The Seekers - The Seekers

Sparrow Song/Goodbye Again/Please Come To Boston/Sweet Surrender/Freedom/A Never Ending Song/ I Have To Say I Love You In A Song/Sweet Sympathy/Can We Learn To Get Along/Break These Chains/Every Road Leads Back To You/Reunion


Bruce Woodley, Athol Guy and Keith Potger, along with newcomer 23 year old Dutch-born Louisa Wisseling (a semi-professional folk singer formerly with Melbourne band The Settlers) ressurected the Seekers. In a February 1975 newspaper article about the group's reunion, Louisa revealed that Bruce had approached her at a 1974 Settlers concert at Ferntree Gully's Swagman Restaurant with an offer to join the group, and she originally turned him down. The new group recorded two albums and a number of singles, some of which, like "The Nimble Song" and "I Saw It All With Trans Tours" (both written by Woodley) reflected the boys' other careers in advertising. Woodley's composition "The Sparrow Song" became the group's biggest hit and remains to this day the highest-charting Seekers single written by a member of the group. Other tracks he contributed to this line-up included "Giving and Takin'" (the title track of their second album), "Can We Learn to Get Along" (which began life as a solo recording for the TV documentary series Shell's Australia, and was released by Bruce on flexi-disc), "Reunion", "Country Ros", "Standing on Shaky Ground" (featuring Bruce on vocals which he felt were too low for him, but were impossible for Louisa to sing for the same reason), and "The Rose and the Briar".In 1977 Bruce left the group and was replaced by Buddy England.

Marty Rhone - Marty Rhone

Things We Did Last Night/
Stuck In The Sand With You/The Reggae Rock/Leave While The Music Is Still Playing/On The Loose/Life Is A Three Ringed Circus/ A Mean Pair Of Jeans/If You Want It Baby/ I Don't Want To Say Goodbye/Dial A Dream/I Found Love With You/The Magicians Lost His Partner



Most people think that this LP was the end of Marty's career, as a pop star I guess it was but Marty has continued to record and perform up until the present. At the end of the post is a link to Marty's homepage where you can buy his most recent CD's. There are 2 front covers in the Artwork one is clean while the other has been Autographed (one of my sisters albums)


Here is a list of things that Marty has done in his career.

• 1966 First professional engagement -Toured Australia with the Rolling Stones and
  PJ Proby.
  
  
• Signed a 5 year recording contract with SPIN Records and released 9 singles
  and one album
  
  
• 1970 -1972 called up for National Service.
  
  
• 1973 - Starred in original Sydney season of Godspell for a record breaking
  season
  of 15 months.
  
  
• Wrote original music score and starred in “La Mandragola” alongside
  Pamela Stephenson
  
  
• Played Dean McDonald in blockbuster TV series “Number 96”
  
  
• Portrayed Tom Carter in Grundy’s Channel 7 hit “Class Of 75”
  
  
• Appeared in successful ABC TV series “Certain Women”
  
  
• Gold Record for No.1 megahit “Denim & Lace”
  
  
• Followed up with another No.1 hit “A Mean Pair Of Jeans”
  
  
• Won Outstanding Composition and Outstanding Performance Awards at the
  Yamaha World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo - 1976
  
  
• Released the winning song “On The Loose Again” which reached Top 20 nationally
  
  
• Played the leading role of Lun Tha in the London Palladium production of “The King & I” with Yul Brynner and Virginia McKenna
  
  
• While overseas performed in the United Kingdom, United States and Asia
  
  
• Performed at the Official opening of the Sydney Entertainment Centre with John Denver and Peter Allen
  
  
• MC for the Pope’s Youth Rally at the SCG before a crowd of 40,000
  
  
• In 1987 compered the Official Opening Concert for Carnivale
  
  
• Compered Official Grand Opening Concert of the Bicentennial Pageant Of Nations
  
  
• Headlined at Jupiters Casino and La Mirage on the Gold Coast in a musical tribute to Andrew Lloyd Webber
  
  
• Voted Most Popular Performer and Entertainer Of The Year on P & O Cruises in
  all age groups
  
  
• Resumed acting career in 1991 with a guest starring role on ABC TV series “Embassy”
  
