The Skyhooks Tapes - Composition

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The Skyhooks Tapes is the first compilation album by Australian band Skyhooks, released in September 1977. The album features all the band's A- and B-side singles and peaked within the top 50 in Australia.[1]

The Skyhooks Tapes

Compilation album by

Skyhooks

Released

September 1977

Recorded

1974–1977

Studio

TCS Studios, Reefer Cabaret and Armstrong's Studios Melbourne;
The Record Plant, Sausalito, California

Genre

Pop rock, glam rock

Label

Mushroom Records

Producer

Ross Wilson, Duke Wilson, Greg Macainsh

Skyhooks chronology

Straight in a Gay Gay World
(1976)

The Skyhooks Tapes
(1977)

Guilty Until Proven Insane
(1978)

Singles from The Skyhooks Tapes

"Party to End All Parties"
Released: April 1977

Background

In February 1977, Red Symons left the band and was replaced on guitar by Bob Spencer. The band continued to tour nationally, promoting their three studio albums.[2]

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)
1.	"All My Friends Are Getting Married"	Greg Macainsh
2.	"Party to End All Parties"	Macainsh
3.	"Crazy Heart"	Macainsh
4.	"Ego Is Not a Dirty Word"	Macainsh
5.	"Hot Rod James"	Macainsh
6.	"Million Dollar Riff"	Macainsh
7.	"You're a Broken Gin Bottle Baby"	Macainsh

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)
1.	"Let It Rock" (live)	Chuck Berry
2.	"Revolution" (US version)	Macainsh
3.	"Blue Jeans"	Macainsh
4.	"Living in the 70s"	Macainsh
5.	"You Just Like Me 'Cos I'm Good in Bed"	Macainsh
6.	"Forging Ahead"	Red Symons
7.	"Horror Movie"	Macainsh

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart[3]	49

References

"Skyhooks - Discography". skyhooks-music.com. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Skyhooks'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 19 April 2004. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.

v t e Skyhooks
Greg Macainsh Bob Starkie Graeme "Shirley" Strachan Imants Strauks Red Symons Steve Hill Peter Inglis Peter Starkie Bob Spencer Tony Williams
Studio albums	Living in the 70's (1974) Ego Is Not a Dirty Word (1975) Straight in a Gay Gay World (1976) Guilty Until Proven Insane (1978) Hot for the Orient (1980) The Lost Album (1999)
Live albums	Live! Be in It (1978) Live in the 80's (1983)
Compilation albums	The Skyhooks Tapes (1977) The Best of Skyhooks (1979) The Latest and Greatest (1990) Singles and B sides (1994) The Collection (1999) Don't You Believe What You've Seen or You've Heard (2015) Hits'n'Riffs (2015)
Singles	"Living in the 70's" "Horror Movie" "Ego Is Not a Dirty Word" "All My Friends Are Getting Married" "Million Dollar Riff" "Let It Rock (live)" "This is My City" "Blue Jeans" "Party to End All Parties" "Women in Uniform" "Hooked on Hooks" "Jukebox in Siberia" "Happy Hippy Hut"

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