Ganggajang (album) explained
Ganggajang, stylised as GANGgajang, is the self-titled debut album from GANGgajang. It was released on True Tone Records through Polygram Records in 1985 and sold over 120,000 copies. It was produced by Joe Wissert, with band members Graham 'Buzz' Bidstrup and Mark Callaghan.[1]
Track listing
All songs written by Mark Callaghan unless otherwise indicated.[2]
- "Gimme Some Lovin'" (Callaghan, Graham Bidstrup) - 2:43
- "Sounds of Then (This is Australia)" - 3:53
- "Distraction" - 3:21
- "Maybe I" (Bidstrup, Callaghan) - 3:35
- "Ambulance Men" - 3:24
- "The Bigger They Are" - 3:29
- "Giver of Life" (Geoffrey Stapleton, Chris Bailey, Callaghan, Bidstrup, Kayellen Bidstrup aka Kay Bee) - 3:38
- "Shadow of Your Love" (Bidstrup, Callaghan) - 3:05
- "To The North" (Bidstrup, Callaghan) - 2:46
- "House of Cards" - 2:45
Tracks from this album were also featured in the surf film Mad Wax.
Releases
| Format | Country | Label | Catalogue No. | Year |
|---|
| LP | AUS | True Tone | 826 | 1985 |
| Cassette | True Tone/Mercury | 826 |
| CD | 826 | |
References
- Web site: GANGgajang . . Magnus Holmgren . 2008-05-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131022063054/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/g/ganggajang.html . 2013-10-22 .
- Australasian Performing Right Association: Web site: Archived copy . 2008-06-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080124161012/http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworksresult.stm . 2008-01-24 .
- Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
