The Sports
Melbourne 1976-1981
Discography
Albums
Fair Game 1976
EP AUS Zac
Reckless 1978 11 Produced by Joe Camilleri
CD AUS Mushroom D19764 (issued 1993)
AUS Mushroom MUSH32404.2
LP AUS Mushroom L36671
MC AUS Mushroom
Don't Throw Stones 1979 12 Produced by Pete Solley and Dave Robinson
CD AUS Mushroom
AUS Mushroom MUSH32471.2
LP AUS Mushroom (some issues came with "Reckless" bonus single)
Don't Throw Stones 1979 12
LP GER Ariola 201 020-320
UK Sire SRUK 6001
USA Arista AB 4249
MC GER Ariola 401 020-352
O.K.U.K. 1979
EP AUS Mushroom
Suddenly 1980 12
CD AUS Mushroom
AUS Mushroom MUSH3240.2
LP AUS Mushroom L37131 (with limited edition "The Lost Demo" 7")
MC AUS Mushroom
Sondra 1981 14 Produced by Cameron Allan
CD AUS Mushroom D19765 (issued 1993)
AUS Mushroom MUSH32405.2
LP AUS Mushroom
MC AUS Mushroom
Play Bob Dylan (and Donovan) 1981 5
EP AUS Mushroom L20007 (10")
All Sports 1982 16
CD AUS Mushroom
LP AUS Mushroom
MC AUS Mushroom
Missin' Your Kissin' 1988
LP AUS Raven
Rollercoaster 1993
CD AUS (4/17 tracks, released under the name "Stephen Cummings")
This Is Really Something 1997 36
Double-CD AUS Mushroom MUSH33011.2
AUS Mushroom (re-issue 1999)
Definitive Collection 2004 36
Double-CD AUS Festival 337762
Contribution to album
Debutantes 1977
Nightmovin' Live #2 1978
The Mushroom Evolution Concert 1982
Rocking Australia Live 1982
Mushroom 25 Live 1998
Members
Armiger Martin (g) 1978-1981
Bates Ed (g) 1976-1978
Cummings Stephen (v) 1976-1981
Glover Robert (b) 1976-1981 Myriad, Silver Studs, Hi Tones, Big Kombi, A Ring Of Truth, The Groop
Hitchins Paul (d) 1976-1980 Gulliver Smith, Mother Goose, The Nighthawks, The Sundowners, Tinsley Waterhouse Band, Joyce Brothers, Fat Sam and The Gleetones, Riddum Shakers, A2Z Reggae, Slim Jim & The Fatts, Jim Fisher, Dave Warner, Ernie Dingo, Lucky Oceans, The Riddum Shakers, Eliot Vlatko, The Lovebites, Ivan Zar, Phil Moncreif
McLennan Iain (d) 1980
Niven Jim (v,k) 1976-1980 The Pink Finks, Pete Watson's Rockhouse, Procla/Proclamation, Jellybean Jug Band, Like Fun, Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, The Humans, Carnival, Layabouts, Crosscut Saw
Pendlebury Andrew (g,v) 1976-1981
Strauks Freddie (d) 1980-1981 Spare Parts, Sound Pump, Clap Trap, Frame, Skyhooks, Humans, The Gentlemen, Jo Jo Zep and The Falcons, Bushwackers, Sharyn Anderson Band, Watt's Cookin, Frankie's Big Night Out, M. Parker and The Heartbeats, Hot Wires, Strange Bedfellows, Ol'Skydaddies
Symons Red (k) 1980 Moloch and The Molecules, Scumbag, Skyhooks, Red Symons Band
Sources of information: Lovetown (Stephen Cummings), Toby Creswell: Too Much Ain't Enough - The Authorised Jimmy Barnes Biography, Stefan Warnqvist, Paul Hitchins
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