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Released | November 2009 | |||
Recorded | 1988 | |||
Label | ABC Music | |||
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1988 (also known as Music Deli Presents Archie Roach 1988) is a compilation album by Australian singer song writer Archie Roach.
A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology.
Archibald William "Archie" Roach, AM is an Australian musician. He is a singer, songwriter and guitarist, as well as a campaigner for the rights of Indigenous Australians.
1988 is the second in a series of artist releases from the live archives of ABC Radio's Music Deli program. It captures some of the first ever recordings of young Indigenous songwriter Archie Roach. The majority of the album was recorded in 1988 while other tracks were recorded live at Melbourne Concert Hall when Roach supported Yothu Yindi in January 1992 and The "Christmas Eve" song with Paul Kelly was also recorded live in ABC studio in 1990. A bonus at the end of the CD is an interview with Archie Roach recorded on 1 March 1988, followed by a short follow up interview 20 years later recorded in September 2008. [1]
Yothu Yindi were an Australian musical group with Aboriginal and balanda (non-Aboriginal) members, formed in 1986 as a merger of two bands formed in 1985 – a White rock group called the Swamp Jockeys and an unnamed Aboriginal folk group. The Aboriginal members came from Yolngu homelands near Yirrkala on the Gove Peninsula in Northern Territory's Arnhem Land. Founding members included Stuart Kellaway on bass guitar, Cal Williams on lead guitar, Andrew Belletty (Drums), Witiyana Marika on manikay, bilma and dance, Milkayngu Mununggurr on yidaki (didgeridoo), Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu on keyboards, guitar and percussion, and leader Mandawuy Yunupingu on vocals and guitar.
Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor Ratbaggy and Stardust Five. Kelly's music style has ranged from bluegrass to studio-oriented dub reggae, but his core output straddles folk, rock, and country. His lyrics capture the vastness of the culture and landscape of Australia by chronicling life about him for over 30 years. David Fricke from Rolling Stone calls Kelly "one of the finest songwriters I have ever heard, Australian or otherwise." Kelly has said, "Song writing is mysterious to me. I still feel like a total beginner. I don't feel like I have got it nailed yet".
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2010, the album was nominated for ARIA Award for Best World Music Album. [2]
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The ARIA Music Award for Best World Music Album, is an award presented within the Artisan Awards at the annual ARIA Music Awards. The ARIA Awards recognise "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", and have been given by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) since 1987.
Paul Petran says in his liner notes on the album "In 1988 much of Australia was celebrating 200 years of white settlement but a young Archie Roach was expressing in song what many who weren't celebrating were feeling. For many indigenous people there was anger, despair, disadvantage, land rights battles and deaths in custody. Archie dealt with this by writing songs about his own experiences and feelings - and then performing these songs to whomever would listen." [3]
Roach said “I started out back in 87 when I started writing "Took the Children Away" and I also started writing songs in protest of the bicentennial. I wanted to release these songs just to let younger people know what it was like for Aboriginal people back in 1988... We were looking for change of course but the main point was to make a stand against the bicentennial and to let people know there is a black history in this country.” [4] Roach and his manager listened to these recordings again in 2007 and decided it was the right time to release them.
"Took the Children Away" is a song written and recorded by Australian singer Archie Roach. The song was released in September 1990 as his debut single. The song was included on Roach's debut studio album Charcoal Lane.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Weeping in the Forest" | Archie Roach | 6:03 |
2. | "Native Born" | Roach | 5:19 |
3. | "Sister Brother" | Roach | 5:54 |
4. | "Archie's Introduction to "Took the Children Away"" | Roach | 0:24 |
5. | "Took the Children Away" | Roach | 6:36 |
6. | "Bicentennial Blues" | Roach | 5:08 |
7. | "Beautiful Child" | Roach | 6:27 |
8. | "Archie's Introduction to "Give Us Back Our Dancing"" | Roach | 0:07 |
9. | "Give Us Back Our Dancing" | Roach | 6:15 |
10. | "F Troop" | Roach | 4:36 |
11. | "Reach for You" | Roach | 3:26 |
12. | "Christmas Eve" | 3:32 | |
13. | "The People of Sorrow" | Roach | 5:27 |
14. | "Blood and Tears" | Roach | 6:33 |
15. | "Keep Your Handouts Give Us Back Our Land" | Roach | 5:32 |
16. | "Archie Roach Interview 1988" | Roach | 3:59 |
17. | "Archie Roach Interview 2008" | Roach | 2:55 |
Country | Date | Format | Label | Catalogue |
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Australia | 13 November 2009 [5] [6] | ABC Music | 1791253 | |
Ruby Charlotte Margaret Hunter was an Australian singer, songwriter and guitarist. She was a member of the Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal nationality, and often performed with her partner, Archie Roach AM, whom she met at the age of 16, while both were homeless teenagers. Born on the banks of the Murray River in South Australia, Hunter was forcibly taken from her family at the age of eight as part of the Stolen Generation.
Tiddas are a female folk trio from Victoria, Australia.
Kevin Daniel "Kev" Carmody is an Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter. His song "From Little Things Big Things Grow" was recorded with co-writer Paul Kelly for their 1993 single; it was covered by the Get Up Mob in 2008 and peaked at number four on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) singles charts.
The Fifth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards was held on 25 March 1991 at the Darling Harbour Convention Centre in Sydney. International host Bob Geldof was assisted by presenters to distribute 24 awards. There were live performances but the awards were not televised and the ceremony was noted for its three-hours plus length with Gary Morris, manager of Midnight Oil providing a 20-minute acceptance speech.
"Treaty" is a song by Australian indigenous music band Yothu Yindi, which is made up of Aboriginal and balanda (non-Aboriginal) members. Released in June 1991, "Treaty" peaked at No. 11 on the ARIA Singles Chart in September. "Treaty" was the first song by a predominately-Aboriginal band to chart in Australia and was the first song in any Aboriginal Australian language (Yolngu-Matha) to gain extensive international recognition, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play singles charts.
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Charcoal Lane is the debut studio album by Australian singer song writer Archie Roach. The album was released in May 1990 and peaked at number 86 on the ARIA Charts in April 1991 and was certified gold in 1992.
Jamu Dreaming is the second studio album by Australian singer song writer Archie Roach. The album was released in May 1993 and peaked at number 55 on the ARIA Charts. The album was recorded with musical assistance from David Bridie, Tiddas, Paul Kelly, Vika and Linda Bull, Ruby Hunter, Dave Arden and Joe Geia.
Sensual Being is the fourth studio album by Australian singer songwriter Archie Roach. The album was released in July 2002 and peaked at number 59 on the ARIA Charts.
Creation is a box set by Australian singer song writer Archie Roach. The box set features remastered versions of Roach's first four studio albums with Mushroom Records between 1990 and 2002 with 14 previously unreleased bonus tracks and deluxe packaging including detailed liner notes, commentary from the albums' producers Paul Kelly, David Bridie, Malcolm Burn and Richard Pleasance. The album was released to coincide with the premiere of Roach's new live show, also entitled Creation which ran for three dates in October 2013 at the inaugural Boomerang Festival in Byron Bay. Additional dates for Creation were added for 20 and 21 June 2014 in Adelaide.
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Into the Bloodstream is the sixth studio album by Australian singer songwriter Archie Roach. The album was released in 19 October 2012 and peaked at number 49 on the ARIA Charts in December 2012.
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