Hello Everyone not sure how long it will be before I can post anything again the power supply in the PC has shat itself and until I can have it fixed it is just to much trouble trying to do things on the old PC.

Jimmy Barnes - When A Man Loves A Woman

When A Man Loves A Woman/I'd Die To Be With You Tonight

Jimmy Barnes was the front man for one of Australia's best loved bands Cold Chisel for nearly 10 years before going solo in 1984. Since then he has released 20 albums including 15 studio albums 8 of which have reached the #1 spot. This single was released in 1988 and taken from the live Barnsestorming album charted at #3 the B-side recorded at the same time did not make it onto the album.

Rose Tattoo - Calling

Calling/Win At Any Cost

Rose Tattoo hard rock outfit formed in 1976 and have been an ongoing concern since then with a ever changing lineup with the same members leaving and then returning the only constant member being Angry Anderson the lead singer.

This single is taken from the "Beats From A Single Drum" album and features the non album B-Side "Win At Any Cost"

Don Lane - Self Titled

Sing/And I Love You So/Good Time Charley's Got The Blues/Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree/Ain't No Sunshine/Clair/Keep On Singing/Flim Flam Man/Song Sung Blue/Daisy A Day/Help Me Make It Through The Night/A Song For You

Legendary television presenter Don Lane has died in Sydney at the age of 75. American-born Lane became a household name in Australia through The Don Lane Show . Lane was originally hired to fill in at Channel Nine for six weeks. He went on to become one of the country's most popular stars and at one time was the highest paid person on Australian television.I thought I should post this album in memorium as I have some great memories of watching Don throught the 9 years that his show ran.

Although not thought of as a great singer this album has some merit the songs on the album suit his vocals, another album I hadn't listened to until I ripped it and I liked it . Don recorded a number of albums and singles the best known being "You're Everything" released in 1969 and can be found here on Tom Mix's blog

http://tommixmusic.blogspot.com/2008/07/download-no45-don-lane.html

and the album on Ozzie Musicman's site

http://ozziemusicman.blogspot.com/2009/04/post-89-don-lane-youre-everything-lp.html

Well I'll be buggered just noticed that this album is the same album as Ozzie's released 3 years earlier with different artwork minus the single which Ozzie's has, should have ripped the other album I have Oh Well.

For those that already have Ozzie Musicman's album here is my Artwork

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HJQ5HBPR

Diesel - All Come Together

All Come Together/P&H Children#

Johnny Diesel is an Australian musician. He has recorded nine albums under either this name, his birth name of Mark Lizotte or the epithet Diesel. Two of his albums have been No. 1 Australian hits and he has also played on several albums by his brother-in-law, rock singer Jimmy Barnes. Best known as a singer and guitarist, Diesel is also competent on bass guitar, drums and percussion and keyboards.

Johnny Diesel is an Australian musician. He has recorded nine albums under either this name, his birth name of Mark Lizotte or the epithet Diesel. Two of his albums have been No. 1 Australian hits and he has also played on several albums by his brother-in-law, rock singer Jimmy Barnes. Best known as a singer and guitarist, Diesel is also competent on bass guitar, drums and percussion and keyboards.
Diesel's 1994 album "Solid State Rhyme" featured the singles "All Come Together", "Fifteen Feet of Snow" and "Get It On". "All Come Together" had a stay on the the charts of 8 weeks and made it to #17 the single is a shorter version of the album track and the B-Side is a non album track.

Jenny Morris - Break In The Weather

Break In The Weather (7'inch Version)/Break In The Weather (Extended Version)

Jenny Morris was born in New Zealand in 1956. Her first band was the all-girl group The Wide Mouthed Frogs wich she joined in 1978 followed in 1980 by the band The Crocodiles, with whom she scored a Top 20 hit in New Zealand with 'Tears'. Jenny began her solo career by singing the title track for the film Puberty Blues, which was a local box-office success in 1981. In 1983, Morris formed QED with Rex Goh (ex-Air Supply). The duo's debut single, 'Everywhere I Go', peaked at #19 on the Australian charts in early 1984.

Jenny has had a number of hits in australia including 'You're Going To Get Hurt' hit #24, 'You I Know' reached #13, "She Has To Be Loved" #5 and 'Break In The Weather', which peaked at #2.

