Australian Pop of the 80's Vols. 4-6 - various artists compilations

 

Run To Paradise (Australian Pop Of The 80s Vol.4)

1-1 Choirboys– Run To Paradise 4:10

1-2 The Cockroaches– Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) 2:42

1-3 Mi-Sex– People 3:53

1-4 1927– If I Could 3:42

1-5 Allniters– Hold On 3:12

1-6 Tim Finn– Through The Years 3:50

1-7 Solid Citizens– Singing In The Shower 3:07

1-8 Rick Springfield– Don't Talk To Strangers 2:58

1-9 Mental As Anything– Rock 'N Roll Music 3:02

1-10 Doug Parkinson– The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore 3:55

1-11 Hoodoo Gurus– Bittersweet 3:51

1-12 Swanee– Temporary Heartache 3:59

1-13 Models – Evolution 3:28

1-14 Broderick Smith's Big Combo– Faded Roses 4:32

1-15 Divinyls– Science Fiction 3:33

1-16 The Black Sorrows– Chained To The Wheel 3:57

1-17 Globos– The Beat Goes On 3:41

1-18 Dear Enemy– Good Life 4:24

1-19 Richard Clapton– Glory Road 4:34

1-20 John Farnham– A Touch Of Paradise 4:46

2-1 Eurogliders– Heaven (Must Be There) 3:41

2-2 Full Marks– Break Down The Walls 3:24

2-3 Uncanny X-Men– 50 Years 4:06

2-4 Wa Wa Nee– Stimulation 3:55

2-5 Little River Band– Love Is A Bridge 4:06

2-6 Pseudo Echo– Don't Go 3:54

2-7 Jon English – Some People (Have All The Fun) 3:56

2-8 The Angels– Eat City 3:26

2-9 Angry Anderson– Suddenly 4:09

2-10 Pat Wilson – Strong Love 3:58

2-11 James Reyne– Hammerhead 4:48

2-12 I'm Talking– Trust Me 3:47

2-13 Men At Work– Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive 4:36

2-14 Painters And Dockers– Nude School 3:37

2-15 Olivia Newton-John– Twist Of Fate 3:43

2-16 Wide Boy Youth– Busy Bleeding 3:26

2-17 Mondo Rock– Come Said The Boy 5:15

2-18 Sharon O'Neill– How Do You Talk To Boys 3:08

2-19 Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons– Walk On By 3:47

2-20 The Reels– Shout And Deliver 2:43

Like, Wow - Wipeout! (Australian Pop Of The 80s Vol.5)

1-1 Hoodoo Gurus– Like, Wow - Wipeout! (2005 Digital Remaster)

1-2 Dragon – Dreams Of Ordinary Men

1-3 Big Pig– Breakaway

1-4 Sunnyboys– Happy Man

1-5 GANGgajang– Gimme Some Lovin'

1-6 Models – Let's Kiss

1-7 Wickety Wak– Moonlight Marvel

1-8 The Chantoozies– Wanna Be Up

1-9 The Venetians– Bitter Tears

1-10 Men At Work– Everything I Need (Album Version)

1-11 Koo Dé Tah– Too Young For Promises (Radio Edit)

1-12 Indecent Obsession– Say Goodbye

1-13 Johnny Diesel & The Injectors– Don't Need Love

1-14 Jenny Morris– She Has To Be Loved

1-15 The Angels– Stand Up

1-16 Girl Overboard– I Can't Believe

1-17 The Saints – Just Like Fire Would

1-18 Mi-Sex– Down The Line (Making Love On The Telephone)

1-19 Little River Band– We Two

1-20 Painters And Dockers– Die Yuppie Die

1-21 James Freud And The Radio Stars– Modern Girl

2-1 The Sports– How Come

2-2 Christie Allen– Baby Get Away

2-3 Rick Springfield– Affair Of The Heart

2-4 James Reyne– Fall Of Rome

2-5 Tim Finn– Fraction Too Much Friction

2-6 Q E D– Everywhere I Go

2-7 Machinations– No Say In It

2-8 Matt Finish– Short Note

2-9 Big Red – The Traveller

2-10 Pseudo Echo– Love An Adventure

2-11 Jimmy Barnes– Ride The Night Away

2-12 Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons– Taxi Mary

2-13 Choirboys– Boys Will Be Boys

2-14 Mondo Rock– No Time

2-15 The Church– Under The Milky Way

2-16 Peter Cupples– Fear Of Thunder

2-17 Mental As Anything– You're So Strong

2-18 Kids In The Kitchen– Bitter Desire

2-19 Goanna– Common Ground

Ring My Bell (Australian Pop Of The 80s Vol.6)

