BURIED COUNTRY CD/LP (2000/2015/2018)
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To coincide with 2015’s second edition of the Buried Country book through Verse Chorus Press, Warner Music in Australia released a new rebooted version of the Buried Country CD called Buried Country 1.5. It was called 1.5 because it wasn't all-new – if it was it would warrant the '2' suffix – but it is rather a sort of remix, with about half the tracks from the 2000 original now joined by a full disk's worth of new stuff that’s come out since 2000. I wanted to mix it up, so in addition to paying tribute to the elders, especially those still with us, the set also took the opportunity to shine a light some more current performers… I think it all sounds, and looks, terrific. And then, in 2018, Mississippi Records in the US and Flippin' Yeah Industries in Australia joined forces to release a Buried Country vinyl LP (!), which adds even more material never previously rereleased in any form. For more detailed info on both albums go to their Buried Country website page here.
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New 2015 Warner Music CD
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2000 Larrikin-Festival CD
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I produced and annotated the original BC CD in collaboration with Warren Fahey, of Larrikin Records, and Warren Barnett, of Festival, who did such a fine job on the re-mastering. In 2015, the new edition was greenlighted at Warners by MD Tony Harlow, trouble-shot by Dave Laing and Nick Young, and once again (re-?)re-mastered by Warren Barnett. The 2018 LP was produced by Darren Hanlon, the Gympie Songster himself, and a labour of love whose lavish booklet alone adds a whole other dimension. Side by side the three sets' tracklistings as follows illustrate the differences: |
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2000
DISC ONE 1 JIMMY LITTLE ‘Royal Telephone’ 1963 2 OLIVE & EVA ‘Old Rugged Hills’ 1955 3 BLACK ALLAN BARKER ‘Take Me Back’ 1983 4 BROWN BROS ‘Black & White Cat’ 1976 5 GEORGIA LEE ‘Downunder Blues’ 1962 6 ASSANG BROS ‘Just a Closer Walk with Thee’ 1965 7 JIMMY LITTLE ‘Shadow of the Boomerang’ 1960 8 DOUGIE YOUNG ‘Cut A Rug’ 1965 9 GEORGE BRACKEN ‘Blue Jean Rock’ 1959 10 CANDY WILLIAMS ‘Oh, Lonesome Me’ 1979 11 WILMA READING ‘That’s How I Go for You’ 1961 12 LIONEL ROSE ‘Jackson’s Track’ 1972 13 AURIEL ANDREW ‘Truck Driving Woman’ 1970 14 COL HARDY ‘Blacktracker’ 1978 15 LIONEL ROSE ‘I Thank You’ 1969 16 VIC SIMMS ‘Stranger in My Country’ 1973 17 VIC SIMMS ‘Get Back into the Shadows’ 1973 18 COUNTRY OUTCASTS ‘Streets of Old Fitzroy’ 1981 19 COUNTRY OUTCASTS ‘Jackie-Jackie’ 1981 20 MAISIE KELLY ‘My Home in the Valley’ 1999 21 COUNTRY OUTCASTS ‘Blue Gums Calling Me Back Home’ 1981 22 BOBBY McLEOD ‘Wayward Dreams’ 1988 23 BLACK ALLAN BARKER ‘Run, Dingo, Run’ 1983 24 BOBBY McLEOD ‘The Resurrection’ 1988 DISC TWO 1 HERB LAUGHTON ‘Ghan to the Alice’ 1984 2 GALARRWUY YUNUPINGU ‘Gurindji Blues’ 1971 3 WILGA WILLIAMS ‘Arnhem Land Lullaby’ 1979 4 BOB RANDALL ‘Brown Skin Baby’ 1984 5 GUS WILLIAMS ‘Old Aboriginal Stockman’ 1994 6 ERNIE BRIDGE ‘Helicopter Ringer’ 1980 7 JIM RIDGEWAY ‘Ticket to Nowhere’ 1980 8 ROGER KNOX & EURABA ‘Streets of Tamworth’ 1984 9 ROGER KNOX & EURABA ‘Koori Rose’ 1984 10 COUNTRY SHADES ‘Home-Made Didjeridoo’ 1986 11 ROGER KNOX & EURABA ‘Goulburn Jail’ 1988 12 MAC SILVER ‘Malabar Mansion’ 1988 13 MOP & THE DROP-OUTS ‘Brisbane Blacks’ 1982 14 BILL WELLINGTON ‘The Night Owl’ 1985 15 WARUMPI BAND ‘Jailanguru Pakarnu’ 1984 16 MILLS SISTERS ‘Arafura Pearl’ 1987 17 KEVIN GUNN ‘Down By Banjo Bore’ 1991 18 ARCHIE ROACH ‘Took the Children Away’ 1990 19 TIDDAS ‘Inside My Kitchen’ 1992 20 TROY CASSAR-DALEY ‘Proud Young Man’ 1990 21 JIMMY LITTLE ‘Yorta Yorta Man’ 1995 |
2015
DISK ONE 1 Vic Simms Get Back Into the Shadows 1973 2 Jimmy Little Shadow of the Boomerang 1960 3 Black Allan Barker Run Dingo Run 1983 4 Lionel Rose Jackson’s Track 1972 5 Vic Simms Hey Sheriff 1988 6 Warumpi Band Jailanguru Pukarnu 1984 7 Mop & the Drop-Outs Brisbane Blacks 1982 8 Kankawa Nagarra Nyantu Yangka Parlaa 2013 9 Ali Mills Waltjimn Bat Matilda 2010 10 Maisie Kelly My Home in the Valley 1999 11 Kev Carmody You Beautiful 2003 12 Country Outcasts Blue Gums Calling Me Back Home 1981 13 Gus Williams Old Aboriginal Stockman 1994 14 Isaac Yamma Pitjantjatjarra Boy 1983 15 Auriel Andrew Ghost Gums 2013 16 Roger Knox & Euraba Koorie Rose 1984 17 Tracey Lee Gray Streets of Tamworth 1988 18 Mac Silva Malabar Mansion 1988 19 Ruby Hunter Women’s Business 1994 20 Tiddas Inside My Kitchen 1992 21 Troy Cassar-Daley Proud Young Man 1990 22 Rug Cutters Land Where the Crow Flies Backwards 2015 23 Roger Knox Wayward Dreams 2012 24 Lionel Rose I Thank You 1969 DISK TWO 1 Pigram Brothers Barefoot Kid 1998 2 Naomi Pigram Hurts to Be Me 2009 3 Warren Williams w. John Williamson Raining on the Rock 1998 4 Peter Brandy Long Time Ago 2008 5 Kutcha Edwards Get Back Up 2012 6 Dan Sultan Old Fitzroy 2010 7 L.J. Hill Pretty Bird Tree 2009 8 Frank Yamma She Cried 2010 9 Tom Lewis Two Dollar 2006 10 John Bennett Wangkaja 2011 11 Sue Ray Red Roses 2011 12 Benny Walker Time 2015 13 Thelma Plum Around Here 2013 14 Leah Flanagan September Song 2010 15 Archie Roach Big Black Train 2012 16 Painted Ladies Stranger in My Country 2014 17 Glenn Skuthorpe Great Beyonder 2013 18 Jimmy Little Yorta Yorta Man 2008 19 Theona Councillor Cover Me 2007 |
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2018 LP
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SIDE ONE
1 BLACK ALLAN BARKER Take Me Back 2 GALARRWUY YUNUPINGU Gurindji Blues 3 WARUMPI BAND Jailanguru Pakarnu 4 KANKAWA NIAGARA Yanany Baliba 5 KOORIERS Sick of Being Treated Like a Mangy Old Dog |
SIDE TWO
1 JIMMY LITTLE Give the Coloured Lad a Chance 2 BROWN BROTHERS Black and White Cat 3 DOUGIE YOUNG Cut a Rug 4 MAISIE KELLY My Home in the Valley 5 COUNTRY OUTCASTS Streets of Old Fitzroy 6 BOBBY McLEOD The Resurrection |