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480:, was released in March 1980 and was also produced by Solley. Feliu opined that it showed "trimmed up reggae-favoured tunes and souped-up straight, melodic rockers... has its fair share of goodies" while he "had reservations about the overall slickness, and excesses in production for the sake of commercial acceptance" by Solley. McFarlane noticed that it "featured an even slicker, more commercial pop sound." In Australia, the album reached No. 13 and its lead single, " 343:(ex-Myriad) joined on guitar in August 1977 and assisted Cummings with song writing. Cummings recalled, "I just vaguely met people and dragged them into it. I always wanted Andrew in the group as a guitarist and I had an idea for a rockabilly country sound. But I always wanted to change it because I really liked the 408:
described The Sports in September that year, " roots lie in the fifties or early rock 'n' roll, rhythm and blues ... pen short and sharp songs ... brings with him a more electric sound." Parker arranged for The Sports to support their United Kingdom tour in February of the following year. Fellow
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review; he continued, "It was the last thing you'd expect. It was my making and my undoing in some ways. When you have everything go right so quickly you expect that everything after that is going to be good and that easy. It meant that I probably didn't put myself out as much as I should have."
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and Dave Robinson producing. It was released in February 1979 ahead of their joining Graham Parker & the Rumour's UK tour. Feliu felt "plenty of admiration for their punchy and melodic rockabilly sound, found the change to the more diverse, bigger-breath songs of new a wee strange but
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enthused about the "passionate, alive, and in its own way, unique" album, which showed "a perfect synthesis of archetypal 50's romance and the cutting neurotic edge of life in the 70's." Australian musicologist,
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material. Original songs, mostly written by Cummings and Bates, completed their sets. The Sports' debut recording was a four-track extended play,
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Australian musician Keith Shadwick accompanied the band on the tour and wrote an extensive account for the Australian music magazine
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chart, peaking at No. 45 in November 1979. Stiff issued material from the first two Australian albums under the name,
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The Sports were in tune with music trends dominating London rock and had provided song-based rock as an antidote to
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on lead vocals and Robert Glover on bass guitar, with long-term members such as Paul Hitchins on drums,
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from 1974 to 1987, it presented music awards from 1979 to 1987, initially in conjunction with magazine
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and wanted to make it more like that as well." In May 1978 The Sports issued their debut studio album,
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reached No. 9 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart, which provided two top 40 singles, "
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in May, was then replaced by Freddie Strauks (Symons' bandmate from Skyhooks) on drums.
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In 1981, the Sports had another top 30 hit on the Australian singles chart with "
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with ex-The Pelaco Brothers bandmate, Camilieri, as their producer. John Magowan of
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Singles Chart. In England it provided some confusion with the similarly titled, "
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group which performed and recorded between 1976 and 1981. Mainstay members were
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On 14 November 1998, the band reformed for a one-off performance at the
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acceptable." While in the UK they recorded another four-track EP,
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at the iconic concert in front of an estimated 100,000 people at
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was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster
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Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music (Ed Nimmervoll)
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Kimball, Duncan; Hunter, Michael; Mulheisen, Peter (2002).
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on guitar. Their style was similar to both 1970s British
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In November, they started work on their second album,
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Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan; Hitchins, Paul.
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Their top 20 releases on the Australian 1778:This Is Really Something: The Complete Anthology 1549:"Sports Keyboard Player Jim Niven Passes Away" 471:released it in the US and continental Europe. 1895: 1641: 8: 1143: 1141: 1139: 1137: 550:, held to celebrate the 25th anniversary of 590:Jim Niven – keyboards, backing vocals 1902: 1888: 1880: 1648: 1634: 1626: 1495:– via National Library of Australia. 1474: 1472: 1402:– via National Library of Australia. 1381: 1379: 1377: 961: 959: 957: 955: 953: 951: 949: 947: 945: 778: 721: 557:Jim Niven died of cancer on 9 April 2012. 317:) which declared it 'Record of the Week'. 253:who had been the lead singer of Melbourne 20: 1993:Puppet Pauper Pirate Poet Pawn & King 1328: 1326: 1212: 1210: 1208: 905:Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop 819: 281:. Their early sets contained covers of 1286: 1284: 1282: 1280: 890: 888: 886: 884: 882: 880: 878: 876: 874: 872: 870: 446:, which appeared in August that year. 188:). The Sports' top forty singles are " 2144:Musical groups disestablished in 1981 1297:Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 1052:Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan. 900:"Encyclopedia entry for 'The Sports'" 868: 866: 864: 862: 860: 858: 856: 854: 852: 850: 492:) on drums and Niven was replaced by 7: 398:, The Sports were chosen to support 1803:Boys! (What Did the Detective Say?) 1753:The Sports Play Dylan (and Donovan) 1608:Australian Broadcasting Corporation 829:"The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band" 388:In August 1978 Cummings brought in 371:Boys! (What Did the Detective Say?) 2139:Musical groups established in 1976 2134:Australian new wave musical groups 1422:. 10 November 1979. Archived from 1102:Andrew Pendlebury (1976–81):  249:The Sports were formed in 1976 by 14: 1388:"Acceptable Change by The Sports" 1333:Feliu, Luis (15 September 1978). 1050:Stephen Cummings (1976–81):  271:The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band 2011:Will It Be Funny Tomorrow, Billy 1386:Feliu, Luis (23 February 1979). 1183:"Songwriters: Cummings, Stephen" 611: – guitars, backing vocals 578: – guitars, backing vocals 515:"; and a top 20 album with 2149:Victoria (state) musical groups 998:Martin Armiger (1978–81):  168:on lead guitar and vocals, and 1366:Shadwick, Keith (April 1979). 1247:Magowan, John (18 July 1978). 400:Graham Parker & the Rumour 1: 1479:Feliu, Luis (14 March 1980). 1353:National Library of Australia 1271:National Library of Australia 804:Most Outstanding Achievement 715:were voted by the readers of 632:Freddie Strauks – drums 2057:Hell (You've Put Me Through) 145: 1076:Iain McLennan (1980):  626:Iain McLennan – drums 602:Paul Hitchins – drums 527:Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons 2165: 1520:100 Best Australian Albums 1481:"Slickness, Who Needs It?" 757:TV Week / Countdown Awards 643: 596:Robert Glover – bass 540:100 Best Australian Albums 537:, was listed in the book, 238:100 Best Australian Albums 1810:When You Walk in the Room 1785:The Definitive Collection 1663: 1593:"Countdown to the Awards" 1571:"Australian Music Awards" 1187:Mushroom Music Publishing 1024:Ed Bates (1976–78):  792: 789: 786: 783: 735: 732: 729: 726: 474:The group's third album, 467:, in October 1979; while 1817:Who Listens to the Radio 1598:Portable document format 1551:. 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Index

Melbourne
Victoria
Rock
new wave
Mushroom
Stiff
Arista
Sire
Raven
Festival
see members list below
rock
Stephen Cummings
Andrew Pendlebury
Martin Armiger
pub rock
Brinsley Schwarz
new wave
Elvis Costello
Who Listens to the Radio
Don't Throw Stones
Strangers on a Train
How Come
Kent Music Report
Don't Throw Stones
Suddenly
Sondra
Don't Throw Stones
100 Best Australian Albums
Stephen Cummings

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