Stan Coster

 *27-05-1930 Casino, NSW, AUS, - +25-03-1997
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
28-29 March 1979 ICM Studio, ?, AUS – Stan Coster (Stan Coster [vcl], Lindsay Butler [gt], Ray Campbell [bass], Mike Betts [drums], John Minson [harmonica], Valda Butler [orga]. Producer: Lindsay Butler)
001 BY A FIRE OF GIDGEE COAL OLLP 509  LFR 452 GRCD 020
002 CUNNAMULLA FELLA'S WEDDING OLLP 509  LFR 452
003 MEN BEYONG THE BLACK STUMP OLLP 509 LFR 452  
004 UNTO DEATH US DO PART OLLP 509 LFR 452
005 SUNSHINE OLLP 509  LFR 452
006 OLD GILBERT OLLP 509  LFR 452 GRCD 020
007 TAMWORTH GREAT COUNTRY STAR OLLP 509
008 ONLY A BUSHMAN WOULD KNOW OLLP 509  
009 TWILIGHT DREAMS OLLP 509  
010 MY PEOPLE OLLP 509  
011 BOOZE LOVING BATTLER OLLP 509
012 SEVEN YEARS IS A BIG PRICE TO PAY OLLP 509  
1981 unknown, AUS – Stan Coster (Stan Coster [vcl/gt], Eric Newton [gt],  Lawrie Minson [banjo/dobro],  Norm Bodkin [steel], Phillip Walker [bass], Michael Betts [drums], John Minson [harmonica],  Clelia Adams, Kate McCarthy, Lynette Guest [hmny vcl].  Producer: Lindsay Butler, Ross Murphy)
013 IT'S THE ONLY HOME HE KNOWS OLLP 517 LFR 452
014 A BLIND BOY'S CHRISTMAS PRAYER OLLP 517 LFR 452
015 DUSTY'S DEN OLLP 517 LFR 452
016 WOULD I DO THE SAME THING AGAIN OLLP 517 LFR 452
017 YOUR COUNTRY'S BEEN SOLD OLS 016/ OLLP 517 LFR 452
018 LEAVE THE FORMWORK TO THE FINN OLLP 517 LFR 452
019 GOD WILL PREVAIL OLLP 517
020 DOROTHY OLLP 517
021 THE OLD DAYS TO WHICH I BELONG OLLP 517
022 OUT OF THE CALICO SACK OLLP 517
023 FLOWER OF THE WEST OLLP 517
024 COME AGAIN YOU'RE WELCOME HERE OLLP 517
1982 unknown, AUS – Stan Coster (Stan Coster [vcl/gt], Bill Nolan [gt], Garry Adams [gt],  Garry Brown [gt], Lindsay Butler [gt], Norm Bodkin [steel], Geoff Clapson [bass], Chris Carmichael [drums],  Matt Harrison [fiddle],  John Minson [harmonica], Garry Steel [piano/harmonica], Chris Jones [piano/organ])
025 THE OLD GIDGEE TREE OLLP 520
026 THE NEW AUSTRALIAN BUSHMAN OLLP 520
027 SONG OF THE COBB AND CO. TWITCH OLLP 520
028 KEN MCKINNON'S WILD RIDE OLLP 520
029 THE BACK TO BOURKE WEEKEND OLLP 520
030 I'LL JUST BE A DRIFTER TILL I DIE OLLP 520
031 YOU CAN NEVER DO WRONG (IN A MOTHER'S EYES OLLP 520 LFR 452 GRCD 020
032 SONG OF THE MURRAY RIVER OLLP 520
033 MY FATHER IS A DRUNKARD OLLP 520
034 THE LAST OF THE BREED OLLP 520
035 A BUSH RODEO OLLP 520
036 THE WOBBLY BOOT HOTEL OLS 016/ OLLP 520  
1983 Honeyfarm Studios, Duffys Forest, NSW, AUS – Stan Coster (Producer: Rod Coe)
037 THIS BIG OLD LAND NUL 103
038 THE UNSUNG HERO NUL 103
039 HOMESTEAD OF MY DREAMS NUL 103
040 THE HOTEL YARDMAN NUL 103
041 A TRIBUTE TO TOBY PERRY NUL 103
042 THE STORM THAT IS TO COME NUL 103
043 WHEN WE BOILED OUR TEALEAVES TWICE NUL 103
044 A VISIT TO DAJARRA NUL 103
045 A JOURNEY BACK TO CHILDHOOD NUL 103
046 THE OLD WEDDING BELL NUL 103
