Oct. 1974). Their next single, released in April 1975, was "Skateboard Jive" / "Come Together For The Games", but it was to be their last and the group folded sometime in 1976.

 Their second single was "Come On Out" / "Lose Your Money" (Dec. 1965). Late in 1966 Rod De Clerk left the group briefly, replaced by Alan "Edgell" James, but he rejoined in January 1967, just in time for their first national tour in early 1967. They gained valuable interstate exposure when they supported The Yardbirds, Roy Orbison and The Walker Brothers on the Kenn Brodziak-promoted "Big Show" tour, although Go-Set reported that there was a mishap after one the Melbourne shows when several guitars were stolen, including Laurie Arthur's Fender and a custom-made Gibson Les Paul that Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones had loaned to Yardbirds guitarist Jimmy Page for the tour. Page had recently given up his lucrative career as one of England's top session guitarists to join The Yardbirds as their bassist, but was unexpectedly promoted to lead guitar in late 1966 after his predecessor Jeff Beck abruptly quit during a tour of the USA.

Johnny Chester - 2006 - Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands FLAC

Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands/So Far So Good/Jessica/There's A Shadow On The Moon Tonight/Playing The Game/Love Ain't Right/Lost Love/The Way Old Friends Do/Home Again/You've Got Yourself A Job Again/Roadside Dinah/They Called It Rock 'n Roll/Laying My Love On the Line/He's A Rodeo Man/The Spirit Of the Land



Born in Fitzroy Victoria on December 26th 1941. It was after leaving school at 14, he would become a motor-mechanic, and a brake specialist in his father’s garage. He soon became interested in Elvis Presley’s early career, which prompted the teenager in a career of his own. 
It was in 1959, 17 year old Johnny Chester began his singing career with his band 'The Jay Woods - later called 'The Chess Men'.  Johnny admitted (in a 1960’s interview) that he was useless at playing guitar, but when they heard him sing his voice was liked.

He would run a dance in the St Cecilia's Church Hall in Preston, by the late 1960's he moved the dance to the Preston Town Hall, and it was not uncommon to be performing for 200 or more teenagers.  These dances became very popular at a time when Rock 'n' Roll was king.

In 1961 he signed with W&G Records and released his first single 'Hokey Pokey' with the flipside ‘That’s How It’s Gonna Be’, he started to become a household name.  Chester has also been called a second Johnny O’Keefe.  The following year he released his first E.P. 'Johnny  Chester's Hit Parade - it was the same year he toured with Roy Orbison and later the Everly Brothers. One of his biggest thrills, was performing in the Connie Frances show at Melbourne Stadium. The audience loved him, and yelled for him, even when the next artist popular Johnny Burnette appeared on stage.   At the age of 21, Johnny started producing his own records and compering a teenage show for Gippsland TV. 

 

In 1964 after a successful tour of Australia and New Zealand with the Beatles, Johnny hosted the first national television series 'Teen Scene', for the ABC which lasted one season. The following year he became associate producer of a new TV series nomination for the 10 network.
Like many entertainers, in 1968 Johnny performed in Vietnam for the Australian and American troops. Later he released his first single in 3 years titled 'Heaven Help the Man' backing was from the Melbourne band 'The Strangers'.

In 1971 he released his first album for a new label 'Fable' 'Johnny Chester and Jigsaw' a single from the album 'Shame and Scandal in the Family skyrocketed to No.1 in several state of Australia.  His cross-over to Country Music during the early 1970's, made him one of the greats of the Australian Country Music scene.

 His first National top 5 hit, was the 1973 self-penned 'The World's Greatest Mum'.  Although it was in 1975 that he was awarded his first golden guitar at the Country Music Awards for best selling track 'She's my kind of Woman'.  In 1977 John Chester hosted 'Country Road' a television series for the ABC and began touring with 'The Blue Denim Country Band' who later became 'Hot Spur'.

