Go Records (usually badged as Go!! Records) was a small independent
Melbourne
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-based recording label which ran from 1964 to 1968. Its releases were manufactured and distributed by the Melbourne-based recording and electronics company
Astor
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The Go!! label was established by the producers of the similarly named ''
The Go!! Show
''The Go!! Show'' (also known simply as ''Go!!'') was an Australian popular music television series which aired on ATV-0, Melbourne, from August 1964 to August 1967. It was produced by DYT Productions at the ATV-0 studios in Nunawading, Vict ...
'',
Horrie Dargie
Horace Andrew Dargie (7 July 191730 August 1999) was an Australian musician and harmonicist, television compere and manager and music label founder and arranger.
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Horrie Dargie was born in Whyalla, South Australia, th ...
, Arthur Young and Johnny Tillbrook (known as 'DYT Productions'). The label was noted for its
cross-promotion of singers with the television show.
The label produced 54 singles but with only limited commercial success. Bands awarded contracts included ''The Cherokees'', ''
The Deakins'',
MPD Ltd, ''Tony & The Shantels'' (from
Shepparton, Victoria), ''The Chosen Few'' (
South Australia), and ''The Clique'' (
Perth
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). One band, ''The Rondells'', included several members who went on to form the rhythm section of ''
Daddy Cool''.
Another group, ''
The Strangers'' provided backing for the solo singers who appeared on The Go!! Show as well as performing their own material which was released on the Go!! label. Lead guitarist
John Farrar went on to produce and write songs for
Olivia Newton-John
Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British-Australian singer, actress and activist. She was a four-time Grammy Awards, Grammy Award winner whose music career included 15 top-ten singles, including 5 number-one s ...
, most notably for the films ''
Xanadu'' and ''
Grease''.
See also
*
List of record labels
References
External links
*http://www.milesago.com/industry/go-label.htm
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Australian independent record labels
Record labels based in Melbourne