number 49. BILLY THORPE



William Richard "Billy" Thorpe

• Board Boogie/Smoke And Stack - January 1964
  
• Blue Day/You Don't Love Me - April 1964
  
• Poison Ivy/Broken Things - June 1964
  
• Blue Day/You Don't Love Me (reissue) - June 1964
  
• Mashed Potato/Don't Cha Know - August 1964
  
• Sick And Tired/About Love - October 1964
  
• Smoke And Stack/Board Boogie - November 1964
  
• Over The Rainbow/That I Love - December 1964
  
• I Told The Brook/Funny Face - May 1965
  
• Twilight Time/My Girl Josephine - July 1965
  
• Hallelujah I Love Her So/Baby Hold Me Close - September 1965
  
• Poison Ivy/Blue Day - October 1965
  
• Love Letters/Dancing In The Street - November 1965
  
• The Word For Today/The New Breed - June 1966
  
• I've Been Wrong Before/Wee Bit More Of Your Lovin' - October 1966
  
• Good Morning Little School Girl/Rock Me Baby - March 1970
  
• The Dawn Song/Time To Live - September 1971
  
• Most People I Know/Regulation Three Puff - February 1972
  
• Believe It Just Like Me/Get To Hell Out Of Here - October 1972
  
• Captain Straightman/Bow My Head - March 1973 [as Thumpin' Pig & Puffin' Billy]
  
• Movie Queen/Mame - August 1973
  
• Don't You Know You're Changing?/Yes I'm Tired - December 1973
  
• Over The Rainbow/Let's Have A Party - April 1974
  
• Cigarettes and Whiskey/Back Home in Australia - November 1974
  

• Poison Ivy - August 1964, Linda Lee Records
  
• Sick & Tired - January 1965, Parlophone Records
  
• On Stage - April 1965, Parlophone
  
• I Told the Brook - September 1965, Parlophone
  
• Stand By Me - November 1965, Parlophone
  
• Twilight Time - 196?, Parlophone
  
• Love Letters - 196?, Parlophone
  

• Poison Ivy (split album with Johnny Noble & the Mods) – 1964, Linda Lee
  
• Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs – 1964, Parlophone
  
• Don't You Dig This Kind of Beat – 1966, Parlophone
  
• The Hoax Is Over – 1970, Infinity Records
  
• Aztecs Live (at Melbourne Town Hall) (2LP) – 1971, Havoc Records
  
• Aztecs Live at Sunbury – 1972, Havoc #8 AUS
  
• More Arse Than Class – May 1974, Atlantic Records
  
• Steaming at the Opera House (2LP) – December 1974, Atlantic
  
• Aztecs Live at Sunbury - Remastered – July 2005, Aztec Music
  
• More Arse Than Class - Remastered – February 2006, Aztec Music
  
• Aztecs Live (at Melbourne Town Hall) - Remastered – March 2007, Aztec Music
  
• Long Live Rock and Roll (Live at Moomba Festival, 1972) (2CD) – December 2008, Aztec Music
  
• Steaming at the Opera House - Remastered (2CD) – March 2011, Aztec Music
  

• Summer Jam – November 1973
  

• Downunda – 1973, Atlantic #40 AUS
  
• Downunda - Remastered – August 2005, Aztec Music
  

• The Best of Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs – 1965, Parlophone
  
• Great Hits – 1972, Calendar Records
  
• Rock Classics – 1974, Portrait Records
  
• Gold – May 1975, Atlantic
  
• It's All Happening! – 1981, EMI/Albert Productions
  
• Lock Up Your Mothers (3CD anthology) – May 1994, Mushroom
  
• The Best and the Rest of Lock Up Your Mothers – 1994, Mushroom
  
• The Classic Rock Collection – 1996, Broad Music
  
• The Very Best of (Reissue of 'The Best and the Rest of Lock Up Your Mothers') – October 1997, Mushroom
  
