Roaring Days Explained

Roaring Days
Type:	Album
Artist:	Weddings Parties Anything
Cover:	Wpa-roaringdays.jpg
Released:	May 1988
Genre:	Rock / Folk rock
Label:	WEA
Producer:	Alan Thorne
Prev Title:	Scorn of the Women
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	The Big Don't Argue
Next Year:	1989

Roaring Days is the second studio album released by Australian rock band Weddings Parties Anything. The title of the album was based on the poem "Roaring Days" by Henry Lawson.^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Mick Thomas, except where noted^[2]

1. "Industrial Town" – 4:06
2. "Under the Clocks" – 3:29
3. "Gun" (Dave Steel) – 3:43
4. "Brunswick" – 2:54
5. "Tilting at Windmills" – 2:53
6. "Sergeant Small" (Tex Morton) – 3:13
7. "Sisters of Mercy" – 4:42
8. "Roaring Days" – 2:54
9. "Say the Word" – 3:21
10. "Missing in Action" – 3:07
11. "Laughing Boy" (Paul Kelly) – 4:39
12. "Big River" (Dave Steel) – 4:32
13. "Summons in the Morning" – 3:17
14. "Morton (Song for Tex)" – 3:18

Personnel

Weddings Party Anything

• Pete Lawler – bass guitar, vocals
• Marcus Schintler – drums, vocals
• Dave Steel – guitar, vocals
• Mick Thomas – guitar, vocals
• Mark Wallace – piano accordion, keyboards, vocals

Additional musicians

• Michael Barclay – vocals ("Under The Clocks")
• Barb Waters – vocals (Tilting At Windmills")
• Anthony Morgan – cello ("Sisters Of Mercy")
• Dave Docker – trumpet ("Missing In Action")
• Mick O'Connor – hammond organ ("Tilting At Windmills")
• Ian McKenzie – tin whistle ("Laughing Boy")
• Jason McDermid – brass ("Industrial Town")
• James Greening – brass ("Industrial Town")
• David Basden – brass ("Industrial Town")

Notes and References

1. News: Mick Thomas and the Sure Thing. The Age. Johnston. Chris. 2006-12-18.
2. http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworks.stm APRA database
3. 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. 334.