Festival Records and Warner Music Australia are excited to announce BOOGIE! Presents Silver Roads: Australian Country-Rock and Singer-Songwriters of the ‘70s, a follow up, or a companion piece, to Boogie! Australian Blues,R&B and Heavy Rock from the ‘70s.

While Boogie was decidedly blues focused, Silver Roads looks at the other side of return-to-roots coin –the incorporation of country and folk influences in the Australian rock scene of the late 60s and 70s. It looks at a local scene in which artists followed the lead of the likes of Bob Dylan, the Band, CSN&Y and Gram Parsons and created some fantastic music. It includes some iconic Australian hit singles –like long-lost classic Gypsy Queenby the late Greg Quill & Country Radio , Arkansas Grassby Axiom, Boy On The Runby the Dingoes, Winter In Americaby Doug Ashdown, Slipping Awayby Max Merritt & The Meteors, Girls in Our Townby Margret RoadKnight, even Khe Sanhby Cold Chiseland theLittle River Band’s breakthrough It’s a Long Way There. The double CD also features some fascinating obscurities, such asThe Birth of The Uteby the Melbourne pub outfit the Autodrifters, featuring the late, great Peter Lillie, plus many more.  The full tracklisting is below.

The album was co-compiled by noted author Clinton Walker (‘Buried Country: The Story of Aboriginal Country’, ‘Highway to Hell: the Life & Death of Bon Scott’) and Boogie!compiler Dave Laing. It features new artwork from Boogie! cover artist (and legendary ‘70s LP cover and poster artist) Ian McCausland.

Boogie! Presents Silver Roads is a comprehensive look at a part of Australian music history that had a huge impact at the time. With so many classic artists and tracks, and with therenewed interest in country & folk sounds in recent years, the album will be essential for Australian music fans young and old.

CD1

1. Country Radio - Gypsy Queen
2. Axiom - Arkansas Grass
3. Russell Morris - Lay In The Graveyard
4. Brian Cadd & Don Mudie - Show Me The Way
5. The Dingoes - Starting Today
6. Flying Circus - The Longest Day
7. Anne Kirkpatrick - Feel A Whole Lot Better
8. Third Union Band - Hyway Ryder
9. Richard Clapton - Down The Road
10. Home - Forget Me Not
11. John J Francis - Play Mumma, Sing Me A Song
12. Carrl & Janie Myriad - Back In The Wildwoods Again
13. Fotheringay (featuring Trevor Lucas) - The Ballad Of Ned Kelly
14. Quinn - The Mighty Quinn
15. Bluestone - Wind And Rain
16. Sundown - Outback Dan
17. Saltbush - Brown Bottle Blues
18. Uncle Bob’s Band – Mr Domestic
19. Digby Richards - People Call Me Country
20. Lee Conway - I Just Didn't Hear
21. Johnny Chester - Midnight Bus
22. Daddy Cool - Just As Long As We're Together
23. Gary Young’s Hot Dog - Rock-a-Billy Beatin' Boogie Band
24. Autodrifters - The Birth of The Ute 

CD2

1. Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs – Cigarettes & Whiskey
2. The Dingoes - Boy On The Run
3. Cold Chisel - Khe Sanh
4. Stars - Land Of Fortune
5. Fraternity (featuring Bon Scott) - Summerville
6. Chain - Show Me home
7. Axiom - Ford's Bridge
8. Broderick Smith - She's Gone
9. Johnny Chester - Glory Glory (I'll Be Back To See The Storey Bridge)
10. Laurie Allen Revue - Not Born To Follow
11. Gary Shearston - Faded Streets, Windy Weather
12. Margret RoadKnight - Girls In Our Town
13. Doug Ashdown - Winter In America
14. Ross Ryan - I Don't Want To Know About It
15. Russell Morris - Alcohol Farm
16. Ray Brown/Moonstone - Call Me A Drifter
17. FlyingCircus - Silvertown Girl
18. Tymepiece - Sweet Release
19. Autumn - Falling
20. Max Merritt & the Meteors - Slippin' Away
21. Little River Band - It's a Long Way There
22. Hot Knives (featuring Greg Quill) - Wintersong

Get your hands on BOOGIE! Presents Silver Roads: Australian Country-Rock and Singer-Songwriters of the ‘70s here, available on CD, vinyl and digital formats.