Despite Straight Lines is the only studio album by British singer-songwriter Marilyn, released in 1985.
Redgum were an Australian folk and political music group formed in Adelaide in 1975 by singer-songwriter John Schumann, Michael Atkinson on guitars/vocals, Verity Truman on flute/vocals; they were later joined by Hugh McDonald on fiddle and Chris Timms on violin. All four had been students at Flinders University and together developed a strong political voice. They are best known for their protest song exploring the impact of war in the 1980s "I Was Only 19", which peaked at No. 1 on the National singles charts. The song is in the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) list of Top 30 of All Time Best Australian Songs created in 2001.
Night Attack is the fifth studio album by Australian band The Angels, it was released in November 1981 through Epic Records. The album peaked at No. 11 on the National albums chart. For the 1982 American release of Night Attack by Epic Records, they used the band name Angel City.
The Sun Never Sets is the third album by Australian hip hop band The Herd and was released on 3 October 2005.
Hysteria is the fourth studio album by English synth-pop band the Human League, released on 7 May 1984 by Virgin Records. Following the worldwide success of their previous studio album Dare (1981), the band struggled to make a successful follow-up and the sessions for Hysteria were fraught with problems. The album title itself is taken from the problematic recording period. Producers Martin Rushent and Chris Thomas both left the project which would eventually be finished by producer Hugh Padgham.
John Lewis Schumann is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist from Adelaide. He is best known as the lead singer for the folk group Redgum, with their chart-topping hit "I Was Only 19 ", a song exploring the psychological and medical side-effects of serving in the Australian forces during the Vietnam War. The song's sales assisted Vietnam Veterans during the 1983 Royal Commission into the effects of Agent Orange and other chemical defoliants employed during the war. Schumann was an Australian Democrats candidate in the 1998 federal election, narrowly failing to unseat Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer for the Division of Mayo.
"Only 19", "I Was Only 19" or "A Walk in the Light Green" is the most widely recognised song by Australian folk group Redgum. The song was released in March 1983 as a single, which hit number one on the national Kent Music Report Singles Chart for two weeks. It was also recorded for Redgum's live album Caught in the Act released in June, which stayed in the top 40 of the Kent Music Report Albums Chart for four months. Royalties for the song go to the Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia. It is in the Australasian Performing Right Association's Top 30 Australian Songs of all time.
Behind the Lines is the second album by John Schumann and the Vagabond Crew. Released in 2008, it was re-released in 2011.
I'm Nearly Famous is the eighteenth studio album by Cliff Richard, released in May 1976.
Hugh McDonald was an Australian musician. Active from the 1970s to 2016, he performed and recorded with the Bushwackers, the Sundowners, Banshee, Redgum, Des "Animal" McKenna, Moving Cloud and the Colonials.
Michael Atkinson is an Australian musician and composer.
Etched in Blue is the first solo album by John Schumann, which appeared in 1987, the year after he left the folk rock band, Redgum. It was reissued on CD in 2009. At the APRA Music Awards of 1989, Schumann won Most Performed Australasian Country Work for the lead track, "Borrowed Ground".
Virgin Ground is the second album by Redgum. The title is taken from the first track.
Portrait: The Very Best of John Schumann is a "best of" album by John Schumann, previously the frontman of Redgum. It includes songs from his previous two solo albums, Etched in Blue and True Believers, I was only 19 from his Redgum days, and a previously unreleased track, "One True Game", about Australian rules football.
Brown Rice and Kerosine is the third album by Australian folk-rock group Redgum. The title is taken from the first track, and the album was released around the time Redgum changed from a part-time band to a full-time job for its members.
Cut to the Quick is an EP by Redgum.
Frontline is the fourth studio album by the Australian folk-rock group Redgum. It was the last album that John Schumann performed on before he left the group at the end of 1985.
Midnight Sun is the fifth and final studio album by Redgum, released through Epic Records in November 1986.
Against the Grain is a greatest hits album from the Australian folk-rock group Redgum.
Shane Michael Howard is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist, he was the mainstay of folk rock group Goanna which had hit singles with "Solid Rock" and "Let the Franklin Flow" on the Kent Music Report and their album, Spirit of Place. After their disbandment he pursued a solo career.
