The Dingoes - Live At The Station (1976) 320KBPS {FP}

The Dingoes were an Australian rock band active from 1973 to 1979. From 1976 to 1979 the band was based in the USA. The founder and principal songwriter of The Dingoes was songwriter, guitarist Kerryn Tolhurst. He had been a member Melbourne's Adderly Smith Blues Band in the late '60s, where he first met singer and harmonica player Broderick Smith. This was followed by stints in two seminal Australian country-rock bands: Sundown (1970) with Keith Glass and Country Radio (1972-73). In Country Radio Tolhurst formed a successful writing partnership with leader Greg Quill, and they co-wrote the hit singles "Gypsy Queen" and "Wintersong", both of which were strong influences on the Dingoes' future direction.

After leaving Country Radio in early 1973, just after their appearance at the second Sunbury Rock Festival, Tolhurst briefly joined the band Mississippi (which would eventually evolve in Little River Band). Tolhurst formed The Dingoes in Melbourne in April 1973. The original lineup included Chris Stockley (ex-CamPact, Axiom), John Strangio (bass), John Lee (ex-Blackfeather (drums)) and Broderick Smith (vocals, harmonica). Smith had previously been the lead singer in noted blues/boogie combo Carson. Strangio left in July and was replaced by John Du Bois, who had worked with Tolhurst in Country Radio.

They were one of the early signings to the fledgling Mushroom Records label. Their debut single "Way Out West" was written by Tolhurst (although the first two albums credit it to the group as a whole). Released in October 1973, it became the band's signature tune and one of the classic Australian singles of the '70s. It was successfully covered by James Reyne and James Blundell in 1991. Just a week before the single was released Stockley received a serious gunshot wound during an incident at a party in Melbourne that resulted in a two-month stay in hospital. For many years the incident was written up as 'accidental shooting' but according to Ian McFarlane's Encyclopedia of Australian Rock & Pop, Stockley was shot by the notorious Melbourne drug dealer Dennis Allen, who had been trying to gatecrash the party. While he recuperated, Stockley was replaced by keyboard player Mal Logan (ex Healing Force, Carson), who stayed with the group until the end of 1974.

Track LIsting
01 - Starting Today
02 - Shine A Light
03 - You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
04 - Mother In Law
05 - Rock A Bye Baby
06 - Come On Down
07 - How Come You're Never Home When I Call
08 - KO Love
09 - Teenage Blues
10 - Living In The Land Of Oz
11 - Having A Good Time
12 - Waiting For The Tide To Turn
13 - Going Down Again
14 - Smooth Sailing
15 - Sydney Ladies
16 - Up On The Roof
17 - Marijuana Hell
18 - Mark Barnes' Rave
19 - When A Man Loves A Woman
20 - I'm A Dingo (Bonus Track)