Billy Thorpe
Discography
Albums
Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs:
Poison Ivy 1965
EP AUS Linda Lee
Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs 1965
LP AUS Parlophone
Best Of The Aztecs 1965
LP AUS Parlophone
Don't You Dig This Kind Of Beat? 1966 11
LP AUS Parlophone
AUS MFP (re-issue 1968, entitled "I Got A Woman")
With Poison Ivy 1967
LP AUS Calender
The Hoax Is Over 1970
LP AUS Infinity
Live at Melbourne Town Hall 1971
LP AUS Havoc
Live at Sunbury 1972 8
CD AUS Aztec Music AVSCD001 (remastered, issued 2005)
LP AUS Havoc
Great Hits 1972
LP AUS Calender
More Arse Than Class 1974
LP AUS Atlantic
Steaming At The Opera House 1974
LP AUS Atlantic
Rock Classics 1974 5
LP AUS M7
Gold 1975
LP AUS Atlantic
Time Traveller 1980
LP AUS Blue Goose
It's All Happening 1981 23
LP AUS EMI
Anthology Vol. 1 1994
CD AUS
Lock Up Your Mothers 1994 38
Triple-CD AUS
The Best and The Rest 1995
CD AUS
The Classic Rock Collection 2000
CD AUS
Billy Thorpe:
Million Dollar Bill 1974 9
LP AUS Festival 35707
Pick Me Up and Play Me Loud 1976 9
LP AUS Festival
Children Of The Sun 1979 9 Produced by Spencer Proffer and Billy Thorpe
LP AUS Capricorn
USA Capricorn
USA Polydor (re-issue)
21st Century Man 1980 7 Produced by Spencer Proffer and Billy Thorpe
LP AUS Mushroom
USA Elektra
Stimulation 1981 9 Produced by Spencer Proffer and Billy Thorpe
LP AUS Mushroom
USA Pasha/CBS ARZ 37499
East Of Eden's Gate 1982 9 Produced by Spencer Proffer and Billy Thorpe
LP AUS Pasha/CBS
USA Pasha/CBS FZ 38179
Children Of The Sun ...Revisited 1987 ?? Produced by Spencer Proffer and Billy Thorpe
CD USA Pasha/CBS
LP AUS Pasha/CBS
USA Pasha/CBS
Solo - The Last Recordings 2007 20
Double-CD AUS Liberation Blue
with Lobby Loyde and The Coloured Balls and Leo De Castro:
Summer Jam 1973 3
LP AUS
with Warren Morgan (Thump'n Pig and Puff'n Billy):
Downunda 1973 10
CD AUS Aztec Music AVSCD004 (remastered, issued 2005, 4 extra tracks)
LP AUS Atlantic
Contribution to album
The Spirit of Christmas 1994 1994
Mushroom 25 Live 1998
Dirty Deeds (Soundtrack) 2002
Sunbury - Highlights of 1973 and 1974 200?
Gimme Ted - The Ted Mulry Benefit Concerts 2003
Production
Wendy Saddington s Looking Thru A Window 1971
Soundtrack Running From The Guns 1987
Session musician
Jeff St. John lp Joint Effort 1970
The Wild Cherries s I Am The Sea 1971
Angry Anderson cd Blood From Stone 1990
Jimmy Barnes cd Double Happiness 2005
Bands/Projects
Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs 1964-1975,1976/1977
Tommy (stageshow) 1973 Daryl Braithwaite, Colleen Hewett, Jim Keays, Keith Moon, Doug Parkinson, Broderick Smith, Ross Wilson
Billy Thorpe and Million Dollar Bills 1975-1976
The Zoo 1992- Mick Fleetwood
died 2007.
Members (Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs)
Baigent Colin (d) 1964-1965 The Vibratones
Barber Tony (g) 1964-1965 The Electrons (UK), Geoff Doyle and The Resonettes, Vince and Tony Duo, Tony Barber solo
DeMarco Paul (d) 19??
