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Monday, July 7, 2025

The Soundtracks Collection - Part VIII (TV Series)

City Homicide is an Australian television drama series that aired on the Seven Network between 27 August 2007 and 30 March 2011. The series was set on the Homicide floor of a metropolitan police headquarters in Melbourne. The main characters were six detectives, who solve the murder cases, and their three superior officers.

City Homicide (Music From The Hit Series):

1-1 The John Butler Trio– What You Want

1-2 Empire Of The Sun– Walking On A Dream

1-3 Pete Murray– Saving Grace

1-4 Wolfmother– Joker And The Thief

1-5 Gyroscope – Silver Heart

1-6 Josh Pyke– Goldmines

1-7 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds– Into My Arms

1-8 Evermore– The Only One I See

1-9 Little Birdy– On And On

1-10 My Friend The Chocolate Cake– It's All In The Way

1-11 The Grates– Aw Yeah

1-12 Kisschasy– Spray On Pants

1-13 Whitley– The Life I Keep

1-14 Intercooler – Hold Me Again

1-15 Lovers Electric– Could This Be

1-16 Bob Evans – Don't You Think It's Time

1-17 Dash & Will– Pick You Up

1-18 Skybombers– It Goes Off

1-19 Anika Moa– Ka Whakahuia Ano

2-1 Gabriella Cilmi– Don't Wanna Go To Bed Now

2-2 Jessica Mauboy Feat. Flo Rida– Running Back

2-3 The Living End– Moment In The Sun

2-4 The Presets – Down Down Down

2-5 Operator Please– Get What You Want

2-6 Rogue Traders– What You're On

2-7 Cut Copy– Lights & Music

2-8 The Potbelleez– Are You With Me

2-9 Paul Kelly – I Won't Be Your Dog Anymore

2-10 Choirboys– Run To Paradise

2-11 Clare Bowditch And The Feeding Set*– Old Joelene

2-12 Kate Miller-Heidke– Can't Shake It

2-13 Tim Finn– Salt To The Sea

2-14 Lisa Mitchell – Neopolitan Dreams

2-15 Lenka– The Show

2-16 Missing Hours– Falling Down

2-17 The Screaming Jets– Blue Sashes

2-18 Rose Tattoo– Bad Boy For Love

City Homicide

East of Everything is an Australian drama television drama series set in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales which screened in 2008–2009 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) television network. It was produced by Deb Cox (SeaChange), Fiona Eagger (CrashBurn) and Roger Monk (The Secret Life of Us). Two seasons were produced. In addition to its principal themes of families, relationships, values and small-town politics, the series pays homage to the relaxed beach lifestyle, adjacent rainforest, "hippy vibe", and potential conflicts with developers associated with its principal setting, a somewhat downmarket version of the tourist town of Byron Bay on the northern New South Wales coast.

East Of Everything (Series One Soundtrack):

1-1 Machine Translations– A Most Peculiar Place

1-2 Machine Translations– Art Comes Home

1-3 Howlin' Wind– Road To Agra

1-4 Azo Bell– Long Road

1-5 Art Of Fighting– Reasons Are All I Have Left

1-6 The Church– Under The Milky Way

1-7 Lior– This Old Love

1-8 Mia Dyson– Choose

1-9 Juzzie Smith– Weather

1-10 Azo Bell– Spiderwalk

1-11 Sara Tindley– Waza

1-12 Jen Cloher & The Endless Sea– Better Off Dancing

1-13 Machine Translations– Trailer Music

1-14 Machine Translations– Best Office In The World

1-15 Machine Translations– Art And Eve's Theme

1-16 Sime Nugent & The Forefathers– Something Else

1-17 Jesse Younan– Forever

1-18 Machine Translations– Bev Comes Home

2-1 Custom Kings– Something Burning

2-2 Jackie Marshall – Fresh Meat

2-3 Sara Tindley– Heart It Was A Desert

2-4 Andrew Kidman– Blood On Your Shadow

2-5 Machine Translations– Eve's Confusion

2-6 Machine Translations– Horse Story Pts 1 & 2

2-7 Marshall And The Fro*– Get Up (Raise Your head)