1-1 Collette– Ring My Bell 3:35

1-2 Mondo Rock– Baby Wants To Rock 4:29

1-3 Vertical Hold – My Imagination 2:57

1-4 Wa Wa Nee– Sugar Free 4:20

1-5 Christie Allen– Magic Rhythm 3:05

1-6 Redgum– Roll It On Robbie 3:33

1-7 Electric Pandas– Big Girls 3:11

1-8 Men At Work– High Wire 3:02

1-9 The Hummingbirds– Blush 3:16

1-10 Hoodoo Gurus– My Girl 2:39

1-11 Paul Norton– Stuck On You 3:59

1-12 Monte Video And The Cassettes*– Shoop Shoop Diddy Wop Cumma Cumma Wang Dang 2:42

1-13 Moving Pictures– Back To The Streets 3:28

1-14 Eurogliders– Groove 4:18

1-15 The Allniters*– Montego Bay 2:52

1-16 Real Life– Face To Face 3:47

1-17 The Party Boys – Hold Your Head Up 3:01

1-18 Kids In The Kitchen– Something That You Said 3:44

1-19 The Church– Almost With You 4:13

1-20 Daryl Braithwaite– Let Me Be 5:36

1-21 Richard Clapton– Goodbye Barbara Ann 4:47

2-1 Models – Cold Fever 3:29

2-2 Dynamic Hepnotics*– Soul Kind Of Feeling 3:51

2-3 Avion– I Need You 3:51

2-4 The Angels– Into The Heat 3:07

2-5 The Johnnys– Injun Joe 3:17

2-6 John Farnham– You're The Voice 5:02

2-7 The Black Sorrows– Hold On To Me 3:51

2-8 The Dugites– Cut The Talking 3:43

2-9 Boom Crash Opera– Hands Up In The Air 3:55

2-10 Mental As Anything– Working For The Man 3:25

2-11 Mi-Sex– Space Race 3:46

2-12 Machinations– My Heart's On Fire 4:11

2-13 Noiseworks– In My Youth 3:23

2-14 Jimmy Barnes– Driving Wheels 5:17

2-15 Sharon O'Neill– Power 3:57

2-16 The Reels– Prefab Heart 3:03

2-17 Dragon – Summer 3:39

2-18 Venetians*– Chinese I's (Here Come The Minute Men) 3:48

2-19 Rose Tattoo– We Can't Be Beaten 3:06

2-20 Uncanny X-Men– Don't Wake Me 3:25

2-21 Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons*– All I Wanna Do 3:07

2-22 Slim Dusty– Duncan 2:32

Australian Pop of the 80's Vols. 1-3 - various artists compilations

 

The Australian Pop Of The 80s Series consists of 6 double CD's featuring some of Australia's Best and Rarest songs from the 80s.

Counting The Beat - (Australian Pop Of The 80s Vol.1)

