Singing Kettles

Bill Kettle, *15-12-1940 Retreat via Lillydale, Tasmania, AUS

Ross Kettle, *24-04-1943 Retreat via Lillydale, Tasmania, AUS

Max Kettle, *14-01-1950 Retreat via Lillydale, Tasmania, AUS, +22-01-1971

By Praguefrank, Vaclav Zpatecka

SESSIONS

Fall 1961 7LA auditorium, the Quadrant, Launceston, AUS – Bill And Ross Kettle

001 JUDY  HS 001

002 I MISS HOLDING  HS 001

Fall 1962 7LA auditorium, the Quadrant, Launceston, AUS – Bill And Ross Kettle

003 FAMILY MAN HS 003

004 LET YOUR MINDS WITH JESUS REST HS 003

1963 Launceston, AUS – The Tasmania’s Singing Kettles

005 I WAS DEPENDING ON YOUR LOVE (BUT YOU LET ME DOWN) HEP 501

006 UNDER YOUR SPELL AGAIN HEP 501

007 THE LEGEND OF THE BIG STEEPLE HEP 501

008 SWEET LIES HEP 501

1964 Launceston, AUS – Singing Kettles with The Country Cousins

009 AN OLD LOG CABIN FOR SALE HS 005  HEP 503

010 WHITE SILVER SANDS HS 005  HEP 503

1964 Launceston, AUS – Singing Kettles

011 (PUT MORE WATER IN THE SOUP, THERE'S . . .) BETTER TIMES A'COMING HEP 503

012 BEEN A FOOL TOO LONG HEP 503

1963-1965 Hotel Australia, Launceston, AUS – Singing Kettles

013 JEALOUSY HLP 1201

014 I SAW THE LIGHT HLP 1201

015 WEDDING BELLS HS 007/HLP 1201

016 JUDY HEP 508/HLP 1201 

017 PROMISE ME YOU WILL LEAVE ME NEVER HLP 1201 

018 THAT SILVER HAIRED DADDY OF MINE HLP 1201 

019 TICKLED TO DEATH HLP 1201 

020 BE CAREFUL WITH MY HEART HLP 1201 

021 WHISPERING PINES HLP 1201 

022 CANDY KISSES HLP 1201 

023 THAT LITTLE LOG CABIN OF MINE HLP 1201

024 BLACKBOARD OF MY HEART HS 007/HLP 1201

1967 Hotel Australia, Launceston, AUS  – Singing Kettles

025 THANK GOD HEP 508

026 WHICH ONE IS TO BLAME HEP 508

027 SHACKLES AND CHAINS HEP 508

1968 Hotel Australia, Launceston, AUS – Singing Kettles

028 THE WATER'S SO COLD HLP 1202 

029 WONDERING WHY  HS 008/HLP 1202 

030 DREAM OF A MINER'S CHILD HLP 1202 

031 STOLEN MOMENTS HLP 1202 

032 WOODEN HEART HLP 1202 

033 A FOOL NEVER LEARNS HS 008/HLP 1202 

034 HIGH ABOVE THE RAINDROPS HLP 1202 

035 THAT AIN'T ALL HLP 1202 

036 DREAM HLP 1202 

037 IVORY TOWER HLP 1202 

038 A TOAST TO THE BRIDE HLP 1202 

039 EVERY DAY (THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE) HLP 1202

1968 Hotel Australia, Launceston, AUS – Singing Kettles

040 EBONY EYES HEP 515/ HLP 1254

041 LITTLE OL' WINE DRINKER ME HEP 515/ HLP 1254

042 WHEN THE WAGON WAS NEW HEP 515/ HLP 1254

043 CLINGING VINE HEP 515/ HLP 1254

1969 unknown – Singing Kettles

044 TOY TELEPHONE HS 10 HEP 521/HLP 1254

045 I'LL TAKE YOU BACK HS 10 HEP 521/ HLP 1254

1970 unknown – Singing Kettles (Bill Kettle [vcl/gt], Ross Kettle [vcl/gt], Max Kettle [vcl/gt], Bob Clark [ac gt],  Lance McCulloch [bass gt],  Tom Roach [drums],  John Minson [harmonica])

