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The RAAF Convert Band Salutes 25 Years of the Australian Gang Show » RAAF Concert Band

Show: The Gang Show (14)
Music: Ralph Reader (4)
Lyrics: Ralph Reader (4)
Book: Ralph Reader (4)
Notes: THE GANG SHOW is an amateur show performed each year by the older members of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide community. Conceived by Ralph Reader, the show was first produced in London in 1932 (under the title THE GANG'S ALL HERE) as a fund-raising exercise. It has since been produced in various countries around the world, often with additional material (songs and sketches) written by local contributors.

Date: 1977
Type: Audio / Studio Cast
Language: English
Additional Music: Ken Bayly (12), Peter Marriott (4), Cynthia Walker (4)
Additional Lyrics: Ken Bayly (12), Peter Marriott (4), Cynthia Walker (4)
Conductor: R A Y Mitchell
Notes: A studio recording by the RAAF Concert Band with the National Gang Show Chorus, released to mark the 25th anniversary of the Gang Show in Australia. It consists entirely of songs written for various Australian productions, with none of Ralph Reader's original material.
Added by: NotSinceCarrie

Format: LP
Label: Crest International CRT 12 SLP-034
Released: 1977
Added by: NotSinceCarrie
Tracks: Side One
1. Song of Now
2. Leprechauns
3. One way
4. Someday
5. Jamba Rock
6. Hoedown
7. Big Chief Pow Wow
8. This should be our prayer

Side Two
1. Gemutlichkeit
2. Trolls
3. Toreador
4. Off to gay Paree/Paris in the Spring
5. This thing called Ragtime
6. Aegean melody
7. Life's just a merry-go-round
8. This Land of Australia