  
• 1992 - Toured Hilton Hotel circuit with US superstar Randy Crawford
  
  
• 1994 - Toured Australia as guest artist on the “70’s Spectacular” with Thelma Houston and KC & The Sunshine Band
  
  
• In 1995 was Special Guest Artist for the Ethnic Business Wards on SBS • From 1995 to 2001 featured in the Darling Harbour Christmas Pageant televised nationally on the 7 & 10 Networks
  
  
• In 1998 released his latest album dedicated to all the great love songs of the Rock era - “FIRST LOVE” on Warners • In 1999 played “Jack” in the World Premiere of the musical stage production of “Jack The Ripper”
  
  
• Nominated for Best Male Vocal & Versatile Variety Performer of the Year in 25th Anniversary Mo Awards 2000. Nominated again in 2001
  
  
• Launch of new concept show ‘Stairway To Heaven’ and CD in August 2002
  
  
• Inducted into the 'Walk of Fame' - May 2003
  
  
• Became the first Australian solo performer to sing at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland – October 2004
  
  
• 2007 - Launched 'The Greatest Hits of Cliff and the Shadows' show
  
  
• 2008 - 50th Anniversary Celebration Tour, Cliff and the Shadows Together Again
  
  
• 2009 - Feature Film "Nude Study", the role of Gerald. Projected release: 2010
  
  
• 2009 - Sjort Film, Holy War
  
  
• 2009 - Released 50th Anniversary Tribute, Cliff & The Shadows Together Again CD
  
  
• 2009 - The Dream Tour, Cliff & The Shadows & The Big O
  
  
• 2010 - Feature Film "City of the Damned", the role of Django
  
  
• 2010 - Born to Rock National Tour
  
  
• 2010 - Born to Rock CD release
  
  
• 2010 - Born to Rock National Tour
  
  
• 2010 - Cliff & Dusty - Together At Last National Tour

Marty has a number of CD's available you can buy them here

http://www.martyrhone.com.au/albums.htm

Marty Rhone - Denim & Lace

You Can't Have Me/Star Song/Only If You Want Me/Move On Me/Take Away/Celebratin'/Denim And Lace/Little Miss Demeanour/Playing Your Game/Instant Coffee, Instant Tea/It's No Good/They Made It Rock


Out of his battle greens in 1972, Marty enrolled at the Conservatorium of Music on a government grant for a two-year period and then turned his attention toward acting, where he worked both live theatre (Godspell) and on television (Number 96 and The Class Of '75).

Then in August 1975, Marty's dues-paying came to an end when he signed to the M7 label and burst into the charts with "Denim And Lace", which became the year's second biggest selling single, and spent thirty-five weeks in the charts.

Within two years Marty had notched up three more hits - "Star Song", "I'm On The Loose Again" and the funky "Mean Pair Of Jeans". Marty went on to represent Australia at the 1976 Australian Popular Song Festival, performing a song composed by Brian Dawe and Steve Groves entitled "I'm On The Loose Again". It became the winning entry and from there they took it to the World Contest at Tokyo, where they took out two major awards - 'Best Song' and 'Most Outstanding Performance'.

By the end of the 70's, Marty was in London performing on stage alongside Yul Brynner in the production of 'The King And I'.

Today, Marty still remains a respected actor/entertainer, whose early work is long overdue proper attention.

Marty Rhone & The Soul Agents - Village Tapestry

Nature Boy/Thirteen Women/Village Tapestry/I Want You Back Again/She Is Mine/No No No No/What More Can I Do/I Can Tell/Every Minute Of You/Tell Me Love/Lonely Too Long/Green Mansions/She's Coming Home/Hurry Poor Working Man/As The Sun Goes Down/So You Want To Be A Pop Singer


Marty was born Carl Van Rhoon, on 7 May 1948. Of Dutch-Indonesian ancestry, he started singing at an early age and at 17 went straight from school to a professional singing career.

In late 1965 Marty and his band The Blue Feelings went to the Channel 9 studios to audition for their television pop show, SATURDAY DATE. However, it actually turned out to be, on the sly, an audition for a new record company called Spin Records, which was run by Nat Kipner (the father of Steve Kipner of Steve & the Board). Nat liked Marty, but not the band, and as a result Marty signed with the label as a solo act.