046 YOUR CHEATING HEART HLP 1203

047 SONGS OF GRANNY HLP 1203

048 FOR ME THERE IS NO PLACE HLP 1203

049 SADDLE BOY HLP 1203

050 THE FIRST FALL OF SNOW HLP 1203

051 GUMTREES BY THE ROADWAY HLP 1203

052 THE PUB WITH NO BEER HLP 1203

053 HOMESICK AND LONESOME HLP 1203

054 THE SWAGMAN'S STORY HLP 1203

055 I DON'T CARE IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES HLP 1203

056 WHEN I FIRST SAW THE LOVELIGHT IN YOUR EYES HLP 1203

057 MAY YOU NEVER BE ALONE HLP 1203

1970 unknown – Singing Kettles

058 BALLAD OF A TEENAGE QUEEN HS 11/ HLP 1254

059 TIME FOR LOVE HS 11/ HLP 1254

1970 unknown – Singing Kettles

060 THE WALTZ OF THE WIND HEP 521/ HLP 1254

061 BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA HEP 521/ HLP 1254

Early to 14 January 1971 Hadley Records Audio Studio, Tamworth, AUS – Singing Kettles (Bill Kettle [vcl/gt], Ross Kettle [vcl/gt], Max Kettle [vcl/gt], + unknown musicians)

062 NOBODY'S CHILD HS 12/HLP 1207

063 HARRY THE BREAKER HLP 1207

064 (THERE'S A) LONESOME ROAD HLP 1207

065 A WOMAN LIKE YOU HLP 1207

066 YOU WIN AGAIN HLP 1207

067 DO WHAT YOU DO DO, WELL HLP 1207

068 BEER DRINKING MUSIC HS 12/HLP 1207

069 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE WINDOW AND THE PHONE HLP 1207

