tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82859729529880601232024-03-14T19:35:50.593+11:00Australian Folk Music and Australian Folk Singers and MusiciansFocusing on Australian folk music, Australian bush ballads and/or Australian folk musicians.Paul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.comBlogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-70642575675167929702023-12-29T23:36:00.001+11:002023-12-30T17:31:31.048+11:00Shirley Jacobs "Bush Girl" LP 1969<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jdyq7gHcTHTBjjK79R1QuIsiGiv0hpAke9r0PVJ2LzbWn9ww7tbDS1kElZmUKW0xez8ABYazyUrkhsX3QupFUBbjVJ2Zm-lXhJt7C_ERNpApD6n9Zf0DO6H9zLA-DxXNJyMEbZM4yei1ZdsptS3og58sm20uQ3D3bb-y0BgxE7LwF9_r8vWcMb0HhCU/s2676/Shirley%20Jacobs%20Bush%20Girl%20front%20sml.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2676" data-original-width="2670" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jdyq7gHcTHTBjjK79R1QuIsiGiv0hpAke9r0PVJ2LzbWn9ww7tbDS1kElZmUKW0xez8ABYazyUrkhsX3QupFUBbjVJ2Zm-lXhJt7C_ERNpApD6n9Zf0DO6H9zLA-DxXNJyMEbZM4yei1ZdsptS3og58sm20uQ3D3bb-y0BgxE7LwF9_r8vWcMb0HhCU/s320/Shirley%20Jacobs%20Bush%20Girl%20front%20sml.jpg" width="319" /></a></div>Yes. I am still here - just not very active.<p></p><p>I stumbled over this one a few months ago and checked it out a couple of days ago. It plays just like you would expect of a much loved LP issued over 50 years ago but it has cleaned up reasonably well. It is a true stereo album with a strong emphasis on the vocals. It works well.</p><p></p><p>Jacobs accompanied herself on 12 and 6 string guitars assisted by Ade Monsborough, recorders, melodica; Mike Hayes of 12 and 6 string guitars snd Mandolins; Peter Hayes on 5 string banjo; and Alan Pope on string bass.</p><p>Tracklist:</p><p>1. Van Diemen's Land</p><p>2 Maggie May</p><p>3. Moreton Bay</p><p>4. Lady Franklin's Lament</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLe6xw95MoL6x7MKiA_7BpX03Ch6o_WM1yX7X604glVUuCMpjB3ZQ0tqWmSKIhjp3OhAcfpvmz5dZEacg-UaxQrbpjuepaA7xoWEgEz47Kw6VOjiWyrkD68dw9qypKIxHzhMvf-zB6DSCpTUwm2lK_8kitMVtUNpD3UST1tmUeA5smU059pfYoB4BIU8/s260/Ben%20Hall%20Grave.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="194" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLe6xw95MoL6x7MKiA_7BpX03Ch6o_WM1yX7X604glVUuCMpjB3ZQ0tqWmSKIhjp3OhAcfpvmz5dZEacg-UaxQrbpjuepaA7xoWEgEz47Kw6VOjiWyrkD68dw9qypKIxHzhMvf-zB6DSCpTUwm2lK_8kitMVtUNpD3UST1tmUeA5smU059pfYoB4BIU8/w259-h347/Ben%20Hall%20Grave.jpg" width="259" /></a></div>5. Cross of the South<p></p><p>6. Death of Ben Hall</p><p>7. The Old Palmer Song</p><p>8. The Catalpa</p><p>9. Stringybark Creek</p><p>10. Clancy of the Overflow</p><p>11. Reedy River</p><p>12.The Bush Girl</p><p>13. The Waradgery Tribe</p><p>14. The Route March<br /> </p><p><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/l570exbptrino0e/Shirley_Jacobs_-_Bush_Girl_%2528MP3%2529.zip/file">Click here for MP3 225-320 VBR (52MB)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/78hn1ezbwbvbcnr/Shirley_Jacobs_-_Bush_Girl_%2528flac%2529.zip/file">Click here for FLAC Version (160MB)</a></p><p>Graphics included with each download. You will need to decompress the file you download to extract the individual tracks and graphics. Any problems - contact me on mr.stockman@gmail.com.<br /></p>Paul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-38672319953141073812022-09-21T11:57:00.000+10:002022-09-21T11:57:09.810+10:00Raglan Road Update - Member Tom Minogue<p> 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. <a href="http://australianfolk.blogspot.com/2019/04/raglan-road-untitled-lp-c1980.html">Click here to go to the post</a>,.</p>Paul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-24510442159898838262022-08-24T23:19:00.001+10:002022-08-24T23:19:56.798+10:00Various Artists "ACTU Achievement" Stereo LP 1979<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rMUxj6MzYBMRizrhFXIKnAgsBH4NqT8h5ZJQ1BQZt89AkHaVDFsIAAEdlZPVJ6h_JBvwNZVqU5poTCJbHZRuYKAf1Lw3CgsH1EG3N9QFGUog8vmYs1t0gi099wCrxWiOh4mb8w23jiaX-rEzXiJS8JTPhImjRvDnwelzpnKfC8hCmRpQDt-dVGYE/s3668/ACTU%20front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3668" data-original-width="3605" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rMUxj6MzYBMRizrhFXIKnAgsBH4NqT8h5ZJQ1BQZt89AkHaVDFsIAAEdlZPVJ6h_JBvwNZVqU5poTCJbHZRuYKAf1Lw3CgsH1EG3N9QFGUog8vmYs1t0gi099wCrxWiOh4mb8w23jiaX-rEzXiJS8JTPhImjRvDnwelzpnKfC8hCmRpQDt-dVGYE/s320/ACTU%20front.jpg" width="315" /></a></div>I have possessed two copies of this LP and two followers have each provided rips of the album over the years.<p></p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p><b>Tracklist</b></p><p>1 <i>Ballad of 1891</i> ~ Neil Williams<br />2 <i>It's On</i> ~ John Derum<br />3 <i>The Politicians</i> ~ Brendan Mooney, Christina Amphlett, Christopher Young, Jeanette Freeman, Jeremy Paul, Kim Deacon, Shayna Stewart, Tina Young, Tony Romeril<br />4 <i>Part Of The Union</i> ~ Linda Keene, Mick Leyton<br />5 <i>Freedom Was A Common Thing</i> ~ George Assang<br />6 <i>The Unionist's Praye</i>r ~ John Derum (spoken - rough track)<br />7 <i>Achievement</i> ~ Linda Keene, Mick Leyton<br />8 <i>Going Our Way</i> ~ Christina Amphlett, Jane Ball, Jason Clayton, Jeanette Freeman, Jennifer Cook, Kim Deacon, Rodd Manning, Shayna Stewart, Tina Young<br />9 <i>Basic Wage Dream</i> ~ John Derum<br />10 <i>For We Are Women - The Equal Of Men</i> ~ Christina Amphlett, Jeanette Freeman, Kim Deacon, Shayna Stewart, Tina Young<br />11 <i>Union Of Union's</i> ~ Tim Elliot (spoken)<br />12 <i>United We Stand</i> ~ Brendan Mooney, Christina Amphlett, Christopher Young, Jeanette Freeman, Jeremy Paul, Kim Deacon, Shayna Stewart, Tina Young, Tony Romeril<br /></p><p>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 <b>7ZIP.</b> It is free to download and use and does the job as good as the commercial ones.</p><p><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/q37uopp69iosapi/ACTU+Achievement+(MP3).zip/file" target="_blank">Click here to download the MP3 (VBR 256-320) Version (49MB</a>)</p><p><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/6ywbglsvokuclq0/ACTU+Achievement+(flac).zip/file" target="_blank">Click here to download the FLAC Version (171MB</a>)</p><p>Download not working? Email me mr.stockman@gmail.com<br /></p>Paul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-25349567454158651492022-08-21T18:38:00.004+10:002022-08-21T18:38:27.196+10:00Napper Tandy - Self Titled LP 1981<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qoa7FmsXvHg5RUoAo7nKFdVEQEQJeMcrdqj44LbKw129YmoTzWyE3hEPciNMrzHCffgXDTRTYDsEZbetUrQclla1X3qa4l5X53L1YUpfJqOGpKqXepHZ6dV6WFjwULQgyc9yyKHtnCT_KJt0wEllyQugxE9NlgvBWXgipn7O91ke1JjAAzIVutcU/s600/Napper%20Tandy%20coverBW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="594" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qoa7FmsXvHg5RUoAo7nKFdVEQEQJeMcrdqj44LbKw129YmoTzWyE3hEPciNMrzHCffgXDTRTYDsEZbetUrQclla1X3qa4l5X53L1YUpfJqOGpKqXepHZ6dV6WFjwULQgyc9yyKHtnCT_KJt0wEllyQugxE9NlgvBWXgipn7O91ke1JjAAzIVutcU/s320/Napper%20Tandy%20coverBW.jpg" width="317" /></a></div>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.<p></p><p>Napper Tapper was a popular Adelaide group back in the early 1980s. This was their only album.</p><p>The band members were:-</p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Marian Brown, vocals, mandolin, bodhran; Barry Hickey, vocals, guitar, mandolin, whistle; Joe Manning, guitars; Warwick Nottage, fiddle; and Mike Whelan, mandolin, bouzouki, guitar.</span></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">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.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Tracklist.