Lionel Long Bold Bushrangers vol 1 OZ LP Folk Patricia Ken Cook Dave Guard EX

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Lionel's 1963 release The Bold Bushrangers: Songs of Wild Colonial Days was a landmark in Australian recording. Much has been made of the fact that rock acts like Skyhooks used Australian names and idioms in popular song, but the fact is that they were by no means the first 'popular' act to do so. Whatever the Australian musical identity might be, there's no doubt that its development is firmly rooted in the folk music scene of the '50s and '60s, and the renewed interest in Australian bush songs and ballads that was prompted by the so-called folk revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s. In this repsect alone, The Bold Bushrangers is a milestone.

The 'Australian-ness' of the project is clearly signalled by the cover, which features full colour reproduction of a detail from one of Sidney Nolan's iconic 'Ned Kelly' paintings. The original release was almost certainly the first ever double-album by an Australian 'popular' artist, appearing years before either Doug Ashdown's Age of Mouse (1969) or Spectrum's Milesago (1971). It's also arguably the first Australian concept album, presenting an extended suite of songs about Australia's bushranger folklore, and many featured lyrics by renowned Australian author, broadcaster and naturalist Kenneth Cook (Wake In Fright).

"The Bold Bushrangers was an ambitious concept double album of songs relating to the first 100 years of European habitation of Australia. Bushrangers ... were often present on the roads between settlements in the new colony. These outlaws operated alone or in small groups and sometimes used names such as "Captain Moonlite", "Thunderbolt", "The Kelly Gang" and "Cash & Co". The author of many of the songs on the album was Kenneth Cook, who set his lyrics against traditional English, Irish and American tunes of the era after failing to find sufficient songs of local origin to illustrate a series of radio talks on bushranging for the ABC."

"Dave Guard, in his first Australian-produced record appearance, is one of two support musicians on the albums and is heard prominently on four of the 24 tracks, where the sound of the long-necked banjo is reminiscent of his Kingston Trio days. The other support musician, Don Andrews, is the well-known Australian jazz and classical guitarist. The lyricist's wife, Patricia Cook, is the sole vocalist on four of the tracks in the series. From an original 12 songs, The Bold Bushrangers was expanded to include a total of 24. Interestingly, the melodies for two of Dave’s featured tracks, "Macquarie Harbour Lament" and "Ned Kelly" (on Volume 2), are similar to the more familiar "Haul Away" and "Tomorrow""

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