After the release of another hit 'I Love You So Rebecca' in 1979, he signed with W.E.A Records an affiliation of warner Brothers. His first release for the new label 'Johnny Chester and Hotspur' due to it great success of reaching gold status, Johnny continued recording and touring with Hotspur 
In 1983 he was invited for Fort Worth, Texas to perform and receive an Award at the International Country Music Awards.  He shared the stage with other greats, Bobby Bare, The Bellamy Brothers and Tom Jones. While back in Australia he was a support act for Roger Miller and Charlie Pride.   Over the years he has toured with many greats including, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette and  Freddy Fender.

In the Entertainment world, Johnny Chester had covered most things: - Radio Announcer, TV Compare, songwriter, recording artist, rock 'n' roller and a country star. He's respected by the Music Industry and his many fans.
In 1999, he continues touring with the Southerly Buskers. In 2005, he released an album 'Get A Little Dirt on Your Hands' for Shock Records which made a huge splash in the Music Industry.  His current album was released through Warner Music titled 'The Nashville Sessions'.  To date Johnny has released 28 albums and more than 50 singles.

Radio Birdman - 1989 - More Fun! (12'') FLAC

Dark Surprise/Breaks My Heart/More Fun/Didn't Tell The Man



 Although the best-known band of the early Australian punk scene of the late '70s was the Saints, the first band to wave the punk rock flag in the land down under was Radio Birdman. Formed by Australian émigré Deniz Tek (originally from Ann Arbor, MI) and Aussie surfer-turned-vocalist Rob Younger in 1974, Radio Birdman's approach to rock & roll was rooted in the high-energy, apocalyptic guitar rant of the Stooges and MC5, sprinkled liberally with a little East Coast underground hard rock courtesy of Blue Öyster Cult. Their first EP, Burn My Eye, released in 1976, was a great record and still remains a seminal chunk of Aussie punk. Loud and snotty, with Younger bellowing his guts out and Tek on a search-and-destroy mission with his guitar, this was a great debut that set the stage for the impending deluge of Aussie punk bands waiting in the wings.

 After the release of their debut LP, Radios Appear (the title comes from a lyric in the Blue Öyster Cult song "Dominance and Submission"), in Australia a year later, Radio Birdman seemed poised to break Aussie punk worldwide. And although the American label Sire (then the home of the Ramones) was quick to sign them and distribute Radios Appear internationally in 1978, there was a gap of three years before they released a second album, Living Eyes. During that time, dozens of other Aussie punk bands stole their thunder, and Radio Birdman split up almost immediately after Living Eyes was released. Sire never released the record outside of Australia, and Radio Birdman, who should have been the biggest band in Aussie punk, was now a highly regarded punk forefather.
After the band split, various members were busy forming other bands: Tek formed the New Race with Younger, ex-Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton, and ex-MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson, released a handful of solo singles and EPs, and became a surgeon; Younger started his own band, the New Christs, and produced records by the second generation of Aussie punk bands influenced by Radio Birdman, most notably the Celibate Rifles; other Radio Birdman alumni ended up in assorted Aussie bands such as the Lime Spiders, Hoodoo Gurus, and Screaming Tribesmen. Now the grand old man of Aussie punk, Tek formed a part-time project with Celibate Rifles guitarist Kent Steedman that rocks with the same reckless abandon Radio Birdman did when they were changing the course of Australian rock forever. Tek also reunited with vocalist Rob Younger in 2001 on the second album by Deep Reduction, one of Tek's many side projects. Radio Birdman also staged occasional reunion shows, starting with an appearance at Australia's Big Day Out Festival in 1996.

