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.
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) 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"
References
External links Article at Milesago.com Discography 1955-1977 Discography 1955-1972