DOWNLOAD NO.223 - TED MULRY

Ted Mulry first came to the attention of the music industry when he sent a demo of some of his own compositions to Alberts Publishers in Sydney. He was persuaded to be recorded himself and soon rose to fame as a solo singer/songwriter with his own composition, the pop ballad "Julia", which made the Australian charts in 1970.

His first hits were mostly mushy love songs to various women and one of the early one not yet on CD was "Marcia". There are various other Ted songs on this blog which are not yet on CD. Please use the search facility (top left) to locate them.

The 7" single of "Marcia" has an unusual start that used phasing and then it was used nowhere else. It was also a short track too just on 3 mins, so as usual, I decided to make the guitar solo repeat and gave it some extra phasing to extend the track out to 4 mins.

Here is the 12" Tom Mix Remix of "Marcia":

http://rapidshare.com/files/254750959/ted_mulry_-_marcia__ext_tom_mix_remix_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.222 - THE ROOTY HILL R.S.L. BAND

A contributor called Barry (Bazza) has sent a little relic from 1973 called "Tower Of Strength" which was a minor Sydney radio hit by The Rooty Hill R.S.L. Band. The single appeared on the Warm & Genuine label which was co-owned by G. Wayne Thomas. It is not a long song, clocking at just under 2 mins.

Bazza sent it to me to clean and resurrect, and it sounds pretty good considering its age. Bazz and I don't know the member composition of the band in 1973 and have no idea about who was the lead singer. He has a very powerful voice at any rate!

The single was produced by Peter Martin (nowadays Dr. Peter Martin) who worked on various hit singles where big bands were recorded eg. Roly Poly by SCRA - which has a similar sound to this single.

It is almost white soul. Thanks Bazz. Enjoy!

http://rapidshare.com/files/248783623/The_Rooty_Hill_RSL_Band__Enterprise__-_Tower_Of_Strength.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.221 - MAX MERRITT

Max Merritt b: 1941 New Zealand was a renowned musician and singer. As leader of Max Merritt & The Meteors his best known hits were “Slippin’ Away”, which reached #2 on the 1976 Australian singles charts, and "Hey, Western Union Man" which reached #13 some years before.

In 1975 the album “A Little Easier” was issued which contained “Slippin’ Away” at the end of one side and “Coming Back” at the end of the other. They were the pigeon pair that made the album memorable for me.

In a category best described as “the one that got away” was the soft and romantic “Coming Back” which was a song similar to the big hit single “Slippin’ Away”. “Coming Back” sadly, was only ever issued as a B-side recording in Oz. The A-side was “Let It Slide” (single mix) which was a faster version of the lead song on their next album “Out Of The Blue”.

But as things would have it, the radio stations in the Hunter Valley gave “Coming Back” much deserved airplay and the song charted albeit only for a few weeks during 1976. It was 5 mins long and took up the whole side of the 7” single and “Let It Slide” and “Whisper In My Ear” were both together on one side of the single.

Here for download is “Coming Back”:

http://rapidshare.com/files/247304294/max_merritt_-_coming_back__tom_mix_album_mix_.mp3

DOWNLOAD.NO.220 - MATT TAYLOR

Matt Taylor was lead singer of Melbourne group Chain and had one of the gravelliest Oz blues voices ever recorded. His biggest hits and main successes were "Black And Blue" and "Judgement", recorded when lead singer with Chain, and "I Remember When I Was Young", as a solo artist.

His biggest solo hit "I Remember When I Was Young" was an homage to an era I remember fondly. It got to be top 10 in most states in 1973. The flip side also charted in some areas. The flip was "Krishna Loves You Too" which didn't depart that much musically from the A-side and charted here in Newcastle NSW. The album version has been on CD for many years but the single cut of "Krishna Loves You Too" has not been included on anything to date. Sadly his follow-up single "Fair Dinkum Aussie Blues" sank without much of a trace. It just charted in Perth for five weeks and got to #42. His third solo single was non-charting.

Chain singles:

Show Me Home/Mister Time	1969
Black And Blue/Blow in 'D'	1971
Judgement/Lightning Ground	1971
Sunny Day/I Was Born	1972
I Thought You Weren't My Friend/Hey Baby	1973
I'm Gonna Miss You Babe/Elephant	1973
I'm Gonna Miss You Babe/Mr. President	1980
I Don't Want To Be Like Everyone Else/Messenger	1985
(Doin' the) Highway 31 Shuffle/Missile	1986
Harmonica/Spring Hill	1988

Matt Taylor Solo Singles:

I Remember When I Was Young / Krishna Loves You Too - 1973
Fair Dinkum Aussie Blues / Alone - 1974
Hound Dog Dust Bug / Somebody Stole My Hair - 1975

Here are the words to Matt Taylor’s song "Krishna Loves You Too":

“Things are getting bad when you can’t practise your religion,

Walk through the streets, giving all the love you can to Krishna.

Elohim, God, or Allah, the name doesn’t matter,

Love is a commodity you can’t put a price on,

People who love life give to one another,

‘Cos God’s in me, God’s in you.

Yes, City Councillors, Krishna loves you too!

When you go to church on Sunday to hear a sermon

They pass round the plate, are you telling me it’s begging?

Is God a one-day affair, the next day you don’t care?

Krishna people make the city streets a temple

What’s wrong with living your religion every second

If God’s in me, God’s in you?

Parking attendants, Krishna loves you too.

I remember Christians thrown to the lions,

Because their faith was seen as defiance.

But now I see Centurions in Blue, ain’t nothing new.

Religion’s not exempt when it comes to revolution

Each step along the way is plagued by persecution,

Still, God’s in me, God’s in you.

Mr Policeman, Krishna loves you too.

Salvation Army playing on the corner,

Turned-on our folks in another era, but now I see

God remains the same, forms of God have changed.

Now you’ve heard my story, just forget your fear,

And chant ‘Krishna’ every day

And your world will ’come clear

‘Cos God’s in me, God’s in you.

Yes, every human being, Krishna loves you too.....”

Here for download is the never before released 7" single edit (from CD) of "Krishna Loves You Too":

http://rapidshare.com/files/245117180/matt_taylor_-_krishna_loves_you__cd_single_version_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.219 - RICK POINTON (BENNY AND THE JETS)

Rick Pointon is a Newcastle singing legend. He was formerly lead singer of Benny And The Jets who used to perform at the Star Hotel in Newcastle in the 1970s. Some of the singles by Benny And The Jets are elsewhere on this blog. Please use search facility to locate them.

