24 tracks from 1965-68 (including 16 previously unreleased). This is the second of - Australia's first guitar hero - Lobby Loyde's 60s bands and the one he wrote all their Festival sides for.
All eight songs from the 1967-68 Festival singles are here, plus unreleased recordings from the original 1965-66 lineup (who never released anything in their day) and a recently discovered 1966 live show. Add 'em up: 16 unreleased tracks! Plus 36 page booklet and never-seen-before pictures.
After he left the Purple Hearts, Lobby Loyde went onto Melbourne's Wild Cherries. By the time Lobby joined, the band had a new line-up comprising of original bassist Les Gilbert now switched to organ, Keith Barber on the drums, Peter Eddy on the bass, and Danny Robinson on lead vocals. Hearing all the Festival singles together makes you scratch your head and wonder why these guys didn't make the Australian charts at the time. And in Danny Robinson, you are hearing a world-class soul singer who should have become a household name! It's also interesting that from the all-covers of the Purple Hearts, Lobby Loyde goes on to write this bunch of originals for the Wild Cherries - a feat never repeated again by him in this genre.
When Half A Cow first started the Purple Hearts / Wild Cherries reissue project we imagined all the Festival singles from both bands compiled onto one CD. Well the Hearts cd turned out full length and now a recent discovery means the Wild Cherries will also be a monster.
Renowned Australian film sound recorder Lloyd Carrick has unearthed one of the first recordings he made on his trusty Nagra reel to reel recorder. Back in 1966 he set up his recording equipment at the Fat Black Pussycat club in Melbourne and captured a full set by his mates The Wild Cherries! As you will soon hear the band were on fyre (sic), with Mal McGee blasting out the lead guitar, John Bastow on screaming vocals, Les Gilbert going mad on his home-made cut down cello bass (that Bill Wyman wanted to buy!) and the late Keith Barber kicking it along on drums. Great sound quality too, as you would expect from Lloyd. This live recording is a major find: a truly rare document of a mid-60s beat band in their natural environment.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Krome Plated Yabby (Festival singles 1967-68)
2. Everything I Do Is Wrong (Festival singles 1967-68)
3. That's Life (Festival singles 1967-68)
4. Try Me (I'm not as bad as you think) (Festival singles 1967-68)
5. Gotta Stop Lying (Festival singles 1967-68)
6. Time Killer (Festival singles 1967-68)
7. I Don't Care (Festival singles 1967-68)
8. Theme For A Merry-Go-Round (Festival singles 1967-68)
9. Without You (unreleased recordings 1965-66)
10. Coming Home Baby (unreleased recordings 1965-66)
11. Tobacco Road (unreleased recordings 1965-66)
12. Worried Blues (unreleased recordings 1965-66)
13. You Don't Love Me (unreleased recordings 1965-66)
14. Get out of My Life (unreleased recordings 1965-66)
15. Bye Bye Birdie (unreleased recordings 1965-66)
16. WIthout You (Live at the Fat Black Pussycat 1966)
17. I'm Your Kingpin (Live at the Fat Black Pussycat 1966)
18. Mad Man Blues (Live at the Fat Black Pussycat 1966)
19. Tobacco Rd (Live at the Fat Black Pussycat 1966)
20. Parchman Farm (Live at the Fat Black Pussycat 1966)
21. Smokestack Lightning (Live at the Fat Black Pussycat 1966)
22. My Generation (Live at the Fat Black Pussycat 1966)
23. Ain't Got You (Live at the Fat Black Pussycat 1966)
24. Baby Please Don't Go (Live at the Fat Black Pussycat 1966)