Sunshine Records (Australia)
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Sunshine Records was an Australia
n independent pop music
record label
of the mid-1960s. It was established in late 1964 by promoter Ivan Dayman
in collaboration with musician-producer-arranger-songwriter Pat Aulton
and entrepreneur, producer and songwriter Nat Kipner (who subsequently founded the Spin Records
label).
Most of its releases were in the period 1965-67. Its biggest success was solo singer Normie Rowe
, Australia's top male pop star from 1965 to 1968, who scored a string of Australian hit singles including "It Ain't Necessarily So
", "I (Who Have Nothing)
", "Que Sera Sera" and "Shakin' All Over
".
Label owner Ivan Dayman reportedly ran a gravel quarry in his hometown of Adelaide, South Australia before moving into pop promotion in the early 1960s. He was very successful for a few years and at its height in 1965-66 his Sunshine group included two record labels, a concert promotion and booking agency, artist management and a string of venues in capital cities and major towns from Adelaide to north Queensland, including the famed Cloudland Ballroom in Brisbane.
In late 1964 Dayman expanded his business by establishing the Sunshine label, to record and produce the pop artists he already had under contract and to launch new discoveries. The label's parent company, Sunshine Productions, was a partnership between Dayman, expatriate American entrepreneur Nat Kipner and musician Pat Aulton
. Kipner had teamed up with Dayman in Brisbane, where Nat was producing TV pop shows for Channel 7, among many other ventures; he also ran a record store, wrote comedy skits and songs for the George Wallace Jr TV variety show Theatre Royal, ran a small publishing company with Johnny Devlin
, and wrote songs with Devlin, country musician Geoff Mack
(author of "I've Been Everywhere
") and Nat's teenage son Steve Kipner
. Pat Aulton had met Dayman in Adelaide in the early Sixties while fronting The Clefs; Dayman hired Aulton to work as an MC and opening act for his concerts, and Aulton eventually became Sunshine's musical director and house producer.
Sunshine's recordings were manufactured and distributed by Festival Records, through a lease deal similar to those that Festival made with other independent labels including Clarion Records and Albert Productions
. Sunshine was (in Australian terms) a relatively productive label, with over 100 singles, more than 30 EPs and at least dozen LPs released between 1964 and 1971.
This is a similar volume of releases to its successor, Spin Records
, and Sunshine and Spin released almost identical numbers of singles and EPs. The notable difference is that, over roughly the same time-span, Spin issued many more LPs. This difference can be explained by the rapid growth in sale of LPs in the late 1960s and early 1970s. During Sunshine's peak period from 1964 to 1967, singles and EPs were by far the biggest selling vinyl formats in Australia while LPs—still something of a luxury at that time—formed only a small percentage of total record sales.
In early 1964 Dayman took over the Saturday night lease on Melbourne Festival Hall and renamed it "Mersey City". On 2 May 1964 the venue opened with Tony Worsley & The Fabulous Blue Jays, attended by over 4500 teenagers. Dayman also used Worsley and the Blue Jays to open several other Queensland venues in Bundaberg, Toowoomba, Ipswich, Inala, Surfers Paradise and the city and by the end of the year, with the success of their first single, they were one of the hottest pop acts in the country.
The first Sunshine single release, in October 1964, was the single "Jay Walker" by The Blue Jays, who were already well established in their home town of Melbourne and had released instrumental singles on the small Crest label. In early 1964 Dayman teamed the band with a young Brisbane singer, Tony Worsley. The Blue Jays continued to release records under their own name, but it was the teaming of The Blue Jays with Worsley that launched Sunshine on the national pop scene. In November 1964 Sunshine issued the first single jointly credited to Tony Worsley and The Fabulous Blue Jays, "Sure Know A Lot About Love", which charted in Brisbane, and the band broke through in orther capitals with a their powerful version of Rosco Gordon's "Just A Little Bit" in early 1965.
Another notable early release was 'BARRACUDA'COMPOSED BY The Pacifics, a Brisbane-based four-piece instrumental group, whose single was the first commercial recording AND.who,s members were jeff bean lester vickary john read billy woodgate.... STEVE KIPNER HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PACIFICS apart from composing a B side called the beetle. the pacifics recorded with EMI parlophone and sunshine produced by steves father nat kipner.pat alton also produced 'slowly but surely ' on sunshine label..they later changed there name to the worried minds..recored tell me on an independat label SOUNDTRACK. steve kipner went on to front Sydney-based beat band Steve & The Board and subsequently formed the duo Tin Tin
.
