Buried Alive!! Demented Teenage Fuzz From Downunder 1965-70: Vols.1-6

 

Disc One:

01 Buried And Dead - Masters Apprentices 

02 That's When Happiness Began - Mike Furber 

03 I Want Her - Chants R&B 

04 I Want, Need, Love You - Black Diamonds 

05 Ain't Got No Feeling - Derek's Lounge 

06 By My Side - Elois 

07 Keep Me Satisfied - Russ Kruger 

08 Ugly Thing - Creatures 

09 I'm Still Mad At You - Soul Agents 

10 Let This Be A Lesson - In-Sect 

11 Come See Me - Sandy Edmonds 

12 Her Favourite Song - Mpd Ltd 

13 I'm Gonna Try - Purple Hearts 

14 Social End Product - Bluestars 

15 I'm Not Talkin' - Down And Out 

16 Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day - Dark Ages 

17 Get The Picture - Selected Few 

18 No Good Without You - Vince Maloney Sect 

19 I Gotta Move - Allusions 

20 Rosalyn - Steve And The Board 

21 Raining Teardrops - Barrington Davis 

22 Look And Learn - Deakins 

23 Undecided - Masters Apprentices 

24 You're Driving Me Insane - Missing Links 

25 I Call My Woman Hinges (Cause She's Something To Adore) - Steve And The Board 

Disc Two:

01 Cadillac - Hergs 

02 LSD - Roadrunners 

03 You Can't Come Round Anymore - Lincolns 

04 The Colour Of Her Eyes - Laurie Wade's Cavaliers 

05 Down In The Mine - Peter Nelson And The Castaways 

06 I Am What I Am - Mpd Ltd 

07 Margot - Steve And The Board 

08 Beat It! - Tony Cole 

09 High Time Baby - Peter Doyle 

10 Cry I Do - Colin Cook 

11 Claudette Jones - Peter And The Silhouettes 

12 Come On Baby - Other Ends 

13 Don't You Stand In My Way - La De Das 

14 I Can't Stop You - Principals 

15 Without You - Other Ends 

16 There's No Use - Leather Souls 

17 The Sun (Le Soleil) - Feelgoods 

18 Time Will Come - Tol-Puddle Martyrs 

19 Living It Down - Deep Set 

20 Blame Myself - Sounds Of Silence 

21 That Is My Life Today - Derek's Accent 

22 Familiar Faces And Forgotten Dreams - Frantics 

23 And Blue - Pilgrims Five 

24 I've Learned - Bobby James And The Vibrants 

25 Sad Dark Eyes - Loved Ones 

Disc Three:

01 How Is The Air Up There - La De Das 

02 No More Now - Smoke 

03 I Can't Make A Friend - Action 

4 Ready, Steady, Let's Go - Tony Worsley 

05 Come On - Atlantics 

6 With Me - Normie Rowe And The Playboys 

07 Sad And Lonely - 4 Strangers 

08 For My Woman - London Criers 

09 There's Time - 5 

10 I Won't Be Back - MPD Ltd 

11 Hurtin' All Over - Pleazers 

12 Style Of Love - Hergs 

13 Peace Of Mind - Lost Souls 

14 Now I'm Older - Steve And The Board 

15 Black - Throb 

16 Early In The Morning - Purple Hearts 

17 She's Coming Home - Blue Beats 

18 Keep On Coming Back - Henchmen 

19 The Crunch - Challenge 

20 Alone - Billy Adams 

21 Krome Plated Yabby - Wild Cherries 

22 You're Gonna Miss Me - Tom Thumb 

23 No Regrets - MPD Ltd 

24 Night Life - Groop 

25 What'cha Gonna Do About It - Larry's Rebels 

Disc Four:

01 Sorry She's Mine - Twilights Sorry 

02 Three Long Days - Syssys 

03 Big Deal - Town Criers 

04 Stop, Look And Listen - Clique 

05 I Can Never Win - Probe 

6 Choose Who I Like - Mort And The Mobees 

07 Day By Day - Action 

08 Fever - Strangers 

9 Girl In The Garden - Hugo 

10 Time Machine - Morloch 

11 Paperback Writer - Strangers 

12 Take Action - Twilights 

13 I Can See My Love - In-Sect 

14 Puzzled - Autumn 

15 Down To The Last 500 - Reverend Black And The Rockin' 

16 The Rich Man - Human Instinct 

17 They Call The Wind - Mixtures 

18 Shoeshine Boy - Affair 

19 You Gotta Live Love - Groop 

20 Sha La La - Zoot 

21 Picture Of A Girl - 1863 Establishment 

22 Belinda - Puppy 

23 Sally I Do - Abdullah's Regime 

24 A Woman Of Gradual Decline - Last Straws 

25 Now I Love You - Jet Set 

Disc Five:

