Notes.
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Serial number |
Title |
Artist |
Year |
MX Number |
Notes |
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E232 Festival |
Everything’s Swingin’ | Various | July – 1962 | ? | A Brian Henderson’s Bandstand compilation. |
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LL-30,078 Leedon |
Six O’Clock Rock | Various | 196? | ? | |
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LL-30,543 Festival |
Lee Gordon Presents The Big Show Staring Johnny O’Keefe | Various? | 196? | ? | |
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ML-30,726 Festival |
Top Forty Hits | Various | 196? | ? | |
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FL-30,727 Festival |
Brian Henderson’s Bandstand | Various | 196? | ? | |
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FL-30,738 Festival |
Six O’Clock Rock Vol. 1 & 2 | Various | 1961 | ? | A pair of EP’s. |
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LL-30,739 Festival |
The Johnny O’Keefe Show | Various | 1962 | ? | |
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FL-30,790 Festival |
Joy Time | Various | 196? | ? | |
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LL-30,905 Leedon (Festival) |
J.O’K On Camera | Various | 1963 | ? | |
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FL-30,907 Festival R66-114 Calendar |
Festivals Hit Parade | Various | 1962? | 11,337 | |
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FL-30,990 Festival |
Twist The Limbo With The Stars | Various | May 1963 | ? | |
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FL-31,040 Festival |
National Top 100 Hits | Various | 1963 | ? | |
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FL-31,047 Festival |
Brian Henderson’s Bandstand ’63 | Various | 1963 | ? | |
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FL-31,058 Festival |
Sing Sing Sing | Various? | 196? | ? | |
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XL-31,063 Festival |
Australian All Star Showcase | Various? | 196? | ? | 3 EP Set |
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XL-31,064 Festival |
All Star Showcase | Various? | 196? | ? | 3 EP Set |
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FL-31,078 Festival |
Classics of Rock | Col Joye & Joy Boys |
July 1963 | 13047 | |
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FL-31,087 Festival |
National Top 40 Hits | Various | 1963 | ? | |
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FL-31,217 Rex |
All Australian Hit Parade | Various? | 1964 | 13881 | Light Blue with silver label. |
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FL-31,356 Festival |
Everybody’s – Disc of the Week | Various? | 1964 | 015477 | |
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FL-31,397 Festival |
Top Hits For Under 21s | Various? | 1964 | 015783 | Silver on light blue label. |
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FL-31,472 Festival |
Everybody’s 4 Star Hits | Various | 1965 | 016429 | Silver on Blue – Festival label |
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FL-31,568 Festival |
TV Week’s Pick of the Hits | Various | 1965? | Silver on Blue – Festival label | |
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ML-31,602 AMPAR |
Shindig! | Various | 1965? | ||
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LL-31,691 Festival R66-501 Calendar |
’65s Hit Groups Aussie Style | Ray Brown & Whispers Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs Tony Worsley & Blue Jays The Playboys |
1965? | 018021 | Silver on Blue – Festival label Black on Orange – Calendar re-issue |
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QL-31,722 Sunshine R66-66 Calendar |
The Bowl Show | Various | September 1965 | 18173 | |
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QL-31,760 Festival |
The Big Four | Ray Brown & The Whispers Peter Doyle Normie Rowe Tony Worsley & Blue Jays |
1965? | 018537 | Silver on Blue – Festival label |
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FL-31,767 Festival R66-50 |
The Big Parade – Top Rated Tunes From Around Australia | Various | 1965 | 018573 | Silver on Light Blue – Festival label |
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FL-31,819 Festival |
’66 And All Those Hits | Various | 1966 | 019075 | |
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QL-31,857 Festival R66-272 Calendar |
Sunshines All Star Spectacular | Various | 1965 | ? | |
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FL-31,874 Festival R66-156 Calander |
All Star Parade 1966 | Various | 1966 | 019507 | |
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FL-31,— Festival R66-9-531 Calendar |
Discotheque Dance Album | Various | 1966 | 0197789 | Not Australian, but a compilation nonetheless. |
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EL-31,930 Spin R66- Calendar |
Spinnin’ High | Various | 1966? | 19941 | |
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FL-31,935 Festival |
Hits in Orbit | Various | 1966? | – | |
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FL-31,945 Festival |
National Country & Western Hour | Various | 1966? | – | |
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FL-31,988 Festival |
10 Years Of Hits | Various | ? | ? | |
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FL-32,058 Festival |
A Festival Bonanza | Various | 1966 | 020799 | Silver band on light blue label. |
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FL-32,170 Festival |
Hit Reaction ’67! Chart Happenings | Various | 1967 | – | |
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FL-32,177 Sunshine |
The Music of Cloudland & Norwood Ballrooms | Various | 1967 | 21911 | Silver band on light blue label. |
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L-15025 Festival R66-438 Calendar |
Sorta Country | Various | 1967? | 025441 | |
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FL-32,196 Festival |
Operation Big Time | Various | 1968? | – | – |
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MCL-32,268 Festival |
