Album
Before Hollywood
1983 · Rock, Pop
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Before Hollywood is a Rock album by The Go-Betweens, originally released in 1983. On Gatefold: 31 pressings tracked.
About
The Go-Betweens are so synonymous with accomplished indie pop perfection that their early work can come as an unpolished surprise. The band’s second studio album, <i>Before Hollywood</i>, is a transition point—not as refined as their later work but more profound than anything in the Robert Forster/Grant McLennan songbook pre-1983. Conceived over a grim English winter, the album oscillates between dark poetry and splashes of Australian sunshine, with “Cattle and Cane” providing snapshots of a Queensland childhood amidst the chiming upswing of Forster’s guitar.
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Tracklist
- 1A Bad Debt Follows You2:25
- 2Two Steps Step Out3:28
- 3Before Hollywood3:45
- 4Dusty in Here4:09
- 5Ask5:16
- 6Cattle and Cane4:22
- 7By Chance2:21
- 8As Long as That5:27
- 9On My Block3:50
- 10That Way4:10
Sound DNA
- Rock
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
"All songs are joint person and group compositions."
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bernard ClarkeORGAN, PIANO PIANO, ORGAN
- Grant McLennanBASS BASS GUITAR, VOCALS BASS, GUITAR, VOCALS
- Lindy MorrisonDRUM, BACKING VOCALS DRUMS DRUMS, BACKING VOCALS
- Robert ForsterGUITAR GUITAR , GUITAR , VOCALS GUITAR, RHYTHM GUITAR, VOCALS
- Robert VickersBASS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 31 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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