Weddings Play Sports and Falcons
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Weddings Play Sports is a mini-album released by Australian rock band Weddings Parties Anything
of cover songs of two Australian bands, The Sports
and The Falcons
.
The album title is reminiscent of an album released by The Sports - The Sports play Dylan (and Donovan)
Weddings Parties Anything
Weddings Parties Anything were an Australian folk rock band formed in 1984 in Melbourne and continuing until 1998. Their name came from The Clash song and musicologist Billy Pinnell described their first album as the best Australian rock debut since Skyhooks' Living in the '70s.-Formation and...
of cover songs of two Australian bands, The Sports
The Sports
The Sports were a popular Australian rock group that performed and recorded between 1976 and 1981.Based in Melbourne, Victoria, the group released a number of successful singles and albums. Their sound fitted well with both 1970s British pub rock bands and British New Wave...
and The Falcons
Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons
Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons were an Australian blues and rock music band which featured singer, songwriter and saxophonist, Joe Camilleri . The band was active in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and had several Australian chart hits, including "Hit and Run", "Shape I'm In" and "All I Wanna Do"...
.
The album title is reminiscent of an album released by The Sports - The Sports play Dylan (and Donovan)
Track listing
- "Reckless" (Ed Bates, Stephen CummingsStephen CummingsStephen Donald Cummings is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and writer. He was lead singer of Melbourne-based rock band, The Sports, during 1976–1981, followed by a solo career which has met with critical acclaim but has had limited commercial success...
, Andrew Pendlebury) - "Softly, Softly" (Stephen Cummings, Andrew Pendlebury)
- "Stop the Baby Talking" (Stephen Cummings, Andrew Pendlebury)
- "So Young" (Jeff Burstin, Joe CamilleriJoe CamilleriJoseph Vincent "Joe" Camilleri, aka Jo Jo Zep or Joey Vincent, is an Australian vocalist, songwriter and saxophonist. Camilleri has recorded as a solo artist and as a member of Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons and The Black Sorrows...
, Tony Faehse) - "Strangers on a Train" (Martin ArmigerMartin ArmigerJohn Martin Armiger is an Australian musician, record producer and film/TV composer. He was singer-songwriter and guitarist with Melbourne-based rock band, The Sports during 1978–1981, which had Top 30 hits on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart with, "Don't Throw Stones" , "Strangers on a...
) - "Last House on the Left" (Stephen Cummings, Andrew Pendlebury)