The Great New Zealand Songbook

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Album features the Trademark "Mr Four Square" from the NZ mini supermarket "Four Square".

Comes in Deluxe book with photos, lyrics and artwork, contained in a box

www.greatnewzealandsongbook.com

℗ & © 2009 Thom Music Ltd.

Annotation last modified on 2021-05-02 20:31 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD: Last Century
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Tihore Mai
Moana & the Tribe1:32
2Give It a Whirl
recording of:
Give It a Whirl
writer:
Neil Finn and Tim Finn
Split Enz3:03
3Whaling
recording of:
Whaling
writer:
Dave Dobbyn
part of:
APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time (number: 12)
DD Smash3:45
4Dominion Road
recording of:
Dominion Road (The Mutton Birds)
writer:
Don McGlashan (New Zealand composer/singer/multi-instrumentalist)
The Mutton Birds3:56
5Why Does Love Do This to Me?
recording of:
Why Does Love Do This to Me? (The Exponents)
The Exponents3:26
6How Bizarre
additional engineer and additional mixer:
Rick Huntington
engineer and producer:
Alan Jansson
accordion:
Hershal Herscher
guitar:
Lee Baker (NZ guitarist)
trumpet:
George Chisholm (jazz trombonist (1915-1997))
background vocals:
Sina Saipaia
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music NZ Ltd. (Universal’s subsidiary in New Zealand; DO NOT USE as an imprint) (in 1995)
recording of:
How Bizarre
writer:
Pauly Fuemana and Alan Jansson
publisher:
Lamont Music
part of:
APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time (number: 34)
OMC3.953:48
7Taller Than God
recording of:
Taller Than God
writer:
Paul Casserly and Fiona McDonald
Strawpeople4:31
8April Sun in Cuba
electric bass guitar:
Todd Hunter (Todd Stuart Hunter of Dragon)
guitar:
Robert Taylor (Singer-songwriter and guitarist)
keyboard:
Paul Hewson (New Zealand keyboardist; not to be confused with the Irish rock star better known as Bono)
lead vocals:
Marc Hunter
vocals:
Paul Hewson (New Zealand keyboardist; not to be confused with the Irish rock star better known as Bono), Todd Hunter (Todd Stuart Hunter of Dragon) and Robert Taylor (Singer-songwriter and guitarist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) Pty Limited (not for release label use! AU subsidiary of SBME 2004–2009) (in 1977), Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited (not for release label use! AU subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc., 1995/02–2004/02) (in 1977) and Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd. (not for release label use! AU subsidiary of SME since 2009) (in 1977)
recording of:
April Sun in Cuba
composer:
Paul Hewson (New Zealand keyboardist; not to be confused with the Irish rock star better known as Bono)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), EMI Songs, EMI Songs Australia, EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd. and Essex Music of Australia Pty. Ltd.
part of:
APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time (number: 10)
Dragon3:29
9Sinner
programming:
Marius de Vries
bass:
Sebastian Steinberg
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Michael Barker (NZ drummer)
recording of:
Sinner
writer:
Marius de Vries and Neil Finn
Neil Finn44:25
10Break in the Weather
producer:
Nick Launay
recording of:
Break in the Weather
writer:
Jenny Morris (NZ‐born Australian singer‐songwriter) and Tam Morris
Jenny Morris4:32
11Sitting Inside My Head
recording of:
Sitting Inside My Head
writer:
Joe Lonie and Karl Steven (New Zealand vocalist/keyboardist)
Supergroove3:31
12Heavenly Pop Hit
producer:
Gary Smith (producer)
drums (drum set):
James Stephenson
guest background vocals:
Donna Savage
lead vocals:
Martin Phillipps
recording of:
Heavenly Pop Hit
lyricist and composer:
Martin Phillipps
The Chills3:29
13Counting the Beat
producer:
David Tickle
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mushroom Records Pty Ltd (in 1981) and Warner Music Australia Pty Limited (not for release label use! fka WEA Records Pty. Limited) (in 2002)
recording of:
Counting the Beat
writer:
Bones Hillman, Phil Judd and Buster Stiggs
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Mushroom Music (Mushroom label’s publishing company) and Mushroom Music Publishing
part of:
APRA Silver Scroll Awards Winners (number: 1981) and APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time (number: 4)
The Swingers2:59
14Nature
producer:
Peter Dawkins
recording of:
Nature (The Fourmyula)
composer:
Wayne Mason (New Zealand musician) and Ali Richardson
part of:
APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time (number: 1)
The Fourmyula2:53
15Drive
guitar:
Bic Runga
arranger:
Bic Runga
recording of:
Drive
writer:
Bic Runga
part of:
APRA Silver Scroll Awards Winners (number: 1996)
Bic Runga3:00
16Slice of Heaven
producer:
Dave Dobbyn and Bruce Lynch
bass:
Ian Belton (Australian bassist)
guest performer:
Dave Dobbyn
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Dobbynesq Holdings Ltd., On the Ball Productions Ltd. & Co. and Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd. (for copyrights use only) (in 1987)
recording of:
Slice of Heaven
lyricist and composer:
Dave Dobbyn
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Mushroom Music (Mushroom label’s publishing company) and Native Tongue Music Publishing
part of:
APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time (number: 7)
Dave Dobbyn & Herbs3.54:39
17Gutter Black
Hello Sailor2:56
18Home Again
mixer:
Adam Kasper
recording of:
Home Again
Shihad53:35
19Venus
recording of:
Venus Feelers
writer:
James Reid (New Zealand singer of “The Feelers”)
The Feelers4:49
20For Today
Netherworld Dancing Toys5:31
21Better Be Home Soon
drums (drum set):
Paul Hester (Australian drummer for Crowded House/Split Enz)
electric bass guitar [bass]:
Nick Seymour
guitar and lead vocals:
Neil Finn
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1988)
recording of:
Better Be Home Soon
lyricist and composer:
Neil Finn
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Kobalt Music Publishing Australia P/L, Mushroom Music (Mushroom label’s publishing company), Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd., Mushroom Music Publishing and Roundhead Music (BMI) (Neil Finn)
Crowded House3.53:13
2▶CD: This Century

Credits

Release

artwork:Dick Frizzell (NZ artist and graphic designer)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/11232035 [info]

Release group

part of:The Great New Zealand Songbook (New Zealand compilation series) (number: 1) (order: 1)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/1279782 [info]