Cat. No. 2950: JAMES REYNE ~ THE BEST. VIRGIN / EMI 7807582.
JAMES MICHAEL NUGENT REYNE (BORN IN LAGOS, NIGERIA ON 19TH MAY, 1957) ACHIEVED FAME AS THE LEAD SINGER OF AUSTRALIAN CRAWL AND COMPANY OF STRANGERS AND SUBSEQUENTLY WENT ON TO A SUCCESSFUL SOLO CAREER.
HE MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO AUSTRALIA IN 1959 AND THE FAMILY SETTLED IN MOUNT ELIZA IN VICTORIA. JAMES FORMED A BAND CALLED SPIFF ROUCH CONTAINING FELLOW LOCALS BILL McDONOUGH, GUY McDONOUGH, BRAD ROBINSON, PAUL WILLIAMS, MARK HUDSON AND SIMON BINKS. BY 1978, SPIFF ROUCH HAD SPLIT AND JAMES FORMED CLUTCH CARGO SERVICES WITH BINKS, ROBINSON, WILLIAMS AND HIS YOUNGER BROTHER DAVID REYNE.
IN LATE 1978, CLUTCH CARGO WAS RENAMED AUSTRALIAN CRAWL AND STARTED TO GAIN POPULARITY ON THE PUB CIRCUIT. THE BAND MADE A MEMORABLE DEBUT ON THE COUNTDOWN TV SHOW WITH JAMES PERFORMING WITH BOTH ARMS IN PLASTER CASTS, A RESULT OF INJURIES SUSTAINED AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR. THE BAND WENT ON TO SELL MORE THAN A MILLION ALBUMS IN AUSRALIA IN THE 1980s. THE BAND SPLIT UP IN 1986 AND JAMES WENT ON TO ENJOY A SUCCESSFUL SOLO CAREER. THIS SELECTION FEATURES MANY OF THE HITS JAMES ENJOYED AS A MEMBER OF AUSTRALIAN CRAWL AND HIS SOLO CAREER.
TRACK LISTING: Fall Of Rome / Hammerhead / Rip It Up / Motor's Too Fast / Outback Woman / One More River / Stood Up / Slave / Any Day Above Ground / Some People / Wake Up Deadman / Way Out West / Reckless / Heaven On A Stick / Always The Way.
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