INXS - A Collection

 

INXS (a phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian rock band, formed as the Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney. The founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers, main composer and keyboardist Andrew Farriss, drummer Jon Farriss, guitarist Tim Farriss, lead singer and main lyricist Michael Hutchence, and guitarist and saxophonist Kirk Pengilly. For 20 years, INXS were fronted by Hutchence, whose stage presence made him the focal point of the band. Initially known for their new wave/ska-pop style, the band then developed a harder pub rock style that included funk and dance elements.

In 1984, INXS had their first number-one hit in Australia with "Original Sin". The band achieved international success in the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s with the hit albums Listen Like Thieves, Kick, and X, and the singles "What You Need", "Need You Tonight" (the band's only US number-one single), "Devil Inside", "Never Tear Us Apart", "Suicide Blonde" and "New Sensation".

After Hutchence's death on 22 November 1997, INXS made appearances with several guest singers, and toured and recorded with Jon Stevens as lead singer, beginning in 2000. In 2005, members of INXS participated in Rock Star: INXS, a reality television series that culminated in the selection of Canadian J.D. Fortune as their new lead singer. Irish singer-songwriter Ciaran Gribbin replaced Fortune as lead singer in 2011. During a concert on 11 November 2012, INXS stated that the performance would be their last, although they did not announce the band's permanent retirement.

INXS have won six Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) awards, including three for "Best Group" in 1987, 1989 and 1992; the band were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2001. They have sold over 50 million records worldwide, making them one of Australia's best-selling music acts of all time.

INXS - 1980

Underneath the Colours - 1981

Shabooh Shoobah - 1982

The Swing - 1984

Listen Like Thieves - 1985

Kick - 1987

X - 1990

Live Baby Live - 1991

Welcome To Wherever You Are - 1992

Full Moon, Dirty Hearts - 1993

Greatest Hits - 1994

Elegantly Wasted - 1997

The Years 1979-1997 - 2002

Switch - 2005

Homebake Vol. 2 - various Australian Alternative/Indie artists compilation

 

1-1 The Feelers– Pressure Man

1-2 The Living End– Save The Day

1-3 Not From There– Sich-Offnen

1-4 Resin Dogs– Que-Kumbers

1-5 Jebediah– Military Strongmen

1-6 TISM– Thunderbirds Are Coming Out

1-7 Ammonia – Keep On My Side

1-8 Pauline Pantsdown– I Don't Like It

1-9 The Whitlams– You Sound Like Louis Burdett

1-10 Ratcat– Tripping On A Blind Date

1-11 Karma County– Good Things Come To Me Now

1-12 Custard– Music Is Crap

1-13 Sidewinder – God

1-14 Even– No Surprises

2-1 Spiderbait– Horschack Army

2-2 Something For Kate– Roll Credit

2-3 Endorphin – Relapse

2-4 Screamfeeder– Hi C's

2-5 Nancy Vandal– Move Over Satan

2-6 Grinspoon– Don't Go Away

2-7 Primary – Brazillian

2-8 The Mavis's– Lever

2-9 Eskimo Joe– Sweater

2-10 Frenzal Rhomb– Mum Changed The Locks

2-11 Frontside– Evol

2-12 Bodyjar– You Say

2-13 Fini Scad– It's Not Real

2-14 Toe To Toe– Cutting Cancer

Homebake Vol. 2

Triple M Cordless - various Australian artists compilation of acoustic versions

 

This 20 track compilation was originally released in 1993 and is long out of print. It features the cream of Australian talent doing acoustic versions of their own and covers of other artists' songs in live to air recording sessions. A collectors treat!

1 Hunters And Collectors – True Tears Of Joy 3:42

2 Hunters And Collectors – When The River Runs Dry 3:47

3 The Black Sorrows – Harley And Rose 3:38

4 Kate Ceberano– Save Your Love For Me 3:26

5 Jimmy Barnes– Working Class Man 4:01

6 Jimmy Barnes– Catch Your Shadow 2:57

7 Boom Crash Opera – Bettadaze 3:17

8 Chris Bailey – Just Like Fire Would 3:28

9 Daryl Braithwaite – The Horses 4:18

10 Daryl Braithwaite– Rise 4:08

11 Diesel – One More Time 3:53

12 Paul Kelly – When I First Met Your Ma 3:52

13 Crowded House– Fall At Your Feet 3:39

14 Crowded House– It's Only Natural 3:35

15 Deborah Conway with Richard Pleasance– Will You Miss Me When You're Sober 4:03

16 Nick Barker – Sweet Virginia 4:14

17 Screaming Jets – Shivers 4:26

18 James Reyne– Slave 3:17

19 The Badloves – I Remember 3:11

20 The Badloves – Green Limousine 3:52

Triple M Cordless

The Angels - A Collection (1977 - 1998)

