DOWNLOAD NO.307 - THE ORMSBY BROTHERS

The Ormsby Brothers shot to the top of the charts with their first single then slowly faded with less successful follow-ups. Their sound was almost like the USA Osmond Brothers who were enjoying world-wide success at the time.

Music producer Peter Dawkins was on a roll in the early 1970s with many top 40 hits to his credit but interestingly, none made it as high on the national charts, as a glossy remake of the old Lesley Gore hit “You Don’t Own Me” by Sydney sibling act The Ormsby Brothers, which peaked at #5. Peter said he looked back on that single, engineered by former Beatles studio assistant and later Sherbet producer Richard Lush, as the best of his early Australian productions.

The chart run for the Ormsby Brothers was not long but they made some very glossy pop while it lasted.

Singles:

You Don’t Own Me - 1973 #5

Sweet Virginia - 1974 #24

The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore – 1974 #21

God Knows I Tried – 1974 #25

Bad Day For Love – 1975

Depending on which charts you read the single “You Don’t Own Me” was either the second or fourth highest selling Oz single in 1973. The original single mix was also very short and came in about 3:30 mins. By taking the original CD mix and digitally looping parts etc I have been able to remake the song into a 6 min opus. Here for download is an extended Tom Mix version of "You Don't Own Me":

http://rapidshare.com/files/320002141/ormsby_bros_-_you_don_t_own_me__ext_tom_mix_2009_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.306 - THE NEW DREAM

The New Dream have other songs on this blog. Please use search facility to locate them.

Many of the singles by New Dream are not yet on CD. Presently only "Groupie" and "Soft Delights" have made it to the digital medium.

One of their last singles "Ride A White Swan" was a very credible version of the T-Rex original. In my opinion it's better than the original - and I'm a huge T-Rex fan!

Singles

April 1969 "Yours Until Tomorrow" / "Turn Around"

July 1969 "Catchin' Up On Fun" / "You've Got That Certain Style"

1970 "Groupie" / "It's So Good To Be With You" #25

May 1971 "Soft Delights" / "You Got Me Singing" #21

Sept. 1971 "Candy Love" / "Do You Think You Can Make Me Happy?" #73

March 1972 "Turned 21" / "Someone Like You #31

Dec. 1972 "Ride A White Swan"/ "The Weak End"

Feb. 1973 "Girl I'm Gonna Get You" / "Gene's Song"

Here for download is an extended Tom Mix 12" of "Candy Love" It used to go just 2 mins now it goes 4 mins!

http://rapidshare.com/files/319815417/The_New_Dream_-_Candy_Love__Ultimate_Tom_Mix_2009_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.305 - DAME EDNA

Poor old Dame Edna was born as Edna May Beazley in the rural city of Wagga Wagga, and started her stage career on 19 December 1955 as Mrs. Norm Everage, an "average Australian housewife" who by then was living in Moonee Ponds Victoria.

Edna has tried many times to break into international show business and has had numerous guest roles on inconsequential TV shows but still isn't as famous as she should be. It was nice that the Royal Family allowed her to keep her title after Norm died but honestly it's the only thing that has given her any clout...the Americans are probably more impressed than we are...

In the late 1980s she tried to not only cash in on everything Australian for the Bicentennial but she downright stole the limelight from one of our Oz TV exports - Neighbours! Edna got Tony Hatch's theme song and did a 7" single mix and a 12" "Caring And Sharing" mix. Even with all the payola behind it, it didn't make it to the top 40 anywhere in the world.

Here for download are the 2 mixes of "Theme from Neighbours"...

7" single version:

http://rapidshare.com/files/319772414/Dame_Edna_Everage_-_Neighbours__Single_Version_.mp3

12" Caring And Sharing version:

http://rapidshare.com/files/319769049/dame_edna_-_neighbours__caring_and_sharing_vinyl_mix_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.304 - AUSTEN TAYSHUS

Austen Tayshus (real name Sandy Gutman born March 17, 1954) is an Australian-Jewish comedian. His stage name is a play on words of "ostentatious", meaning "over-the-top".