Rick Pointon and musical partner Alan Windon had a crack at making a local rendition of the Lucky Starr classic "I've Been Everywhere". The song was released on Angelwood Records and charted in November 1981. It has been sitting on the shelf for yonks and has never been on CD. In the version by Rick, he names all the places in the local Hunter Valley area where it was recorded. The town of Newcastle is at the mouth of the Hunter River and the surrounding Hunter Valley is roughly the size of Sussex in England. My suburb is mentioned as are many others.

Rick Pointon and I met years ago at a mutual friend's house. Year after year a group of us music nuts would rock up at Christmastime and play a trivia music game that our friend Steve Scanes developed. It was serious business and I played fairly well most years but I was so competitive that my wife once avoided going with me as she was embarrassed by my poor sportsmanship (lol).

Lucky Starr made 4 international versions of "I've Been Everywhere". They are for download at Ozzie The Music Man's Site (click link): http://ozziemusicman.blogspot.com/

Here for download is the Rick Pointon and Alan Windon version of "I've Been Everywhere":

http://rapidshare.com/files/244260992/rick_pointon_-_I_ve_Been_Everwhere__The_Hunter_Valley_Version_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.218 - SHERBET

In 1972 Sherbet released their first version of "You've Got The Gun" which was given a remake in 1976. It did minor business in the UK on the second outing as it was the follow-up to "Howzat" and was a double A-side with "Rock Me Gently" on the flip.

A couple of my friends, Al and Jim, asked me to fix up the old (3 min 10 sec) 1972 vinyl single of "You've Got The Gun" because it has not been on CD as of yet. On most CD anthologies it is either the 1976 version or the long 5 minute album version from 1972.

Just about everything Sherbet has recorded has been transferred to CD but some single versions of their songs are not yet available...WHY????

Maybe the reason the (3 min 10 sec) 1972 single of "You've Got The Gun" has not been on CD is that it was issued in mono to hide the more than 4 clunky edits...and the old single doesn't really sound that great compared to all their other songs of the era...

Here for download is a Tom Mix exclusive. Yes, at last, a CD quality edit of the 1972 single but in stereo form...if you like this edited version then buy the CD album mix as the 2nd verse and instrumental break are removed in the 1972 edit.

For download is the 1972 single mix of "You've Got The Gun":

http://rapidshare.com/files/244046111/sherbet_-_you_ve_got_the_gun__1972_stereo_single_edit_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.217 - SAGA

Canberra has had its fair share of groups. Saga was one of the longest serving groups that went along changing and evolving but never really having a big break out hit. They started with founding member Jeff Gallimore (drummer) who had been in the group Abbe Gail ca.1971.

Saga kicked off in 1972 and they were still churning out music a decade later. I'm not really sure if they ever stopped evolving. At one stage they were a 6 piece and then back to a 4 piece and then members came and went....

By 1976 Saga were involved in a charity recording subsidised by the Fairfax Media Group who owned the Canberra Times newspaper amongst others. Their remake of the Dr. Hook track "The Cover Of The Rolling Stone" was given a new Oz comedy slant. Saga's track was called "The Cover Of The Canberra Times". It was not really a novelty track but a cute cabaret number in the same style as Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band.

Click cover pictures for more details.

This is a very good transfer of this song and still sounds great after all these years.

http://rapidshare.com/files/244020580/saga_-_the_cover_of_the_canberra_times__vinyl_tom_mix_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.216 - KEVIN JOHNSON

Mark W. from QLD sent me this little promo used to celebrate the Centenary of Aussie Rules Football. It is called "Aussie Rules I Thank You". Thanks Mark!

Kevin Johnson changed the lyrics of his well known 1973 hit "Rock And Roll I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life" to record this rare TV promo. Kevin was commissioned to perform on the TV campaign.

He has other songs on this blog...please use the search facility to locate them.

If you click the picture above you will note the original 1973 single had backing by the "Cool Bananas" whose main member was Rory O'Donoghue. Rory played "Thin Arthur" in the now famous "Aunty Jack Show". The Cool Bananas had a successful single called "Been And Gone" which came out on the Albert Label and has been issued infrequently on CD.

The CD single version of "Aussie Rules I Thank You" ran 3:30 minutes but the TV commercial (this download version) was cut to 2 mins and is in glorious mono...

Another rare item, enjoy!

http://rapidshare.com/files/241660064/Kevin_Johnson_-_Aussie_Rules_I_Thank_You__Promo_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.215 - TARNEY SPENCER BAND

Alan Tarney is an English songwriter, record producer and bass guitarist. He was born in Cumberland, England, but spent his teenage years in Adelaide, Oz. In Adelaide, Alan and long-time partner Trevor Spencer, were in the band James Taylor Move. Tarney and Spencer had played in a couple of earlier Adelaide bands, The Hurricanes and Johnny Broome And The Handels, whose various members formed the nuclei of both The Twilights and the James Taylor Move.

In 1969 Alan moved back to England and after forming his first band he became a session guitarist for many top acts such as Olivia Newton-John. Around this time he joined The Shadows and was a member from 1973 to 1977. Alan hit his stride working in the UK. He worked with Cliff Richard. Two of the songs he did with Cliff were "Dreamin'" and "We Don't Talk Anymore". Alan also hit pay dirt writing a number of tracks with Leo Sayer. “More Than I Can Say” was a massive hit for Leo. Alan can also be heard on the guitar solo in Bonnie Tyler's "Lost In France"… Tarney has either worked with or produced albums by A-ha (their biggest hit was “Take On Me”), Barbara Dickson, Hank Marvin, Sally Oldfield, John Cooper Clarke, David Dundas and Rogue, just to name a few... Generally speaking, Alan was a very in-demand session muso and writer.

In 1976 Alan was one half of Tarney-Spencer Band. Alan's partner was Trevor Spencer, a drummer who had been in the same Adelaide bands with Alan. As a duo, they're probably best known for their hits “Takin' Me Back”, “It’s Really You” and “No Time To Lose”. They released their self-titled debut album on Bradleys Records in 1976 and then signed to A & M Records, for whom they recorded their final two albums.

Singles:

I'm your man rock'n'roll
If you knew
I can hear love (edit version)
Takin' me back
Easier for you
It's really you
No time to lose (edit version) – charted twice in America.
Cathy's clown

For download is a rare treat, a CD copy of the single edit of “No Time To Lose”:

http://rapidshare.com/files/239580513/Tarney-Spencer_Band_-_No_Time_To_Lose__Single_Tom_Mix_Edit_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.214 - JUDITH DURHAM

Judith Durham was the lead singer of The Seekers. Not content to rest on her laurels in 1971 she got a set of solo albums pressed on the A&M Mayfair label. One of her loveliest singles of the period was "Kaleidoscope" which didn't make the charts in a big way but it is one of those songs that over time has continued to build a following of appreciative fans. The album from whence it came was "Here Am I" (click picture for track listing).

