A Day at the Bay is the debut album by the Australian rock band Tlot Tlot and their first release under that name. It was released in 1991. It was only released on cassette.
Tlot Tlot were an Australian pop rock band formed in 1986 as Man in the Wood. The original line-up was Owen Bolwell on bass guitar and lead vocals, Andrew Briant on lead guitar, and Stanley Paulzen on drums and lead vocals. Briant left in 1991 and the band name was changed to Tlot Tlot. Their 1995 single, "The Girlfriend Song", reached the ARIA Singles Chart Top 100 and was nominated for Best Pop Release at ARIA Music Awards of 1995. The group issued four albums, A Day at the Bay (1991), Pistolbuttsa'twinkle (1992), The Live Set - Volume 1 (1993) and Fashion Takes a Holiday (1995), before disbanding in 1997.
"Marshall" was later retitled "Under the Water" and completely rerecorded with Merril Bainbridge on vocals, appearing on her debut album The Garden in 1995 and being released as a single.
"Under the Water" is a pop song written in 1990 by Owen Bolwell and Stanley Paulzen, produced by Siew for Merril Bainbridge's first album The Garden (1995). It was released as the album's second single in July 1995 in Australia and February 1997 in the United States. The song is about a lover who drowned. At the APRA Music Awards of 1996 it won a trophy for Most Performed Australian Work.
Merril Bainbridge is an Australian pop music singer and songwriter. Her debut was in 1994 with the single, "Mouth", which peaked at number one for six consecutive weeks in Australia and became a top five hit in the United States.
The Garden is the first album by Australian singer Merril Bainbridge, released in Australia on 31 July 1995 by Gotham Records. The album has a main genre of alternative pop songs — some written by Bainbridge herself, Owen Bolwell, Stan Paulzen and Siew. The Garden debuted inside the top ten on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and is her highest selling album to date, being certified double platinum by ARIA. The album nominated Bainbridge for eight awards throughout the 1995 and the 1996 ARIA Awards including; "Best Pop Release", "Breakthrough Artist - Single", "Best New Talent", "Best Female Artist", "Single of the Year", "Breakthrough Artist - Album", "Highest Selling Single" and "Highest Selling Album".
On Owen Bolwell's website Bubblerr, he mentions that the album was recorded concurrently with Frente's debut EP Whirled.
Track listing
Cancer
Dog
Once or Twice
The Bonebass Suttee
Love Potion Number Nine
Marshall
Bella
Judas
Screaming Lovers
Bus
Settle
Red Shoes
Birthday
Victor
All songs except tracks 5, 6, 10, 11, 13 and 14 were rereleased on Pistolbuttsa'twinkle in 1992. Track 5 was released as a B-side to the "Old Mac" single in 1992, while tracks 6, 10, 11, 13 and 14 were rereleased on Pistolbuttsatwinkle'atwinkle in 1993. All tracks were remixed, overdubbed and remastered for the CD releases.
Pistolbuttsa'twinkle is the second album by Australian rock band Tlot Tlot. The album was released in 1992 and compiles eight remastered versions of cuts from the band's debut, A Day at the Bay, with previously unreleased songs from the sessions.
Old Mac is a 1961 film directed by Michael Winner.
Crew
Stanley Paulzen - lead vocals, guitars
Owen Bolwell - backing vocals, processed vocals, guitars, bass, drum programming, special effects, keyboards, lead vocals on track 2
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