The Hi-Marks

Angel Smile/Only You/Cab Driver /Where Have All The Flowers Gone/Love Me with All Your Heart/Hoki Mai (Pa Mai Medley)/Quando/I Believe/King Of The Road/Amazing Grace/Twilight Time/Sh-Boom/Born Free/E Hine Me Hoki Mai Anoa (Island In The Sun)/Till/The Great Pretender/Everything's Fine/Karu Karu/Young Love/Mona Lisa

The Hi-Marks comprised three brothers- Hayward, George, Ellington 'Butch' Ruka, and their nephew John Ruka.
The group was originally formed in Auckland and this group eventually became a top concert group. The Hi-Marks concentrated mainly on reviving songs by 'The Platters', 'The Mill Brothers' as well as their own traditional Maori music
The Hi-Marks entered talent quests - always finishing with a placing and around Christmas they would appear in several cabarets around Auckland. Appearances on Television followed with spots on 'Club Show' and 'Telethon'

Sharon O'Neill - Physical Favours

Physical Favours/Silk Or Stone

O'Neill began her career in the 1970s in her home country New Zealand, then gained major success in Australia with the hit "Words" and the subsequent singles "How Do You Talk to Boys?" "Maybe" "Losing You" and "Power".
The early 1980s proved her most commercially successful period, composing and performing the soundtrack to the 1981 film "Smash Palace", and with the Foreign Affairs album in 1983 spawning her biggest hit "Maxine" , a song which chronicled the life of a Kings Cross prostitute. A legal battle with her then record company Sony caused a delay in her career.
In 1987 Sharon returned with arguably her best album (if under-rated at the time) Danced in the Fire "Physical Favours" was lifted from that album the B-Side "Satin And Stone" is a non album track.

Tina Arena - Soul Mate #9

Soul Mate #9/Soul Mate #9 (Nathan G Volume Radio Edit)/Soul Mate #9 (Big Boyz Remix)/It's Tonight

Released in 2001 and taken from the album "Just Me" Soulmate #9 made the #22 position on the Australian Charts.

Tina Arena - Symphony Of Life

Symphony Of Life/Symphony Of Life (Metro Mix 7')/ Symphony of Life (Paul Mac's Extended Euroremix)/Symphonie De L'ame

Tina Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer, songwriter and musical theatre actress. Over her long career in the entertainment industry she has won numerous awards, most notably 6 ARIA Awards and in both 1996 and 2000 she received the World Music Award for the world's best selling Australian artist. She has sold approximately 8 million records worldwide to date.Arena began her career as a 7-year-old, singing live on Australia's longest running variety television show, Young Talent Time. Even as a young girl she was known for her powerful voice and stage presence, but she dropped from sight for several years following her Young Talent Time tenure, working the club circuit alone and in bands and appearing in musicals. In 1988, at the age of 21, she was reinvented as a raunchy disco diva with the national #3 Platinum selling single "I Need Your Body". It gave her a successful album, Strong as Steel.

Symphony of Life" is a pop-dance song written by Tina Arena and Peter-John Vettese, produced by Vettese for Arena's fifth album Just Me (2001). It was released as the albums third single in Australia on September 16, 2002 and the second single from the album in France in October 2002. It was a successful single, becoming Arena's fifth top ten single in Australia #8 and her sixth top fifty single in France, where the song was least successful.

Rick Price - Hevean Knows

Heaven Knows/Listen To Your Heart

Rick Price (born July 6, 1961) is an Australian singer and songwriter.
Price was born in Beaudesert, a small country town near Brisbane, Queensland. He began playing music at the age of nine appearing with his family band "Union Beau". At eighteen Price escaped to Sydney and continued working as a musician, playing bass with various inner city outfits and landing the occasional bit of studio and touring work. During the mid 80s Rick turned his focus more towards his singing. His distinctive vocals were soon in demand and in 1988 he was invited to sing "Celebration of a Nation", the theme song for Australia's Bicentennial. This opportunity helped lay the foundations for his solo career.
Price began writing his own material in the late 80s and "Not A Day Goes By" was the first. This single released in February 1992 received saturation radio and video play, climbing to number 5 on the national charts where it spent 20 weeks in the Australian top 100. In March 1992 the second single Heaven Knows was released in Australia it was another top 10 hit #6 for 14 weeks going gold.

Master's Apprentices - Choice Cuts

Rio De Camero/Michael/Easy To Lie/Because I Love You/Catty/Our Friend Owsley Stanley III/Death Of A King/Song For A Lost Gypsy/ I'm Your Satisfier/Song For Joey Part II

The Masters Apprentices were an Australian rock band fronted by mainstay Jim Keays on lead vocals, which formed in 1965 in Adelaide, South Australia, relocated to Melbourne in February 1967 and attempted to break into the United Kingdom market from 1970, before disbanding in 1972. Their popular Australian singles are "Undecided", "Living in a Child's Dream", "5:10 Man", "Think About Tomorrow Today", "Turn Up Your Radio" and "Because I Love You".

Easily one of the best Austrlalian albums of the seventies had the Masters not been an Australian band and been perhaps an English band I'm sure that this would have been huge overseas. The band cites one of the reasons for it not being a hit in the UK as distance they recorded the album in England returned home found out the album was getting airplay and by the time they were able to get back there the momentum was gone. The Master's Apprentices were and still are one of the great Australian Bands.

