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All Sports
All Sports is the first greatest hits album by Australian rock and pop band The Sports, released in December 1982. The album peaked at number 35 on the Australian Kent Music Report The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999. The chart was re-branded the Australian Music Report (AMR) in July .... Reception Steve Schnee from AllMusic said "This collection compiles the best singles, a few album tracks, and alternate recordings, creating a fun stroll through the musical history of one of Australia's pub rock greats." but said it's "one of the ugliest album covers in musical history". Track listing Charts References {{The Sports The Sports albums Mushroom Records compilation albums 1982 greatest hits albums Compilation albums by Australian artists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sports
The Sports were an Australian rock group which performed and recorded between 1976 and 1981. Mainstay members were Stephen Cummings on lead vocals and Robert Glover on bass guitar, with long-term members such as Paul Hitchins on drums, Andrew Pendlebury on lead guitar and vocals, and Martin Armiger on guitar. Their style was similar to both 1970s British pub rock bands (such as Brinsley Schwarz) and British new wave (such as Elvis Costello). The Sports' top forty singles are "Who Listens to the Radio", " Don't Throw Stones", " Strangers on a Train" and "How Come" . Their top 20 releases on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart are '' Don't Throw Stones'' (February 1979), '' Suddenly'' (March 1980) and '' Sondra'' (May 1981). In October 2010 '' Don't Throw Stones'' was listed in the book, ''100 Best Australian Albums''. History The Sports were formed in 1976 by Stephen Cummings who had been the lead singer of Melbourne rockabilly group, The Pelaco Brothers, (whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Armiger
John Martin Armiger (10 June 1949 – 27 November 2019) was an Australian musician, record producer and composer. He was one of the singer-songwriters and guitarists with Melbourne-based rock band the Sports from August 1978 to late 1981, which had Top 30 hits on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart with, "Don't Throw Stones" (1979), " Strangers on a Train" (1980) and " How Come" (1981); and Top 20 albums with ''Don't Throw Stones'' (No. 9, 1979), '' Suddenly'' (No. 13, 1980) and ''Sondra'' (1981). Armiger was musical director for Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) TV 1984 series '' Sweet and Sour'' and was record producer on the related soundtrack album as well as performing and songwriting. In 1986 he produced and composed for another ABC TV soundtrack for the miniseries ''Dancing Daze''. At the Australian Film Institute Awards of 1986 he shared an accolade for Best Original Music Score with William Motzing for their work on '' Young Einstein'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |