Slim Dusty discography explained

The discography of Slim Dusty (1927-2003) (AO, MBE), an Australian country music singer, consists of 122 records, 61 studio albums.

By March 1976, Dusty had achieved 37 gold and two platinum records.^[1] By November 1979, this Dusty had amassed 63 gold and platinum albums.^[2]

In 2018, it was reported Dusty had sold more than seven million records and earned over 70 gold and platinum album certifications.^[3]

Dusty had number singles with "A Pub with No Beer" (1958) and "Duncan" (1980). In 2000 his 100th album Looking Forward Looking Back won the ARIA Award for Best Country Album

NB: Chart positions prior to 1970 are unknown. Certifications prior to 1990 are unknown.

Albums

Studio albums

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Album details	Chart positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)
AUS ^[4] ^[5]
Slim Dusty Sings	Released: 1960 Label: EMI Music/Columbia Records (330SX-7611)	-
Songs for Rolling Stones (credited to Slim Dusty And His Bushlanders)	Released: 1961 Label: EMI/Columbia (33OSX-7642)	-
Along the Road of Song	Released: 1962 Label: EMI/Columbia (33OSX-7654)	-
Aussie Sing Song (credited to Slim Dusty And His Bushlanders)	Released: 1962 Label: EMI/Columbia (33OSX-7668) AKA Slim Dusty Sing Song	-
Another Aussie Sing Song (credited to Slim Dusty And His Bushlanders)	Released: 1963 Label: EMI/Columbia (33OSX-7689)	-
Songs in the Saddle	Released: 1963 Label: EMI/Columbia (33OSX-7697)	-
Songs of Australia	Released: 1964 Label: EMI/Columbia (33OSX-7713)	-
People and Places (credited to Slim Dusty And His Bushlanders)	Released: 1964 Label: EMI/Columbia	-
Australian Bush Ballads	Released: 1965 Label: EMI/Columbia (33OSX-7745)	-
The Nature of Man	Released: 1966 Label: EMI/Columbia	-
An Evening with Slim and Joy (with Joy McKean)	Released: 1966 Label: EMI/Columbia (33OSX-7761)	-
Essentially Australian	Released: 1967 Label: EMI/Columbia (33OSX-7790)	-	ARIA: Gold^[6]
Songs My Father Sang to Me	Released: 1967 Label: EMI/Columbia (33OSX-7814)	-
Songs from the Cattle Camps	Released: 1968 Label: EMI/Columbia (33OSX-7846)	-
Sing Along with Dad (with Joy McKean, Anne and David)	Released: 1968 Label: EMI/Columbia	-
Cattle Camp Crooner	Released: 1969 Label: EMI/Columbia (33OSX-7902)	-
Sing a Happy Song	Released: 1970 Label: EMI/Columbia	-
Songs from the Land I Love	Released: 1971 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCX-7987)	-
Glory Bound Train	Released: 1971 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCX-7993)	-
Me and My Guitar	Released: 1972 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCX-7999)	-
Foolin' Around (with Joy McKean)	Released: 1973 Label: EMI/Columbia	-
Tall Stories and Sad Songs	Released: 1973 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCX-8016)	-
Australiana	Released: August 1974 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCX-8018)	96
Lights on the Hill	Released: August 1975 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCX-8028)	45	ARIA: 5× Gold
Things I See Around Me (featuring The Travelling Country Band)	Released: June 1976 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCX-8030)	62
Give Me the Road (featuring The Travelling Country Band)	Released: October 1976 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCX-8032)	81
