Bill Armstrong


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Australian producer/engineer, who established Armstrong Studios, one of Australia's major recording studios, in Melbourne in 1965. He began his career working in electronics for live sound, before establishing his own home studio in 1949. He has played a major role in the Australian recording and broadcast industries since then, establishing the Australian labels, Paramount (3), Magnasound (2) and Danceland in the 1950s and Captain Quaver in 1970; setting up the disc cutting room and recording studio of W & G Studios; supervisiong [l857102]; and helping to set up radio stations 2EA, 3EA, and EON FM (now 3MMM). He received the ARIA award for Lifetime Contribution to the Australian Music Industry in 1999, the APRA Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music in 2006, and the National Film and Sound Archive Cochrane‐Smith Award for Sound Heritage in 2011.

ALBUMS


Various
So Rare 4 - A Fourth Selection By Barry Humphries Of His Favourite Gramophone Records
2012, 2xCD, Comp, The Bill Armstrong Collection,
Barry Humphries And Carl Davis (5) With Dame Edna Everage, Sir Les Patterson* And The 130-Strong Australian Philharmonic Orchestra* With The Ashton-Smith Singers Conducted By Carl Davis
Song Of Australia (A Unique Musical Extravaganza)
2006, 2xCD, Album, The Bill Armstrong Collection
Tom Baker's San Francisco Jazz Band
1976 -1977
2001, CD, Album, Comp, RE, RM, The Bill Armstrong Collection,
Various
So Rare - A Selection By Barry Humphries Of His Favourite Gramophone Records
1999, 2xCD, Comp, The Bill Armstrong Collection
Neville Stribling's Jazz Players
Flat Rock Session
1993, CD, Album, Neville Stribling
Rhapsody In Red With The Cotton Club Orchestra*
The Bill Armstrong Collection
1992, CD, Album, EastWest
The Australian Cotton Club Orchestra
Volume Two White Tie (The Bill Armstrong Collection)
1992, CD, Album, EastWest
Turk Murphy Jazz Band Of San Francisco*
Oz Turk - The Australian Album
1979
New Harlem Jazz Band
Never Swat A Fly
1978, LP, Album, Jazz & Jazz (2)
Neville Stribling
South
1977
Graham "Smacka" Fitzgibbon*
Smacka Looks Back
1976
Tom Baker's San Francisco Jazz Band
Volume One
1976, Vinyl,
Smacka & Momma's Jazz*
I've Got Them Feelin' Too Good Today Blues
1975, 7", Single, Fable
Ivan Hutchinson
Honky-Tonk Party Favourites
1973, LP, Fable, Fable
Ivan Hutchinson & His Honky-Tonk Piano*
The Pushbike Song
1973, 7", Single, Fable
Captain Quaver
Captain Quaver's Merry-Go-Rounds For Little Children
LP, Album, Captain Quaver Music
Bruce Clarke Jingle Workshop
Music To Sell By Volume Two
1964, 10", Album, Telefil

