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Cat. No. VV 1089: ROBE G. ~ GUITAR SOUNDS. UNIVERSAL RECORD CLUB U-775.
Cat. No. VV 1089: ROBE G. ~ GUITAR SOUNDS. UNIVERSAL RECORD CLUB U-775.

Cat. No. VV 1089: ROBE G. ~ GUITAR SOUNDS. UNIVERSAL RECORD CLUB U-775.

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USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

ROBE G. (ROBERT GEORGE PORTER AKA ROBIE PORTER) BEGAN LEARNING THE LAP STEEL GUITAR AT THE AGE OF EIGHT, RELUCTANTLY IT IS SAID. HE WANTED TO PLAY RUGBY BUT IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT ONE DAY A DOOR-TO-DOOR SALESMAN KNOCKED ON THE FAMILY HOME AND HIS MOTHER PURCHASED THE LAP STEEL GUITAR AND ENCOURAGED HIM TO PLAY.

IN 1959 ROBE G., AS HE WAS KNOWN BY THEN, HAD BEEN PERFORMING INSTRUMENTALS AND COVERS OF COUNTRY SONGS AND MADE HIS TELEVISION DEBUT PERFORMING THE INSTRUMENTAL "SLEEPWALK", ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY SANTO & JOHNNY. HE WAS SOON SIGNED TO REX RECORDS AND BECAME AN AUSTRALIAN BANDSTAND REGULAR. HIS FIRST SINGLE "YOUR CHEATIN' HEART", A COVER OF THE HANK WILLIAMS HIT, APPEARED IN FEBRUARY 1960. IN 1961, ROBE G. RECEIVED SEVERE SPINAL INJURIES IN A CAR ACCIDENT, HE ADAPTED HIS PLAYING STYLE AND CONTINUED TO RECORD. TOP TEN HITS IN SYDNEY FOLLOWED, INSTRUMENTALS "SI SENOR (I THEENK)" PEAKED AT NO. 1 IN SYDNEY IN MAY 1962, "JEZEBEL" AT NO. 2 IN MAY, 1963, AND "55 DAYS AT PEKING" AT NO. 1 IN JULY AND THE VOCAL SINGLE, "WHEN YOU'RE NOT NEAR" AT NO. 7  IN AUGUST 1964. ALTHOUGH NOT AS POPLAR IN MELBOURNE, THE FOUR SINGLES ALSO PEAKED IN THE TOP TEN. ROBE G.'S VERSION OF "55 DAYS AS PEKING" WAS SUBMITTED TO THE PRODUCERS OF THE JOHN WAYNE MOVIE OF THE SAME NAME BUT WAS REJECTED AS A THEME HAD ALREADY BEEN CHOSEN, HOWEVER, ROB RECEIVED A SPECIAL AWARD FROM SAMUEL BRONSON FOR HIS WORK IN PROMOTING THE FILM.

THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED BY UNIVERSAL RECORD CLUB IN THE LATE 1960s. ON SIDE 1 ROBE G. HAD CHOSEN TO TAKE THE STEEL GUITAR BACK TO IT'S ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENT AND PLAYS THE TUNES FOR WHICH IT WAS FIRST INVENTED. ON SIDE 2 INCLUDED ARE FOUR TRACKS ROB HAD WRITTEN HIMSELF PROVING THAT HE WAS QUITE A PROFICIENT WRITER AS WELL. SADLY, ROB PASSED AWAY ON 16 DECEMBER, 2021 AT THE AGE OF 80 SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA. BOTH THE ALBUM SLEEVE AND RECORD ARE GRADED MINT CONDITION WITH ALMOST NO SIGN OF WEAR.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1: Pagan Love Song / Sweet Leilani / Beyond The Reef / Bali Ha'i / Blue Hawaii / Aloha Oe.

Side 2: Hawaii Tattoo / Carmen / Senorita / 55 Days At Peking / Soul / Tim-Buc-Too.

12" VINYL RECORD.

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