Sunshine's greatest success was solo siger Normie Rowe
, who scored a string of major Australian hits between 1965 and 1968, and his double-A-sided 1965 single "Que Sera Sera" / "Shakin' All Over" became one of the biggest-selling local hits of the 1960s and is still one of the biggest selling Australian singles of all time.
Dayman was arguably the first Australian pop music entrepreneur to create a fully integrated pop music company that included artist management and bookings, record production, record labels, venue management and concert promotion.
The Sunshine roster featured several male solo singers including Normie Rowe, Peter Doyle (who later joined The New Seekers
) and Mike Furber. Its more 'left field' signings included hardcore Brisbane blues-R&B band The Purple Hearts, highly rated NZ expats The Librettos, Tony Worsley & The Fabulous Blue Jays, Normie Rowe's backing band The Playboys, Marcie Jones & The Cookies, ad teen Toni McCann, renowned surf band The Atlantics
, Ricky & Tammy, Melbourne's feedback kings Running Jumping Standing Still, NZ folk duo Bill & Boyd, Rev. Black & The Rockin' Vicars, popular Brisbane solo star Jonne Sands and Brisbane pop band Wickedy Wak (whose Sunshine single "Billie's Bikie Boys", the recording debut of Rick Springfield
, was produced by Ian "Molly" Meldrum.
Many earlier Sunshine recordings were produced by Nat Kipner, but in late 1965 Kipner sold his share in the company (and the Sydney Bowl nightclub) and went to work for the newly established Spin Records
as A&R manager, as well as setting up and producing for the shortlived Downunder label with independent Sydney producer Ossie Byrne
. Following Kipner's departure, Pat Aulton took over as Sunshine's main producer, but both he and Kipner also produced recordings on Sunshine's shortlived sister label Kommotion, which was set up to promote the acts who appeared on the TV pop show of the same name. Aulton produced and engineered many later Sunshine singles and albums, as well as providing uncredited vocal and instrumental backing and contributing to arrangements.
Sunshine Productions ran into serious financial problems around the end of 1966, but the full story behind the company's collapse is still not known. Pop culture historian Bill Casey has suggested that the financial strain of Normie Rowe's extended overseas stay was a contributing factor, but it seems likely that the main cause of the company's demise was Dayman's questionable business practices. The Kommotion label folded at the start of 1967, and Sunshine was taken over by Festival and become a wholly owned subsidiary label. It is not known whether Dayman retained any interest or played any role in the company after 1967, although he continued to operate his promotions and management business in several cities.
Sunshine Records was acquired by its distributor, Festival Records
during 1967. The label's releases declined rapidly from this point and it ceased operations after two final singles released during 1971.
The Sunshine catalogue remained part of the assets of Festival Records until that company went into liquidation in 2005. The combined
Festival-Mushroom Records archive was sold to the Australian division of the Warner Music Group
for a reported A$10 million.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n independent pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
of the mid-1960s. It was established in late 1964 by promoter Ivan Dayman
Ivan Dayman
Ivan Dayman was an Australian record producer and band manager of the 1960s and 1970s, based first in Adelaide, and then in Brisbane.In 1963, musician-producer-arranger-songwriter Pat Aulton began working for rising Adelaide entrepreneur Ivan Dayman and his Sunshine group...
in collaboration with musician-producer-arranger-songwriter Pat Aulton
Pat Aulton
Pat Aulton was a noted Australian record producer, musician, arranger and songwriter.He is best known for the successful pop and rock singles and albums he produced for Australian and New Zealand artists in the 1960s and early 1970s on the Sunshine and Spin Records labels...
and entrepreneur, producer and songwriter Nat Kipner (who subsequently founded the Spin Records
Spin Records
Spin Records was an Australian popular music label of the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was established in late 1966 by Clyde Packer and a group of partners including entrepreneur Harry M. Miller. The label's first A&R manager was Nat Kipner who produced several early Spin releases...
label).