1 Elevator Driver - Masters Apprentices 

2 Coloured Flowers - Larry's Rebels 

03 I Can't Help Thinking Of You - Bucket 

4 Hey Bulldog - Travis, Wellington, Hedge 

05 Love - Plaster Scene 

6 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Doug Ashdown 

7 Devil Is A Woman - Troubled Mind 

8 Ragged Patch - House Of Nimrod 

9 Morning Sun - Inside Looking Out 

10 A Day In My Mind's Mind - Human Instinct 

11 King Of The Mountain - Proclamation 

12 Reflections Of Our Time - House Of Nimrod 

13 Halloween - Larry's Rebels 

14 I'd Rather Be Asleep - Salvation 

15 Lonely Hearts Club Christmas P - Love Machine 

16 Tiny Timothy - Vyt And The World 

17 (Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen M - Inkase 

18 Time Beyond - Top Shelf 

19 Passing By You - Rebels 

20 What's The Use - Roger Skinner & The Motivation 

21 Sad - Playboys 

22 Such A Lovely Way - Groop 

23 On My Way Home - Manx 

24 You'll Find Me Anywhere - Hi-Revving Tounges 

25 Dapper Dan - Vyt And The World 

Disc Six:

01 Mare Tranquilty - Dizzy Limit 

02 Brass Bird - Lloyd's World 

03 We Got Fun - Imagination 

04 Psychothartic - House Of Nimrod 

05 Hurt, Love And Fire - Chris Malcolm 

06 Footprints On My Mind - Music Convention 

07 Blast Off 1970 - Gremlins 

08 Finders Keepers - Troubled Mind 

09 Pictures Of Matchstick Men - Inkase 

10 Oceans Of Fire - Oak Apple Day 

11 And Things Unsaid - Questions 

12 Slightly Delic - House Of Nimrod 

13 Hypnotic Suggestion - Vegetable Garden 

14 Long Live Sivanada - Inside Looking Out 

15 Still I Can Go On - James Taylor Move 

16 Love Or Confusion - Inkase 

17 Feel The Sun - Autumn 

18 Bengal Tiger - Brew 

19 Penelope Play - Wright Of Waye 

20 And I Hear The Fire Sing - James Taylor Move 

21 Eastern Dream - Jeff St. John And The Id 

23 The Magic Box - Loved Ones 

24 If You Want To - Gallery 

25 Emily On A Sunday - Clapham Junction 

22 Light Shades Of Dark (Parts 1 & 2) - Atlantics 

Buried Alive!! Demented Teenage Fuzz From Downunder 1965-70: Vols.1-6

Classic Aussie Rock Mix 70's Vol.1 - various artists (An Aussie Music Blog Original Compilation)

 

There have many Australian music compilations over the years, usually by the major record companies, so I thought I would my own versions of classic hits collections starting with this one of tracks from the 70's.

1 Living In The 70's - Skyhooks 

2 Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again - The Angels 

3 Boys! (What Did The Detective Say ?) - The Sports 

4 Evie (Part 1) - Stevie Wright 

5 High Voltage - AC/DC 

6 Gonna See My Baby Tonight - La De Das 

7 Hit And Run - Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons 

8 It's A Man's Man's World - Renee Geyer 

9 Yesterday's Hero - John Paul Young 

10 Back Again - Stars 

11 Curiosity (Killed The Cat) - Little River Band 

12 Daddy Cool - Daddy Cool 

13 Jump In My Car - Ted Mulry Gang 

14 Summer Love - Sherbet 

15 This Time - Dragon 

16 Turn The Page - Jon English 

17 Come On Down - The Dingoes 

18 Don't Fall in Love - The Ferrets 

19 Eagle Rock - Daddy Cool 

20 I Remember When I Was Young - Matt Taylor 

21 Most People I Know (Thing That I'm Crazy) - Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs 

22 The Destiny Song - Band Of Light 

23 Wizard Of Love - Avalanche 

24 Boppin' The Blues - Blackfeather 

25 It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) - AC/DC 

Classic Aussie Rock Mix 70's Vol.1

Blues Australia - various artists compilation

 

