Aztecs Live at Sunbury

Aztecs Live! At Sunburywas a double live album released in August 1972 by Australian hard rock groupBilly Thorpe and the Aztecs,which was recorded at the inauguralSunbury Pop Festivalin late January.[2][3]

Aztecs Live! At Sunbury
Live albumby
ReleasedAugust 1972
Recorded30 January 1972
GenreBlues-rock/heavy metal
Length73:17
LabelHavocCatalog No. HSP 4004[1]
Billy Thorpe and the Aztecschronology
Aztecs Live
(1971)
Aztecs Live! At Sunbury
(1972)
More Arse Than Class
(1974)

Aztecs Live! At Sunburyincluded eight tracks from their set.[4]The double LP peaked at number 4 on the AustralianKent Music ReportAlbums Chart in September 1972.[1]In mint condition, the original LP release, with pop-up inserts, is much sought after by collectors.[4]A CD version was released in 2007 by Aztec Music, asLive at Sunburyby Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs.[5]

In October 2010,Aztecs Live! At Sunbury(1972) was listed in the book,100 Best Australian Albums.[6]

The album is not to be confused with their previous album, entitledAztecs Live,which was first released in 1971 and peaked at number 8 in the Australian album chart in April 1972.[1]

Track listing

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1972 version.[5][7]

  • "C C Rider" (7:08)
  • "Be-Bop-a-Lula"(5:23)
  • "Momma" (11:33)
  • "Rock Me Baby" (9:46)
  • "Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy" (7:27)
  • "Time to Live" (6:33)
  • "Jump Back" (10:03)
  • "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" (15:17)

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1972) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 4

Year-end charts

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Chart (1972) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 21

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[9] 4× Gold 80,000^

^Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^abcKent, David(1993).Australian Chart Book 1970–1992.St Ives, NSW:Australian Chart Book.ISBN0-646-11917-6.Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 untilARIAcreated their ownchartsin mid-1988.
  2. ^McFarlane, Ian(1999)."Encyclopedia entry for 'Billy Thorpe'".Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop.St Leonards, NSW:Allen & Unwin.ISBN1-86508-072-1.Archived fromthe originalon 19 April 2004.Retrieved26 April2011.
  3. ^Nimmervoll, Ed(2007)."Billy Thorpe (and the Aztecs)".HowlSpace: The Living History of Our Music (Ed Nimmervoll). Archived fromthe originalon 14 April 2002.Retrieved10 February2014.
  4. ^ab"Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs".MILESAGO: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975.ICE Productions. 1999.Archivedfrom the original on 14 May 2011.Retrieved26 April2011.
  5. ^ab"Live At Sunbury [sound recording]: [album]".catalogue.National Library of Australia.14 September 2009.Retrieved26 April2011.
  6. ^O'Donnell, John;Creswell, Toby;Mathieson, Craig(October 2010).100 Best Australian Albums.Prahran, Vic:Hardie Grant Books.ISBN978-1-74066-955-9.
  7. ^"CD Universe".Retrieved3 June2009.
  8. ^Kent, David(1993).Australian Chart Book 1970–1992(illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 424.ISBN0-646-11917-6.
  9. ^"Let's Do It Again"(PDF).Cash Box.7 July 1976. p. 51.Retrieved21 November2021– via World Radio History.