I recently stumbled over this boxed 2 LP set. It was released on the German Teldec label in 1985 with extensive notes on both the music and Australia in both English and German. From the notes it appears that both Warren Fahey and the Australian Government contributed information and, quite possibly, encouragement for the release of the LP. Perhaps it was meant to be, at least in part, a tool to encourage possible migrants. The set features various Australian-based artists with a strong folk and protest flavour. Possibly this set migrated to Australia as I can find no Australian references to the set. The second LP is a bit "iffy" in respect of some of the tracks which have not cleaned up as well as I would have liked so there are still some residual problems which detract in respect of three of the tracks. Because of this I have listed the two LPs seperately. I have also considered that LP1 is more in the remit of this blog but certainly LP2 is quite entertaining in its own right. There are a couple of errors in the listing of the tracks and artists in the booklet that came with the set, notably, Mike Jackson is listed as Michael Jackson; "10000 miles away" was reduced to just a 1000 miles and the Cathie O'Sullivan combo of "Nipper" and "Big Bill" (recently posted on the High Places album) is listed as one track and the notes give details about both but "Nipper" is not included on the LPs.
My scanning of the included booklet is a bit crude (too large for A4 scanner) but includes all the pictures and text. It's also a seperate download.
LP1 Tracks
01 - Wandjuk Marika - Didjeridu Solo 02 - Phyl Lobl - No more boomerang
03 - The Larrikins - Captain Cook
04 - Christy Cooney - The Girls of the Shamrock Shore
05 - Dave de Hugard - The Tent Poles are Rotten
06 - Mike Jackson - The Teams
07 - Currency - Come Listen
08 - Dave de Hugard - 10000 Miles away
09 - Justin Murphy - Wee Pot Stove
10 - Cathie O'Sullivan - Norfolk Whalers
11 - Warren Fahey - Tumba~Bloody~Rumba
12 - Cathie O'Sullivan - Bluey Brink
13 - Mike Jackson - The Waterfall Waltz
14 - Cast - Jindywaroback
15 - Eric Bogle - The Great Australian Takeaway
16 - Geraldine Doyle - Stand on your Man
LP2 Tracks
17 - Bernard Bolan - Australia Square
18 - Cyril May - Mullimbimby Madness Millionaire
19 - Clem Parkinson - The Wimmins Ball
20 - Lyell Sayer - F1~11
21 - Chris Duffy - Aussie Medley
22 - Jeannie Lewis - Red Dust
23 - Black Diamond - The bloody company
24 - Tactics - Buried Country
25 - R U Ready - The Road to Noonkanbah
26 - Cathie O'Sullivan - Big Bill
27 - Phyl Lobl - Seasons of War
28 - Eric Bogle - And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
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A very interesting post about a great album(s). Some less heard of artists among the well known ones and I particularly liked the inclusion of the didgeridoo. Just seems a little out of place in Germany, I wonder what the sales were! Thanks very much for posting this and for the trouble taken in cleaning it up.
ReplyDeletePaul from Brisbane has made the following pertinent comments:-
ReplyDeleteThe two tracks attributed to Mike Jackson are in fact Mike and Michelle before they went their separate ways, fom the Henry Lawson album.
The Bogle track on LP 1 is more correctly entitled “The Great Aussie Takeaway”. Perhaps the authors thought your average German wouldn’t comprehend “Aussie”.
Thanks for that, Paul