047 WHO IS CIVILISED?  NUL 103
048 WHERE THE FLINDERS AND MITCHELL GRASS GROWS NUL 103  
1984 Hadley Studio, 5 Egret Place, Calala, NSW, AUS – Stan Coster (Stan Coster [vcl/gt], Lloyd Janson [ld gt], Ricky Shipp [ld gt],  Lindsay Butler [ld/rh gt],  Mark Moulynox [steel/banjo], Geoff Clapson [bass gt], Greg Smallwood [drums],  Ian McDermott [harmonica], John Goodayre [whistle])
049 TRAVELLIN' MY OWN TRACK GRLP 001 Axis 7017982 GRCD 020
050 SYD THE PLAITER GRLP 001  Axis 7017982
051 JOHN ASTRAL AND HIS WIFE GRLP 001  Axis 7017982
052 BLOMIE GRLP 001 Axis 7017982
053 THE OUTLAW GRLP 001  
054 THREE RIVERS MOTEL GRLP 001  Axis 7017982 GRCD 020
055 WOOLGOOGA (NOW AND THEN) GRLP 001  Axis 7017982
056 IT ALL SEEMS SO WRONG GRLP 001  Axis 7017982
057 OLD BOKO AND ME GRLP 001 Axis 7017982
058 THE OLD TIME DROVER'S LAMENT GRLP 001  Axis 7017982
059 THE OLD SCHOOL BELL GRLP 001  Axis 7017982
060 GIVE MY REGARDS TO EDNA GRLP 001 Axis 7017982 GRCD 020
1985 unknown, NSW, AUS – Stan Coster
061 ONLY A BUSHMAN WOULD KNOW GRLP 002  Axis 7017982
062 DOROTHY, BALLADS AND BEER GRLP 002  GRX 005 Axis 7017982
063 WHEN THE DESERT FLOWERS BLOOM GRLP 002
064 AUSTRALIAN BUSHMEN GRLP 002  
065 LEAD ME DOWN THE STOCKYARD GRLP 002  
066 HE'S A GOOD BLOKE SOBER, "BUT" GRLP 002 GRCD 020
067 SCHULZIE'S MOUNTAIN GRLP 002  Axis 7017982
068 RETURN OF THE STOCKMAN GRLP 002 Axis 7017982 GRCD 020
069 A TRIBUTE TO THIESS BROS GRLP 002  Axis 7017982
070 SOME THINGS A MAN CAN'T FIGHT GRLP 002
071 STOCKMATES GRLP 002  Axis 7017982
072 TRUMBIE'S GHOST GRLP 002 GRX 005 Axis 7017982
073 RICHARD HEAD GRLP 002   Axis 7017982 GRCD 020
074 THE BUSHMAN'S SONG GRLP 002  
075 WHOA BULLOCKS WHOA GRLP 002 GRCD 020  
076 THE OLD ROCKING HORSE GRLP 002 Axis 7017982 GRCD 020
1989* Sapphire Sound Studio, Coffs Harbour, AUS/Beat‘, Track, ? – Stan Coster (Stan Coster [vcl], Garry Brown [gt], Kelvin Nolan [gt], Lloyd Jansen [gt],  Alan Hawking [gt/ banjo], Bob Clark [gt], Andrew Claremont [mandolin], Pee Wee Clark [steel],  Geoff Clapson [bass], Mat Harrison [fiddle/hmny vcl], Mike Hogan [harmonica],  Chris Jones [piano], Jennifer McNiven [hmny vcl].  Producer: Ross Murphy, Bob Clark)   [*possibly recorded prior to 1983]
077 SONGS ME OLD MATES WROTE OLLP 533  
078 HOBNAIL EXPRESS OLLP 533  
079 PICK UP MAN OLLP 533  
080 BLACK MAN JACKY, JACKY OLLP 533  
081 OLD BOKO AND ME OLLP 533  
082 YOU'LL DO ME MATE OLLP 533 LFR 452  
083 TRAVELLING THIS BIG COUNTRY LAND OLLP 533  
084 WHERE THE LAZY MURRAY RIVER ROLLS ALONG OLLP 533
085  BANKS OF THE NEEBINE OLLP 533  
086 GUMTREES BY THE ROADWAY OLLP 533
087 JUST SADDLE OLD DARKIE OLLP 533  
088 FAIR ENOUGH OLLP 533
089 OLD WALLERAWANG OLLP 533
1990 Lindsay Butler Studios, 8 Pine St., Kootingal, NSW, AUS – Stan Coster (Stan Coster [vcl/gt], Gary Adams [gt], Lawrie Minson [gt/banjo/ dobro], Lindsay Adams [gt],  Wayne Saunders [steel],  Geoff Clapson [bass], Neil Butler [drums],  Lawrie Minson [harp],  Terry Smith [hny vcl]. Producer: Lindsay Butler)
