Wide Open Road - A road trip through Australia's musical landscape

 

1-1 The Triffids– Wide Open Road

1-2 Hunters & Collectors– 42 Wheels

1-3 The Saints – (I'm) Stranded

1-4 The Cruel Sea– This Is Not The Way Home

1-5 Dave Graney & Clare Moore – I Was A Country Boy

1-6 Darren Hanlon– Manilla, NSW

1-7 No Fixed Address– We Have Survived

1-8 Midnight Oil– The Dead Heart

1-9 The Reels– World's End

1-10 Hilltop Hoods– City Of Light

1-11 TISM– Morningtown Ride

1-12 Cold Chisel– Khe Sanh

1-13 Skyhooks– Balwyn Calling

1-14 Hard-Ons– Wog Food

1-15 TZU– City

1-16 Weddings, Parties, Anything– Under The Clocks

1-17 You Am I– Soldiers

2-1 The Birthday Party– Cry

2-2 Laughing Clowns– Holy Joe

2-3 The Scientists – Murderess In A Purple Dress

2-4 The Celibate Rifles– Kent's Theme

2-5 Spiderbait– Sam Gribbles (Live)

2-6 Custard– Music Is Crap

2-7 The Grates– Inside Outside (Live)

2-8 The Atlantics– Bombora

2-9 James Reyne– The Boys Light Up (Acoustic)

2-10 Taman Shud – What's Come Over You

2-11 The John Butler Trio– Home Is Where The Heart Is

2-12 The Waifs– Highway One

2-13 The Pigram Brothers – Saltwater Cowboy

2-14 Warumpi Band– My Island Home

Wide Open Road

They Will Have Their Way - The Songs of Tim & Neil Finn by various Australian artists

 

1-1 Seeker Lover Keeper– Sinner 4:33

1-2 Clare Bowditch– Fall At Your Feet 3:50

1-3 Missy Higgins– Stuff And Nonsense 3:31

1-4 Goldenhorse– I'll Never Know 3:04

1-5 Renee Geyer– Into Temptation 4:56

1-6 Little Birdy– Six Months In A Leaky Boat 3:54

1-7 Hollie Smith– Weather With You 3:58

1-8 Kasey Chambers– Better Be Home Soon 3:19

1-9 Brooke Fraser– Distant Sun 3:56

1-10 Holly Throsby– Not The Girl You Think You Are 3:36

1-11 Lisa Miller– I Hope I Never 4:09

1-12 Sarah Blasko– Don't Dream It's Over 4:42

1-13 Amiel– One Step Ahead 3:01

1-14 New Buffalo– Four Seasons In One Day 4:00

1-15 Sara Storer– Won't Give In 4:18

1-16 Natalie Imbruglia– Pineapple Head 3:23

1-17 Stellar – Persuasion 3:41

1-18 Sophie Koh– Charlie 3:47

2-1 Oh Mercy– I Feel Possessed 3:15

2-2 Chris Cheney– Distant Sun 3:29

2-3 Boy & Bear– Fall At Your Feet 4:31

2-4 Paul Kelly & Angus Stone– Four Seasons In One Day 4:18

2-5 Glenn Richards– She Got Body, She Got Soul 3:02

2-6 Paul Dempsey – Addicted 4:06

2-7 Lior & Emma-Louise – It's Only Natural 4:14

2-8 Jimmy Barnes– Message To My Girl 4:33

2-9 Art Vs. Science– I See Red 4:01

2-10 Philadelphia Grand Jury– I Got You 3:12

2-11 Old Man River & Washington – Dirty Creature 6:47

2-12 The Sleepy Jackson– Better Be Home Soon 4:35

2-13 Artisan Guns– Private Universe 4:15

2-14 Darren Hayes– Not Even Close 4:06

2-15 The Break With Dan Sultan– Shark Attack 4:31

2-16 Perry Keyes– Poor Boy 3:49

2-17 Busby Marou– Better Be Home Soon 3:49

2-18 Kody Nielson– Kiss The Road To Rarotonga 3:11

They Will Have Their Way

Oz Rock (The Rock Collection) - various artists - 70's/80's

 

This collection from Time-Life was originally released in the early 90's and is now out of print and collectible. It features an excellent cross section of popular Australian and New Zealand artists from the 70's and 80's with many songs that were top 10 and some that went to all the way to number one!

