John Farnham - Break the Ice (unreleased album)

[Darkstone]

I noticed the other day that a guest was checking out this original thread. It's archived now and can't be replied to, so I started a new one. 

I'd never heard of this album, set for release apparently back in the mid 80s, but never manufactured or released. The songs are all from different soundtracks and that fact leads me to think that there were too many legal hoops to jump through. 

I hunted down the track listing and luckily they're all on youtube. I've posted them all in the track listing order. It would have been a great AOR cd. One that we would all have owned and loved I believe. 

It's a shame. Although John Farnham has beyond Legend status down here, he never really cracked it Internationally. He may have broken through with this release.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 10 by Darkstone

[Doggy]

Surprise the " Thunder In Your Heart " is not any of albums, best of and box set he release a couple years. It was only on this soundtrack, which not on the CD format.Some people might remember fronting Little River Band.

P.S. He just announce another comeback tour. 

Edited October 4, 2020 by Doggy

[Darkstone]

Yeah, "Thunder in Your Heart" is a Fucking corker.

Here's two great covers. Another one the "At the Movies" guys might have up their sleeve for 80s Vol II.

 

 

 

[Doggy]

23 hours ago, Doggy said:

Surprise the " Thunder In Your Heart " is not any of albums, best of and box set he release a couple years. It was only on this soundtrack, which not on the CD format.Some people might remember fronting Little River Band.

P.S. He just announce another farewell tour

 

[Darkstone]

Talking about John Farnham recently made me dig up this old thread.

This really would have been a great album.

[Darkstone]

BTW, if anyone here mentions the fact that he was born in England, I'll cut them.

I'll track them down and cut them.

[melodicrock]

Here's the album folks

From my Dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1z4fs4j4nn8o02j/John Farnham - Break The Ice.zip?dl=0

[Darkstone]

On 1/14/2024 at 4:04 PM, melodicrock said:

Here's the album folks

From my Dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1z4fs4j4nn8o02j/John Farnham - Break The Ice.zip?dl=0

What are your thoughts BTW mate?

Why was this never released? 

[Stefan]

On 1/14/2024 at 4:25 AM, Darkstone said:

BTW, if anyone here mentions the fact that he was born in England, I'll cut them.

I'll track them down and cut them.

He WAS born in England, why deny it?

 

 

I'll be waiting mate....

[Geoff]

3 hours ago, Stefan said:

He WAS born in England, why deny it?

 

 

I'll be waiting mate....

That's going to be an expensive cut. 

Thanks for the link, Andrew. Just downloaded the shit out of that. Love how the album sounds. I don't actually own a Farnham album, but plenty of his songs do I enjoy, and his voice is stellar. I know my brothers and I had one cassette tape back in the day, but not sure where that ended up. I should get his 80's albums, at least. 

[Darkstone]

6 hours ago, Stefan said:

He WAS born in England, why deny it?

 

 

I'll be waiting mate....

Right... you're on the list.  

[auslander]

Which was the Farnham song they used on a beer commercial a few years ago? I remember I thought the song sounded cool.

[Darkstone]

31 minutes ago, auslander said:

Which was the Farnham song they used on a beer commercial a few years ago? I remember I thought the song sounded cool.

Was it this one?

 

[auslander]

That's it! Thunder in Your Heart. Good ad. Good song.

[melodicrock]

On 1/15/2024 at 7:42 PM, Darkstone said:

What are your thoughts BTW mate?

Why was this never released? 

Just another one of his deals that went bust. Curb ended up using all the tracks on individual soundtracks at the time. But should be properly released. Killer record.

[KarpetRydOFunk]

On 1/15/2024 at 2:23 PM, Darkstone said:

Was it this one?

 

This is ridiculous. I love it.

[Darkstone]

Here's some more John Farnham Gold.

The first track is from his "Little River Band" days and is an Aussie classic. 

The second track is an AC/DC cover that he absolutely nails.

The third video is an appearance with Tom Jones on the iconic Aussie TV show, "Hey Hey It's Saturday" from 1990. I've posted this one before. It still blows me away everytime I watch it.

 

 

 

 

[Darkstone]

On 1/16/2024 at 10:56 AM, auslander said:

That's it! Thunder in Your Heart. Good ad. Good song.

I think it may be the Stan Bush version in the ad, which is strange considering it's an Aussie commercial. 

[melodicrock]

42 minutes ago, Darkstone said:

I think it may be the Stan Bush version in the ad, which is strange considering it's an Aussie commercial. 

Stan's song...he would have the rights.

[Darkstone]

12 minutes ago, melodicrock said:

Stan's song...he would have the rights.

Well there you go.

I didn't know that. 

Still a bit strange. 

[Darkstone]

Here's another Killer track from JF that all Aussies of a certain age know and love. 

I'm a big fan of The Beatles and this track, but the cover version by JF from 1980 is one of the best covers ever. Completely reworked. 

The live version is from 1987. 

The little joke he makes at the start refers to "Sadie the Cleaning Lady" from 1967, which was his first hit.

 

 

 

 

[Doggy]

The first cleaning lady, you see is Denise, Ding Dong, Drysdale. She also on the " Spick & Specks" film clip by the Bee Gees.