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Thursday 30 April 2015

Post 576 - Arnhem - Tropical Love - Dreamtime

I’m not too sure who “Arnhem” was but I thought I heard somewhere that they were an Aborigine group, like Yothu Yindi, but in saying that they don't sound like it at all. I looked up the name again and the closest I came to was "Arnhem Land", one of the five regions of the Northern Territory. All I can tell you is it's one of the largest Aboriginal Reserves in Australia. And that's how I assume these guys could have come from that area and how the name came about. All my books say is that they released the one single “Tropical Love” b/w “Dreamtime” (PRS 2593) for EMI. The book gives no other info like band members or where from. The single was produced by Christo and released in 1978. So once again maybe someone out there knows some more on these guys and will kindly drop us a line.   Thanks to Tim for this rare gem and Badger and Tim for  contacting their contacts in the hope of finding out more on the band but it seems they are a bit of a mystery to all. mp3 

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

thanx for posting.
FYI: Arnhem is also the name of a city in the Netherlands. In the 70's there was a popgroup from that city called "Long Tall Ernie & The Shakers" (famous in The Netherlands and Germany), in 1972/1973 they had a sideproject called "Arnhem" (two 7"'s released, see http://www.discogs.com/artist/2026059-Arnhem).

Anonymous said...

The Band "Arnhem" was a Sydney, Australia based band. The band performed in many pubs, clubs, theatres and halls, supported many top Australian bands and also toured extensively in New South Wales, into Queensland and to the snow fields to perform at the Perisher Valley Inn. It existed for a short time between 1977 to 1979. Members of the band reformed in various bands enjoying the company and the love of music they made together. To this day they still keep in contact with each other.
The band started as a soft country band and quickly developed into a very creative band performing country rock, blues, pop, and many other musical genres. The band wrote and performed many of their original songs and as an example you can listen to the record with Tropical Love and Dreamtime.The band consisted of Greg, lead vocal and acoustic guitar, Jim, lead and backing vocal, acoustic guitar and didgeridoo, Wayne on lead guitar, Theo on bass, Malcolm on drums,Neil on percussion and Geoff on keyboards.

Anonymous said...


Great band ! Always a party when they played !
I remember Graham { keyboards} joined later .

Anonymous said...


Bruce a brilliant mandolin , flute and sax player also joined our tour .

The production on this recording did not capture the dynamic power, excitement and dynamics of Arnhem's live performances .

Anonymous said...

Jim {vocals},Theo on bass and Wayne Cowan {guitar} then formed this rock band

https://youtu.be/NPSUJuox934

Sometimes members appear here and possibly more tracks coming

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmDFlBe68M1P1I5KP9hlDRg

Anonymous said...


Arnhem Lifestyle recorded live

https://youtu.be/JoAbRM4iBJc

Arnhem The Light Sound engineer Duncan Mcguire recorded at Col Joy's Jacobsen's ATA studio Glebe

https://youtu.be/MiLZJ1YrGM8