1-1 John Farnham– Age Of Reason

1-2 Models – Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight

1-3 1927– If I Could

1-4 Air Supply– Love And Other Bruises

1-5 Little River Band– Love Is A Bridge

1-6 Choirboys– Run To Paradise

1-7 Mental As Anything– Live It Up

1-8 Skyhooks– Horror Movie

1-9 Mi-Sex– People

1-10 Divinyls– Boys In Town

1-11 Dragon – Celebration

1-12 Dave Dobbyn– Slice Of Heaven

2-1 Split Enz– I Got You

2-2 Cold Chisel– Forever Now

2-3 The Dynamic Hepnotics– Soul Kind Of Feeling

2-4 Tim Finn– Fraction Too Much Friction

2-5 Jenny Morris– Break In The Weather

2-6 Goanna– Solid Rock

2-7 Moving Pictures – What About Me

2-8 The Chantoozies– Witch Queen (of New Orleans)

2-9 Noiseworks– Touch

2-10 Paul Kelly – To Her Door

2-11 Men At Work– Overkill

2-12 Mondo Rock– Come Said The Boy

Oz Rock (The Rock Collection)

The Soundtracks Collection - Part V

 

The Heartbreak Kid is a 1993 Australian romantic comedy film directed by Michael Jenkins, who, with Richard Barrett, also wrote the script. It stars Claudia Karvan as Christina Papadopoulos, a 22-year-old Greek-Australian teacher who falls in love with her 17-year-old, soccer-obsessed student, Nick Polides, played by Alex Dimitriades.

The film was based on the 1987 stage play of the same name. It was filmed in the inner suburb of Prahran, Victoria, with many of its real students co-opted as extras. Scenes at the teacher's family home were shot in Avondale Heights in Melbourne's north-west.

1 John Clifford White– The Heartbreak Kid 1:54

2 Stephen Cummings– Teacher I Need You 4:34

3 The Persuasions– Love Is All Around 2:57

4 Lisa Edwards– (I Can Just) Lose Myself In You 3:42

5 Caligula – Vision 3:10

6 U2– One 4:34

7 Neville Brothers*– True Love 3:36

8 Single Gun Theory– Great Palaces Of Immortal Splendour 4:56

9 Single Gun Theory– Words Written Backwards 3:35

10 Sir Georg Solti*, Wiener Philharmoniker–Introitus (From Mozart Requiem, K626) 4:52

11 Sir Georg Solti*, Wiener Philharmoniker–Lacrimosa (From Mozart Requiem, K626) 3:13

12 John Clifford White– Looking For Nick 2:37

13 John Clifford White– Father And Son 1:41

14 John Clifford White– Anthem 2:37

The Heartbreak Kid

Red Dog is a 2011 Australian comedy-drama family film written by Daniel Taplitz, directed by Kriv Stenders and produced by Nelson Woss and Julie Ryan. It stars Koko as the title character, Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor, and John Batchelor. The film is based on the true story of Red Dog and uses the 2002 novel Red Dog by Louis de Bernières as the primary source. At the 2011 Inside Film Awards, Red Dog was nominated in nine categories and won seven, including best feature film. The film was also nominated for seven AACTA Awards and won for Best Film. The film was theatrically released on 4 August 2011 by Roadshow Film Distributors.

