Daly Wilson Big Band - To Good For A One Night Stand (1978)

Star Wars

Charlies Angels

Lady Madonna

Song For Sarah

Car Wash

Gonna Fly Now (Rocky)

Doctor Sunshine

Baretta

Tribute To A Czar

Timepiece

Carnival

The Greatest Love Of All-I Always Knew I Had It In Me.

Bass – John Coca

Clarinet – David Glyde, Doug Foskett, Errol Buddle, Graeme Jesse, John Mitchell (9)

Congas, Bongos, Performer [Chocola] – Barry Sutton (2)

Drums, Timbales, Tambourine, Drums [Electric Syndrums], Bells [Bell Tree], Bells [Go-go], Performer [Match Tree] – Warren Daly

Engineer – Graham Owens

Flute – David Glyde, Doug Foskett, Errol Buddle, Graeme Jesse, John Mitchell (9)

Flute [Alto] – Doug Foskett

Guitar – Mick Reid

Harp [Blues] – Greg Foster

Lyricon – Doug Foskett

Organ [Hammond] – Col Nolan

Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer [Strings], Clavinet – Charles Hull

Saxophone [Alto] – Doug Foskett, Graeme Jesse

Saxophone [Baritone] – John Mitchell (9)

Saxophone [Soprano] – David Glyde, Doug Foskett, Graeme Jesse

Saxophone [Tenor] – David Glyde, Errol Buddle

Trombone [Bass] – Steve Powell (2)

Trombone [Tenor] – Ed Wilson (5), Steve Powell (2)

Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Don Raverty, Miles Harris, Norm Harris.

Recorded at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney.

The Daly/Wilson Big Band were a success story during the seventies and early eighties and although the band had gained a strong following for their electrifying live shows around the country, the overheads in keeping the band on the road became a financial burden...The band was put on hold for a while in 1971 while Ed Wilson went searching for new challenges and found his way to England where he took up the trombone chair with the band at the London Palladium. In 1972 he was coaxed back to Australia where Daly/Wilson was resurrected with the added incentive of sponsorship from Benson & Hedges. The next seven years saw the band tour constantly both nationally around Australia and abroad....they were in fact one of the first western acts in the world to perform in Russia. The line-up was complimented by three great Australian vocalists who helped broaden the appeal of the band...Marcia Hines , Kerry Biddell and the late, great Ricky May, Ricky appears on the last track on the this album.
The Daly/Wilson Big Band are an important part of Australian music history and leave behind a legacy 8 Albums and indelible memories of sensational live shows.

Had some real trouble trying to clean up the Charlie's Angels track there was a scratch right through the intro so I left it out and ended up with a shortened track which if you don't know the song you wouldn't notice so what I've done is uploaded the single track as a wave file and if anyone can fix it I would appreciate it .
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The Daly Wilson Big Band was from Australia and was sponsored by the Benson & Hedges cigarette company. Too Good For A One Night Stand was a TV promotional release containing the group’s usual mix of covers. This time, most of them are dance oriented such as Charlie’s Angels and Lady Madonna. There is a drum break in the middle of Star Wars, but otherwise, these songs aren’t really that great. Things don’t get a little funky until Car Wash with a drum and bass breakdown right at the beginning, followed by a flute solo. Unfortunately that turns to slap bass playing towards the end. The mid-tempo Doctor Sunshine with its whistling flute melody is much better. That’s followed by a nice and easy Jazz-Fusion version of Baretta. Carnival has a nice mix of big band and Latin sounds to it led by the flute again with a percussion break.

Daly-Wilson Big Band - On Tour (1973)

1.Theme From Shaft 4:20
2.Fire & Rain 4:55
3.Ode To Billy Joe 4:50
4.Superstar Medley (Medley From "Jesus Christ Superstar")8:10
5.My Goodness 6:15
6.He Ain't Heavy (He's My Brother)4:20
7.Space Odyssey "2001" 6:30
8.Hey Jude 5:45.

Bass - John Helman

Drums - Warren Daly

Guitar - Dave Donovan,Hugh Williams

Keyboards - Ray Alldridge

Saxophone - Bob Pritchard,Doug Foskett,Geoff Naughton,John Mitchell,Paul Long

Trombone - Bob McIvor,Ed Wilson,Herb Cannon,Merv Knott,Steve Powell

Trumpet - Don Raverty,Larry Elam,Mick Kenny,Norm Harris,Warren Clark.