2-8 Machine Translations– Art On The Rocks

2-9 Machine Translations– Don't Give Up On Me ... Just Yet

2-10 Jesse Younan– Queeny

2-11 King Curly– What A Beautiful Day

2-12 Sara Tindley– House By The Sea

2-13 Sime Nugent & The Forefathers– The Undertow

2-14 Machine Translations– Court Scene

2-15 Juzzie Smith– Happy Daze

2-16 Andrew Kidman– Light Inside Of You

2-17 Sara Tindley– Somewhere

2-18 G. Wayne Thomas– Morning Of The Earth

East Of Everything

Packed to the Rafters is an Australian family-oriented comedy drama television program which premiered on the Seven Network on Tuesday 26 August 2008 and ran to 2013. The show continued on Tuesdays in this timeslot for its entire run. The drama series features a mix of lighthearted comedy woven through the plot. It revolves around the Rafter family facing work pressures and life issues, while also tackling serious social issues. The Logie award winning series was the highest rating to screen on the Seven Network in 2008, and the show was consistently among the top 5 shows of the year throughout its run in Australia.

Packed To The Rafters (Music From The Hit Series):

1 Jason Mraz– I'm Yours 4:03

2 Gabriella Cilmi– Sweet About Me 3:22

3 Josh Pyke– Memories And Dust 3:07

4 Ben Lee– Love Me Like The World Is Ending 3:46

5 Khan Brothers– Stronger Together 3:00

6 Lisa Mitchell – Neopolitan Dreams (Radio Edit) 3:34

7 The Cat Empire– Fishes 3:13

8 Old Man River– LA (Album Version) 3:23

9 José González– Down The Line 3:10

10 James Reyne– Reckless 3:05

11 Alex Lloyd– Same Day 4:10

12 Lior– Burst Your Bubble 3:22

13 Jenny Morris– Street Of Love 4:12

14 Mark Sholtez– Love Me For The Cool 3:36

15 Abby Dobson– It's Only Love 3:05

16 Eric Hutchinson– Rock & Roll 3:58

Packed To The Rafters

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Keep On Rockin' (Australian Pop Of The 70's Vol.5) - various artists

1-1 Brian Cadd– Keep On Rockin' 4:39

1-2 Doug Ashdown– Winter In America (Leave Love Enough Alone) 3:18

1-3 Autumn – Yellow River 3:05

1-4 Daryl Braithwaite– Old Sid 3:25

1-5 Ariel – Jamaican Farewell 2:50

1-6 Stars – Back Again 4:13

1-7 Marcie Jones– Gonna Get Married 3:40

1-8 The Strangers – Melanie Makes Me Smile 3:03

1-9 Ray Burton – Too Hard To Handle 2:57

1-10 Johnny O'Keefe– So Tough 2:24

1-11 Fielding & Dyer– The Ghost 3:18

1-12 Ted Mulry Gang– My Little Girl 3:37

1-13 Kevin Johnson – Man Of The 20th Century 4:12

1-14 Russell Morris– Live With Friends 3:40

1-15 Flake – Under The Silent Tree 3:52

1-16 Ol' 55– Stay (While The Night Is Young) 4:08

1-17 Railroad Gin– Do Ya Love Me 3:16

1-18 Ray Burgess– Touch Me 4:27

1-19 Digby Richards– Raincoat In The River 3:02

1-20 John St. Peeters– So Many Ways 3:33

1-21 Stuart & McKay– Hey Billy 2:59

1-22 Finch – Short Changed Again 2:55

2-1 Sherbet– You're All Woman 2:54

2-2 Lotus – Lotus 1 (I'll Be Gone) 3:47

2-3 Doug Parkinson & The Southern Star Band– I'll Be Around 3:18

2-4 William Shakespeare – Just The Way You Are 3:10

2-5 Jon English – Handbags And Gladrags 5:22

2-6 Richard Clapton– Down In The Lucky Country 3:38

2-7 Abigail – Je T'Aime (I Love You) 3:19

2-8 Moscos & Stone– Trouble In The City 3:07

2-9 Mississippi – Kings Of The World 2:31

2-10 Sinclair Bros.– Yesterfool 4:11

2-11 Colleen Hewett– Carry That Weight 2:53

2-12 Mark Holden– I Wanna Make You My Lady 2:41

2-13 The Flying Circus– Turn Away 3:42

2-14 Col Joye– Heaven Is My Woman's Love 2:47

2-15 King Harvest – Wichita Lineman (Introducing By The Time I Get To Phoenix) 4:16