1 Narrator – Red Dog Intro 0:08

2 Stevie Wright– Evie - Let Your Hair Hang Down (Part 1) 4:03

3 The Snowdroppers– Do The Stomp 2:16

4 Cezary Skubiszewski– Red Dog Road Music 2:17

5 Daddy Cool – Bom Bom 2:42

6 Cezary Skubiszewski– Many Nations 1:50

7 Daddy Cool – Eagle Rock 4:15

8 Harry Nilsson– Jump Into The Fire 7:09

9 Chris Norman, Suzi Quatro– Stumblin' In 3:59

10 Frankie Mann , Joe Ramirez & His Jumping Jacks– Run You Down 2:15

11 The Angels– Shadow Boxer 2:57

12 Lisa Mitchell – Clean White Love 3:54

13 Jimmy Christo, Cezary Skubiszewski– Bellissimo 1:21

14 Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs– Wooly Bully 2:30

15 Ray Starita And His Ambassadors*– Move Over Rover 1:52

16 Cezary Skubiszewski– Nancy And John 2:41

17 Cezary Skubiszewski– The Search 5:51

18 Rose Tattoo– We Can't Be Beaten 3:25

19 Cezary Skubiszewski– The Fight 3:24

20 The Dingoes– Way Out West 2:18

21 Pete Townshend– Let My Love Open The Door 2:44

Red Dog

The Monkey's Mask is an international co-production 2000 thriller film directed by Samantha Lang. It stars Susie Porter and Kelly McGillis. Porter plays a lesbian private detective who falls in love with a suspect (McGillis) in the disappearance of a young woman. The film is based on the 1994 verse novel of the same name by Australian poet Dorothy Porter.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2001 the soundtrack by Australian indie artists Single Gun Theory was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack Album.

1 The Monkey's Mask 3:32

2 On The Case 1:49

3 The Pink Room 1:49

4 Watching Diana 1:10

5 Eye Candy 2:02

6 Bloody Poetry 1:04

7 The Seduction 1:57

8 Mickey In The Mist 0:50

9 Love At The Window 1:17

10 Overflow 1:58

11 Head Shots 0:48

12 Silos 1:19

13 Theft 1:29

14 Death Threat 1:35

15 Case Closed 2:01

16 Illusion (Film Mix) 4:19

17 Schubert: Notturno In E-Flat, D. 897 (Special Film Edit) 4:41

18 Handel: Lascia Ch'io Pianga 4:18

19 The Rocks 3:25

20 Evidence 2:56

21 Illusion (Dissolution Remix)

The Monkey's Mask

The La De Da's - A Collection

 

The La De Da's were a New Zealand rock band from 1963 to 1975. They were formed as a mod-ish group, the Mergers, in Te Atatū, by long-term members Kevin Borich on lead guitar and vocals, Phil Key on lead vocals and guitar and Trevor Wilson on bass guitar. In mid-1968 they relocated to Australia. Their popular singles in New Zealand were "How Is the Air Up There?", "On Top of the World" (both 1966), "Hey! Baby", "All Purpose Low" and "Rosalie" (all 1967), while their hits on Australia's Go-Set National Top 40 were "Gonna See My Baby Tonight" (1971), "Morning, Good Morning" (1972) and "Too Pooped to Pop" (1974). The group released one of the first Australasian rock music concept albums, The Happy Prince (1969).

The La De Da's toured New Zealand, Australia, England and continental Europe and also supported various international artists at their shows in Australia. The band's sound developed from instrumentals through garage rock-infused R&B to psychedelic rock and then from blues rock to "stripped-down" hard rock in their later years. In Australia the band are known for launching the solo career of Borich as leader of Kevin Borich Express from 1976.

La de das (1966)

Find Us A Way (1967)

The Happy Prince (1969)

Rock and Roll Sandwich (1973)

Legend (1975)

How Is the Air Up There (2000 compilation)

Feeding The Future (Australian Music Sampler) - various artists compilation

 