"Kaleidoscope", scored in waltz-time, was written by Rod McKuen who had numerous pop songs to his credit: "Seasons In The Sun", "Jean", "If You Go Away" and "Amsterdam". One of Rod's best vocal outings was the hit single "Baby It's Cold Outside" a duet with Dusty Springfield.

For download is a CD copy of Judith's rendition of "Kaleidoscope" which was last issued on the CD album "Christmas In London" in 1996:

http://rapidshare.com/files/237365412/judith_durham_-_kaleidoscope.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.213 - THE FAUNS

THE FAUNS WERE AN EARLY 1960S AUSSIE VOCAL GROUP. THEY WERE SOME OF THE EARLY PERFORMERS WHO APPEARED ON AUSTRALIAN BANDSTAND. AS FAR AS I KNOW THEY HAD 3 VINYL SINGLES, POSSIBLY MORE.

THE FAUN'S FIRST SINGLE IN 1960 WAS "DANCE WITH ME" BACKED WITH "DON'T TAKE THE STARS" ON THE LEE GORDON OWNED RECORD LABEL "LEEDON". "DANCE WITH ME" WAS A COVER VERSION OF THE SONG ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY THE U.S.A. GROUP CALLED THE DRIFTERS.

ON THE "DANCE WITH ME" RECORD LABEL IT HAS A CONFUSING LITTLE TAG WHICH STATES..."WITH ORCHESTRATIONS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF EDDIE CASH JR"...FOR THOSE WHO ARE "NOT IN THE KNOW", EDDIE CASH JR. WAS REALLY JOHNNY O'KEEFE, A MAN PRONE TO USING THIS STRANGE PSEUDONYM FOR HIS OWN WARPED AMUSEMENT.

SINGLES:

1-DANCE WITH ME / DON'T TAKE THE STARS 1960
2-WE SHOULD BE TOGETHER / WHILE SUSAN SLEEPS 1961
3-TELL ME WHY / NURSERY RHYME ROCK 1961

"DANCE WITH ME" IS COURTESY OF JIMMY B. WHO HAS SPENT SOME CONSIDERABLE TIME FINDING ME GREAT OLDIES FOR THIS BLOG.

http://rapidshare.com/files/233840156/THE_FAUNS_-_DANCE_WITH_ME__VINYL_TOM_MIX_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.212 - YOUR BRAIN HAS EARS - 2 MMM

Jimmy B. has supplied many songs for this blog. Recently we decided to have a day where he came to my place (a trip involving train, car and ferry) to record and repair many of his old vinyl singles. In his collection Jim has a very large set of Oz songs which have not made it to CD. This download is one of the many...

During the era when FM radio was coming into the Oz market there were a few stations that had station identification tracks done by big local artists and musos. One of these jingles was "Your Brain Has Ears" for radio station 2MMM-FM (2 Triple M) which charted in the lower reaches of the top 40.

As far as I know this was never released on a 7" vinyl record but there were 2 versions done for the 12" vinyl single. The version I have included for download is the instrumental mix of the 12" single which has been credited as the "A" side. The vocal version being the "B" flipside. Both tracks have been forwarded to the Ozburn project with complements of Jim and moi. Thanks Jim B. for this rare oldie "Your Brain Has Ears":

http://rapidshare.com/files/233840154/2_MMM_-_YOUR_BRAIN_HAS_EARS__INSTRUMENTAL_TOM_MIX_VINYL_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.211 - MALCOLM T. ELLIOTT

Jimmy B. has supplied many songs for this blog. Recently we decided to have a day where he came to my place (a trip involving train, car and ferry) to record and repair many of his old vinyl singles. In his collection Jim has a very large set of Oz songs which have not made it to CD. This download is one of the many...

Malcolm T. Elliott b: 1946 Moreland Victoria is a former Oz radio and TV personality. He had a couple of singles on RCA which were moderate hits. One was his slow version of "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth".

Malcolm's biggest hit was an updated version of the 1950 Phil Harris single "The Thing". It is a more than competent remake of "The Thing". The sound of the music in the backing track is superb but Malcolm's vocals lack comedic sparkle, compared to the vocals done by Phil Harris.

Thanks Jimmy B. for supplying this great oldie. Here is "The Thing":

http://rapidshare.com/files/233840155/MALCOM_T_ELLIOTT_-_THE_THING__VINYL_TOM_MIX_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.210 - STEVE MULRY AND THE M-16's

Steve Mulry is the younger brother of Australian music legend Ted Mulry. Ted Mulry and Les Hall (of TMG) wrote the A side of the single which is for download here.

Steve Mulry began singing in the 1980s with well known Oz band Axis. He followed this band with Hyperactiv!, M-16 and Stoker. During Steve’s time with Stoker he underwent a series of singing lessons to broaden and strengthen his vocal range gaining the results he intended. The Aussie tribute concert called The Deep Purple Show took Steve on an extensive tour of New Zealand where he met partner Lil’ (Loz) Marlow. Back in Australia it was being increasingly hard to keep a constant line up for Stoker and 18 months later Steve was approached by George Muscat to join his band Black Label and was eventually rewarded enough to get a constant stream of gigs supported by a growing legion of loyal fans. With new member changes, it became apparent a new direction had formed that out grew Black Label’s style. A more aggressive, edgy writing and playing style had emerged. Steve Mulry is nowadays a founding member of a rock outfit called Lawless Breed.

Here for download are two M-16 hits in one zip file, B-side "I Need You" and A-side "Givin' Up On Your Love". Both songs come courtesy of Barry H. who sent them along for some sonic re-shaping. Barry also sent scans of the disc labels. Enjoy, and many thanks, Bazza!

http://rapidshare.com/files/230786365/steve.zip

DOWNLOAD NO.209 - TED MULRY GANG

Ted Mulry's last major attempt to crack the Top 40 was the 7" of "Old Habits" in 1990. It wasn't a big hit but it had followed the tried and true hit formula that was evident in all his Ted Mulry Gang (TMG) tracks.

NB. Ted has other songs on this blog for download - please use the search facility to locate them.

Here for download is his last single "Old Habits":

http://rapidshare.com/files/229023133/ted_mulry_gang_-_old_habits.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.208 - KEVIN JOHNSON

Kevin Stephen Johnson (born 1943 Rockhampton Queensland) is an Australian singer-songwriter, most active in the 1970s, and is best known for his hit song "Rock and Roll I Gave You the Best Years of My Life".

