Zoot – Eleanor Rigby (Live 1970 Hoadley’s Battle Of The Bands)
Live at the 1970 Hoadley’s Battle Of The Bands
They came second to The Flying Circus
Held in Sydney at the Capitol Theatre, August 1970.
Zoot – Mr Songwriter
Written by: Rick Springfield
Released: July 1970
From the LP: Just Zoot
Zoot – Flying
Written by: Rick Springfield
From the ‘Just Zoot’ LP
Released July 1970
Zoot – Hey Pinky
Zoot performing ‘Hey Pinky’ on the ABC-TV program Hit Scene – broadcasted on July 4th 1970.
Written by: Rick Springfield
Single Released: April 1970
Hit Scene, was an Australian popular music television series produced and broadcast by ABC TV in black and white transmission. The thirty-minute weekly series debuted on 10 May 1969 and was broadcast until 16 December 1972 and was hosted by Dick Williams.
Zoot – Strange Things
Written By: Rick Springfield
Aired on ABC’s Hit Scene – 4th July 1970
Zoot – The Freak
Written by: Rick Springfield
Released: April 1970
Axiom – A Little Ray Of Sunshine
A Little Ray Of Sunshine was co-written by band members, Brian Cadd and Don Mudie. It was released as a single in March 1970 and peaked at number 5 on the Go-Set National Top 40 in May 1970. B – side was Ford’s Bridge.
Axiom – Arkansas Grass
After signing with EMI’s Parlophone label, Axiom buried themselves in the recording studio. In December 1969 the group released their first single, “Arkansas Grass”, heavily influenced by The Band’s album ‘Music From Big Pink’. Though the title of the single superficially appealed to international markets, and its Civil War theme reflected Cadd’s current obsession with the music of The Band, it was in fact a coded anti-Vietnam war song – and in that respect addressing a very Australian concern, since Australian men were at the time being drafted to fight in that war. “Arkansas Grass” reached No. 7 in December 1969.
Zoot – It’s About Time
Zoot’s fourth single was released by EMI in October 1969, — the Brian Cadd/Don Mudie song “It’s About Time” – but Zoot apparently knew nothing about it until they saw it mentioned in the Go-Set “New Releases” column. EMI had pressed and released it without consulting the band, it caused a major issue as Zoot had expected to re-record its demo quality.
The Twilights Say Goodbye
The Twilights say goodbye with a medley of their hits on Guy Athol’s variety series – A Guy Called Athol – on Australia’s Seven Network.