Why I Do This

I was lucky enough to be a teenager through the eighties and I was mad on music, big hair, bad make-up and all that went with being a teenager of the times. All these years later I still have the big hair but now it is "touched" with grey and the bad make-up is gone but the tunes still play loudly in my head and even louder if they grace my radio, tv or mp3player. I will gladly admit to being a"mainstream" fan for the most part but I do have the odd liking for some of the less "played to death" bands of the time. What started all this was a drawer full of slowly decaying cassettes and a fear of losing the music that is on them. So I began to recreate them onto CD and I am loving it and finding some fantastic albums along the way.

I would like to re-dedicate this site to my late husband, he lost his long battle with cancer in 2011, he was a huge 80's fan, possibly even more so than myself. So for you my love.

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Updated 15th May 2020



Hi All, I am slowly revamping the blog. You won't find any download links on this site but I am only too happy to of supplied the tracklistings to assist you in remembering those long lost gems .Thanks Meggsy



Sunday, April 13, 2008

Hard Knocks [1980]

Hard Knocks Original Movie Soundtrack 1980
A bit of a different post for you today. A Soundtrack, but a very good one. From the 1980 movie of the same name starring such actors as Tracy Mann ( she won an AFI award for Best Actress in a Lead Role for this film ) Bill Hunter, Max Cullen and Deborah Conway.
A brillant Aussie packed soundtrack. I haven't unfortunetly added a link because I am unable to find one song. ( See My Begging list to the side) but I wanted to share it with you anyway in the hope someone may be able to help me with the missing track from John St Peeters.
Tracklist:
01 Paul Kelly and the Dots - Hard Knocks 02 Stevie Wright - Evie Part One 03 Billy Thorpe - Most People I Know 04 The Sports - Who Listens to the Radio 05 Matt Taylor - I Remember When I Was Young 06 William Shakespeare - My Little Angel 07 Cold Chisel - Breakfast at Sweethearts 08 The Angels - Take a Long Line 09 Richard Clapton - When the Heat's Off 10 John St Peeters - High Class Woman 11 Mondo Rock - Fugitive Kind 12 The Dingoes - Way Out West 13 John Paul Young - Where The Action Is 14 John Paul Young - Birmingham 15 ACDC - High Voltage 16 Renée Geyer - Heading in the Right Direction 17 Sherbet - Howzat 18 Darryl Cotton - Dont Let It Get to You
You can view the TV ad for this album here.
And grab the album here

4 comments:

dorothy parker said...

good gear. Thanx for the tv ad. The hair! Can't help you with the track but thanks for doing the listing.

Ken said...

Hi, i have that John St. Peters track High Class Woman if you're still if you're still interested.

help10@tpg.com.au

Dr.Philm said...

Any chance you could post a link if KenW63 was able to complete the track listing? I'd love this in my collection and can't find it anywhere...

Unknown said...

I grew up listening to this album and it was probably THE formative LP of my youth. Featuring a who's who of 80's Oz-rock. Brilliant!