Singles:

• "Hayman Island" (1967)
• "Woman You Took My Life" (1968)
• "It Was Good While It Lasted" (1969)
• "Bonnie Please Don't Go" (1971) peaked at #12 in Melbourne, #2 in Sydney and #4 on the Ozburn national chart.
• "All Our Favourite Songs" (1971) peaked at #22 on the Ozburn national chart.
• "Rock And Roll I Gave You The best Years Of My Life" (1973) peaked at #10 in Melbourne and at #4 nationally on the Ozburn chart.
• "Man Of The 20th Century" (1975) peaked at #17 on the Ozburn national chart.
• "Over The Hills And Far Away" (1976) peaked at #30 on the Ozburn national chart.
• "Reasons" (1981) peaked at #31 on the Ozburn national chart.

Early years...

Johnson is the only son of Richard Johnson (timber contractor) and Elinor Johnson (post office / telephone exchange operator) and began his singing career in Rockhampton with the Candymen. In the early 1960s he worked for the Queensland Department of Roads as a clerk; playing and singing at night and writing songs in any spare time. Some of his songs came to the notice of rock and roll star Col Joye who signed him to his publishing company. Johnson relocated to Sydney and recorded his first single, "Hayman Island" in 1967 on Joye's ATA label. He followed with "Woman You Took My Life" in 1968 but neither single had any chart success. In 1969, he signed with independent label, Sweet Peach. His first hit single "Bonnie Please Don't Go" from 1971, peaked at #12 in Melbourne, #2 in Sydney. Johnson moved to the United States and wrote songs for Tree International for two years while vainly attempting to record his own songs.

Johnson's best known song, which charted in several countries, was "Rock and Roll I Gave You the Best Years of My Life" in 1973. It peaked at #10 in Melbourne and at #4 on the Australian singles charts. The song was written by Kevin, who became frustrated with his US record label, Dial Records, in Tennessee and told them he was about to leave. Johnson was informed that other artists had already recorded his song, so he quickly recorded and released his own version on the Australian-based Good Thyme label through Festival.

NEW CENTURY - J.A.M.

Johnson formed JAM (Johnson Ashdown McClellan) with Doug Ashdown ("Winter in America" aka "Leave Love Enough Alone") and Mike McClellan ("Song and Dance Man"). They have toured around Australia through the 2000s.

NB. The above picture of his DVD case has an inscription for moi...this was sent in thanks for helping Kevin in 2007 with solving a mystery about some of his original recordings...we have corresponded regularly before and since.

Here for download is his original 1971 hit "All Our Favourite Songs". The version currently on CD is a remake.

http://rapidshare.com/files/228590917/kevin_johnson_-_all_our_favourite_songs__single_vinyl_tom_mix_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.207 - SOUTHERN CONTEMPORARY ROCK ASSEMBLY

This band was massive with 11 band members at it height and they came from the UK, Oz and NZ. The band also incorporated various styles of rock and pop. They could rock with big band tracks similar to Blood, Sweat And Tears and then take it down a notch to small quiet love songs.

Some of the original band members were from Levi Smith's Clefs which provided a valuable training ground for young players.

New Zealander, Mike “Mickey” Leyton became a member after leaving his band Sounds Unlimited (from Auckland). He married singer Lyn Barnett and they moved to Sydney in the late 1960s. In February 1971 Mickey had became a singer in a pub band called Small Chant (which over the course of 1971 was upgraded to become SCRA - Southern Contemporary Rock Assembly).

The Small Chant members were: Barrie Heidenreich - piano, Mickey Leyton - vocals, Wayne Ford - bass, Peter Martin – classical guitar and composer and Leon Isakson on drums. Peter was breaking his neck to play classical works after studies in Spain. Peter had also written a few songs including one called Roly Poly, which they played live but never recorded as Small Chant.

By mid 1971 Peter Martin had finally secured a permanent gig at the Oceanic Hotel, but by that time Leon Isakson had joined the Delltones. Peter’s band went into the Oceanic with the old line-up of the Small Chant plus a few changes. Barrie had other commitments and Peter replaced him with his star pupil on guitar, Jim Kelly. Russell Dunlop came in on drums with Ian Bloxom on percussion and Dave Ellis on bass. Greg Foster (trombone and blues harp), Mick Kenny (trumpet) and Don Wright (sax) made up the front-line. Michael Lawler’s girlfriend, Sheryl Blake, made up the 3rd singer with the band along with Mickey Leyton and Ian Saxon. And so SCRA was formed. It was a huge 11-piece band and it all sounded fabulous. Dig Richards was so impressed that he decided to use SCRA on his next RCA album, Harlequin.

Singles:

CC Rider (M7 4512) 1971
Roly Poly (M7 4514) - #19 December 1971
Sydney Born Man (M7 4519) 1971
Our Ship (Atlantic 10009) 1972
It’s A Game (Atlantic 10012) 1972

Sheryl Blake female singer with SCRA has a solo single “As Long As Life Goes On” lodged on this blog. Please use the search facility to locate this track.

Here for download is a live recording of SCRA at Sunbury 1972. The track “I Just Want To Make Love To You” is taken from the DVD of this recording which is different again to the version dubbed and cleaned up for the commercial version on the 1972 Sunbury Soundtrack:

http://rapidshare.com/files/226298239/s_c_r_a_-_i_wanna_make_love_to_you__live_at_sunbury_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.206 - SUPERNAUT

Formed in 1974 Supernaut (originally called Moby Dick) had a short but successful music run. Supernaut was a Molly Meldrum discovery. They hailed from Perth Western Australia. On Molly's recommendation, the band signed with Polydor Records. In 1976 Supernaut had a #9 hit with “I Like It Both Ways”. They followed that with the #10 hit “Too Hot To Touch”. In 1977 they charted with “Young And Innocent” #28 and “The Kids Are Out Tonight”, another #28 hit. In 1978 their appeal waned and with a name change to “Nauts”, they had their last hit “Unemployed” which just made the top 40 by getting to #36.

A change in sound, a change in image and a change in producer alienated Supernaut from their original fan-base in Perth and Melbourne which is where they sold well. They disbanded in 1980.

Band member Gary Twinn went on to form Twenty Flight Rockers, Chris Burham joined The Saints, Joe Burham now composes film scores and Philip Foxman writes scores for Network Ten and MTV.