Austen Tayshus had a major comedy breakthrough with his 1983 hit "Australiana" then slowly faded away with less successful follow-ups.

"Phantom Shuffle" from 1984 was one of the few singles that also got a 12" mix. It was not much different to the single version both going about 5 mins in length.

Here for download is the original 12" mix:

http://rapidshare.com/files/319765633/Austen_Tayshus_-_Phantom_Shuffle.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.203 - RICHARD CLAPTON

Richard Clapton had an album called "Glory Road" which is still available on CD.

Thank you to Neil who sent me an interview disc to clean up and present here:

http://rapidshare.com/files/319695175/richard_clapton_-_glory_road_interview_disc__tom_mix_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.302 - KATE CEBERANO

Kate Ceberano was a part of numerous line-ups and worked as a backing singer before going into the band "I'm Talking" which had a couple of cool hits in the 1980s. If you want more info check out the posting on Wikipedia.

Kate's hit singles:

• 1984 "It's Magic" / "Only with You" (Backing for John Justin)
• 1984 "Someday" (with I'm Talking)
• 1985 "Trust Me" (with I'm Talking) AUS #10
• 1985 "Lead the Way" (with I'm Talking) AUS #25
• 1985 "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (with I'm Talking) AUS #21
• 1986 "Do You Wanna Be?" (with I'm Talking) AUS #8
• 1986 "Holy Word" (with I'm Talking) AUS #9
• 1988 "You've Always Got the Blues" (duet with Wendy Matthews) AUS #81
• 1989 "Bedroom Eyes" AUS #2
• 1989 "Love Dimension" AUS #14
• 1989 "Brave" / "Young Boys Are My Weakness" AUS #15
• 1990 "That's What I Call Love" AUS #30
• 1990 "Dindi"
• 1990 "Nature Boy"
• 1991 "Every Little Thing" AUS #34
• 1991 "Satisfied" AUS #71
• 1991 "See Right Through" / "Everything Will Be Alright" AUS #33
• 1992 "Calling You" (with Andrew Pendlebury on guitar) AUS #97
• 1992 "Everything's Alright" (with cast of JC Superstar) AUS #6
• 1992 "I Don't Know How To Love Him" AUS #38
• 1993 "You've Got a Friend" (Bass Culture Featuring Kate Ceberano) AUS #100
• 1994 "Feeling Alright"
• 1994 "All That I Want Is You" AUS #88
• 1995 "Change" AUS #100
• 1996 "Love and Affection" AUS #91
• 1996 "Blue Box"
• 1997 "Pash" AUS #9, NZ #36
• 1998 "Pash" (Remix)
• 1998 "Love Is Alive" AUS #57
• 1998 "Time To Think"
• 1999 "I Won't Let You Down" AUS #50
• 1999 "True Romantic" AUS #79
• 2002/2003 "Yes" (US + Australian radio promo single only)
• 2004 "Higher and Higher" (Australian radio promo single only)
• 2004 "At Last" (Australian radio promo single only)
• 2006 "Unchained Melody" (Australian radio promo single only)
• 2007 "Go Your Own Way" (Australian radio promo single only)
• 2008 "She Will Be Loved" (Australian radio promo single only)

Here for download is the extended vinyl version of "Love Dimension" called The Hyper Mix.

The producer of the original 12" had some interesting ideas on stereo balance. The song just abruptly cuts left to right and all the music and vocals go to one side then the other... I fixed it up though for your listening pleasure...

http://rapidshare.com/files/318839609/kate_cebrano_-_love_dimension__hyper_mix_vinyl_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.301 - RAY BURTON

Ray Burton had a career in Oz then went to America and while there cut an album. He came back to Oz and cut his second album which contained the song here for download...

Here is some info from Ray's MySpace site..."I cut an album of my all my own songs for Paramount Records in the US entitled STRIVE, SEEK AND FIND voted on release as the best album on the American National FM radio charts. Back in Australia after 9 years in the US I recorded a solo album for WARNER BROS entitled Dreamers & Nightflyers using the famous Australian band CROSSFIRE. This album remains one of the most respected musical albums of the time in Australia producing two national hit songs TOO HARD TO HANDLE and PADDINGTON GREEN".

