Paul Cashmere - Undercover News
.......saw LWTTT in Melbourne on Thursday, only one song but KB stole the show, he was magnificent.
Herald
Sun August 24,2002 P.S I wore my KB T shirt just to fly the flag
- Kevin
Borich * Billy Thorpe * Max Merritt * Col Joye
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Every Wednesday in August 2001 hundreds and thousands of Australians sat at home to watch the ABC television series Long Way to the Top making it the most successful television documentary series on Australian music ever.
Due to the outstanding popularity of the documentary, a year later, Michael Chugg Entertainment and Jacobsen Entertainment Limited produced and promoted the concert series Long Way to the Top in arenas around Australia. Opening in Perth and then performing in Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, Wollongong, Newcastle, Brisbane, Sydney and then returning to Melbourne more than 160,000 Australians attended the 18 sell out concerts. Re-live this once in a lifetime musical event in a magnificent 3-hour show, covering three decades of live rock.
This recording captures the raw energy and style of Australian rock'n'roll.
Act 1 stars Col Joye and the Joyboys, Lucky Starr, Judy Stone, Lonnie Lee, Little Pattie, The Atlantics, Ray Columbus and the Invaders, Dinah Lee, Normie Rowe, The Twilights with Glenn Shorrock, Billy Thorpe and the Original Aztecs, Kevin Borich (of the La De Das) and Max Merritt and the Meteors.
Act 2 stars Taman Shud, Russell Morris, Axiom featuring Brian Cadd and Glenn Shorrock, Lobby Loyde and the Coloured Balls, Spectrum, Chain, Masters Apprentices, John Paul Young and the All-Star Band, Stevie Wright, Marcia Hines, Ross Wilson of Daddy Cool, Billy Thorpe and the Sunbury Aztecs. ABC.net.au
As filming began last week of its latest rock show, Love is in the Air, the network was still rejoicing over the success of Long Way to the Top, its 2001 overview of Australian rock acts from the 1950s to today. With DVDs, CDs and concert spin-offs, the show has grossed "between $15 million and $20 million", said its creator, Paul Clarke.
Released 18 months ago, the Long Way to the Top DVD is the ABC's most successful, selling 20,000 copies. A successful nationwide concert tour followed, featuring such legends as Little Pattie, Masters Apprentices and Stevie Wright.
The CD of the tour sold 30,000 copies in its first two weeks and is now close to platinum, or 70,000 copies.
Over 1 million viewers tuned into the ABC's broadcast of the concert last month.........
This excert from - Blasts from the past bring in the bucks
for ABC By Brigid Delaney
January 21 2003 story:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/20/1042911331268.html
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Normie Rowe and KB |
*Col Joye*Lucky Star*Judy
Stone*Lonnie Lee*Little Pattie*The Atlantics*Ray Columbus and The Invaders*Dinah
Lee*Normie Rowe*The Twilights*Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs*Kevin Borich*Max
Merritt and the Meteors*Taman Shud*Russell Morris*Axiom*Lobby Loyde and
the Coloured Balls*Spectrum*Chain*Marcia Hines*John Paul Young and the
All-Star Band*Masters Apprentices*Stevie Wright*Ross Wilson* the cast
of talented dancers*backup singers Shauna Jensen, and Robyn Lau*publicists,
tour managers, stage, sound and lighting technicians*
Wane 'Swampy' Jarvis
Swampy began his career with the La De Das as their tour manager from
1966-1971. By 2003 when he suddenly passed away, Swampy had worked on
265 tours, including LWTTT. Swampy is regarded as one of the most accomplished
and respected road and tour managers in the world.
Dear Kevin,
It is with pleasure that I enclose your award for "Long Way To The Top- Live in Concert", signifying the DVD Double Platinum Sales, Video Platinum Saleas and CD Gold Sales.
By sending you this award the ABC would like to acknowledge your highly valued contribution to the production of this ground breaking series.
The Australian music industry has waited a long time to have its rock'n roll history recorded which in a small way this 6 one hour series has begun to achieve.
Apart from you colleagues we would also like to acknowledge the almost five years that Executive Producer Paul Clarke has worked on the series.
Thank you again and congratulations.
Kind regards Janine Burdeu Head ABC Consumer Publishing (A)