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">1. Farmer's Cursed Wife</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">2. Binnouri</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">3. Kiandra Love Song</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">4. Sovay</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">5. Merrily Kiss the Quaker's Wife</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">6. Dainty Davy</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">7. Cam Ye O'er Frae France</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">8. John Anderson My Jo (Burns)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">9. Reels - The Ash Plant - Paddy White's - The High Reel</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">10. Mad Tom O'Bedlam</span></div><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">The tracks and album graphics are encased in a compressed file which may need to be decompressed to be played or viewed. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/fk2wsl98davckg0/Napper_Tandy_%2528mp3%2529.zip/file" target="_blank"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Click here to download MP3 VBR 256-320 version file 57MB</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/xizzznpk12f6td5/Napper_Tandy_%2528Flac%2529.zip/file" target="_blank"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Click here to download FLAC version file 264M</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Download fails? Email mr.stockman@gmail.com<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> </span><br /></div>Paul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-83344651468662957612020-10-27T22:39:00.004+11:002020-10-28T13:33:37.277+11:00Comments are working again. Status issues.<p>With the latest post, I have noticed that a couple of years of comments have now magically appeared. I have approved the genuine ones. I will be answering a few that need a response.</p><p>However, if you need something from me, it is preferable that you email me at mr.stockman@gmail.com with your query or request rather than making a comment on a posting.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f7Cxl20DxkM/X5gGxmOgC4I/AAAAAAAAA5o/jnl9xlmXCtgD9YQ2vidl8unKyARbrnsYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s300/images.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f7Cxl20DxkM/X5gGxmOgC4I/AAAAAAAAA5o/jnl9xlmXCtgD9YQ2vidl8unKyARbrnsYwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h224/images.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>As to the infrequency of postings, this is mostly caused by a scarcity of suitable material of sufficient quality. Good clean or cleanable material is very hard to come by nowadays. We have had some excellent contributors over the years for which I and presumably most of you are very thankful.<p></p><p>Perhaps some of you are still holding onto gems that I could put up on the blog. HINT HINT.</p><p>I do have a couple of other posts outstanding at the moment and I will have them up very soon.</p><p>I am getting seriously old now and do have one serious health issue. No rush at the moment but is there anyone interested in looking after the blog, in a maintenance sense, somewhere along the line? </p><p>Anyway, continue to enjoy the music.</p><p>Regards to all</p><p>Paul<br /></p><p><br /></p>Paul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-29154851100533387882020-10-27T21:40:00.000+11:002020-10-27T21:40:00.894+11:00Franklin B. Paverty "Songs from the Australian Goldrush" Stereo LP 1987<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nkuRS2S2ybM/X5fvc5wfE9I/AAAAAAAAA5U/pBIWNgBEeTguVqIRwLmxdbmITBvvuayKgCLcBGAsYHQ/s433/Paverty%2BGold%2BFront%2Bsmall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="432" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nkuRS2S2ybM/X5fvc5wfE9I/AAAAAAAAA5U/pBIWNgBEeTguVqIRwLmxdbmITBvvuayKgCLcBGAsYHQ/w399-h400/Paverty%2BGold%2BFront%2Bsmall.jpg" width="399" /></a></div>A good rip from Tassie Ian. Thanks mate.<p></p><p>The group, Franklin B. Paverty, was usually made up of performers in the Canberra area and there were regular changes of members in the group.</p><p>The membership for this album was:</p><p>Mal Bennett - vocals, fiddle, mandolin and percussion.</p><p>Frank Nizynski - socals, guitar and bass</p><p>Bernie Nizynski - Mandolin and banjo.</p><p>Dave O'Neill - vocals, guitar and Mandolin.</p><p>Bryan Rae - vocals, guitar and harmonica.</p><p><br /><b>Tracklist</b></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Hurrah for the diggings</li><li>With my swag all on my shoulder</li><li>Look out below</li><li> Off to California/Westfork Girls</li><li>Frank Gardiner at Eugowra Rocks</li><li>Australia's on the wallaby</li><li>The golden west</li><li>To the north</li><li>The diamond drill</li><li>Out upon a spree</li><li>The Johnson Boys</li><li>The old Palmer song.</li><li>The Jolly Puddlers</li><li>Tambaroora gold/Sweets of May</li><li>Stringybark and greenhide</li><li>The quartz crushing machine</li><li>Australia the golden</li><li>The cross of the south</li><li>The roaring days</li></ol><p>Take your choice of flac or MP3 versions below. The downloaded file will be a Zip file which needs to be decompressed to extract the individual tracks and the LP graphics files.</p><p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/kdwcsjp1yiktl3w/Franklin_B_Paverty_-_Songs_from_the_Australian_Goldrush_flac.zip/file" target="_blank"><b>Flac (lossless) version 191MB;</b></a> or</p><p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/x2e8wxnd5isu3w1/Franklin_B_Paverty_-_Songs_from_the_Australian_Goldrush_MP3.zip/file" target="_blank"><b>MP3 256-320VBR version 50MB</b></a></p><p>File not available? Email mr.stockman@gmail.com<b> </b><br /></p>Paul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-85315922397942806272020-08-07T15:14:00.001+10:002020-08-10T17:53:48.446+10:00Gordon McIntyre & Kate Delaney "Blackwaterside" LP Stereo 1981<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kk9i03JTTKo/XyzaqnwdrUI/AAAAAAAAA4E/_7ZExl2xIH8q4oFYI9GtXpSV_4ou3ovcQCLcBGAsYHQ/s434/Blackwaterside%2BFront%2BSml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="432" height="679" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kk9i03JTTKo/XyzaqnwdrUI/AAAAAAAAA4E/_7ZExl2xIH8q4oFYI9GtXpSV_4ou3ovcQCLcBGAsYHQ/w675-h679/Blackwaterside%2BFront%2BSml.jpg" width="675" /></a></div>"Tassie" Ian provided the rip of this album. I have had rips previously, including one of my own, but they have not been of a sufficient quality for putting on the Blog.<p></p><p>Gordon and Kate are well known in Australian folk music circles and I am pleased to finally bring this album to your attention. Overall the music has cleaned up very well but there are a couple of production or editing or production problems I could not fix but only one of those will stand out. The vocals are somewhat overwhelmed by backing music in "Green Rushes"<br /></p><p>We have a mix here of English, Irish, Scottish, and Australian and one forebitter. All of you will find something to enjoy here.</p><p>The graphics include words for all the songs on the album.</p><p><b>Tracklist:</b> 1. Lassie wi' the yellow coatie. 2. Alan McLean. 3. Fisherrow. 4.Poor ditching boy. 5. Blackwaterside. 6. The Bullgine Run. 7. The lost Sailor. 8.The cork leg. 9. Green Rushes. 10. My love is like a red red rose. 11. Currency Lasses.</p><p>Each upload is a single compressed file which need to be decompressed to extract the music and graphics files.</p><p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/e0i4d0an5e4kk94/McIntyre_%2526_Delaney_Waterside_FLAC_.zip/file" target="_blank">Click here to download the FLAC (lossless) version. 175MB</a><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/xh5myvwrge4p905/McIntyre_%2526_Delaney_Waterside_MP3.zip/file">Click here to download the MP3 VBR256-320 version. 51MB</a></p><p>Any problems? Let me know by email to mr.stockman@gmail.com <br /></p>Paul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-37835907217799958132020-05-09T17:06:00.000+10:002020-05-09T17:06:11.802+10:00Sligo Maid "Lass" Cassette stereo 1993<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And yet another rip from the Victorian Bush Folkie. Again many thanks.<br />Sligo Maid was a popular Newcastle, New South Wales, band which regularly performed at the Lass O' Gowrie Hotel. Its members were: –<br />Susan Carson – vocals, violin, mandolin, guitar.<br />Cathy Cox – vocals, piano accordion, keyboards, tin whistle.<br />Peter Tarren – vocals, guitar.<br />Dave Marshall – drums and vocals.<br />John (Babalooboo) Gottery – vocals and bass.<br />Grant Fraser – Lead guitar and vocals.<br /><br />I understand that this band was fairly versatile but the content of this album is very definitely in the folk rock style. Steeleye Span is a group that readily comes to mind when listening to this album. Do not let this put you off because they are very good at what they are doing.<br /><br />Tracklist<br />1. Hard times of old England<br />2. Rocky road medley (Rocky Road to Dublin and the Galway races)<br />3. Sligo Maid<br />4. Let her go down.<br />5. All around my hat<br />6. Mooncoin Jig<br />7. Woman of Ireland (not to be confused with O'Riada's Women of Ireland)<br />8. The Whale.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/kj7dt101c5z8wi5/Sligo_Maid_%2528flac%2529.zip/file" target="_blank">Click here to begin downloading the (flac) version. 148 MB</a><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/ldcku6g3tutoqw9/Sligo_Maid_%2528MP3%2529.zip/file" target="_blank">Click here to begin downloading the MP3 version. 39 MB</a><br /><br />In either case, you will be downloading a compressed (Zip) file you will probably need to decompress to play the music and to see the included graphics.<br />If you have any problems or any information to add please contact me on my email: – mr.stockman.au@gmail.comPaul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-15044742001753740632020-05-08T23:17:00.001+10:002020-05-08T23:17:14.036+10:00Bandicoots Band "Brisbane Ladies" Cassette (date unknown)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Victorian Bush Folkie generously provided this cassette rip. Thanks again.<br />
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I know nothing about this Band other that it is not to be confused with the folk music pioneers <i>The Bushwackers and Bandicoots Band</i>.<br />
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The track list is, with the exception of <i>The Ballad of New Orleans,</i> a stock repertoire of many of the more popular Australian folk songs and instrumentals.<br />
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The Band's performance is competent and entertaining and the album is well produced. <br />
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The cassette was of good quality and there was very little need for editing.<br />
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You have a choice of flac (lossless) or MP3 (256-320VBR) tracks as listed below. Each option comes as a ZIP file and should be decompressed to extract the album tracks and cassette graphics.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/poct3ng5fx3j7j2/Bandicoots_Band_%2528flac%2529.zip/file" target="_blank">Click here to start download of flac (lossless) option 246MB</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/wqupwbptd12hgb8/Bandicoots_Band_MP3.zip/file" target="_blank">Click here to start downloading the MP3 option 62MB</a><br />
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Any problems: contact me mr.stockman@Gmail.com<br />
<br />Paul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-2312121185458319862020-05-07T20:50:00.000+10:002020-05-07T20:51:54.563+10:00Smiths Gully Band "About Time" LP 1981<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another offering fromTassie Ian that I had overlooked before. Many thanks Ian.<br />
I have been absent for a while with continuing health issues so I apologise for my lack of activity. Now with winter and the Covid19 isolation, I will be attempting to put up some more music.<br />
This album is a somewhat eclectic grouping of songs and instrumental tracks. Some of the songs have been penned by members of the band but they are definitely in a folky style and quite enjoyable.<br />
The album is obviously not a sophisticated production but I do not find that much of an issue other than the vocals are sometimes a little overwhelmed by the instrumentation.<br />
I was surprised and delighted to discern the inclusion of a french horn in the instrumentation. It worked well.<br />
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The members of the band, pictured here at Smiths Gully Cemetery are:-<br />
Norm Adams on fiddle;<br />
Raynor Balfour on mandolin, flute, tin whistle, accordian, piano, abd 5 string banjo;<br />
Keith O.Lawrie - guitar and vocals<br />
John Rasmussen - guitars 6 and 12 string, 5 string banjo and vocals;<br />
Marshall Webb - bodhran, concertina, lagerphone, and fence paling.; and<br />
Bill Gallicher - band mixer and knob twiddler.<br />
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AND with some help from friends Belinda Cody, Butterfly Bertram and Alex Grieve with vocals, snare drum, washboard and french horn.<br />
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Tracklist:-<br />
1, The old grey goose (instrumental)<br />
2, Fitzroy St Lady (Rasmussen)V (Fitzroy St, ST Kilda) <br />
3. Davey Douglas (Lawrie)<br />
4. Instrumental medley - musical priest, Bob Caseys, and trim the velvet.<br />
5.The back blocks shearer.<br />
6. Bakery Hill (Rasmussen)<br />
7. The Road to Lisdoonvarna*<br />
8. Lonegans widow (Silverstein)<br />
9. Hello Stranger (Lawrie)<br />
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* Liner notes doubt the existence of Lisdoonvarna. It is a small town in County Clare which used to host a music festival about which Christy Moore wrote the song "Lisdoonvarna".<br />
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The album and its graphics have been incorporated into ZIP files which should be decompressed before playing.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/n222ianmgwflrj5/Smiths_Gully_Band_MP3.zip/file" target="_blank">Click here to begin downloading the MP3 (256) version ZIP file - 45MB</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/p1ywj8n15dd581o/Smiths_Gully_Band_%2528flac%2529.zip/file" target="_blank">Click here to begin downloading the FLAC (lossless) version ZIP file - 145MB</a><br />
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Any problems:- contact me mr.stockman@gmail.com<br />
<br />Paul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-11361264009685191492019-09-14T15:55:00.003+10:002020-12-27T15:27:12.659+11:00Currency "First Exchange ~ Rocking Australian Folk" LP 1982<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The rip of this album was provided by the Victorian Bush Folkie. It has cleaned up well,<br />
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Currency (not to be confused with the Currency Lads group featured elsewhere on this blog) was a Canberra based folk group.<br />
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Obviously a talented group of musicians who like to venture into folk rock with both skill and enthusiasm.<br />
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They even have a condensed and modified version of the "The Bastard of the Bush" aka "The Captain of the Push" suitable for play in mixed company. It hangs together pretty well. And they even have some tracks featuring the less seen songs.<br />
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<b>Tracklist</b><br />
1. Bluey Brink<br />
2. I know who is sick<br />
3. The Miner<br />
4. Hangman Noose<br />
5. Death of Dan Morgan<br />
6. Bastard from the bush<br />
7. Come Listen<br />
8. Wreck of the Amphitrite<br />
9. Double Dissolution (instrumental)<br />
10, Labouring with the hoe<br />
11. Cuckoo's Nest (with a bit of "Navvy on the Line")<br />
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The two files below are compressed "zip" files which need to decompressed before playing. Choose one or the other format. Graphics are included.<br />
