‘BOOGIE! AUSTRALIAN BLUES, R&B AND HEAVY ROCK FROM THE ‘70s’ TO BE RELEASED ON AUGUST 17

On August 17, Warner Music Australia will be releasing the double CD compilation, ‘Boogie! Australian Blues, R&B and Heavy Rock from the ‘70s’. As the title suggests, ‘Boogie!’ is a celebration of the blues-based sounds that dominated Australian music in the early 70s and onwards.

It features many of the all-time biggest names in Australian rock, including Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, Chain, Cold Chisel, Daddy Cool, Skyhooks, Rose Tattoo, the Angels, Lobby Loyde & the Coloured Balls and Max Merritt & the Meteors, and numerous others that were household names back in the 70s, including the La De Da’s, Madder Lake, Buffalo, Blackfeather, Spectrum, the Dingoes, Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons and Sports.

The 44-track collection features original cover art by Ian McCausland, who designed iconic cover and poster art for the likes of Daddy Cool, Chain and the Rolling Stones back in the day, as well in-depth liner notes by Jen Jewell Brown who, as Jenny Brown and Jenny Hunter-Brown, was one of the most incisive Australian rock critics of the day. It was compiled by David Laing, who anthologised Australian garage rock of the punk-era and beyond with the acclaimed ‘Do The Pop!’compilation some years ago.

The album will be the first release for the better part of a decade on the iconic Festival imprint which celebrates its 60th birthday this year.  And speaking of anniversaries, the similarly-iconic Sunbury Festival, which featured many of the acts that appear on the compilation, turns 40 this year, making ‘Boogie!’ as timely as it is rocking.