Dec 20, 2017  The best word to describe Ron Osborne’s car collection would be “rare.” “MOPAR” would also work well since all 15 cars in his Pleasant Garden, N.C., garage are Chrysler-built. They’re also all licensed and insured to be driven. As Ron puts it, his collections includes “only the rarest of the rare.”. In stunning remastered sound, this new collection presents the two albums as they were meant to be heard, together with: 10 demos from the album sessions (8 of which have never been released), a 3rd disc of unreleased live recordings from late 74 and 75 titled Skyhooks In Concert 1974-75, featuring recordings from some of the band’s most famous performances.
Description
Rare
Skyhooks
The Skyhooks Box
Mushroom, Australia 1982
This is the Australian 9 LP box set of The Skyhooks Box
dark and sinister complex progressive monster on semi private label. One of those albums growing with each handling & listening. Fantastic cover art!

Contains EVERY TRACK Skyhooks ever recorded up until its release,

has all their original LP's, including their double live LP,

plus all of their 7' A & B-sides of singles that are all included on one of the additional Bonus LP's


Also has a 12 page booklet exclusive to this box


Contains 2 LP's of Rare tracks - the Bonus Album No. 1 has all the 7' single A & B-sides not contained on the LP's,

the Bonus Album No. 2 is titled Demos and Dialogue and contains 8 unreleased demo tape songs


The ultimate Skyhooks collection

Just $20 per LP, a great value way to obtain everything by Skyhooks in one collection


CONDITION

VINYL:EX+ / Near MINT to MINT
All 9 Vinyl LP's are in either Superb EX+ or Near MINT to MINT condition,
and most are Unplayed,except for Straight In A Gay Gay World which is VG+ has some marks which do not affect play,
all 9 Vinyl have gleaming shiny surfaces & are in great condition,
ALL play Superbly!

LABELS:NearMINT / MINT
All the labels are in either Near MINT or MINT condition,
most have NO spindle marks at all which shows that some of these LP's may have been played once at best!,
all labels are Superb


SLEEVES: EX+
All the Sleeves are in wonderful EX+ condition,
each has a seam split on the top seam in the centre area, the Bonus Album No. 1 has a couple of smudges on the front which obviously occurred during the sleeve printing, it's fine though,
all are in Superb condition
Website


BOX: VG++ to Near EX
The Box is VG++ to Near EX just very light handling only,
has NO broken or opened corners, one corner has a small piece of tape on it,
a fine condition example


BOOKLET: VG+
The Booklet is VG+ just has some light creases from handling / a crease down the centre,
in fine condition

_____________________________________________________ Postage to anywhere in Australia is $20


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The Collection / The Lost Album
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1999
Recorded1990–1994
GenrePop, rock
Length116:39
LabelMushroom Records
ProducerRoss Fraser & Mark Moffat
Skyhooks chronology
Singles and B sides
(1994)		The Collection / The Lost Album
(1999)		Don't You Believe What You've Seen or You've Heard
(2015)
The Lost Album/The Collection is a double-disc album by Australian glam rock band Skyhooks, released in 1999.
The Lost Album was the result of 1990–1994 recording sessions, involving their classic lineup of the early-to-mid 1970s of which only three tracks had been released earlier—'Jukebox in Siberia' and 'Tall Timber' in 1990 and 'Happy Hippy Hut' in 1994. All three were released as singles, with the former two also a part of The Latest and Greatest compilation in 1990.
Skyhooks made these latter recordings with a new album in mind, what might have been their first studio album in 14 years, but they chose not to go ahead with the album. The album remained in Mushroom's vaults until 1999, when Skyhooks released it with a greatest hits disc called The Collection, featuring tracks from their five 1970s albums.
Despite being released in 1999, its ARIA Chart peak came in 2001 at number 36 following the death of band member Graeme Strachan.[1]

Critical reception[edit]

Eduardo Rivadavia from AllMusic gave the set 4 out of 5, saying; 'Skyhooks were once one of that country's most successful, influential, and controversial bands -- a true antipodean phenomenon for much of the 1970s!' He said '[this] two-disc survey containing all of the signature songs found on Skyhooks' five 1970s studio efforts, along with a wealth of non-album singles and outtakes.' He said the 11 new tracks on disc two have Macainsh's cleverly amusing lyrics similarly to the tracks on the greatest hits. [2]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks by Greg Macainshh, except where noted.

The Collection[edit]

  1. 'Living in the 70's'
  2. 'You Just Like Me Cos I'm Good in Bed'
  3. 'Balwyn Calling'
  4. 'Horror Movie'
  5. 'Smut' (Red Symons)
  6. 'Carlton'
  7. 'Toorak Cowboy'
  8. 'All My Friends Are Getting Married'
  9. 'Ego Is Not a Dirty Word'
  10. 'Million Dollar Riff'
  11. 'This Is My City'
  12. 'Mercedes Ladies'
  13. 'Forging Ahead' (Red Symons)
  14. 'Let It Rock' (Chuck Berry)
  15. 'Crazy Heart'
  16. 'Blue Jeans'
  17. 'Party to End All Parties'
  18. 'BBB BBB Boogie' (Fred Strauks)
  19. 'Women in Uniform'

The Lost Album[edit]

  1. 'Jukebox in Siberia' – 3:52
  2. 'Tall Timber' – 5:14
  3. 'Tigersnake Kiss' – 3:30
  4. 'Kooyong Dollar' – 3:58
  5. 'Kickback' – 3:24
  6. 'Happy Hippy Hut' – 3:46
  7. 'My Girleen' – 2:57 (Bob Starkie, I. Bland)
  8. 'Black & White Bar' – 4:40
  9. '1976 Guitar' – 3:58
  10. 'Westgate Light' – 4:00
  11. 'Powdertown' – 5:32

Charts[edit]

Chart (2001)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3]36

Personnel[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^'Artist - Skyhooks'. iTunes Australia. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. ^'Skyhooks - The Collection'. AllMusic. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  3. ^'Australiancharts.com – Skyhooks – The Collection'. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
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