These pages give details about those hard to find and sought after recordings which New Seekers' fans may want to collect, including releases on flexi-disc, vinyl, cassette and CD. Some of CDs listed feature recordings made by members of the New Seekers before they joined the group.
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Buried, But Not Dead: Aussie Rarities
The Melbourne Sound of the 60's
A 20 track CD which includes Peter Doyle's single Plastic Dreams and Toy Balloons and The Procession's version of Anthem (One Day In Every Week), which was a UK hit for the New Seekers in 1978.
Tracks: The Avengers, Twiddle-e-Dee | Vibrants, I've Got to Go | Jeff Phillips, Everything I Touch Turns to Tears | The Party Machine, You've All Gotta Go | The Clik, La-De-Da | The Colours, Plenty of Room Up Top | Buddy England, If I Never Get to Love You | The Valentines, Love Makes Sweet Music | Town Criers, Laughing Man | The Sect, St. John's Wood | Peter Doyle, Plastic Dreams and Toy Balloons | The Groop, You Gotta Live Love | Perfection, Pretty Girl | The Iguana, Good News | Motion, Nice Girl | Marcie Jones, That's The Way It Is | The Procession, One Day In Every Week | Dream, Who Could Be Lovin' You | Norman Willison, Please Do Something | The Cherokees, Sally
Devil's Children
Volume 3
includes the Wild Colonials' Ain't That
Lovin' You Baby
and Peter Doyle's
version of Tweedle Dee.
Devil's Children Volume 3
Among the 32 tracks on this limited edition Australian CD are Peter Doyle's version of Tweedle Dee and the Wild Colonials' Ain't That Lovin' You Baby.Peter Doyle was a member of the New Seekers in the group's heyday (1970-73). Mick Flinn, who had been a member of the Wild Colonials, joined the New Seekers long after the group's chart-topping days had come to an end.
Tracks: Psychadelia | Robbie Steele, Maid Of Sugar, Maid Of Spice | RJSS, She's So Good To Me | Little Gulliver & The Children, I Apologise | Blues Rags 'n' Hollers, Got Love If You Want It | Blue Beats, Dr. Feelgood | Bobby & Laurie, Fallin' | Vikings, Down The Road Apiece | Groop, Bury My Body | Morluch, Hit The Road, Jack | Peter Doyle, Tweedle Dee | Others, Dancing Girl | ID, Watch Out | Johnny K, I'm Mad | Showmen, Too Much Monkey Business | Laurie Wade's Cavaliers, Say Hey | Colin Buckley, Little Egypt | Wild Colonials, Ain't That Lovin' You Baby | Purple Hearts, Louie Louie | Mixtures, Koko Joe | Blues Syndicate, Baby Please Don't Go | Pacifics, Lost My Baby | Bitter Lemons, Canberra Blues | Syssys, Jump Back | Hergs, Cadillac | Richard Wright Group, Miss Hargraves | Feelgoods, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl | Toni McCann, If You Don't Come Back | Colin Cook, I Ain't Got You | Ward Austin & Python Lee Jackson, Who Do You Love | Elois, I'm A Man | Junior, Newsgirl
Label: Rum & Beer Records Pty. Limited for Moonshine Records Released: No date given
Dream Babes Volume 1
Am I Dreaming?
(CD cover)
Dream Babes, Volume 1
Am I Dreaming?
A 24 track CD "presenting two dozen long-forgotten classics from the sixties". The CD includes Cry To Me by The Track, a two-girl, four-boy group led by Ross Mitchell, which numbered amongst its other members Sandra Stevens (later to be successful with the Brotherhood of Man) and Eve Graham.
Tracks: Cindy Williams, They Talk About Us | Samantha Jones, I Deserve It | Jacky Lee, The Town I Live In | Jane Hillery, You've Got That Hold On Me | Linda Kaye, I Cant Stop Thinking About You | Deano, Baby Let Me Be Your Baby | Sandra Browne, You'd Think He Didn't Know Me | Patsy Ann Noble, Sour Grapes | Tiffany, Am I Dreaming? | Three Bells, Softly In The Night | Alma Cogan, Snakes and Snails | Beverley Jones, Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home | Beryl Marsden, Breakaway | Madeline Bell, You Don't Love Me No More | Samantha Jones, Don't Come Any Closer | The Track, Cry To Me | Sam Sloan, Be His Girl | Andee Siver, Too Young To Go Steady | Lesley Duncan, You Kissed My Boy | Suzie Cope, Biggity Big | Carol Deene, Some People | Emma Rede, I Gotta Be With You | Alison Wonder, Once More With Feeling | Peanut, I Didn't Love Him Anyway
Hot Generation
includes Peter Doyle's High Time Baby.