<a href="https://mega.nz/#!xcgCkIiA!15DLZngxwneJOVeNWg7J1gvYMuE34jFstiTqs_-VjVM" target="_blank">Click here for the MP3 256-320VBR format 64MB</a><br />
<a href="https://mega.nz/#!QJgkRKRZ!CbeUaUEhxDe7ILwMmzxhX2NJN-aHyKMWIW2ubK079nE" target="_blank">Click here for the flac (lossless) version 252MB</a><br /><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/p9ggz92r3irndzu/Currency_-_First_Exchange_%2528flac%2529.zip/file" target="_blank">Click here for flac version from MediaFire</a> </p><p></p><p>File not available - please contact mr.stockman@gmail.com<br />
<br /></p>Paul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-26350407706683245512019-09-13T20:35:00.001+10:002019-09-13T20:36:28.713+10:00Robbie Brock with Dougie Maclean "On the Blooming Queensland Side - Old Songs and New Songs about Australia" LP 1988<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This rip was provided by Tassie Ian and I have only done a modicum of editing.<br />
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According to the rear of the LP slip, Robbie Brock is a born and bred Queenslander who obviously found his way to Scotland where he recorded this album at the studio of Scottish folk singer Dougie Maclean and it sounds like Dougie also provided some instrumental backing.<br />
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A Narelle Nugent also sings one of the tracks and appears to provides occasional vocal backing. Both Narelle and Robbie are unknown to me.<br />
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To all appearances there was ample and varied instrumental backing but no details are advised.<br />
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The album was produced by Warren Fahey's Larrikin label. The music is a mixed lot of both songs and instrumentals. Not that impressive an album but the first track has captured my interest.<br />
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<b>Tracklist</b><br />
1. The Blooming Queensland Side<br />
2. Spirit of Erin (In the spirit of 'Dennis O'Reilly')<br />
3. Didjeree<br />
4. September Below<br />
5. Birds on the Track<br />
6. Zig Zag Lady<br />
7. Sad Song Currawong<br />
8. Isle of Skye (just about love of the Isle - no Prince Charlie)<br />
9. The Hat Man's Lament<br />
10. Two Professional Hums<br />
11. Didjereetoo<br />
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Download compressed files with graphics. Such files will need to be decompressed before use.<br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/vetjp0kvtwpmqmc/Robbie_Brock_Queensland_Side_MP3.zip/file" target="_blank">Click here for MP3 256-320VBR version 45MB</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/pf6ipn1wf1eixo8/Robbie_Brock_-_Blooming_Queensland_Side_%2528flac%2529.zip/file" target="_blank">Click here for flac (lossless) version 143MB</a>.<br />
Email me mr.stockman@gmail.com if download not available.Paul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-9345109071213180472019-05-17T19:06:00.000+10:002019-05-17T19:08:32.514+10:00The Good Time Bush Band "At Parmy's Woolshed Berrima" 1981 LP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another good album from Tassie Ian; Nice and clean thus requiring only basic cleaning.<br />
Berrima is a lovely, historic little village in the NSW Southern Highlands highly dependent on tourism.<br />
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Parmy's Woolshed was previously unknown to me but apparently it was licensed from 1978 to 1990 in the category "theatres and public halls".<br />
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Likewise, I had never heard of this group before. Nevertheless, their performances on this album are competent, lively and entertaining. The members are identified by their names as Parmy, Lindsay, Rick, Rod, Tim, Willie and Bob. Their signatures add a little more. Parmy is possibly a Nev Parmenter. Lindsay may be a Lindsay Martin, and Rod appears to have the family name of Johnson. Tim is clearly Timothy Lee and Bob is Bob Piggott. There is nothing further for Rick and Willie. Information to mr.stockman@gmail.com will be very welcome.<br />
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<b>Tracklist</b><br />
1. Good Time (group intro. song)<br />
2. Billy of Tea<br />
3. Flash Jack from Gundagai<br />
4. Whispering Castle Music<br />
5. Murshin Durkin (sic)<br />
6. Let's do something cheap and superficial<br />
7. Can't get the stuff no more<br />
8. Twofold Bay<br />
9. Wild Rover<br />
10. The Cockies of Bungaree<br />
11. Wild wood flower (sic)/Skip to my lou<br />
12. The rye buck shearer (sic)<br />
13. Are you kissing more now<br />
14. With my swag all on my shoulder<br />
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Below, click on whichever version prefer. All graphics including an inner graphic are included. Tracks and graphics are in a Zip file which must be decompressed.<br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/bdhxn77crl0h494/Good_Times_Bush_Band-Parmy%2527s_Woolshed_flac.zip/file" target="_blank"><b>Flac (lossless) version 241MB</b></a><br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/z7vr6r0h059pmde/Good_Time_Bush_Band_At_Parmy%2527s_Woolshed_MP3.zip/file" target="_blank"><b>MP3 version 256-320 VBR 71MB</b></a><br />
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<b>Enjoy the music</b><br />
<br />Paul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-8750970985839440582019-04-14T16:59:00.002+10:002022-09-19T17:02:29.510+10:00Raglan Road - Untitled LP c1980<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tassie Ian provided the material for this LP. Many thanks. Good clean tracks which needed only a medium level of cleaning.<br />
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Raglan Road mainly performed in Sydney venues from 1979 into the '80s. This was the first of their albums - an EMI custom production. The release year is unknown to me but it precedes the subsequent 1983 re-release of the album by Larriken Records with the addition of a title - "Irish Folk Songs" (In fact it is an eclectic mix of Irish, English, Scottish songs along with their versions of "The Lachlan Tigers" and the USA "Coal Tattoo).<br />
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The band was then composed 0f four members, namely, two Irish expats Martin Doherty and Jim Donnelly, a Scottish lass Kirsty McCallum, and one Tom Minogue about which I can find nothing. (He has been recorded as a Tom Manogue on Discogs and elsewhere but I suspect that this is an error brought by the elaborate calligraphy on the rear of the LP cover.) Can anyone help with this gentleman? He was not in the band in its later years.<br />
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They were obviously good performers. I would have loved to have seen a live performance.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">UPDATE</span><br />
One of our kind visitors has pointed out that there is a Raglan Road Reunion site. <a href="https://www.raglanroadreunion.com/" target="_blank">Click Here</a> to visit it. There is a lot of history and also a CD and a DVD available to purchase.<div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">FURTHER UPDATE</h3><div>Tom Minogue was more formally known as Flannan (Flan) Minogue. His sister Colette recently contacted me with lots of detail. He was a Tipperary lad who migrated to Australia as a young man and had served in the Australian Army. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in late 1988 and returned to the family home in Ireland where he died on 1 January 1989. RIP</div><div>
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<b>Tracklist</b><br />
1. Coal Tattoo<br />
2. Rambling Irishman<br />
3. We're Alive<br />
4. Church street ~ Blackrock Polka medley (instrumental)<br />
5. Fear An Bhata<br />
6. Lachlan Tigers<br />
7. Broom o'Cowden Knowes<br />
8, A piper's prayer (instrumental)<br />
9. Blackleg Miner<br />
10. The town I loved so well<br />
11. Sally free and easy<br />
12. Anathea<br />
13. The Old Triangle<br />
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Download files are compressed and need to be decompressed to extract the tracks and graphic files.<br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/88pml61k67tz0v6/Raglan_Road_MP3.zip/file" target="_blank">Click here to download MP3 (256-320 VBR version 58 MB)</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/c1d9ywc84wn885t/Raglan_Road_%2528flac%2529.zip/file" target="_blank">Click here to download FLAC version (181MB)</a><br /><br /></div>Paul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-56638091771945089422018-10-31T17:47:00.000+11:002018-10-31T17:49:11.622+11:00Larrikin Records "Waltzing Matilda: Songs of the Australian Bush" LP 1980 CD 1990<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LP Cover 1980</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CD cover 1990</td></tr>
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Ian from Tasmania recently sent me a rip of, and graphics for, Larrikin Records LR118 "Seven Creeks Run" which I did a fair bit of work on even though the graphics and tracks seemed very familiar. Well, familiarity with the tracks was not a big issue because it was obviously a compilation of tracks from previous Larrikin albums. To cut a long story short, I eventually identified that I had, many years ago, copied a borrowed CD which was actually a 1990 re-release on CD but titled "Waltzing Matilda: Songs of the Australian Bush".<br />
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So here, somewhat belatedly, are FLAC and MP3 files from the CD issue. It is possible that regular downloaders already have most if not all of the tracks from LPs previously featured in this blog but here is your chance to get clean, unmodified copies.<br />
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Otherwise, this album can serve as a very good sampler for the featured artists.<br />
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Incidentally, <a href="https://australianfolk.blogspot.com/2011/08/while-billy-boils-panorama-of.html" target="_blank">The 1981 ABC-Larrikin 2LP set "While the Billy Boils"</a> is in a similar vein to this album.<br />
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Tracklist with performers:<br />
1. The Flash Stockman - Danny Spooner<br />
2. The New Chum Shearer - Jacko Kevans<br />
3. Song of the Artesian Waters - Cathie O'Sullivan<br />
4.Ballad of the Kelly Gang - Dave de Hugard<br />
5. Girls of the Ivory/Manchester Gallop - Mike and Michelle Jackson<br />
6. The fire at Ross's Farm - Ted Simpson<br />
7. Tumba-Bloody-Rumba - Warren Fahey<br />
8. Seven Creeks Schottische- The Larrikins<br />
9. Bluey Brink - Cathie O'Sullivan<br />
10. The red-hot Wood stove - Bushwackers<br />
11. Flash Jack the shearer - Trevor Shearston<br />
12. The Free Selector's daughter - Mike and Michelle Jackson<br />
13. One of the has-beens - Warren Fahey<br />
14. Click go the shears - Martyn Wyndham-Read<br />
15. The Ryebuck Shearer - Wild Colonial Boys<br />
16. The Springtime it brings on the shearing - Dave de Hugard<br />
17. Waltzing Matilda (Queensland version) - A.L. Lloyd<br />
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Tom and Ted LeGarde, identical twins, were born into a large sugarcane farming family near MacKay, Queensland, Australia in 1931. Apparently, they were inspired at an early age by both country music combined with Hopalong Cassidy films. At age 15, they either joined the rodeo circuit as "cowboys" or went west to become jackaroos. Possibly, both stories are pure fiction created to later provide greater credit as C&W singers especially in America.<br />
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By 1947, at the age of 16, they became part of the Buddy Williams Wild West Show so they were obviously accomplished musicians by then. They also toured with other traveling shows often billed as the "Yodelling Stockmen". Such troupes always appeared at the major Agricultural Shows and also the then limited rodeo circuit and selected country agricultural shows.<br />
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They signed with Rodeo Records from 1950 to 1952, and in the latter year they also signed up with a manager who reportedly help them to polish up their act and encouraged personal development. They went on to release a number of hit records with Regal Zonophone Records. In late 1954, they arranged to meet William Boyd, the Hopalong Cassidy actor, when he toured Australia. Boyd hired them to be part of his highly successful Australian tour. Boyd was to keep in touch with the twins which inspired them to try their luck in America.<br />
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They arrived in California in 1957 and, helped by their connections, they gained a reasonable degree of popularity. This featured album was produced in probably 1960 or 1961 and was directed at the American audience. The twins returned to Australia in 1963 with some limited success. In 1965, they again went to the USA and, from 1973, they began a three-year period with the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas.<br />
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They continued with their involvement in the world of Country and Western Music in the USA up to 2010. If interested, google the "LeGarde Twins" to see a documentary and other information about them. Sadly, Ted LeGarde died in August 2018.<br />
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This album features 13 tracks; mostly traditionals. I cannot identify when it was produced but, in 1960, there was a reel-to-reel tape release under the same same with 11 of the tracks. This LP added two further tracks, namely, their slightly modified version of Marie Cowan's 1910 version of "Waltzing Matilda" and the theme song from the 1957 film "Shiralee", supposedly a word meaning "burden" but the twins changed the title and their pronunciation to "Sherilee". I presume that they were mistaken. The film was an adaption from a D'Arcy Niland novel of the name. For those unfamiliar with the film, the central male character, played by Peter Finch, was a swagman traveling between different jobs and he ends up taking his young daughter, "Buster", on the track with him. She thus becomes his burden, of course, in a nice way as it turns out.<br />
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"Dreamtime for Jedda" is from the soundtrack of the 1954 film "Jedda".<br />
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Tracklist:<br />
1. Waltzing Matilda (modified Cowan version)<br />
2. The Shearers' Jamboree<br />
3. Rover no more (Wild Rover)<br />
4. The Ned Kelly Song (Ned Kelly was born in a ramshackle shack)<br />
5. Stockman's last bed<br />
6. Across the western plains<br />
7. Cooee call<br />
8. Ooleera<br />
9. Click go the shears<br />
10. The Dying Stockman<br />
11. Sherilee (Shiralee)<br />
12. The Murray Moon<br />
13. Dreamtime for Jedda<br />
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We owe a vote of thanks to Ian of Tasmania for providing a good copy from this LP and its graphics. The LP was stereo and if you are wondering why the files are so small, it is because that the musical backing is just the guitars played by the twins - simple sound structure leads to smaller files.<br />
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This is an album collectible more for historical interest than great listening reasons but it has itrs charms. It has easily cleaned-up well.<br />
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Download the compressed album by clicking on your choice below of lossless FLAC or 256-320VBR MP3 versions both including cover graphics. Remember you need to decompress either files to get the music and graphic files.<br />
