Born in New Zealand, Fred Dagg (John Clarke) was a NZ household name when I was growing up in the mid 1970's, noted for his 7 children, all of which were called Trev. He then moved across to Australia and was involved in film and television, notably stints with Channel Nine and ABC (The Gillies Report, The Science Show and 2JJ before they went to FM and renamed 2JJJ) - his most recent performances being collaborations with Bryan Dawe on the ABC, very straight faced and yet deep cutting political satire.
John Clarke passed away in 2017 and tributes were made to him by the Australian Prime Minister (Malcolm Turnbull) Australian Opposition Leader (Bill Shorten) and the NZ Prime Minister (Bill English) - he was highly regarded by the political class.
His website is still operating and more information about Fred Dagg is here: https://mrjohnclarke.com/
Fred Dagg - The Fred Dagg Tapes
Festival Records
Cat# L 37148
1979
Australian release
Cover is in very good condition, although the front cover top right hand side has the remanents or discolouring from a previous retail sticker. No seam splits, edges all show just light handling wear, no tears and no writing.
New inner plastic liner sleeve
Vinyl record is in good - very good condition, visually inspected under a white halogen light source and I can see a number of very light scratches on each side. I then played the entire album and although surface noise level is at times a little higher than "normal" this is really not an issue, same goes for click/pop events. Good play!
New outer protective sleeve
Tracks: Real Estate, Money For Judgement, Government Department, Escapees, Bob And Malcolm, A Full Public Statement, John Citizen, An Honest Man, The Meaning Of Life, Advertising, Uranium, Novelist, Standing Orders, The Truth Of The Pudding, Stock Exchange Report, Education, The Socratic Paradox
