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NEWS ARCHIVE Older news from the world of Hunters and Collectors.
13 December 2010 - Gigography Launched! Can it be? Is it possible!? Does it really exist?!? Today we are proud to launch the Hunters and Collectors gigography, painstakingly reconstructed over recent years by none other than Robert Miles, director of live sound and artwork for the mighty band. It includes Mark Seymour, pre-Hunters and a handful of other gigs Rob has been involved with over the years. There are a very small number of gigs missing as it is an almighty work in progress. Mark sure to contact us if see anything missing! Click here to view the gigography.
1 November 2010 - A Day on the Green DVD This Friday, a new 3 CD compilation A Day on the Green - Celebrating Ten Years, will be released. It features a performance by Mark Seymour of When The River Runs Dry. Mark also performed Do You See What I See? on the earlier 2008 3 CD compilation A Day on the Green - The Vintage Years 2001-2008.
16 August 2010 - New Jack Video Clip A video clip has been released for the Jack Howard song If I Were A Bird off his latest album Lost Horizon. Click here to see the video clip.
3 July 2010 - Mark Seymour Marysville Recording Four live Mark Seymour tracks can be found on the ABC Music Deli Internet site now. This was part of a 16th of June 2010 concert for Marysville, which was devastated on the 7th of February 2009 in Victoria's Black Saturday bushfires. Click here. [Thanks Mark Ryan]
6 November 2009 - Lost Horizon available in Stores! Jack Howard's new album, Lost Horizon, is available new in Australian stores from today!
9 October 2009 - Sound Relief The 4 DVD set Sound Relief is now in stores - featuring the full seven song set from Hunters and Collectors. It's a steal at A$35. Click here for more information.
10 September 2009 - One Night the Moon Mark Seymour is performing in the play One Night the Moon, in the role originally played by Paul Kelly. We are told it is a very intense performance and show. Check it out.
21 June 2009 - Mark Seymour Album Release in Canada The Mark Seymour album The Closest Living Thing is due to be released in Canada on the 30th of June 2009. Originally released in Scandinavia, The Closest Living Thing is a mix of the Australian Daytime and the Dark and Titanic live to studio acoustic albums.
18 June 2009 - New Mark Recording Mark's band gig at the Port Fairy Festival in March has been recorded and has appeared on ABC Radio National. We have not heard it yet at True Believers but keep an ear out! The track listing:
3 December 2008 - Dust Mark Seymour has written and performed the music in a theatre production entitled Dust. Dust follows We Build This City, which was also a collaboration between Mark Seymour and Donna Jackson. Click here to read a recent review from The Australian.
22 November 2008 - Horn of Plenty In Stores! The great Hunters and Collectors box set, Horn of Plenty, is now in stores!
22 October 2008 - Great Australian Albums DVD The Great Australian Albums documentary on Human Frailty, aired on SBS television recently, is now available on DVD in Australian stores. The DVD can be ordered from Australian retailers including JB's Hi-Fi, Chaos, EzyDVD and Sanity.
1 June 2008 - The Closest Living Thing A new Mark Seymour CD has been released in Scandinavia by Promising Records called The Closest Living Thing. This album is a 'best of' the Australian Mark Seymour acoustic albums Daytime and the Dark and Titanic. Promising Records have also released a Do You See What I See? acoustic promotional CD to coincide with this release. Click here for more information on The Closest Living Thing.
3 March 2008 - Mark Seymour Book In Stores! Mark Seymour's new book Thirteen Tonne Theory is now available in book stores across Australia!
1 December 2007 - Mark Seymour DVD In Stores! Mark Seymour's new live DVD From Bondi to Bedlam is now in Australian stores! The all region DVD was recorded in Melbourne on the 27th of September 2007. The audio and video quality are fantastic, and better than anything we have enjoyed to date. An extensive, revealing interview is included as bonus material.