090 JUST A LITTLE GIRTHY GRCD 009 GRCD 020
091 THE SAXBY RODEO GRCD 009
092 A DRIFTER WITH NO DESTINY GRCD 009
093 FINGERS GRCD 009 WEALTH MADE US POOR GRCD 009
094 A DAYLIGHT SAVING STATE GRCD 009
095 COLEY GRS 010/GRCD 009 GRCD 020
096 THEY'LL NEVER BEAT THE BUNNY GRCD 009
097 WHILE THE BIG CITY SLEEPS GRS 010/GRCD 009 GRCD 020
098 HAPPY IN MY MADNESS GRCD 009
099 SONG OF THE FORKY STICK GRCD 009
100 I WOULDN'T BE DEAD FOR QUIDS GRCD 009  
1991 Lindsay Butler Studios, 8 Pine St., Kootingal, NSW, AUS - Stan Coster (Stan Coster [vcl], Lindsay Butler [gt], Andrew Clermont [gt/ fiddle/ mandolin],  Lawrie Minson [dobro/harp/ banjo/ accordion],  Wayne Saunders [steel],  Geoff Dallas [bass],  Neil Butler [drums],  Chris Jones [piano],  Gary Adams, Tracy Coster [hmny vcl].  Producer: Lindsay Butler)
101 LAWSON'S LOADED DOG GRCD 014 GRCD 020
102 DARKY GRANT THE MAILMAN GRCD 014
103 THE TIME MACHINE GRCD 014
104 YOU'RE A BETTER MAN THAN I AM GUNGADIN GRCD 014 GRCD 020
105 IF THIS OLD PUB COULD TALK GRCD 014
106 THE BARKLY BRUTE GRCD 014
107 CATCHING YELLOWBELLY IN THE OLD BARCOO GRCD 014 GRCD 020
108 THE LAST OF THE LADY DROVERS GRCD 014
109 ANGUS GRCD 014
110 FREEDOM ON THE ROAD GRCD 014
111 JIM LAFFIN (A KIDMAN DROVER) GRCD 014
112 REMEMBER THE TIME GRCD 014
Ca 1995 Nashgrill Studios, 75 Denison St. Tamworth, NSW, AUS – Stan Coster (Stan Coster [vcl/gt], Dallas Croft [gt], Gary Brown [gt], Pixie Jenkins [mandolin],  Adam Smith [bass], – Pixie Jenkins [fiddle]. Producer: Dave Byrnes)
113 COME BACK TO THE BUSH GRCD 016
114 HOMESTEAD OF MY DREAMS GRCD 016
115 THE RED AND WHITE HEIFER GRCD 016
116 TRAVELLING VAUDEVILLE TENT SHOWS GRCD 016
117 SALE DAY AT ST LAWRENCE GRCD 016
118 THE MAILMAN'S MATE GRCD 016
119 THE OLD AXEMAN GRCD 016
120 TAKE ME BACK TO NOCKATUNGA GRCD 016
121 PLAYGROUND OF THE SOUTH GRCD 016
122 TO AN OLD STOCKMAN GRCD 016
123 MY OLD HAT GRCD 016
124 NOTHING EVER SEEMS THE SAME GRCD 016
1996 or sooner – unknown, AUS – Stan Coster
125 THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN RUN LFR 452



ALBUMS
Opal [AUS] OLLP 509 My People: By A Fire Of Gidgee Coal; Cunnamulla Fella's Wedding; Men Beyong The Black Stump; Unto Death Us Do Part; Sunshine; Old Gilbert; Tamworth Great Country Star; Only A Bushman Would Know; Twilight Dreams; My People; Booze Loving Battler; Seven Years Is A Big Price To Pay – 79 (reissued as part of Gidgee GRCD 017 The Original Stan Coster, vol. 1)
Opal [AUS] OLLP 517 Songs From A Wanderer's Pen: It's The Only Home He Knows; A Blind Boy's Christmas Prayer; Dusty's Den; Would I Do The Same Thing Again; Your Country's Been Sold; Leave The Formwork To The Finn; God Will Prevail; Dorothy; The Old Days To Which I Belong; Out Of The Calico Sack; Flower Of The West; Come Again You're Welcome Here - 81     