2-16 Supernaut – Too Hot To Touch 4:04

2-17 Samantha Sang– You Keep Me Dancing 2:53

2-18 Gerry & The Joy Band– Ongo Bongo 3:34

2-19 Pat Carroll– All Kinds Of Everything 3:03

2-20 Ronnie Burns– Prophet 4:20

2-21 Renee Geyer– Stares And Whispers 3:25

2-22 Reg Lindsay– Armstrong 2:41

2-23 Rabbit– Too Much Rock 'N' Roll 3:24

Keep On Rockin' (Australian Pop Of The 70's Vol.5)

Friday, March 7, 2025

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)

Monday, December 23, 2024

Spin Into Christmas - various Australian artists compilation

1 Ol' 55– (I Want A) Rockin' Christmas 4:22

2 Johnny O'Keefe– Pretty Paper 2:34

3 The Joy Boys– Christmas Guitar 1:55

4 Col Joye– Jingle Bells 2:10

5 Ray Melton – Sleigh Ride 2:19

6 Noeleen Batley– Silent Night, Holy Night 2:28

7 Col Joye– I'll Be Home For Christmas 2:33

8 Jimmy Little– Christmas Roses 2:25

9 Reg Lindsay– Ting A Ling A Jingle 2:11

10 Rolf Harris– Happy Birthday Father Christmas 2:28

11 Mike Preston– Christmas Alphabet 1:58

12 The Aussie Singers– Merry Christmas Land 2:29

13 Dale's Gang*– Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer 3:26

14 The Love Machine– The Lonely Hearts Christmas Club Christmas Party 3:07

15 Ol' 55– Little Saint Nick 3:10

16 Jo Jo Zep And His Little Helpers– Run Rudolph Run 3:23

17 Red Hot Rockin' Santas– Another Rock'N'Roll Christmas 3:47

18 Shirley*– Christmas Time In The Neighbourhood 2:26

19 Incredible Penguins– Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 3:51

20 Riff Raff*– Reindeers On The Rooftop 3:02

21 Shirley*– Christmas Children 3:41

22 Dalvanius & The Fascinations– Mary's Boy Child 4:18

23 Yu-En– Little Drummer Boy 4:37

24 Mick Hamilton– Merry Christmas Mary 3:04

Spin Into Christmas

Friday, December 20, 2024

To Hal and Bacharach - an all Australian artists tribute to Hal David and Burt Bacharach

1 Rebecca's Empire– Always Something There To Remind Me 4:25

2 The Mavis's– Walk On By 3:20

3 Leonardo's Bride– This Girl's In Love With You 4:45

4 The Dumb Earth– Trains & Boats & Planes 3:20

5 Lisa Miller And Tex Perkins– The Look Of Love 4:17

6 Cordrazine– Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head 3:37

7 Frank Bennett – What's New Pussycat 2:11

8 The Whitlams– I'll Never Fall In Love Again 3:35

9 Regurgitator– The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 2:14

10 The Avalanches– Do You Know The Way To San Jose 4:56

11 Kim Salmon And The Surrealists– Anyone Who Had A Heart 2:54

12 Chris Wilson – 24 Hours From Tulsa 4:49

13 Kiley Gaffney– Wives And Lovers 2:50

14 The Earthmen– I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself 4:00

15 The Blackeyed Susans – Make It Easy On Yourself 4:35

16 Billy Baxter– (They Long To Be) Close To You 4:18

17 Kiva– You'll Never Get To Heaven If You Break My Heart 3:35

18 Dave Graney And Clare Moore Vs The Dirty Three – What The World Needs Now (Is Love) 4:25

To Hal and Bacharach

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

re-uploads Sixties Downunder Series x 4, Shake, Rattle and Roll - Australia's Crest Label 1961 - 1964

More re-uploads of previous posts with new links added. Just click on the link below the image to go to the original post

Shake, Rattle & Roll...Australia's Crest Label 1961 - 1964

Sixties Downunder Vol.1...27 Oz Rock Classics

Sixties Downunder Vol.2...29 Oz Rock Classics

Sixties Downunder Vol.3...28 Oz Rock Classics

Sixties Downunder Vol.4...28 Oz Rock Classics

Thursday, September 19, 2024

The Clarion Set (The Story Of Australian Independent Label Clarion 1965-1974)

Compilation of the pioneering 60s/early 70s Australian independent Clarion label. A smorgasbord of driving R&B, sunshine pop, studio psychedelia and progressive rock recorded in Perth, Western Australia. Based in Perth, teenager Martin Clarke was working at a local radio station when he converted a spare bedroom into a makeshift recording studio. That modest early venture evolved into Martin Clarke Recording Studios, which opened in 1962 to become Perth's first professional recording facility. By the time the studio purchased a four-track in 1966, Clarke had launched the Clarion label, working with a constant stream of solo singers and beat/R&B groups. With a raised profile after Perth TV personality Johnny Young had a national hit with the Easybeats-penned 'Step Back', Clarion signed a number of promising new acts that included The Valentines (featuring a pre-AC/DC Bon Scott) and Young's TV colleague Robbie Snowden. Clarion went on to have a number of regional and national successes, releasing interesting music into the 70s (British expatriates The Birds and Chalice, plus local progressive rockers Fatty Lumpkin) before Clarke wound down the label and relocated to England.

'The Clarion Set' assembles the pick of the label's roster, with choice selections from the aforementioned acts as well as female-fronted folk rockers Gemini, powerhouse R&B/soul vocalist Ray Hoff, pre-Valentines garage band The Spektors and in-house psychedelic experiment The Vegetable Garden. (Amazon review)

1965-1967

1-1 Russ Kennedy And The Little Wheels– I've Got My Eyes On You (And I Like What I See)

1-2 The Times – Glad, Not Sad

1-3 Ray Hoff & The Off Beats– Bama Lama, Bama Loo

1-4 The Spektors– Gloria

1-5 Johnny Young– Cara-lin

1-6 Mort And The Mobees– Choose Who I Like

1-7 Terry Walker With The The Hi Five– Long Time Gone

1-8 Ray Hoff & The Off Beats– The Uncle Willie

1-9 Glen Ingram With The Hi-Five– Skye Boat Song

1-10 The Kompany– Tell Her No

1-11 Russ Kennedy And The Little Wheels– I've Been Watching You

1-12 Ray Hoff & The Off Beats– My Good Friend Mary Jane

1-13 The Spektors– On My Mind

1-14 Johnny Young– Step Back (demo)

1-15 Russ Kennedy And The Little Wheels– Little Wheel

1-16 Maggie Hammond– Go Laddie

1-17 Glen Ingram With The The Clan – Take This Hammer

1-18 Colin Cook– Cry I Do

1-19 The Valentines – Every Day I Have To Cry

1-20 Ray Hoff & The Off Beats– Looking For My Pig

1-21 Mort And The Mobees– Can't You See

1-22 Maggie Hammond– High Flying Bird

1-23 The Valentines – I Can't Dance With You

1-24 Johnny Young– Good Evening Girl

1-25 Ray Hoff & The Off Beats– Tossin' And Turnin'

1-26 Russ Kennedy And The Little Wheels– Too Much Monkey Business

1-27 Glen Ingram With The The Clan (8)– That It's Me

1-28 Robby Snowden– No One Really Loves A Clown

1-29 Maggie Hammond– You Won't Be Leaving

1-30 Ray Hoff & The Off Beats– Ain't Doin' Too Bad Pts. 1 And 2

1967-1969

2-1 Johnny Young– Hold On

2-2 The Proclamation– King Of The Mountain

2-3 The Valentines – Love Makes Sweet Music

2-4 The Kompany– The Family Way

2-5 The Clan – Peeping Tom

2-6 Chris James – Da Doo Ron Ron

2-7 Ray Hoff & The Off Beats– Love, Love, Love

2-8 Johnny Young– Come On Up

2-9 Robby Snowden– Talkin'

2-10 Glen Ingram– I'll Be Doggone

2-11 The Birds– No Good Without You

2-12 The Valentines – Sookie Sookie

2-13 Johnny Young– Craise Finton Kirk (Royal Academy Of Arts)

2-14 Robby Snowden– Sunshine Rides On A Trolley

2-15 The Troupadours– Come Home Baby

2-16 Colin Cook– You Baby

2-17 Ray Hoff & The Off Beats– I've Got To Get You

2-18 The Soul Purpose – Hip Huggin' Mini

2-19 Robby Snowden– Do You Want To Dance

2-20 The Troupadours– Near To Me

2-21 The Valentines – Peculiar Hole In The Sky

2-22 Johnny Young– Geno Pts 1 And 2

2-23 The Clan – Sunday Afternoon

2-24 Robby Snowden– Just A Little

2-25 The Troupadours– Little Boat

2-26 The Kompany– Little Joe The Boxer

2-27 Strawberry Fair– Come Back And Shake Me

2-28 The Proclamation– Tea And Sympathy (Don't You Worry)