Most of its releases were in the period 1965-67. Its biggest success was solo singer Normie Rowe
Normie Rowe
Norman John "Normie" Rowe AM was a major male solo performer of Australian pop music in the 1960s. Known for his bright and edgy tenor voice and dynamic stage presence, many of Rowe's most successful recordings were produced by Pat Aulton, house producer for the Sunshine Records, Spin Records and...
, Australia's top male pop star from 1965 to 1968, who scored a string of Australian hit singles including "It Ain't Necessarily So
It Ain't Necessarily So
"It Ain't Necessarily So" is a popular song with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song comes from the Gershwins' opera Porgy and Bess where it is sung by the character Sportin' Life, a drug dealer, who expresses his doubt about several statements in the Bible.The role of...
", "I (Who Have Nothing)
I (Who Have Nothing)
"I " is a song originally released in English by Ben E. King in 1963."I " is based on the Italian song "Uno Dei Tanti," with music by Carlo Donida and lyrics by Giulio "Mogol" Rapetti. "Uno Dei Tanti" was released by Joe Sentieri in 1961...
", "Que Sera Sera" and "Shakin' All Over
Shakin' All Over
"Shakin' All Over" is a rock and roll song originally performed by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. It was written by frontman Johnny Kidd and reached #1 in the United Kingdom in August 1960...
".
Label owner Ivan Dayman reportedly ran a gravel quarry in his hometown of Adelaide, South Australia before moving into pop promotion in the early 1960s. He was very successful for a few years and at its height in 1965-66 his Sunshine group included two record labels, a concert promotion and booking agency, artist management and a string of venues in capital cities and major towns from Adelaide to north Queensland, including the famed Cloudland Ballroom in Brisbane.
In late 1964 Dayman expanded his business by establishing the Sunshine label, to record and produce the pop artists he already had under contract and to launch new discoveries. The label's parent company, Sunshine Productions, was a partnership between Dayman, expatriate American entrepreneur Nat Kipner and musician Pat Aulton
Pat Aulton
Pat Aulton was a noted Australian record producer, musician, arranger and songwriter.He is best known for the successful pop and rock singles and albums he produced for Australian and New Zealand artists in the 1960s and early 1970s on the Sunshine and Spin Records labels...
. Kipner had teamed up with Dayman in Brisbane, where Nat was producing TV pop shows for Channel 7, among many other ventures; he also ran a record store, wrote comedy skits and songs for the George Wallace Jr TV variety show Theatre Royal, ran a small publishing company with Johnny Devlin
Johnny Devlin
Johnny Devlin, born John Lockett Devlin , was an influential early New Zealand rock musician, sometimes called "New Zealand's answer to Elvis Presley"....
, and wrote songs with Devlin, country musician Geoff Mack
Geoff Mack
Albert Geoffrey McElhinney OAM , also known as Geoff Mack, is a country music singer and songwriter. He was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia on 13 June 2005 with the citation, For service to country music and to the community, particularly through support for senior citizens' groups...
(author of "I've Been Everywhere
I've Been Everywhere
The song "I've Been Everywhere" was written by Geoff Mack in 1959 and made popular by the singer Lucky Starr in 1962.The song listed Australian towns...
") and Nat's teenage son Steve Kipner
Steve Kipner
Steve Kipner is a multi-platinum-selling songwriter and record producer with hits spanning over a 40 year history, including chart-topping songs such as Olivia Newton-John's "Physical", Chicago's Grammy-nominated "Hard Habit to Break", "Genie In A Bottle" by Christina Aguilera, for which he won an...
. Pat Aulton had met Dayman in Adelaide in the early Sixties while fronting The Clefs; Dayman hired Aulton to work as an MC and opening act for his concerts, and Aulton eventually became Sunshine's musical director and house producer.
Sunshine's recordings were manufactured and distributed by Festival Records, through a lease deal similar to those that Festival made with other independent labels including Clarion Records and Albert Productions
Albert Productions
Albert Productions, a division of music publishing and recording company Albert Music, is one of Australia's longest established independent Australian record label to specialise in rock and roll music. The label was founded in 1964 by Ted Albert, whose family owned and operated the Australian...
. Sunshine was (in Australian terms) a relatively productive label, with over 100 singles, more than 30 EPs and at least dozen LPs released between 1964 and 1971.
