Description

Cold Chisel announced that their legendary first live album, Swingshift, has been re-released on glorious 180g double vinyl. The LP comes to compete with original gatefold packaging and additional sleeve photos. This will also be the first time that the 4 additional tracks (“Juliet”, “Never Before”, “Ita” and “Merry-Go-Round”) from the 2011 Collector’s Edition CD have been pressed on vinyl. Swingshift was Cold Chisel’s first #1 record and is often cited as one of the definitive Australian live albums.

The recordings were captured in the winter of 1980 at two iconic venues – Sydney’s Capitol Theatre (supported by INXS and Mental As Anything) and Melbourne’s Palais Theatre (supported by Australian Crawl and Matt Finish) – as the band wrapped up their triumphant ‘Youth In Asia’ tour. That huge run of dates in support of their breakthrough album East involved 64 shows in 88 days and catapulted Cold Chisel to the biggest band in the land.

Track Listing

LP – SIDE A
1. Conversations, 2. Juliet – Previously unreleased on vinyl, 3. Shipping Steel, 4. Breakfast At Sweethearts, 5. Rising Sun, 6. Never Before – Previously unreleased on vinyl

LP – SIDE B
1. Choirgirl, 2. Khe Sanh, 3. My Turn to Cry, 4. Four Walls, 5. One Long Day

LP – SIDE C
1. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, 2. My Baby, 3. Ita – Previously unreleased on vinyl, 4. Star Hotel, 5. Don’t Let Go

LP – SIDE D
1. Long as I Can See the Light, 2. The Party’s Over, 3. Merry-Go-Round – Previously unreleased on vinyl, 4. Cheap Wine, 5. Goodbye (Astrid, Goodbye)