1 Culture Shock – My Enemy

2 Kulcha– Shakka Jam

3 Boots – Ain't No Right Turn

4 Skunkhour– Arrive

5 Def FX– Mask

6 Defryme– Purekiller

7 Dragonfly – Blackmoney

8 Chocolate Starfish– Four Letter Word

9 Ammonia – In A Box

10 Overnight Jones– She Lies

11 The Sharp– Honest & Sober

12 Penny Flanagan– Lap It Up

13 Ana Christensen– Cultivate The Wild

14 Richard Pleasance– Love Is All

15 Stephen Cummings– Fell From A Great Height

16 Fiona Lee Maynard– Not Crying Anymore

17 Marcia Hines– Give It All You Got

18 Tiddas– Real World

Feeding The Future

Live At The Station Hotel (1976) - featuring The Dingoes, The Wild Beaver Band, Myriad and Saltbush

 

The Station Hotel (located in Greville Street, Prahran in inner Melbourne), which was first established in 1904, was an important part of the local live music scene during the 1970's, where it played host to some of the biggest Australian bands of that decade, including AC/DC, The Dingoes and Spectrum.

The venue was also the setting for the fabled, and extremely rare, 1976 vinyl LP, "Live At The Station Hotel" which featured performances from The Dingoes, The Wild Beaver Band, Myriad and Saltbush.

A highlight of the album is of course The Dingoes, but there's so much more on this album ..the superb songwriting skills of Carl Myriad and his band who include musos who went onto major success like guitarist Andrew Pendlebury (who went onto The Sports and a solo career) and Mark Ferrie (Models).

Also of note is the amazing twin lead guitar attack of the great Mick Elliott and John Brunell playing some superb southern boogie in the Wild Beaver Band. Mick and drummer Noel Herridge had both been in the great Sid Rump before forming Wild Beaver Band.

Finally you have Saltbush, a terrific country band featuring vocalist/guitarist Bernie O'Brien (Bobby & Laurie's Rondells, Merv Benton's Tamlas) and drummer Harold Frith (the legendary Thunderbirds).

01 - Myriad - The Ballad Of The Glenrowan Hotel (Lookin' For Love)

02 - Myriad - Rock 'n' Roll Highway

03 - Myriad - Glenrowan

04 - The Dingoes - Marijuana Hell

05 - Mark Barnes - Mark's Rave

06 - The Dingoes - When A Man Loves A Woman

07 - Saltbush - Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother

08 - Saltbush - Stay All Night

09 - Wild Beaver Band - What Am I Doing Here

10 - Wild Beaver Band - How Come All You Dudes Look Like Cowboys

11 - Wild Beaver Band - Messin' Around The Town

Live At The Station Hotel (vinyl rip) 

The Soundtracks Collection - Part IV - TV Series

 

Good Guys, Bad Guys is an Australian comedy/drama TV series that screened on the Nine Network between 1997 and 1998, with a tele-movie and twenty-six episodes produced. The crime-themed show was set in Melbourne.

The program and its lead character Elvis Maginnis were written for Marcus Graham, a former star of the soap opera E Street (TV series). Maginnis is disgraced former cop, tainted by his criminal family and framed for corruption. Elvis owns "K for Kleen" drycleaning, managed by Stella Kinsella (Alison Whyte, of the ABC current affairs satire series Frontline) and Reuben Zeus who has Tourette syndrome (Travis McMahon, most recently of Last Man Standing).

Elvis's attempts at a straight life are constantly compromised by the demands of his eccentric family, while Stella's attempts at making "K-for-Kleen" turn a profit are frustrated by Elvis's soft heart.

1 Regurgitator– Everyday Formula

2 The Fauves– Surf City Limits

3 Custard– Anatomically Correct

4 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds– Into My Arms

5 The Mercy Bell– Always

6 The Whitlams– Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No.2)

7 Hot Rollers – Wickerman's Shoes

8 The Avalanches– Rock City

9 Tumbleweed– Fang It

10 The Mutton Birds– Trouble With You

11 Spiderbait– Spanish Galleon

12 The Cruel Sea– Hard Times

13 Cordrazine– Crazy

14 The Mavis's– Naughty Boy

15 Snout– Hey Hey Hey

16 Leonardo's Bride– Even When I'm Sleeping

17 Philip Judd*– Good Guys Bad Guys

Good Guys, Bad Guys

Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series that was produced by Southern Star Group and ran for twelve years on the Seven Network, from 1994 to 2006. Although based around the policing of the town, the series generally depicted the everyday lives and relationships of the residents of Mount Thomas, a fictional small town in Victoria.

