Jumpin' Jimmy Taylor..former Aztecs piano man from 1965-66...request for information

Jumpin' Jimmy Taylor or James the "Boogie Man" Taylor played slammin' piano with Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs from 1965-66 and also for Ray Hoff and The Off Beats. He went on to have a distinguished career as a backup musician and even played with rock and roll greats Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry. Jimmy kept playing well into his 60's but sadly passed away over 2 years ago.

Unfortunately Jimmy's fan club site was taken down and there is little information available about him. A follower of this blog, who was fortunate enough to know Jimmy personally and had also worked up a song with him, has asked if anyone out there may have any information they can share or point out where we can find some. Anything would be appreciated. Just leave a message below this post or send through the CONTACT page on this blog.

Jimmy with Bo Diddley

Jimmy with Chuck Berry

                                          

                                           

Australian Record Company and Capitol Records...seeking information

Hello Aussie Music Blog readers. I have had a request from a reader seeking information on their grandfather, G.J. Aitken, who was the General Manager of A.R.C. (The Australian Record Company), the distributor in Australia for the London and Capitol labels in the 1950's. His name appears on the sleeves of early Capitol Australia Records, and any information, images, archives or other would be most appreciated. 

Please use the contact link to get in touch. Thanks.

Marty

...see article about Capitol Records here: http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/245535/70-years-on-celebrating-capitol-records.htm

..and also Australian record labels information on Milesago here: http://www.milesago.com/Industry/labelsframes.htm

Looking for more Aussie music to share

Hello Aussie music lovers. I have had some requests and am currently looking for the following:

Singles:

The La de da's - "Come Together" / "Here Is Love" (EMI Parlophone 1969)

Johnny Young - "Love Song" / "The Trip" (Clarion MCK 3113) 1969

Albums:

Mondo Rock - The Modern Bop and anything else by Mondo Rock

Merv Benton 

The Valentines

Australian Crawl - Sirocco and Sons of Beaches

Greg Quill and Country Radio -  Fleetwood Plain or The Festival File

Healing Force - any tracks


If anyone can help with these and would like to share, please send me an email through the contact page. Your contribution would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

Looking for Aussie albums to share

Hello Aussie music lovers. I have had some requests come in and am currently looking for the following albums:

The Dingoes - first album

Madder Lake - Still Point

If you have an MP3 copy of either of these and would like to share it, please drop me a line through the contact page. I will be very happy if you can and I'm sure other Aussie music lovers would be too.

Update 11/03/14 - thank you to those people who responded to this request. I now have these albums.

An Open Invitation...contribute your articles about or related to Australian music

In an effort to make this blog more interesting and have varied content, I am asking you, the readers and visitors, to contribute your own articles and comments about and related to Australian music. It can be anything from the past or present, a story, anecdote, reviews etc..etc..

Here are some suggestions:

• Your favourite song, EP, album
• A concert or show you attended
• Your top 10 Australian albums or songs
• An upcoming new artist or release
• Your favourite songwriter, singer or group
• The eras or decades of Australian music (50s, 60s etc..etc..)

The article can be up to 400 words in length and include pictures, YouTube video, Facebook pages or links to other sites and blogs. Make it humorous if you like and be as creative as you know how.

Just go to the Contact page of this blog and email me the submission. You can use your own name or nickname if you like, whatever suits you, and you will be acknowledged accordingly. I look forward to your input..go for it!

Marty