Post 784 - Various - Generation Records

 

Generation Records was founded by Consolidated Press/GTV-9 Melbourne around 197O involving musician Gus McNeil.

 There were only seven singles released on Generation Records all produced by Gus McNeil.

Aesop's Fables - a Sydney band '68-'71 mixed covers & original songs but suffered from many lineup changes. Les Stackpool presents his song "Sandman" while Cheryl Blake gives a stirring cover of Jackie Lomax "Little Yellow Pills". (GE 001).

Company Caine - Melbourne progressive rock band '72-'76 was the brainchild of singer Gulliver Smith & Russell Smith. They released two singles "Trixie Stonewall's Wayward Home For Young Women" & "Dear Carolyn". (GE OO2 (GE 006).

Al Head - Sydney based singer, his version of "Mammy Blue" gained little airplay while "Walk The World Away" charted in the top 20. Al penned the B sides of his singes, sadly little was known of him till his passing in 2018. (GE 004) (GE OO7).

Jeff Phillips - Phillips had a number of singles between '68 - '81 in Oz & overseas. His Generation single 

"I Want To Be Famous Like My Dad" is a pop orchestrated song, there was a second single from the same recording session but remains unreleased. (GE 003).

Les Stackpool - Ex-Aesop's Fables guitarist used his previous band for a cover of Neil Young's "Down By The River" with a country self-penned tune on the B side. Besides Aesop's Fables he played with numerous bands such as Country Radio, Doug Parkinson In Focus, Chessmen ect. (GE 005).

Thanks to Henry DeRooy for the art work.flac