Sunday, February 11, 2024

VA - Go-Set Number One Singles in Australia 1966 - 1974 (A Butterboy Compilation) (5 X CD's)

GO SET NUMBER ONES
Previously posted June 28, 2019

VA - Go-Set Number One Singles in Australia 1966 - 1974 (A Butterboy Compilation) (5 X CD's)

Go-Set was the first Australian pop music newspaper, published weekly from 2 February 1966 to 24 August 1974, and was founded in Melbourne by Phillip Frazer, Peter Raphael and Tony Schauble. Widely described as a pop music "bible", it became an influential publication, introduced the first national pop record charts and featured many notable contributors including fashion designer Prue Acton, journalist Lily Brett, rock writer / band manager Vince Lovegrove, music commentator Ian Meldrum, rock writer / music historian Ed Nimmervoll and radio DJ Stan Rofe. It spawned the original Australian edition of Rolling Stone magazine in late 1972.

In 1964, Monash University student newspaper Chaos' co-editors, John Blakeley, Damien Broderick and Tony Schauble, renamed the paper Lot's Wife. Phillip Frazer was a staffer and later became co-editor with future parliamentarian Peter Steedman. Late in 1965, Schauble, Frazer, Broderick, and another student writer, Doug Panther, discussed ideas to make money during the holidays including the idea to create a teen-oriented pop music newspaper. Local rock group The Mood's manager, Peter Raphael, joined Frazer and Schauble and together they founded Go-Set Publications. Raphael brought in photographer Colin Beard and advertising manager Terry Cleary. Waverley Press, which owned Waverley Offset Printers, had printed Lot's Wife, and agreed to print Go-Set on credit. Schauble, Frazer and Panther produced the newspaper from their home in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern. The first edition of Go-Set, dated 2 February 1966, was published with Schauble cited as editor because Frazer, a medical student, asked to be listed in the low-key role of designer and Panther, who had not registered for the military draft, was described as a feature writer. The first issue showcased Tom Jones (see right) and Herman's Hermits interviewed by Panther and photographed by Colin Beard at Palais Theatre, St Kilda. Initial sales were low, about 3000 to 5000 but Issue 3, which covered The Rolling Stones tour in Melbourne and Sydney, doubled their sales.

Initially Go-Set was intended for Melbourne distribution only. A book distributor, Bill Robinson, managed circulation throughout Victoria, and several weeks later the newspaper was introduced to Sydney and within its first year, all the remaining states. From 28 February 1966, the Go-Set office was three rooms at Charnwood Crescent, St Kilda until December 1970 when it relocated to Drummond Street, Carlton.

Go-Set developed an international focus when, in a promotional arrangement with BOAC airlines, Brett and Beard were flown to London and the USA. They spent four months in the United Kingdom from January 1967 touring with Australian singer Normie Rowe, and The Troggs, The Who, The Small Faces, The Easybeats and others. In America they covered the New York City scene and attended the Monterey Pop Festival from 16 to 19 June 1967. The first full colour centre spread was a Beard photograph of Jimi Hendrix taken at The Monterey Pop Festival. In Los Angeles they did personality stories and photographic fashion spreads with Sonny and Cher, The Mamas & the Papas and covered a recording session with The Byrds.

In December 1973, Nimmervoll left Go-Set and founded Juke Magazine in 1975, subsequently he established Take 40 Australia and since 2000, he has edited HowlSpace, a website detailing Australian rock music history. He is also an author of books on the same subject. By January 1974, Go-Set was sold to Sungravure Ltd with Jenny Irvine as editor. Reprints from UK and US papers replaced staff writing during 1973 and 1974, when Sungravure was taken over by IPC Magazines after which Go-Set's circulation declined until the final issue on 24 August 1974. (Wikipedia)

I found this list of tracks at  www.poparchives.com.au. It is an excellent site dedicated to the Go Set magazine. The artwork used depicts the first cover issue of each years first magazine.


Presented  here are the NUMBER ONE Singles in Australia 1966 - 1974, according to GO-SET magazine, in chronological order. The first entry was YELLOW SUBMARINE/ELEANOR RIGBY by The Beatles (5.Oct.1966 - 12Oct.1966 [2 weeks]) and the last entry being BILLY DON'T BE A HERO by Paper Lace (6.Jul.1974 - 24.Aug.1974 [8 weeks]). I have not included tracks that were reintroduced to the number one position for a second time, however, I have included both songs of a double A side single of all #I hits as per the list. There is a total of 135 Tracks for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!

