"Buried and Dead" is a song by Australian rock group, the Masters Apprentices, released in May 1967 on Astor Records as the second single from the band's debut self-titled extended play. It peaked at No. 26 on the Go-Set national singles charts.
| "Buried and Dead" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Masters Apprentices | ||||
| from the album The Masters Apprentices (EP) & The Masters Apprentices | ||||
| B-side | "She's My Girl" | |||
| Released | May 1967 | |||
| Recorded | 1966 | |||
| Studio | Adelaide | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 2:37 | |||
| Label | Astor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Michael Bower | |||
| Producer(s) | Max Pepper | |||
| The Masters Apprentices singles chronology | ||||
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Background
editIn mid-1966 Adelaide-based rock group, the Masters Apprentices, shared a gig with pop star, Bobby Bright (of Melbourne duo, Bobby & Laurie), who was impressed and recommended them to his label, Astor Records. A few weeks later, they were contacted by Astor's Max Pepper, who requested a four-track demo.[1][2] The band went to a local two-track studio to record it, but realised that they had only three suitable songs: "Hot Gully Wind", "Buried and Dead" and "She's My Girl".[1][3]
The group relocated to Melbourne and the demo, including the newly written, "Undecided", became their debut extend play, The Masters Apprentices (February 1967).[3][4]
"Buried and Dead" and "She's My Girl" were lifted from the EP and released as its second single in May, which peaked at No. 26 on the Go-Set Top 40 national singles chart[5] and spent eight weeks in the top forty.[6] The single also peaked in the top ten charts in most Australian capital cities.[7][8][9] Both sides were written by the group's rhythm guitarist, Mick Bower.[10][11] The band made a promotional film clip for "Buried and Dead" for TV (at their own expense), which their lead singer, Jim Keays, believed was one of the first music videos made in Australia.[12]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Buried and Dead" | Michael Bower | 2:37 |
| 2. | "She's My Girl" | Bower | 2:50 |
Personnel
edit- The Masters Apprentices
- Mick Bower – rhythm guitar
- Jim Keays – lead vocals
- Rick Morrison – lead guitar
- Brian Vaughton – drums
- Gavin Webb – bass guitar
- Recording and artwork
- Graphic artist, art director – Darrin Crosgrove
- Producer – Max Pepper
References
edit- General
- Keays, Jim (1999). His Master's Voice: The Masters Apprentices: The bad boys of sixties rock 'n' roll. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-185-X. Retrieved 29 May 2017. Note: limited preview for on-line version.
- Kimball, Duncan (2002). "The Masters Apprentices". Milesago: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975. Ice Productions. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- McFarlane, Ian (1999). "WHAMMO Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 29 May 2017. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
- Spencer, Chris; Nowara, Zbig; McHenry, Paul (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1.[13] Note: [on-line] version was established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition. As from September 2010 the [on-line] version is no longer available.
- Specific
- ^ a b Keays, pp. 41, 45, 50, 52, 54–55
- ^ Creswell, Toby (2007) [2005]. 1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories and Secrets Behind Them (RocKwiz ed.). Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant. p. 443. ISBN 978-1-74066-458-5.
- ^ a b Kimball
- ^ McFarlane, "'The Master's Apprentices' entry". Archived from the original on 18 June 2004. Retrieved 20 August 2017..
- ^ Nimmervoll, Ed (19 July 1967). "Go-Set National Top 40". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ McGrath, Noel (198). Noel McGrath's Australian Encyclopaedia of Rock. Outlaw Press. p. 197.
- ^ Jones, Martin (2005). Lover, Buggers, and Thieves. Headpress. p. 146. ISBN 9781900486415.
- ^ "Canberra Top Forty". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 756. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 August 1967. p. 26. Retrieved 29 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ McIntyre, Iain, ed. (2006). Tomorrow is Today: Australia in the Psychedelic Era, 1966-1970. Wakefield Press. p. 53. ISBN 9781862546974.
- ^ "Song Catalogue Search Results for 'Buried and Dead'". APRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society). Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Song Catalogue Search Results for 'She's My Girl'". APRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society). Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ Keays, p. 62–63
- ^ "Who's Who of Australian Rock / Compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". Catalogue. National Library of Australia. September 2002. ISBN 9781865038919. Retrieved 29 January 2010.