The Clarion Set | Various | 1968? | – | – |
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EL-32,689 Spin Calendar – R66-548 |
Spin Discovery | Various | 1969? | 025127 | Red on white Spin label. Re-issued as Calendar R66-548. |
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EL-32,907 Spin |
So Good Together… The Stars of Spin Records |
Various | May 1968 | – | Does not appear to have been re-issued. |
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FL-32,978 Calendar |
Australia’s Star Showcase ’68 | Various | 1968 | – | – |
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R66-522 Calendar |
Uptight – Party Time | Various | 1969? | 026645 | Orange Calendar label. |
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SR66-9,687 Calendar |
Australia’s Top Talent | Various | 1970 | 32525 | Orange Calendar Label. |
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SEL 93,3549 Spin SR66-9,876 Calendar |
Barry Crocker’s Sound of Music | Various | 1970 | 32623 | Orange Spin Label
Orange Calendar Label. |
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L450078 Island through Festival |
Bumpers | Various | 1970 | SMX038021 | Pink Island label Very different track listing to Original U.K. version. |
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SR66-9,692 Calendar |
Sound of the 70s – Australian Top Pop Artists | Various | 1970 | – | Orange Calendar Label. |
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R66-704 Calendar |
16 Fabulous Festival Hits! | Various | 1970 | – | Orange Calendar Label. |
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SR66-9-806 Calendar |
14 Now Hits | Various | 1970 | – | – |
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R66-9812 Festival |
Super Sounds Of Happening 71 | Various | 1971 | SMX038115 | Silver on green Festival label. Calendar re-issue – dark green label with different front cover. |
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SR66-9-815 Calendar |
The Stars of Australian Clubs | Various | 1970 | – | – |
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SR66-9-817 Calendar |
Group Therapy | Various | 1972 | SMX038274 | Original pink Infinity label – label launch sampler. |
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SR66-9-877 Calendar |
If Not For You & 11 Other Great Hits | Various | 1971 | – | – |
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SR66-9-949 Calendar |
14 Now Hits Volume 2 | Various | 1971 | – | – |
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SR66-9975 Infinity |
12 X 12 | Various | 1972 | SMX040997 | Original pink Infinity label. |
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SR66-9987 Festival |
TV Week – Star Tracks | Various | 1973 | SMX041489 | Re-issued on Calendar as 15 Australian Superstars. |
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L-15196 Festival |
Ten Mayfair Hits | Various | 1973 | Re-issue of overseas budget release. | |
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L15207 Festival |
Unforgotten Hits | Various | 1973 | – | – |
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L15226 AVCO through Festival |
Hit Train | Various | ? | – | – |
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L15232 Festival |
Let The Good Times Roll | Various | – | November 1973 | – |
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L25055 Festival |
15 Australian Superstars | Various | – | – | – |
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L25108 Festival |
Stars of Showcase ’73 | Various | 1974 | CP 0012 | – |
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L25176 Festival |
Stars of Showcase Volume 2 | Various | 1974 | – | |
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KOP-001 Festival |
King of Pop ’74-’75 | Various | 1975 | – | |
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L25211 Festival |
Rock’n’Roll Australia | Various | – | – | – |
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L25238 Festival |
All Australian Hit Parade | Various | 1975 | 47403 | – |
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L25329 Festival |
20 Golden Greats of the 50s & 60s | Various | – | – | – |
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L25369 Festival |
20 Golden Greats of the 60s | Various | – | – | – |
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L25370 Festival |
20 Golden Greats of the 70s | Various | – | – | – |
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L27028 Festival |
Rockbusters ’77 | Various | 1977 | Blue ‘TV Special’ label. | |
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A&M-151 – A&M Festival |
We’ve Got The Best | Various | 1979 | Brown A&M | |
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GIVE2009 EMI+ Festival+ RCA |
1983… Summer Breaks | Various | 1983 | ||
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L28016 Festival |
’86 Power Trax | Various | – | – | – |
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L28017 Festival |
Inspiration ’86 | Various | – | – | – |
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RML50011 Festival |
Hit City 1987 | Various | 1987 |
Notes
Festival was one the major record companies in Australia. To get some sense of the scale of Festival you only need to look at the number of presses in operation. There were 26 of them producing about 900 records each day. That’s around 6.5 million discs per year.
More information on Festival is available at the Milesago site.
More information on Calendar is available at the Milesago site.
This is not currently a complete listing. It contains what is in my collection plus information from rear covers and only includes compilations that have Australian artists. Listing order is by MX number when known, the original xL (FL, EL, QL) prefix is used where possible and the R66 number is also listed when the record was reissued or issued on the Calendar imprint.
(Please note: Inside flip back and double record images will come as I get time to photograph them, and some the front covers will be redone. Enjoy.)
More images to come…
Page last updated – July 2017