Colour illustrated card cover with red and white coloured titles to the front panel and yellow and black coloured titles to the backstrip.Ĭreasing to the book corners. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs and the occasional facsimile of documents. About this Item: Dingo Books, Collingwood, Victoria, 1975.
Who Invented The Skyhookįrom Australia to U.S.A. All this being said, there's no doubt that provides a very thorough and arguably definitive primer, but listeners are hereby forewarned that the band's historical importance now greatly overshadows its musical legacy. Ironically, the same could be said for the 11 cuts contained on disc two, which were recorded between 19, when reunited their classic lineup with a view of touring behind a new album, but threw in the towel after a couple of new singles ('Jukebox in Siberia,' 'Tall Timber') failed to spark enough consumer interest (note: these same sessions would be released separately in 1999 as The Lost Album). Obviously, you just had to be there (and then), because the band's open parody of the era's reigning glitter rock trends ultimately amounted to surprisingly watered down, pre-new wave pop music, out of which not even bassist and songwriter 's cleverly amusing lyrics always manage to stand the test of time, so many years and a few generations removed from their original context. This startling realization is certainly substantiated by this 30-song, two-disc survey containing most all of the signature songs ('Living in the 70's,' 'Toorak Cowboy,' 'Ego Is Not a Dirty Word,' 'You Just Like Me Cos I'm Good in Bed,' 'Horror Movie,' 'Million Dollar Riff,' 'Women in Uniform,' etc.) found on ' five 1970s studio efforts, along with a wealth of non-album singles and outtakes. Now virtually forgotten outside (and sometimes even within) their native Australia, were once one of that country's most successful, influential, and controversial bands - a true antipodean phenomenon for much of the 1970s! But because the group's dozen Top 40 hits often relied on Aussie-centric cultural references and insular comedy, history eventually revealed that they shockingly consisted of rather ordinary music, made extraordinary by the charismatic characters involved - androgynous lead singer, in particular. The album will include the rare '1976 Guitar' from The Lost Album, originally released as a bonus disc on 1999's 'The Collection'.
With the Skyhooks catalogue currently undergoing a facelift, Warner Music will release a new compilation of tracks from the new series of remasters.
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