Bob Starkie of Skyhooks will join Jane Clifton (ex-Stilleto, Jo Jo Zep) for the launch of ‘(When The Sun Sets Over) Carlton, the new 2 disc compilation put together by David Laing of Warner Music.
Laing researched the inner-Melbourne music scene of the 70s and dug up lost treasures from acts like The Sports, The Dots, Daddy Cool as well as Starkie’s Skyhooks and Clifton’s Stiletto.
Rarities and unreleased material featured in the 45-track collection includes Daddy Cool covering Skyhooks in ’74, an unreleased Skyhooks demo featuring original singer Steve Hill, two unreleased studio recordings by Paul Kelly’s first band The High Rise Bombers and two rarely-heard tracks from the brilliant self-released 1979 EP by his next band The Dots, an unreleased Bleeding Hearts demo produced by Greg Macainsh, an unreleased early Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons demo from ’76, an unreleased pre-Sports demo by Stephen Cummings with Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band’s Dave Flett, and the first tracks ever released by both Wayne Burt’s pre-Falcons Band (with Pat Wilson) Rock Granite, and Glory Boys, a short-lived band featuring Nick Seymour on bass (whose track is a previously unreleased Paul Kelly song).
‘(When The Sun Sets Over) Carlton’ is out now through Warner Music.
CD1
‘Carlton (Lygon Street Limbo)’ – Skyhooks
‘Who Listens to the Radio’ (Single Version) – The Sports
‘So Young’ – Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons
‘The Lowdown’ – Dots
‘Middle of the Bed’ – Stiletto
‘Hit Single’ – The Bleeding Hearts
‘Boy Your Paranoid’ – Daddy Cool
‘Hard Drugs (Are Bad For You) ’ – Mighty Kong
‘Primal Park’ – Mondo Rock
‘Suicide Sister’ – Mark Gillespie
‘Faster Than Light’ – High Rise Bombers
‘Eudil’ – The Toads
‘Mechanics in a Relaxed Manner’ – The Pelaco Brothers
‘Truckin’ Casanova’ – The Relaxed Mechanics
‘Gossip’ – Millionaires
‘Out at Night’ – The Kevins
‘No Reason’ – Martin Armiger & Buzz Leeson
‘The Big Beat’ – Parachute
‘Let’s Get Rich Together’ – Spare Change
‘Ballad of Good & Evil’ – The Glory Boys
‘Crime of Passion’ – Eric Gradman Man & Machine
CD2
‘I Love My Car’ – Martin Armiger
‘Boys’ – Bleeding Hearts
‘Rosalyn’ – Stiletto
‘I See Red’ – Dots
‘Only the Lonely Heart’ – Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons
‘Suddenly’ – The Sports
‘Telephone Booth’ – Mondo Rock
‘Saturday Night’ – Daddy Cool
‘Hey, What’s the Matter’ – Skyhooks
‘Buzzin’ With My Cousin’ – Company Caine
‘Blue Movies’ – Indelible Murtceps
‘Roll That Reefer’ – Captain Matchbox Woopie Band
‘The Third Degree’ – Stephen Cummings & Dave Flett
‘You Got Me Where You Want Me’ – Rock Granite
‘Someday It’s Gonna Come to You’ (demo) – Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons
‘Comin’ Back For More’ – Mark Gillespie
‘Locked Out of Love’ – The Autodrifters
‘I’ll Be a Dag For You Baby’ – The Fabulous Nudes
‘Truckdrivin’ Guru’ – The Pelaco Brothers
‘Hangin’ Round the House’ – Peter Lillie & The Leisuremasters
‘Live Work & Play’ (’78 Live) – The Sports
‘Radio Radio’ – High Rise Bombers
‘Bright Boy’ – Eric Gradman Man & Machine
‘This is My City’ – Skyhooks
