Post 520 - John Vincent - The Ballad Of John Grey Gorton - Those Prowling Pets

John Vincent was a South Australian DJ who put out many ocker novelty records, both under his own name and as the 'Ken Oath Ockerstra. This single recorded for Nationwide Records in 1971, a “Big Bad John” take off about Australian P.M. John Gorton. Both sides were penned by Norman Hodge. Here to download is “The Ballad Of John Grey Gorton” b/w “Those Prowling Pets” (NSP-053). Vincent commenced his radio career as an announcer with radio 2RE Taree NSW in 1963 then working with many Stations including; 2NX Newcastle, 7HO Hobart, 6PR Perth, 5AD Adelaide, 5KA Adelaide, SA-FM Adelaide, 4TO Townsville, 5MU Murray Bridge, Triple M Adelaide and 2GB Sydney.

Post 519 - Silver Studs - Happy Days LP

Lance Reynolds formed Australian Rock 'n ' Roll revival act Silver Studs in Brisbane during 1975. The trio's act included singing, dancing and comedy. They signed to the Philips label and issued the single My Teenage Dream. They scored their biggest hit single with a rendition of “Happy Days”, the theme song to the US TV comedy of the same name. The single reached number four in June 1976 and was followed by their second hit, “Dance With A Dolly”, which made number 11 in September. The trio's debut album “Happy Days” (6357042) sold 50,000 copies for Philips Records. At the start of 1977, Stevens left to replace Frankie J Holden in Ol'55, where he performed under the pseudonym Mike Raffone. The LP here for you to download was produced by Rod Thomas with the help of William Motzing and Michael Vidale in 1976. 

Post 518 - Helvelln - Helvelln LP

Helvelln were a three piece band from Melbourne formed in 1989. The members were Jeremy Gronow (guitar, vocals), Nick Green (drums) and Andrew Papdopoulos (bass). The album here was recorded and mixed in four days at Sing Sing Studios, Richmond and Melbourne in January 1991 and was produced by Mark Woods. In 1991 Hevelln won the National Campus band competition (at the time the biggest competition of its kind in the Southern hemisphere), toured Australia and released their self-titled album “Helvelln” (D24004) on Mushroom Records.