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Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs Lock Up Your Mothers live

The Last Great Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs Tour Released On CD

by Paul Cashmere on March 24, 2017

in News

Historic live recordings from Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs Australian in 1994 have been released for the first time.

Aztecs drummer Gil Matthews has released ‘Lock Up Your Mothers Live’ on his own Aztec Records label.

The two-disc set features two concerts, the first from Seagulls at Tweed Heads and the second from Selinas at Coogee Bay, both from December 1994.

Matthews has digitally remastered the audio from both shows. The package includes a 24-page booklet by Ian MacFarlane.

Highlights of ‘Lock Up Your Mothers Live’ are a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘World Turning’ (Thorpe had the band The Zoo with Mick Fleetwood), Stevie Ray Vaughan’s ‘The Sky Is Crying’ and an Aztecs version of Warren Morgan’s ‘Captain Straightman’.

Grab a copy of Lock Up Your Mothers Live from the Aztec Records website.

Lock Up Your Mothers Live tracklisting

Disc 1

“Live from SEAGULLS” December 1994

1. Momma
2. Be-Bop-A-Lula
3. Gangster Of Love
4. Rock Me Baby
5. The Sky Is Crying
6. World Turning
7. Over The Rainbow
8. Most People I Know Think That I’m Crazy
9. Oh! Darling
10. C.C. Rider/Treat Her Right

Disc 2

“Live from SELINA’S” December 1994

1. Introduction By Michael Chugg
2. Momma
3. Be-Bop-A-Lula
4. Gangster Of Love
5. Rock Me Baby
6. The Sky Is Crying
7. Captain Straightman
8. World Turning
9. C.C. Rider
10. Most People I Know Think That I’m Crazy
11. Oh! Darling
12. Ooh Poo Pa Doo

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