1 Red Sand - Ian Moss

2 Suburban Hell - Pete Cornelius & The DeVilles

3 Take What You Need - Dallas Frasca

4 Trio The River - Adam Hole And Marji Curran Trio

5 Call Me - Chubby Rae & The Elevators

6 The Price - Chris Mawer Band

7 Dbty (Driving Back To You) - Asa Broomhall

8 I Gotta Know - Darren Jack

9 Better - James Southwell Band

10 Get Up - Marshall & The Fro

11 Sand - Harii Bandhu Trio

12 Cannot Be Denied - Kara Grainger

13 Dust - Mason Rack

14 Fly High - Steve Paige Band

15 Good Intentions - Mick Hadley & The Atomic Boogie Band

16 Yo Yo - Hat Fitz & Itchy

17 Hear Me Knocking - Steve Apirana

Blues Australia

Sunday Herald-Sun Australian Artist Collection Vol.2 (Mushroom Records) - various artists compilation

 

1 The Badloves– Skin I'm In

2 The Paradise Motel– Stones

3 Rail – I Am Awake

4 Deadstar– Don't It Get You Down

5 Truth – Shine

6 Leonardo's Bride– Buddha Baby

7 Paul Kelly – Deeper Water

8 The Black Sorrows– New Craze

9 Nikka Costa– Master Blaster

Australian Artist Collection

Lost and Forgotten Aussie Albums - Part 2

 

Marc Hunter - Communication (1985)

Mother Goose – Don't Believe In Fairytales (1979)

Gary Young And The Rocking Emus (1982)

Rick Springfield – Beginnings (1972)

Russell Morris – Russell Morris (1975)

Inner City Sound: Australian Punk And Post Punk - various artists compilation

 

Disc One

01 Pop Art - Tch-Tch-Tch 

02 Hell Sucks - Sacred Cowboys 

03 C'mon - Wet Taxis 

04 Look At It - Seems Twice 

05 Wild About You - Saints 

06 I Only Panic When There's Nothing to Do - Leftovers 

07 Animal World - Last Words 

08 Task Force - Razar 

09 More Suicides Please - Thought Criminals 

10 My City of Sydney - XL Capris 

11 I Never Thought I'd Find - Manikins 

12 Sex Crimes - Boys Next Door 

13 Column One - Seems Twice 

14 Shivers - Young Charlatans 

15 She's Got the Money - Young Modern 

16 Family Name - Triffids 

17 Girl with a White Stick - Sekret Sekret 

18 Cool in the Tube - Surfside 6 

19 State - Voigt/465 

20 Long Story - Tactics 

21 Red River - Whirlywirld 

22 Do That Dance - Primitive Calculators 

23 Mmmm - Systematics 

24 Recurring Nightmare - Super-K 

25 No Way on Earth - New Christs 

26 Study for Falling Apart - Cough Cough 

27 Death Take Me Now - Black Assassins 

28 Last Kiss - Lonely Hearts 

Disc Two

01 12 Ways To Go - Equal Local 

02 Ghost Beat - Laughing Clowns 

03 Over & Beyond & Through - Poles 

04 This Is My Happy Hour - Scientists 

05 Release The Bats - Birthday Party 

06 Darlinghurst Nights - GoBetweens 

07 Something To Do - Sunday Painters 

08 Talking To Cleopatra - Essendon Airport 

09 Dead Eyes Opened - Severed Heads 

10 Average Inadequacy - Machinations 

11 Stuck On You - Sardine 

12 TV Glue - X (Sydney) 

13 The Slab - Hunters & Collectors 

14 My Confession - End 

15 All Done In - Plug Uglies 

16 All You Wanted - Apartments 

17 Ghost Ships - Saints 

18 Springtime - Lighthouse Keepers 

19 Wild Down Home - Killer Sheep 

20 Making Waves - David Chesworth 

Inner City Sound

Just Singin' In the Scrum & Local Produce - various Australian artists compilations

 

