Dutch Tilders 'Working Man' Rare Oz Blues 12"Vinyl LP Eureka 1976 Australia

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A Fantastic and Rare album by an Australian blues legend!

Dutch Tilders (29 August 1941 – 23 April 2011), born Mattheus Frederikus Wilhelmus Tilders, was a Netherlands-born Australian blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.
His first paying gig was on harmonica at Collingwood Town Hall at the age of 15, at a concert also featuring Johnny O'Keefe.

In 1959 Tilders bought his first guitar, to be able to accompany himself when playing in cafes around Melbourne.
His early influences were Big Bill Broonzy, Mississippi John Hurt and Blind Blake.

He has toured with John Mayall (1974), Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee (1976, 1980s), and Taj Mahal (1986, 1990s). B.B.King(1976)

" In 1976, having only heard Dutch's recordings, B.B. King assumed that he was black. Dutch and Brownie McGee became good friends simply because Browney believed that the Dutchman was a genuine bluesman, regardless of his racial origins.' ... (from Milesago.com ).

In May 2012 Australian Guitar magazine listed him in the top 40 on their Definitive Australian Guitarists of All Time.

'Working Man' was Recorded In Australia and was recorded as live two track stereo mix at "Mediasound" Melbourne on 28th May 1976 and "Tin Pan Alley" Sydney on the 3rd of November 1976.
On this album he also used a backing band of Jim Conway on harmonica (The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band); Ray Arnott on drums (Spectrum) John Dubois on bass guitar, and Kerryn Tolhurst on mandolin and dobro (all from The Dingoes); and Jeff King on dobro (The Foreday Riders)

Dutch Tilders ?– Working Man
Label: Eureka ?– E-104
Cover: Gatefold
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: Australia
Released: 1977
Genre:Blues

Track list
A1 Writing You This Letter Written-By – M. Tilders* 2:43
A2 Good morning Cigarette Written-By – M. Tilders* 2:12
A3. Marie written-By – Irving Berlin 2:54
A4 Hey Hey Written-By – Big Bill Broonzy 2:58
A5 Mississippi John Hurt Medley (Stagger Lee/Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do/My Creole Belle/C.C. Rider) Written-By – M.J. Hurt* 6:36
A6 Long Tall Mama Written-By – Big Bill Broonzy 2:50

B1 Working Man Written-By – M. Tilders* 2:55
B2 Don't You Tell On Me Written-By – M. Tilders* 2:26
B3 Goodnight Irene Written-By – H. Ledbetter* 3:52
B4 Worried Life Written-By – M. Merriweather* 3:11
B5 Going Down Slow Written-By – St. Louis John Oden* 4:28
B6 The Hunter Written-By – Booker T. Jones And The M.G.'s* 3:07

Credits
Acoustic Bass – John Dubois
Blues Harp – Jim Conway
Drums – Ray Arnott
Engineer [Melbourne] – John McDiarmid (2)
Engineer [Sydney] – Noel Cantrill
Guitar, Vocals – Matthew (Dutch) Tilders*
Mandolin, Resonator Guitar [Dobro] – Kerryn Tolhurst
Resonator Guitar [Dobro] – Jeff King (2)


Companies
Recorded At – Media Sound Studio
Recorded At – Tin Pan Alley Studios, Sydney,Australia
Album dedicated to Sonny and Sam Tilders

*Collectors Availability Rating: 9
(Legend 1=Common 10= Rare)
*Cover: Gatefold/Good
*Record has very slight noise on a small area on side 1/track1 otherwise plays great.

VINYL ALBUM GRADING/CONDITION- This album 8

Guidelines for assessing the grading / condition of used records (based on Goldmine Grading for Records)
MINT (M): Perfect! This record looks like it has just left the manufacturer, with NO flaws what so ever. It looks as though it had never been handled. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains. No stickers address labels, writing on the covers or labels. No tears or seam splits. No wear to the cover or record period! Age of the record has nothing to do with it.
NEAR MINT or NM, M- : this record appears virtually flawless A very minor scuff and very little else can appear on the vinyl. It should play without any noise over the flaw. The flaw is very hard to see. The cover looks as close to perfect with only minor signs of wear and or age. Minor impressions to the cover (due to the outer edge of the vinyl resting inside) may be acceptable, however the artwork is be as close to perfect as can be.
EXCELLENT or EX or VG++ : minor scuffs which are only slightly visible. There may be more than a few scuffs and NO Scratches COVER: Artwork is still as close to perfect as can be. Some impression to the cover (minor outer ring wear) but no ink wear! Some slight creases to the corners, but not wrinkled and obtrusive to the eye. The corners can show white (where the artwork pasted slick was) meaning, slight wear. No seam splits or writing on the cover or taped repairs can make this grade.
VERY GOOD PLUS or VG+ record shows wear, surface scuffs. The vinyl still has a great luster, but the flaws will be noticeable to the naked eye. If the flaws don't cause any surface noise, the vinyl can still make the VG+ grade. COVERS: A virtually clean cover, but may have small writing on it.The artwork looks clean with slightly more aging. The back of the cover usually gives away the age of the cover. Flat white paper will be somewhat yellow yet no stains or mildew from water damage. Some minor wear to the seams or spine, but no tears or holes popping through. The corners will be slightly dog eared yet no crackly bends, defacing the artwork. In essence, a VG+ cover should have no more than 3 flaws mentioned.
VERY GOOD or VG: this record is a record that is good enough. They are not really going to look very good, but it will STILL play very good. there will almost always be some surface noise when they are played. The Dynamics should still be excellent, overpowering the surface noise. A VG record will appear well have been played but still have some luster. VG covers will look worn, used. There may be some seam splitting . There will be some ring wear, where the ink has begun to wear off. Giving the cover a look of snow falling. If the artwork looks snowy all over, it is less than VG condition. There may be some writing on the cover (still, no Large letters in magic marker). It will look aged and more yellowish due to contamination's in the air (sometimes looking like cigarette smoke). Still it should be decent.
GOOD or G A good record will look very well played, dull, grayish and possibly abused. However a Good record should still play. It will have distracting surface noise. Such as crackle that is continuous or some hiss. Will also have some loss of dynamics caused from grooves being worn. It should play without any skips or any obtrusively loud pops or repeated clicks, caused by deep scratches. Good means that it will play with some form of decency, so one can still enjoy the music even though you can still hear noise caused from the wear. A Good cover will have just about everything wrong with it. It will have seam splits (possibly taped repaired, but only with scotch tape. No duct tape or masking tape repairs. These are big turn offs. May have magic marker writing on the cover but still if they are in huge letters, it is a big turn off.In essence, the cover will looked virtually trashed, but some artwork will still be noticed. If the artwork is worn, it is POOR and the cover is worthless.On a scale from 1 (Poor) to 10 (Perfect) the above gradings are equivalent to:
MINT - 10, Near Mint - 8, Excellent - 7, Very Good Plus - 6 , Very Good - 5 , Good - 2