[ERA : 60s, 70s / Pop, Rock, R&B, Psych ]

March 2023 Frenzy release. Double CD with detailed 16 page insert filled with band history, photos & posters.Australasia's first supergroup - The Groove featuring Peter Williams (ex Max Merritt & The Meteors) on vocals and Rod Stone (ex Librettos) on guitar. Now on CD for the first time. Plus their unreleased 1970 album as the newly named Eureka Stockade. The Groove quickly established themselves as one of the top Australian groups during their 3 year career on the back of six hit singles, all of which are featured on this collection. They won the prestigious Hoadley’s Battle of the Sounds in 1968 by beating the Masters Apprentice and Doug Parkinson In Focus. To cap off a successful year they were voted the third best Australian band in the national Go-Set readers poll behind The Twilights and Masters Apprentice’s. Mid 1969 saw the group in the U.K., and while the future looked promising, wider success eventually alluded them. They were paid the ultimate compliment by Chas Chandler who was looking for a new act to replace Jimi Hendrix, but his offer to manage them was too late, they were in the final stages of breaking up.

CD1 The Groove - Complete Singles A & B sides plus Album Tracks : Simon Says * With This Ring * Soothe Me * I See A New Day * Goin’ Back * What Is Soul * Merry-Go-Round * You Are The One I Love * Relax Me * Dance To The Music * The Wind * Play The Song * Baby, Get in The Groove * Every Ounce of Strength * Wishing: You and Me * A Circular Song * Pianologue * Stubborn Kind of Fellow * Holy Cow * Cool Jerk * The Boat That I Row * I’ve Got My Mojo Working * When Something Is Wrong With My Baby * Things Go Better With Coca-Cola
CD2 The Eureka Stockade - London Sessions 1970 : I’ve Found Out Where It’s At * We’re Gonna Drink Some Booze * Just Me and You * God Made His Children * The Long Face * Eureka Stockade * I’m My Brother’s Keeper * Murrumbidgee * I Ain’t Comin’ Back * Easy Street * Friend in the Bottle * I’ll Be Home In About A Day Or So * Sing No Love Songs * Jump Down Turn Around * Give Me A Sign (Peter Williams 1971 single A side with Blue Mink backing) * My Guitar (Peter Williams 1971 single B side)