If You Don't Fight You Lose

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If You Don't Fight You Lose
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Studio album by Redgum
Released 1978
Recorded Lucky Larry's Lepertone Studios, South Australia
Genre Australian folk music
Label Larrikin, Epic
Producer Mark Boath, Chris Gunn, Redgum
Redgum chronology
If You Don't Fight You Lose
(1978)
Virgin Ground
(1980)

If You Don't Fight You Lose is the first album by Redgum. [1] The title is taken from a line in the song "Killing Floor".

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 #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.

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It was originally released on vinyl and cassette. It was very briefly available on CD in the late 80s, through a licensing deal with budget label Rainbow. It has never been re-released, although some tracks were included on the 2004 Redgum collection Against the Grain .

<i>Against the Grain</i> (Redgum album) album by Redgum

Against the Grain is a greatest hits album from the Australian folk-rock group Redgum.

The band at this time was a part-time group and far less polished than they later became, they were still taking form. The songs address topical issues, such as unemployment, US influence, the effects of white settlement on Australia's aboriginal population, and more. [2]

Track listing

  1. "One More Boring Night In Adelaide" (J. Schumann)
  2. "Carrington Cabaret" (J. Schumann)
  3. "Critique in G" (Redgum)
  4. "Beaumont Rag" (Redgum)
  5. "Peter the Cabby" (J. Schumann)
  6. "H.M.A.S. Australia" (J. Schumann)
  7. "Raggin'" (M. Atkinson)
  8. "So Goodbye" (J. Schumann)
  9. "Poor Ned" (T. Lucas)
  10. "Killing Floor" (M. Atkinson)
  11. "Letter to B.J." (J. Schumann)
  12. "Servin' U.S.A." (Redgum)

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References

  1. Redgum discography Album information
  2. That Striped Sunlight Sound blog If You Don't Fight You Lose review