 2001 also saw a renewal of interest in Radio Birdman thanks to an excellent compilation, The Essential Radio Birdman: 1974-1978; it was released by Sub Pop in the States, where much of the band's catalog had been out of print. Murder City Nights: Live, a document of a 1976 concert in Sydney, arrived in 2003, and in 2006 Deniz Tek, Rob Younger, Chris Masuak, and Pip Hoyle joined new members Jim Dickson (bass) and Russell Hopkinson (drums) in the studio to record a new album, Zeno Beach. Along with extensive Australian touring, the American release of the album brought Radio Birdman to the United States for the first time. Two concerts from the 2007 leg of Birdman's U.S. tour were featured in part on the 2010 album Live In Texas. By the time Live In Texas appeared, Radio Birdman had split again, as Younger opted to focus his time and energy on the New Christs. However, in 2014 Radio Birdman returned for another Aussie tour, though Chris Masuak's absence from the lineup proved controversial among fans. The tour was staged in part as a warmup for the release of a career-spanning box set, featuring remastered editions of the group's albums, studio rarities, and an unreleased live disc.

Sarah McLeod - 2005 - Beauty Was A Tiger FLAC

Let's Get Together/Never Enough/Private School Kid/Loveless/All But Gone/Back To Earth/Ava/Hit It Baby/Gutter Queen/Ashtray Sunrise/The Sinners And The Saints/He Doesn't Love You/Stand And Deliver



Sarah Yvette McLeod (born 1 February 1973) is an Australian singer-songwriter and frontwoman of rock band The Superjesus. The group won two ARIA Music Awards and they shipped over 300,000 units during their career. McLeod's debut solo album, Beauty Was a Tiger, was released in September 2005 and peaked in the top 40 on the ARIA Albums Chart. The album's first single, "Private School Kid", a duet with The Living End's Chris Cheney (July 2005) also reached the top 40, on the related ARIA Singles Chart. In October 2007 McLeod was described as an "iconic Aussie rock chick" by Alison Stieven-Taylor.   

Sarah Yvette McLeod, was born on 1 February 1973, to parents Don and Rosemary. She grew up in Adelaide with her older sister Leah McLeod (born 1971), a former television presenter.

 McLeod attended St Peter's Collegiate Girls' School and began singing in her late teens. In 1990 she commenced a university course, doing a bachelor of arts at Flinders University in Adelaide. 3 months into the course she went on a holiday with friends to Bali, where she was invited to join a Balinese band. She enjoyed playing on stage and performed with the band every night during her visit. McLeod later remembered "I could already play a bit of guitar by then but did little more than sing and play to my buddies at home." Upon her return to Adelaide, armed with a new passion for performing, she quit university and formed her first group, Fallen Down Monster. She displayed her rock-chick character and honed her vocal and guitar skills, and fun-loving, energetic stage presence. Fallen Down Monster performed indie band covers, and McLeod wrote original tracks which were not recorded.

 Late in 1994 she joined Chris Tennent to form an indie guitar rock band, Hell's Kitchen, which later became The Superjesus. Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane described McLeod's "captivating voice and melodic rhythm guitar." In May 1996 the group issued their debut four-track extended play, Eight Step Rail, with all the tracks co-written by McLeod with her bandmates. Jonathan Lewis of AllMusic noticed McLeod's singing: "Sounding like a cross between Liz Phair and Catatonia's Cerys Matthews, McLeod's voice was a major drawcard; strong, confident and rarely lapsing into the girlishness that characterized some of The Superjesus' contemporaries."
 

 At the ARIA Music Awards of 1997 the Superjesus won Best New Talent and Breakthrough Artist – Single for Eight Step Rail. Then released their first full-length album, Sumo (June 1998). The group released two more albums, Jet Age (October 2000) and Rock Music (May 2003), before they split in 2004.

In 2005 Sarah McLeod launched her solo career, she signed with Festival Mushroom Records, releasing her first single, "Let's Get Together", in May. Her debut solo album, Beauty Was a Tiger, followed in September that year, it was co-produced by McLeod with Matt Lovell. All the tracks on the album were written either by McLeod or with Chris Peters, bass player from the Detroit band, Electric Six. It peaked at No. 31 on the ARIA Albums Chart. For touring her backing band, the Black Diamond Express, consisted of Patch Brown (guitar), Grant Fitzpatrick (bass guitar), Stu Hunter (keyboards) and Mick Skelton (drums).

