RARE 1973 OZ FOLK / ROCK LP G.WAYNE THOMAS WARM & GENUINE 2907 005
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RARE 1973 OZ FOLK / ROCK LP ~ G.WAYNE THOMAS
Record plays / sounds great. Cover is showing its age a tad. ( Maybe it's got " character " ) . Record in great condition. Wow !! What a great album !! ( Acceptable back ground noise ...with most tracks being ballads )
G. Wayne Thomas was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and spent his early years from a very young age boarding at Timaru Boys High in the South Island. Due to his mother’s poor health, the family later moved to Christchurch, where he attended Cashmere High. Here he joined the school band and played First 15 rugby, subsequently being selected to play for Canterbury in several divisions up to under 19s, and for the schoolboy side that toured Fiji.
His first job was as a Production Assistant with CHTV 3, and he later moved to Australia on a scholarship to study Theatre Production at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). During this time he worked as Stage Manager for Frank Strain’s Theatre Restaurants at night, before taking a full time position with the then Elizabethan Theatre Trust Company, now Opera Australia.
Subsequently he accepted a position at Channel 7 in Sydney, as Stage Manager of a new TV series starring Tony Hancock, the British Comedian. Before production commenced, however, Mr. Hancock took his own life, leaving G. Wayne and many of the crew at a loose end. Following this, a chance a meeting with Bryce Courtney, Creative Director of advertising agency, J. Walter Thompson at the time, resulted in a position as Film Cameraman with that company, and although he was totally unqualified for this role, he managed to pull it off.
Also by chance at the agency Llewellyn Thomas, the eldest son of Dylan Thomas required a music jingle in a hurry, so Wayne and Lew wrote and recorded the jingle in a couple of hours. Fortunately the client loved the jingle, so Lew’s job was safe, but he wanted G. Wayne to sing it! This came as a bit of a shock to both of them, but it marked the beginning of his musical career.
He then quickly teamed up with Patrick Flynn, Musical Director of the hit musical Hair, and later Jesus Christ Superstar, and previous Conductor of the New York Ballet Company. Together and separately they produced a considerable number of award winning commercial jingles and soundtracks for clients such as Rheem, Coca Cola (Teardrop series), Streets Ice-cream (Sounds of Summer), Eveready, CC’s (You Can’t Say No), Fosters Beer, Toyota and Ford, to name a few.
Just on our international postage service from Australia , sadly the base service does not include overseas tracking. It includes a tracking number that tells you when it left Aussie shores . To upgrade to a full tracking service , which can be done , but adds $8/LP to the base postage cost. And on behalf of Aussie Post , sincere apology because that is very sub standard service.
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