Aztec have re-released the first album and you can get it here so do yourself a favour and go out and buy it.

http://www.rubandtugrecords.com/aztecmusic.net/

The Living End - Second Solution

Second Solution/Prisoner Of Society/Prisoner On The Inside/Misspent Youth (Live)/Strange (Live)

The Living End is an Australian rock band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 1994. The current lineup consists of Chris Cheney (vocals, guitar), Scott Owen (double bass, vocals) and Andy Strachan (drums). Former members were Joey Piripitzi – drums (1994–1996) Travis Demsey – drums (1996–2002) The band rose to fame in the late 1990s after the release of their double A-side single, Second Solution / Prisoner of Society which rose to #4 on the charts and had a stay of 47 weeks.
They have released five studio albums and one singles compilation in Australia; two of which have reached the #1 spot on the Australian Album Charts. They have also gained notable success in the United States and Europe.

Frank Hyde - Frank Hyde Sings

Always/The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart/This Is My Song/Among My Souvenirs/Love Is A Beautiful Song/ Irish Medely/ I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen/Somwhere My Love/ All I Do Is Dream Of You/The Mountains Of Mourne/Try A Little Kindness/Alice Blue Gown/ Shine On Harvest Moon/Danny Boy

In a distinguished football career, Hyde played for the Newtown Jets, Balmain Tigers, North Sydney Bears and NSW. He scored a try for the Tigers in their winning grand final in 1939, and captained NSW in the same year.He was captain-coach of North Sydney the last time they reached the grand final in 1943, but they were well beaten by his original club Newtown.Hyde began his radio career in 1953, calling games into a microphone set up on a card table on the sidelines.He called 31 consecutive seasons for Sydney radio station 2SM without ever being beaten in the ratings.His catch cry of "It's long enough, it's high enough and it's straight between the posts" became part of the fabric of the game."Frank Hyde was the voice of the game for so many people," NRL chief executive David Gallop said."The technology has changed a lot since, along with the way the game is played, but Frank's ability to make people feel part of the action through his calls is one of his great legacies."ARL chief executive Geoff Carr described Hyde as a great gentleman."Frank charmed everyone and he was one of the best judges of the game you could ever talk to."His influence was enormous and there are generations of fans who, every time they watch a goal being kicked, to this day hear in their mind the words 'it's long enough, it's high enough ...'."Hyde retired as a player in 1945 but continued coaching and became a qualified referee.Although the Second World War robbed him of the chance of playing for Australia, Hyde led Kangaroos supporters tours and was always invited to reunion dinners.He charmed people with his stories and renditions of Irish songs.He made a recording of Danny Boy which made it into the top 10 in the 1970s.A devout Catholic throughout his life, Hyde is survived by six children, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.Gaby, his wife of 64 years, died earlier this year.He was awarded an MBE, an OAM, and the Dally M Life Achievement award.Last year he was inducted into the radio hall of fame.Rugby league remained his passion throughout his life. In 1995 he said: "In its modern dress or its old, it is a fine, fine game - the best of all, I reckon, played by men with a ball in their hands."NSW Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell has described late rugby league broadcaster Frank Hyde as an icon."(He was) just an extraordinary icon", Mr O'Farrell told reporters in Sydney."For those of us who remember growing up listening to rugby league before the days of great television telecasts, radio descriptions were important, and no-one did them better than Frank Hyde."

Mr. Lee Grant - Mr. Lee Grant

Havah Nagilah/You Can Have Her/ The Real Thing/Some Kina Magic/Coloured Lights/Opportunity/Yo Yo/Take My Hand/Love/The Coalman/Spicks And Specks/Thanks To You

Mr. Lee Grant Kiwi superstar of the late sixties didn't make much of an impression here in OZ but was huge over there The Mr. may seem a bit pretentious but that was added to avoid confusion with a local actress with the same name. The album which I had never heard before was quite good .

A special thanks to Rex for sending me this album.

The opening track "Hava Nagilah" I thought was a strange choice until I read that he was born Bogdan Charis Kominowski to Polish parents on April 22 1945, in a Nazi concentration camp just outside Dusseldorf. His father was killed, but he and his mother survived and emigrated to New Zealand in 1949, settling in Palmerston North chilling stuff. The song "The Real Thing" not the Russell Morris hit is probably my Fave followed by the 2 Bee Gees covers Ronnie Burn's hit "Coalman" and the Bee Gee's first big hit "Spicks And Specks".