 

The Angels are an Australian rock band that formed in 1974 in Adelaide as the Keystone Angels with Bernard "Doc" Neeson on lead vocals and bass guitar, John Brewster on rhythm guitar and backing vocals, his brother Rick Brewster on lead guitar and backing vocals, and Peter "Charlie" King on drums. In 1976, King was replaced by Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup on drums, Chris Bailey took over bass duties so Neeson could focus solely on vocals, and they changed their name to just 'the Angels'. 

Their studio albums that peaked in the Australian top 10 are No Exit (1979), Dark Room (1980), Night Attack (1981), Two Minute Warning (1984), Howling (1986) and Beyond Salvation (1990). Their top 20 singles are "No Secrets" (1980), "Into the Heat" (1981), "We Gotta Get out of This Place" (1987), "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again" (live, 1988), "Let the Night Roll On" and "Dogs Are Talking" (both 1990).

They were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in October 1998 with the line-up of Bailey, John and Rick Brewster, Eccles and Neeson. Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane declared that "The Angels had a profound effect on the Australian live music scene of the late 1970's/early 1980's. [They] helped redefine the Australian pub rock tradition... [their] brand of no-frills, hard-driving boogie rock attracted pub goers in unprecedented numbers. In turn, The Angels' shows raised the standard expected of live music. After 20 years on the road, the band showed little sign of easing up on the hard rock fever." Chris Bailey died of throat cancer on 4 April 2013, aged 62. Doc Neeson died of a brain tumour on 4 June 2014, aged 67.

The current line-up are touring Australia with their 50th anniversary tour in 2025.

The Angels (1977)

Face To Face (1978)

The Tour EP (1978)

No Exit (1979)

Out of the Blue EP (1979)

Dark Room (1980)

Live - Denver, Colorado (1980)

Greatest Hits (1980)

Live At The El Mocambo (1980)

Live - Melbourne (1980)

Night Attack (1981)

Two Minute Warning (1984)

Howling (1986)

LiveLine (1988)

Beyond Salvation (1989)

Red Back Fever (1991)

Their Finest Hour..and Then Some (1992)

Evidence (1994)

Skin and Bone (1998)

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

Used And Recovered By...contemporary Australian performers play 15 of their favourite Australian songs past and present

 

1 Not Drowning, Waving– Kitchen Man 4:40

2 The Whipper Snappers & Friends – Sweet Sweet Love 3:21

3 Celibate Rifles – Where The Action Is 3:08

4 Ripe – Under The Milky Way 4:28

5 The Hollowmen – My Pal 3:50

6 Mary-Jo Starr– Throw Your Arms Around Me 3:28

7 Weddings Parties Anything – Wide Open Road 4:07

8 The Shivers – No Secrets 3:51

9 Intoxica – For My Woman 3:20

10 Sea Stories– You Shook Me All Night Long 3:21

11 The Fish John West Reject– Sooner Or Later 3:36

12 The Killjoys – Another You 2:40

13 Rob Craw– Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again 4:24

14 Bored – Whole Lotta Rosie 4:47

15 Paul Kelly And The Messengers– Reckless 4:02

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Track 1 is a cover of The Reels song 'Kitchen Man'.

Track 2 is a cover of the Russell Morris song 'Sweet Sweet Love'.

Track 3 is a cover of the John Paul Young song 'Where the Action Is'.

Track 4 is a cover of The Church song 'Under the Milky Way'.

Track 5 is an inventive cover of the God song 'My Pal'.

Track 6 is a cover of the Hunters & Collectors song 'Throw Your Arms Around Me'.

Track 7 is a cover of The Triffids song 'Wide Open Road'.

Tracks 8 & 13 are covers of The Angels songs 'No Secrets' and 'Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again'.

Track 9 is a cover of The Easybeats song 'For My Woman'.

Tracks 10 & 14 are covers of the AC/DC songs 'You Shook Me All Night Long' and 'Whole Lotta Rosie'.

Track 11 is a cover of The Innocents song 'Sooner or Later'.

Track 12 is a cover of The Seekers song 'I'll Never Find Another You'.

Track 15 is a cover of the Australian Crawl song 'Reckless'.

