![]() ![]() ![]() Chuck in a new essay by RAM magazine editor and early Skyhooks confidante Anthony O’Grady, numerous rare and unpublished photos, and the type of deluxe packaging that disappeared with your local cd store, and Skyhooks’ legion of fans really won’t believe what they see or they hear when they pick this up.ġ1. Add a bunch of pre-album demos to each, as well a third disc of previously unreleased live recordings from late ’74 and ’75 that we’re calling Skyhooks In Concert 1974-75, and you have the ultimate 44-track audio document of this period of the band’s life. In stunning remastered sound (overseen at every step by Greg Macainsh himself), this new collection presents Living in the 70’s and Ego Is Not A Dirty Word as they were meant to be heard. Don't You Believe What You've Seen Or You've Heard is a deluxe 3CD set that does just that. So, 40 years down the track, it is perhaps inevitable that these two classic albums should be brought together to celebrate Skyhooks brilliance and success. ![]() Indeed the albums remain a cohesive pair together they were the soundtrack to the band’s extended period of mania. And Living In the 70’s and Ego Is Not A Dirty Word remain together in the nation’s consciousness as the two records that charmed the band into our collective pants. While things inevitably tapered off slightly in ’76 as the band set its sights on the US, 1975 remains the year that Skyhooks peaked. And make no mistake, they were a very Australian band – one who sung about Australian places (that weren’t Gundagai) and an Australian life that mainstream society had barely glimpsed, and one who were all of a sudden the biggest and brightest thing in a country that was undergoing some serious changes. ![]() Their success and their cultural impact was unprecedented for an Australian band. Yes - Skyhooks were that different, and, in Australia in 1975, that ubiquitous.Īnd after 16 weeks atop the national album charts with their first album (and 6 months in that spot in Victoria – hometown fans in Melbourne of course led the charge for the band), they released Ego Is Not A Dirty Word in June and spent another 11 weeks there. As in changing the culture in a way that hadn’t happened since The Beatles visited the Antipodes 11 years earlier. New ground as in new frontiers, as in taking the country to places it had never been before. Countdown. Colour TV.Īlthough Living in the 70’s was released in October 1974 and was an instant smash, it only became clear the following year that Skyhooks were not only breaking both rules and records, but they were seriously breaking new ground as well. ![]()
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