Bernie Hayes - Casting Couch

Casting Couch/ Slumber/You Made Me Hard

A member of a family of seven, Bernie grew up in Canberra. But it wasnt until high school that a young Hayes picked up the guitar. And from the age of 15 he could be found playing the wine bars in Canberra in bands such as In One Ear and The Shuffle.Sydney was graced with his presence in the early 80's when he was a member of the Gadflys and played at the Sandringham Hotel, Newtown (more affectionately known as the Sando) in the days when the horse-shoe bar was downstairs.From late 1987 until early 1996 he had a regular gig with his brothers Stevie Plunder (real name Anthony Hayes) and Pat Hayes, in the Shout Brothers (also known as the Shouties). However, sadly the Shout Brothers gigs came to an end with the untimely death of Stevie in January 1996. But this was not before releasing 'Colussus' in 1995, and then after Stevies death, brother Justin Hayes joined the band. The new line-up saw the release of 'Indelible' in 1997. In 1999 he released his first solo album through Half A Cow records, 'Every Tuesday, Sometimes Sunday'. The release of his second album, 'Domestic Departures', came in 2003. This time with the Bernie Hayes Quartet (John Encarnocao, Bill Gibson and Jess Ciampa). Again released through Half A Cow records. As if he wasnt already busy enough, he is also a member of 'Dog Trumpet' with Reg Mambossa and Peter Doherty, and 'The Dead Marines' with Brendan Gallagher (Karma County) and Bow Campbell (Front End Loader). Their debut album was released in 2005 through Vitamin Records. This was released as a radio-only cd single.

Ronnie Burns - When I Was Six Years Old EP

When I Was Six Years Old/So Good Together/Can't Let Go/Monday Monday

Melbourne singer Ronnie Burns emerged in 1964 as a member of Beatles influenced band The Flies, and went on to a successful solo career. After signing with Spin he benefited from his association with The Bee Gees, and he had several charting singles, usually with original songs by Australian songwriters.

"When I Was Six Years Old" was written for Ronnie by Brain Cadd and Don Mudie of the Groop it was a #28 hit for him the song was also recorded by Paul Jones ex Manfred Man.

Electric Pandas - Let's Gamble 12inch EP

Let's Gamble/Crush (Live)/Point Blank (Live)/Let's Gamble (Extended Mix)

Electric Pandas were formed in Sydney in 1983 and comprised Buckfield (vocals/guitar), Tim Walter (guitar), Warren Slater (bass) and Mark Stinson (drums).
The band were signed to the Regular label and their first release was the single, "Big Girls" written by Buckfield, in April, 1984. The track was featured on commercial radio playlists and music commentator, Ian "Molly" Meldrum, raved about Electric Pandas on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) pop music show Countdown. "Big Girls" reached #8 in Sydney by May, and peaked at #18 on the Kent Music Report for Australian singles charts by mid-year. A relentless touring schedule led up to the release of Electric Pandas' debut EP, Let's Gamble, in December, 1984. The EP peaked at #81 on national charts.

Sunk Loto - Sunken Eyes

Sunken Eyes/Chameleon/Blunted (Soundsbent Mix)

Sunk Loto was an alternative metal band from Queensland, Australia. The band's members were vocalist, Jason Brown, lead guitarist/backing vocalist Luke McDonald, drummer Dane Brown and Sean Van Gennip who was the bass player in the band from 1998 until 2006. Sunk Loto held a recording contract with Sony Music Australia with whom they signed when the average age of the band members was 16 years old. They have released an EP, 2 full length albums, and various singles. The band finished a short Australian tour at the end of 2006 and then headed back into the studio to finish writing and recording their follow up to 2003's Between Birth and Death.
Brothers, Dane Brown and Jason Brown and replacement bass player Rob Kaay had a meeting together in May 2007 and decided to work together on a new project without Luke McDonald. The three wrote many songs, five days a week over a six month period and tentatively titled the band The Flood.
Sunk Loto played a final show at the Hard Rock Hotel on the Gold Coast on Friday 14 December, 2007 and have since disbanded. This single didn't chart for the band but was released as an interactive CD and came with a couple of videos "Sunken Eyes" and "Rusty" which I've included in the post.

Christine Anu - Coz' I'm Free

Coz' I'm Free/Coz' I'm Free (Illpickl's Other World Mix)/Jump To Love (Course & Morrison Mix [edit])

Christine Anu (born 15 March 1970) is an Australian pop singer.Anu was born in Cairns, Queensland to Torres Strait Islander indigenous parents from Saibai and Mabuiag Islands.
Anu began performing as a dancer and later went on to sing back-up vocals for The Rainmakers, which included Neil Murray of the Warumpi Band. Her first recording was in 1993 with "Last Train", dance remake of a Paul Kelly song. The follow-up, "Monkey and the Turtle", was based on a traditional story. After "My Island Home", she released her first album, Stylin' Up which went platinum. This single is from the album "Come My Way" the single didn't chart very high only #86.