Just Slim With Old Friends (with Barry Thornton, Paul and Colleen Trenwith and Linsday Butler)	Released: 1977 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCX-8034)	-
On the Move (with The new Travelling Country Band)	Released: September 1977 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCX-8035)	59
To Whom it May Concern	Released: August 1978 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCX-8037)	64
Spirit of Australia	Released: May 1979 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCX-8038)	79
Walk a Country Mile	Released: October 1979 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCX-8039)	58	ARIA: Gold
The Man Who Steadies the Lead	Released: August 1980 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCX-8040)	61
The Slim Dusty Family Album	Released: December 1980 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCX-8041)	65
Where Country Is	Released: September 1981 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCX-8042)	59
Who's Riding Old Harlequin Now? (with The Travelling Country Band)	Released: October 1982 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCX-8044)	90
On the Wallaby	Released: July 1983 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCX-8045)	76
Trucks on the Track	Released: May 1984 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCXO-430002)	50	ARIA: Gold
Singer from Down Under	Released: July 1985 Label: EMI/Columbia (EMC 263)	78
To a Mate (Slim Dusty Remembers "Mack" Cormack)	Released: 1985 Label: EMI/Columbia (TC-FA.157016)	-
Stories I Wanted to Tell	Released: 1986 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCXO-430037)	-
Beer Drinking Songs of Australia	Released: November 1986 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCXO-430045)	77
Neon City	Released: September 1987 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCXO-430058)	86
Cattlemen from the High Plains	Released: February 1988 Label: CEMI/Columbia (SCXO-748656)	95
G'day, G'day	Released: 12 December 1988^[7] Label: EMI/Columbia (SCXO-791447)	78	ARIA: Gold
King of Kalgoorlie	Released: August 1989 Label: EMI/Columbia (SCXO-792455)	85
Two Singers One Song (with Anne Kirkpatrick)	Released: 16 October 1989 Label: Columbia (SCXO-793190)	-
Coming Home	Released: 29 October 1990 Label: Columbia (SCXO-795282)	98
That's The Song We're Singing	Released: 9 November 1992 Label: Columbia	-
Ringer from the Top End	Released: 4 October 1993 Label: EMI (8271942)	65
Natural High	Released: 10 October 1994 Label: EMI (8303472)	95
Country Way of Life	Released: 28 August 1995 Label: EMI (8145722)	71
A Time to Remember	Released: 14 April 1997 Label: EMI (724385673221)	34
Makin' a Mile	Released: 31 October 1997 Label: EMI (724382330424)	34	ARIA: Gold^[8]
West of Winton	Released: 1999 (Later withdrawn) Reissued: 15 October 2001 Label: EMI (4957392)	-
Ninety Nine	Released: 25 October 1999 Label: EMI (5234884)	50
Looking Forward Looking Back	Released: 17 July 2000 Label: EMI (5271604)	3	ARIA: 2× Platinum^[9]
The Men From Nulla Nulla (credited to Slim Dusty and Shorty Ranger)	Released: 15 October 2001 Label: EMI (5362432)	-
Travellin' Still...Always Will (with Anne Kirkpatrick)	Released: 18 March 2002 Label: EMI (724353803421)	37	ARIA: Gold^[10]
Columbia Lane – the Last Sessions	Released: 1 March 2004 Label: EMI (724357729024)	5	ARIA: Gold^[11] ARIA: Gold
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart, position unknown or was not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

