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John H's Collection

Cold Chisel   05/29/1978

St. Leonards Park, Unknown, Australia
Source vinyl
Media flac   2 discs
Notes Label: Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd ‎– CCSLP001
Format: Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Promo, Stereo
Country: Australia
Released: 04 Mar 2015
Genre: Rock

Recorded live on 28th May 1978. All tracks previously unreleased. Track 3 is a completely different version of the rare song F-111. LP issue was limited to the first 1,500 people to order the Chisel Vinyl Box Set.

Cold Chisel are the classic Australian pub rock band, playing a tough breed of rock and blues inspired by '70s bands like Free, Deep Purple, and Led Zeppelin, but characterized by the storytelling skills of their main songwriter, Don Walker, whose personal influences came from Bob Dylan. Between 1978 and 1983, Cold Chisel ruled as Australia's most popular band on record and on-stage.

They sold over six million records in Australia alone, most of that number after their 1983 breakup and 1998 reunion. They came together in Adelaide during September 1973 on the initiative of guitarist/singer Ian Moss. In the beginning, the band used a different name for every performance.

After they used the name of the Don Walker song "Cold Chisel" for one particular performance, that name stuck. Keyboard player Walker gradually came up with a strong catalog of songs to match the group's tough rock reputation on-stage, centered mainly on their raw-voiced, vodka-swilling, dripping-with-sweat singer Jimmy Barnes.

Cold Chisel resettled in Sydney hoping to land the record contract that had alluded them for more than a year. In the era of Fleetwood Mac, ELO, and the Eagles, Cold Chisel's sound was not deemed commercial. However WEA Records took the chance and their self-titled first album was released in April 1978 without setting the world on fire. The first single, "Khe Sahn," about an Australian Vietnam veteran, was banned from airplay over part of the lyric. It has since become one of the most played classic rock tracks on Australian radio.
Trades Allowed Yes   Traded from: Peter
Ratings Show: A+    Sound: A+
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Owned by John H · Last Updated May 23, 2023