W&G Records Explained

W&G Records was an Australian recording company that operated from the early 1950s to the 1970s. It was a subsidiary of the Melbourne precision engineering company White & Gillespie.

W&G released many significant recordings by Australian popular artists of the 1960s and also issued recordings of popular American artists, notably releases from the ABC-Paramount (Ampar) label, which W&G distributed from 1955 until 1960, when the Australian distribution was taken over by Festival Records. Recording engineer and producer Bill Armstrong worked at W&G from 1956 to 1961, prior to opening his own studio in 1965.^[1]

W&G also established a special subsidiary label, In Records, which released the classic mid-1960s recordings by the Loved Ones.

List of W&G Records artists

This is a list of recording artists who have had at least one recording released on the W&G record label.In alphabetical order:

• Arthur & Mary –
  • Bartholomew Plus Three – "Cause I'm Alone" / "On a Wintery Night"
• Belfast Gypsies –
• Merv Benton – "Baby Let's Play House" / "Endless Sleep"
• Bobby Bland –
• The Blarney Stones – Rocking Alone In An Old Rocking Chair (LP)
• Blanch Jewel - "By The Window" / "Christmas Kangaroo"
• Bobby Bright – "There's a Great Day a-Coming" / "Girls Never Notice Me"
• Donald Britton - plays Organ Music by British French and German Composers (LP) ^[2]
• James Brown –
  • Al Casey and the KCettes - "Surfin' Hootenanny"
• Pat Carroll – "To The Sun"
• Casinos –
• Johnny Chester with the Thunderbirds – "Hokey Pokey" / "Can Can Ladies"
• Contours – "Do You Love Me"
• Colin Cook –
• Frankie Davidson - "I Care for You"
• Jackie Day – "Before It's Too Late"
• Sergio de Pieri – Organ Recital — St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne
  • Anne Dreyer – "Storytelling Time"
• Judith Durham with Frank Traynor's Jazz Preachers – Judy Durham (EP) 1963
  • John Farrar –
• Johnny Farnham –
  • Martin Gale and His Old Timers – "It's Honky-Tonk Time"
• Johnny Greenwood – "Loving Arms"
• The Gospel Harmoneers - gospel quartet- 45s Gospel Rhythm and Gospel Gems, 1961
• The Haunted - "1-2-5"
• Herbie's People - "Sweet & Tender Romance" / "You Thrill Me To Pieces"
• Donald Jenkins & The Delighters – "Somebody Help Me"
• Paul Paffen – "Golden Voice Across the Valley"
• Pam French With The Ian Pearce Quartet – "You're The Cream In My Coffee" / "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (1958)
• Lotte Landl –
• Little Gulliver –
• Athol Guy – The Seekers
• Hayes Brothers & The Bluegrass Ramblers – "Great Speckled Bird" / "Hello City Limits"
• Joe Hinton –
• Joe Grech –
• Johnny Mac- Pink Champagne and a Room of Roses (1964)/ Don't Waste Time with Teardrops (1964)/I Found a Flower/Jingle Bell Rock/ Railroad Tracks
• Lynn Hope – "Morocco" / "Broken Hearted" (1954)
  • Johnny Lo Piccolo (John St Peeters) –
• The Loved Ones – "The Loved One" / "Ever Loving Man" / "Sad Dark Eyes"
• Maximum Load – "Nolene"
  • Russell Morris – "Hush EP" (1967)
• Paul Paffen – Golden Voice Across the Valley LP
• Bunny Paul – "I'm Hooked"
• Reg Poole – "Australian Country Music Hall of Fame Song" (1973)
• Keith Potger – The Seekers
  • • The Red Onion Jazz Band – The Red Onion Jazz Band (1965) LP, Hot Red Onions (1965) LP, Big Band Memories (1967) LP.
• Paul Revere & The Raiders – In the Beginning LP
• Donn Reynolds - "The Parting" / "Little Old Log Shanty" (1961)
  • The Seekers – "Waltzing Matilda", The Seekers Sing Their Big Hits LP
• Kevin Shegog – "Wolverton Mountain" / "One Small Photograph" (1962)
  "Phar Lap (The Red Terror)" / "Johnny Was A Friend Of Mine" (1965)
• Tony Sheveton – "A Million Drums" / "Dance With Me" (1964)
• Ernie Sigley –
• Soul-Jers –
• Gene Summers & the Platinum Fog – "Hot Pants" / "Young Voices of Children" (1971)
• The Thunderbirds – "Wild Weekend"
• Diana Trask – "Going Steady" / "Comes Love"
• Frank Traynor's Jazz Preachers – Judy Durham with Frank Traynor's Jazz Preachers
• Webb Brothers – Clancy of the Overflow LP
  • Bruce Woodley – The Seekers
  • The Cherokees - "Moon in the Afternoon" (instrumental)
  • The Strangers The Hawking Brothers
• Pam Bradley
• Pam & Ade
• Paul Anka - "Diana" / "Don't Gamble With Love" (1957) WG-SPN496 Plain yellow label with black text
• The Spotnicks - "Orange Blossom Special" / "The Spotnicks Theme" (1962) WG-S-1450 Yellow label with black text, except W&G which is in red text
• Ned Miller - "From A Jack To A King" / "Parade Of Broken Hearts" (1963) WG-S-1536 Yellow label with black text, except W&G which is in red text
• Peter Posa - "The White Rabbit" / "Honey Be My Honey Bee" (1963) WG-S-1735 Yellow label with black text, except W&G which is in red text
• The Seekers - The Seekers Sing Their Big Hits (1965) WG 25/2512 Yellow label with blue text. Original release with B&W image on album cover. A different colour photograph was used on a stereo release of this album.
• Dennis Gibbons - "The Drovers Dream" 1964
• The Breakaways - "Bonaparte's Retreat"/"You're Just in Love"

External links

• Article at Milesago.com
• Discography 1955-1977
• Discography 1955-1972

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Legendary Bill Armstrong. 5 February 2013. Abc.net.au. 12 December 2021.
2. Web site: Discography for W&G Records - OZ - 000 series . Global Dog Productions . Global Dog Productions (In Memory of Ron Smith) . 1 January 2019.