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Go Records (usually badged as Go!! Records) was a small independent Melbourne-based recording label which ran from 1964 to 1968.[1] Its releases were manufactured and distributed by the Melbourne-based recording and electronics company Astor.[1]
The Go!! label was established by DYT Productions (Horrie Dargie, Arthur Young and Johnny Tillbrook), which also produced the allied TV teen pop music programme, The Go!! Show.[1] The label was used for cross-promotion of artists appearing on the television show.[1]
The label issued 54 singles but with limited commercial success. Bands awarded contracts included the Cherokees, the Deakins, MPD Ltd, Tony & the Shantels (from Shepparton, Victoria), the Chosen Few (South Australia), and the Clique (Perth). One band, the Rondells, included members, Wayne Duncan and Gary Young, who formed the rhythm section of Daddy Cool.
Another group, the Strangers provided backing for solo singers who appeared on The Go!! Show as well as performing their own material, which was released on the Go!! label. The Strangers' lead guitarist John Farrar produced and wrote material for Olivia Newton-John, including for the films Grease (1978) and Xanadu (1980).
