Was always tempted to grab it at that price but never did. Managed to nab the LP version for about $18.
They were selling that Rumours 4 CD/DVD and vinyl package cheap for about 18 months. They couldn't give it away.
Apologies for the one-upmanship, but scored a copy of this in Dec. 2018 for $39.99! Edit - Big Swifty just one-upped me below!
David Bowie - Loving The Alien 15LP box set - $37.99 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road SHM-SACD $13 The entire Blue Note SHM-SACD series, bar two, all for between $15-$20. And the aforementioned Kinks Village Green box set for $37.
One of the first " Big Name" bands I ever saw was Lobby Loyde and the Coloured Balls supported by Redhouse Roll Band at my local theatre, I was 15-16 years old. My only recollection of it was that they were bloody loud and looked really scary
Probably not my favourite purchase, but as far as insane prices go, this 1Blu-Ray/1DVD/2CD Monty Python set in hardback book packaging for $2.50 is hard to beat! https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B00MFQU0AW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
John Dallimore of Redhouse Roll Band is still a bit of a local legend down Geelong way. On the odd occasion he plays a gig, there are guitar geeks a-plenty in attendance!
The Redhouse Roll Band became Redhouse and had a chart hit with I Like Dancing. Produced by the guy from Gus and the Nomads
I remember Skyhooks playing at Moomba on the Yarra riverbank. All these girls were trying to swim across the river to get to them but they'd start drowning halfway across. The Melbourne City Council had a boat on the river to rescue the drowning girls. That was a life changing event.
MARCH 1975 1st - Bendigo YMCA 2nd - Moomba Concert, Henerly Landing, Yarra River. 3rd - Graham Kennedy Show 3rd to 7th - Band recording at TCS studios. 8th - 5KA Concert, Memorial Drive, Adelaide with Sherbet 9th - Mildura Technical Hall 10th - Korumburra Showground, Korumburra Mother Rock Festival with Daddy Cool, Captain Matchbox, Madder Lake, Dingoes, and Kush 12th - Ballarat Teachers College 13th - Kings Theatre, Mt. Gambier 14th - Horsham Theatre, Horsham 15th - Sunshine Football Ground (Skinner Reserve) Sunshine Pop Festival with Madder Lake, La De Das 16th - Warrnambool Palais 19th - Wagga Wagga (2 shows, same venue) 20th - Wangaratta Town Hall 21st - Shepparton Town Hall 22nd - Albury, Civic Centre (2 shows same venue) with Phil Manning 23rd - Canberra University 27th - Hordern Pavillion, Sydney with Buster Brown, Phil Manning, and Renee Geyer 29th - Moree Hall 31st - Toowoomba The actual gig!!
Another band I saw when I was an impressionable teenager that really freaked me out was Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band. I remember thinking I should stay well away from drugs or you could end up like one of them!
No way, that was why it was so scary, they were playing in a country town of about 800 people and I had only heard of sharpies, never actually seen one!
Channel 10 were broadcasting the Moomba concert live and because of all the drownings I got in big trouble when I got home. It was total carnage.