From his pioneering Sixties bands (The Pink Finks, Party Machine and Sons of the Vegetal Mother), to his national breakthrough with Daddy Cool, Ross Wilson's place in Australian music history was assured. However, it did not end there. After disbanding Daddy Cool and in an incredible threeyear run he formed the shortlived 'super group' Mighty Kong, reformed Daddy Cool, produced (amongst others) the megaselling Skyhook's debut album Living In The Seventies, started a record label (Oz Records) with Glenn Wheatley and formed Mondo Rock. From 19761978the band, initially called Ross Wilson's Mondo Rock, honed their live skills on a seemingly endless series of onenight stands across the country. The lineup took some time to gel, eventually settling with Peter Laffy (guitar), Randy Bulpin (guitar), Tony Slavich (keyboards), Simon Gyllies (bass) and Iain McLennan (drums). It was this lineup who recorded the halfstudio / halflive debut Primal Park. The deluxe reissue of Primal Park adds the 1978 debut single 'The Fugitive Kind' along with seven further bonus tracks. Liner notes are by Ian McFarlane and include a recent interview with Ross Wilson. The CD was digitally remastered by Gil Matthews and Ross Wilson an interesting fact is that Matthews features on the last four of these bonus cuts, as he was Mondo Rock's drummer in the lineup post Primal Park. The last track, 'Perhaps, Perhaps' was written by Wilson and Stephen Cummings and would become a hit single for Cummings' band The Sports in 1980 (as 'Perhaps'). Digitally remastered with eight bonus tracks.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

Disc 2:

1. Question Time
2. Down To Earth
3. Primal Park
4. Searching for My Baby
5. Tell Me
6. Toughen Up
7. Down Down Down Down
8. The Rebel
9. Live Wire - The Mondo Shakedown Demo, 1979

Bonus Tracks: Singles A's & B's 1978/79

1. The Fugitive Kind
2. The Breaking Point
3. Love Shock

Live-to-Air, RMIT, 1979

1. Send Me Someone
2. Don't You Lie to Me
3. Louie Louie
4. Telephone Booth
5. Perhaps, Perhaps