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How did New Zealand respond to the Beatles? Like most places – unless you were a boy or a band feeling threatened. Sheer joy. In the second episode of a new series of Blue Smoke, Chris Bourke looks at the musical impact of the Beatles in New Zealand.
More to explore:
- AudioCulture Profile: The Librettos
- AudioCulture Profile: The Fourmyula
- The Beatles and NZ Music - Part 1
- Across the Universe: An Exploration of the Beatles
Music Details
Artist: Linn Lorkin
Track: The Beatles’ New Album
Composer: Linn Lorkin
Album: The Girl from Tokoroa
Label: Hat
Artist: Librettos
Track: I’m Gonna Say Yeah
Composer: Peacock/Stone
Album: Let’s Go with the Librettos
Label: HMV
Artist: Tommy Adderley
Track: I Just Don’t Understand
Composer: Wilkens/Westberry
Album: Why Did You Do in the Beat Era Daddy
Label: Frenzy
Artist: Howard Morrison
Track: Don’t Let it Get You
Composer: Musaphia/Flynn
Album: Kiwiana Goes Pop
Label: Universal NZ
Artist: Fourmyula
Track: Alice is There
Composer: Richardson/Mason
Album: Complete Fourmyula
Label: HMV
Artist: A Friend
Track: Wayne Mason
Composer: Richardson/Mason
Album: Complete Fourmyula
Label: HMV
Artist: Crocodiles
Track: It’s the Latest
Composer: Backhouse/Baysting
Album: Tears
Label: RCA
Artist: Toy Love
Track: Rebel
Composer: Knox/Walker/ Kean/Bathgate/ Dooley
Album: 45 single
Label: Elektra Z10015
Artist: Chris Knox & the Nothing
Track: Those Great Big Puppy Eyes
Composer: Chris Knox
Album: Chris Knox & the Nothing
Label: A Major Label Amaaj 000
Artist: Finn Brothers
Track: Suffer Never
Composer: Neil & Tim Finn
Album: Finn
Label: Parlophone
Artist: Rikki Morris and Tex Pistol
Track: Nobody Else
Composer: Rikki Morris
Album: Nobody Else – Tex Pistol
Label: Pagan
With thanks to AudioCulture NZ
