The Beatles: Live in Melbourne - Complete Concert including Support Acts -

Here are a few 45 sides as released by Johnny Chester and Johnny Devlin. Three other noteworthy early/mid '60s rockin' greasers from Australia were Johnny Cooper, Colin Cook and Merv Benton. Naturally all these guys output was extremely variable...

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Sorry but I wouldn't scream for Johnny Devlin, that's a really plastic C'Mon Everybody, and What'd I Say not much more feeling. I'll bet they dubbed in some of the screams from the Beatles set or something...

Things get much better after the Tom Jones wannabe leaves.
 
Did you notice they show Jimmy Nicol in those still shots and then Ringo is there when the video footage kicks in. He'd left before this show...

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Jimmy "alone and contemplative at Melbournes Essendon Airport in Australia on June 15, 1964, while waiting to return home." Spotnicks bound!