Used And Recovered By

All Fired Up - The Lost Treasures Of Australian Music 1970-1990

 

All Fired Up is a collection of Australian rock rarities released by ScreenSound Australia, the National Screen and Sound Archive, which features "hits, near misses and obscurities" of Australian music. The lineup includes famous Australian acts such as Mondo Rock, Icehouse, Redgum, Richard Clapton, John Paul Young, Ted Mulry and Goanna, and is especially welcome for the inclusion of some long-lost rarities by cult acts like Friends and Mandu.

The compilation presents an eclectic sampling of OzRock from the 70s to the 90s, and many tracks, most lifted from the B-sides of rare singles, have never before been released on CD. These include the original Australian version of the Pat Benatar hit All Fired Up (performed by Rattling Sabres), the Franklin Dam protest song Let the Franklin Flow performed by members of bands Goanna and Redgum, and the novelty song How About a Beer for the Horse performed by John Paul Young and the All Stars under the jokey guise of 'Sandshoe Willie and The Worn Out Soul Band'. The tracks were selected by Canberra music historian and radio presenter Paul Conn, author of 2000 Weeks: The First Thirty Years Of Australian Music And Then Some.

1 Rattling Sabres– All Fired Up

2 Sharon O'Neill– Power

3 Friends – B B Boogie

4 Richard Clapton– Goodbye Barbara Ann

5 The Chinless Elite – I Heard It Through The Grapevine

6 Sandshoe Willie & The Worn Out Soul Band– How About A Beer For The Horse

7 Mario Millo– Rebecca

8 Gordon Franklin And The Wilderness Ensemble– Let The Franklin Flow

9 Mondo Rock– Il Mondo Cafe

10 Redgum– Roll It On Robbie

11 Mandu– To The Shores Of His Heaven

12 Doug Parkinson– Arcade

13 Split Enz– Two Of A Kind

14 Ted Mulry– So Much In Love

15 Flowers – Sorry

All Fired Up

Reckless Kelly.....A Serious Motion Picture Soundtrack...music by various Australian artists

soundtrack to the 1993 movie starring Yahoo Serious featuring music by INXS, Yothu Yindi, The Dukes, Mental As Anything, Divinyls, James Reyne, Anthony Warlow and more.

Tracklist:
1 –Inxs - Born To Be Wild 3:52
2 –The Dukes -  I Fought The Law 2:57
3 –Divinyls - Wild Thing 4:15
4 –Alan Dargin, Yahoo Serious - Awabakelly 1:18
5 –Yothu Yindi -Djapana 4:03
6 –Mental As Anything - Ride 3:16
7 –Anthony Warlow - Handle The Fame 2:32
8 –The Dukes -  Happiness Is A Warm Gun 3:03
9 –Yahoo Serious - Reckless Angels 0:39
10 –Single Gun Theory - From A Million Miles 4:36
11 –The Dukes - Faith 3:20
12 –Steve Kilbey - As You Like It 4:28
13 –Succotash - Bedazzled 3:52
14 –James Reyne - Reckless 6:06
15 –Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - Happy On My Way 1:59
16 –Yahoo Serious, The Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra - Such Is Life
17 –Anthony Warlow - Handle The Fame (Finale) 0:26

Reckless Kelly

Something In the Air...music from the ABC TV series....various Australian artists

This 22 track compilation released in 2001 was the soundtrack to the popular ABC TV series and contains tracks from various Australian artists including Vika and Linda, Crowded House, Leonardo's Bride, Paul Kelly, Christine Anu, The Badloves, Archie Roach, Skyhooks, Hunters and Collectors, Big Pig, Josh Arnold, Jane Saunders, Goanna, Penny Flanagan and Nikka Costa, plus themes and music by Kane and Walmsley.

Something In the Air

Australian Celebration...various artists compilation album from the 90's

Tracklist:
01 –Deborah Conway It's Only The Beginning
02 –Hunters & Collectors Holy Grail
03 –Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls To Her Door
04 –Jimmy Barnes Stone Cold
05 –Archie Roach From Paradise
06 –Kate Ceberano Think About It
07 –Ian Moss Tucker's Daughter
08 –Peter Andre Gimme Little Sign
09 –Rockmelons That Word (L.O.V.E)
10 –Models Barbados
11 –Yothu Yindi Tribal Voice
12 –Frente! Ordinary Angels
13 –Kylie Minogue Celebration
14 –The Badloves Lost
15 –Toni Pearen I Want You
16 –Neil Murray Holy Road
17 –Nathan Cavaleri Josh's Boogie
18 –Roxus Where Are You Now ?
19 –Skyhooks Million Dollar Riff
20 –The Angels Love Waits

Australian Celebration

https://youtu.be/CIvdWzBO3rU