This is a similar volume of releases to its successor, Spin Records
Spin Records
Spin Records was an Australian popular music label of the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was established in late 1966 by Clyde Packer and a group of partners including entrepreneur Harry M. Miller. The label's first A&R manager was Nat Kipner who produced several early Spin releases...
, and Sunshine and Spin released almost identical numbers of singles and EPs. The notable difference is that, over roughly the same time-span, Spin issued many more LPs. This difference can be explained by the rapid growth in sale of LPs in the late 1960s and early 1970s. During Sunshine's peak period from 1964 to 1967, singles and EPs were by far the biggest selling vinyl formats in Australia while LPs—still something of a luxury at that time—formed only a small percentage of total record sales.
In early 1964 Dayman took over the Saturday night lease on Melbourne Festival Hall and renamed it "Mersey City". On 2 May 1964 the venue opened with Tony Worsley & The Fabulous Blue Jays, attended by over 4500 teenagers. Dayman also used Worsley and the Blue Jays to open several other Queensland venues in Bundaberg, Toowoomba, Ipswich, Inala, Surfers Paradise and the city and by the end of the year, with the success of their first single, they were one of the hottest pop acts in the country.
The first Sunshine single release, in October 1964, was the single "Jay Walker" by The Blue Jays, who were already well established in their home town of Melbourne and had released instrumental singles on the small Crest label. In early 1964 Dayman teamed the band with a young Brisbane singer, Tony Worsley. The Blue Jays continued to release records under their own name, but it was the teaming of The Blue Jays with Worsley that launched Sunshine on the national pop scene. In November 1964 Sunshine issued the first single jointly credited to Tony Worsley and The Fabulous Blue Jays, "Sure Know A Lot About Love", which charted in Brisbane, and the band broke through in orther capitals with a their powerful version of Rosco Gordon's "Just A Little Bit" in early 1965.
Another notable early release was 'BARRACUDA'COMPOSED BY The Pacifics, a Brisbane-based four-piece instrumental group, whose single was the first commercial recording AND.who,s members were jeff bean lester vickary john read billy woodgate.... STEVE KIPNER HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PACIFICS apart from composing a B side called the beetle. the pacifics recorded with EMI parlophone and sunshine produced by steves father nat kipner.pat alton also produced 'slowly but surely ' on sunshine label..they later changed there name to the worried minds..recored tell me on an independat label SOUNDTRACK. steve kipner went on to front Sydney-based beat band Steve & The Board and subsequently formed the duo Tin Tin
Tin Tin (band)
Tin Tin was a pop/rock band formed in the UK in 1966, by expatriate Australian musicians.-Beginning:The band was formed by Steve Groves and Steve Kipner, who named the band after the popular belgian cartoon The Adventures of Tintin...
.
Sunshine's greatest success was solo siger Normie Rowe
Normie Rowe
Norman John "Normie" Rowe AM was a major male solo performer of Australian pop music in the 1960s. Known for his bright and edgy tenor voice and dynamic stage presence, many of Rowe's most successful recordings were produced by Pat Aulton, house producer for the Sunshine Records, Spin Records and...
, who scored a string of major Australian hits between 1965 and 1968, and his double-A-sided 1965 single "Que Sera Sera" / "Shakin' All Over" became one of the biggest-selling local hits of the 1960s and is still one of the biggest selling Australian singles of all time.
Dayman was arguably the first Australian pop music entrepreneur to create a fully integrated pop music company that included artist management and bookings, record production, record labels, venue management and concert promotion.
The Sunshine roster featured several male solo singers including Normie Rowe, Peter Doyle (who later joined The New Seekers
The New Seekers
The New Seekers are a British-based pop group, formed in 1969 by Keith Potger after the break-up of his group, The Seekers. The idea was that the New Seekers would appeal to the same market as the original Seekers, but their music had rock as well as folk influences...
) and Mike Furber. Its more 'left field' signings included hardcore Brisbane blues-R&B band The Purple Hearts, highly rated NZ expats The Librettos, Tony Worsley & The Fabulous Blue Jays, Normie Rowe's backing band The Playboys, Marcie Jones & The Cookies, ad teen Toni McCann, renowned surf band The Atlantics
The Atlantics
This article refers to the Australian Surf rock band. See paragraph at the end of this page for information on other bands called The Atlantics....
