The Loner is a live album by Australian singer-songwriter, Vic Simms, which was recorded when he was incarcerated in Bathurst Gaol in 1973.
| The Loner | |
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| Live album by | |
| Released | 1973 |
| Recorded | Bathurst Gaol |
| Genre | Australian folk, Australian rock, country |
| Length | 33:00 |
| Label | RCA |
Background
editVic Simms was convicted of a robbery in 1968 and was serving his seven-year sentence in Bathurst Gaol.[1] While imprisoned he taught himself guitar and started song writing.[1] The Robin Hood Foundation sent his demo tape to RCA Limited, which organised a mobile studio to be sent to the prison.[1] Simms recorded his solo live album, The Loner, over one hour and it was released in 1973.[1][2]
Track listing
editAll tracks were written by Vic Simms (as William Victor Simms).[3]
- "Get Back into the Shadows"
- "Poor Folks Happiness"
- "Little Barefoot Urchin"
- "Try to Understand"
- "The Loner"
- "Stranger in My Country"
- "Everybody Had Known But Me"
- "Living My Life by the Days"
- "Karen’s Song"
- "Anybody's Nobody"
The Painted Ladies Play Selections from the Loner
editDuring 2014 Brisbane musician, Luke Peacock, was converting analogue recordings into a digital archive when he came across, The Loner.[1] With Simms aboard, he established the Painted Ladies, a loose collaboration of various Australian artists, to record an album, The Painted Ladies Play Selections from the Loner, which was issued on 26 May 2014 via Plus One Records.[4][5]
Besides Simms and Peacock, the other musicians were the Medics (a Cairns-based group), Paul Kelly, Paddy McHugh, the Warm Guns Choir, John Busby, Greg Cathcart, Kahl Wallace, Roger Knox, Bunna Lawrie and Rusty Hopkinson (of You Am I).[5][6] Hopkinson also produced the recording.[5] In November 2017 The Painted Ladies Play Selections from the Loner was listed in the book, The 110 Best Australian Albums, by music journalists Toby Creswell, Craig Mathieson and John O'Donnell.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Reviving the Tunes of Vic Simms". Deadly Vibe. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ Simms, Victor (1973), The Loner, RCA Limited, retrieved 30 July 2018
- ^ "'Get Back into the Shadows' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 30 July 2018. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'
- ^ Wallace, Ian (26 May 2014). "Week Commencing ~ 26th May 2014 ~ Issue #1265" (PDF). The ARIA Report (1265). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ a b c Painted Ladies (2014), The Painted Ladies Play Selections from the Loner, Plus One Records, retrieved 30 July 2018
- ^ Fidler, Richard (4 March 2016). "Musicians Vic Simms and Luke Peacock Bring New life to The Loner – ABC Conversations with Richard Fidler". Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "110 Best Australian Albums by Toby Creswell". Hardie Grant Books. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (November 2017), The 110 Best Australian Albums, Hardie Grant Books (published 1 November 2017), ISBN 978-1-74379-361-9
External links
edit- Listen to an excerpt of 'The Loner' on australianscreen online
- Sandman Records re-release: Vic Simms - The Loner