070 THAT LITTLE KID SISTER OF MINE HLP 1207

071 ANSWER TO THE SILVERY MOONLIGHT TRAIL HLP 1207

072 ONE SMALL PHOTOGRAPH HLP 1207

073 ROYAL TELEPHONE HLP 1207

074 AIRMAIL TO HEAVEN  HS 13/HLP 1209

075 DETOUR HLP 1209

076 TEARDROP LANE HLP 1209

077 LITTLE GREEN VALLEY HS 13/HLP 1209

078 I FOUND WHAT I DREAMED OF IN YOU HLP 1209

079 SUMMER ROSES HLP 1209

080 THE LONG WHITE LINE HLP 1209

081 THE PARENT'S SONG HLP 1209

082 I'LL HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES HLP 1209

083 (ON THE) WINGS OF A DOVE HLP 1209

084 WASTED LIFE HLP 1209

085 MARRYANNE REGRETS HLP 1209

086 FRAULEIN  HLP 1273 

087 BOUQUET OF ROSES  HLP 1273 

088 CALL OF THE BELLBIRD  HLP 1273 

089 PLEASE MR SANTA, TRY  HLP 1273 

090 FARTHER ALONG  HLP 1273 

091 COURTIN' IN THE RAIN HLP 1273

092 ROCK ALL THE BABIES TO SLEEP  HLP 1273 

093 I CAN'T HELP IT  HLP 1273 

094 ALL FOR THE LOVE OF A GIRL  HLP 1273 

095 STORM WITHIN MY HEART  HLP 1273 

096 BROKEN DREAMS  HLP 1273 

097 HANDS YOU'RE HOLDING NOW  HLP 1273

098 WOLVERTON MOUNTAIN  HLP 1274 

099 DREAMING ON THE SLIPRAIL  HLP 1274 

100 MISSING IN ACTION  HLP 1274 

101 I LOVE YOU A THOUSAND WAYS  HLP 1274 

102 I STILL MISS SOMEONE  HLP 1274 

103 WILD SIDE OF LIFE HLP 1274

104 NED KELLY  HLP 1274 

105 TELL HER LIES AND FEED HER CANDY  HLP 1274 

106 LOVER'S LAMENT  HLP 1274 

107 NORTH TO ALASKA  HLP 1274 

108 ALMOST PERSUADED  HLP 1274 

109 I THOUGH I HEARD YOU CALLING MY NAME  HLP 1274

110 DOWN BY THE RIVER  HLP 1254

111 A SATISFIED MIND HS 20 /HLP 1218?

112 LITTLE BOY LOST HS 20/HLP 1218?

113 MARIANNE  HLP 1254

114-121 unknown tracks issued on album HLP 1218

1972? unknown, AUS – Singing Kettles

114 LOOKING OUT MY BACK DOOR SOEX 9897 

115 MOLLY SOEX 9897 

116 SEA OF HEARTBREAK SOEX 9897 

117 JUST MARRIED SOEX 9897 

118 TRUE LOVE SOEX 9897 

119 HELLO MAMA SOEX 9897 

120 GOOD AUSTRALIAN BEER SOEX 9897

121 STRONG AND HANDSOME (SWEET AND SIMPLE SIDE OF ME) SOEX 9897 

122 HE'LL HAVE TO GO SOEX 9897

123 SO SAD (TO WATCH LOVE GO BAD) SOEX 9897 

124 A TIME TO SING SOEX 9897 

125 FOUR WALLS SOEX 9897 

126 MUCH MORE TO LIFE SOEX 9897 

127 GAMES PEOPLE PLAY SOEX 9897 

1973 unknown, AUS – Singing Kettles

128 MUMMY, IT'SNO FUN WITHOUT DADDY  EMI 10333 

129 TODAY WILL BE THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF MY LIFE EMI 10333 

1973 unknown, AUS – Singing Kettles

130 MY BABY WALKS ALL OVER ME SOEX 10011 

131 FOUR IN THE MORNING SOEX 10011 

132 A TASTE OF COUNTRY SOEX 10011 

133 MY SHOES KEEP WALKING BACK TO YOU SOEX 10011 

134 DISTANT DRUMS SOEX 10011 

135 SO MANY BROKEN HEARTS SOEX 10011 

136 OH LONESOME ME SOEX 10011 

137 TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS SOEX 10011

138 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT SOEX 10011 

139 MY COAT OF MANY COLOURS SOEX 10011

140 THE THREE BELLS SOEX 10011 

141 JUST ONE TIME SOEX 10011 

142 BLUE SIDE OF LONESOME SOEX 10011 

143 JESUS IS A SOUL MAN SOEX 10011

1975 unknown, AUS – Singing Kettles

144 EVERYBODY'S REACHING OUT FOR SOMEONE SOEX 10238 

145 DANDENONG GRASS SOEX 10238 

146 STORIES OF THE CHILDREN SOEX 10238 

147 DEAR ONE SOEX 10238 

148 CRYIN' TIME SOEX 10238 

149 GREENER GRASS SOEX 10238 

150 SOME CALIFORNIA MEMORY SOEX 10238 

151 DON'T WAKE ME WHEN YOU LEAVE SOEX 10238 

152 FLYING HIGH SOEX 10238 

153 WHEELS SOEX 10238 

154 JUST LOVIN' YOU SOEX 10238 

155 SUNSHINE AND RAIN SOEX 10238 

1979 Tin Pan Alley Studios, ?/ Trafalgar Studios, 14 Whitehall, Westminster, London, UK  – Bill And Ross Kettle (Bill Kettle [vcl/gt], Ross Kettle [vcl/gt], Mick Hamilton [gt], Laurie Allen [gt], Casper Brown/Dave Ellis/ Ron Wilton [bass], Terry Phillpot [drums], Bob Taylor [piano], Sally Rogan [bck vcl]

