A Decade of Classic Australian Hits: 60's [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 22, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Festival Records
• ASIN: B0000C8ALK
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #274,671 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Johnny O'Keefe: Shout

2. Johnny Devin: Doreen

3. Lonnie Lee: Starlight Starbright

4. The Delltones: Hangin' Five

5. Lucky Starr: I've Been Everywhere

6. Rob E G: Si Senor

7. Billy Thorpe: Mashed Potatoe

8. Normie Rowe: Ooh La La

9. Jimmy Little: Royal Telephone

10. Judy Stone: 4,003,221 Tears from Now

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. The Bee Gees: Spicks & Specks

2. Billy Thorpe: Poision Ivy

3. Johnny Young: Step Back

4. Ray Brown & The Whispers: 20 Miles

5. Johnny O'Keefe: She's My Baby

6. Noeleen Batley: Barefoot Boy

7. Johnny Devlin: Turn Out the Light

8. The Easybeats: She's So Fine

9. The Missing Links: Shakin' All Over

10. Lionel Rose: I Thank You

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Full title - Decade Of Classic Australian Hits - 80's. 2003 compilation featuring 45 tracks from the likes of Split Enz, Choirboys, Uncanny X-Men, Angry Anderson, Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan, & many more. Festival. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun introduction to 1960's Australian music scene, October 22, 2003

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This review is from: A Decade of Classic Australian Hits: 60's (Audio CD)

Over the past year, I have become increasingly interested in learning more about the history of popular music in Australia. I have always been a huge fan of the Seekers and recently I purchased a collection by Johnny O'Keefe, one of the pioneers of Australian rock and roll. This 2 CD collection of 1960's Classic Australian Hits is the first in a series of three by Festival Records. There are 28 songs in this set and I guess I enjoyed about 2/3 of the cuts. What strikes me as particularly interesting are the large number of solo artists included here. Being from the U.S., I have no way of knowing whether this set is truly representative of the period. In the 60's in America, the charts were dominated by group sounds. As for the music itself, all but one of the cuts were brand new to me. The only track I was familiar with was Track 1, The Bee Gees debut single "Spicks and Specks". My favorite cut was Lucky Starr's version of the Hank Snow classic "I've Been Everywhere". It was a blast to hear all of the Australian cities and towns rattled off in rapid succession!!! And Billy Thorpes version of "Poison Ivy" was also memorable. Other cuts I enjoyed include Ross D. Wyllie's "the Star", Judy Stone's "4,003,221 Tears From Now" and Ronnie Burns "Smiley", apparently about an Australian young man being sent off to the war in Southeast Asia. What frustrates me about this collection is the total lack of any liner notes. For a collector like myself, this is a big drawback. But all in all it was fun to hear all of this music and I don't regret this purchase in the least.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Correction, April 4, 2009

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Thomas J. Wynn (STOCKTON, N.S.W. Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Decade of Australian Hits: The 80's (Audio CD)

The first reviewer said that Lucky Starr did a great job of the "I've Been Everywhere" song and said it was a Hank Snow classic...Like, NO!

Sadly us Aussies don't get much credit from Americans but when you know the song was written by an Aussie, specifically for Lucky Starr, I think maybe it's time American's did some research first before opening their mouths...

Lucky had various international versions done for various countries to include the names from that particular part of the world...Hank just did a Snow job on an Aussie classic...

Tom