1 Boys Will Be Boys - Choirboys 

2 Party - Christine Anu 

3 Alone With You - Sunnyboys 

4 Apple Eyes - Swoop 

5 I Want You - Toni Pearen 

6 Wanna Be Up - Chantoozies 

7 Just Like Fire Would - The Saints 

8 Barbados - Models 

9 Happy Birthday Helen - Things Of Stone And Wood 

10 Soul Kind Of Feeling - Dynamic Hepnotics 

Just Singin' In the Scrum

1 First Taxi (Do It Again) - The Atlas Strings 

2 Black Stick - Frank Bennett 

3 You're A Dream - Stephen Cummings 

4 Dog's Are The Best People - The Fauves 

5 Dreams Come True - Fragile 

6 You're Too Beautiful - Tex Perkins 

7 Pick You Up - Powderfinger 

8 In Deep - Rebecca's Empire 

9 Bitter - Shihad 

10 Loose Change - Sidewinder 

11 Stash - Smudge 

12 Mission Song - Tiddas 

13 I Remember - Tumbleweed 

14 Not Like You - Ute 

15 Space Madness - The Welcome Mat 

Local Produce

70's Aussie Music Rarities Vol.1 - various artists (An Aussie Music Blog Compilation)

 

This is a collection of bonus and live tracks, cover versions, B-sides and some lesser known album tracks from various Australian albums. They cover hard rock, blues-rock, prog-rock, soul and rock'n'roll.

1 Red Hot Momma - Ariel - (A Strange Fantastic Dream)

2 No Dying In The Dark - Bakery - (Momento)

3 Boogie Man - Daddy Cool - (The Missing Masters)

4 Got A Feeling  - Tamam Shud - (Evolution / Goolutionites (And The Real People) 

5 Just Couldn't Believe It  - Autumn  - (Comes... Autumn)

6 Moon Dance - Renée Geyer - (Renée Geyer)

7 Bumper Bar Song (B-Side) - Madder Lake - (Stillpoint)

8 Hey Joe - Carson - (On The Air/Blown)

9 Hot Rod James - Skyhooks - (The Skyhooks Tapes)

10 Gimme Shelter  - Blackfeather - (At The Mountains Of Madness)

11 We Need a Song (Single) - Wendy Saddington And The Copperwine - (Wendy Saddington & The Copperwine Live)

12 Blow In D (single B-side,1971) - Chain - (Toward The Blues)

13 Dalmas (Theme) - Spectrum - (Milesago )

14 Roll Over Beethoven (Live At Sunbury 1974) - Buster Brown - (Something To Say)

15 United Nations  (Live at Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, April 1974) - Buffalo - (Only Want You For Your Body)

10 All Along The Watchtower - The La De Da's - (Legend)

17 Bloodsucker  - Bakery - (Momento)

18 Don't Let Go - Company Caine - (Dr. Chop)

19 Liberate Rock - Coloured Balls - (Ball Power)

20 Politician - Kahvas Jute - (Wide Open)

21 Who The Cap Fit (Nightmoves Live 1977) - Billy T - (No Definitions)

22 Down The River (Live At Sunbury) - Madder Lake - (Stillpoint)

23 Space Captain - Renée Geyer - (Renée Geyer)

24 Yeah Tonight  - Ariel - (Rock & Roll Scars)

25 You Never Can Tell (Long Version) - Daddy Cool - (The Missing Masters)

26 Forging Ahead - Skyhooks - (The Skyhooks Tapes)

27 Forty Days And Forty Nights (Live At The Garrison 73) - Sid Rumpo - (First Offense [Reissue])

28 Don't Watch Me (Bonus Track) - Autumn - (Comes... Autumn)

29 Goolutionites Theme Part 1 - 2 - Tamam Shud - (Evolution / Goolutionites & The Real People)

30 Slowly Learning How - Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs - (More Arse Than Class Remastered 2006)

70's Aussie Music Rarities Vol.1

SAFM 107 Days Of Summer - various artists 80's compilation

 

1 Paul Kelly And The Messengers– Careless

2 Lucinda Williams– Passionate Kisses

3 Nick Barker And The Reptiles– Make Me Smile (Come Up and See)

4 James– Sit Down

5 Choirboys– Empire

6 Ian Moss– Mr Rain

7 Bell Jar – Burn

8 Hunters & Collectors– Ghost Nation

9 Easterhouse– Waiting For The Redbird

10 Kate Ceberano– Brave

11 Icehouse– Touch The Fire

12 Tina Turner– Steamy Windows

13 The Mad Turks*– The Last Time

14 Neil Murray– Let's Fall In Love Again (Just For The Hell Of It)

SAFM 107 Days Of Summer

The Party Boys - A Collection

 

Live At Several 21st's (1983)

The Party Boys were an Australian rock supergroup with a floating membership that existed from 1982 until 1992. Created by Mondo Rock's bass guitarist, Paul Christie as a part-time venture for professional musicians with downtime from their other projects, the group had temporary members from acts such as Status Quo, The Angels, Sherbet, Skyhooks, Rose Tattoo, The Choirboys, Australian Crawl, Divinyls, Models, Dragon and Swanee plus international stars including Joe Walsh, Eric Burdon, Alan Lancaster and Graham Bonnet. In March 1983 their debut album, Live at Several 21sts, peaked at No. 9 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart. In June 1987 they had a number-one hit on the related Singles Chart with a cover version of John Kongos' hit, "He's Gonna Step On You Again". It also peaked at No. 10 on the New Zealand Singles Chart. 

