VA - Debutantes (LP 1977) @ 320

VA - Debutantes (1977)

OZ Records  – OZS.1005 (1977)

The Sports

Members:

Andrew Pendlebury, Ed Bates, Jim Niven, Martin Armiger, Paul Hitchins, Robert Glover, Stephen Cummings

The Sports were an Australian rock group which performed and recorded between 1976 and 1981. Mainstay members were Stephen Cummings on lead vocals and Robert Glover on bass guitar, with long-term members such as Paul Hitchins on drums, Andrew Pendlebury on lead guitar and vocals, and Martin Armiger on guitar. Their style was similar to both 1970s British pub rock bands (such as Brinsley Schwarz) and British new wave (such as Elvis Costello). The Sports' top forty singles are "Who Listens to the Radio", "Don't Throw Stones", "Strangers on a Train" and "How Come" . Their top 20 releases on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart are Don't Throw Stones (February 1979), Suddenly (March 1980) and Sondra (May 1981).

In October 2010 Don't Throw Stones was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sports

Mark Gillespie

Real Name: Mark Ignatius Gillespie

Australian singer/songwriter/guitarist, who's work blended roots-rock with an array of other styles.

Died 11 Nov 2021 in Bangladesh.

Wayne Burt

Wayne is one the great singer song writers and guitar players. After a brief stint as Daddy Cool’s guitarist in the 1970’s, Wayne founded the legendary Australian band Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons, discovering its lead singer Joe Camilleri . Wayne wrote many of the band’s smash hits, including Beating Around the Bush and Dancing Shoes. He went on to join Camelleri’s Black Sorrows and subsequently wrote songs for Vika and Linda as well as playing incendiary guitar for countless Australian rock and blues bands.

Adrian Hann

Keyboards player and singer from Victoria, Australia.

In Groups: White Noise Garage rock band from Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Mid-1980s precursor to the band Bored!, which featured Bored's original line-up, along with keyboards player Adrian Hann.

Red Symons

Real Name: Redmond Symons

Red Symons  is an English-born Australian musician, writer, actor, composer, record producer, television and radio personality. He first came to prominence as the lead guitarist in the 1970s band Skyhooks. After the band's demise he gained notoriety by appearing on television; most notably on the classic Australian TV show "Hey Hey It's Saturday!" in which he judged amateur talent acts, usually sardonically, on the segment "Red Faces". He hosted ABC Radio Melbourne's breakfast show from 2003 until 2017.

Stiletto

Members:

Andrew Bell , Celeste Howden, Chris Worrel , Eddie Van Roosendael, Jane Clifton, Janie Conway

Australian pop rock band with female vocals, recording only three singles and one album from 1977 to 1978 on the OZ Records label

Tracks:

 01. The Sports - Nothin' Shakin' 

 02. The Sports - Cruisin' In A Citröen 

 03. Mark Gillespie - I'm A Kite 

 04. Wayne Burt - Hard Luck Story 

 05. Adrian Hann - No Point 

 06. Red Symons - It's Only A Flipside 

 07. Stiletto - Cream 

 08. Stiletto - Nights In Parlour 

 09. The Sports - In Trouble With The Girls 

 10. Stiletto - The Man 

 11. Mark Gillespie - The Joke's On You 

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