Their hits were short catchy tracks but I always thought that one of them was ultra short so to rectify this situation here is the extended Tom Mix 12" version of “The Kids Are Out Tonight”:

http://rapidshare.com/files/224774638/Supernaut_-_The_Kids_are_Out_Tonight__Ext_Tom_Mix_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.205 - NORFOLK SINGERS

For ANZAC Day (25th April) I have posted an old 1965 protest song based on the old traditional song "Here We Go Gathering Nuts In May". The Sydney-based Norfolk Singers were talented musos who mixed classics like “The First Time Ever” (1965) and “Whiskey in the Jar” (1964) with topical drollery like “Nasho Service” (1965) and “The Opera House is Falling Down” (1964-5).

“The Opera House is Falling Down” was their biggest hit according to the Ozburn charts and got to #27 in Sydney in December 1964. It makes an appearance on the 2SM top 40 charts and local 2NX Newcastle charts but didn't make the top 40 on the often quoted 2UE Sydney chart.

I sometimes wonder if top 40 charts were very reliable in recording what was popular? I used to work in a co-operative shop that sold 7" records and I know that top 40 singles sometimes sold volumes but only got placed in the lower reaches of the charts. Radio DJs in the early days could make or break an act by helping them to place on the charts...I wonder if we had our own Oz version of "payola"? (Wink)!!!

The Norfolk Singers recorded their brand of folk music on the CBS label which was one of the big music labels at the time trying to find the next big thing to promote, after all the Beatles couldn't last much past 1965, could they?

"Nasho Service" for those too young to know was a colloquial term used for the training all the conscripted male youths faced during the Vietnam War era. During the era of "National Service", most boys were not able to vote but they were sent off to War unless they were at university or married (according to the song).

Here for download is the droll protest song "Nasho Service":

http://rapidshare.com/files/224346817/norfolk_singers_-_nasho_service__from_tom_mix_.mp3

Re: "Opera House Is Falling Down" from contibutor Jim B.: It made No 47 for 6 wks on the National Charts in late 1964. It appeared briefly on the 2UE predictions list in Jan 1965 for two weeks at positions 18 & 20 and then dropped off.

NB. The newspaper article "Roll Of Honour" is a copy of what I try to put in the newspapers every 5 years or so on ANZAC Day.

DOWNLOAD NO.204 - DOVE

Dove was a Melbourne quartet that formed in 1970 and released several singles and three albums 1973-76. Their lead vocalist was Sharyn Cambridge. Sharyn and her partner Colin Stephen have a myspace site you might like to visit:

http://www.myspace.com/cambridgestephensongwriters

Dove singles:

It Might As Well Rain Until September 1973 (#31 Melbourne)

Magic To Do 1974 (#36 Melbourne)

Amazing Grace 1974 (#7 Melbourne, #2 Adelaide)

Long Live Love 1975 (#22 Adelaide)

The Lion Sleeps Tonight 1976 (#9 Adelaide)

Here for download is their last single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" courtesy of Jim B. who has given me many vinyl rarities for my Tom Mix blog which I have also contributed to Ozburn:

http://rapidshare.com/files/223940238/DOVE_-_LION_SLEEPS_TONIGHT__VINYL_TOM_MIX_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.203 - LEO DE CASTRO AND FRIENDS

Leo De Castro (real name Leo De Castro Kino) was a NZ singer with a big soulful voice whose career stalled in NZ so he moved to Australia in 1969 and headed for Sydney and joined the Browns, which included Ronnie Peel from the Pleazers. (Ronnie Peel lives in Newcastle nowadays not far from where I work). Leo then worked with a group called Leo and Friends. The band broke up at the start of 1970, so in September 1970 he formed King Harvest. They immediately earned acclaim as one of the “heavy” bands on the progressive rock circuit. King Harvest broke up in September 1971, when De Castro formed Flite for a couple of months, but by December 1971 he had formed a different group called Friends. In 1972 they recorded a fairly successful single called "B. B. Boogie" which was on the Col Joye label ATA. One of their other singles "Lucille" was a live recording. It got to #48 on the national charts in March 1973 - selling mostly in Melbourne and Adelaide. By mid 1973 Friends had broken up, not before performing at Sunbury 1973.

For download is the 12" Friends song “B. B. Boogie”:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6L0UH07U

DOWNLOAD NO.202 - CARSON

NB. Please use search facility top left of page to locate other works by Broderick Smith.

Carson had formed in January 1970 and was a 3 chord boogie band influenced by US group Canned Heat. During 1971 Broderick Smith replaced founder John Capek, providing vocals and harmonica. Other members included Greg Lawrie, Ian Ferguson, Tony Lunt and Ian Winter. After they released a single "Travelling South" in August 1971, Ferguson left to be replaced successively by Barry Sullivan and then Garry Clarke; Mal Logan joined later that year. Carson performed at the first Sunbury Rock Festival in January, 1972. Their next single after their exposure at Sunbury fired up a lot of business. The 7” single "Boogie, Part 1" backed with "Boogie, Part 2" reached #30 on the National charts in September 1972. Their following album “Blown” contained another version of “Boogie” but it was substantially different to the single and the record buying public were a little disappointed with the new version – I know I was because it lacked the punch of the single. The single version was two edits of a seven minute master but this was not on the album and both parts have never been edited back together for CD. I’ve posted a vinyl 12" bootleg promo where both sides of the single were joined to provide seven minutes of timeless boogie, enjoy!

http://rapidshare.com/files/223861126/carson_-_boogie__parts_1_and_2_tom_mix_.mp3

Don't forget to check out my links on the left of the page for my new download site called "Songs That Made It Big In Oz"...

(or click here) http://tommixmusic2.blogspot.com/

It has foreign songs which charted well in Oz but have not made it to CD...Do yourself a favour!

DOWNLOAD NO.201 - MICK FLINN BAND AND PUSSYFOOT

MICK FLINN WAS IN THE OZ GROUP THE MIXTURES. HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST OF THEIR HITS. AFTER THEIR BIG SUCCESS WITH THE PUSHBIKE SONG THE MIXTURES HEADED OFF FOR ENGLAND. WHILE THERE MICK LEFT THE GROUP AND TEAMED UP WITH DONNA JONES AND WORKED AS A MEMBER OF SPRINGFIELD REVIVAL. NOT LONG AFTER IN THE MID 1970S THEY PUT TOGETHER A DUO CALLED PUSSYFOOT. MICK STAYED IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE DONNA TOOK LEAD. THEIR PUSSYFOOT SINGLES ARE LOCATED ON THIS BLOG AT A PREVIOUS POST - PLEASE USE THE SEARCH FACILITY TO LOCATE THE TRACKS.