Hot Generation
A compilation CD of Australian rock from the mid-1960s. Among the 30 tracks is one by Peter Doyle, which the sleeve notes describe as "an amazing fuzz-filled version of the Spencer Davis Group'sHigh Time Baby complete with divebombing bass runs and a desperate vocal."
Tracks: The Sunsets, The Hot Generation | The Soul Agents, I'm Still Mad At You | Tony Worsley, How Can It Be | Johnny Young, Good Evening Girl | Marty Rhone, Every Minute Of You | Steve & The Board, I Call My Woman Hinges 'Cause She's Something To Adore | Russ Kruger, Keep Me Satisfied | Robbie Peters, She Does Everything For Me | Toni McCann & The Blue Jays, No | The Purple Hearts, I'm Gonna Try | The Showmen, Naughty Girl | Jeff St. John & The ID, Watch Out | Tony Worsley & The Blue Jays, All Over You | The Black Diamonds, See The Way | Ray Brown & The Whispers, Go To Him | The Pogs, The Pogs' Theme | The Morloch, I'm Feelin' Sad | Steve & The Board, I Want | The Lost Souls, Peace Of Mind | Toni McCann & The Blue Jays, Saturday Date | The Fabulous Blue Jays, I'll Make You Cry Too | The Southern Gentlemen, Leave Myself To Me | Normie Rowe & The Playboys, With Me | Ray Brown & The Whispers, Ain't It Strange | Tony Cole, Beat It! | Greg Anderson, I Feel Good | Tony Barber, No More Moanin' | The Black Diamonds, Not This Time | Peter Doyle, High Time Baby | The Dave Miller Set, Why Why Why
This 22 track CD contains two tracks of interest to New Seekers' fans - Carpet Man by the Nocturnes (a group featuring Lyn Paul and Eve Graham) and Strange Walking Man by Mandrake Paddle Steamer (a group founded by Brian Engel).
Tracks: Donovan, Sunshine Superman | Tomorrow, My White Bicycle | The 'N Betweens, Delighted To See You | Donovan, Sunny South Kensington | The Fingers, Circus With A Female Clown | Tomorrow, Why | The Hollies, King Midas In Reverse | Focus Three, 10,000 Years Behind My Mind | Tales Of Justine, Monday Morning | The Hollies, Maker | Simon Dupree and The Big Sound, Kites | The Pretty Things, Talkin' About The Good Times | The Pretty Things, Walking Through My Dreams | Mark Wirtz, (He's Our Dear Old) Weatherman | The Aquarian Age, 10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box | The Nocturnes, Carpet Man | The Koobas, Barricades | The Moles, We Are The Moles (Part 1) | The Locomotive, Mr. Armageddon | The Gods, Hey Bulldog | Mandrake Paddle Steamer, Strange Walking Man | Syd Barrett, Golden Hair
Catalogue Number: EMI International 96912
Released:23rd March 1999
A 28 track Australian CD which includes Peter Doyle's1965 single Stupidity.
Tracks: The Easybeats, She's So Fine | Bobby & Laurie, Someone | Peter Doyle, Stupidity | M.P.D. Limited, Little Boy Sad | The Cicadas, That's What I Want | The Changing Times, Mary Lou | Bobby & Laurie, Judy Green | The Easybeats, Wedding Ring | Normie Rowe, The Breaking Point | Ray Brown & The Whispers, Ain't It Strange | The Allusions, Gypsy Woman | The Purple Hearts, I'm Gonna Try | The Throb, Black | The Running Jumping Standing Still, Diddy Wah Diddy | Phil Jones & The Unknown Blues, If I Had A Ticket | The La De Da's, Hey Baby | The Twilights, What's Wrong With The Way I Live | Larry's Rebels, Painter Man | The Wild Cherries, Krome Plated Yabby | James Taylor Move, Magic Eyes | The Playboys, Sad | Procession, Listen | Somebody's Image, Hide and Seek | Terry Britten, 2,000 Weeks | Doug Parkinson In Focus, Dear Prudence | The Masters' Apprentices, 5.10 Man | The Dave Miller Set, Mr. Guy Fawkes | Russell Morris, The Real Thing
Catalogue Number: Raven Records RVCD 81 Released:1998
Sixties Downunder Vol. 4
A 28 track CD which includes the Virgil Brother's1968 single Temptation's 'Bout To Get Me. The Virgil Brothers were an all-blonde trio hyped as the next Walker Brothers. Their original line-up was Peter Doyle, Rob Lovett and Mal McGee.
