NOELEEN BATLEY-THE WIZARD OF OZ-FESTIVAL EP1965-TIVOLI

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 NOELEEN (NOELINE) BATLEY - STARRING IN "THE WIZARD OF OZ"

"SELECTIONS FROM THE TIVOLI CIRCUIT PRODUCTION"

7" 45 EP  AUSTRALIAN PRESSING 1965 MONO

IN ORIG. FESTIVAL FLIP-BACK PICTURE SLEEVE & ORIG. POLY LINER / SLEEVE

ALL INSIDE ORIG. "NICHOLSON'S - THE MUSICAL CENTRE", SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA RECORD STORE PAPER BAG/SLEEVE WITH 6-DIGIT PHONE No.

TRACK LISTING :

SIDE 1. :

We’re off to see the Wizard

(a) Ding dong, the witch is dead

(b) The Merry Old Land of Oz

SIDE 2. : 

Over the rainbow

Evening star

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY HAROLD ARLEN & EDGAR YIPSEL ("YIP")HARBURG

LABEL  -  FESTIVAL

CATALOGUE  #  FX-10.964 

RECORD  IN  NEAR MINT CONDITION, HAVING BEEN WELL  PROTECTED  IN  ORIGINAL FESTIVAL PICTURE SLEEVE & POLY INNER/SLEEVE, INSIDE PAPER BAG/SLEEVE SINCE NEW

LABELS - FEW BARELY VISIBLE SPINDLE MARKS

ORIGINAL PICTURE SLEEVE IN VG CONDITION - GLOSSY, COLOUR STILL BRIGHT; MINOR CREASE, ONE CORNER;  MINOR FOXINGON BACK 

SUPERB 1960'S  / AUSTRALIAN  /  OZ  /  GIRL POP  /  PANTOMIME  /  WIZARD OF OZ  /  NOELEEN / NOELINE BATLEY  /  TIVOLI CIRCUIT   /  HAROLD ARLEN   /  YIP HARBURG  /  TIN MAN  /  FESTIVAL  /  45 EP   /  COLLECTABLE   STILL IN  EXTREMELY  NICE  SHAPE  AFTER 45  YEARS

NOELEEN BATLEY :

" Noeleen Batley, was one of the pioneering female stars of Australian Sixties pop. Nicknamed "Australia's Little Miss Sweetheart", her pleasing voice and demure girl-next-door image endeared her to teenagers and parents alike, and she is fondly remembered as a leading member of TV's "Bandstand Family" during the early Sixties. Compared to many other Australian acts, Noeleen enjoyed a very prolific recording career, with around 20 singles, at least eight EPs and three LPs to her credit, most of them recorded during the peak period of her career between 1960 and 1965. 

Noeleen's catalogue exemplifies Festival Records' mainstream pop output in the period preceding the cataclysmic changes of the "Beat Boom". She recorded mainly 'middle of the-road' material, including many standards and show tunes and even the odd novelty song; the rockiest' number is probably her cover of The Crystals' "Then He Kissed Me".

Noeleen remains a significant figure in Australian pop history -- she was our first modern female pop star, the first Australian female singer to have a national hit and most remarkable of all, Noeleen was the first Australian performer to have a hit record and tour in Japan. 

Noeleen's recordings are also of interest to Bee Gees aficionados -- she was friends with the group in the early 1960s and was one of the first artists to cover Barry Gibb's work, recording four of his songs in 1964-65."

"Noeleen Batley (b.1944) was most popular in Sydney, where she had nine charting singles 1960-1964, but her biggest hit was Barefoot Boy, an original release that was a hit all over Australia.

"Began as a singer in 1950s, and began her recording career as a result of winning a talent quest in 1960.

Rated 12th on a list of 104 Australian artists in a Request Program Poll conducted by “Six O’Clock Rock” in November, 1960. Also appeared on “Bandstand” and “teen Time”.

Went to Britain in the late 1960s, and eventually moved to the U.S. "

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The 45's we are now listing are all from 1 collection. They have been played, by a fastidious collector, but because they have been stored in poly liners / inside their original sleeves, inside another outer bag/sleeve, for the last 40+ years, they are still in amazing condition for their vintage.