MICK WORKED ON AND OFF WITH NUMEROUS PROJECTS INCLUDING THE SEEKERS WITH HIS OLD MIXTURE'S BAND MATE BUDDY ENGLAND. IN THE LATE 1970S MICK FORMED A BAND CALLED THE MICK FLINN BAND AND IN 1978 THEY HAD A SINGLE READY FOR RELEASE BUT IT DIDN'T GET MUCH FURTHER THAN BEING A RADIO STATION DEMO. THE A-SIDE WAS "DOIN' IT RIGHT" AND THE B-SIDE WAS CALLED "DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO". SINCE THE PROJECT WAS SHELVED THE TRACK SAT IN THE VAULTS UNTIL 1982.

MICK KEPT THE BACKING TRACK AND WHILE HERE IN OZ (CIRCA 1982) HE RECORDED OVER THE OLD SHELVED SONG USING FOSTERS BEER TO GAIN HIMSELF SOME PRODUCT PLACEMENT RECOGNITION FOR SALES IN THE U.K. WHERE BREWERY COMPANY FOSTERS REIGNED SUPREME...IN FACT THE WHOLE THING COULD HAVE BEEN COMMISSIONED BY FOSTERS FOR ALL I KNOW...NB. THE LABEL SAYS "AUSTRALIAN RECORDING" ON THE ASTOR SINGLE, YET THE MUSIC WAS ORIGINALLY RECORDED IN 1978 IN ENGLAND. THE OZ RECORD PRODUCER WAS JOHN FRENCH.

BY CLEVERLY USING "DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO" AND REMOVING ALL THE VOCALS MICK CREATED AN A-SIDE CALLED "TWO CANS OF FOSTERS AND A PACKET OF POTATO CHIPS" WHICH WAS A REMAKE OF THE DAVE AND THE DERRO'S SINGLE "TWO CANS OF BEER AND A PACKET OF CHIPS", WHICH IN TURN WAS BASED ON THE U.K. SONG "TWO PINTS OF LAGER AND A PACKET OF CRISPS, PLEASE".

ON THE A-SIDE MICK SHOUTED OVER THE LOUD BACKING TRACK, ASKING A BARMAN AT A PUB FOR THE CHIPS AND BEER. THE B-SIDE WAS THE SAME SONG WITH THE BARMAN'S ANSWERS CLEVERLY PLACED IN SYNC WITH MICK'S SHOUTS ON THE A-SIDE....BY PLAYING BOTH SIDES OF THE DISK SIMULTANEOUSLY YOU CREATE A QUESTION AND ANSWER STYLE SONG....

THE FLINN SONGS ARE COURTESY OF JIM B. WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED PREVIOUSLY TO THIS BLOG, MANY THANKS JIM!

HERE FOR DOWNLOAD ARE ALL THREE VERSIONS OF THE SONG "DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO", "TWO CANS OF BEER AND A PACKET OF POTATO CHIPS" AND "THE BARMAN'S REPLY":

http://rapidshare.com/files/222770759/FLINN_-_DO_WHAT_YOU_WANNA_DO_WITH_TWO_CANS_OF_FOSTERS_AND_PACKET_OF_POTATO_CHIPS.mp3

FURTHER OVER IN THIS BLOG ARE TWO 7" SINGLES AND TWO 12" MIXES BY MICK AS PART OF THE DUO PUSSYFOOT...HAVING GONE THROUGH MY OLD CLUB DANCE RECORDS RECENTLY I DISCOVERED I HAD ANOTHER TRACK WHICH WAS AN IMPORT FROM CANADA. I DON'T RECALL IT BEING RELEASED IN OZ...???

AS PUSYFOOT, DONNA JONES AND MICK FLINN RELEASED A DANCE 12" CALLED "DANCER DANCE" WHICH WAS A 1982 CLUB HIT IN NORTH AMERICA, MOSTLY IN CANADA. IT FOLLOWS THE SAME MUSICAL DIRECTION AS THE DONNA SUMMER HIT "I FEEL LOVE".

HERE FOR DOWNLOAD IS PUSSYFOOT'S EXTENDED VERSION OF "DANCER DANCE" SLIGHTLY REMIXED AND ATTENUATED BY YOURS TRULY TO BRING IT UP TO TODAY'S MODERN HI-FI DEMANDS...

ENJOY!

http://rapidshare.com/files/222794844/Pussyfoot_-_Dancer_Dancer__Stereo_Tom_Mix_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.200 - DENNIS WILSON

Dennis Wilson ex-Kahvas Jute/Chariot played in various rock bands and then went into solo projects. The 1970 Wide Open album by Kahvas Jute has made it to CD here and overseas. This album has become highly collectable worldwide. Five out of nine songs were composed by Dennis. In 1973 he moved to England with Kahvas Jute, and during this time Dennis also worked as a sound engineer with the famous English blues band Chicken Shack. In 1974 Dennis returned to Australia and played with Kahvas Jute for about a year, during which they played with Bo Diddley, as his backing band for a national tour, after which he co-founded Chariot, a band which toured constantly for many years, releasing two singles, and becoming a well-known act nationally, during which time Dennis furthered his reputation as one of Australia's foremost electric guitarists.

One of his solo albums was Walking On Thin Ice in 1980 which is not yet released on CD. At the same time he was working on the album Dennis recorded a club dance track called “Bobby and The Space Invaders”. It was originally intended as a commercial for the Space Invaders game, but ended up being released as a single in its own right. It sold well in Sydney and Adelaide and got to #45 in the national charts but fared much better on the club and dance charts. In 1989 it appeared on a compilation CD called "Hits That Missed".

Working from the CD version here for download is an extended Tom Mix 12" of “Bobby and The Space Invaders”...enjoy...!

...For full effect play loud in surround sound if you have it...

http://rapidshare.com/files/222386125/dennis_wilson_-_bobby_and_the_space_invaders__tom_mix_12_inch_from_cd_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.199 - BRYAN DAVIES

TO CELEBRATE MY BLOG'S FIRST ANNIVERSARY I HAVE REWORKED AN OLD BRYAN DAVIES SONG CALLED "TEN PIN BOWLING" WHICH GOT TO #16 IN 1962 - THE SAME YEAR MY BROTHER GEOFF WAS BORN IN THE MIDDLE OF WALCHA'S BIGGEST RECORDED FLOODS. MUM REMEMBERS WATCHING THE BOWLING CLUBHOUSE WASH DOWNSTREAM ONTO THE CRICKET FIELDS WHERE IT STAYED FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS USED BY THE CRICKET TEAMS FOR DRESSING SHEDS....

"TEN PIN BOWLING" WAS A VERY CATCHY TWIST ORIENTED SONG BUT HAS NOT MADE IT TO C.D. BRYAN'S WORK HAS BEEN ALMOST IGNORED BY THE BIG COMPANIES AND LITTLE HAS MADE IT TO THE DIGITAL MEDIUM.

