Raglan Road Update - Member Tom Minogue

 The Raglan Road post has been updated with some information on its member previously identified as Tom Minogue. Thanks to his sister Colette who now lives in America. Click here to go to the post,.

Various Artists "ACTU Achievement" Stereo LP 1979

I have possessed two copies of this LP and two followers have each provided rips of the album over the years.

I have been in two minds about putting this LP up on the blog. Part of the problem has been damaged tracks but there is also the issue that the album contains only a vestige of  Australian folk, bush ballad or country music falling within the remit of this blog.

It is a good album with some good tracks very well performed and most conform with a theme that the ACTU has been successful over the years up to 1979 and will continue to to be successful in the future. OK, because of a recent comment, I concede that it will be of interest to many of the blog's followers so here it is.

Folk or not, much of the music is very enjoyable and well performed. My favourites are "It's On", the comedic "Basic Wage Dream" and the classic "Part of the Union".  "Ballad of 1891" is just a little too stuffy for this country boy.

Tracklist

1    Ballad of 1891 ~ Neil Williams
2    It's On ~  John Derum
3    The Politicians ~  Brendan Mooney, Christina Amphlett, Christopher Young, Jeanette Freeman, Jeremy Paul, Kim Deacon, Shayna Stewart, Tina Young, Tony Romeril
4    Part Of The Union ~ Linda Keene, Mick Leyton
5    Freedom Was A Common Thing ~ George Assang
6    The Unionist's Prayer ~ John Derum (spoken - rough track)
7    Achievement ~ Linda Keene, Mick Leyton
8    Going Our Way ~ Christina Amphlett, Jane Ball, Jason Clayton, Jeanette Freeman, Jennifer Cook, Kim Deacon, Rodd Manning, Shayna Stewart, Tina Young
9    Basic Wage Dream ~ John Derum
10    For We Are Women - The Equal Of Men ~ Christina Amphlett, Jeanette Freeman, Kim Deacon, Shayna Stewart, Tina Young
11    Union Of Union's ~ Tim Elliot (spoken)
12    United We Stand ~  Brendan Mooney, Christina Amphlett, Christopher Young, Jeanette Freeman, Jeremy Paul, Kim Deacon, Shayna Stewart, Tina Young, Tony Romeril

There are Flac (lossless) and MP3 versions. Each type is one compressed file which you may have to decompress to get to the tracks and the album graphics. If you need decompression software, I recommend 7ZIP. It is free to download and use and does the job as good as the commercial ones.

Click here to download the MP3 (VBR 256-320) Version (49MB)

Click here to download the FLAC Version (171MB)

Download not working? Email me mr.stockman@gmail.com

Napper Tandy - Self Titled LP 1981

A very kind person from Adelaide provided me with this music back in 2020 and I actually did a little work on it but, somehow in the midst of all the Covid19 activity, I managed to misplace the files. so apologies to the contributor and the blog's followers.

Napper Tapper was a popular Adelaide group back in the early 1980s. This was their only album.

The band members were:-

Marian Brown, vocals, mandolin, bodhran; Barry Hickey, vocals, guitar, mandolin, whistle; Joe Manning, guitars; Warwick Nottage, fiddle; and Mike Whelan, mandolin, bouzouki, guitar.

They were obviously a very competent group of performers both vocally and instrumentally bringing a touch of rock and psych folk to some of these tracks.

Tracklist.

1. Farmer's Cursed Wife

2. Binnouri

3. Kiandra Love Song

4. Sovay

5. Merrily Kiss the Quaker's Wife

6. Dainty Davy

7. Cam Ye O'er Frae France

8. John Anderson My Jo (Burns)

9. Reels - The Ash Plant - Paddy White's - The High Reel

10. Mad Tom O'Bedlam

The tracks and album graphics are encased in a compressed file which may need to be decompressed to be played or viewed. 

Click here to download MP3 VBR 256-320 version file 57MB

Click here to download FLAC version file 264M

Download fails? Email mr.stockman@gmail.com