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After Fielding & Dyer’s win on New Faces the duo were
signed to Spin Records. They recorded “The Whale” which was a hit all around
the country. They were then faced with what to record next so the two went with
their completion winner “Big White Horse” and penned a song called “The Ghost”
in the style of The Whale along with the "Di di di di di’s" to be the A side.
“The Ghost” b/w “Big White Horse” (ATAK-5047) wasn’t as successful at the 1st
single, but I think it was better (my opinion). This single was released on ATA
Records in 1973 and produced by Gus McNeil and recorded by Bruce Brown.Flac
Singer Leonie Goodwin is a little known session singer, who
was once part of the Sydney-based studio group “White Wine”, put together by
Gus McNeil in 1969. In 1971 Leonie released a solo single for Spin Records,
“Child Of Mine” b/w “Commissar” (EK-4348). The A side was penned by Carole King
& Gerry Goffin and the B side written by our own Greg Quill. The single was
produced by Gus McNeil. It maybe me just me but the B side to me sounds very
much like Country Radio doing the backing, have a listen and see what you
think. flac
Captain Australia And His Mate Downunder , that’s a mouth full and that’s about all I
know of this band. From what I can find out I’m pretty sure they were a Western
Australian band from the references to Perth and W.A as well as being recorded
at Sweetcorn, Perth. It was engineered by Keith Cramond and released on WEA
Records in 1979. Lynton, Galley penned “Skylab Fragment” b/w “You
Got Soul” (100 106) and maybe they were members of the band? One interesting thing I did find out that it
was released in the U.S. on Big Tree Records in the same year. Skylab was the
United States' first space station, orbiting Earth from 1973 to 1979, when it
fell back to Earth and caused a huge worldwide media attention. FLAC
Gino Cunico born in Sydney in 1949 and at the age of 20 goes
to seek fortune in the USA. Along with the guitarist of The Executives , Ray Burton (also co-author of I Am Woman by Helen Reddy) in
1972 they release “Strive, Seek, Find” (post #303), folk & country-rock LP
as Burton & Cunico, produced by Artie Ripp, co-founder of Kama Sutra. In
1974 Clive Davis forms Arista Records with artists such as Barry Manilow, Bay
City Rollers, Eric Carmen, Melissa Manchester, Gino releases his self-titled album
for the label “Gino Cunico” (AL 4117) produced by Vini Poncia. The LP from 1976
here for you to download contains a remake of “Daydreamer”, David Cassidy's hit
from 1973 as well as some other great covers. Flac