BY USING THE SEARCH FACILITY (TOP OF PAGE) YOU CAN FIND OTHER POSTINGS FOR BRYAN DAVIES ON THIS SITE...

SO PLEASE ENJOY MY NEW EXTENDED REMIX OF THIS CLASSIC TRACK...MAYBE IN THE PRIVACY OF YOUR OWN HOME YOU CAN HELP ME CELEBRATE BY TWISTING NAKED IN FRONT OF YOUR PETS AND ENJOY THE GUILTY PLEASURE OF "TEN PIN BOWLING":

http://rapidshare.com/files/221764412/Bryan_Davies_-_Ten_Pin_Bowling__Ext_Tom_Mix_.mp3

DOWNLOAS NO.198 - STEVE GROVES BAND

NB. Some of the following information is courtesy of the Steve Groves Band Site.

In 1965 Steve Groves formed the KINETICS. The group played many concerts in and around Melbourne and recorded three singles for the Australian CBS label. After the departure of Johnny Vallins from the KINETICS the other three members searched for other musicians and continued as the TRAP. After the end of STEVE & THE BOARD Steve Kipner met Steve Groves who had just disbanded his group the KINETICS. Together with Gary Sommers they formed RHOMBO'S WORLD. The trio played a few concerts but they could not get a recording contract. When they got the offer to go to London Steve Kipner and Steve Groves went there and formed the duo STEVE & STEVIE. They recorded an album together, which was released on the small Toast label. There was one single released off that album. While in London they met Steve Kipner's old friend Maurice Gibb, who recommended that they should work for the Robert Stigwood Organisation. After Maurice Gibb had recommended that Steve Kipner and Steve Groves should work together with the Robert Stigwood Organisation, Stigwood bought out the contract from the small record company and the duo was free to start working with Polydor. Maurice Gibb offered to produce an album of the duo together with his brother in law Billy Lawrie. The first single release by the duo, who called themselves TIN TIN was "Only Ladies Play Croquet". The single was not hit, but the second release "Toast And Marmalade For Tea" was to become the biggest international hit of TIN TIN. After the release of their first album TIN TIN wanted to become a real group by adding other musicians. While looking for the right people Steve Kipner found out, that Geoff Bridgford who had been the last drummer for STEVE & THE BOARD was living in London and that he was free to join TIN TIN. Another former member of STEVE & THE BOARD, Carl Grossman was also in London and so TIN TIN became a quartet. They recorded one single before Carl Grossman left to start a solo career.

When TIN TIN started to record their next album Billy Lawrie and Maurice Gibb joined them in the studio. While fooling around they recorded the song "Have You Heard The Word?" Maurice Gibb did his well known John Lennon impersonation on the song. The song was released by the Beacon label and the name of the group changed to “The Fut” just for this one-off. As all musicians were signed to other labels it seems as though the release was not really legal. In the beginning the song was surrounded by mystery. Yoko Ono even had the song registered as being a John Lennon composition. If you click the picture of the record label you can download this classic oldie...

During the recordings of their next album Johnny Vallins joined the group. He had played together with Steve Groves in the KINETICS. TIN TIN recorded the material for the album "Astral Taxi" as well as some additional songs. Some of those songs were released on singles, others are still unreleased. At this point Geoff Bridgford started to work with the BEE GEES and in the end he left TIN TIN at the end of 1972. When Johnny Vallins also left, Steve Kipner and Steve Groves had to find somebody else. They asked Peter Beckett to join together they recorded one more single in 1973.

After TIN TIN folded Steve Groves returned to Australia, where he concentrated on folk music. He was in two groups WILD HONEY and PIED PIPERS. Little is known about their performing and recording histories.

In 1975 he appeared as FAT BUBBLES and his novelty hit "Skateboard Queen" was a minor Oz and NZ hit. (By using the search facility you can find this song already posted on this blog) It was after this minor hit in 1975 that Steve Groves formed the STEVE GROVES BAND. Steve's next hit didn't come until 1976-77 which was the co-written song "I'm On The Loose Again". For his effort he won the Australian songwriter of the year award. "I'm On The Loose Again" got to #21 and stayed in the national charts for 10 weeks. Their version of this classic song was less than 3 minutes long but was catchy and upbeat. Also at the same time "I'm On The Loose Again" was recorded and released by Marty Rhone and became a bigger hit in the hands of this seasoned performer. Marty's version got to #16 nationally but his was a longer and more dance oriented version. Sales were outstanding for both versions.

I have extended Steve's version and it now runs to about the same length as Marty's version. Here for download is the 12" Tom Mix version of Steve Groves Band's "I'm On The Loose Again":

http://rapidshare.com/files/221764411/STEVE_GROVES_BAND_-_I_M_ON_THE_LOOSE_AGAIN__EXT_TOM_MIX_2009_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.197 - GARRY TRAVERS

Garry Travers has had a very long recording career starting in the early 1970s. His first hit “It’s Never Really Over”, is fondly remembered but still not available on CD as of 2009. It has almost made it to compilation CDs in the past but as Oz music companies changed hands the proposed CDs were shelved.

In my collection of vinyl I have “It’s Never Really Over”, “Yesterday’s Girl”, “Leonardo Vincent Gauguin” and his most recent venture “The Ballad of Epping Road”. NB. “It’s Never Really Over” can be found on this blog at a previous posting – use search facility to locate this track.

Singles:

1972 M7 MS-002 It's Never Really Over

1972 M7 MS-003 Yesterday's Girl

1973 Pye 7N.45248 Pasadena's On My Mind

1973 Pye 7N.45306 Talk

197? Ultimat USP-001 Leonardo Vincent Gauguin

2008 The Ballad of Epping Road (as member of Token)

Parliamentarian Greg Smith, is a member of the Sydney-based band Token. In 2008 he wrote lyrics to a new song called “The Ballad of Epping Road”, describing the woeful traffic problems caused by the Lane Cove Tunnel. Token's guitarist Garry Travers had to rewrite the music before the band recorded the song for its second album. They originally sought permission of the copyright owner of “The Road to Gundagai” because that was the tune they were using but they were refused. So Garry wrote a new tune and they adapted the lyrics to fit...

(It is a protest song and if you listen carefully in the chorus towards the end the lyrics sound like they say "give us back our "F"-ing Road". I hope nobody is offended) - Tom.

Picture: Greg Smith and Garry Travers.

