Antipodean Beat

Band Members:-

Marty Rhone – Vocals (1965-66)
Roger Andrew – Drums
Jerry Darmick – Bass Guitar
John Green – Guitar
Barry Kelly – Organ

Record Releases:-

Nature Boy / Every Minute Of You (Spin EK 1221) ??-66
Thirteen Women / I Can Tell (Spin EK-1294) 03-66 (w. Soul Agents)
I Want You Back / What More Can I Do (Spin EK-1383) 06-66 (w. Soul Agents)
She Is Mine / Village Tapestry (Spin EK-1571) 12-66
No, No, No, No, No / Tell Me Love (Spin EK-1790) 05-67
Green Mansions / Lonely Too Long (Spin EK 2053) ??-67
She’s Coming Home / Hurry Poor Working Man (Spin EK-2278) 04-68
Ruby With The Red Hair / Appeal (Spin EK-3158) 07-69
So You Want To Be A Pop Singer / As The Sun Goes Down (Spin EK 3637) ??-70

Band Members:-

John Hughson
Graeme (or Graham) Sands

Hailing from the northern suburbs of Adelaide c.1967-70, this combo played at The Octagon. Apparently this group won the 1969 5AD Radio Coca Cola Battle of the Bands. There is a rumour that they recorded material and were promised airplay on radio station 5AD – was this the prize to winning the Battle of the Bands in ‘69?

This band is quite obscure, can anyone provide any other information?

Band Members:-

John Green – Rhythm Guitar (1964-1966)
Marty Van Wynk – Lead Guitar (1966)
Barry Kelly – Organ
Gerry Dean – Bass Guitar
Roger Felice – Drums

Record Release:-

I Just Want To Make Love To You / I’m Still Mad At You (Downunder UK-1512) 10-66

The Soul Agents were the backing band to Marty Rhone from late ‘65 to ‘66.  When they (the combo) split from Rhone in 1966 they recorded this original composition on the shortlived labelled Downunder moniker at Ossie Byrne’s studio in Hurtsville.

Band Members:-

Andre De Moller – Vocal, harmonica & guitar
John Eddy – Guitar
Ken Kramer – Bass
Garry Lynn – Drums

Record Release:-

Help Me/Walk On By (HMV EA-4672) 12-64

This Perth combo recorded the Sonny Boy Williamson cover in late 1964 and by 1965 they had broken up.

Band Members:-

Norman Irwin – vocals & percussion (1966)
John McCormack – drums (1966)
Denis Moore – bass/guitar (1966)
Ken Rosser – bass/guitar (1966)
Denis Wright – guitar

Record Release:-

Tell Her No/You Know He Did (HMV EA-4777) 06-66

As much as I can tell of this recording the A side is cover of The Zombies’ ‘Tell Her No’. Any other info please?

Band Members:-
?Bob Fortescue? ?April 1966-Aug 66?
Dennis James – guitar ?April 1966-Aug 66?

Record Release:-

Louie Louie/Don’t Bring Me Down (6PR acetate) 04-66

This combo from Perth in Western Australia cut a demo which consisted of live recordings of ‘Louie Louie’ and The Pretty Things’ ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’. The 6PR studio was located at 340 Hay Streetin Perth, the name of the place was Radio Centre. Live acetate recordings were the norm of the day, unfortunately this recording has long been lost.

According to guitarist Dennis James the band never gigged.

[Editor - The Andre de Moller Trio recorded Walk On Boy/Help Me at the same studio on the 17 November 1964!]

