Starcall
1984 – The Beat
20 Supercharged Hits (NZ)
Starcall – Label
Starcall was an Australian label owned and used by RCA, and later BMG after it bought RCA, for TV advertised products. The division used different terms to retailers. Starcall also had a different marketing team to the parent RCA / BMG staff. It existed from Aug. 1975 onward but was mostly active from 1980 to about 1990.
Catalogue numbers used the STAR, STXX, SFXX, SPXX, or SCXX series. While at other times the label simply used the existing RCA / BMG catalogue number.
The label seems to have been discontinued following the BMG and subsequent Sony takeovers.
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A Mother As Lovely As You
RCA – VCL1-0118
Track Listing
Honeymoon Feelin’ – TONY BARBER
What The World Needs Now Is Love – GOOD NEWS ORCHESTRA
Scarlet Ribbons – RENEE GEYER
Be My Day – DIGBY RICHARDS
Wooden Heart – JIMMY HANNAN
My Mother’s Song – PAT KERRY
You’re A Lady – CHARD HAYWARD
If My Friends Could See Me Now – WINIFRED ATWELL
Sunshine On My Shoulders – PETER REGAN
Moonlight And Roses – TREVOR FURNER
Reminiscing – JAY JUSTIN
A Mother As Lovely As You – THOMAS EDWARDS
Beautiful Dreamer – MELBOURNE POPS ORCHESTRA
Country Bumpkin – JOHNNY AHSCROFT
Sam – LEEA VLAHOS
And Yet And Yet – JOHN LAWS
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RCA
More misses than hits on this one – except for Jimmy Hannan’s Wooden Heart. Go figure!
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Big Truck Hits
RCA – VAL1-0123
Track Listing
There Ain’t No Easy Run – JOHN LAWS
My Homecoming Trucker’s Coming Home – GAY KAHLER
Keep On Truckin’ – NEV NICHOLLS
The Mighty Moonbi Range – BUDDY WILLIAMS
Bullshippers – JOHN MCSWEENEY
Six Days On The Road – LUCKY STARR
Old 31 One More Time – JOHN LAWS
Nashville Express – NEV NICHOLLS and his COUNTRY PLAYBOYS
’57 Chevy Pick Up – JOHN LAWS
Highway 31 – JOHNNY ASHCROFT
Last Time I Saw Him – BRENDA KRISTAN
That’s Just My Truckin’ Luck – NEV NICHOLLS and his COUNTRY PLAYBOYS
Hittin’ The Road Again – BUDDY WILLIAMS
My Diesel Friend – JOHN MCSWEENEY
Truck Drivin’ Son Of A Gun – LUCKY STARR
Hot Rod Guitar – NEV NICHOLLS and his COUNTRY PLAYBOYS
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Beaut ‘n Bonza Ballads
RCA – VAL1-0235
Bush ballads : Australia’s greats
RCA – SP189
Track Listing
The old fashioned homestead - Buddy Williams & The Overlanders
Two old timers – Johnny Ashcroft
North Pacific Highway, Queensland bound - John Laws
Birdsville races – Ted Egan
No place like Australia - John Ashe
The flying doctor - Buddy Williams
Backing to Bendigo - Nev Nicholls’ country playboys
Let me wander out yonder - Jim Brumby
The singing transport man - Johnny Greenwood
Cash & co. – Lionel Long
Bush girl - Shirley Jacobs
Dorrigo tiptoe - Johnny Ashcroft
The bangtail muster - Ted Egan
Darlin’ biddy – Johnny Ashcroft.
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Ripsnorter
RCA – PRS 1011
Track Listing
It’s A Heartache – BONNIE TYLER – 3:28
The Crunch (Part 1) – RAH BAND – 3:28
Star Wars Title Theme – MECO – 3:28
Float On – FLOATERS – 3:22
Janie May – FERRETS – 3:30
Restless Years Theme – RENEE GEYER – 3:30
Yes Sir, I Can Boogie – BACCARA – 3:28
Uptown Festival (Short Version) – SHALMAR (3:30)
(Going To A Go-Go
I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
Stop! In The Name Of Love
It’s The Same Old Song)
The Name Of The Game – ABBA – 3:39
Look After Yourself – STARS – 4:00
On And On – STEPHEN BISHOP – 3:00
Stay (While The Night Is Young) – OL’55 – 3:36
I Can’t Stand The Rain – ERUPTION – 3:07
Native New Yorker – ODYSSEY – 3:29
Million Dollar Riff – SKYHOOKS – 3:20
Big Bamboo (Ay Ay Ay) – SARAGOSSA BAND – 3:50
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