Dick Johnny (d) 1965-1966 Max Merritt and The Meteors, Fanny Adams, Wild Cherries, Everest, Doug Parkinson's Life Organisation, Stevie Wright and The Allstar Band, John Paul Young and The All Stars, Doug Parkinson In Focus, Flash and The Pan, Chris Turner Band
Downes Mike (g) 1965-1966 The 4 Tops, The Crescents, The Delltones, Ray Hoff and The Offbeats
Howard Bruce (p) 1972-1973 La De Das, Levi Smith's Clefs
Loyde Lobby (g) 1968-1970
Maloney Vince (g) 1964-1965 Vibratones, Vince and Tony's Two, T Worsley and The Blue Jays, Vince Maloney's Sect, Bee Gees, Ashton,Gardner and Dyke (UK), Fanny Adams, The Cleves, Flite, McAskill, McAskill,Murphy,Maloney and Firth, Levi Smith's Clefs, Hot Rocks, Rockwell T. James, John Paul Young and The All Stars
Matthews Gil (d) 1971-1975,1976/1977 John Konrad's Kaydets, The Silhouettes, The Scorpions, The Impacts, The Clefs, Levis Smith's Clefs, John Rupert Group, Grantley Dee Band, Rain, Taurus, Chorus, Phil Manning Band, Kevin Borich Express, Morgan and Matthews, The Elks, Southern Electric, Mondo Rock, The Rondells, Richard Clapton Band, The Party Boys, Cybotron, The Rondells
Morgan Warren (p) 1970-1975,1976/1977 The Beaten Tracks, Chain, Gerry and The Joy Band, Pilgrimage, Stevie Wright and The Allstar Band, John Paul Young and The All Stars, Morgan and Matthews, Ray Arnott Band, Flash and The Pan, John Paul Young's Allstars
Murphy Kevin (d) 1970 Barry McKinn/Heinz Mendholsen Quintet, Max Reed Trio, The Wild Cherries, G. Bond Organization (UK), The Virgil Brothers, Doug Parkinson In Focus, Rush, King Harvest, Chain, McAskill,Murphy,Maloney and Firth, McAskill, Levi Smith's Clefs, Mighty Mouse, De Castro, Phil Manning Band, Mister Mix, Network, Burwood Blues Band, Christine Sullivan's Funk, Tommy Emmanuel Band
Ninnis Steve (d) 1970 ---
Risby Colin (g) 1965-1966 Ray Hoff and The Offbeats
Thompson Jimmy (d) 1968-1970 Vince and Tony's 2, Tony Worsley and The Blue Jays, Vince Maloney Sect, The New Blue Jays, Levi Smith's Clefs
Thorpe Billy (v,g,harm) 1964-1975,1976/1977
Toi Teddy (b) 1965-1966,1973-1975,1976/1977 Sundowners (NZ), Max Merritt and The Meteors, Little Sammy and The In People, Fanny Adams, Hunger, Wild Cherries, Duck, Doug Parkinson's Life Organization, Motivators
Watson John (b) 1964-1965 Vibratones
Wheeler Paul (b) 1968-1973 James Elder, The Gino Affair, The Affair, Band of Talabene, Mackenzie Theory, Theory, Bootleg Family Band, Phil Manning Band, Savannah Silver Band, Lindsay Bjerre Band, Delaney Venn, Neon Hearts
Members (Billy Thorpe and Million Dollar Bills)
Griffiths Derek (g) 1975-1976 ---
Kristian Billy (b) 1975-1976 The Dominoes, Saki and The Jive Five, Max Merritt and The Meteors, Ray Columbus and The Invaders, Keil Isles, Head Band, Crow, Pacific Eardrum (UK), Night (USA), Ian Carr's Nucleus (UK), Jealous Guys (UK)
Levine Johnny (k) 1976 Plastic Tears, E.G.O., Atla, Marcia Hines Band
Stanton Malcolm (k) 1975 The Klub, Ticket, Cycle
Thorpe Billy (v,g) 1975-1976
Sources of information: Billy Thorpe (The Legend), Unofficial Billy Thorpe Page
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