Band Members

Vic Lampart – drums (late 1965)
Tim Urlichs – organ (late 1965)
Alan Gregory – drums (late 1965-Sept 66)
Les Wilkins – bass (late 1965-early 67)
Rob Woff – vocals (late 1965-early 67)
Terry Paul – guitar (late 1965-early 68)
Bill Putt – guitar (late 1965-early 68)
Brian Corr – drums (Sept 1966-early 67)
Alan Baker – drums (early 1967-early 68)
Ray Finlay – bass (early 1967-early 68)

Record Releases:-

This Life Of Mine/Peace Of Mind (Sunshine QK-1469) 09-66
What’cha Gonna Do?/Everything Is Black/In This World/It’s Gonna Be Allright (Unreleased tracks) c.67

This raucous r’n'b combo played covers such as; ‘Mona’, ‘Oh Baby Doll’, ‘Down The Road Apiece’, ‘Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut’. Wanted to record Mama but Festival didn’t wish for them to record it as a prominent Sydney band had already recorded it [Editor: It was The Missing Links!]. They (the band) weren’t happy with the cut of ‘Peace Of Mind’ but were happy with the flip ‘This Life Of Mine’.

Released in September 1966, some airplay from 3AK turned the 45 into a minor hit reaching the top 20 of the Melbourne charts. Brian Corr of The Mustangs came into replace Alan Gregory not long after the recording of ‘Peace of Mind’.

The band recorded more material at the Theatresound in 1967 which wasn’t released at the time but later turned up on the Kavern label in 1987. Band members Les, Rob & Brian left in early 67, with Alan Baker & Ray Finlay taking over. Terry decided to drop guitar and focus on vocals, this line-up became very tight and gigged for another twelve months. Sadly no recordings were done with this combo.

Band Members:-

Barry Connors – vocals
Barry Brady – guitar
Gary Moberley – keyboards
Ken Kramer – bass
Quentin Chadwick – drums

Record Releases:-

Since You Broke My Heart/Since I Don’t Have You (Parlophone A-8201) ??-66
You Shoulda Held On/Get Back (Parlophone A-8241) ??-66

This obscure band hailed from Bankstown in Sydney and whom would’ve remained virtually unknown if wasn’t for the future exploits of their young and naive manager Paul Keating. This man not long after the break up of the band became one of the youngest federal parliamentarians at the age of 25 in 1969. He (Keating) would become a long serving federal Treasurer in the Bob Hawke government of the ’80s & 90s. Who finally disposed Hawke from the top spot and led the country between 1991 and 1996.

Band Members:-

Mike Siegele – Vocals & Organ
Bob Van Amstel – Lead Guitar
Dan Schubert – Rhythm Guitar
Rod Schubert – Bass Guitar
Brian Fechner – Drums

Record Releases:-

Is This A Dream/Let Me Down Easy (GO!! G-5044) 12-66
Just A Little Bit (unreleased live track) c.66
I’ll Go Crazy (unreleased live track) c.66

Yet another band of this name, not to be confused with the Newcastle Upon Tyne group or the American outfit, or even the other Australian band of the time in Canberra, A.C.T.

The Chosen Few started as the Outcasts in the South Australian town of Nurioopta, during 1965. They took on their new name in 1966, with a membership of Mike Siegele (vocals, keyboards), Bob Van Amstel (lead guitar), Dan Schubert (rhythm guitar), Rod Schubert (bass), and Brian Fechner (drums). The quintet regularly played clubs like the Octagon and Big Daddy’s in Adelaide, but neverr settled in the City of Churches. Influences were The Zombies, The Animals, James Brown, Wilson Pickett & The Spencer Davis Group, which the band played many covers off.

During the summer of 1966, they competed in a Battle of the Sounds in Adelaide, and didn’t win but did get a deal with the Go!! label for a single, which was a cover of the Zombies’ “Is This A Dream,” issued at the end of the year. The record, despite a tremendously energetic and bracing performance with lots of ’60s punk power, failed to chart outside of Adelaide, and the band broke up in early 1967. A live recording of I’ll Go Crazy from the Battle of the Sounds was issued with another track, Just A Little Bit on the Raven issued Live At Big Daddy’s Discotheque in 1986.

Record Releases:-

Russian Spy And I/Now It’s Time (Columbia DO-5001) 07-67
Medley (unreleased live track) c.66

An Adelaide group that released just the one single on Columbia. They must’ve been quite popular as the 45 reached number nine on the Adelaide charts in late ‘67. A medley of theirs was recorded for a slated live LP for the opening of Big Daddy’s Discotheque in Adelaide in ‘66, this LP which did not get a release until Raven put it out twenty years later.