Summary
Hughesy's assessment: No matter how much I loved it at the time, much of the Aunty Jackmaterial hasn't hed up well over the intervening decades. Appealing on some instances, Significant in others with a smattering of So So, Why? and the occasional Avoid (things that don't hold up to repeated listening). Maybe you really needed to be there at the time.
Track listing: Rip Off (Aunty Jack and Thin Arthur); I've Been Everywhere (The Farrelly Brothers); The Kid Eager (Kid Eager 'n' The Gong); Doin' The Aunty Jack (Aunty Jack 'n' The Gong); Man Of 1000 Faces (Mervyn Whipple & Sampson); The Last Refrain (Neil and Errol); Veggie Queen (Kev Kavanagh & the Kavemen); Wollongong The Brave (Norman & The Gunstonnettes); Wollongong The Brave (reprise) (Norman Gunston); Head Of The Pack (Thin Arthur); Spider's Bucks Lunch (Len, Ron & Darryl); Ri Fol Tit Men (Ri Fol Tit Men); Don't Take It Off (Thin Arthur); What's On In Wollongong (Norman Gunston); Snowy Aloha (The 'Banjo' Farrelly Brothers); Tarzan Super Ape (an Origami Rock Opera); Fish Milk Shakes (Terry Dutton); The Western Lady (The Farrelly Brothers); Aunty Jack 'N' The Box (Aunty Jack 'n' The Gong); Farewell Aunty Jack (Thin Arthur & Aunty Jack); Nagasaki Blues (Blind Josh Orange Drop Mitsubishi & Muddy Mahawat, with Aunty Jack)
Classics:
Almost there:
Worthwhile:
Solid:
Could have been better:
Approach with caution:
Clunkers:
Skip:
Avoid: