(JOHNNY YOUNG & KOMPANY- Featuring: Let it Be Me & Step Back) -L4-EP

	A$		30
	$		20

DESCRIPTION ITEM: VINYL – 45 RPM- P/S- 7” EP
ARTIST: JOHNNY YOUNG & KOMPANY
TITLE: Featuring: Let it Be Me & Step Back
TRACKS:
SIDE 1: Let it Be Me/ Step Back
SIDE 2: Cara-Lyn/Baby (You’ve Got What it Takes)
CAT #:
COUNTRY: OZ
VINYL: (Grade at EXCELLENT+ to NEAR MINT-)
COVER: (Grade at NEAR MINT-)
LABELS: (Grade at MINT-)
COMMENT: Wikipedia
Johnny Young (born John Benjamin de Jong, 12 March 1945) is an Australian singer, composer, record producer, disc jockey, television producer and host.

Young was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He grew up in the Perth Hills suburb of Kalamunda, Western Australia.

After leaving school, he worked as a trainee disc jockey and started singing at local dances. For 18 months he was lead vocalist with a group called The Nomads, which was later known as The Strangers (no relation to the Melbourne group The Strangers).

Young had his first break when he became host of TVW-7 Perth television pop music show Club Seventeen in early 1965. At the same time, he released two singles, Club 17/Hi Ho and Go Johnny Go, both on the 7-Teen label.[1]

The following year he formed a backing band called Johnny Young and Kompany. Kompany members were John Eddy (guitar), Tony Sommers (guitar), Jim Griffiths (bass) and Warwick Findlay (drums). An Easybeats tour to Perth in early 1966 resulted in them presenting him with the rights to Step Back which was co-written by Stevie Wright and George Young. The single was released in May 1966, with Cara-Lin by the The Strangeloves on the B-side.[2] The single was a number-one hit in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne in July and was the second biggest-selling Australian single of the 1960s, behind Normie Rowe's Que Sera Sera/Shakin' All Over. In October, his EP Let It Be Me went to number-one in Sydney and number-four in Melbourne. Another major hit was a slow cover version of The Beatles' All My Loving for which he was later strongly identified with as it was used as the closing song for his long-running TV series Young Talent Time.[3]

Young and Kompany moved to Melbourne in late 1966 and in January 1967 released covers of the Everly Brothers' When Will I Be Loved? / Kiss Me Now which made national Top-ten charts. Soon after however, he disbanded Kompany to go solo and supported Roy Orbison, The Walker Brothers, The Mixtures and The Yardbirds at the Festival Hall, Melbourne on Australia Day, 1967. Later that year he hosted the short-lived television pop show Too Much and then took over the host role of The Go!! Show, following the resignation of Ian Turpie. He also won a Logie for 'Best Teenage Performer' in 1967.

In 1971 Young developed Young Talent Time, a children's variety show. The show was a launching pad for several notable Australian singers including Jamie Redfern, Debra Byrne, Dannii Minogue and Tina Arena. It ran 18 years, to 1989. While not part of Young Talent Time, Australian Idol runner-up Anthony Callea also trained with the Johnny Young Talent School.

As a songwriter, Young's most notable work is probably the psychedelic classic "The Real Thing", a seminal Australian pop song of the late 1960s recorded by Russell Morris and produced by another Australian music industry notable, Ian 'Molly' Meldrum. He also wrote and produced hits for Ronnie Burns ("Smiley"), Ross D. Wylie ("The Star") and former boxing champion Lionel Rose ("I Thank You").

At several points in his long career, Young has worked as a radio disc jockey and he still occasionally performs live. He is currently the breakfast host on Perth AM station 6IX and was briefly host of 'The Pet Show' on ABC television.

VINYL GRADING SYSTEM

MINT:
RECORD: New condition with no surface marks or loss of sound quality.
LABEL: New condition with no surface marks or wear.
NEAR MINT:
RECORD: Barely noticeable surface mark with no loss of sound quality.
LABEL: Barely noticeable surface mark/ wear.
EXCELLENT:
RECORD: Some signs of being played with extremely little if no loss of sound quality.
LABEL: Slight wear.
VERY GOOD:
RECORD: Obviously been played with noticeable surface marks & the occasional light scratches but exhibits no major loss of sound quality.
LABEL: Noticeable wear. Slight writing/ stains.
GOOD:
RECORD: Very obviously been played with very noticeable surface marks & exhibits major loss of sound quality.
LABEL: Noticeable wear. Much writing/ stains.
FAIR:
RECORD: Still just playable & exhibits considerable surface noise.
LABEL: Major tears, wearing, writing & stains.
POOR:
RECORD: Will not play properly due to scratches etc.
LABEL: Very badly damaged.
+(PLUS)/-(MINUS):
Slightly up or down in condition as appears in the comments above.
NOTE:
Gradings are done visually unless there appears to be a questionable surface mark on the vinyl, it is then put on the turntable to check. A comment describing the outcome will appear if this is the case.

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