The Kiwi Music Scene: 1965

2CD

 The New Zealand music scene came of age during 1965 with both the inaugural APRA Silver Scroll and Loxene Gold Disc Awards (a forerunner of the NZ Music Awards) held at the end of the year. Although we didn’t get our own official National music chart until early 1966, the seeds were sown in 1965. The Christchurch invasion of Australasia continued from the previous year with recent NZ Music Hall of Fame inductees Ray Columbus & The Invaders, Dinah Lee and Max Merritt & The Meteors once again leading the charge. During the first months of the year both The Rolling Stones and The Kinks toured the country and brought their R&B influences with them. The shows were attended by virtually every wannabe and soon to be musician in the country and their influence saw a rawer edge permeating into our music, as can be heard on this collection alongside a raft of perfect pop recordings encompassing all of the popular genres of the day. 1965 would also see a changing of the guard as a new wave of younger artists made their debuts during the year including Larry’s Rebels, The La De Da’s, The Chicks, Allison Durbin, Sandy Edmonds and Dave Miller. So to sum it up we can take pride in our 1965 music scene...we were doing okay and we were starting to write more of our own music


Tracklisting 

  1. RAY COLUMBUS & THE INVADERS  - Till We Kissed
  2. LARRY’S REBELS - This Empty Place
  3. DINAH LEE - I’ll Forgive You Then Forget You
  4. PETER POSA - Gonk
  5. JEANNIE - The Gonk Beat
  6. THE CHICKS The Hucklebuck
  7. THE INVADERS The Cruel Sea
  8. THE NEWSOUNDS All Night Worker
  9. THE DALLAS FOUR Louie Louie
  10. THE PLEAZERS Gloria
  11. HERMA KEIL Runnin’ Late
  12. ALLISON DURBIN Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat
  13. THE SIERRAS - The Crying Game
  14. THE FOUR FOURS Theme From An Empty Coffee Lounge
  15. ROCHELLE VINSEN We’re In Love
  16. CATHY HOWE & THE SIERRAS He Dosn’t Love Me
  17. JEANNIE A Certain Boy
  18. THE PREMIERS Top 20 Theme
  19. DAVE MILLER & THE BYRDS No Time
  20. HERMA KEIL Shrimp Boats
  21. JOHNNY DEVLIN & THE DEVILS Won’t You Be My Baby
  22. TOMMY ADDERLEY Like Dreamers Do
  23. TONY & THE INITIALS Leah
  24. THE DETOURS My Girl
  25. THE SPARTANS One More Day
  26. IAN SAXON I’m Getting Better
  27. SANDY SNOWDEN & Clarrie Light Combo Town’s Cry Baby
  28. BILL & BOYD Bee Boop
  29. GARY BAYER Cactus Hop
  30. THE SHERATONS What A Gal
  31. RICKY MAY This Little Boy’s Gone Rockin’
  32. MAX MERRITT & THE METEORS Zip A Dee Doo Dah
  33. THE MERSEYMEN Down The Hall On Saturday Night

 

  1. THE LIBRETTOS Let’s Go
  2. RAY COLUMBUS & THE INVADERS C’mon and Swim
  3. PETER NELSON & THE CASTAWAYS Down In The Mine
  4. BARI & THE BREAKAWAYS I Can’t Explain
  5. THE LA DE DA’S Little Girl
  6. THE FOUR FOURS You’re My Baby
  7. TOMMY ADDERLEY Mr Jinx
  8. THE PLEAZERS Last Night
  9. BRUNO Bruno Do That Thing
  10. SANDY SNOWDEN & Clarrie Light Combo  Twin Carb Hot Rod
  11. ALEX NEILL Ya Gotta Believe Me
  12. LEW PRYME What A Sweet Thing That Was
  13. HERMA KEIL & THE KEIL ISLES Teardrops
  14. GRAY BARTLETT The Munsters Theme
  15. THE DALLAS FOUR Bells Of Rhymney
  16. THE RAYDERS I Cry
  17. THE STRANGERS Can’t Help Forgiving You
  18. THE VIGILANTES And I Love Her
  19. SANDY EDMONDS Oh No Not My Baby
  20. ALLISON DURBIN Little Girl Go Home
  21. KEN & JOHN Travlin’ Guitars
  22. PETER SINCLAIR & THE PLEASERS Loverly Loverly
  23. BRENT BRODIE I Ain’t Gonna Knock On Your Door
  24. MAURI CHAN Rickshaw
  25. THE CHICKS Java Jones
  26. DINAH LEE That’s It I Quit
  27. THE KEIL ISLES In The Hall Of The Mountain King
  28. THE SIERRAS Stick With Me Baby
  29. THE SEAKERS A Long Long Time
  30. THE MINUTEMEN You Told A Lie
  31. THE GREMLINS Dontcha
  32. THE ASTRO BEATS Jenka Rock
  33. THE DARK AGES - Tomorrows Gonna Be Another Day