Post 243 - Autumn - A Patch Of Autumn E P

Like their contemporaries The Executives, The Affair, New Dream and Zoot, Sydney band Autumn has been unfairly labeled as a lightweight pop band, mainly on the basis of their early recordings. Fronted by lead vocalist Tony Romeril, Autumn was a superb band with a strong following in their home city of Sydney, and they could tackle pop, country rock and heavy/progressive rock with ease. Autumn walked into the advertising agency that handled the Levi's account, with a request to record the Levi's song. Levi's liked the idea so recorded it they did, and in 1971 released the EP here for you to download "A Patch Of Autumn" (EPW-200) on Warner produced by G.Wayne Thomas. Autumn recorded 8 singles, 3 EP's and two LP's. Tony Romeril worked in Italy for some time, recording under the pseudonym Andy Foxx. Romeril and Rick Graham re-formed Autumn briefly in Sydney during 1976, with a new line-up, but this new version, which played only new material and none of the Autumn songs, quickly fizzled out.

Post 242 - Jimmy Hannan - Curly / Sheila Ann

Ron Tudor's Fable Records was the most successful Australian independent recording company of the early 1970s. It was also one of the most productive 'indie' labels of the period, issuing over 300 singles and dozens of EPs and LPs. Fable released a wide variety of music from rock groups to mainstream vocalists; its catalogue also included Christian gospel music by singing group The Proclaimers, comedy recordings by Frankie Davidson, and novelty items like Drummond's 'chipmunk' version of "Daddy Cool" and the quaint piano version of The Mixtures "In The Summertime." Here to download is the very first single Fable released in April 1970 for Jimmy Hannan "Curly" b/w "Sheila Ann" (FB-001), #35 / 2 weeks. Fable was officially launched in April 1970 with a batch of five singles (all by Australian artists) and the success it enjoyed over its first nine months was nothing short of spectacular, seven of its first twelve singles made the national Top 40, and of the forty-one singles Fable released between April and December 1970, seventeen became hits, including two national #1s by The Mixtures' "In The Summertime" and "The Pushbike Song" and four other Top 10 hits by Hans Poulsen, Liv Maessen, Jigsaw and John Williamson. Fable won many industry awards during its fifteen year life.

Post 241 - Allniters - Hold On / Mr.Yunioshi

The Allniters signed with Midnight Oil's label Powderworks and with RCA in 1983. First single for Powderworks was "Hold On" in May, followed by a cover of Bobby Bloom's "Montego Bay" in September, which peaked at #16 on the Australian singles charts. Their debut album, D-D-D-Dance was released in October and a third single, "Love and Affection" followed in November. The album and all three singles had reached the Top 40 on the Australian charts. Here to download is the first single for Powerworks in 1983 "Hold On" b/w "Mr.Yunioshi" (POW 0132) produced by the Allniters. The B side was a non album track with guest appearance by Jonathan Coleman. In 1987 they recorded "All That Easy", which was released by Mushroom Records with Mental As Anything's Martin Plaza producing. The single had no chart success and The Allniters disbanded. The Allniters reformed with a new lead singer, Miss Velvet Vass (aka Juliana Vasilkov), and released "Nowhere Fast" on the Sound System Record label, with the album The Allniters disbanded again in 2001. They reformed in 2004 to support reggae band, UB40's Australian tour, but they did not record any new material.

Post 240 - The Mixtures - The Mixtures LP

The Mixtures, now comprising Peter Williams, Fred Weiland, Don Lebler and Chris Spooner, subsequently returned to Australia and cut a new self titled LP on the Festival label and a new single, "Down Under Girls" / "My Neck Of The Woods" in Oct. 1974. Here to download is that LP from 1974 "The Mixtures - The Mixtures" (L 25184). The LP was produced by Bruce Brown except "Down Under Girls" produced by Martin Erdman and "My Neck Of The Woods" produced by Kingsley Ward & Martin Erdman. Other players on the album were Bob Bertles (sax), John Phelps (keyboards) and Garth Porter (mellotron). They released another single, in April 1975, but it was to be their last and the group folded sometime in 1976.