Sunnyboys (album)
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| Studio album by Sunnyboys | ||||
| Released | September 1981 | |||
| Recorded | May–July 1981 Alberts Studios, Sydney |
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| Label | Mushroom | |||
| Producer | Lobby Loyde | |||
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Sunnyboys is the debut studio album by the Australian power pop group of the same name. It was released in September 1981 on Mushroom Records, which peaked at No. 13 on the Australian Kent Music Report albums chart.
For the album the group's line-up was Bil Bilson on drums, Richard Burgman on guitar, Jeremy Oxley on guitar and vocals, and his older brother, Peter Oxley, on bass guitar. It was recorded at Alberts Studios in Sydney between May and July 1981 with Lobby Loyde as producer. Two singles were released from the album: "Happy Man" (June 1981) and "Alone with You (October) – both reached the top 30 on the Kent Music Report singles chart.
In October 2010 Sunnyboys was listed at No. 37 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums. On 14 March 2014 the group issued an expanded 2× CD version, which reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 100.
Sunnyboys was recorded by the group of the same name, which had formed in Sydney in July 1980 by the brothers, Peter (bass guitar) and Jeremy Oxley (guitar and vocals), together with Bil Bilson (drums) and Richard Burgman (guitar). Their first public performance occurred on 15 August 1980, two months after formation. Within a few weeks the quartet were playing on an almost nightly basis at venues across Sydney’s pub and club circuit. Among the band’s early fans was Jules Normington, the label owner of Phantom Records, who arranged for the band to make their first recording in October that year with the producer, Lobby Loyde (ex-Aztecs, Coloured Balls). The resulting self-titled 4-track 7" EP was released in December. The initial pressing of 1,000 copies was sold out in two weeks. The EP was later remixed and reissued as a 12" EP.
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