The Soul Agents were a respected Sydney band comprising: John Green (guitar) – Barry Kelly (keyboards) – Gerry Dean (bass) and Roger Felice (drums), all musicians of varied background. Nat Kipner had seen The Soul Agents performing at a Sydney club and was very impressed with the band, so in January 1966 Marty Rhone and The Soul Agents joined forces and became part of the Spin roster along with Steve & The Board, the Bee Gees, Jeff St. John & The Id, Tony Barber, The Dave Miller Set and Ronnie Burns.

The next twelve months was a hectic schedule taken up with recording, touring and television appearances. The first single, “Nature Boy”, was released on the Spin Label in 1966, followed by “Thirteen Women”, “I Want You Back Again”, “She Is Mine” and Marty’s own composition entitled: “Village Tapestry” – (the Bee Gees did guest backing vocals on both ‘She Is Mine’ & ‘Village Tapestry’). "Village Tapestry" is now considered a minor classic and has since been critically recognised as being way ahead of its time.

There were many highlights in their touring schedule including Marty’s support to The Rolling Stones on their 1966 Australian tour and performing at Sydney Stadium on the P.J.Proby Show with Wayne Fontana, Eden Kane and The Bee Gees. This show was also the first appearance of Marty Van Wyk on lead guitar, who had just left The Throb and replaced John Green as lead guitarist with The Soul Agents.

With all the single releases, chart success eluded Marty and the Soul Agents, even with such a compelling original track as “Village Tapestry”.

In 1967, The Soul Agents took on a full-time residency performing at one of Sydney’s biggest Nightclubs, and Marty moved to Melbourne where he continued to do television and personal appearances and remained there until early 1970 when he was conscripted into the army for a two-year period.

Seekers - 1976 - Giving And Taking

Friends/The Rose and the Briar/Giving and Taking/A Part of You/Country Lanes/Country Rose/Holding On/If I Could Write a Fairy Tale/A Finer Country Day/Standing on Shaky Ground/Where in the World




Around 1972 Bruce Woodley,Keith Potger and Athol Guy began planning a new version of the of the Seekers and they were looking for a replacement for Judith Durham, friend Buddy England suggested Louisa Wisseling and so Seekers II were born . Against the odds, the Seekers jumped straight back into the Australian charts with Woodley's "Sparrow Song" #2 in June 1975 and the album The Seekers #17 in July (Can be found on the Midoztouch Forum). In September 1975, they undertook a national tour and released three subsequent singles: "Reunion" (October), "Where in the World?" (April 1976) and "Giving and Taking" (June '76)."Giving and Taking" was lifted from the album of the same name.
Bruce Woodley left in June 1977 to concentrate on songwriting and production, at which point Buddy took over, remaining with them until the group split again. Athol quit in 1978, replaced by another veteran of the Melbourne '60s scene, Peter Robinson (ex The Thunderbirds, The Strangers). This version of The Seekers released one album, "All Over the World" in November 1978, then in 1980 they released " A Little Bit of Country" (you can find this on Midoztouch as well) with Cheryl Webb replacing Wisseling they continued performing in Australia and overseas until 1981 when they called it a day once again. They would reform again of and on right up until the present.

The album "Giving and Taking" is quite a good album from the opening track "Friends" to the closing "Where in the World" every song a winner while Louisa Wisseling is no Judith Durham she is a fine replacement. My faves are "The Rose And The Briar", "Country Lanes",
"Country Rose" and "Standing On Shaky Ground". Most of the songs were written by Bruce Woodley or co-written by Bruce and John Farrar former member of the Strangers and one time Shadow. There is also a song there from the brothers Gibb and one by Keith Potger.


Those that have requested reposts because of dead links just be patient I am still working on the artwork for the Seekers album before this one where Louisa Wisseling makes her first appearance as a Seeker so that shouldn't be too long and the Peter Nelson and the Castaways that I had posted very early on sounded terrible so I'm Re-ripping it before posting. In the meantime I'm reposting this one as the links were dead.