Welcome to episode 77 of Love That Album podcast.
July 2015 is the 40th anniversary of the release of the
classic second album by Melbourne band Skyhooks. That album, Ego Is Not A Dirty
Word came a mere 8 months after the release of their amazing and huge selling
debut Living In The Seventies.
To commemorate the occasion, Love That Album will dedicate two episodes
this month to this important record. In episode 77, I am joined by the man who
authored the Skyhooks biography, Ego Is Not a Dirty Word (and who co-hosted the
very first episode of LTA with me), music journalist, Jeff Jenkins. This
episode is not so much a discussion of the album itself (that will come in
episode 78), but puts into some historical perspective the Australian musical
environment in 1975, how Skyhooks approached their second album, the different
dynamics in the band personalities, whether they came out on top in the
infamous Skyhooks / Sherbert Wars of 1975, and where you could musically go after
your first album included a song about masturbating into a Twisties packet. We
had a really terrific conversation, and I’m grateful to Jeff for taking the
time to come back to the podcast.
You can
download the show by searching for Love That Album in the iTunes store or
downloading streaming directly from http://lovethatalbum.blogspot.com.au
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show feedback at rrrkitchen@yahoo.com.au (written or mp3 voicemail) or join the
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Jeff’s weekly articles for The Music magazine can be found archived at http://www.livinginthelandofoz.com/howzat-archive.html
His latest biography is about Australian music personality Ian “Molly” Meldrum
called “The
Never, Um, Ever Ending Story: Life, Countdown and Everything in Between”.
If you’d
consider writing an iTunes review or recommending the show to a friend, I’d be
immensely grateful.
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