emesbee Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) Sugarloaf - Green Eyed Lady This received a lot of radio airplay when it came out in 1970, but mostly it was the single version, which was butchered down to around 2.5 minutes. Just occasionally they would play the full length album version, ~7 minutes long. For a long time I only had a copy of the cut down version, on an old jukebox 45rpm single, until I eventually tracked down a CD with the full album on it. To be honest, the rest of the CD is a bit so-so, but Green Eyed Lady is something of a gem. I loved it then, and still do, but cutting it down to 2.5 from 7 minutes was a crime. I'm not aware if Sugarloaf released any other singles in Australia, can't recall any. Edited January 2, 2018 by emesbee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinilink Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob181 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 @vinilink...Love this song...and both CAN sing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob181 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Thunderclap Newman...another GREAT song... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbuzzardstubble Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Primitive Ghost (Ollie Olsen) - Skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbuzzardstubble Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 One for our Kiwi brethren Schnell Fenster * - Love-Hate Relationship *Phil Judd ex Split Enz & The Swingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob181 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 House of Skin... Where did that come from... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sansui77 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 From the 60's, Spanish band. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emesbee Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Fields - Three Minstrels If memory serves me right (and it doesn't always) this was released as a single in Australia in 1972. I'm not sure if this was a hit or not, but I like it. I love the heavy organ sound with the swirling leslie speakers (not something you hear so much these days). Fields were a trio that formed out of Rare Bird, but they only released one album, and this single, before they called it quits. They were treated very poorly by their record company after a change of management, and became disillusioned with the record industry. Its a great album too, re-released on CD by Esoteric a few years ago. I have a couple of Rare Bird albums, which have a similar organ sound, but it all came together on the Fields album. Its a real pity they didn't continue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbuzzardstubble Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart who wrote a lot of The Monkees hits - I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancientflatulence Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) What ........... there are people out there who don't listen to The Ferrets - Dreams of a Love album on a regular basis ........ shame on you .............. .......... or watch The Promise's video hoping that this time the long awaited major wardrobe malfunction would finally occur .................. I have been waiting for it since 1978 ............ ........ Edited January 2, 2018 by Ancientflatulence 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbuzzardstubble Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 I love this track. Aussie band Healing Force - Golden Miles. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbuzzardstubble Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Cracking good version of Fortune Teller by Sydney band The Throb (1966) 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sansui77 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Cracking good version of Fortune Teller by Sydney band The Throb (1966) Imo this version is better than the Rolling Stones version. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbuzzardstubble Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Just now, Sansui77 said: Imo this version is better than the Rolling Stones version. I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob181 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ancientflatulence said: or watch The Promise's video hoping that this time the long awaited major wardrobe malfunction would finally occur But it already has AF... The tie is still there but the shirt has gone... Just got the the people wearing shirt wrong... Edited January 2, 2018 by Rob181 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbuzzardstubble Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 The Conway brothers 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur63 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 January by Pilot. A big hit for Pilot in 1975 which they couldn't repeat. Two of the band members became regular musicians in The Alan Parsons Project. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantan Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Here's one. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) G'day mate, great memories of '75! Spirit in the Sky....one of my all time favourites! Regards, Felix. Edited January 2, 2018 by catman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancientflatulence Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 But ................. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sansui77 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 I agree. All Aussie rare hits from the 60's 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancientflatulence Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) Still love this one .................. Edited January 2, 2018 by Ancientflatulence 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob181 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 The BEST version of this song ever...all Aussie band... Individual members went on to greater heights... 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emesbee Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Speaking of great Aussie bands, there was Sid Rumpo. I believe they released two singles from their First Offense album, although I don't know if either of them were hits. I saw them as the support act for B.B. King in 1973 at the Apollo Stadium (now long demolished), and they rocked! I went with a schoolmate, and we smuggled in a portable Sony cassette recorder. I recorded the whole performance from start to finish, both Sid Rumpo and B.B. King with the cassette recorder hidden under a heavy corduroy coat (security in those days was, well.... what security?). Unfortunately the batteries in the cassette player ran down fairly quickly, and the tape speed was all over the place. I was kicking myself, and still am after all these years, because we were sitting at the very back of the stadium with a power outlet right behind us, and I hadn't bothered to bring along the AC adapter cable for the recorder, grrrr! The only part of the tape that was salvageable was the introduction and the first two songs by Sid Rumpo, which I have recently digitised for posterity. The rest of the tape had long since been recorded over. Recording quality is fairly ordinary of course, but its good enough to get a feel of what they were like live. This is from their album (not my bootleg). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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