Opal [AUS] OLLP 520  The Song Maker: The Old Gidgee Tree; The New Australian Bushman; Song Of The Cobb and Co. Twitch; Ken McKinnon's Wild Ride; The Back To Bourke Weekend; I'll Just Be A Drifter Till I Die; You Can Never Do Wrong (in A mother's Eyes;  Song Of The Murray River; My Father Is A Drunkard; The Last Of The Breed; A Bush Rodeo; The Wobbly Boot Hotel – 08-82 (reissued as part of Gidgee GRCD 018 The Original Stan Coster, vol. 2)
Nulla [AUS] NUL.103  This Big Old Land: This Big Old Land; The Unsung Hero; Homestead Of My Dreams; The Hotel Yardman; A Tribute To Toby Perry; The Storm That Is To Come; When We Boiled Our Tealeaves Twice; A Visit To Dajarra; A Journey Back To Childhood; The Old Wedding Bell; Who Is Civilised? ; Where The Flinders And Mitchell Grass Grows – 83 (CD issue on Regal 1572062 in 1991)
Gidgee [AUS] GRLP 001 Travellin' My Own Track: Travellin' My Own Track; Syd The Plaiter; John Astral And His Wife; Blomie; The Outlaw; Three Rivers Motel; Woolgooga (Now And Then); It All Seems So Wrong; Boko; The Old Time Drover's Lament; The Old School Bell; Give My Regards To Edna – 84 (reissued as part of Gidgee GRCD 017 The Original Stan Coster, vol. 1)
Gidgee [AUS] GRLP 002 Only A Bushman Would Know: Only A Bushman Would Know;  Dorothy, Ballads And Beer;  When The Desert Flowers Bloom;  Australian Bushmen;  Lead Me Down The Stockyard;  He's A Good Bloke Sober, "But"; Schulzie's Mountain;  Return Of The Stockman; A Tribute To Thiess Bros;  Some Things A Man Can't Fight;  Stockmates;  Trumbie's Ghost;  Richard Head;  The Bushman's Song;  Whoa Bullocks Whoa;  The Old Rocking Horse -85 (Reissued on GRCD 002 in 2010)
Opal [AUS] OLLP 533 Song's Me Old Mate's Wrote: Songs Me Old Mates Wrote; Hobnail Express; Pick Up Man; Black Man Jacky, Jacky; Old Boko and Me; You'll Do Me Mate; Travelling This Big Country Land; Where The Lazy Murray River Rolls Along; Banks Of The Neebine; Gumtrees By The Roadway; Just Saddle Old Darkie; Fair Enough; Old Wallerawang - 89  (reissued as part of Gidgee GRCD 018 The Original Stan Coster, vol. 2)
Gidgee [AUS] GRLP 008 Bush Storeys in Rhyme: Gold Star; A Jackass And A Goanna; When Tallem Fell; A Shearer’s Dream; The Unknown Stockman; The Old Tallow Lamp; The Skite; A Driver’s Yarn; A Dentist’s Advice; The Mailman’s Ride -  90 (nonmusical album, not in sessions)
Gidgee [AUS] GRCD 009 I Wouldn’t Be Dead For Quids: Just a Little Girthy; The Saxby Rodeo; A Drifter with No Destiny; Fingers; Wealth Made Us Poor; A Daylight Saving State; Coley; They'll Never Beat the Bunny; While the Big City Sleeps; Happy in My Madness; Song of the Forky Stick; I Wouldn't Be Dead for Quids – 91