Its Big Band, Eazy Jazz-Funk Time all the way from Australia,includes the cut "Space Odyssey - 2001"shadow used and featured in my DJ Shadow Breaks Set....also many other good covers & original tracks on this lp to enjoylike "shaft" & fire & rain" plus a couple of shite ones like "He Ain't Heavy (He's My Brother)"and "hey jude" which was shite first time round anyway.

Daly-Wilson Big Band with Marcia Hines (1975)

01.El Boro
02.Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
03.Theme From The Rockford Files
04.Chameleon
05.Satin Doll
06.The Way We Were
07.Ain't No Mountain High Enough
08.Jimmy Webb Medley: Up Up And Away - Wichita Lineman - MacArthur Park.

Trumpets - Don Raverty, Norm Harris, Lary Elam, Warren Clarke & Pat Crichton
Trombones - Ed Wilson, Herbie Cannon, Merv Knott & Peter Scott
Saxaphones - Doug Foskett, Paul Long, John Mitchell & Bob Pritchard
Vocals - Marcia Hines
Drums - Warren Daly
Bass - John Helman
Guitar - Dave Donovan
Keyboards - Ray Alridge

Marcia Hines

Arriving in Australia at the age of 16 to perform in the Australian production of the musical Hair, Bostonian Marcia Hines went on to become one of Australia's most loved and successful dance performers of the '70s.

After Hair, she appeared as Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar until the show ended in February 1974. Hines then joined the Daly-Wilson Big Band and toured Australia, the U.S.A., and Russia. A solo deal followed in July 1974 and album sales of over half a million saw her crowned Australia's Queen of Pop from 1976-1978.

She had several Australian Top Ten hits between 1975 and 1979, including James Taylor's "Fire and Rain"/&You" (number nine in May 1975), "From the Inside"/Jumping Jack Flash" (number eight in November 1975), Burt Bacharach/Hal David's "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself"/&Trilogy" (number three in September 1976), "What I Did for Love"/&A Love Story" (number seven in June 1977), "You"/&In a Mellow Mood" (number one in November), and "Something's Missing in My Life"/&Moments" (number ten in April 1979).

Her albums were also successful, Shining (number four in December 1976) selling over 150,000 copies and the double-album Live Across Australia (number six in March 1978) over 100,000. Her other hit albums were Marcia Shines (number ten in November 1975), Ladies and Gentlemen...Marcia Hines (number five in September 1977), and Ooh Child (number 15 in June 1979). From 1978 to 1979 she appeared in her own TV series, Marcia Hines Music, and briefly reprised her role of Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar until throat and respiratory problems cut her tour short.

In 1980, Hines left the Wizard label and signed with Midnight (through WEA. She scored a minor hit with "Your Love Still Brings Me to My Knees"/&Till It's Too Late" (number ten in August 1981) and her next album, Take It from the Boys, reached number 16 in October 1981. The compilation album Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 fared better, reaching number two in February 1982. With the unsuccessful release of Love Sides in May 1983, Hines once again returned as Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar.

Hines spent the next decade raising her daughter Deni until 1993 when she appeared on stage in The Masters of Rhythm and Taste. In 1994, she released her first album in 12 years, Right Here and Now, which produced the singles "Rain (Let the Children Play)" (August 1994) and "Give It All You've Got" (October) and a national tour in March 1994.

In 1998, Marcia Hines traveled to the U.K. to work on a new album, the first single a cover of Irene Cara's "What a Feeling." The next single, "Time of Our Lives," hit number 31 in June 1999 and polled at number 29 on the Top 100 Most Played Tracks on Australian Radio for 1999.

Time of Our Lives hit number 17 in July 1999 and the third single, "Making My Way" was released in September. Her version of "The Lord's Prayer" appeared on the charity album Spirit of Christmas in December which was followed by the single "Woo Me" in January 2000. The Queen of Pop album was released on BMG in 2000 and in 2001, the anthology, DIVA, was released through Warner, supported by the single "(I've Got To) Believe." A fully authorized biography, Diva: The Life of Marcia Hines, was published in October 2001.