"Too Hard To Handle" got to #40 nationally in March 1978. The record was released in 1977. Produced by the now famous Charles Fisher.

Here for download is "Too Hard To Handle":

http://rapidshare.com/files/318589881/ray_burton_-_too_hard_to_handle.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.300 - PROCLAIMERS

The Proclaimers were an Oz group from the early 1970s. They started in Melbourne and their lead singer was Johnathan Sommers.

Click the following link to an information site about him: http://thefoolandtheopera.blogspot.com/2008/12/podcast-jonathan-summers.html.

I don't know what happened to the Oz group but they had a few Christian music singles and then folded after 1974.

The song "Jesus Christ, What A Man" is a country ballad with nice slide guitar work. It came out in 1971 on the Fable label. It got to #47 nationally.

The follow-up singles were: "One More Mountain To Climb" in 1972 which got to #32 nationally, and a rather hard to find single called "All His Children" which got to #17 nationally in 1972, but was co-charting with 2 other versions: one by Oz singer Vic Christopher and the other by American singer Charlie Pride.

Their greatest hits CD "Wings Of A Dove" is available as of 2007 on the Fable label but it is missing one of their later singles, "All His Children"...

If you know of or have a copy of the song "All His Children" please let me know so I can send a copy to the folks at Ozburn as it they are searching for it?

Here for download is the mono single mix of "Jesus Christ, What A Man":

http://rapidshare.com/files/317911526/Proclaimers_-_Jesus_Christ__What_A_Man.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.299 - RAJAHS WITH JOHNNY O'KEEFE

The group The Rajahs started as The R'Jays and backed other artists like Digby Richards in the 1950s. In the early 1960s, they had a few singles issued, one of which was "Kiss Me Now". Their original version flopped but later the song hit the top 40 when Johnny Young put it out using the Rajah's arrangement.

Johnny O'Keefe was always unhappy with his first version of the song "Shout", which charted in 1959, so when the opportunity came to re-record it he chose to do it with the Rajahs.

In 1964, after numerous recording attempts, the new version of "Shout" was unleashed on the buying public. It was better produced but the new ending was badly edited and lacklustre. Lulu's version was also doing the rounds at that stage, so it was not surprising the new version of "Shout" did not do the same business the original. It hit the top 40 in three states: #18 Sydney, #35 Brisbane and #22 Adelaide.

On the CD (cover shown above), "Shout" is credited as parts one and two but it not labelled correctly. It is not the full version of this song, it is only part one with an edited piece from part two. If you would like to read more about the group go to this site (click link): http://www.behindtherock.cjb.net/

Here for download is an extended Tom Mix version of the 1964 "Shout".

http://rapidshare.com/files/317482844/rajahs_with_johnny_o_keefe_-_shout__parts_1_and_2___1964_ext_tom_mix_version_.mp3

The Festival File CD (cover shown above) contains many rare old Rajah songs...If you would like to download the original 1964 single version of "Shout" and the other Rajah singles they can be downloaded from Midoztouch - see "my favourite music links" on the left side of this blog.

DOWNLOAD NO.298 - TONI MCCANN

Toni McCann was a 1960s female singer from Oz who went off to England and had some minor success. She started out in Brisbane fronting with the Fabulous Blue Jays.

Some of her singles have been on CD but nobody has compiled a greatest hits for her. You can get the singles: My Baby / No / Saturday Date / If You Don't Come Back, on various compilations from Canetoad music or on the CDs: "Of Hopes And Dreams", "Hot Generation" or "Devil's Children". The last three CDs are sold overseas or you could try at a local import shop.

Here for download is the single of "No":

http://rapidshare.com/files/317205007/toni_mccann_-_no__vinyl_tom_mix_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.297 - THE SHOWMEN

The Showmen played on the same bill as The Missing Links at the Beatle's Village (according to contributor, Andrew Ainsworth) and the rhythm section was approached by Andy James to join up with The Missing Links. The Showmen's leader, Peter Ellison, was going to dissolve the combo. After the demise of The Missing Links in April '66, Baden & the late Ian Thomas rejoined the reformed Showmen.