APPEARANCES +


Roger Bell And His Pagan Pipers
A Vintage Collection 1950-1972
2015, CD, Album, RM, Swaggie Records
Lazy Ade Monsbourgh & His Late Hour Boys*
Backroom Joys - A Vintage Selection 1950-1991
2015, CD, Album, RM, Swaggie Records
Len Barnard, Bob Barnard
Brothers In Jazz
2010, CD, Album, RM, Swaggie Records
John Sangster
For Leon Bismarck
2009, CD, Album, RM, Swaggie Records
Armand Hug
Breezin' Along, Solo Piano 1974-1975, Armand Hug & Ray Bauduc 1950
2009, CD, Album, RM, Swaggie Records
Earl Hines
Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington Favourites 1971 -1975
2007, CD, Comp, RM, Swaggie Records
Earl Hines
Changin' The Blues And Things. The Earl Hines Quartet With Jimmy Rushing
2007, CD, Album, RE, RM, Swaggie Records
Bob Barnard And Friends
Riverboat Days
2005, CD, Swaggie Records,
Earl Hines
Earl Hines Plays Cole Porter & Irving Berlin Solo Piano
2005, CD, Album, RE, RM, Swaggie Records
Various
Vamp Till Ready: Dame Edna's Warm-Up Music
2003, CD, Comp, The Bill Armstrong Collection,
John Sangster
The Hobbit Suite And Selections From Double Vibes:Hobbit
2002
Jay McShann, The Jay McShann All-Stars*
With Kansas City In Mind - Piano Solos 1969 & 1972, The Jay McShann All-stars 1972
1993, CD, Album, Comp, Swaggie Records
Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra
Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra 1930-1935
1992, CD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM, Swaggie Records
Graham Coyle
Plays Piano 1955-1973 "For your approval"
1991, LP, Comp, The Bill Haesler Collection,
New Harlem Jazz Band
Sing You Sinners
1983, LP, Jazz&Jazz
Steve Waddell's Celebrated Creole Bells*
Ace In The Hole
1983, 12", Album, Jazz & Jazz (2), Jazz & Jazz (2)
Turk Murphy Jazz Band Of San Francisco* & The Original Salty Dogs*
The Biggest Bear Stomp Of All!!!
1981, LP, Album, Jazz & Jazz (2), ,
Dixieland
The Original Salty Dogs*
Ragtime Festival Volume 2
1980, LP, Album, Jazz & Jazz (2)
Smacka Fitzgibbon
I'm A Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas
1975, 7", Fable
Stephane Grappelli* And The Diz Disley Trio
On The Road
1975
Smacka Fitzgibbon
Smacka's Party Album
1973, LP, Album, Fable
Smacka Fitzgibbon
Smacka's Place
1972, LP, Album, Fable, ,
Ragtime/Dixieland
Smacka Fitzgibbon With The Band From Smacka's Place*
Smacka At Sea
1972, 7", EP, Fable
Peter Cook & Dudley Moore
Behind The 'Fridge
1972
Jim Minchin
Hymns For Our Day - Music For The Contemporary Church
1969, Vinyl, ,
Contemporary
Vic Hammett
Wurlitzer '69
1968, LP, Album, Philips
The Johnny Hawker Orchestra
Out Front
1967, LP, Columbia
Denis Gibbons
Australian Folk Songs For Schools
1961, 10", Album, Mono, W & G
Mamie Reid & Her Dancing Keys
Two's Company ...
1960, LP, Album, W & G
William Flynn And His Orchestra
Old-Time Ballroom
1960
Denis Gibbons
Trads And Anons
1960
The Victorian Trumpet Trio
Trickery
1959, 7", EP, W & G
Len Barnard's Jazz Band* / Len Barnard's Modern Jazz Quartet
Jazzways With Len Barnard
1959, LP, Mono, Club, World Record Club, World Record Club,
Terry King (14) / The Four Hounds
Terranora
1959, 7", W & G
Charles Skase
Sings By Request (Vol 1)
1959
William Flynn
Dancing
1959, Vinyl, ,
Classical/Instrumental
Charles Skase
Sings By Request (Vol. 2)
1959
Bruce Clarke, His Wild Guitar, And The Rockers*
Rockin' Like Wow! Dad
1959, Vinyl, ,
Rock & Roll
Charles White And His Relaxed Rhythm
Time On My Hands
1958,
Denis Gibbons
Jamaica Farewell
7", Single, Magnasound (2)
Denis Gibbons
The Fox
7", Single, Magnasound (2)
Lil's Hot Shots, Johnny Dodds Trio
Louis Armstrong and Johnny Dodds
7", EP, Swaggie Records
Denis Gibbons
Denis Gibbons
7", EP, Mono, Viking
Frankie Davidson
Detour
7", EP, W & G
Frisco Joe's Housewarming Party With Smacka The Singing Barman*
Frisco Joe And Smacka
LP, Swaggie Records, Swaggie Records
Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra
Jimmy Noone And His Apex Club Orchestra Vol. One
7", EP, Swaggie Records,
Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra
Jimmie Noone And HIs Apex Club Orchestra Volume Two
7", EP, Swaggie Records,
Paul McDermott String Quartet, Joseph Haydn, Felix Werder
Quartets
LP, Mono, Viking
The Mitcham Choral Society* Conducted By Fred Watsford
Methodist Hymns