, Ricky & Tammy, Melbourne's feedback kings Running Jumping Standing Still, NZ folk duo Bill & Boyd, Rev. Black & The Rockin' Vicars, popular Brisbane solo star Jonne Sands and Brisbane pop band Wickedy Wak (whose Sunshine single "Billie's Bikie Boys", the recording debut of Rick Springfield
Rick Springfield
Rick Springfield is an Australian-born singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. He was a member of pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971 and then started his solo career with his début single "Speak to the Sky" reaching the top 10 in Australia. In mid-1972, he relocated to the United States...
, was produced by Ian "Molly" Meldrum.
Many earlier Sunshine recordings were produced by Nat Kipner, but in late 1965 Kipner sold his share in the company (and the Sydney Bowl nightclub) and went to work for the newly established Spin Records
Spin Records
Spin Records was an Australian popular music label of the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was established in late 1966 by Clyde Packer and a group of partners including entrepreneur Harry M. Miller. The label's first A&R manager was Nat Kipner who produced several early Spin releases...
as A&R manager, as well as setting up and producing for the shortlived Downunder label with independent Sydney producer Ossie Byrne
Ossie Byrne
Oswald Russell "Ossie" Byrne was an Australian record producer, best known for producing the early recordings of The Bee Gees, including their first international hit, "New York Mining Disaster 1941"....
. Following Kipner's departure, Pat Aulton took over as Sunshine's main producer, but both he and Kipner also produced recordings on Sunshine's shortlived sister label Kommotion, which was set up to promote the acts who appeared on the TV pop show of the same name. Aulton produced and engineered many later Sunshine singles and albums, as well as providing uncredited vocal and instrumental backing and contributing to arrangements.
Sunshine Productions ran into serious financial problems around the end of 1966, but the full story behind the company's collapse is still not known. Pop culture historian Bill Casey has suggested that the financial strain of Normie Rowe's extended overseas stay was a contributing factor, but it seems likely that the main cause of the company's demise was Dayman's questionable business practices. The Kommotion label folded at the start of 1967, and Sunshine was taken over by Festival and become a wholly owned subsidiary label. It is not known whether Dayman retained any interest or played any role in the company after 1967, although he continued to operate his promotions and management business in several cities.
Sunshine Records was acquired by its distributor, Festival Records
Festival Records (Australia)
Festival Records was an Australian music recording and publishing company which was founded in Sydney in 1952 and operated until 2005....
during 1967. The label's releases declined rapidly from this point and it ceased operations after two final singles released during 1971.
The Sunshine catalogue remained part of the assets of Festival Records until that company went into liquidation in 2005. The combined
Festival-Mushroom Records archive was sold to the Australian division of the Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
for a reported A$10 million.
Singles