• It's All Happening - 23 Original Hits – 2002, Albert
  

• Summer Jam – 1973
  

• Downunda – 1973, Atlantic #40 AUS[SUP][3][/SUP]
  
• Downunda - Remastered – August 2005, Aztec Music
  

• "Dream Baby/You Don't Live Twice" –1967
  
• "Captain Straightman/Bow My Head" – March 1973 [as Thump'n Pig & Puff'n Billy]
  
• "It's Almost Summer/Drive My Car" – November 1975
  
• "Do the Best You Can/Mama Told Her" – 1976
  
• "Children of the Sun/Simple Life" – September 1979 (#41 US)
  
• "Dream-Maker/The Beginning" – 1979
  
• "In My Room/She's Alive" – November 1980
  
• "Stimulation/Syndrome D.O.A./L.K.O." – 1981
  
• "Just the Way I Like It/Rock Until You Drop" – October 1981
  
• "You Touched Me/No Rules on the Road" – 1981
  

• "Captain Straightman/Bow My Head" – March 1973
  

CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:there was a poll conducted recently amongst several hundred members of the ARIA out here, in which they had to vote on the Greatest Australian singers of all time...

there are more than a few surprises in the top50, and several i have not even heard of???

but over the next few weeks i will be counting down the top fifty as voted by the Australian Recording Industry Association until we get to #1...sort of like the Music Head top 500 songs of alltime list...

for each artist that comes up i will include the official ARIA comments on that particular artist, plus my own thoughts and include either a couple of links to tracks or one youtube video post...

feel free to comment on your thoughts of what you think of the songs linked...who knows someone out there in MD world may fall in love with an artist thay havent previously heard of

also,
any suggestions for the top 10 singers(assuming you know a few to list!) and we'll see how you go at the end of it all, personally i got four of the top10 correct and was more than surprised by some of the artists who i thought should have been higher than they are on the list....

• Of Skins and Heart (1981)
  
• The Blurred Crusade (1982)
  
• Seance (1983) Rereleased in 2010 by Second Motion Records as digital download with additional tracks
  
• Remote Luxury (1984)
  
• Heyday (1986)
  
• Starfish (1988) Re-released in 2012 as 2CD version with previously unavailable tracks.
  
• Gold Afternoon Fix (1990)
  
• Priest=Aura (1992) Note: 2-disc version was released to include A Quick Smoke at Spot's: Archives 1986-1990 (collection of otherwise unavailable original tracks).
  
• Sometime Anywhere (1994)
  
• Magician Among the Spirits (1996) (Re-released as Magician Among the Spirits and Some with variant tracks).
  
• Hologram of Baal (1998) Note: 2-disc version includes bonus disc Bastard Universe (1 long jam track)
  
• A Box of Birds (1999) (covers)
  
• After Everything Now This (2002)
  
• Parallel Universe Remixes (Disc 1) and outtakes (Disc 2) from After Everything Now This sessions
  
• Forget Yourself (2003)
  
• Jammed (2004) - Instrumental (2 long jam tracks only)
  
• El Momento Descuidado (2005) - Acoustic versions plus several original songs
  
• Back with Two Beasts (2005)
  
• Uninvited, Like the Clouds (2006)
  
• El Momento Siguiente (2007) - Acoustic versions plus several original songs
  
• Shriek: Excerpts from the Soundtrack (2008)
  
• Untitled No. 23 (2009)
  

• Unearthed (1986)
  
• Earthed (1987)
  
• The Slow Crack (1989)
  
• Remindlessness (1990)
  
• Narcosis EP (1991)
  
• Narcosis + (1997)
  
• Acoustic & Intimate (2000)
  
• Dabble (2001)
  
• Freaky Conclusions (2003)
  
• Painkiller (2008)
  
• Art, Man + Technology (2009)
  
• Garage Sutra (2012)
  
• Addenda One (2012)
  
• Addenda Two (2012)
  
• The Idyllist (2013)