THE CLIQUE on THE GO RECORD LABEL - 1966

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"Stop, Look and Listen" - f/s - "Love Me Girl"

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The Clique came from Perth in the far west of Australia. Shortly after forming they won the western division of Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds competition in 1966.

Though they didn't win the national final at Festival Hall in Melbourne, they did secure a contract with the Go!! label, and a slot on television's Go!! Show, notable as Perth bands were usually signed to the Clarion label.

Members were:

Joe Orifici - vocals, keyboards
Lenny Hayworth - guitar
Mike Carr - guitar
John Tucak - bass
Ferdie Ferrante - drums

The band cut their only 45 at Bill Armstrong Sound Recording Studios in South Melbourne. Joe and John were just sixteen at the time, while the others were twenty or twenty-one. The single has two excellent originals, each written by one of their guitarists. Lenny Hayworth's

"Love Me Girl" was the A-side, a driving song with nice tremolo on the guitars and a shouted chorus.

On the flip is the Mike Carr-penned "Stop, Look and Listen"

This was their only recording. *

They had the option of relocating to Melbourne or Sydney to promote the band through live shows, but they chose instead to return to Perth and break up for college and careers.

This Clique have no relation to the groups of the same name in the U.S.

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About - Go!! Records is without doubt one of the most significant, interesting and collectible Australian labels of the 1960s,

and as Brett Leslie pointed out in his Freedom Train article on the label, it was also one of only a handful that could claim to be truly "independent". It was a quintessential '60s label, as evidenced by its archetypal 'Mod' name and logo, and it featured music by some of the best of the new generation of Australian pop performers of the mid-1960s. The label was established in 1964 by DYT Productions, who were also the producers of the top-rating 0-10 network pop show The Go!! Show, which premiered in mid-1964. The show was an immediate ratings winner and its initial run was extended to a full year after only seven weeks on air. It quickly became the most popular (and arguably the best) pop show of the period, and during its three-year run it featured many of the DYT was headed by veteran musician Horrie Dargie (a renowned harmonica player), Arthur Young and Johnny Tillbrook. In 1964, they formed the Go!! label to promote the 'house' artists who appeared on the show, and new discoveries. Its records were maunfactured and distributed by Astor Records. 

In its brief three-year existence, Go!! released 54 singles, seven EPs and six LPs, although three of these were compilations of Go!! artists and one was a "Best Of" by MPD Ltd. Go!! was not limited to selecting bands only from Sydney or Melbourne, and their catalogue included bands such as Tony & The Shantels (from Shepparton in Victoria), The Chosen Few (originally from Nuriootpa in South Australia, and The Clique (from Perth). 

In August 1967 Channel 0 Melbourne abruptly cancelled both The Go!! Show and its rival Kommotion and the loss of its major promotional outlet quickly led to the demise of the Go!! label.

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The condition of the record is Very Good (VG) with markings (record collectors rating) - The label has markings (refer to scan), while the sleeve is generic

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