Tracks: Dinah Lee, Don't You Know Yokomo | Merv Benton & The Tamlas, Yield Not To Temptation | M.P.D. Limited, Lonely Boy | Grantley Dee, Let The Little Girl Dance | Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, Over The Rainbow | Bev Harrell, What Am I Doing Here With You? | Johnny Young & Kompany, Step Back | The Easybeats, Come And See Her | Bobby & Laurie, Hitch-Hiker | Normie Rowe, Ooh La La | The Executives, My Aim Is To Please You | The Cherokees, Minnie The Moocher | The Loved Ones, Sad Dark Eyes | The Twilights, Young Girl | The Groove, Simon Says | The Iguana, California, My Way | The Virgil Brothers, Temptation's 'Bout To Get Me | Pastoral Symphony, Love Machine | The Strangers, Happy Without You | Ronnie Burns, Age Of Consent | The Zoot, 1x2x3x4 | New Dream, Groupie | The Flying Circus, Hayride | Russell Morris, The Girl That I Love | Ronnie Charles, Katy Jane | The Easybeats, St. Louis | Axiom, Arkansas Grass | King Fox, Unforgotten Dreams
Catalogue Number: Raven Records RVCD 82 Released:2000
Tim Rice & Friends That's My Story
(CD cover)
That's My Story: Words & Music by Tim Rice & Friends
In the 1960s, before he made his name with musicals such as Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Jesus Christ Superstar,Tim Rice had written and produced of a long list of lesser-known records. The best of these from 1965-69 are gathered on this CD, among them a track by the Nocturnes, Wish You Would Show Me Your Mind.
In his sleeve notes, Tim Rice wrote: "The Nocturnes were a 6-piece Mamas and Papas-type vocal group who included future New Seekers Lyn Paul and Eve Graham. David Paramor, (Norrie's nephew), their producer at EMI, asked me to supply lyrics to his tunes for two of the group's B-sides ... We used the writing pseudonyms of David Dapp and Gerrard Portslade as EMI were not enthusiastic about any employee earning more than their basic wage. They need not have worried."
Tracks: The Nightshift, That's My Story | The Shell, Goodbye Little Girl | The Shell, A Little Bit Of Lovin' | The Shell, You've Been Cheatin' | Murray Head, Someday Soon | Murray Head, You Bore Me | The Nocturnes, Wish You Would Show Me Your Mind | Ross Hannaman, Down Thru' Summer | Ross Hannaman, I'll Give All My Love To Southend | Tales Of Justine, Albert | Tales Of Justine, Monday Morning | Danièle Noel, Daniele | Ross Hannaman, 1969 | Ross Hannaman, Probably On Thursday | Sacha Distel, Believe Me I Will | Just Plain Smith, February's Child | Just Plain Smith, Don't Open Your Mind | The Mixed Bag, Million Dollar Bash | The Power Pack, Juliet Simpkins | Emperor Rosko, The Opposite Lock
Bonus track: The Six Kings, Es Mi Historia
Label: Sunbeam Records SBRCD5017 Released:10th July 2006
Under The Silent Tree
(CD cover)
Under The Silent Tree: Psychedelic Pstones IV
A compilation CD of "post-psych psychedelia" featuring two tracks by Wishful Thinking. Danny Finn, who was a member of the New Seekers from 1976-78, had sung with Wishful Thinking before he joined the group. He returned to Wishful Thinking again in 1978 when the single Hiroshima, originally released in 1971, became a big hit in Germany.
Tracks: Honeybus, Under The Silent Tree | The Smoke, Playing With Magic | Paul St. John, The Flying Saucers Have Landed | Wishful Thinking, 1984 | Tuesday, Sewing Machine | Fat Mattress, She | The Kinks, Whip Lady | Stray, Around The World In Eighty Days | Parchment, Son Of God | Nimbo, Forget Her | Quiet World, The Visitor | Penny Arcade, The Two Of Us | The Tremeloes, Hard Time | Paul Brett Sage, 3D Mona Lisa | Status Quo, Shy Fly | The Kinks, Dreams | Stray, Time Machine | Writing On The Wall, Buffalo | Parchment, Love Is Come Again | The Laurels, The Devil's Well | Wishful Thinking, Hiroshima | Earl Jordan, 10,000 Years Behind My Mind
