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Almanac Music: ‘Bare Foot Days’ – Frisco Joe’s Good Time Boys with Smacka the Singin’ Barman

August 15, 2025 by 4 Comments

Col Ritchie’s memories of an old 78rpm record were stirred by an image recently sent to him by his sister.

The Worst Record I Ever Bought

August 14, 2025 by 22 Comments

While flicking through his collection recently, Smokie stumbled upon the worst record he ever purchased.

Almanac Music: Dylan Cover Songs – Every Song Vol.4: May – October 1963 PLUS Bob Dylan In Concert album

August 12, 2025 by 10 Comments

Karl Dubravs continues his chronological tracking of each of the 600 plus songs Bob Dylan has written and published and showcases the songs with an interesting and unfamiliar cover version. Volume 4 examines the songs from May – October 1963 as well as the ‘Bob Dylan In Concert’ album.

Almanac Music: ‘Ring, Ring, Goes the Bell’ – Songs Involving School

August 8, 2025 by 78 Comments

In the latest installment of KD’s long-running series on popular music, the theme is school. Readers’ song choices and comments are, as usual, warmly welcomed.

Almanac Music: Cancer in Rats – a critical review of Dave Warner, a very under-valued Australian rock artist

August 5, 2025 by 23 Comments

Rick Kane reviews the musical styling of Suburban Boy Dave Warner in the 1970s. [We reprise this excellent piece from 2015 -ED]

Almanac Music – Lyrics that simply make you think  ‘Wow!

August 1, 2025 by 24 Comments

Liam Hauser takes a detour from the regular Kevin Densley music theme to offer Almanac readers a challenge that focuses on lyrics that pack a punch.

Almanac Music: The Last Record Store

July 29, 2025 by 25 Comments

Peter Crossing provides joyful ‘High Fidelity’ memories of the record stores that dotted cities in the days before music went digital. [With the increased popularity of vinyl in recent years the Footy Almanac reprises Peter’s passion for record stores from 10 years ago – Ed]

Almanac Music: ‘It’s always cold inside the icehouse’ – Songs Involving Ice

July 25, 2025 by 65 Comments

In this latest installment of his epic series on popular song themes, KD deals with songs involving ice (the frozen stuff, not the drug). As is always the case, readers’ song choices and comments are warmly welcomed.

Almanac Music: Dylan Cover Songs: International Style #5 – Complete albums of Dylan covers by female artists (Take 1)

July 22, 2025 by 6 Comments

Continuing his absorbing ‘Dylan Cover Songs’ series, Karl Dubravs in his latest installment places the focus on female artists who have released a complete album of Dylan cover song – a total of 27 albums to date. Part 1 examines the first 10 albums.

Almanac Music: ‘100 x 100, 1954 – 1977’; The Top Ten

July 15, 2025 by 9 Comments

Who made the hub of the wheel, 1954-1977? Here it is! Earl O’Neill’s Top 10 songs from the years 1954 – 1977.