2-29 Johnny Young– Every Christian Lionhearted Man Will Show You

2-30 The Valentines – She Said

2-31 Colin Cook– Riot In Cell Block Number 9

1969-1974

3-1 The Birds– Magic Words

3-2 Chalice – In My World

3-3 Swingshift – Somebody To Love

3-4 The Vegetable Garden– Hypnotic Suggestion

3-5 Gemini – Sunshine River

3-6 Willpower – Soul Finger

3-7 The Soul Purpose – Boogaloo Down Broadway

3-8 Strawberry Fair – Things We Said Today

3-9 The Vegetable Garden– Even Stevens

3-10 Fatty Lumpkin– Got To Get Back T' Nellie

3-11 Chalice – Ebenezer

3-12 The Birds– Dust In My Pants

3-13 Gemini – Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon)

3-14 Chalice – Mr. Won't You Help Me

3-15 The Soul Purpose – Share

3-16 Willpower – Spinning Wheel

3-17 Swingshift – We Can Work It Out

3-18 The Birds– Rene

3-19 Fatty Lumpkin– Don't Knock My Boogie

3-20 Chalice – Nearly Gone

3-21 Gemini– Butterfly Wings

3-22 Swingshift – Here, There & Everywhere

3-23 The Birds– I See The Rain

3-24 Chalice – Nine To Five Girl

3-25 Fatty Lumpkin – Millionaire

The Clarion Set

Saturday, November 17, 2018

Normie Rowe....Frenzy! The 50th Anniversary Collection...30 track compilation

Norman John Rowe AM (born 1 February 1947) is an Australian singer and songwriter of pop music and an actor of theatre and soap opera for which he remains best known as Douglas Fletcher in 1980s serial Sons and Daughters. As a singer he was credited for his bright and edgy tenor voice and dynamic stage presence. Many of Rowe's most successful recordings were produced by Nat Kipner and later by Pat Aulton, house producers for the Sunshine Records label. Backed by his band, The Playboys, Rowe released a string of Australian pop hits on the label that kept him at the top of the Australian charts and made him the most popular solo performer of the mid-1960s. Rowe's double-sided hit the A-side, a reworking of the Doris Day hit "Que Sera Sera" /with b-side "Shakin' All Over" was one of the most successful Australian singles of the 1960s.

Between 1965 and 1967 Rowe was Australia's most popular male star but his career was cut short when he was drafted for compulsory military service (called National Service in Australia) in late 1967. His subsequent tour of duty in Vietnam effectively ended his pop career and having never been able to recapture the success in music he enjoyed at his peak in the 1960s, instead carving out a career in theatre and television.

Normie Rowe Frenzy

more on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normie_Rowe

Friday, February 19, 2016

Sydney born, unsigned R'n'B Singer/Songwriter DANAH releases her debut single 'SIDE EFFECTS'

From Sydney's Bondi Beach, Singer/Songwriter, DANAH, has released her first single ‘Side Effects’.

"I am nervous, yet excited to be releasing my words and voice into the world! I'm so proud of the work I've put in for this release and I can't wait for everyone to hear it" - Danah

DANAH is an emerging R'n'B singer and songwriter. Based in Sydney, where she was born and raised, Danah (Dana Gilden) found love for R'n'B music at an early age “I just connected to the soul in the voices and fell in love with all that R'n'B is”. There isn’t the biggest R'n'B scene in Australia, however Danah is hoping that can change with the release of her debut single ‘Side Effects’.

Danah, who holds a Bachelors degree in Music Performance has spent the last few years fine tuning her writing skills and takes inspiration from her studies in Roots, Jazz and Pop music. Earlier this year, Danah started working with Top 10 ARIA CHART producer Jhay Cabrera (Jhay C) on her track ‘Side Effects’, drawing on Cabrera’s expertise in R'n'B Music and showcasing Danah's abilities as a songwriter and a singer.

Looking up to artists such as Jhene Aiko and Tinashe, the singer/songwriter stays unique with her own style, enhanced through the use of warm ethereal synths and pads to capture the mood of the song, along with reverse pianos, arpeggiated synths, orchestral strings, and 808's.

Watch the lyric video to 'Side Effects': here

Writing lyrics is where Danah prides herself, coming up with creative ways of weaving words together to create meaning. Melodically, lyrically and vocally Danah is inspired by artists such as Jhene Aiko, Lauryn Hill, Joss Stone, Toni Braxton, Melanie Fiona, Alicia Keys, India.Arie, Tinashe, Khelani, Frank Ocean, Eminem and The Weekend.

DANAH's Spotify playlist of 'Songs that Inspired 'Side Effects': here