| Catalog no. | Date | Artist | Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QK-747 | Oct. 1964 | The Blue Jays | "Jay Walker" / "Path Finder" | ||
| QK-778 | Nov. 1964 | Tony Worsley & The Fabulous Blue Jays | "I Sure Know A Lot About Love" / "Me You Gotta Teach" | ||
| QK-798 | Jan. 1965 | The Blue Jays | "Motivate" / "We're Friends" | ||
| QK-799 | 1965 | The Pacifics | "Lost My Baby" / "Slowly But Surely" | ||
| QK-833 | 1965 | The Playboys | "Exodus" / "Sabre Dance" | ||
| QK-903 | Mar. 1965 | Tony Worsley & The Blue Jays | "Just a Little Bit" / "If I" | ||
| QK-918 | 1965 | The Playboys | "Swan Lake" / "Camptown Races" | ||
| QK-902 | Mar. 1965 | Peter Doyle | "Speechless (The Pick Up)" / "Like I Love You" | ||
| QK-935 | Apr. 1965 | The Blue Jays | "Zoom Gonk" / "Hey Jack" | ||
| QK-951 | Apr. 1965 | Normie Rowe & The Playboys | "It Ain't Necessarily So" / "Gonna Leave This Town" | Produced by Pat Aulton | |
| QK-952 | 1965 | The Playboys | "Desperado" / "The Mean One" | ||
| QK-983 | May 1965 | Tony Worsley & The Blue Jays | "Talking About You" / "I Dream of You" | ||
| QK-984 | May 1965 | The Blue Jays | "Beat Out That Rhythm On a Drum" / "I'll Make You Cry Too" | ||
| QK-985 | 1965 | Marcie Jones | "I Wanna Know" / "Quiet" | ||
| QK-999 | 1965 | Toni McCann | "My Baby" / "No" | ||
| QK-1000 | 1965 | Ricky and Tammy | "Won't You Tell Me" / "Little Girl" | ||
| QK-1001 | June 1965 | Peter Doyle | "Stupidity" / "Heigh Ho" | ||
| QK-1041 | 1965 | The Playboys | "He's Awright" / "Torture" | ||
| QK-1069 | June 1965 | Normie Rowe & The Playboys | "I (Who Have Nothing)" / "I Just Don't Understand" | ||
| QK-1103 | Sep. 1965 | Normie Rowe & The Playboys | "Que Sera Sera" / "Shakin' All Over" | Produced by Pat Aulton | |
| QK-1105 | 1965 | Marcie Jones | "I Just Can't Imagine" / "When A Girl Falls In Love" | ||
| QK-1075 | Sep. 1965* | Normie Rowe & The Playboys | "I Confess" / "Everything's Alright" | *withdrawn | |
| QK-1087 | Aug. 1965 | Tony Worsley | "Velvet Waters" / "Rock-A-Billy" | Produced by Nat Kipner | |
| QK-1105 | 1965 | Marcie Jones | "I Just Can't Imagine" / "When A Girl Falls In Love" | ||
| QK-1132 | 1965 | The Five | "I'll Be There" / "How Can She Know" | ||
| QK-1138 | 1965 | The Purple Hearts | "Long Legged Baby" / "Here 'Tis" | ||
| QK-1162 | 1965 | The Librettos | "I Cried" / "She's a Go Go" | ||
| QK-1137 | Nov. 1965 | Peter Doyle | "Watcha Gonna Do About It?" / "Do It Zula Style" | Produced by Pat Aulton | |
| QK-1158 | Nov. 1965 | Normie Rowe & The Playboys | "Tell Him I'm Not Home" / "Call On Me" | ||
| QK-1169 | Nov. 1965 | Tony Worsley | "Missing You" / "Lonely City" | ||
| QK-1184 | 1965 | Frankie Davidson | "Don't You Just Know It" / "So Little Time" | ||
| QK-1182 | Jan. 1966 | Mike Furber & The Bowery Boys | "Just a Poor Boy" / "Mailman Bring Me No More Blues" | ||
| LK-1208 | 1966 | The Atlantics | "That's Old Fashioned" / "Gotta Lotta Love" | ||
| QK-1198 | 1966 | Ricky & Tammy | "Summers Long" / "All Around" | ||
| QK-1207 | Feb. 1966 | Peter Doyle | "The Great Pretender" / "Everybody Loves a Lover" | ||
| QK-1213 | 1966 | The Purple Hearts | "Of Hopes and Dreams and Tombstones" / "I'm Gonna Try" | ||
| QK-1237 | 1966 | The Playboys | "Happy Organ" / "The High and the Mighty" | ||
| QK-1238 | Mar. 1966 | Normie Rowe and the Playboys | "The Breaking Point" / "Ya Ya" | ||
| QK-1241 | Feb. 1966 | Tony Worsley | "Something's Got a Hold On Me" / "Something" | ||
| QK-1243 | 1966 | Dave Howard | "Go Catch the Moon" / "What a Kiss Can Do" | ||
