Folk Songs From Queensland Wattle Records 10" LP

The Moreton Bay Bushwhackers - The Freehold on the Plain A2 The Bandicoots - The Queensland Drover A3 The Bandicoots - The Banks of the Condamine A4 The Bandicoots - The Ram of Dalby A5 The Bandicoots - Charley Sailor's Woman Song A6 The Moreton Bay Bushwhackers - The Cane Cutter's Lament A7 The Moreton Bay Bushwhackers - Bullocky-O B1 The Moreton Bay Bushwhackers - Brisbane Ladies B2 The Bandicoots - The Sheepwasher B3 The Moreton Bay Bushwhackers - Wallaby Stew B4 The Bandicoots - Cullamulla Stocking Jig B5 The Moreton Bay Bushwhackers - Old Palmer Song B6 The Moreton Bay Bushwhackers - Billy Shean If you have Wattle records please upload them or send them to me! Wattle was an amazing Aussie label that recorded folk music in Australia in the 50's and 60's. Everything on the label is very rustic and authentic. Never on CD and extremely hard to find albums, 45's and 78's. I wish the catalog could be made accessible but alas it is not. Folkways needs to connect with Wattle and get this music out there!!! Here is 2 great info and discography sites on Wattle records and Australian folk music! http://folkstream.com/reviews/revival/wattle.html http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/bush-songs-and-music From the National Library of Australia "Wattle Recordings was established in Sydney, New South Wales by Peter Hamilton in 1955. A former architect with an interest in film, Hamilton was attempting to source recorded Australian folk music and songs to include on film soundtracks. After finding that none of this music was commercially available he asked Edgar Waters to join him as record editor and established the company with the purpose of recording Australian traditional folk music for both film and sound. The first recordings published by Wattle included The Bushwhackers, Australia's first bush music band, and recordings of Australian folk music sung by British folklorists Ewan McColl and A. L. Lloyd. The Bushwhackers were particularly successful and many of their songs were played in rural pubs and radio stations throughout eastern Australia. Wattle continued to record numerous artists from the "folk song revival" of the 1950s. These included The Rambleers, the Morton Bay Bushwhackers, Bill Scott and Stan Arthur. In 1957 Wattle Recordings published original field recordings made by pioneer folklore collector John Meredith. Australian Traditional Musicians and Singers included many bush singers of renown including Duke Tritton and Sally Sloane. This release was followed in 1960 by a similar publication Australian Traditional Musicians and Singers in Victoria, which included field recordings of singers such as Simon McDonald and Tom Newbound. This recording was compiled by Pat and Norm O'Connor and Maryjean Officer, all members of the Folk Lore Society of Victoria. Wattle records also published a number of records featuring traditional indigenous music from Australia and Papua New Guinea that had been collected by various folklorists and anthropologists. The last record published by Wattle Recordings featured the songs of indigenous singer Dougie Young and was released in 1963. Wattle's early publications were recorded on the older 78 rpm format and the more modern 45 and 33 rpm formats. Many recordings were also released in extended or long play format. All of Wattle's publications included booklets with extensive notes on the music and often included the lyrics to the songs that were recorded. Two of Wattle's releases, The Rambleers and Australian and Traditional Musicians and Singers in Victoria were re-released by the National Library of Australia in 2003 and 2004. "