In May 1965 The Showmen released their first single "Don't Deceive / Too Far Away". Later the same year they released "Naughty Girl / Too Much Monkey Business". Both singles were on the Lee Gordon owned Leedon label.

For download is the single "Naughty Girl":

http://rapidshare.com/files/317205006/the_showmen_-_naughty_girl.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.296 - MARCIE JONES AND THE COOKIES

Marcie Jones started her singing career in 1960 at the age of fifteen with the Thunderbirds at Canterbury Ballroom and Preston Town Hall. She then joined up with Normie Rowe and The Playboys. In 1963 she joined the cast of “The GO Show”, the television show which was to make her a household name throughout Australia. Marcie appeared on every national TV variety show in Australia over four decades. In 1967 Marcie together with the Cook sisters Margaret, Beverley and Wendy formed “Marcie and the Cookies” which became the top female singing group in Australia.

During 1969 and 1970, “Marcie and the Cookies” performed extensively throughout Asia and Europe and toured the United Kingdom with Cliff Richard and the Shadows. They are still performing as a world class act and celebrated thirty years of performing together in November 1997.

Marcie has toured with The Seekers, The Monkeys, Cliff Richard, Tom Jones and supported Gene Pitney on five national tours. Marcie was presented with an award from WEA Records in 1987 for her contribution to Australian music.

Singles (45rpm)

Quiet/I Wanna Know 1965 (#29 Melbourne)
Imagine/When A Girl Falls In Love 1965
Danny Boy/That Hurts 1966
That's The Way It Is/Big Lovers Come In Small Packages 1967 (#34 Brisbane)
You Can't Bypass Love/He's Gonna Be Fine Fine Fine 1967
Armed And Extremely Dangerous/Over The Rainbow 1973 (#17 Brisbane, #22 Adelaide)
Gonna Get Married/I Found My Freedom 1974 (#10 Melbourne, #3 Adelaide)
I Only Have Eyes For You/Gonna Make It 1974 (#11 Adelaide)
Baby I Need Your Loving/Hurts So Good 1975
Back In Your Arms Again/I Like Your Music 1976

Here for download is the single of "I Wanna Know":

http://rapidshare.com/files/317205005/marcie_jones_-_i_wanna_know__vinyl_tom_mix_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.295 - JOHN ASHE

John Ashe was an Oz country balladeer whose first hits came out in the late 1950s. By the time he did the single "Come In Spinner" his career was at a bit of a standstill.

His songs have shown up on the occasional various artist CD but not very often.

Here for download is his single of "Come In Spinner" which was the title track of the album shown above.

http://rapidshare.com/files/317052215/john_ashe_-_come_in_spinner__vinyl_tom_mix_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.294 - JENNY MORRIS AND Q.E.D.

Jenny Morris has other songs on this blog. Please use search facility to locate them.

Jenny Morris left NZ and headed off to Oz, and in 1983 became the lead singer of Q.E.D. which was a group that enjoyed 2 charting hits "Everywhere I Go" which got to #14 in 1984 and "This One" which peaked at #32 in 1984.

Morris formed Q.E.D. with Rex Goh who was an ex-member of the group Air Supply but by 1985 Jenny was already moving into solo work.

Both Q.E.D. songs hit the airwaves just as the 12" extended mix was becoming the norm for dance oriented tracks but none have been issued. The Q.E.D. album "Animal Magic" has been released on CD but is nowadays deleted.

Here for download is an extended 5:30 mins Tom Mix 12" version of "Everywhere I Go". The original single used to be less than 3 mins. I used the CD mix to make this extended version. Enjoy!

http://rapidshare.com/files/316938667/QED_-_Everywhere_I_Go__Ext_Tom_Mix_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.293 - KEVIN JOHNSON

Kevin has other songs on this blog as well as a discography. Please use search facility to locate them.

Kevin Johnson had a couple of minor hits after releasing his first big hit single "Rock And Roll (I Gave you The Best Years Of My Life)" one of them being "Kedron Brook". The song is in waltz time and the lyrics hark back to an earlier era. The music which is mostly light and melodic has two heavier sections with a swirling full orchestra. Kevin's deep voice gives the song a lovely haunting edge.