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Album details	Chart positions
AUS
The Slim Dusty Movie	Released: August 1984 Label: EMI Music (VMP.430004/2)	73
I've Been There and Back Again (The Soundtrack to the Joy McKean Book)	Released: 2011 Label: EMI Tracks recorded between 1940 and 2001	-
Slim and I (Slim Dusty & Various Artists)	Released: 4 September 2020^[12] Label: EMI (0748837)	8 ^[13]

Live albums

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Album details	Chart positions	Certifications
AUS
Live at Wagga Wagga	Released: 1972 Label: Axis Records (AXIS 6017)	-	ARIA: Gold
Live at Tamworth	Released: 1973 Label: Columbia/ EMI Music (TVSS-12)	-
The Entertainer (Live at the Sydney Opera House)	Released: 1978 Label: Columbia/ EMI Music (VMP-1062)	-
Live Across Australia (credited to The Slim Dusty Family)	Released: 1986 Label: Axis (AX.701234) Recorded in 1983	-
Live into the '90s	Released: 4 May 1992 Label: EMI (7990252) Recorded in 1991	92
The Slim Dusty Show (Live in Townsville 1956)	Released: 22 January 1996 Label: EMI Music (8324072) Recorded in 1956	-
91 Over 50	Released: 26 August 1996 Label: EMI Music (8147122) Recorded in 1996	46	ARIA: Gold
Slim Dusty Live	Released: 11 March 2006 Label: EMI Music (3524912) Recorded in 2000	42
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart, position unknown or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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Album details	Chart positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)
AUS ^[14]
Encores	Released: 1969 Label: Columbia (330SX-9565)	-
The Best of Slim Dusty	Released: 1973 Label: World Record Club (S-5359)	-
Dusty Tracks	Released: 1973 Label: Axis (AXIS 6083) Tracks recorded between 1959 and 1967	-
Dinki-Di Aussies	Released: 1974 Label: Axis (TC-AX-1095) Tracks recorded between 1957 and 1969	-
The Best of Slim Dusty Volume 2	Released: 1975 Label: Columbia (SCX-8021)	-
Way Out There	Released: 1975 Label: Axis Tracks recorded between 1957 and 1964	-
This Is Your Life	Released: 1976 Label: EMI (SCXA 8033)	-
Songs from Down Under	Released: 1976 Label: Axis (TC-AX- 10306) Tracks recorded between 1959 and 1972	-
Slim Dusty Sings His Favourite Songs	Released: 1976 Label: World Record Club (R-60533)	-
Travelling Country Man	Released: 1977 Label: Axis (TC-AX- 10334) Tracks recorded between 1959 and 1973	-
A Guitar and a Hat	Released: February 1979 Label: World Record Club (90544, C 90545, C 90546) 3x Vinyl Box Set	-
Rarities	Released: 1979 Label: EMI (SD.1) Tracks recorded between 1942 and 1945	-
Rodeo Riders	Released: 1979 Label: Axis (6386) Tracks recorded between 1960 and 1977	-
No. 50 The Golden Anniversary Album	Released: April 1981 Label: EMI Music (PLAY1004)	10
Slim Dusty ....Vintage Album 1	Released: 1982 Label: EMI/Columbia (TC 7998684)	-
Slim Dusty ....Vintage Album 2	Released: 1983 Label: EMI/Columbia	-
I Haven't Changed a Bit	Released: 1983 Label: Axis (AX-701306)	-
The Best of Slim Dusty	Released: 1984 Label: EMI/ Reader's Digest (Oz-RD4-386) 6× LP box set	-	ARIA: Gold^[15]
I'll Take Mine Country Style	Released: 1985 Label: Axis (AX-430027)	-	ARIA: Gold