156 IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE SKL 1564 

157 WHAT AMANDA NEEDS (IS A MAN TO HOLD) SKL 1564

158 IT’S TOO LATE NOW (TO CHANGE THEIR MINDS) SKL 1564 

159 LIVING IN DARKNESS SKL 1564

160 JENNY SKL 1564 

161 ROCK’N’R OLL LADY SKL 1564 

162 MAMA WAS RIGHT SKL 1564 

163 THE HONKY-TONK DOWNSTAIRS SKL 1564 

164 THE BRAND NEW TENNESSEE WALTZ SKL 1564 

165 MARYANNE SKL 1564 

166 TWO WOMEN SKL 1564 

167 SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING) SKL 1564 

ALBUMS

Hadley [AUS]  HLP 1201 Country Harmony: Jealousy; I Saw The Light; Wedding Bells; Judy; Promise Me You Will Leave Me Never; That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine; Tickled To Death; Be Careful With My Heart; Whispering Pines; Candy Kisses; That Little Log Cabin Of Mine; Blackboard of My Heart – 12-65

Hadley [AUS] HLP 1202 Brewin' Some Country Songs: The Water's So Cold; Wondering Why; Dream Of A Miner's Child; Stolen Moments; Wooden Heart; A Fool Never Learns; High Above The Raindrops; That Ain't All; Dream; Ivory Tower; A Toast To The Bride; Every Day (This Little Light Of Mine) – 05-68

Hadley [AUS] HLP 1203 Songs Of Slim And Hank: Your Cheating Heart; Songs Of Granny; For Me There Is No Place; Saddle Boy; The First Fall Of Snow; Gumtrees By The Roadway; The Pub With No Beer; Homesick And Lonesome; The Swagman's Story; I Don't Care If Tomorrow Never Comes; When I First Saw The Lovelight In Your Eyes; May You Never Be Alone – 06-70

Hadley [AUS] HLP 1207 We Three: Nobody's Child; Harry The Breaker; That Little Kid Sister Of Mine; Royal Telephone; You Win Again; Do What You Do Do, Well; Beer Drinking Music; Somewhere Between The Window And The Phone;  (There's A) Lonesome Road; Answer To The Silvery Moonlight Trail; One Small Photograph; A Woman Like You – 10-71

Hadley [AUS] HLP 1209 Little Green Valley and Air Mail To Heaven: Airmail to Heaven ; Detour; Teardrop Lane; Little Green Valley; I Found What I Dreamed of in You; Summer Roses; The Long White Line; The Parent's Song; I'll Have to Make Some Changes; (On the) Wings of a Dove; Wasted Life; Marryanne Regrets – 05-72 (MX: HR 115/116)

EMI-Columbia [AUS] SOEX 9897  Kettle Country: Looking Out My Back Door; Molly; Sea Of Heartbreak; Just Married; True Love; Hello Mama; Good Australian Beer;  Strong And Handsome (Sweet And Simple Side Of Me); He'll Have To Go; So Sad (To Watch Love Go Bad); A Time To Sing; Four Walls; Much More To Life; Games People Play- 73

EMI-Columbia [AUS] SOEX 10011 A Taste Of Country: My Baby Walks All Over Me; Four In The Morning; A Taste Of Country; My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You; Distant Drums; So Many Broken Hearts; Oh Lonesome Me; Try A Little Kindness; Help Me Make It Through The Night; My Coat Of Many Colours; The Three Bells; Just One Time; Blue Side Of Lonesome; Jesus Is A Soul Man - 73

Hadley [AUS] HLP 1218 Some Of Our Memories:  (tracks unknown) - 12-74

EMI-Columbia [AUS] SOEX 10238 Flying High: Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone; Dandenong Grass; Stories Of The Children; Dear One; Cryin' Time; Greener Grass; Some California Memory; Don't Wake Me When You Leave; Flying High; Wheels; Just Lovin' You; Sunshine And Rain- 75

Hadley [AUS] HLP 1220 The Singing Kettles Featuring Little Boy Lost/Satisfied Mind: Satisfied Mind; Your Mother Just Might Have Been Praying For You; The Lightning Express; Born To Be With You; The Blue Velvet Band; Heartaches By The Number; Love's Gonna Live Here; Slippin' Around; Little Boy Lost; Jacaranda Bloom; Cool Water; I'll Get Along Without You  – 75