1-1 The Swingers– Counting The Beat 3:03

1-2 Billy Field– True Love 3:21

1-3 Daryl Braithwaite– As The Days Go By 4:04

1-4 The Dugites– In Your Car 2:56

1-5 Rick Springfield– Jessie's Girl 3:14

1-6 Gyan– Wait 3:38

1-7 Tim Finn– Made My Day 3:24

1-8 John Farnham– Help 4:24

1-9 Eurogliders– Can't Wait To See You 4:12

1-10 Real Life– Send Me An Angel 3:54

1-11 Jon English – Hot Town 3:47

1-12 1927– Compulsory Hero 4:36

1-13 The Angels– No Secrets 4:19

1-14 Little River Band– The Night Owls 3:53

1-15 Matt Moffitt– Miss This Tonight 4:45

1-16 Colleen Hewett– Dreaming My Dreams With You 3:44

1-17 Mi-Sex– Falling In And Out 3:20

1-18 Cold Chisel– My Baby 4:02

1-19 Sharon O'Neill– Maxine 4:34

1-20 The Choirboys*– Never Gonna Die 4:00

2-1 The Monitors – Singing In The Eighties 3:18

2-2 The Little Heroes*– One Perfect Day 3:42

2-3 The Models*– Hold On 4:25

2-4 Swanee*– Lady What's Your Name 3:43

2-5 Darryl Cotton– Same Old Girl 3:51

2-6 Mondo Rock– Cool World 3:33

2-7 Dear Enemy– Computer One 4:39

2-8 GANGgajang– House Of Cards 2:47

2-9 Men At Work– Overkill 3:48

2-10 The Takeaways– Sweet & Sour 3:11

2-11 Sunnyboys– Alone With You 4:01

2-12 Mental As Anything– He's Just No Good For You 3:27

2-13 The Innocents – Sooner Or Later 3:47

2-14 Dragon – Rain 3:31

2-15 Uncanny X-Men– I Am 3:30

2-16 Moving Pictures – What About Me? 3:37

2-17 The Sports– Strangers On A Train 2:41

2-18 John Paul Young– Soldier Of Fortune 4:32

2-19 The Reels– According To My Heart 3:15

2-20 Redgum– I Was Only 19 (A Walk In The Light Green) 4:18

Live It Up (Australian Pop Of The 80s Vol.2)

1-1 Mental As Anything– Live It Up 3:50

1-2 Jane Clifton– Girl On The Wall 3:12

1-3 The Reels– After The News 2:52

1-4 Jimmy Barnes– I'd Die To Be With You Tonight 3:55

1-5 Billy Field– Bad Habits 3:28

1-6 Dragon – Young Years 3:57

1-7 Mike McClellan– The One I Love 4:12

1-8 John Farnham– Two Strong Hearts 3:32

1-9 Sharon O'Neill– Words 3:18

1-10 Rick Springfield– I've Done Everything For You 3:18

1-11 Divinyls– Science Fiction 3:31

1-12 Mondo Rock– State Of The Heart 4:19

1-13 The Cockroaches– Some Kind Of Girl 2:51

1-14 Men At Work– Be Good Johnny 3:35

1-15 Dugites*– Waiting 4:33

1-16 The Monitors – Nobody Told Me 3:37

1-17 Pat Wilson – Bop Girl 3:59

1-18 Uncanny X-Men– The Party 3:02

1-19 Ol' 55– Two Faces Have I 2:57

1-20 Big Pig– Hungry Town 3:07

2-1 Christie Allen– He's My Number One 3:01

2-2 Martin Plaza– Concrete And Clay 2:46

2-3 The Expression– With Closed Eyes 3:41

2-4 Daryl Braithwaite– One Summer 3:43

2-5 Kim Hart– Love At First Night 3:21

2-6 Redgum– I've Been To Bali Too 3:47

2-7 James Reyne– Motor's Too Fast 4:13

2-8 Mi-Sex– Blue Day 4:16

2-9 Renee Geyer– Say I Love You 3:33

2-10 1927– That's When I Think Of You 4:14

2-11 Little River Band– Down On The Border 2:36

2-12 Dynamic Hepnotics*– Gotta Be Wrong (Way To Love) 4:06

2-13 Jon English – Camilla 3:47

2-14 Swanee– If I Were A Carpenter 3:32

2-15 Noiseworks– Touch 5:04

2-16 Moving Pictures – Winners 3:46

2-17 Eurogliders– We Will Together 4:34

2-18 Real Life– Catch Me I'm Falling 3:35

2-19 Hoodoo Gurus– Bittersweet 3:52

2-20 Rose Tattoo– I Wish 4:26

What's My Scene? (Australian Pop Of The 80s Vol.3)

