(BRYAN DAVIES-On My Way)-1965 ORIGINAL 1ST PRESSING-G9-LP

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ITEM: VINYL 12” LP 33 1/3rpm
ARTIST: BRYAN DAVIES
TITLE: On My Way
COUNTRY PRINTED: OZ
CAT No: HMV, OCLP.7585
1965 ORIGINAL 1ST PRESSING
COVER: (Grade at EXCELLENT+) EXTERNAL FLAPS
LABELS: (Grade at NEAR MINT)
VINYL: (Grade at EXCELLENT+)
TRACKS: See scans
  COMMENT: WIKI
Bryan Davies was born in Manchester in 1944.[1][2] At the age of four his family migrated to Sydney. His father, Norman R Davies, was an analytical chemistry lecturer at the University of New South Wales, his mother was a former dancer.[3][4] His first TV appearance was on teen music show, Teen Time, on 27 September 1960, while he was a student at Canterbury Boys' High School.[2] He left in the following year and was signed by the HMV label.[5]

  Davies first hit single, a cover version of Mark Wynter's "Dream Girl", reached No. 1 in Sydney in July 1961.[1][6] He also appeared on 1960s TV pop shows, Sing! Sing! Sing! and Bandstand (from 1961).[7] His second hit was "Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue" (October 1961), which reached No. 4 in Sydney.[1] It was originally performed by the California Ramblers in 1925 as "Has Anybody Seen My Gal?".[8] His other popular singles were, "I Don't Like to Be Alone", "Love and Money" and "Ten Pin Bowling" (July 1962).[1]

  At age 17 Davies became the youngest person in Australia to host their own TV show, The Bryan Davies Show, from March 1962.[1][9] Regular guests were Neil Williams, Judy Cannon and the Don Burrows Sextet.[9][10] It was broadcast for 75 episodes on ABC TV, directed by Lloyd Brydon and finished in December of the following year.[10] Resident female singer, Coral Kelly, later became a scriptwriter.

  From December 1963 to January 1964 Davies appeared in Once upon a Surfie, a youth oriented musical, at the Palace Theatre, Sydney with his then-girlfriend, Jacki Weaver, as well as the Delltones, Dig Richards, Lucky Starr, Rob E G, and Jay Justin.[3] It was written by Bill Watson, and centred on the antics of Gadget, portrayed by Weaver, "a snooty surfing girl whom the rest of the cast are intent on bringing down a peg or two."[3] It was a parody of the then-popular Sandra Dee Gidget films. Jay Justin was a song writer who provided Davies with material.[11]

  In 1963 Davies met Norrie Paramour, a British composer, producer and conductor, who was impressed with the singer's work and was encouraged to return to England in February 1964. In May that year he recorded with Paramour producing.[1] Davies returned to Australia in October and "adopted a more Beatles-influenced style and appearance."[1] In February 1967 he re-entered the Sydney charts top 20 with "Alberta",[1] his last hit recording. According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, "by the late 1960s Davies had moved into cabaret and television work."[1]

  Davies took up acting and hosting roles for TV shows and was a cast member on The Mavis Bramston Show (1964–68), and featured in 7 Network's Anything Goes (1968) with Nancye Hayes, Reg Livermore and Johnny Lockwood.[12] In July 1979 he took the role of Sebastian in Your Own Thing at the Comedy Theatre, Melbourne.[13] He had a guest role in Matlock Police episode, "What's in It for Me" (1973). In 1981 Davies was the presenter of a short-lived Candid Camera-styled game show, Catch Us If You Can.[14]

  Davies worked in The Johnny O’Keefe Memorial Show, alongside other singers from that era including Alan Dale, Vicki Forrest, Barry Stanton and Johnny Devlin.[15] He later performed with Roland Storm and Lucky Starr in the Golden Boys of Aussie Rock 'n' Roll show.[16] In 1994 Davies had a minor role, as the Barman, in the biographical feature film, Sirens.  

VINYL GRADING SYSTEM

MINT:
RECORD: New condition with no surface marks or loss of sound quality.
COVER: New condition with no surface marks, creases or wear.
NEAR MINT:
RECORD: Barely noticeable surface mark with no loss of sound quality.
COVER: Barely noticeable surface mark/ wear.
EXCELLENT:
RECORD: Some signs of being played with extremely little if no loss of sound quality.
COVER: Slight wear or creasing.
VERY GOOD:
RECORD: Obviously been played with noticeable surface marks & the occasional light scratches but exhibits no major loss of sound quality.
COVER: Noticeable wear on cover, seam or spine.
+(PLUS)/-(MINUS):
Slightly up or down in condition as appears in the comments above.
NOTE:
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