Paul Christie was the bass guitarist for Australian rock group Mondo Rock, which he left in 1982. He put together the first line-up of The Party Boys in Sydney with guitarists Kevin Borich (ex-The La De Das, Kevin Borich Express), Harvey James (Mississippi, Ariel, Sherbet), and drummer Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup, who had recently left The Angels.Australian Crawl vocalist James Reyne was in Sydney shooting the TV mini-series Return to Eden and agreed to play some shows between filming. The band did a short run of shows performing cover songs chosen by various members. Recordings made of these gigs became the basis for the group's album Live at Several 21sts. When Reyne's filming schedule was over, he returned to his work with Australian Crawl in Melbourne and left the band. In March 1983, the album reached No. 9 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart and spawned the single, "Bitch"   a cover of The Rolling Stones' album track from 1971's Sticky Fingers. Christie, Borich and James were encouraged to continue with the project.

Richard Clapton was brought in as Reyne's replacement on vocals and Don Raffaele joined on saxophone. The band toured the east coast, again playing only covers from artists including Bob Dylan, Aerosmith and The Rolling Stones. A second live album, Greatest Hits (of Other People) (1983) was the result of that tour and the Bobby Fuller Four cover single, "I Fought the Law", was issued in November. Clapton and James left the group. Greatest Hits (of Other People) peaked at No. 25. The singer for the next tour was former Skyhooks vocalist and TV personality Graham "Shirley" Strachan with Rose Tattoo guitarist Robin Riley replacing James; this version of the band produced the album No Song Too Sacred, yet another live album of covers. The related single, "Kashmir", was a Led Zeppelin song.

The band's 1985 line-up saw Strachan, Riley and Bidstrup (who was now with GANGgajang) replaced by Marc Hunter from Dragon, ex-Divinyls drummer Richard Harvey and United States guitarist, Joe Walsh (ex-The Eagles). The sold-out national tour that followed formed the basis of the album You Need Professional Help that featured an extended guitar duel between Walsh and Borich on Walsh's track "Rocky Mountain Way". [extract from World eBook Library]

In 1986, Christie, Borich and Harvey teamed up with Rose Tattoo lead singer Angry Anderson, guitarist John Brewster from The Angels and ex-Status Quo bassist Alan Lancaster to form a new version of The Party Boys. With Lancaster on bass, Christie switched to drums so the band now had two drummers. No recording was made of this line-up and following the tour, Anderson left. 

Greatest Hits (of Other People) - 1983

No Song Too Sacred (1984)

You Need Professional Help (1985)

The Party Boys self-titled (1987)

Greatest Hits, Misses, Rarities and B-Sides (1992)

Technical note: "Live At Several 21st's" is a vinyl rip and the sound quality is average compared to the other releases. This is the only good copy I could find as it has never been released in digital format. If someone out there has a better sounding copy please message me.

The Soundtracks Collection - Part XI

For this collection I have focused on individual Australian composers and their soundtrack scores. 

Bordertown (music composed by Guy Gross)

Bordertown is a 1995 Australian TV miniseries set in 1952 in a refugee camp located in a dusty, remote Australian town called Baringa. The story depicts a year in the lives of the camp residents, displaced persons from World War II who are learning English and awaiting jobs and new lives in Australia. The series stars Hugo Weaving as an English teacher and also features Cate Blanchett in a smaller role as an albino Italian migrant.

Guy Gross is an Australian film and television composer. He is known most for writing the award-winning music for the Australian science fiction series Farscape and the international hit film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. He also composed for the animated television series Blinky Bill and Dumb Bunnies. He has 91 credits as screen composer.

Burke & Wills (music composed by Peter Sculthorpe)

Burke & Wills is a 1985 Australian adventure film directed by Graeme Clifford, starring Jack Thompson and Nigel Havers. The film is based on the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition across Australia. The film follows Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills in their crossing of Australia's interior in 1860–1. The film's account of the story changes the expedition's ending by having the explorers actually reach the northern coast. This upbeat idea was vehemently criticised by Australian reviewers. The film was released a week after the similarly themed comedy Wills & Burke.