| QK-1244 | 1966 | The Five | "I Can't Find Her" / "There's a Time" | ||
| QK-1244 | 1966 | The Five | "I Can't Find Her" / "There's a Time" | ||
| QK-1250 | 1966 | Frankie Davidson | "The Dollar Auctioneer" / "Just For Today" | ||
| QK-1251 | 1966 | The Librettos | "Rescue Me" / "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?" | ||
| QK-1227 | Feb. 1966 | Mike Furber & The Bowery Boys | "You Stole My Love" / "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" | released simultaneously as Kommotion KK-1227 | |
| QK-1317 | 1966 | Peter Doyle | "Something You Got Baby" / "Go Away" | ||
| QK-1318 | 1966 | Marcie Jones | "Danny Boy" / "That Hurts" | ||
| QK- 1341 | 1966 | The Librettos | "Kicks" / "Watcha Gonna Do About It?" | Produced by Pat Aulton | |
| QK-1343 | 1966 | Ricky & Tammy | "Through My Fingers" / "Can I" | ||
| QK-1344 | June 1966 | Normie Rowe and the Playboys | "Pride and Joy" / "The Stones That I Throw" | Produced by Pat Aulton | |
| QK-1366 | June 1966 | Tony Worsley | "Raining In My Heart" / "Knocking on Wood" | ||
| QK-1417 | 1966 | Frankie Davidson | "Leave a Little Love" / "Clap Your Hands" | ||
| QK-1382 | 1966 | Tony Shepp | "Come On Over to My Place" / "Don't Ask Me Why" | ||
| QK-1433 | 1966 | The Atlantics | "It's a Hard Life / "Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do" | ||
| QK-1442 | 1966 | The Sounds of Seven | "Dominique" / "Daddy's Little Girl" | ||
| QK-1448 | 1966 | The Purple Hearts | "Early in the Morning" / "Just a Little Bit" | ||
| QK-1453 | 1966 | The Five | "Bright Lights, Big City" / "Wasting My Time" | ||
| QK 1469 | 1966 | The Lost Souls | "Peace of Mind" / "This Life of Mine" | ||
| QK-1495 | 1966 | Russ Kruger | "Keep Me Satisfied" / "Tell the Truth" | ||
| QK-1529 | 1966 | John Rowles(as Ja-Ar) | "Please Help Me I'm Falling" / "Girl Girl Girl" | ||
| QIK-1565 | Nov. 1966 | Normie Rowe | "Ooh La La" / "Ain't Nobody Home" | ||
| QIK-1605 | Dec. 1966 | Normie Rowe | "It's Not Easy" / "Mary Mary" | ||
| QK-1531 | Nov. 1966 | Peter Doyle | "Tweedlee Dee" / "Mr Goodtime" | ||
| QK-1556 | Jan. 1967 | Tony Worsley | "No Worries" / "Humpy Dumpy" | ||
| QK-1557 | Jan. 1967 | The Atlantics | "I Put A Spell On You" / "By the Glow of a Candle" | ||
| QK-1567 | 1967 | Marcie Jones | "That's the Way It Is" / "Big Lovers Come in Small Packages" | ||
| QK-1589 | 1967 | The Purple Hearts | "You Can't Sit Down" / "Tiger in Your Tank" | ||
| QK-1590 | 1967 | Ricky & Tammy | "We Don't Do That Anymore" / "Paradise" | ||
| QK-1633 | 1967 | Russ Kruger | "Look At My Baby" / "My Little Girl" | ||
| QK-1691 | 1967 | The Atlantics | "You Tell Me Why" / "Come On" | ||
| QK-1692 | 1967 | Bill & Boyd | "Two By Two" / "Symphony For Susan" | ||
| QK-1717 | 1967 | The Running Jumping Standing Still | "Diddy Wah Diddy Diddy Wah Diddy "Diddy Wah Diddy" is a song written by Willie Dixon and Ellas McDaniel—known as Bo Diddley—and recorded by the latter in 1956. Over the years, the song has been covered by many bands and artists, including The Astronauts, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, The Remains, The Twilights, Taj Mahal,... " / "My Girl" |
||
| QK-1718 | 1967 | Marcie Jones | "You Can't Bypass Love" / "He's Gonna Be Fine Fine Fine" | ||
| QIK-1731 | Apr. 1967 | Normie Rowe | "Going Home" / "I Don't Care" | ||
| QK-1733 | 1967 | Mouse | "(Wear A) Yellow Raincoat" / "Pink Fairy Floss" | ||