The series was one of the highest-rated and most-awarded programs in the history of Australian television, having won 25 Logie awards, and having equal standing with The Don Lane Show as the most awarded show in the history of the Logies (with five wins). It is also noted for its two main stars Lisa McCune, a four-time recipient of the Gold Logie, and John Wood, who also won Gold.

1 Atkins* / Gormly* / Elliott*– Theme From Blue Heelers 1:36

2 Lee Kernaghan– Copperhead Road 4:42

3 Tommy Emmanuel– The Journey 4:55

4 Mental As Anything– Mr. Natural 3:56

5 Jann Arden– Insensitive 4:12

6 Garry Hardman– Outnumbered 1:37

7 Lisa McCune– Angels 4:22

8 Garry Hardman– Rocky Hill 2:11

9 Rebecca's Empire– Time And Place Type Thing 4:53

10 Southern Sons – You Were There 3:53

11 Stephen Cummings– Whatever Love Is 4:28

12 Lisa McCune– Innocent Child 3:47

13 John Williamson– True Blue 4:00

14 Lisa McCune– Look Up To The Sky 5:00

15 Dave Graney & The Coral Snakes– Deep Inside A Song 4:30

16 Garry Hardman– Okey Dokey 3:23

17 Atkins* / Gormly* / Elliott*– Theme From Blue Heelers 1:38

Music From Blue Heelers

SeaChange is an Australian television program that ran from 1998 to 2000 on the ABC and in 2019 on the Nine Network. It was created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox and starred Sigrid Thornton, David Wenham, William McInnes, John Howard, Tom Long, Kevin Harrington, and Kerry Armstrong. The director was Michael Carson.

Laura Gibson (Sigrid Thornton), a high-flying city lawyer, is prompted to undergo a sea change with her children Miranda and Rupert after her husband is arrested for fraud and is found to have had an affair with her sister. Laura becomes the magistrate for the small coastal town of Pearl Bay. The town is isolated from the rest of the world since the local bridge was destroyed in one of the natural disasters common to Pearl Bay. Although they initially miss the city, the family comes to love the town and its many colourful characters, and they also enjoy having more quality time with each other.

1 Richard Pleasance– Seachange (Opening Titles)

2 Bondi Cigars– Intensive Care

3 Daddy Cool – Come Back Again

4 The Backsliders*– Down By The River

5 Richard Pleasance– Harold & Meridith

6 Lisa Miller– Big American Car

7 Paul Kelly – Maybe This Time For Sure

8 The Backsliders*– Hellhound On My Trail

9 Lisa Miller– False Waltz

10 Richard Pleasance– Merideth's Sewing Song

11 Mental As Anything– Too Many Times

12 Bondi Cigars– Lead Me Not Into Temptation

13 Spectrum – I'll Be Gone

14 Richard Pleasance– Carmen's Road Theme

15 Mondo Rock– Come Said The Boy

16 Dave Hole– My Bird Won't Sing

17 Christine Anu– Party

18 Richard Pleasance, Wendy Morrison– Seachange (Theme Song)

SeaChange - sounds rich and strange

1 Wendy Morrison & Richard Pleasance– SeaChange (Theme Song)

2 Tiddas– You & Me Running

3 Vika & Linda– Hard Love

4 Archie Roach– Love In The Morning

5 Kavisha Mazzella– Big Blue Above

6 Kenny Lopez Con Sierra Maestra– La Diosa

7 The Backsliders*– Travelling Riverside Blues

8 Ruby Hunter– Kurongk Boy, Kurongk Girl

9 Guillermo Portabales– Flor De Amor

10 Dom Turner's Supro*– Nice Shirt

11 Archie Roach– Dancing (With My Spirit)

12 Felt – Ocean Beast

13 Vika & Linda– We've Started A Fire

14 The Habibis– I'll Break Cups

15 Felt – Schizophrenia

16 Vika & Linda– Love This Time

17 Karma County– This Is Not The Real World

SeaChange - more sounds rich and strange

re-uploads - Col Joy, Tony Worsley & The Fabulous Blue Jays, The Joy Boys

 

