TONY WORSLEY & THE BLUE JAYS Velvet Waters Vinyl LP Rock 60s Australia RARE
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Aug 1, 2018
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Jul 30, 2018
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Sunshine QL-31,803 Mono 1965 Australia RARE!
CONDITION: Record has a few light marks but plays with virtually no surface noise, sleeve has no splits, tears or other damage.
In the wake of the incredible success enjoyed by pioneering Aussie 'beat' acts Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs and Ray Brown & the Whispers in 1964, just about every local A&R man, artist manager and would-be talent scout in the country was on the lookout for similar acts that could tap into this lucrative market. In quick succession came Normie Rowe & the Playboys, Ronnie Burns & the Flies, Johnny Young & Kompany, Mike Furber & the Bowery Boys and many other similar outfits. The core players of these groups typically came up through the late '50s / early '60s instrumental surf-beat boom, or sometimes from a jazz background. Loathe to mess with a successful formula, impresarios with dollar signs in their eyes (or pounds, as it was then) would take such seasoned groups and team them with a fresh-faced front man with the requisite pin-up appeal for the young ladies (remember — these were the "scream years" of Aussie pop, as rock historian Glenn A Baker described the era). And so it was that Tony Worsley & The Fabulous Blue Jays, one of the most accomplished and exciting of these groups, came to be. Over the course of 1965 Tony and the Blue Jays reputedly sold over 70,000 records, climaxing in their biggest and best-remembered hit, a dreamy cover of the Australian pop ballad, "Velvet Waters".
Tracklist
A1 I'll Be There A2 My Friend A3 Velvet Waters A4 With You By My Side A5 The Kind A6 Lonely City B1 I Don't Need Nobody B2 When You Go B3 Missing You B4 All Over You B5 Rockabilly B6 Dimplesprice rating
