Richard Batchens


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Richard Batchens was a top Australian producer in the 70s, renowned for his work on Festival's progressive Infinity label. He worked on many of the pre-1976 releases by both Sherbet and Richard Clapton.

ALBUMS


Various
Alright In The City
2015, LP, Comp, Ltd, Universal Music New Zealand, ,
Hard Rock/Funk
Richard Clapton
Best Years 1974-2014 (The 40th Anniversary Collection)
2014, 3xCD, Comp + DVD-V, PAL, Festival Records, Warner Music Australia, ,
Pop Rock/Classic Rock
Cold Chisel
The Best Of Cold Chisel All For You
2011, CD, ,
Blues Rock/Classic Rock
Autumn
Comes... Autumn
2010
Sherbet
Super Hits
2006, CD, Comp, Liberation Blue, ,
Pop Rock
Martin Erdman
The Du Monde Years
2004, 3xCD, Comp + CD-ROM + Ltd, Num, du Monde, du Monde, du Monde, du Monde, ,
Classic Rock/Country Rock/Pop Rock/Novelty/Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock
Richard Clapton
The Definitive Collection
2004, CD, Comp, Warner Music Australia,
Richard Clapton
The Definitive Anthology
1999, 2xCD, Comp, Enh, Ltd, RM, WEA Records, ,
Pop Rock/Classic Rock
Graeme Connors
And When Morning Comes
1999, CD,
Normie Rowe & The Playboys
Shakin' All Over!
1998
Cold Chisel
Cold Chisel / Breakfast At Sweethearts
1997, ,
Hard Rock/Classic Rock/Rock & Roll
Cold Chisel
Chisel
1991
Madder Lake
The Best Of Madder Lake
1991
Glenn Cardier
An Everyday Maniac
1989
John Williamson
Humble Beginnings
1985
Cold Chisel
Radio Songs - A Best Of
1985, Vinyl, ,
Blues Rock/Garage Rock/Hard Rock
Tommy Tycho and Vicki Tycho
Duelling Pianos
1984, LP, Album, K-Tel International (Aust.) Ltd.,
Jade Hurley
Rockin On
1983, 2xLP, K-Tel
Cold Chisel
Northbound (The Best Of Cold Chisel)
1983
Col Elliott
Zzarr (I'm Lost Again)
1983
Lee Conway
Ballad Of A Cowboy
1982, 7", Single, RCA Victor, ,
Country
Richard Clapton
The Very Best Of Richard Clapton
1982
Swanee
Crazy Dreams
1979, 7", Single, WEA
Glenn Cardier
Expectations
1979, 7", Single, Infinity
Richard Clapton
When The Heat's Off
1979, 7", Single, Interfusion
Cold Chisel
Shipping Steel
1979
Cold Chisel
Breakfast At Sweethearts
1979
Cold Chisel
Breakfast At Sweethearts
1979, Vinyl, ,
Blues Rock/Pop Rock
Collision
Collision
1978, LP, Album, Infinity, Infinity
Jeff St. John
So Far So Good
1978, LP, Album, Gat, Asylum Records, ,
Soul/Rock & Roll/AOR
Cobbers
Going Home
1978, 7", Single, Elektra
Richard Clapton
Down In The Lucky Country
1978, 7", Single, Infinity
Richard Clapton
Stepping Across The Line
1978, 7", Single, Interfusion
Jeff St. John
Starbrite
1978, 7", Single, Asylum Records,
Collision
Love Finds It's Own Way
1978, 7", Single, Infinity
John Williamson
Lonesome Playground
1978, 7", Single, Mercury
John Williamson
Road To Town
1978, LP, Album, Gat, Mercury, ,
Country Rock
Lori Balmer
Are You Ready For Love
1978, 7", Single, Infinity
Richard Clapton
Past Hits & Previews
1978
Collision
You Give Me Love
1978
Cold Chisel
Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye) / Georgia On My Mind
1978
Dalvanius & The Fascinations
Ecstasy
1978
Richard Clapton
Deep Water
1977
Richard Clapton
Goodbye Tiger
1977, Vinyl, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll/Blues Rock
Dalvanius And The Fascinations*
Voodoo Lady / Checkmate On Love
1977
Barry Crocker
Favourites
1977
Sparkle
Crazy Like A Fox
1976, 7", Single, Infinity
Beaut
Goodbye Judy
1976, 7", Single, Infinity
Margret Roadknight
Margret Roadknight
1976, LP, Album, Infinity, Infinity,
Margret Roadknight