Australia Is His Name	Released: 1985 Label: Thorn EMI 3x LP Box Set (7946552)	-
Slim Dusty ....Vintage Album 3	Released: November 1986 Label: EMI/Columbia	-
Country Livin	Released: 23 November 1987 Label: Axis (AX 701372) Tracks recorded between 1957 and 1987	-
The Heritage Album	Released: 1988 Label: Columbia (SCXO 790140) Tracks recorded between 1955 and 1987	-	ARIA: Platinum
Slim Dusty Sings Stan Coster	Released: 1988 Label: Axis (AXIS 8377242) Tracks recorded between 1963 and 1978	-
Slim Dusty ....Vintage Album 4	Released: 1989 Label: EMI/Columbia (OEX 793064)	-
Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson	Released: March 1990 Label: Columbia	-	ARIA: Gold
Slim Dusty ....Vintage Album 5	Released: January 1991 Label: EMI/Columbia (OEX 795285)	-
Slim Dusty Sings Joy McKean	Released: October 1991 Label: EMI/Columbia Tracks recorded between 1962 and 1986	-
Travellin' Guitar^[16]	Released: February 1992 Label: Tracks recorded between 1958 and 1960	-
A Land He Calls His Own	Released: August 1992 Label: EMI (251206-208) Tracks recorded between 1966 and 1987 3x CD Box Set	-
The Anniversary Album No. 2 (1943-1993)	Released: December 1993 Label: EMI (7896102)	-
Regal Zonophone Collection	Released: 16 October 1995 Label: EMI Tracks recorded between 1946 and 1957 3xCD Set	-
Country Classics	Released: 1996 Label: Reader's Digest (300701300) Tracks recorded between 1947 and 1995 3xCD Set	-	ARIA: Gold^[17]
Old Time Drover's Lament	Released: 1997 Label: EMI Tracks recorded between 1957 and 1970	-
Down the Dusty Road	Released: 1998 Label: EMI (724381431627)	-
Talk About The Good Times	Released: 1998 Label: EMI Tracks recorded between 1960 and 1975	-
The Very Best of Slim Dusty	Released: November 1998 Label: EMI (724349572829)	15	ARIA: 5× Platinum^[18]
The Man Who Is Australia	Released: July 2000 Label: EMI (724352765321) 5xCD Set	70
A Piece of Australia	Released: 15 January 2001 Label: EMI (724353107222)	-	ARIA: Platinum
Pubs, Trucks & Plains	Released: March 2007 Label: EMI (094638953227) Tracks recorded between 1960 and 2002 3×CD set	20	ARIA: Gold^[19]
Reunion (credited to The Slim Dusty Family)	Released: March 2008 Label: EMI (5198462)	15
Sittin' On 80	Released: July 2009 Label: EMI (094638953227) Tracks recorded between 1969 and 2002 4x CD Set	20
1960's Classic Albums	Released: 28 September 2012 Label: EMI (7056652) 5x CD Box Set	-
1970's Classic Albums	Released: 28 September 2012 Label: EMI (7056662) 5x CD Box Set	-
1980's Classic Albums	Released: 28 September 2012 Label: EMI (7056672) 5x CD Box Set	-
1990's Classic Albums	Released: 28 September 2012 Label: EMI (7056712) 5x CD Box Set	-
The Son of Noisy Dan: A Musical Autobiography	Released: 16 August 2013 Label: Universal Music (3747004)	-
The Den Tapes	Released: 13 November 2015 Label: EMI (4736241) Recorded in the 1990s	27
Prime Movers	Released: 15 July 2016 Label: EMI (4788793)	43
Gone Fishin	Released: 20 August 2021^[20] Label: EMI (3847882)	11 ^[21]
Christmas On the Station	Scheduled: 25 November 2022^[22] Label: EMI (4886132)
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart, position unknown or was not released in that territory.