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Files not available? - message me mr.stockman@gmail.comPaul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-61717053815592781712018-08-19T15:09:00.000+10:002018-08-19T15:09:55.147+10:00Judy Kenny "Colonial Australia" LP 1969<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Subtitled "A collection of Australian folk songs. The rip and graphics were provided by the Victorian Bush Folkie to whom we all owe a big vote of thanks.<br />
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I know nothing about this Judy Kenny other than the blurb on the rear of the album cover. To quote:-<br />
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"Judy Kenny is the daughter of an Anglican Clergyman. Although she was born in Croydon, Victoria, it was whilst living in Geelong that Judy came to the notice of W & G after winning a talent quest at High School which entitled her to an audition. For this, her first recording, we decided to add to our already comprehensive repertoire of Australian Folk Music of the Pioneer and Convict era."<br />
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Well, she obviously auditioned well enough to warrant her own album but as far as I know there was no second album.<br />
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Her voice demonstrates that she has had formal training as a classical singer and her diction is excellent. W & G demonstrably treated her seriously as evidenced by their providing serious folk music backing with Peter Hayes featuring strongly on banjo (Peter Daniel Hayes; Hayes Brothers, backing for various prominent fol and country singers). Alan Pope on bass, with Doug Wallace and John Lane on guitars.<br />
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The album notes are fairly good with minor exceptions. "Convict Maid" was a London broadside and was also available in Ireland as identified by Ron Edwards. Despite assurances that the version of "The banks of the Condamine" is the rarer horse breaker version, it is most definitely the shearing version - I guess someone had a bad day! Ben Hall died in a battle?? As I understand it he never had the opportunity to fight back - first shot a few times while he was asleep and finished off when he futilely tried to run away despite his injuries.<br />
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For its age, the record was in very good condition. Graphics are included.<br />
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<b>Tracklist</b><br />
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<br />Paul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-63732848275418845222018-08-14T20:01:00.001+10:002018-08-15T15:56:36.232+10:00Country Express (Australian) "Another Lonesome Morning" LP 1985<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The rip for this album was provided by the Victorian Bush Folkie and mildly cleaned up by me.<br />
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Country Express was a South Australian based group which performed over several years. This album features Brent Miller, John Munro, Mike O'Callaghan and Mike Smith. I do not know who Mike Smith is (although I<i> </i>feel that I should - help please) but the other three are well known in Australian folk circles as both individual performers and as members/backers of other groups and performers. The three have also done a lot of work with Eric Bogle especially John Munro who has featured in other posts on this blog.<br />
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Country Express focused on Bluegrass sound and most of the tracks on this album can be readily classified as bluegrass gospel. Unsurprisingly, the overall performance is very good even though the sound quality is not always the best for some reason - likely wear over the years. Great harmony and great musicianship.<br />
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Incidentally, Country Express has been a popular name for bluegrass bands in America so do not be confused.<br />
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Tracklist<br />
1. Other side of life<br />
2. Hey boys<br />
3. House of gold<br />
4. Hail to the Redskins<br />
5. Sing me back home<br />
6. Aunt Dinah's quilting party<br />
7. Another lonesome morning<br />
8. Willie Boy<br />
9. Hello stranger<br />
10. Snowball<br />
11. Slow moving freight train<br />
12. Hallelujah, I'm ready<br />
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If download file not available please email mr.stockman@gmail.com and I will fix it.Paul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-5866538696030547322018-08-12T23:00:00.000+10:002018-09-24T16:18:42.335+10:00The Colonials "Songs from Down Under" LP 1967<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As the liner says, The Colonials were "especially brought together for the project of creating this album". The three members were Kathleen McCormack, and the brothers George and Ken Assang.<br />
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Kathleen McCormack was the stage name of one Taree-born Alison Brainwood, a popular singer of the 1960s and '70s. The stage name reflected her primary repertoire of Scottish and Irish songs. She was later a job actor including a stint in the Bill. In her latter years, she became well-known in psychic circles and authored books on Tarot reading and the like. She died in 2013.<br />
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George and Ken Assang were from Thursday Island in far north Queensland. They were of Aboriginal, Pacific Islander and Asian heritage. George was a regular on 1960s and '70s shows including "Bandstand". Apparently he was happy in a wide range of styles including folk, gospel, jazz, blues and country. The liner states "his singing is always full of expression, his voice quality and phrasing are excellent" and, on this album, he lives up to that. There is also a claim that, under the name Vic Sabrino , he was the first Australian singer to perform a Rock'n'Roll number, beating Johnny O'Keefe by a year. George also had sevceral acting roles in Australian dramas and soaps.<br />
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The tracks mainly feature songs of known authorship but they represent a good mix that most folk music lovers will readily appreciate.<br />
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Mr. K L Appo advises as follows:<br />
An interview with the late Ms McCormack appears at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXB9qjlTp90">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXB9qjlTp90</a>
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Also a selection of tracks from her albums, and a series of children's
45s on YouTube by the same poster as part of an archive of material from
Community Television at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/DarrenGrayManagement/videos">https://www.youtube.com/user/DarrenGrayManagement/videos</a> Scroll through
at your own risk though; there's some shockers on here, but the
occasional gem too.... <br />
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<b>Tracklist</b><br />
1. Bush Fire<br />
2. Botany Bay (claimed as traditional)<br />
3. Little Wild Rose<br />
4. The Colour of my Nation<br />
5. Andy's gone to Cattle (Henry Lawson poem claimed as a traditional song)<br />
6. Never Never<br />
7. Pokare Kare (Pokarekare Ana) (A lovely Maori song originating in WWI to farewell soldiers)<br />
8. Waltzing Matilda (1903 Cowan rewrite)<br />
9. Thunderbolt<br />
10. T.I. My Beautiful Home (T.I. = Thursday Island home of the Assang boys)<br />
11. Wild Colonial Boy<br />
12. In Mulga Town<br />
13. Bonny Jess<br />
14. You A'wantin' me<br />
15. Dust in the Sun<br />
16. Now is the hour (also claimed as traditional)<br />
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Graphics are included.<br />
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If the download file is not available, please let me know by email - mr.stockman@gmail.com.Paul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-36181716793085752952018-08-03T22:33:00.001+10:002018-08-03T22:42:02.321+10:00The Catalpa Singers "Australian Colonial Ballads" LP 1966<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Many blog visitors have mentioned this LP and I have finally obtained a reasonable copy. Better late than never I guess.<br />
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This album was labelled as Vol. 1 but, as far as I can discern, they never progressed to volume 2.<br />
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The Catalpa Singers were<br />
Shirley Jacobs (vocal lead and guitar), Hans Georg (lead vocalist, lute and guitar), Iain Logan (additional vocal, 5 string banjo and guitar), Allan Pope (bass, autoharp and guitar), and Maryjean Officer on concertina. Other than for Shirley and a few references to Maryjean, I know nothing about these performers. Any contributions??. Hans Georg did do a further album with Shirley Jacobs. I presume that he is actually someone with the Germanic language given name Hans-Georg and, as a performer, has dropped his family name. It sounds like his English pronunciation has some Irish influence. Anyway, enough speculation and I eagerly await enlightenment.<br />
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There are no surprises in respect of the tracks featured on the LP. They are mostly part of what I call the top 20 Australian folk standards. The auto-harp features strongly on <i>The Black Velvet Band</i> and Hans Georg's lute provides all the accompaniment to <i>Look Out Below</i>. <i>Bound for South Australia</i> appears to have a variable tempo to an extent that it is not performed as a shanty/chanty. I note that the liner comments for that shanty stick to the assumption that it involves the Colony of South Australia. I have long held the view that<br />
1. the shanty is not Australian in its origin;<br />
2. it refers to south Australia, that is, any port of Australia all of which are way down south of Europe and north America;<br />
3. and it is quite possible that the basic shanty originated in NE USA - see Cape Cod Boys/Girls shanties and such lines as the mother/sweetheart on the quay exhorting the singer to come home from south Australia and "<i>when we're a walloping around <b>Cape Horn</b> - wish to God we'd never been born - bound for south Australia</i>".<br />
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Sorry, I just had to get that off my chest. OK here is the track list:-<br />
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<b>Tracklist:</b><br />
1. <i>Click go the shears</i>.<br />
2. <i>Black Velvet Band</i><br />
3. <i>The Old Bark Hut</i><br />
4. <i>Bold Jack Donahoe</i> (actually an Irish Broadside about a real person but usually spelt Donahue)<br />
5. <i>The Eumerella Shore</i> (duffers are Australian rustlers and the song also refers to stealing calves by putting your brand on them (Australian "poddy dodging" - American "mavericking").<br />
6. <i>Bound for South Australia</i> (?)<br />
7. <i>The Wild Colonial Boy</i> (Frequently stated to also be of Irish origin but evidence for this has never eventuated. My view is that it owes much to Bold Jack Donahoe but it is otherwise Australian in origin. In more recent times many Irish singers have taken it up and have claimed it as their own confusing the issue.<br />
8. <i>The Overlander</i><br />
9. <i>Look Out Below</i>. (A Charles Thatcher composition)<br />
10. <i>The Death of Ben Hall</i><br />
11. <i>With a swag all on my shoulder</i>.<br />
12. <i>Botany Bay</i>. English playhouse composition.<br />
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Graphics are included in the download files. It is a mono LP so files are smaller than usual.<br />
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Declan Affley has appeared on several albums previously featured on this blog and here is one of his albums.<br />
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Declan became a legend in Australian folk circles but sadly died unexpectedly in 1985. He was born in 1939 in Wales to parents of Irish heritage. He took to music early. He joined the British merchant navy at 16 and jumped ship in Sydney in 1960 then becoming involved in the early folk revival movement here.<br />
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Google him if you wish to know more - it will be worth the effort.<br />
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This album a fairly eclectic mix of tracks but that was typical of his range of music, songs and poetry.<br />
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Tracklist:<br />
1. <i>When Jones's Ale was New</i> (first appeared as an English Broadside in the 1590s and many versions in the folk tradition - this one was collected in Australia)<br />
2. <i>Jug of this</i> (an old English drinking song)<br />
3. <i>Shickered as he can be</i> (Australian collected version of Child 274 - Our Goodman, four nights drunk etc)<br />
4. <i>Jog Along Till Shearing</i> (A classic Australian traditional)<br />
5. <i>Carrickfergus</i> (The very popular Ulster traditional)<br />
6. <i>In a white man's shoe</i> (Australian collected dance tune perhaps deriving from Old Dan Tucker)<br />
7. <i>The day the pub burned down</i>, (A New Zealand song written by a Bob Edwards in 1931).<br />
8. <i>John Barleycorn</i> (A traditional song possibly of great antiquity - several versions but no Australian collected ones to my knowledge)<br />
9. <i>Yellow Bittern</i> (An bunnan bui) (An Irish drinking song og known authorship)<br />
10. <i>Jolly Farmer</i> (Stated to be probably of English origin)<br />
11. <i>Shanties by the Way</i> (collected in both Australia and New Zealand)<br />
12. <i>Whether or No</i>. (Irish traditional).<br />
13. <i>Hard Tack</i>. A collected song about the rigours of shearing sheep for a generous wine grower.<br />
14. <i>The Lush Land</i> (A Don Henderson composition promoting drinking - written for a competition)<br />
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Backing music was provided by Jamie Carlin mainly on concertina, Ken Greenhalgh on flute and whistle, and Don Henderson provided 2nd guitar and chorus backup for "The Lush Land".<br />
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<br />Paul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-65758688081256263442018-04-30T20:25:00.002+10:002018-08-14T20:08:30.786+10:00VA "The Snowy River Men" - Songs of Kevin Baker LP 1982<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This album features songs written by Kevin Baker. The tracks are sung by Kevin Baker, his wife Beth Baker, or John Broomhall (as listed below). The album was produced with the assistance of the Wollongong Folk Society.<br />
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Kevin and Beth Baker have both featured before in this blog. Kevin's songs can generally be viewed as having protest and chronicler themes in the Australian battler tradition. "Death of a Lark", however, deals with Bobby Sands and the Irish troubles.<br />
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This rip and encoding has been generously provided by one of our visitors. Thank you very much. There are a couple of minor glitches which do not intrude badly.<br />
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<b>Tracklist</b><br />
1. Shame, Shame, Shame - John Broomhall<br />
2. Kogarah Bay - Beth Baker<br />
3. The Orang-Outang that leaned to the left - Kevin Baker<br />
4. Woman on the Land - Beth Baker<br />
5. The Snowy River Men - Kevin Baker<br />
6. The Night that Vis went Down - John Broomhall<br />
7. Young People - Beth Baker<br />
8. Dole Office Door - Kevin Baker<br />
9. Water and Earth - Beth Baker<br />
10. Death of a Lark - John Broomhall.<br />
