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Billy Thorpe And The Aztecs – The Best Of Billy Thorpe (VG/VG)
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The Best Of Billy Thorpe is an LP by Billy Thorpe And The Aztecs from 1965 released on the Parlophone label.
About this album
The Best Of Billy Thorpe gathers the early work that made Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs one of Australia’s most forceful beat groups. Drawn from their mid-1960s rise, the compilation captures the band’s mix of rock’n’roll drive, pop hooks and R&B lift, with Thorpe’s commanding vocals at the centre. Songs such as Over The Rainbow, Hallelujah! I Love Her So and Sick ’n’ Tired show how the group could move between novelty, balladry and outright swagger while helping define local beat-era pop. For listeners interested in the foundations of Australian rock, this collection documents an artist and band that became hugely influential well before their later hard-rock peak.
Genre: Pop & Rock
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Artist: Billy Thorpe And The AztecsLabel: Parlophone – PMCO 7528Format: LP, Compilation, MonoUnits: 1Country: AustraliaReleased: 1965Genre: Pop & RockStyle: Beat
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A1 Over The Rainbow
A2 I Told The Brook
A3 About Love
A4 Hallelujah! I Love Her So
A5 Twilight Time
B1 Baby Hold Me Close
B2 My Girl Josephine
B3 That I Love
B4 Funny Face
B5 Don'T Cha Know
B6 Sick 'N' Tired
B7 Mashed Potato