Kedron Brook is a creek in Queensland near Brisbane....although I am not positive that this song is actually about this particular spot as there are numerous other Kedron Brooks in the world.

The backing band is "Cool Bananas" which of course is Rory O'Donohue's group. Rory being the Thin Arthur character from the Aunty Jack TV Show. Rory played guitar on many of Kevin's tracks and albums.

The version for download is the mono 7" single mix which is slightly different to the CD and album versions which have been available for some time.

http://rapidshare.com/files/316338790/kevin_johnson_-_kedron_brook__mono_vinyl_tom_mix_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.292 - BARRY CROCKER

Barry Hugh Crocker b: 1935 Geelong Victoria has other songs on this blog. Please use the search facility to locate them.

The 1969 vinyl E.P. here for download is one of those rare Festival releases that has 4 songs put onto a 45 rpm. The sound is quieter than a regular 45, so as to squeeze more songs into the same space. Louder songs need a wider groove pattern and therefore bigger gaps between the grooves...to pack more music onto an E.P. the music is sometimes compressed with the frequency range cut at both ends (bass and treble). The other thing to cut down some space is to have mono versions of the song, which was the case on the Barry Crocker E.P.

The "Please Don't Go" E.P. has the following 4 songs: "Please Don't Go", "My Cup Runneth Over", "If I Ruled The World" and "This Is My Song".

The 4 songs are placed in order and are separated by 2 second gaps. They are in a non-stop 12 minute mp3 file at 320kb.

http://rapidshare.com/files/315146110/barry_crocker_-_please_don_t_go__extended_4_play_e.p._.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.291 - JO JO ZEP AND THE FALCONS

Joe Camilleri a.k.a. Jo Jo Zep has other songs on this blog. Please use search facility to locate them.

Joe and the Falcons had an interesting live e.p. put out in 1978 called "Live, Loud and Clear". It has shown up on other blogs but I thought I'd convert my old 45rpm and put it here as a non-stop version.

The 5 songs being spread over 2 vinyl sides originally, have now been condensed to a 19 minute live show for your listening pleasure.

The songs are in a zip file.

The password is: http://tommixmusic.blogspot.com/

Click picture above for more info.

http://rapidshare.com/files/314184641/jo_jo_zip__he_he_.zip

DOWNLOAD NO.290 - OL' 55

The rock band Ol' 55 had some memorable top 40 hits when they first burst onto the scene in the mid 1970s then they went off the boil when Frankie J. Holden left to go solo. By the time they finished up they were recording sound-a-like medleys of oldies a bit like the Stars On 45 people....

"(I Want A) Rockin' Christmas" came out in 1976 and was still on the play lists in January 1977 when it was yanked because that's when Christmas hits are supposedly removed from radio play lists....it was done so when still at number one in Melbourne. In fact, it was number one for almost 7 weeks before it was dropped.

A version of the song has been released on CD, on a Festival collection called "Spin Into Christmas" but the version on CD is a remixed longer cut. The CD mix is from the Russell Crowe movie "The Sum Of Us" and was remixed by the original producer Charles Fisher. The original single was also 22 seconds shorter and had less bass.

Here for download is the original single version sung by Frankie J. Holden also starring Rockpile Jones and Wilbur Wilde. It was written by bassist Jim Manzie and Glenn A. Baker (manager).

http://rapidshare.com/files/313954456/ol__55_-_i_want_a_rockin__christmas__single_edit_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.289 - JENNY MORRIS

Jenny Morris born 1956 NZ started singing in the 1970s firstly in the NZ bands Wide Mouthed Frogs and The Crocodiles then she moved to Oz in the 1980s and was a member of the group QED.

Jenny slowly branched out on her own and had a massive solo career starting in the mid 1980s. One of her first big hits was "You're Gonna Get Hurt" in 1986. The extended 12" version has not been on CD and as far as I know and the flip side called "Cool" has not made it to the digital medium.