1-1 Hoodoo Gurus– What's My Scene 3:51

1-2 Jo Kennedy– Body & Soul 3:38

1-3 Machinations– Do To You 4:14

1-4 Player [1]– Space Invaders 3:16

1-5 Dragon – Cry 3:44

1-6 The Party Boys – He's Gonna Step On You Again 4:10

1-7 Little River Band– The Other Guy 2:50

1-8 The Sunnyboys*– You Need A Friend 4:09

1-9 Daryl Braithwaite– All I Do 4:05

1-10 Moving Pictures – Bustin' Lose 4:23

1-11 Jenny Morris– You I Know 4:08

1-12 Mondo Rock– Summer Of '81 3:49

1-13 Edith Bliss– If It's Love You Want 3:22

1-14 1927– You'll Never Know 3:41

1-15 Richard Clapton– I Am An Island 5:04

1-16 Men At Work– It's A Mistake 4:34

1-17 Peter Blakeley– Crying In The Chapel 3:40

1-18 Pseudo Echo– Listening 2:59

1-19 Chantoozies*– Kiss 'N' Tell 4:05

1-20 The Reels– This Guy's In Love With You 4:27

2-1 Uncanny X-Men– Everybody Wants To Work 3:12

2-2 Cheetah – Spend The Night 3:54

2-3 V Capri– Haunting Me 4:46

2-4 John Farnham– Pressure Down 3:47

2-5 Mi-Sex– Castaway 3:18

2-6 The Cockroaches– She's The One 2:34

2-7 Goanna– Solid Rock 4:33

2-8 The Venetians– So Much For Love 3:42

2-9 Mental As Anything– Come Around 3:05

2-10 Boom Crash Opera– Onion Skin 3:28

2-11 The Allniters*– Love And Affection 3:34

2-12 Billy Field– You Weren't In Love With Me 3:25

2-13 The Church– The Unguarded Moment 4:16

2-14 Eurogliders– The City Of Soul 4:33

2-15 Jimmy Barnes– Too Much Love Ain't Enough 3:43

2-16 Marcia Hines– Your Love Still Brings Me To My Knees 3:16

2-17 Ross Wilson – Bed Of Nails 4:08

2-18 Divinyls– Pleasure And Pain 3:52

2-19 Noiseworks– Take Me Back 3:29

2-20 Sharon O'Neill– Losing You 4:02

***volumes 4-6 to follow in next post***

The Australian Revolution [1993] - various artists compilation

 

