THE JOHNNY ROCCO BAND - ROCCO 1975 RARE OOP ORIG AUST PRESSED LP LEO DE CASTRO

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	$		46

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You are buying an original Australian pressed 12" 33 & 1/3 rpm vinyl album by:-

THE JOHNNY ROCCO BAND titled "ROCCO".

Released in 1975 on RITZ RECORDS via FESTIVAL RECORDS Australia.

Catalogue number L-35681. 

BAND COMPRISES - LEO DE CASTRO [VOCALS], MARK PUNCH [GUITAR, VOCALS], RUSSELL DUNLOP [FIBES, DRUMS], TIM PARTRIDGE [BASS GUITAR], TONY BUCHANAN [SAXOPHONE], HARRIS CAMPBELL [GUITAR, VOCALS], SUNIL DE SILVA [PERCUSSION] PLUS NUMEROUS GUESTS LISTED ON THE BACK COVER.

 
Track listing Side One is:- 

1. "We're Gonna Have A Good Time" [Olsen/Riviera/Monette/Bridges/Guzman/Baird] 3:13 minutes.
2. "Heading In The Right Direction" [Punch/Paige] 2:42 minutes.
3. "Who's This Guy" [Campbell/Partridge/Rich/Dunlop] 2:44 minutes. 
4. "Sweet Kisses" [Punch/Paige] 3:46 minutes.
5. "Funky May" [Punch/Partridge/Dunlop/De Castro] 3:13 minutes.  

Track listing Side Two is:-

1. "Rocco" [Buchanan/Dunlop/Partridge/Punch] 2:30 minutes.
2. "Baby's Gonna Make It" [De Castro/Dunlop/Partridge/Punch/Buchanan] 5:51 minutes.
3. "She's Knocking On My Door" [Dunlop] 2:51 minutes.
4. "What're You Gonna Do For The Rest Of Your Life" [Dunlop/Richards] 2:52 minutes. 
5. "Number Forty Three" [Dunlop/Punch/Buchanan/Partridge] 2:44 minutes.  

Album cover is in excellent condition, has light ring wear & a crease in the bottom right hand corner. Cover is actually a brown colour asper scan three not the scan colour.

The rear cover has details of the musicians including guests, album songs & writers, plus  producer & engineer. 

Vinyl album is in excellent condition, has a smokey appearance but this does not have any affect on play.

Labels are nice and clean, black lettering on a brown background + record company logo, again the scan colour is not the actual colour for some reason it came out lighter.

See scans attached for further details.

BIOGRAPHY

Late in 1974 Leo de Castro, on vocals, joined the Sydney-based group, Johnny Rocco Band, alongside Tony Buchanan on saxophone (Thunderbirds, Daly-Wilson Big Band), Russell Dunlop on drums (Aesop's Fables, Levi Smith's Clefs, Mother Earth), Tim Partridge on bass guitar (Clockwork Orange, King Harvest, Island, Mighty Kong) and Mark Punch on guitar and vocals (Mother Earth). They were "one of the first Australian bands to incorporate funk and soul into the pub-rock forum". In August 1975 they issued a single, "Heading in the Right Direction", which was covered by Renée Geyer after Punch had joined her backing band.

In January 1976 Johnny Rocco Band released their debut album, Rocco, on the Ritz Gramophone label, distributed by Festival Records. 

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