WandG Records

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W&G Records was an Australian recording company that operated from the early 1950s to the 1970s. It was a subsidiary of the Melbourne precision engineering company White & Gillespie.

W&G released many significant recordings by Australian popular artists of the 1960s and also issued recordings of popular American artists, notably releases from the ABC-Paramount (Ampar) label, which W&G distributed from 1955 until 1960, when the Australian distribution was taken over by Festival Records. Recording engineer and producer Bill Armstrong worked at W&G from 1956-1961, prior to opening his own studio in 1965.

W&G also established a special subsidiary label, In Records, which released the classic mid-1960s recordings by the Loved Ones.

List of W&G Records artists

This is a list of recording artists who have had at least one recording released on the W&G record label. In alphabetical order:

Billy Adams – "Slow Down Sandy"

Malcolm Arthur - "Why" and "First Dream" with the Thunderbirds - The Seekers & Tony Lee.

Adelaide Band – "Let The Little Girl Dance"

Julie Anthony – The Seekers

Arthur & Mary –

Yvonne Barrett –

Bartholomew Plus Three – "Cause I'm Alone" / "On a Wintery Night"

Belfast Gypsies –

Merv Benton – "Baby Let's Play House" / "Endless Sleep"

Bobby Bland –

The Blarney Stones – Rocking Alone In An Old Rocking Chair (LP)

Blanch Jewel - "By The Window" / "Christmas Kangaroo"

Bobby Bright – "There's a Great Day a-Coming" / "Girls Never Notice Me"

James Brown –

Ronnie Burns –

April Byron –

Pat Carroll – "To The Sun"

Casinos –

Johnny Chester with the Thunderbirds – "Hokey Pokey" / "Can Can Ladies"

Contours – "Do You Love Me"

Colin Cook –

Frankie Davidson - "I Care for You"

Jackie Day – "Before It's Too Late"

Sergio de Pieri – Organ Recital — St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne

Terry Dean –

Grantley Dee –

Peter Doyle –

Anne Dreyer – "Storytelling Time"

Judith Durham with Frank Traynor's Jazz Preachers – Judy Durham (EP) 1963

Buddy England – The Seekers

John Farrar –

Johnny Farnham –

Field Twins –

Martin Gale and His Old Timers – "It's Honky-Tonk Time"

Johnny Greenwood – "Loving Arms"

The Haunted - "1-2-5"

Herbie's People - "Sweet & Tender Romance" / "You Thrill Me To Pieces"

Donald Jenkins & The Delighters – "Somebody Help Me"

Paul Paffen – "Golden Voice Across the Valley"

Lotte Landl –

Little Gulliver –

Athol Guy – The Seekers

Hayes Brothers & The Bluegrass Ramblers – "Great Speckled Bird" / "Hello City Limits"

Joe Hinton –

Joe Grech –

Lynn Hope – "Morocco" / "Broken Hearted" (1954)

Del Juliana – "I Was a Fool for Leaving"

Karen Knowles – The Seekers

Johnny Lo Piccolo (John St. Peters) –

The Loved Ones – "The Loved One" / "Ever Loving Man" / "Sad Dark Eyes"

Maximum Load – "Nolene"

Betty McQuade – "Midnight Bus"

Russell Morris – "Hush EP" (1967)

Paul Paffen – Golden Voice Across the Valley LP

Bunny Paul – "I'm Hooked"

Reg Poole – "Australian Country Music Hall of Fame Song" (1973)

Keith Potger – The Seekers

Lynne Randell –

Ken Ray – The Seekers

The Red Onion Jazz Band – The Red Onion Jazz Band (1965) LP, Hot Red Onions (1965) LP, Big Band Memories (1967) LP.

Paul Revere & The Raiders – In the Beginning LP

Donn Reynolds - "The Parting" / "Little Old Log Shanty" (1961)

Margret Roadknight – Frank Traynor's Jazz Preachers

The Seekers – "Waltzing Matilda", The Seekers Sing Their Big Hits LP

Kevin Shegog – "Wolverton Mountain" / "One Small Photograph" (1962)
"Phar Lap (The Red Terror)" / "Johnny Was A Friend Of Mine" (1965)

Tony Sheveton – "A Million Drums" / "Dance With Me" (1964)

Ernie Sigley –

Soul-Jers –

Gene Summers & the Platinum Fog – "Hot Pants" / "Young Voices of Children" (1971)

The Thunderbirds – "Wild Weekend"

Diana Trask – "Going Steady" / "Comes Love"

Frank Traynor's Jazz Preachers – Judy Durham with Frank Traynor's Jazz Preachers

Webb Brothers – Clancy of the Overflow LP

Louisa Wisseling – The Seekers

Bruce Woodley – The Seekers

Johnny Young – "Step Back" / "Cara-Lynn" (1966)

The Cherokees - "Moon in the Afternoon" (instrumental) / "Oh Monah" / "Minnie the Moocher"

The Strangers

The Hawking Brothers

Pam Bradley

Pam & Ade

Paul Anka - "Diana" / "Don't Gamble With Love" (1957) WG-SPN496 Plain yellow label with black text

The Spotnicks - "Orange Blossom Special" / "The Spotnicks Theme" (1962) WG-S-1450 Yellow label with black text, except W&G which is in red text

Ned Miller - "From A Jack To A King" / "Parade Of Broken Hearts" (1963) WG-S-1536 Yellow label with black text, except W&G which is in red text

Peter Posa - "The White Rabbit" / "Honey Be My Honey Bee" (1963) WG-S-1735 Yellow label with black text, except W&G which is in red text

The Seekers - The Seekers Sing Their Big Hits (1965) WG 25/2512 Yellow label with blue text. Original release with B&W image on album cover. A different colour photograph was used on a stereo release of this album.

Dennis Gibbons - "The Drovers Dream" 1964

The Breakaways - "Bonaparte's Retreat"/"You're just in love"

References

W&G Records Wikipedia

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