29 September 2007 - Titanic in Stores Mark Seymour's new acoustic album Titanic is available in Australian stores today! Titanic can also be purchased online through music stores including JB's Hi-Fi, Sanity and Chaos.
14 July 2007 - New Jack Howard Album Released! Jack Howard's excellent new album, "My Lucky Day", is now available in Australian music stores. The album is available over the Internet from retailers including JB's Hi Fi, Sanity and Chaos. Click here to visit Jack's Internet site.
2 June 2007 - Westgate In Stores! Mark Seymour's excellent new studio album "Westgate" can now be found in Australian music stores. "Westgate" can purchased through stores such as JB's Hi-Fi and Sanity. A digital version is also available through ITunes, which includes two bonus tracks.
2 September 2006 - Anniversary Human Frailty in Stores The 20th Anniversary release of the classic Hunters and Collectors album "Human Frailty" is in Australian stores now. This release includes a bonus DVD of a Rock Arena performance and video clips from the album. Click here for more information.
17 September 2005 - Mutations In Stores The new Hunters and Collectors rarities disc "Mutations" is on sale across Australia. It can be ordered from Internet sites such as HMV and Sanity. The music is varied and far better than normally found on a b-sides collection, while the art is simply stunning. This is an album for the True Believers.
14 March 2005 - Mark's "Daytime and the Dark" Released Mark's great new solo acoustic album "Daytime and the Dark" is in Australian stores now! Check out www.hmv.com.au or www.sanity.com.au to purchase the album overseas. Click here for more information on the album.
12 October 2004 - Jack Howard's Let's Fall In Love Released Jack Howard's great second solo album "Let's Fall In Love" is now available new in Australia. It should be able to be ordered into stores that do not have it in stock. The album can also easily be ordered from the Internet via sites like HMV (http://www.hmv.com.au/). Click here for more information on "Let's Fall In Love".
30 August 2004 - Remastered The Way To Go Out CD Released The Liberation Records CD remaster of the raw 1985 "The Way To Go Out" live album is now available in Australian stores. The mastering on the new CD is noticeably better than on the original CD, as is the case with the new "Hunters and Collectors" and "The Jaws Of Life" album releases. A DVD of "The Way To Go Out" was released for the first time back in June. Click here for more details.
2 August 2004: Natural Selection Certified Gold The new Hunters and Collectors 'Natural Selection' album has been certified Gold for sales of 35,000 in Australia! By our records, this is the 12th Hunters and Collectors album to reach this level of sales certification.
28 June 2004 - The Way To Go Out DVD Released The great raw 1985 "The Way To Go Out" video is now available in Australian stores as an all region DVD! Click here for more details. The remastered CD version release has been put back until the 19th of July.
19 April 2004 - Mark's Embedded Released In Stores Mark Seymour's excellent third solo album, "Embedded", has been released and is now available in stores. An assortment of Australian stores have the album well stocked while others should be able to order the album. "Embedded" includes the radio single "43 In The Shade" and "Try Not To Try". Click here for more information on "Embedded". Click here for reviews. Click here for Mark Seymour's official website (http://www.markseymour.com.au). Enjoy!
6 April 2004 - Mark Appearing On "Stingers" (Update) Episode 165 of "Stingers", on Tuesday the 27th of April 2004 at 9-30pm, will feature Mark Seymour. Mark is to play a drug dealer or a general bad guy of similar ilk. [Thanks Miriam and Jenelle]
3 March 2004 - Jack Howard Internet Site Launched There is now a website dedicated to the Jack Howard cause, put together by Dave Rosen. Currently in a basic guise, http://www.jack-howard.com is going to be added to over the coming months.
24 November 2003 - Hunters and Collectors DVD's Available Two Hunters and Collectors DVD's were released today - the studio video compilation "Natural Selection" and the 1998 live classic "Under One Roof". Below are some notes about these releases:
23 November 2003 - Pearl Jam DVD with Mark The Pearl Jam DVD "Live At The Garden" is now available in most places around the world. This DVD contains the performance of "Throw Your Arms Around Me" with Eddie Vedder (lead singer of Pearl Jam) and Mark Seymour. This performance is from a gig earlier in the year in Perth, Australia.