Peter Joshua Sculthorpe (29 April 1929 – 8 August 2014) was a distinguished Australian composer and music educator. Much of his music resulted from an interest in the music of countries neighbouring Australia, as well as from the impulse to bring together aspects of Aboriginal Australian music with that of the heritage of the West. He was known primarily for his orchestral and chamber music, such as Kakadu (1988) and Earth Cry (1986), which evoke the sounds and feeling of the Australian bushland and outback. He also wrote 18 string quartets, using unusual timbral effects, works for piano, and two operas. He stated that he wanted his music to make people feel better and happier for having listened to it. He typically avoided the dense, atonal techniques of many of his contemporary composers. His work was often characterised by its distinctive use of percussion. As one of the compositional pioneers of a distinctively Australian sound, Sculthorpe and his music have been likened to the role played by Aaron Copland in America's musical coming of age.

Proof (music by Not Drowning, Waving)

Proof is a 1991 Australian romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse. The film stars Hugo Weaving, Geneviève Picot and Russell Crowe. The film was released in Australia on 15 August 1991. It was chosen as "Best Film" at the 1991 Australian Film Institute Awards, along with five other awards, including Moorhouse for Best Director, Weaving for Best Leading Actor, and Crowe for Best Supporting Actor. The story concerns the tribulations of Martin, a blind photographer. Through a series of flashbacks, Martin is shown as a child, distrustful of his own mother. She describes to him the garden outside his bedroom window. She tells him that someone is raking leaves, but he cannot hear the sound and angrily decides she is lying to him.

Not Drowning, Waving are a musical group formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1983 by David Bridie and John Phillips. Their music combined elements of rock, ambient music and world music; their lyrics dealt with characteristically Australian topics: word-pictures of landscapes and people, the seasons, and some political issues – such as Indonesia's invasion of East Timor. The group released six studio albums and two soundtracks until disbanding in 1994, they briefly reformed in 2001, 2003 and 2005–2006. From 2005 to 2007, they issued three compilation albums. Not Drowning, Waving won the ARIA Award for Best Independent Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 1992 for Proof, their soundtrack for the 1991 film of the same name. 

The Proposition (music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis)

The Proposition is a 2005 Australian Western film directed by John Hillcoat and written by screenwriter and musician Nick Cave. It stars Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, John Hurt, Danny Huston and David Wenham. The film was shot on location in Winton, Queensland. In 1880s Australia, Charlie Burns and his gang of bushrangers engage in a gunfight with the police. All gang members except Charlie and his younger brother Mikey are killed. Captain Morris Stanley tells Charlie that he will have Mikey executed by Christmas, which is in 9 days. Stanley offers to free both Mikey and Charlie if Charlie agrees to kill his older brother Arthur Burns, who is wanted for the rape and murder of pregnant Eliza Hopkins and her family. Mikey remains in custody while Charlie sets out to kill their brother. 

The film's soundtrack was released shortly after the film in October 2005. The music was composed and performed by Nick Cave and violinist Warren Ellis. When asked if he himself would be appearing in the film, Cave joked he was "too handsome".

Underbelly (music by Burkhard Dallwitz)

Underbelly is an Australian television true crime-drama series which first aired on the Nine Network between 13 February 2008 and 1 September 2013, before being revived on 3 April 2022. Each series is based on real-life events. There have been six full series, with season 7 being a miniseries. The first series is based on the book Leadbelly: Inside Australia's Underworld, by journalists John Silvester and Andrew Rule. The series also borrows the title 'Underbelly' from a previously successful series of 12 true crime compilations by the same authors. 

Burkhard von Dallwitz is a German-Australian composer. Since 1984, he has worked as a composer for feature films, television and commercials in Australia, Europe and the United States. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for his work on The Truman Show (1998).

Lost and Forgotten Aussie Albums - Part 1

For this series I'm listing albums by Australian artists that have been "lost and forgotten" in time for different reasons, but still worth a first time listen or revisit. Where possible I've included a link for more information about the relevant artist.

BIGSTORM - Living In Exile (1989)

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Digby Richards (self-titled) 1974

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Doug Parkinson - Heartbeat (1983)

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James Freud - Step Into the Heat (1989)

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Jon English & Marcia Hines - Jokers and Queens (1982)

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