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Track lists
CD1
1    Beatles - Yellow Submarine    :02:41    1966
2    Beatles - Eleanor Rigby    :02:07    1966
3    Twilights - Needle in a Haystack    :02:12    1966
4    Johnny Young & Kompany - Step Back    :01:51    1966
5    Johnny Young & Kompany - Caralyn    :02:37    1966
6    Peter and Gordon - Lady Godiva    :02:26    1966
7    Easybeats - Sorry    :02:36    1966
8    Bobby Darin - If I Were a Carpenter (Stereo)    :02:22    1966
9    Herman's Hermits - No Milk Today    :03:30    1966
10    Normie Rowe - Ooh La La    :02:23    1966
11    Easybeats - Friday on My Mind    :02:52    1967
12    Tom Jones - Green, Green Grass of Home    :03:05    1967
13    Royal Guardsmen - Snoopy Vs. the Red Baron    :02:43    1967
14    Seekers - Georgy Girl    :02:18    1967
15    Beatles - Penny Lane    :02:58    1967
16    Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever    :04:11    1967
17    Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra - Something Stupid    :02:40    1966
18    Petula Clark - This is My Song    :03:17    1967
19    Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale    :04:07    1967
20    Beatles - All You Need is Love    :04:02    1967
21    Beatles - Baby, You're a Rich Man    :03:04    1967
22    5th Dimension - Up-Up & Away    :02:43    1967
23    Petula Clark - Don't Sleep in the Subway    :02:58    1967
24    Vikki Carr - It Must Be Him    :02:51    1967
25    Engelbert Humperdinck - The Last Waltz    :03:05    1967
26    Bee Gees - Massachusetts    :02:22    1967
27    Beatles - Hello, Goodbye    :03:27    1968

CD2
28    Beatles - I Am the Walrus    :04:33    1968
29    Johnny Farnham - Sadie the Cleaning Lady    :02:51    1968
30    John Fred & His Playboy Band - Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)    :02:54    1968
31    Paul Mauriat - Love is Blue    :02:41    1968
32    Beatles - Lady Madonna    :02:19    1968
33    Beatles - The Inner Light    :02:35    1968
34    Bobby Goldsboro - Honey    :04:00    1968
35    Irish Rovers - The Unicorn    :03:22    1968
36    Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - This Guy's in Love With You    :04:02    1968
37    Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash    :03:34    1968
38    Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts - Angel of the Morning    :03:12    1968
39    Irish Rovers - Whiskey on a Sunday (The Puppet Song)    :02:41    1968
40    Mama Cass - Dream a Little Dream of Me    :03:14    1968
41    Tom Jones - Help Yourself    :02:54    1968
42    Beatles - Hey Jude    :07:19    1968
43    Beatles - Revolution    :03:23    1968
44    Leapy Lee    Little Arrowss    :02:55    1968
45    Cream - White Room    :04:54    1969
46    Canned Heat - Going Up the Country    :02:49    1969
47    Barry Ryan - Eloise    :05:48    1969
48    Scaffold - Lily the Pink    :04:20    1969
49    Foundations - Build Me Up a Buttercup    :02:59    1969
50    Beatles - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da    :03:09    1969
51    Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps    :04:48    1969
52    Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go to (My Lovely)    :04:45    1969
53    Russell Morris - The Real Thing    :06:21    1969
54    Beatles - Get Back    :03:14    1969

CD3
55    Beatles - Don't Let Me Down    :03:30    1969
56    Cowsills - Hair    :03:31    1969
57    Beatles - Ballad of John and Yoko    :03:01    1969
58    Beatles - Old Brown Shoe    :03:18    1969
59    Elvis Presley - In the Ghetto    :02:56    1969
60    Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women    :02:59    1969
61    Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want    :07:30    2002
62    Russell Morris - Part Three 'into Paper Walls    :07:02    1969
63    Russell Morris - The Girl That I Love    :04:37    1969
64    Ross D Wyllie - The Star    :03:28    1969
65    Roy Orbison - Penny Arcade    :03:08    1969
66    Beatles - Something    :03:03    1969
67    Beatles - Come Together    :04:17    1969
68    Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds    :04:30    1969
69    Johnny Farnham - Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head    :02:24    1979
70    Lionel Rose - I Thank You (Lionel Rose)    :03:26    1970
71    Shocking Blue - Venus    :03:08    1970
72    Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love    :05:35    1970
73    Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)    :02:46    1970
74    Beatles - Let it Be    :03:56    1970
75    Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water    :04:53    1970
76    Norman Greenbaum     - Spirit in the Sky    :04:04    1970
77    Beach Boys - Cotton Fields    :03:15    1970
78    Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around the Bend    :02:41    1970
79    Creedence Clearwater Revival - Run Through the Jungle    :03:09    1970
80    Simon and Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa (If I Could)    :03:07    1970
81    Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime    :03:28    1970