Here for download, courtesy of one of my regular contributors Neil, is the original extended 12" mix of "You're Gonna Get Hurt":

http://rapidshare.com/files/311473918/jenny_morris_-_you_re_gonna_get_hurt__ext_vinyl_tom_mix_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.288 - ADAM BRAND

Adam Brand is a great ambassador for Australian country music and has been in the business for years. He was born in 1970 in Perth but he moved east in the 1990s.

He has numerous singles to his credit...

"Grandpa's Piano"
"Dirt Track Cowboys"
"Last Man Standing"
"Get Loud"
"She's Country"
"Open Ended Heartache"
"Can't Live Without Your Love"
"That Changes Everything"
"Cigarettes & Whiskey"
"Get On Down The Road"
"Comin' From"
"Khe Sanh"
"Blame It On Eve"

In 1996 when I moved to Scone NSW I was lucky enough to meet Adam. He called into my school one day and gave a free concert for the students. I remember he held the student body spellbound for a good 2 hours - which is hard to do, when the children ranged in age from 5 to 12. He was also kind enough to sign one of my CD singles (cover picture above) as well as sign numerous other items for the students. He was very generous with his time..

Adam has a number of fans around the world and the following link will take you to a foreign fan's blog:

http://pearltubes.blogspot.com/2009/07/adam-brand.html

Here for download is an extended Tom Mix version of his 1996 hit "Grandpa's Piano":

http://rapidshare.com/files/310540453/Adam_Brand_-_Grandpa_s_Piano__Ext_Tom_Mix_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.287 - TIM FINN

Tim Finn, Crowded House and Split Enz have other songs on this blog. Please use the search facility to locate them.

Tim's 1986 album "Big Canoe" had a dance oriented song called "So Deep" which was given an instrumental release on the flipside of the 12" of "Spiritual Hunger". The song "So Deep" was possibly going to be released as a single but must have been shelved.

By combining both the instrumental mix with the album version of "So Deep" I have created an extended Tom Mix version.

Here for download is the Tom Mix 12" of "So Deep":

http://rapidshare.com/files/308221242/Tim_Finn_-_So_Deep__Tom_Mix_Dance_Remix_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.286 - CHRISTIE ALLEN

Christie Allen has other songs on this blog and chart listings...please use the search facility to locate both.

Here is the extended Tom Mix 12" of Christie's big hit "Goosebumps" which was originally less than 3 mins long.

The Tom Mix 12" version is almost 5 mins.

If you have a system that has surround sound or quadraphonic sound this mix is a real treat toward the end. Enjoy!

http://rapidshare.com/files/306843293/christie_allen_-_goosebumps__ext_tom_mix_2009_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.285 - RENEE GEYER

Renee Geyer has other songs on this blog. Please use search facility to locate them.

Oz songbird Renee Geyer is still releasing new tracks but her old extended mixes from the 1980s have not yet made it to CD.

One of her lesser known tracks, a slow rocker called "Love So Sweet", came out in 1982. It is an Oz composition - click label for more details. The song was recorded in Sydney and was backed with the 7" single mix and the flip side from the single called "I've Got News For You".

Here for download is the original 12" mix of "Love So Sweet" :

http://rapidshare.com/files/303940168/renee_geyer_-_love_so_sweet__ext_vinyl_tom_mix_.mp3

DOWNLOAD NO.284 - CHRISTIE ALLEN

Christie Allen has other songs on this blog. Please use search facility to locate them.

Christie had some great dance oriented hits none of which had a 12" dance mix or extended version officially released. Her first dance hit "Goosebumps" was followed by some slower singles then she bounced back a year later with another dance oriented hit "He's My Number One".

Singles:

You Know That I Love You 1978 #13
Falling In Love With Only You 1979 #20
Goose Bumps 1979 #9
Magic Rhythm 1980 #28
Baby Get Away 1980 #28
He's My Number One 1980 #5
Don't Put Out The Flame 1981 #40

For download is an extended 5:00 mins Tom Mix version of "He's My Number One":

http://rapidshare.com/files/303581476/christie_allen_-_he_s_my_number_one__ext_tom_mix_2009_.mp3