| QK-1736 | 1967 | The Purple Hearts | "Chicago" / "Bring It on Home" | ||
| QK-1772 | 1967 | Julian Jones & The Breed | "Regrets" / "No Matter What You Do" | ||
| QK-1817 | 1967 | Normie Rowe | "I Live in the Sunshine" / "Far Beyond the Call of Duty" | ||
| QK-1820 | June 1967 | Normie Rowe | "But I Know" / "Sunshine Secret" | ||
| QK-1839 | 1967 | Bill and Boyd | "If I Were a Rich Man" / "Little Miss Sorrow, Child of Tomorrow" | ||
| QK-1849 | 1967 | Mike Furber | "It's Too Late" / "I'm So Glad" | ||
| QK-1858 | 1967 | The Escorts | "The House on Soul Hill" / "Sound of Your Voice" | ||
| QK-1859 | 1967 | Ross D. Wyliewith the Escorts | "Short Skirts" / "Paper Bunnies" | ||
| QIK-1872 | 1967 | The Playboys | "Black Sheep RIP" / "Sad" | ||
| QK-1819 | 1967 | The Running Jumping Standing Still | "She's Good To Me" / "Little Girl" | ||
| QK-2022 | 1967 | Ross D. Wylie | "A Bit of Love" / "Last Day in Town" | ||
| QK-2008 | Oct. 1967 | Normie Rowe | "Turn Down Day" / "Stop to Think It Over" | ||
| FK-1986 | 1967 | Bill & Boyd | "Les Marionettes" / "She Chased Me" | ||
| QK-1998 | 1967 | The Escorts | "On a Day Like Today" / "Sitting By a Tree" | ||
| QK-2012 | 1967 | Mike Furber | "Bring Your Love Back Home" / "If You Need Me" | ||
| QK-2014 | Oct. 1967 | Tony Worsley | "Reaching Out" / "Do You Mind" | ||
| QK-2225 | Mar. 1968 | Rev. Black & The Rockin' Vicars | "Down to the Last 500" (Vanda-Young) / "Sugar Train" | Produced by Pat Aulton -- #30 Brisbane, 4 weeks | |
| QK-2238 | May 1968 | Normie Rowe | "Penelope" (Brian Peacock) / "Lucinda" (Brian Peacock) | ||
| QK-1728 | 1968 | Tony Williams | "If You Lose Her" / "It's Alright Now" | ||
| QK-2381 | 1968 | Jonne Sands | "It's Your Life" / "I'll Never Dance Again" | ||
| QK-2479 | 1968 | Rev. Black & The Rockin' Vicars | "Such A Lovely Day" / "Sorrowful Stoney" | Produced by Ron Dalton | |
| QK-2458 | 1968 | Jonne Sands | "Mothers and Fathers" / "Isn't It" | ||
| QK-2493 | Aug. 1968 | Normie Rowe | "Born to Be By Your Side" / "Break Out" | ||
| QK-2514 | 1968 | Johnny Mac & The Zodiacs | "Mister Sticker Licker" / "Just Step Back" | ||
| QK-2596 | Oct. 1968 | Normie Rowe | "Walking on New Grass" / "Open Up The Skies" | ||
| QK-2577 | 1968 | Jonne Sands | "Change of Mind" / "Gingerbread Man" | ||
| QK-2693 | 1968 | Geraldine Fitzgerald | "Something to Think About" / "Let's Go" | ||
| QK-2752 | 1969 | Rev. Black and the Rockin' Vicars | "Walking and Talking" / "How Does It Feel?" | Produced by Pat Aulton | |
| QK-2819 | 1969 | Normie Rowe | "Just To Satisfy You" / "Drinkin Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" | ||
| QK-2880 | 1969 | Jonne Sands | "Let the Sunshine In" / "Wish It Were You" | ||
| QK-2890 | June 1969 | Normie Rowe | "You Got Style" / "Don't Say Nothing Bad (About My Baby)" | ||
| QK-2982 | 1969 | Coloured Rain | "Angie" / "What More Do You Want" | ||
| QK-2983 | 1969 | Jonne Sands | "Yeah I'm Hip" / "I've Just Seen a Face" | ||
| QK-3115 | 1969 | Inside Looking Out | "Long Live Sivananda" / "On Whom Her Favour Falls" | ||
| QK-3118 | 1969 | Wickedy Wak | "Billie's Bikie Boys" / "Chitty Chitty Bang Band" | Produced by Ian Meldrum | |
| QK-3183 | 1970 | Jonne Sands | "Oh Girl" / "Confessions of a Lonely Man" | ||
| QK-4085 | 1971 | Normie Rowe & The Playboys | "Que Sera Sera" / "Let Me Tell You" | re-release | |
| QK-4412 | 1971 | Jelly Roll Big Band | "I've Been Away Too Long" / "Son Of a Preacher Man" |