Cat. No. VV 1042: COL JOYE ~ WALK ON BY. FESTIVAL FX-10,342.
USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE. A COPY OF THIS EP HAS ALREADY BEEN LISTED AND SOLD. WE HAVE SINCE LOCATED ANOTHER COPY AND OFFER IT FOR SALE.
COL JOYE (COLIN FREDERICK JACOBSEN) IS AN A PIONEER OF POPULAR MUSIC IN AUSTRALIA. COL STARTED HIS RECORDING CAREER IN 1959 PERFORMING ROCK'N'ROLL WITH A COVER OF THE LLOYD PRICE SONG "STAGGER LEE". HOWEVER, HIS THIRD SINGLE "BYE BYE BABY" REACHED No. 3 ON THE AUSTRALIAN KENT MUSIC REPORT CHARTS IN 1959, FOLLOWED BY "ROCKIN' ROLLIN' CLEMENTINE" ALSO PEAKING AT No. 3. HIS FIFTH SINGLE, "OH YEAH UH HUH" BECAME HIS MOST SUCCESSFUL, PEAKING AT No.1. HE ALSO HAD OTHER CHARTING SINGLES INCLUDING "YES SIR, THAT'S MY BABY".
COL'S POPULARITY LEVELED OFF AFTER CHANGES TO THE MUSIC SCENE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RISE OF THE BEATLES, AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1973 THAT HE HAD ANOTHER HIT RECORD "HEAVEN IS MY WOMAN'S LOVE". COL LATER DABBLED IN COUNTRY MUSIC AND RECEIVED SEVERAL AWARDS IN THAT FIELD. COUNTRY MUSIC IS THE BASIS OF THIS FOUR TRACK EP. THE SLEEVE IS GRADED GOOD WITH ONLY MINOR WEAR ALONG THE EDGES AND MINOR RING-WEAR ON FRONT AND BACK OF SLEEVE ALONG WITH A SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE SLEEVE IN THE FORM OF A COUPLE OF VERY SMALL CREASES. THERE ARE NO TEARS IN THE SLEEVE. THE RECORD IS GRADED NEAR MINT WITH ONLY SOME MINOR SCUFF MARKS WHICH DO NOT EFFECT PLAY.
TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Walk On By / Can't Help Falling In Love. Side 2 - You're The Reason / I'm Feeling Sorry.
7" VINYL RECORD