re-uploads - Master's Apprentices, The Valentines, Max Merritt & The Meteors, The Twilights, The Easybeats

 

The Master's Apprentices..Complete Recordings 1965-1968

The Valentines..Peculiar Hole In the Sky..1967-68

Max Merritt And The Meteors...23 Trax of Max 1965 - 1982

The Twilights..first album from 1966

The Twilights...Once Upon A Twilight 1968

The Easybeats...The Definitive Anthology

George Young ...1946-2017...former Easybeats guitarist and songwriter tribute post

Former Easybeats guitarist/songwriter and older brother of ACDC's Angus and Malcolm Young has died at the age of 70.

George Redburn Young (born 6 November 1946) was an Australian musician, songwriter and record producer. Born in Scotland, he moved to Australia with his family as a teenager, and became a naturalised citizen. He was a member of the 1960's Australian rock band the Easybeats, and with band mate Harry Vanda he was a co-writer of the international hits "Friday on My Mind" and "Love Is in the Air", the latter recorded by John Paul Young (no relation). Vanda & Young were also the producers of some work by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, formed by his younger brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Vanda & Young were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1988 and The Easybeats in 2005. 

George Young started his music career in Sydney, after attending Sefton High School as his secondary school. He formed a beat pop band, The Easybeats in late 1964, on rhythm guitar alongside Dick Diamonde (born Dingernam Vandersluys) on bass guitar, Gordon "Snowy" Fleet on drums (ex-Mojos), Harry Vanda (born Johannes Vandenberg) on lead guitar (ex-Starfighters, Starlighters) and Stevie Wright on lead vocals. Aside from performing and recording, Young co-wrote nearly all of their tracks. Early top 10 hits on the Australian singles chart for the Easybeats were co-written by Young with band mate Wright. The group had relocated to United Kingdom to record and perform; they disbanded in late 1969.

After the Easybeats dissolved Young formed a production and song writing duo with Vanda, as Vanda & Young in 1970, initially living in London.They provided pop and rock songs for other recording artists, and for themselves under various stage names: Paintbox, Tramp, Eddie Avana, Moondance, Haffy's Whiskey Sour and Band of Hope. The pair worked with Young's elder brother Alex in Grapefruit. Young and Vanda returned to Sydney in 1973 where they worked for Ted Albert, at his Albert Productions recording studio to become the in house producers.

One studio-based group Marcus Hook Roll Band, was joined in 1974 by Young's brothers, Malcolm and Angus. The brothers had already formed a hard rock group, AC/DC, in 1973. Young helped them with AC/DC, which went on to become a success internationally. Young briefly played as AC/DC's bass guitarist for a short stint, early in their career.

In mid-1976 Young formed Flash and the Pan, initially as a studio-based duo with himself on guitar, keyboards and vocals, and Vanda on guitar and keyboards. They had local top 10 hits with "Hey, St. Peter" (No. 5, September 1976) and "Down Among the Dead Men" (No. 4, July 1978).

Vanda & Young also co-produced Rose Tattoo, The Angels and John Paul Young (no relation).

After retiring from the music industry in the late 1990's, Young resided mainly in Portugal with his family. George Young died on 22 October 2017.

See also Easybeats post on this blog: http://theaussiemusicblog.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/the-easybeatsthe-definitive-anthology.html

The Easybeats...The Definitive Anthology..Aussie Beat That Shook the World

"Aussie Beat That Shook the World"

The Easybeats formed in Sydney in late 1964 and disbanded at the end of 1969. They are regarded as the greatest Australian beat/pop band of the 1960s, echoing The Beatles' success in Britain, and were the first Australian rock and roll act to score an international pop hit with their 1966 single "Friday on My Mind".

The band's line-up exemplified the influence of post-war migration on Australian society. All five founding members were from families who had migrated to Australia from Europe: lead singer Stevie Wright and drummer Gordon "Snowy" Fleet were from England; rhythm guitarist George Young was from Scotland; lead guitarist Harry Vanda and bassist Dick Diamonde were from the Netherlands.The band formed at the Villawood Migrant Hostel where the members' families spent their first years in Australia.

Beginning their career in Sydney in late 1964, the band was inspired by the "British Invasion" spearheaded by The Beatles. They quickly rose to become one of the most popular groups in the city. Real estate agent turned pop manager Mike Vaughan took over as their manager and through his efforts they were signed to a production contract with Albert Productions, one of Australia's first independent record production companies. It was established by Ted Albert, whose family owned J. Albert and Sons, one of Australia's oldest and largest music publishing companies.

Albert then signed the band to a recording contract with EMI's Parlophone label, and they began a meteoric rise to national stardom. By the end of 1965 they were the most popular and successful pop band in Australia, and their concerts and public appearances were regularly marked by intense fan hysteria which was very similar to 'Beatlemania' and which was soon dubbed 'Easyfever'.

1-1 Friday On My Mind 2:41

1-2 Good Times 3:21

1-3 St.Louis 3:12

1-4 Rock And Roll Boogie 2:29

1-5 Who'll Be The One 2:37

1-6 Heaven And Hell 2:42

1-7 The Music Goes Round My Head 2:50

1-8 Hello How Are You 3:18

1-9 Land Of Make Believe 3:12

1-10 I Can't Stand It 2:55

1-11 Falling Of The Edge Off The World 2:58

1-12 Made My Bed Gonna Lie In It 2:55

1-13 Saturday Night 3:25

1-14 Pretty Girl 2:16

1-15 Remember Sam 2:32

1-16 Come In You'll Get Pneumonia 3:44

1-17 For My Woman 3:06

1-18 She's So Fine 2:06

1-19 The Old Oak Tree 3:02

1-20 Wedding Ring 2:02

1-21 It's So Easy 2:09

1-22 I'm A Madman 2:51

1-23 She Said Allright 2:13

1-24 You Got It Off Me 2:27

1-25 Sad And Lonely And Blue 2:16

1-26 Women (Make You Feel Allright) 2:35

1-27 Come And See Her 2:41

1-28 I'll Make You Happy 3:10

2-1 Let Me Be 2:06

2-2 Somethin' Wrong 2:16

2-3 Sorry 2:16

2-4 Funny Feelin' 2:28

2-5 Goin' Out Of My Mind 2:40

2-6 Not In Love With You 2:37

2-7 The Last Day Of May 1:56

2-8 Today 2:14

2-9 Can't You Leave Her 1:57

2-10 River Deep, Mountain High 3:57

2-11 Do You Have A Soul 3:38

2-12 You Me We Love 3:22

2-13 Happy Is The Man 2:41

2-14 Hound Dog 3:15

2-15 All Gone Boy 2:14

2-16 The Music Goes Round My Head (Fast Version) 2:18

2-17 Lay Me Down And Die (Instrumental) 3:00

2-18 Fancy Seeing You Here 2:35

2-19 Bring A Little Lovin' 2:22

2-20 Lay Me Down And Die (Vocal) 2:49

2-21 Can't Find Love 3:28

2-22 Peculiar Hole In The Sky 2:58

2-23 I Love Mary 2:37

2-24 Who Are My Friends 3:13

2-25 Such A Lovely Day 3:12

2-26 Little Queenie 2:39

2-27 Lisa 3:12

2-28 Amanda Storey 2:47

The Easybeats...The Definitive Anthology