Slim Dusty discography
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Slim Dusty
recorded 106 records in his career. This is a list of most of them - as yet a definitive list of the years that the records were released has not been prepared. Over the course of his career, he sold over 5 million records over 6 decades when the population of Australia was twenty million people.
1967 — Essentially Australian
1967 — Songs My Father Sang to Me
1969 — Cattle Camp Crooner
1970 — Sing a Happy Song
1971 — Songs From the Land I Love
1972 — Me and My Guitar
1973 — Foolin' Around
1973 — Tall Stories & Sad Songs
1974 — Australiana
1974 — Dinki Di Aussies
1975 — Lights on the Hill
1975 — Way Out There
1976 — Songs From Downunder
1979 — Rodeo Riders
1979 — Spirit of Australia
1979 — Walk a Country Mile
1980 — The Man Who Steadies the Lead
1981 — Where Country Is
1982 — Who's Riding Old Harlequin Now
1983 — On the Wallaby
1984 — Trucks on the Track
1985 — Singer from Down Under
1986 — Stories I Wanted to Tell
1987 — Country Living
1988 — Cattlemen From the High Plains
1988 — Neon City
1990 — Coming Home
1992 — Ringer From the Top End
1992 — That's the Song We're Singing
1994 — Natural High
1995 — Country Way of Life
1996 — 91 Over 50
1997 — A Time to Remember
1997 — Makin' a Mile
1999 — Ninety Nine
2000 — Looking Forward, Looking Back
2001 — West of Winton
2003 — Columbia Lane: The Last Sessions
Slim Dusty
David Gordon "Slim Dusty " Kirkpatrick AO, MBE was an Australian country music singer-songwriter and producer, with a career spanning nearly eight decades. He was known to record songs in the legacy of Australian poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson that represented the Australian Bush...
recorded 106 records in his career. This is a list of most of them - as yet a definitive list of the years that the records were released has not been prepared. Over the course of his career, he sold over 5 million records over 6 decades when the population of Australia was twenty million people.
Studio albums
1963 — Another Aussie Sing Song1967 — Essentially Australian
1967 — Songs My Father Sang to Me
1969 — Cattle Camp Crooner
1970 — Sing a Happy Song
1971 — Songs From the Land I Love
1972 — Me and My Guitar
1973 — Foolin' Around
1973 — Tall Stories & Sad Songs
1974 — Australiana
1974 — Dinki Di Aussies
1975 — Lights on the Hill
1975 — Way Out There
1976 — Songs From Downunder
1979 — Rodeo Riders
1979 — Spirit of Australia
1979 — Walk a Country Mile
1980 — The Man Who Steadies the Lead
1981 — Where Country Is
1982 — Who's Riding Old Harlequin Now
1983 — On the Wallaby
1984 — Trucks on the Track
1985 — Singer from Down Under
1986 — Stories I Wanted to Tell
1987 — Country Living
1988 — Cattlemen From the High Plains
1988 — Neon City
1990 — Coming Home
1992 — Ringer From the Top End
1992 — That's the Song We're Singing
1994 — Natural High
1995 — Country Way of Life
1996 — 91 Over 50
1997 — A Time to Remember
1997 — Makin' a Mile
1999 — Ninety Nine
2000 — Looking Forward, Looking Back
2001 — West of Winton
2003 — Columbia Lane: The Last Sessions
Collaboration albums
1966 — An Evening with Slim & Joy [with Joy McKean]1968 — Sing Along with Dad [with the Slim Dusty Family]
1971 — Glory Bound Train [with Joy, Anne & the HCBB]
1977 — Slim with Old Friends [with Old Friends]
1980 — The Slim Dusty Family [with the Slim Dusty Family]
1989 — Two Singers, One Song [with Anne Kirkpatrick]
1991 — Morse Code and the Sauce [with Matthew Morse]
2001 — The Men From Nulla Nulla [w. Shorty Ranger] (4 Tracks)
2002 — Travelin' Still... Always Will [with Anne Kirkpatrick]
Live albums
1956 — The Slim Dusty Show [with Gordon Parsons & Joy McKean]1972 — Live at Wagga Wagga
1973 — Live at Tamworth
1978 — The Entertainer
1985 — Live Across Australia [with the Slim Dusty Family]
1991 — Live into the Nineties
1992 — Live in Concert (Geelong)
2000 — Live at the CMAA Awards, Tamworth, 1993–2000
Compilations
Year | Compilation |
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1969 | Encore (Recorded between 1957 and 1961) |
1973 | Dusty Tracks |
1977 | Traveling Country Man |
1979 | Rarities (Recorded prior to 1947) |
1981 | No. 50, The Golden Anniversary Album |
1983 | I Haven't Changed a Bit |
1985 | Australia is His Name (Recorded between 1947 and 1983) |
1985 | I'll Take Mine Country Style |
1986 | Beer Drinking Songs of Australia |
1988 | The Slim Dusty Heritage Album |
1990 | Henry Lawson & Banjo Paterson |
1992 | A Land He Calls His Own (Recorded between 1966 and 1989) |
1992 | Travelin' Guitar (Recorded in 1961) |
1993 | Anniversary Album No. 2 (Recorded between 1943 and 1993) |
1993 | To a Mate, Slim Dusty Remembers 'Mack' Cormack |
1995 | The Regal Zonophone Collection (Recorded between 1947 and 1958) |
1996 | Slim Dusty Sings Joy McKean (Recorded between 1955 and 1988) |
1996 | Slim Dusty Sings Stan Coster (Recorded between 1964 and 1976) |
1997 | Land of Lots of Time (Recorded between 1959 and 1965) |
1997 | Old Time Drovers Lament (Recorded between 1959 and 1970) |
1998 | Down the Dusty Road (Recorded between 1961 and 1971) |
1998 | Talk About the Good Times (Recorded between 1960 and 1975) |
2000 | A Piece of Australia (Recorded between 1961 and 1999) |
2000 | From the Dusty Treasure Chest (Recorded between 1948 and 1997) |
2000 | Ramblin' Shoes (Recorded between 1953 and 1976) |
2000 | Ramblin' Shoes, Volume 2 (Recorded between 1980 and 2000) |
2001 | The Men From Nulla Nulla (Compilation of Slim's recordings of Shorty Ranger compositions) (Includes 4 brand new duets with Shorty Ranger ) |
2003 | The Very Best of Slim Dusty |
2007 | Pubs, Trucks and Plains (Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of A Pub With No Beer) |
Charting singles
According to the Australian Singles ChartKent Music Report
The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998...
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1958
- A Pub With No Beer #1
- The Answer To a Pub With No Beer #12
- Sequel To a Pub With No Beer #23
1961
- Boomerang #79
1971
- Darwin (Big Heart of the North) #71
1974
- Lights on the HillLights on the HillLights on the Hill is an Australian country music hit song written by Joy McKean and made famous by Slim Dusty and which won the first Golden Guitar Award in 1973...
#100 - The Biggest Disappointment #58
1975
- The Melbourne Cup #91
1980
- Duncan #1
1981
- Country Revival #99
1983
- The Pub That Doesn't Sell Beer #94
1987
- We've Done us Proud #80
1988
- G'day G'day #39