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If downloads fail, send me an email to mr.stockman@gmail.com.Paul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-69760499423829767832017-10-24T21:45:00.000+11:002018-05-11T19:05:31.268+10:00Gordon McIntyre and Danny Spooner "Revived and Relieved" LP 1978<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A great combination - Gordon McIntyre and Danny Spooner teaming up to produce this 1978 album. Unsurprisingly, six of the tracks are unaccompanied but others have some musical and vocal support from fellow artists, Tom Rummery, Kate Delaney, Roger Fisken, Mike Jackson and Steve Ellis - details on reverse of slip.<br />
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The tracks are a mix of British Isles and Australian traditional songs and tunes.<br />
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This is another of the offerings from the Victorian Bush Folkie. Once again, many thanks.<br />
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Still a few glitches in some of the tracks but nothing likely to mar your listening pleasure.<br />
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Tracklist </h3>
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<td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Pipe Tunes</span></td>
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<td class="tracklist_track_pos">A2</td>
<td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">The Band O'Shearers</span></td>
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<td class="tracklist_track_pos">A3</td>
<td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">My Last Farewell To Stirling</span></td>
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<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="A4" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording">
<td class="tracklist_track_pos">A4</td>
<td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Hey, Ca'thro</span></td>
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<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="A5" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording">
<td class="tracklist_track_pos">A5</td>
<td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Anac Cuan</span></td>
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<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="A6" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording">
<td class="tracklist_track_pos">A6</td>
<td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Jack Donaghue</span></td>
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<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="A7" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording">
<td class="tracklist_track_pos">A7</td>
<td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Ye Sons Of Australia</span></td>
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<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="B1" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording">
<td class="tracklist_track_pos">B1</td>
<td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">The Flash Stockman</span></td>
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<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="B2" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording">
<td class="tracklist_track_pos">B2</td>
<td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Lachlan Tigers</span></td>
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<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="B3" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording">
<td class="tracklist_track_pos">B3</td>
<td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">The Rambling Sailor</span></td>
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<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="B4" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording">
<td class="tracklist_track_pos">B4</td>
<td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Jamie Raeburn</span></td>
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<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="B5" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording">
<td class="tracklist_track_pos">B5</td>
<td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">The Foxhunt</span></td>
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<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="B6" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording">
<td class="tracklist_track_pos">B6</td>
<td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Henry The Poacher</span></td>
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<td class="tracklist_track_pos">B7</td>
<td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">The 23rd Of June</span></td><td class="track tracklist_track_title "></td><td class="track tracklist_track_title "></td><td class="track tracklist_track_title "></td><td class="track tracklist_track_title "></td></tr>
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Danny Spooner's widow has advised that plans are currently underway to expand the <a href="http://www.dannyspooner.com/">www.dannyspooner.com</a>
website to re-release Danny's music to raise funds for a memorial
statue. Accordingly, the album is no longer available for download.Paul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-39764258746123179162017-09-20T21:25:00.002+10:002017-09-20T21:25:52.685+10:00Shirley Jacobs "A Voice from the City" Henry Lawson Tribute Album LP 1972<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Shirley Jacobs (1927-2015) released this album in 1972 sub-titled "Henry Lawson (1867-1922).<br />
Henry Lawson was one of the two most prominent bush poets - the other, of course, was A.B. "Banjo" Paterson. He was also a great short story writer e.g. "The Loaded Dog" and "The Drover's Wife".<br />
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The album features musical arrangements of both better and lesser known Lawson poems with perhaps a preference for the more personal and romantic poems.<br />
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One of our visitors provided me with a copy made from his LP earlier this year. The included graphics were from an earlier offering. Many thanks to the two of you. It seems to be very hard to get good copies of Shirley Jacobs albums - presumably because their owners often played them. There are still a few glitches in the edited tracks but most will enjoy them.<br />
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Tracklist<br />
1. The Bar<br />
2. The Sliprails and the Spur<br />
3. The Route March<br />
4. A Voice from the City<br />
5. The Wattle<br />
6. To Hannah<br />
7. Gypsy Too<br />
8. Scots of the Riverina<br />
9. The Fight at the Eureka Stockade<br />
10. On the Night Train<br />
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If a download fails tell me by email at mr.stockman@gmail.com and I will re-up the filePaul the Stockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096130245670029700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285972952988060123.post-86472216950928789522017-09-20T20:36:00.002+10:002018-01-02T19:35:01.272+11:00John and Mary Kopke "The Ship Mahogany" LP 1982<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This album features John and Mary Kopke who, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, were active folksingers based in Warrnambool in Victoria.<br />
The album features a mix of tracks ably performed by this couple with some good vocal and instrumental backing.<br />
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The title comes from a self-penned song apparently about a wrecked ship discovered somewhere near Warrnambool. Of course, regulars to the blog will recognise a number of "standards" in this album.<br />
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Tracklist<br />
1. The Ship Mahogany<br />
2. Leaving Liverpool<br />
3. Ballad of Cob and Co<br />
4. MTA (Melbourne adaption)<br />
5. Bo The Banjo Man<br />
6. Flash Jack from Gundagai<br />
7. Reedy Lagoon<br />
8. Mary's Choice (trads)<br />
9. Blame it on the Kellys<br />
10. Drovers Dream<br />
11. Ballarat-o<br />
12. Click go the Shears.<br />
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