Following the release of another single, "Private School Kid" (July 2005) – a duet with Chris Cheney from The Living End – McLeod parted ways with Mushroom Festival Records. It peaked at No. 33 on the ARIA Singles Chart. During 2006 she released two more singles, "All But Gone" as an independent EP, and "He Doesn't Love You"; both included remixes. During 2006 McLeod performed acoustic gigs with drummer Mick Skelton, which led to an Australian tour, playing tracks from Beauty Was a Tiger, some Superjesus material and several cover versions. This resulted in the release of the live album Live & Acoustic.

 In October 2006, the Hook n Sling remix of "He Doesn't Love You" reached No. 1 on the ARIA Club Charts. It was also released in the United Kingdom and the United States. She spent much of 2007 and 2008 first travelling in the US and then living in London, where she recorded songs for various projects. In November 2009 she released a single, "Tell Your Story Walking", a song influenced by the new wave sound of the 1980s, which became a surprise hit in the club scene.[citation needed] The second single, "White Horse", was a hit in clubs both in Australia and around the world.

In 2009 Sarah McLeod posted further material including "Love to Last". In August 2010 she released a single, "Double R", with remixes by John Roman, Autoerotique and Grandtheft. It was followed by a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark". Her third album, Madness, appeared in November that year, which included both "Double R" and "Dancing in the Dark".

Aliens - 1980 - Follow That Girl (Single) FLAC

Follow That Girl/The Hyding Of Dr. Jeckyl



The Aliens were an Australian new wave band which formed in April 1978. They were one of the first local bands of the late 1970s to adopt a "uniform" of "black clothes and skinny, white ties". Two of their singles, "Confrontation" AUS No. 36 and "Follow that Girl" AUS No. 48, appeared on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart top 50. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, noted their "sound embraced guitar-oriented pop rock with the emphasis on 1960s melodies".

The Billy Adams Singles FLAC

 Slow Down Sandy/Alone/I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself/Shirley Lee/ Lookin' For Love/All Time Loser/ Dancing In Your Eyes/Come Dance With Me/Change Your Mind/Fall To You



Billy -- whose real name was William Tregonning -- started his pop career as lead singer of Melbourne rock'n'roll band The Checkmates from 1961-63 At various times The Checkmates comprised Adams, Jeff Bedford (guitar), Tony Daly (guitar), Ian Allen (bass), Graham Bloomfield (sax), Roger Scott (sax), Ron Chapman (drums) and Eddie Chappell (drums). After Adams went solo, Ron Fletcher joined as lead singer.. He became popular on the local dance and disco scene in the mid-60s, and this led to regular appearances on The Go!! Show and a recording contract with the Go!! label. He recorded five pop singles for the Go!! label: `Slow Down Sally'/`Alone' (1965), `I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself'/`Shirley Lee' (1965), -`Lookin' for Love'/`All Time Loser' (1966), `Come Dance with Me'/`Dancing in Your Eyes' (1966) and `Change Your Mind'/`I Fall to You' (1966). Billy was perhaps not the greatest singer, but he was a competent and personable performer. 

His trademark was his outlandish bouffant hairdo which, according to Noel McGrath, he was eventually obliged to trim back after hundreds of letters of complaint from Go!! Show viewers. Billy's only hit was a cover of Eddy Quinteros' 1960 hit "Slow Down Sandy". His four subsequent singles failed to chart and he eventually left the music scene and took a job in promotions with a major Melbourne department store.

Adams's version of Buddy Knox's I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself was a minor hit in Melbourne (1965, #49) and another single Dancing In Your Eyes (1966) charted in Brisbane (#24) and Perth (#37).