Axis [AUS] 7017982 Coster Sings Coster: Travellin' My Own Track; Syd The Plaiter; John Austral And His Wife; Blomie; Three Rivers Hotel; Woolgoolga (Then And Now); It All Seems So Wrong; Boko; The Old Time Drover's Lament; The Old School Bell; Give My Regards To Edna; Only A Bushman Would Know; Dorothy, Ballads And Beer; Shultzie's Mountain; Return Of The Stockman; A Tribute To Thiess Bros.; Stockmates; Trumby's Ghost; Richard Head; The Old Rocking Horse – 92 (sampler)
Gidgee [AUS] GRCD 014 Remember The Time:  Lawson's Loaded Dog; Darky Grant the Mailman; The Time Machine; You're a Better Man Than I Am Gungadin; If This Old Pub Could Talk; The Barkly Brute; Catching Yellowbelly in the Old Barcoo; The Last of the Lady Drovers; Angus; Freedom on the Road; Jim Laffin (A Kidman Drover); Remember the Time – 91
 Gidgee [AUS] GRCD 016 Come Back To The Bush: Come Back to the Bush; Homestead of My Dreams; The Red and White Heifer; Travelling Vaudeville Tent Shows; Sale Day at St Lawrence; The Mailman's Mate; The Old Axeman; Take Me Back to Nockatunga; Playground of the South; To an Old Stockman; My Old Hat; Nothing Ever Seems the Same – 96 (reissued in 2016)\
Larrikin [AUS] LFR 452 The Best Of Stan Coster Vol 1 Men Beyond The Black Stump: By A Fire Of Gidgee Coal; Cunnamulla Fella's Wedding; Men Beyond The Black Stump; Unto Death Do Us Part; Sunshine; Old Gilbert; You Can Never Do Wrong; It's The Only Home He Knows; Blind Boys Christmas Prayer; Would I Do The Same Again?; Dusty's Den; Your Country's Been Sold; Leave The Farmwork To Finn; You'll Do Me Mate; The Great Australian Run*(Bonus Track) – 97 (sampler, *previously unissued, Opal tracks)
Gidgee [AUS] GRCD 020 The Best Of Stan Coster: Three Rivers Hotel; Catching Yellowbelly in the Old Barcoo; By a Fire of Gidgee Coals; The Old Rocking Horse; Just a Little Girthy; Give My Regards to Edna; Old Gilbert; Lawson's Loaded Dog; While the Big City Sleeps; Coley; Richard Head; You're a Better Man Than I Am Gungadin; Travellin' My Own Track; Whoa Bullocks, Whoa; He's a Good Bloke Sober, "But"; Return of the Stockman; You Can Never Do Wrong in a Mothers Eyes – 15-01-08

Unknown issue date
? My Country: My Country; The Green Tree Snake; The Spider From The Gwyder; How Gilbert Died; Not To Bad; Conroy‘s Gap; Ken McKinnon’s Wild Ride; Australian Bards And Bush Reveiwers; The Warrembungle Mare; The Cane-Toad’s Plain Code; Mongrel Grey; Down The River; The Stockman’s Tale; One More Muster – ? (nonmusical album, not in sessions)


EPs
Gidgee [AUS] GRX 005 Airplay Special: Stan Coster: Dorothy Ballads And Beer; Tracy Coster: Grandfather Johnson; Terry Smith And Blue Gum: On The Road With Coster / Stan Coster: Trumbies Ghost; Tracy Coster: How Can I Still Love You; Terry Smith) And Blue Gum: Claypan Boogie – 87 (MX: 213011/12)

SINGLES
Opal [AUS]
OLS 016 The Woobly Boot Hotel / Your Country’s Been Sold - 82
Gidgee [AUS]
GRS 010 Coley / While The City Sleep – 91