Chronological list of all albums

1. Slim Dusty Sings (1960)
2. Songs for Rolling Stones (credited to Slim Dusty and His Bushlanders) (1961)
3. Along the Road of Song (1962)
4. Aussie Sing Song (credited to Slim Dusty and His Bushlanders) (1962)
5. Another Aussie Sing Song (credited to Slim Dusty and His Bushlanders) (1963)
6. Songs in the Saddle (1963)
7. Songs of Australia (1964)
8. People and Places (1964) (credited to Slim Dusty and His Bushlanders)
9. Australian Bush Ballads (1965)
10. The Nature of the Man (1966)
11. An Evening with Slim and Joy (1966) (with Joy McKean)
12. Essentially Australian (1967)
13. Songs My Father Sang to Me (1968)
14. Songs from the Cattle Camps (1968)
15. Sing Along with Dad (1968) (with Joy McKean, Anne and David)
16. Cattle Camp Crooner (1969)
17. Slim Dusty Encores (1969)
18. Sing a Happy Song (1970)
19. Songs from the Land I Love (1971)
20. Glory Bound Train (1971)
21. Live at Wagga Wagga (1972)
22. Me and My Guitar (1972)
23. Foolin' Around (1973) (with Joy McKean)
24. The Best of Slim Dusty (1973)
25. Live at Tamworth (1973)
26. Dusty Tracks (1973)
27. Tall Stories and Sad Songs (1973)
28. Australiana (1974)
29. Dinki Di Aussies (1974)
30. The Best of Slim Dusty Volume 2 (1975)
31. Lights on the Hill (1975)
32. Way Out There (1975)
33. Things I See Around Me (1976) (featuring The Travelling Country Band)
34. Give Me the Road (1976) (featuring The Travelling Country Band)
35. This Is Your Life (1976)
36. Songs from Down Under (1976)
37. Slim Dusty Sings His Favourite Songs (1976)
38. Just Slim with Old Friends (1977) (with Barry Thornton, Paul and Colleen Trenwith and Linsday Butler)
39. On the Move (1977) (with The new Travelling Country Band)
40. Travellin' Country Man (1977)
41. To Whom It May Concern (1978)
42. The Entertainer - Live at The Sydney Opera House (1978)
43. A Guitar and a Hat (1979)
44. Spirit of Australia (1979)
45. Slim Dusty Rarities (1979)
46. Rodeo Riders (1979)
47. Walk a Country Mile (1979)
48. The Man Who Steadies the Lead (1980)
49. Slim Dusty Family Album (1980)
50. No 50 - The Golden Anniversary Album (1981)
51. Where Country Is (1981)
52. Vintage Album Volume 1 (1981)
53. Who's Riding Old Harlequin Now (with The Travelling Country Band) (1981)
54. Vintage Album Volume 2 (1982)
55. On the Wallaby (1983)
56. I Haven't Changed a Bit (1983)
57. Trucks on the Track (1983)
58. Slim Dusty Movie (Soundtrack) (1984)
59. The Best of Slim Dusty (1984)
60. I'll Take Mine Country Style (1985)
61. Singer from Down Under (1985)
62. To a Mate (1985)
63. Australia Is His Name (1985)
64. Stories I Wanted to Tell (1986)
65. Vintage Album Volume 3 (1986)
66. Beer Drinking Songs of Australia (1986)
67. Cattlemen from the High Plains (1987)
68. Neon City (1987)
69. Country Livin (1987)
70. The Heritage Album (1988)
71. Slim Dusty Sings Stan Coster (1988)
72. G'day G'day! (1988)
73. King of Kalgoorlie (1989)
74. Vintage Album Volume 4 (1989)
75. Two Singers One Song(with Anne Kirkpatrick) (1989)
76. Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson (1990)
77. Coming Home (1990)
78. Slim Dusty Sings Joy McKean (1991)
79. Vintage Album Volume 5 (1991)
80. A Land He Calls Our Own (1992)
81. Live Into the '90s (1992)
82. Travellin' Guitar (1992)
83. That's the Song We're Singing (1992)
84. Ringer from the Top End (1993)
85. The Anniversary Album No. 2 (1943-1993) (1993)
86. Natural High (1994)
87. Country Way of Life (1995)
88. Regal Zonophone Collection (1995)
89. The Slim Dusty Show (Live in Townsville 1956) (1996)
90. Country Classics (1996)
91. 91 Over 50 (1996)
92. A Time to Remember (1997)
93. Talk About the Good Times (1997)
94. Old Time Drover's Lament (1997)
95. Makin' a Mile (1997)
96. Down the Dusty Road (1998)
97. The Very Best of Slim Dusty (1998)
98. West of Winton (1999)
99. Nighty Night (aka 99) (1999)
100. Looking Forward Looking Back (2000)
101. The Man Who Is Australia (2000)
102. A Piece of Australia (2000)
103. Ramblin' Shoes 1953-1976 (2000)
104. Ramblin' Shoes Vol.2 1980-2000 (2000)
105. The Men From Nulla Nulla (with Shorty Ranger) (2001)
106. Travellin' Still...Always Will (with Anne Kirkpatrick) (2002)
107. Columbia Lane - the Last Sessions (2004)
108. Slim Dusty Live (aka Live)(2006)
109. Pubs, Trucks & Plains (2007)
110. Reunion (credited to The Slim Dusty Family) (2008)
111. Sittin' On 80 (2009)
112. I've Been There And Back Again (2011)
113. 1960's Classic Albums (2012)
114. 1970's Classic Albums (2012)
115. 1980's Classic Albums (2012)
116. 1990's Classic Albums (2012)
117. The Son of Noisy Dan: A Musical Autobiography (2013)
118. The Den Tapes (2015)
119. Prime Movers (2016)
120. Slim and I (Soundtrack) (credited to Slim Dusty and various artists) (2020)
121. Gone Fishin (2021)
122. Christmas On the Station (2022)

