28/05/2022
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Groove Train Classic Albums/Essential Listening #18
East; Cold Chisel, 1980
WEA Records
Good Afternoon Groovejumpers and welcome to the weekend...
Today I've made the decision that it's time to bone up on some modern Australian History...
Now some of you are going to arc up with the old "That's not modern... That's Old School"...
Now I do appreciate that you may have a point...
However, taken in the context of the eons of time over which humankind has been producing some kind of rhythmic accompaniment to the trevails of their daily grind... I'm telling you that this is "Modern Australian history"...
Formed in Adelaide in 1973 as a "Heavy Metal" outfit performing under the name "Orange" the original lineup was Ted Broniecki on keyboards, Les Kaczmarek on bass guitar, Ian Moss on guitar and vocals, Steve Prestwich on drums and Don Walker on piano....
Renowned for the volatility and violence between their members the band suffered through several changes in both name and lineup with Broniecki leaving in September 1973 and a 17 year old Jimmy Barnes joining on vocals in December of the same year... The band finally agreed to settle on the name "Cold Chisel."...
In 1975 founding member Les Kaczmarek departed and was replaced on Bass by Phil Small completing what would eventually become the "Classic" Cold Chisel lineup...
Further upheavals occurred as Barnes clashed violently with his bandmates and left the band several times to join other outfits...
Having relocated to Melbourne (1976) and then to Sydney (1977), Barnes again announced that he was leaving to join hard rocking blues band "Feather"... However he changed his mind and opted to remain with Cold Chisel after his farewell gig with the band drew great crowd response and was written up as a hugely impressive performance by the local music press...
Within weeks Warner music had signed the band to a recording contract...
With Don Walker emerging as Cold Chisel's dominant songwriting force the band entered the studios in early 1978 and recorded their self titled debut album. All songs were written by Walker with the exception of "Juliet", on which Barnes composed its melody with Walker providing the lyrics...
Whilst the album failed to adequately convey the raw power and energy which Cold Chisel produced on stage it dis reach the Australian Kent Music Reports Top 40 and was certified as a Gold Album...
In February of 1979 the band released their second album "Breakfast At Sweethearts."...
Whilst the band were unsatisfied with the finished product. It peaked at No. 4 and was the top selling album in Australia by a locally based artist for that year and was certified platinum.
The majority of its tracks were written by Walker, with Barnes and Walker on the lead single, "Goodbye (Astrid, Goodbye)" (September 1978), and Moss contributed to "Dresden"...
Chisels third album and the subject of thiese writings was the superbly crafted "East."...
Released in June of 1980 and preceded by bit's lead single "Choirgirl" (November 1979) the album was produced under the direction of Mark Opitz...
Presenting a broader palette of music than its predecessors "East" offered the bands fans not only the hard rocking classics such as "My Turn To Cry"(Barnes), "Standing On The Outside" and "Star Hotel" but also the introspective ballad "Four Walls"(About the Bathurst Gaol riots) and the fabulous pop stylings of "My Baby"(Small) and "Rising Sun"(Barnes)...
With Waljker still retaining dominance as the songwriting force all members of the band contributing tracks to East...
The album reached No 2 on the Australian charts and went on to garner a slew of awards throughout the local music and recording industries. It is frequently rated in the Top 5 when lists are complied of the greatest Australian albums...
This is an album which shows us consummate musicians collaborating at a creative peak to produce a masterpiece album...
Grooveticklers please take the time to sit back and listen to the fabulous album "East" by Cold Chisel...
Take Care... Be Kind... and Be Patient...
Yours In Music Groovedoodle Jamie
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupStanding On The Outside (2011 Remastered) · Cold ChiselEast℗ 2011 Cold Chisel Pty LimitedReleased on: 2011-01-01C...