13 October 2003 - Natural Selection CD Released! The new Hunters and Collectors best of, "Natural Selection", is in stores across Australia now. The current version available is a limited edition two CD set including 31 remastered Hunters and Collectors classics. This new compilation is the perfect introduction to the music of Hunters and Collectors. Click here for more details, including the track listing and artwork.
14 August 2003 - Mark On Crashburn Soundtrack Liberation Records has published online the track listing for the soundtrack to the new Australian TV drama "Crashburn" (which starts at 8:30pm August 18 on Channel 10). It contains two new tracks by Mark - "Dance Me To The End Of Love", a Leonard Cohen cover being used as the shows theme music, and "Try Not To Try". No release date is quoted at this moment in time.
11 August 2003 - All Studio Remasters Available All nine Hunters and Collectors studio album remasters are now available in Australian stores and subsequently around the world via the Internet. The new albums are easily distinguished by their "Liberation Blue" themed artwork on the rear tray. Here is the important information for fans:
29 October 2002 - Mark on Cold Live At The Chapel DVD A "Live at the Chapel" DVD was released by Sony on the 18th of October 2002 and includes Mark Seymour performing "Don't You Know Me?" (acoustic). Other artists that feature on this DVD include Midnight Oil, Neil Finn, Something For Kate, Jimmy Barnes, James Reyne, Jebediah and the Living End.
9 October 2002 - Jack Howard UK Release Jack Howard's solo debut album "Secrets and White Lies" was released in the UK this week! The official release date was Monday the 7th of October 2002.
4 February 2002 - New Mark CD In Stores! The new Mark Seymour live CD, The Ballad Of The One Eyed Man Live At The Basement, is now available in music stores across Australia.
26 November 2001 - Mark's DVD In Stores! Mark Seymour's "The Ballad Of The One Eyed Man - Live At The Basement" was released today and is in stores NOW! I have my copy sitting here already. Be sure to check it out! :-) Click here for more information on the DVD.
12 October 2001 - Mark Seymour Departs FMR Mark Seymour and company have departed ways with Festival Mushroom Records. This follows a number of other artists that have split with Festival Mushroom Records in recent years including Paul Kelly and Deadstar (before they split). Hunters and Collectors were on Mushroom Records from their formation in 1981.
14 September 2001 - Mark Seymour Wins Aria! Congratulations to Mark Seymour as he won the 2001 ARIA award 'Best Adult Contemporary Album' for "One Eyed Man". This award was regarded as a "pre-aria" and the full ARIA nominations have now been announced. Mark is not on the short list for any more ARIA's unfortunately. So who are ARIA anyway? ARIA is the Australian Record Industry Association, and they publish the Australian music charts from sales around the country. They give certifications to singles, albums, etc (Gold, Platinum) and hold a big awards ceremony every year called the ARIA awards. The variety of awards on offer are only available to Australian recording artists. They release nominations (five for each category) a few weeks before the 'big night' and all releases from the last year are eligible. Hunters and Collectors got a few ARIA nominations back in 1990 for Ghost Nation, but only actually won the one for artwork (well, Rob Miles artwork is spectacular, you have to admit). The whole ARIA awards thing is given a lot of publicity and is often then used by record companies as an advertising tool and so on.
28 August 2001 - Pre-ARIA Nominations Mark Seymour has been nominated for one "Pre-ARIA". These are ARIA awards that happen to be presented before the actual ARIA night. The nomination is for Best Adult Contemporary Album:
John Farnham's sold the most out of the above but was disappointing overall (sorry Johnny).
30 July 2001 - Site Rename: True Believers Caelie suggested "True Believers" as a better name for the site and now it has been changed. "Hunna's Nation" was always a slightly cheesy name =)
13 July 2001 - Site Online This site was launched online on this date.
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