Charted and/or certified singles

During his career, Dusty had five top 40 hits on the Australian charts, with "A Pub With No Beer" and "Duncan" both reaching number one in 1958 and 1980 respectively.

Year	Single	Chart positions		Certifications
			^[23]
1958	"A Pub with No Beer"	1	3	AUS: Gold^[24]
	"The Answer to a Pub with No Beer"	12
	"Sequel to a Pub with No Beer"	23
1960	"Waltzing Matilda"	—		ARIA: Gold
1961	"Boomerang"	79
1971	"Darwin (Big Heart of the North)"	71
1974	"Lights on the Hill"	100		ARIA: Platinum
	"The Biggest Disappointment"	58
1975	"The Melbourne Cup"	91
1979	"A Pub with No Beer" (re-release)	—		ARIA: Platinum
1980	"Leave Him In The Long Yard"	—		ARIA: Gold
	"Duncan"	1		ARIA: Platinum
1981	"Country Revival"	99
1983	"The Pub That Doesn't Sell Beer"	94
1987	"We've Done Us Proud"	80
1988	"G'day G'day"	37		ARIA: Gold
1993	"Ringer from the Top End"	—		ARIA: Gold^[25]
2000	"Looking Forward Looking Back"	—		ARIA: Gold

Notes and References

1. Slim Dusty Inks Huge EMI Deal . Cash Box. World Radio History. 55. 13 March 1976. 21 November 2021.
2. Web site: International Dateline - Australia. Cash Box. World Radio History. 46. 3 November 1979. 1 December 2021.
3. Web site: Bio. Slim Dusty. 4 September 2018.
4. Web site: Australian Albums . australian-charts.com Hung Medien . 2 September 2018.
5. Book: Kent, David. . Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W . 1993. 0-646-11917-6.
6. Australia. 2024. album. 28 June 2024.
7. Web site: Platterlog : LP & Tape – New Releases > 12 December 1988. Imgur.com (original document published by Platterlog). 30 November 2017.
8. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1998 Albums. ARIA. 4 September 2018.
9. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2000 Albums. ARIA. 4 September 2018.
10. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2002 Albums. ARIA. 4 September 2018.
11. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2004 Albums. ARIA. 4 September 2018.
12. Web site: Slim & I (Official Soundtrack). JBHiFi. 5 September 2020.
13. Web site: ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums. Australian Recording Industry Association. 14 September 2020. 12 September 2020.
14. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia.
15. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1999 Albums. ARIA. 4 September 2018.
16. Web site: Travellin' Guitar.
17. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2005 Albums. ARIA. 4 September 2018.
18. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2014 Albums. ARIA. 4 September 2018.
19. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2007 Albums. ARIA. 4 September 2018.
20. Web site: Gone Fishin' by Slim Dusty. JB Hi-Fi. 7 August 2021.
21. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. 30 August 2021. 27 August 2021.
22. Web site: Slim Dusty Christmas On The Station. JB Hi-Fi. 11 November 2022.
23. Web site: Slim Dusty - A Pub With No Beer . Official Chart History . Official Charts Company . 8 March 2019 . en.
24. Dave Laing, "Slim Dusty: Country singer famous for A Pub With No Beer", The Guardian (UK), 20 September 2003
25. Australia. 2024. single. 28 June 2024.