A Hell of a Career

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This album contains 44 tracks on two CDs celebrating the best of John’s prolific songwriting and recording career to date(released in 2013). Narrowing his 500+ song catalogue to a ‘best of’ is never and easy task, but the two discs trace his career, starting from his first song ‘Old Man Emu’ through to never-released before studio version of ‘Island Of Oceans’ plus live recordings of ‘Hang My Hat In Queensland’, ‘Prairie Hotel Parachilna’, ‘Rescue Me’ and others which were recorded with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the memorable Sydney Opera House concert in 2010.

TRACK LISTING: DISC ONE

1. Old Man Emu
2. True Blue (21st anniversary version)
3. Hawkesbury River Lovin’
4. Diggers of the ANZAC (This is Gallipoli)
5. Wrinkles
6. Queen in the Sport of Kings
7. I Can’t Feel Those Chains Any Longer
8. Mallee Boy
9. The Budgie Song
10. Galleries of Pink Galahs
11. Raining on the Rock (with Warren H Williams)
12. Cootamundra Wattle
13. Sail the Nullarbor
14. Westown
15. Boomerang Café
16. Amazing Day
17. Boogie with M’Baby
18. Ancient Mountains
19. Bill the Cat
20. Dingo
21. Goodbye Blinky Bill

DISC TWO

1. Island of Oceans
2. Rip Rip Woodchip
3. A Flag of our Own
4. A Bushman Can’t Survive (with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
5. Wintergreen
6. Papa Whisky November
7. Prettiest Girl in the Kimberley (with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
8. Sir Don
9. Three Sons
10. A Thousand Feet (with Warren H Williams)
11. The Baggy Green
12. Sing You the Outback
13. Salisbury Street
14. Glory to Australia
15. Chandelier of Stars
16. Flower on the Water
17. The Joy is in the Journey
18. Hillbilly Road
19. Cydi
20. The Big Red
21. Hang My Hat in Queensland (with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
22. Prairie Hotel Parachilna (with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
23. Rescue Me (with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra)