Sunbury - Highlights of 1973 and 1974 by Various Artists - DeepRiffs

COMPILATION

Since the Sunbury Pop Festival was held on a 620-acre private farm, the event was touted as Australia’s Woodstock. But as this incredible compilation reveals, the festival inadvertently served as a transition point where the hippie movement had to make way for pub-rock’s rise in the early '70s. Following a Joe Cocker–inspired cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Bird on a Wire” and the whimsically jazzy “La La Song,” both by a band named Friends, Lobby Loyde and his band of toughs, Coloured Balls, kick out a harder, meaner jam in a rowdy rendition of Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” replete with gang vocals shouted over towering, distorted guitar riffs. All Woodstock comparisons aside, this moment seems akin to Black Sabbath following Seals & Crofts at the 1974 California Jam. Sydney’s Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs unleashed some similarly heavy numbers with “Going Back Home” (a nearly 13-minute epic of hard, psychedelic proto-metal) and the behemoth-sized boogie-rocker “New Orleans.” Buster Brown also helped usher in this sea change with a hard-hitting “Roll Over Beethoven.”

1. Bird On A Wire

Primary Artist: Friends; Main Performer
Composer: Cohen; Composer
Composer: Cohen; Composer

2. La La Song

Primary Artist: Friends; Main Performer
Composer: Decastro; Composer
Composer: Decastro; Composer

3. Johnny B. Goode

by Coloured Balls

Primary Artist: Coloured Balls; Main Performer
Composer: Berry; Composer
Composer: Berry; Composer

4. Down The River

Primary Artist: Madder Lake; Main Performer
Composer: George Ratzlaff; Composer
Composer: Madder Lake; Composer

5. 12lb Toothbrush

Primary Artist: Madder Lake; Main Performer
Composer: Madder Lake; Composer
Composer: Madder Lake; Composer

6. Going Back Home

by Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs

Primary Artist: Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs; Main Performer
Composer: Thorpe; Composer
Composer: Thorpe; Composer

7. I'm Gonna Love You

by Blackfeather

Primary Artist: Blackfeather; Main Performer
Composer: Johns; Composer
Composer: Johns; Composer

8. Silver Spurs

by Greg Quill & Country Radio

Primary Artist: Greg Quill & Country Radio; Main Performer
Composer: Quill; Composer
Composer: Quill; Composer

9. Friday Night Groove

Primary Artist: Carson; Main Performer
Composer: Clarke
Lawrie
Logan
Lunt
Smith; Composer
Composer: Smith
Lawrie
Lunt
Clarke
Logan; Composer

10. Erection

by Healing Force

Primary Artist: Healing Force; Main Performer
Composer: Healing Force; Composer
Composer: Healing Force; Composer

11. I'm A Dingo

Primary Artist: The Dingoes; Main Performer
Composer: Wilson; Composer
Composer: Wilson; Composer

12. Pay Day Again

Primary Artist: The Dingoes; Main Performer
Composer: Tolhurst; Composer
Composer: Tolhurst; Composer

13. I'm Gonna Miss Ya Babe

Primary Artist: Chain; Main Performer
Composer: Chain; Composer
Composer: Chain; Composer

14. We'll Never Do The Same Again

Primary Artist: Matt Taylor; Main Performer
Composer: Taylor; Composer
Composer: Taylor; Composer

15. Hi Honey Ho

Primary Artist: Daddy Cool; Main Performer
Composer: Wilson; Composer
Composer: Wilson; Composer

16. New Orleans

by Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs

Primary Artist: Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs; Main Performer
Composer: Guida
Royster; Composer
Composer: Guida
Royster; Composer

17. Hey What's The Matter

Primary Artist: Skyhooks; Main Performer
Composer: Macainsh; Composer
Composer: Macainsh; Composer

18. Love On The Radio

Primary Artist: Skyhooks; Main Performer
Composer: Hill
Macainsh; Composer
Composer: Macainsh
Hill; Composer

19. Roll Over Beethoven

by Buster Brown

Primary Artist: Buster Brown; Main Performer
Composer: Berry; Composer
Composer: Berry; Composer

20. Buster Brown

by Buster Brown

Primary Artist: Buster Brown; Main Performer
Composer: Buster Brown; Composer
Composer: Buster Brown; Composer

21. Morning Magic

Primary Artist: Ayers Rock; Main Performer
Composer: Burton; Composer
Composer: Burton; Composer

22. Wang Dang Doodle

Primary Artist: Sid Rumpo; Main Performer
Composer: Dixon; Composer
Composer: Dixon; Composer

23. Sweet Home Chicago

Primary Artist: Sid Rumpo; Main Performer
Composer: Johnson; Composer
Composer: Johnson; Composer

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

23 tracks available

Type

COMPILATION

Format

Digital Media

Duration

2 hours, 4 minutes and 43 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 600x600 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

4/23 tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

Only 1/23 tracks has synced lyrics

Genres

Rock

Label

Bloodlines

Music Distribution Service

Unknown

Country

Australia

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Dec 31, 1973

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

9325583015618