1-1 Skyhooks– Women In Uniform

1-2 The Sports– Who Listens To The Radio

1-3 Split Enz– I Got You

1-4 Ol'55*– On The Prowl

1-5 The Sunnyboys*– Alone With You

1-6 Jo Jo Zep And The Falcons– Hit And Run

1-7 The Dingoes– Way Out West

1-8 Madder Lake– 12 Lb Toothbrush

1-9 Matt Taylor – I Remember When I Was Young

1-10 Stars – Mighty Rock

1-11 The Angels– Don't Waste My Time

1-12 Dave Warner's From The Suburbs– Suburban Boy

1-13 Jimmy Barnes– No Second Prize

1-14 The Choirboys*– Run To Paradise

1-15 Nick Barker And The Reptiles– Make Me Smile

1-16 The Church– Under The Milky Way

1-17 The Triffids– Wide Open Road

1-18 Paul Kelly And The Coloured Girls*– To Her Door

1-19 The Go-Betweens– The Streets Of Your Town

1-20 The Saints – Just Like Fire Would

2-1 Big Pig– Hungry Town

2-2 Machinations– Pressure Sway

2-3 Rockmelons*– New Groove

2-4 Models – Out Of Mind Out Of Sight

2-5 The Swingers– Counting The Beat

2-6 Dynamic Hepnotics*– Soul Kind Of Feeling

2-7 Yothu Yindi– Mainstream

2-8 Hunters & Collectors– Talking To A Stranger

2-9 Renee Geyer– Say I Love You

2-10 Jason Donovan– Nothing Can Divide Us

2-11 James Freud– Modern Girl

2-12 The Ferrets– Don't Fall In Love

2-13 Angry Anderson– Suddenly

2-14 Kids In The Kitchen– Change In Mood

2-15 Indecent Obsession– Say Goodbye

2-16 Chantoozies*– Wanna Be Up

2-17 Kylie Minogue– Locomotion

2-18 Tim Finn– Fraction Too Much Friction

2-19 Paul Norton– Stuck On You

2-20 Ian Moss– Tucker's Daughter

The Australian Revolution

Hard Knocks - 1980 various Australian artists compilation

Compilation albums were very popular in the 70's and 80's and offered a chance to sample artists' music on a broad scale. "Hard Knocks" was no exception and collected a range of artists that were popular at the time, with some that have gone on to become music legends. If you're a devotee of Australian culture, you might also recall the front cover depiction of a particular movement of the time.

01 Hard Knocks - Paul Kelly

02 Evie Part One - Stevie Wright

03 Most People I Know (Think that I'm Crazy) - Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs

04 Who Listens to the Radio - Sports

05 I Remember when I was Young - Matt Taylor

06 My Little Angel - William Shakespeare

07 Breakfast at Sweethearts - Cold Chisel

08 Take a Long Line - Angels

09 When the Heat is Off - Richard Clapton

10 High Class Woman - John St. Peters

11 Fugitive Kind - Mondo Rock

12 Way Out West - Dingoes

13 Where the Action Is - John Paul Young

14 Birmingham - John Paul Young

15 High Voltage - AC/DC

16 Heading in the Right Direction - Renée Geyer

17 Howzat - Sherbert

18 Don't Let it Get to You - Darryl Cotton

Hard Knocks - 1980

Note: this is a "vinyl rip" so the sound quality is quite top grade

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

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)

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

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

Red Hot Summer Tour 2020 - 50 Tracks of Red Hot Rock - various Australian artists

1-1 Hunters & Collectors– Throw Your Arms Around Me

1-2 Hunters & Collectors– Holy Grail

1-3 Hunters & Collectors– Do You See What I See?

1-4 Hunters & Collectors– When The River Runs Dry

1-5 Hunters & Collectors– True Tears of Joy

1-6 Hunters & Collectors– Blind Eye

1-7 Hunters & Collectors– Say Goodbye

1-8 Hunters & Collectors– Where Do You Go?

1-9 Hunters & Collectors– Everything's On Fire

1-10 Hunters & Collectors– The Slab

1-11 The Living End– Prisoner Of Society

1-12 The Living End– White Noise

1-13 The Living End– All Torn Down

1-14 The Living End– Roll On

1-15 The Living End– Second Solution

2-1 James Reyne– Reckless

2-2 James Reyne– The Boys Light Up

2-3 James Reyne– Oh No Not You Again

2-4 James Reyne– Five Miles Closer To The Sun

2-5 James Reyne– Motors Too Fast

2-6 James Reyne– Harvest Moon

2-7 James Reyne– Daughters Of The Northern Coast

2-8 James Reyne– Some People

2-9 James Reyne– Slave

2-10 James Reyne– Day In The Sun

2-11 The Angels– Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again

2-12 The Angels– I Ain't The One

2-13 The Angels– Comin' Down

2-14 The Angels– Take A Long Line

2-15 The Angels– After The Rain

2-16 The Angels– Marseilles

2-17 The Angels– Be With You

3-1 Baby Animals– One Word

3-2 Baby Animals– Early Warning

3-3 Baby Animals– Rush You

3-4 Baby Animals– Tonight

3-5 Baby Animals– Ain't Gonna Get

3-6 Baby Animals– How Do I Make You

3-7 Boom Crash Opera– Onion Skin

3-8 Boom Crash Opera– The Best Thing

3-9 Boom Crash Opera– Dancing In The Storm

3-10 Boom Crash Opera– Great Wall

3-11 Boom Crash Opera– Hands Up In The Air

3-12 Boom Crash Opera– Get Out Of The House

3-13 Boom Crash Opera– Bettadaze

3-14 Killing Heidi– Weir

3-15 Killing Heidi– Mascara

3-16 Killing Heidi– Superman/Supergirl

3-17 Killing Heidi– I Am

3-18 Killing Heidi– Outside Of Me

Red Hot Summer Tour 2020