Here for download is a Tom Mix remix of “The Ballad of Epping Road”:

http://rapidshare.com/files/221539591/Greg_Smith__Garry_Traver_and_the_Tokens_-_Give_Us_Back_Our_Epping_Road.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.196 - DD SMASH

DD Smash was a New Zealand band fronted by Dave Dobbyn after his band Th' Dudes folded in 1980. By mid-1981, Dobbyn forged his coup de grace - Dave Dobbyn's Divers. Thankfully a name change eventuated to DD Smash, which were a guitar-driven four-piece that had a lot of NZ success which next spilled over into OZ.

DD Smash had a number of hit singles during the 1980s, including "Outlook for Thursday", and "Whaling". When DD Smash folded, Dobbyn began a successful solo career, his biggest success was writing the music for the Footrot Flats film in 1985, which contained two hit singles: "Oughta Be in Love" and "Slice of Heaven".

Singles:

Year	Title	NZ Chart	AU Chart
1978	"Be Mine Tonight" Th' Dudes	#36
1979	"That Look in Your Eyes" Th' Dudes	-
1979	"Right First Time" Th' Dudes	#34
1979	"Walking in Light" Th' Dudes	#50
1980	"Tonight Again" Th' Dudes	-
1980	"Bliss" Th' Dudes	#25
1980	"On the Rox" Th' Dudes	-
1981	"Repitition" DD Smash	#25
1982	"Devil You Know" DD Smash	#35
1983	"Outlook for Thursday" DD Smash	#3
1984	"Whaling" DD Smash	#8	#27
1985	"Magic (What She Do)" DD Smash	#4
1985	"She Loves Me Back" DD Smash	#38
1986	"Slice of Heaven" Dave Dobbyn with the Herbs	#1	#1
1986	"Oughta Be In Love" Dave Dobbyn	#2	#24
1988	"Love You Like I Should" Dave Dobbyn	#7	#35
1988	"Loyal" Dave Dobbyn	#19	#21
1989	"Space Junk" Dave Dobbyn and the Lunnettes	#32
1991	"Shakey Isles" Dave Dobbyn	#26
1993	"Maybe the Rain" Dave Dobbyn	#40
1994	"Language" Dave Dobbyn	#4
1995	"Lap of the Gods" Dave Dobbyn	#13
1995	"Naked Flame" Dave Dobbyn	#20
1996	"Poor Boy" ENZSO feat. Dave Dobbyn	#29
1999	"Beside You" Dave Dobbyn	#28
2005	"Welcome Home" Dave Dobbyn	#10

For download is the extended Tom Mix version of "Whaling":

http://rapidshare.com/files/220688457/d_d_smash_-_whaling__extended_tom_mix_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.195 - DUFFY'S BAND / CATHY AND THE CUCUMBERS

As far as I am aware the only recording made by Duffy's Band was a 1979 cover of “Day Trip To Bangor” recorded at Festival studios Sydney. It wasn't a real band but a session group given that name by Martin Erdman, producer. However the musicians were basically a Queensland band called Buckskin who released two vinyls that Erdman produced for Festival Music. Erdman won a Golden Guitar Award with Brisbane-based Buckskin at the Tamworth Country Music Awards in 1980 by producing their instrumental hit "Panning For Gold”. The group since then, has continued on in various configurations. Entertainer Nev Nicholls used Buckskin to tour as his backing band in the 1990s.

The original version of “Day Trip To Bangor” was by UK group Fiddler’s Dram who had 2 versions: one was the acoustic version as used on their first album and one was reworked pop oriented 7" single version. The Fiddler’s Dram single eventually reached top 40 position #3 in early 1980, having been released the previous year.

"Day Trip To Bangor" was actually inspired after a day trip to Rhyl (a seaside resort 35 miles east of Bangor, North Wales which does have funfairs, beaches etc), but because Bangor had an extra syllable and slipped off the tongue easier it was used for the lyric. This caused an outcry from councillors and businesses in Rhyl who complained that the publicity would have benefitted their town’s tourist economy.

My father’s side of the family comes from North Flintshire from around a town called Northop which is one of the former coalmining towns not that far from Bangor and Rhyl. During 2007 my wife and I went to see the districts around here and sadly our day trip to Bangor was hampered with gusty, icy winds and pouring Autumnal rain that was coming in from the Menai Straits…so much for the sentiment of the song!

The Duffy’s Band version of “Day Trip To Bangor” made it to #9 in Melbourne co-charting with the Fiddler’s Dram version. Meanwhile another band called Cathy And The Cucumbers had the same single out in New Zealand where it got to #13 also co-charting with Fiddler's Dram.

Here for download from vinyl is the Oz version of “Day Trip To Bangor” by Duffy's Band:

http://rapidshare.com/files/220592821/Duffy_s_Band_-_Day_Trip_To_Bangor.mp3

The NZ version is from the CD “Golden Kiwis - The Hits Collection”. Here is the NZ version of “Day Trip To Bangor” by Cathy and The Cucumbers:

http://rapidshare.com/files/220592822/Cathy_and_the_Cucumbers_-_Day_Trip_To_Bangor.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.194 - MONDO ROCK

NB. Mondo Rock have other songs for download on this blog. Please use the search facility top left to locate them.

For more than a dozen years Mondo Rock dispensed adult pop-rock from 1977 to 1991. The group essentially backed superstar Ross Wilson (ex-Daddy Cool) but within a few years other band members were given the opportunity to shine. Band member Eric McCusker (born Ireland) would become one of the legendary Oz songwriters of the era (Eric was added in the second edition of the band’s line-up).

The first Mondo Rock configuration came together in February 1977, the band’s first single “The Fugitive Kind” made top thirty nationally – the first of 17 Mondo Rock hits. After muso line-up changes, Mondo Rock took a break at the beginning of 1980. Then the new Mondos emerged: Ross still leading with Eric McCusker, a songwriter of skill and focus with James Black on keyboards, Paul Christie on bass and J.J. Hackett on drums – the definitive Mondo Rock formation.

“Boom Baby Boom” was a top thirty album in 1986, the single “Primitive Love Rites” achieved the prominence the band had become accustomed to reaching #21 nationally. Armed with this great driving track (and a club dance remix of said track) the Mondos hoped this song would break them in the USA. Ross Wilson says some record company mess-up thwarted them at the time. The song was popular on the USA east coast, then the west coast, but with a time lag of months between. Therefore, the sales numbers combined were high but not enough to make the top 40 on the USA charts. If it had happened at the same time, they could have broken out America wide...

Here for download is the original 12” dance mix of “Primitive Love Rites”:

http://rapidshare.com/files/219581323/mondo_rock_-_primitive_love_rights__ext_vinyl_mix_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.193 - PAUL JENNINGS