Van Dieman 2 [AUS] SKL 1564 Bill And Ross Kettle - The 14th Album: It Doesn’t Matter Anymore; What Amanda Needs (Is A Man To Hold); It’s Too Late Now (To Change Their Minds); Living In Darkness; Jenny; Rock’n’R oll Lady; Mama Was Right; The Honky-Tonk Downstairs; The Brand New Tennessee Waltz; Maryanne; Two Women; Saturday Night And Sunday Morning) - 79

Hadley [AUS] HLP 1254 Toy Telephone: Toy Telephone; I'll Take You Back; The Waltz Of The Wind; Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea; Ballad Of A Teenage Queen; There's A Time For Love; Ebony Eyes; Little Ol' Wine Drinker Me; When The Wagon Was New; Clinging Vine; Marianne; Down By The River – 80

Hadley [AUS] HLP 1273 The Way It Used To Be Record 1 : Fraulein; Bouquet Of Roses; Call Of The Bellbird; Please Mr Santa, Try; Farther Along; Courtin' In The Rain; Rock All The Babies To Sleep; I Can't Help It; All For The Love Of A Girl; Storm Within My Heart; Broken Dreams; Hands You're Holding Now – 11-82

Hadley [AUS] HLP 1274 The Way It Used To Be  Record 2 : Wolverton Mountain; Dreaming On The Sliprail; Missing In Action; I Love You A Thousand Ways; I Still Miss Someone; Wild Side Of Life; Game As Ned Kelly; Tell Her Lies And Feed Her Candy; Lover's Lament; North To Alaska; Almost Persuaded; I Though I Heard You Calling My Name – 11-82

Bellbird [AUS] BMCP 615 Country Harmony - The Hadley Masters: Jealousy; I Saw The Light; Wedding Bells; Judy; Promise Me You Will Leave Me Never; That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine; Tickled To Death; Be Careful With My Heart; Whispering Pines; Candy Kisses; That Little Log Cabin Of Mine; Blackboard Of My Heart; Better Times A Comin'; Old Log Cabin For Sale; Been A Fool Too Long – 06 (reissue of HLP 1201 + HEP 503)

EPs

Hadley [AUS] HEP 501 Tasmania's Singing Kettles:  I Was Depending On Your Love (But You Let Me Down);  Under Your Spell Again /  The Legend Of The Big Steeple;  Sweet Lies – 11-63 Tasmania’s Singing Kettles

Hadley [AUS] HEP-503 Encore !!:  White Silver Sands;  (Put More Water In The Soup, There's . . .) Better Times A'Coming /  An Old Log Cabin For Sale;  Been A Fool Too Long – 01-65

Hadley [AUS] HEP 508 Their Hits Judy: Judy; Thank God / Which One Is To Blame; Shackles And Chains – 06-67

Hadley [AUS] HEP 515 Singing Kettles:  Ebony Eyes;  Little Ol' Wine Drinker Me /  When The Wagon Was New;  Clinging Vine – 02-69

Hadley [AUS] HEP.521 Toy Telephone:  Toy Telephone;  I'll Take You Back /  The Waltz Of The Wind;  Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea – 06-70

SINGLES

Hadley [AUS]

HS 001 Judy / I Miss Holding – 12-61 Bill and Ross Kettle

HS 003 Family Man / Let Your Minds With Jesus Rest – 10-62 Bill and Ross Kettle

HS 005  An Old Log Cabin For Sale / White Silver Sands – 06-64 w. The Country Cousins

HS 007 Blackboard Of My Heart / Wedding Bells – 02-67

HS 008 Wondering Why / A Fool Never Learns – 02-69

HS 10 Toy Telephone / I'll Take You Back – 01-70

HS 11 Ballad Of A Teenage Queen / Time For Love – 06-70

HS 12 Nobody’s Child / Beer Drinking Music – 04-71

HS 13 Air Mail To Heaven / Little Green Valley – 10-72

HS 20 A Satisfied Mind / Little Boy Lost – 12-74

EMI [AUS]

EMI 10333  Mummy, It'sno Fun Without Daddy / Today Will Be The First Day Of The Rest Of My Life – 73