CD4
82    Christie - Yellow River    :02:47    1970
83    Carpenters - (They Long to Be) Close to You    :04:36    1970
84    Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin' Out My Back Door    :02:34    1970
85    Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long as I Can See the Light    :03:31    1970
86    Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe    :02:26    1970
87    Partridge Family - I Think I Love You    :02:53    1971
88    George Harrison - My Sweet Lord    :04:38    1971
89    Mixtures - The Pushbike Song    :02:33    1971
90    Spectrum - I'll Be Gone    :03:23    1971
91    George Harrison - What is Life    :04:25    1971
92    George Harrison - Apple Scruffs    :03:04    1971
93    Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee    :04:31    1971
94    Paul McCartney - Another Day    :03:47    1971
95    Hollies - Too Young to Be Married    :04:01    1971
96    Daddy Cool - Eagle Rock    :04:11    1971
97    Drummond - Daddy Cool    :02:35    1971
98    Olivia Newton John - Banks of the Ohio    :03:16    1971
99    Rod Stewart - Maggie May    :05:50    1971
100    Rod Stewart - Reason to Believe    :04:09    1971
101    John Lennon - Imagine    :03:04    1972
102    Colleen Hewett - Day By Day    :06:02    1972
103    Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)    :03:42    1972
104    Melanie - Brand New Key    :02:26    1972
105    Don McLean - American Pie    :08:39    1972
106    Nilsson - Without You    :03:21    1972
107    America - A Horse With No Name    :04:03    1972
108    Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - Amazing Grace    :03:20    1972

CD5
109    Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face    :05:22    1974
110    Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show - Sylvia's Mother    :03:51    1972
111    Donny Osmond - Puppy Love    :03:05    1972
112    Wayne Newton - Daddy Dont You Walk So Fast    :03:26    1972
113    Hollies - Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress    :03:16    1972
114    Blackfeather - Boppin' the Blues    :06:33    1972
115    Mac Davis     - Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me    :03:03    1972
115    Hot Butter - Popcorn    :02:33    1972
116    Michael Jackson - Ben    :02:47    1973
117    Carly Simon - You're So Vain    :04:17    1973
118    Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song 1973    :04:47    1973
119    Tony Orlando & Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree    :03:22    1973
120    Jud Strunk - Daisy a Day    :02:52    1973
121    Col Joy - Heaven is My Womans Love 1973    :02:53    1973
122    Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never    :03:39    1973
123    Suzi Quatro - Can the Can    :03:38    1973
124    Rolling Stones - Angie    :04:32    1973
125    Vicki Lawrence - He Did With Me    :02:30    1973
126    Sweet - Ballroom Blitz    :04:01    1974
127    Helen Reddy - Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)    :03:28    1974
128    Ringo Starr - Photograph    :04:07    1974
129    David Bowie - Sorrow    :02:53    1974
130    Grahame Bond - Farewell Aunty Jack    :03:28    1974
131    Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo    :02:47    1974
133    Jacks, Terry - Seasons in the Sun    :03:28    1974
134    Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive    :03:49    1974
135    Paper Lace - Billy, Don't Be a Hero    :04:05    1974
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11 comments:

  1. I am the walrus followed by Sadie the cleaning lady - it doesn't get any better than this! Thanks BB.(except maybe Day by day from Godspell followed by Ernie)

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    1. That was it was then, Dr Robert.
      And there is Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - This Guy's in Love with You followed by Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash...
      Cheers

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    2. Probably why most people my age (63) don't like modern pop - that very lack of variety that made the charts so vital back then.Rant over!

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    3. How can it be a rant when it is the truth? (74)

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  3. Oops! I touched the wrong button on the comment above.
    Thank you so much Butterboy for an excellent compilation.
    This one is right up my alley.

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  4. You're a prince amoung men BB. Thank you for everything you do.

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