Col Joye and The Joy Boys..Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Tony Worsley and The Fabulous Blue Jays..Ready, Steady, Let's Go

The Joy Boys...Shazam!...classic instrumental group from the 60's

Dragon - A Collection

 

Dragon is a New Zealand rock band which was formed in Auckland in January 1972, and, from 1975, based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The band was originally fronted by singer Graeme Collins, but rose to fame with singer Marc Hunter and is currently led by his brother, bass player and co-founder Todd Hunter. The group performed, and released material, under the name Hunter in Europe and the United States during 1987.

The name "Dragon" came from a consultation of I Ching cards by founder vocalist Graeme Collins.

Keyboard player Paul Hewson wrote or co-wrote most of the group's 1970's hits: "April Sun in Cuba" peaked at No. 9 in New Zealand and No. 2 in Australia; "Are You Old Enough?" reached No. 6 in New Zealand and No. 1 in Australia in 1978; and "Still in Love With You" reached No. 35 and No. 27 in each country respectively that same year. Later hits, from when the band re-grouped in the 1980's, were written by other band members, often working with outside associates: The Hunter brothers, with Todd's partner, Johanna Pigott, wrote "Rain", a No. 2 hit in 1983, while other, more minor hits were written by the Hunters and/or Alan Mansfield, frequently in collaboration with any combination of Pigott, Mansfield's partner Sharon O'Neill, Marc Hunter's partner Wendy Hunter, or producers Todd Rundgren and David Hirschfelder.

Dragon were a premiere live act in their heyday, and released a stack of classic singles. As Australian rock historian Ian McFarlane writes, ‘Dragon were one of the most popular and notorious acts on the Australian scene … the band earned a reputation for fierce live shows, arrogant behaviour and a decadent lifestyle.’

Universal Radio -1974

Scented Gardens For the Blind - 1975

Sunshine - 1977

Running Free - 1977

O Zambezi - 1978

Greatest Hits Vol.1 - 1979

    

                                      Power Play - 1979                                         

Body and The Beat - 1984

Live One - 1985

Dreams Of Ordinary Men - 1986

Bondi Road - 1989

Cuts From the Tough Times - 1990

Incarnations - 1995

Sunshine To Rain - 2006

The Essential - 2007

Remembers - 2009

It's All Too Beautiful - 2011

Lethal Weapons - Suicide Records (AUS) 70's Punk/New Wave compilation

 

Suicide Records was originally formed back in 1978 by a collective of people from the Australian music industry which included Michael Gudinski, Ray Evans, Philip Jacobsen and Barrie Earl. The label was solely to promote the music of up and coming punk/new wave/independent artists at the time.

This compilation was originally released on white vinyl in 1978 as a promotional for some of the artists on their roster.

1 Teenage Radio Stars– Wanna Be Ya Baby 2:53

2 Teenage Radio Stars– Learned One 2:23

3 Wasted Daze– Roadrunner 2:30

4 Wasted Daze– Mona 3:53

5 Jab – Let's Go 1:58

6 Jab – Blonde And Bombed 3:24

7 The Survivors– Baby Come Back 2:51

8 The Survivors– Mr. Record Man 2:35

9 The Boys Next Door– These Boots Are Made For Walking 2:40

10 The Boys Next Door– Masturbation Generation 2:19

11 The Boys Next Door– Boy Hero 3:04

12 The Negatives– Planet On The Prowl 6:40

13 X-Ray-Z – Three Glorious Years 3:31

14 X-Ray-Z – Valium 5:38

15 Teenage Radio Stars– Sweet Boredom 3:18

Lethal Weapons

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