Great Newcastle NSW indie bands on this album, the title 049 refers to the telephone area code for Newcastle - a lot of great rock music was happening around "Silverchair country" at this time
Have a look at THIS site for information on these bands, personnel and some photographs at gigs. It is actually an amazingly detailed site, the indie-pub scene was extremely active in those days and some interesting names show up in the band members too!
049 - A Collection Of Newcastle's Finest
Polygram (in conjunction with 2NX FM Radio)
Cat# 826 688-1
1985
Australian release
Cover is in good condition, no tears, no seam splits, no writing and with just light edge wear from normal handling. The same handling is showing some marks to the front & rear white background though.
New inner plastic sleeve
Vinyl is in very good condition, visually examined carefully using a bright white halogen light source and I can see NO marks⁄scratches on either side. Just looking at an album isn't usually good enough so I then played the ENTIRE album, every single track, and there are no issues with surface noise or clicks/pops.
ARTIST - TRACK
DV8 - On The Street
Powerstrike - 2 Y's U R
R.U.1 - Easy Love
Margurita Ashford - Looking For Clues
Lipps System - Speak To Me
The Rats - Imagination
Vegemite Reggae - My Girl
Doctors Of The Future - Do You Cry At Night?
Thunderbirds - Wonderlove
Waiting For Brasso - Confidence
I couldn't find a video clip for any of these bands which is not surprising as this was the Newcastle indie pub circuit and 1985 afterall but here is a gem from Silverchair playing at the Newcastle Civic Theatre - a later period of time but still, great to see them live once again!
