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Thread #80709   Message #1473015
Posted By: rich-joy
28-Apr-05 - 06:19 AM
Thread Name: Early New Zealand Folk Recording
Subject: Early New Zealand Folk Recording
Just found an old LP record entitled "Folk Concert Down Under" circa 1965/66 on HMV - showcasing EnZed Folkies. I found it in an Op-Shop (i.e. Charity / Thrift Shop) in Perth, Western Australia (yes, a few miles from NZ!).

Performers are :
Val Murphy, Rod MacKinnon, Don Toms, Don King, Dave Whaley, Dave Corn, The Festival Singers : Arthur Toms/Mike Burch/Helen Macky/Bill Cater, John, Geoff & Linda : John Lander/Geoff Hargreaves/Linda Sacklin.
It seems that the artists usually performed at Wellington's "Monde Marie" coffee house.

The 18 tracks are :
I'll Build Me A Road / Brown Bread / New Zealand Whales / The Nightingale / By the Banks of the Roses / Three Jolly Rogues / Freedom Calling / The Last Thing on My Mind / Hard Rain / Sail Away Ladies / Turn Turn Turn / Flash Jack from Gundagai / Shanties By the Way / Mighty Day / Van Dieman's Land / The Bonny Labouring Boy / Erev Shel Schoshanim / There's a Meetin' Here Tonight ///

Haven't had a chance to listen yet ... wonderfully dated photos!

Little Robyn or other Kiwi Catters : are any of these chaps still around the traps???!!!


Cheers! R-J