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AVS 042CD
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"The Moomba Festival on Sunday the 12th of March 1972 culminated in a massive live concert at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. The lineup was Friends, La De Das, Gerry and the Joy Band and headliners Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs. As noted in TV and newspaper reports, an enormous crowd of 200,000 (yes, you read right: two hundred thousand!) turned up. The following GoSet edition featured a detailed report on the concert and noted the debut of a new track entitled 'Long Live Rock And Roll And Long May It Move Me So' (predicted, following the success of 'Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy,' to be another number one smash, though it was never recorded). We have taken the Aztecs' barnstorming performance and added another from late 1972 at Melbourne's Festival Hall (their farewell show before traveling to the UK) to create a never before released Aztecs' CD, one that captures the band at the peak of their live power (this is the same year and lineup of the classic Aztecs Live! At Sunbury performance, i.e. the 'Sunbury Aztecs': Billy Thorpe, Gil Matthews, Paul Wheeler and Bruce Howard). The Festival Hall show features a lost classic: 'Let Yourself Go' a song in a similar vein to 'Time To Live' and 'Momma' monster riffing, powerful vocals, relentless beat (with obligatory drum solo) with a running time of over 10 minutes! There's also a rare live version of their single 'Believe it Just Like Me.' Remastered by Gil Matthews, liner notes by Ian McFarlane."
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AVS 023CD
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"On Sunday June 13, 1971, the Aztecs, Chain, Daddy Cool, Wild Cherries, La De Da's, Healing Force and Lotus were the line-up for a concert at the Melbourne Town Hall. Taking advantage of such a big occasion, the Aztecs decided to record their set for a live LP and TV special -- complete with a 30 foot inflatable starfish type creature that deflated too early and had to be held up by various roadies and friends so the band could keep playing! The resultant LP Aztecs Live (also know as Live At Melbourne Town Hall) captures the band on the brink of becoming the biggest band in Australia, and a rare document of the Thorpe, Matthews, Morgan and Wheeler line-up. Our deluxe reissue of this album is augmented by the 6 A & B sides of the Aztecs' singles for the Havoc label -- including 'The Dawn Song' and the monster hit (and all-time Aussie classic ) 'Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy.' Plus, as an additional bonus, a never before available track: 'Long Live Rock 'N Roll,' live from the Rosebud Outdoor Festival in 1972. The CD is packaged in a 6 panel digipak, digitally remastered by Gil Matthews, with liner notes by Ted Lethborg. The 24-page booklet is full of great quotes and many rare images from the Live Aztecs TV special."
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AVS 001CD
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Aztec Music is a new Australian reissue label, established in 2005. Each release is officially licensed, often w/ bonus tracks included, packaged in deluxe digipaks withelaborate bookslets. Really state-of-the art presentation. "Originally recorded at the historic Sunbury Music Festival on Australia Day 1972, by the loudest, hairiest, blues-rock band our country has ever known, Live at Sunbury sold 80,000 copies when first released. This deluxe reissue (digitally remastered, digi-pak, liner notes by noted Australian Rock author Ian McFarlane and a 16 page booklet with many rare photos) is a classic slab of rock history that every Australian home should have."
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