1967 – The Year of the Album and Sales are booming United Artists, in a moment of confidence and flamboyance, nominated the next James Bond film theme – You only live twice – as “Album of the the Year”. Despite …
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The Free Spirits are credited with releasing the first Jazz Rock album. Originally formed as a jazz group they released an album in 1967 titled Out of Sight and Sound and they certainly were. The late Larry Coryell, guitarist extraordinaire, …
Postcode of Berties Discoteque (3000) Downunder, winter is entering its second month and the slumbering population is roused by an announcement by the Postmaster-General that a new system of post codes, replacing the older alpha numeric codes, would commence forthwith. …
At the Lorne Hotel front bar In Australia the summer was long hot and dry. And anyone with any sense was at the beach. The beach at Lorne along the southern coast road was world class. In the evening you …
The first Sunday Jazz Cafe program went to air on 4 December on Radio Adelaide between 10:30 am and midday. It was good to have some jazz music back on Radio Adelaide during the day time. Since the demise of the …
1966 – Beatles on first base with Revolver – who’s on second! There is a remarkable consistency between music opinion makers about the top rock and pop albums of 1966. The Best Ever Album.com website, canvassing thousands of voters across …
Prince Charles leaves Berties Discotheque in disarray In July 1966 Prince Charles, after spending summer and autumn grooving to the best of Melbourne’s pop scene in the hallowed cloisters of Timbertop College Geelong, drinking cherry brandy, was whisked back to …
On the world scene 1966 is fraught with conflict as the US bombs Hanoi in North Vietnam. Mao tse-Tung unleashes the Cultural Revolution forcing thousands of ‘revisionist’ citizens from the cities into the countryside. In Australia, Sir Robert Menzies resigns …
In March 2016 about 60 new albums have been added to the Emporium. We hold no musical prejudices at White Elephant Records. We sell anything especially good quality vinyl. In this current tranche of additions there are about thirty olde …
1965 was one of those breaking years. The music of the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan swamped the air waves and the listening public or at least the teenage population. The baby-boomers were tuned almost exclusively to the new …
