Beating the Boards

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Beating the Boards
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Live album by Jon English
Released April 1982 (1982-04)
Recorded August 1981-February 1982
Genre
Label Midnight Records, Frituna Records
Producer Jon English, David Williams and The Foster Brothers
Jon English chronology
In Roads
(1981)		Beating the Boards
(1982)		 Jokers and Queens
(1982)
Singles from Beating the Boards
  1. "Beating the Boards"
    Released: April 1982

Beating the Boards is the first live album released by Australian musician, Jon English. The album was released in Australia in April 1982. The album was recorded live at the following performances across Australia, Norway and Denmark.

Jon English singer, songwriter, musician and actor

Jonathan James "Jon" English was an English-born Australian singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He emigrated from England to Australia with his parents in 1961. He was an early vocalist and rhythm guitarist for Sebastian Hardie but left to take on the role of Judas Iscariot in the Australian version of the stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar from May 1972, which was broadcast on television. English was also a noted solo singer; his Australian top twenty hit singles include "Turn the Page", "Hollywood Seven", "Words are Not Enough", "Six Ribbons" and "Hot Town".

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Track listing

Vinyl/ cassette (6357 067)

Side A

  1. "Beating the Boards" (A.C. Payne, J.G. Dalglish, P.C. Stretch)
  2. "I'm a Survivor" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil)
  3. "Turn the Page" (Bob Seger)
  4. "Been in Love Before" (Bill Kristian, Jon English)
  5. "Lay it All Down" (Barry Goldberg, Will Jennings)

Side B

  1. "The Shining" (Greg Henson, English)
  2. "Josephine (Too Many Secrets)" (English, Tim Friese-Greene)
  3. "Lovin' Arms" (Tom Jans)
  4. "You Might Need Somebody" (Nan O'Byrne, Tom Snow)
  5. "Get Your Love Right" (Alan David, Lionel Martin)

Side C

  1. "Words Are Not Enough" (Paige, Punch)
  2. "Beautiful Loser" (Seger)
  3. "Against The Wind"/"Six Ribbons" (English)
  4. "Hot Town" (Graeme Connors, Wade)

Side D

  1. "Hollywood" (Gloria Sklerov, Harry Lloyd)
  2. "Move Better in the Night" (Chris Thompson, Robbie Macintosh, Stevie Lange)
  3. "I Can't Turn You Loose" (Otis Redding)
  4. "Everytime I Sing a Love Song" (Sklerov, Molinary)

Weekly charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart [1] 24
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [2] 33

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References

  1. ↑ David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992" Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine .
  2. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Jon English – Beating the Boards". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
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