Raw Deal
1976, 7", Single, Infinity
Jade Hurley
War And Bombs
1976, 7", Single, Festival Records
Chris Young
Theme From "End Play"
1976, 7", Single, Festival Records
John Cootes
The John Cootes Album
1976, LP, Comp, Universal Summit, Universal Summit
Jimmy Little
Travellin' Minstrel Man
1976, LP, Album, Festival Records
Jimmy Little
Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day
1976, 7", Single, Festival Records
Richard Clapton
Suit Yourself
1976
Richard Clapton, Dingoes*, Ol' 55, Skyhooks, Bilgola Bop Band
Highway One (Original Soundtrack)
1976
Richard Clapton
Capricorn Dancer
1976
Don Lane
You're Everything
1976
Richard Clapton
Mainstreet Jive
1976
Graeme Connors
Dakota
1975, 7", Single, Festival Records, ,
Pop Rock
Jade Hurley
Why Do They Doubt Our Love
1975, 7", Single, Festival Records Pty. Ltd.
Jimmy Little
Dance With Me (Just One More Time)
1975, 7", Single, Festival Records
Lori Balmer
Don't Throw It All Away
1975, 7", Single, Festival Records
Jimmy Little
All For Love
1975, LP, Festival Records, Festival Records, ,
Aboriginal/Country/Folk
John Cootes
A Touch Of Country
1975, LP, Album, Festival Records
Johnny O'Keefe
Full Blooded Natural Man
1975, 7", Single, Festival Records, ,
Rock & Roll
Richard Clapton
Please Come Home
1975
Richard Clapton
Down The Road
1975
Richard Clapton
I'm Travelling Down The Castlereagh / Girls On The Avenue
1975
Johnny O'Keefe
On The Road
1975, Vinyl, ,
Rock & Roll
Sherbet
...In Concert
1975
Richard Clapton
Girls On The Avenue
1975, Vinyl, ,
Country Rock
Sherbet
Greatest Hits 1970-75
1975, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Classic Rock
Sven Libaek
Grass - A Rock Musical
1974, LP, Festival Records
Graeme Connors
The Song Just Kept On Playin'
1974, 7", Single, Festival Records
Normie Rowe
It's Not Easy
1974, 7", Single, Festival Records
Richard Clapton
I Wanna Be A Survivor
1974, 7", Single, Infinity
Normie Rowe
Higher And Higher
1974, 7", Single, Festival Records
Jade Hurley
Down In The Riverina
1974, 7", Single, Festival Records
Glenn Cardier
I See A Comedy
1974, 7", Single, Infinity
Madder Lake
It's All In Your Head
1974, 7", Single, Mushroom
The Stuart Park Group*
Is There Anyone Out There
1974, 7", Single, Festival Records
Bobbi Marchini, Janice Slater, Terry Kaff, Mickey Leyton
Affluence
1974, 7", Single, Festival Records
Sherbet
Silvery Moon
1974
Sherbet
Slipstream
1974, Vinyl, ,
Pop Rock/Glam
Johnny O'Keefe
Johnny B.Goode
1974, Vinyl, ,
Rock & Roll
Glenn Cardier
Oh, Dear Saint Peter
1973, 7", Single, Infinity
Glenn Cardier
Ulysses
1973, 7", Single, Infinity
Richard Clapton
All The Prodigal Children
1973, 7", Single, Infinity
Reg Lindsay
July You're A Woman
1973, 7", Single, Festival Records,
Ernie Sigley
Just Thank Me
1973, 7", Single, Festival Records,
Reg Lindsay
Moonshine (Friend Of Mine)
1973, 7", Single, Festival Records
Barry Crocker
Music Makes My Day
1973, LP, Album, Festival Records, ,
Easy Listening/Vocal
Lynne Dutton
Body And Soul
1973, 7", Single, Festival Records
Johnny O'Keefe And Margaret McLaren With The Stuart Park Show Group
Mockingbird
1973, Vinyl,
Richard Clapton
Prussian Blue
1973
Sherbet
Hound Dog
1973
Reg Lindsay
Too Many Memories
1973
Glenn Cardier
Only When I Laugh
1973
Stafford Bridge
Song For A Blind Man
1972, 7", Single, Infinity
Johnny O'Keefe With The Stuart Park Show Group
So Tough
1972, 7", Single, Festival Records
Jimmy Little
Winterwood
1972, LP, Festival Records
Sherbet
You're All Woman
1972, 7", Single, Infinity, ,
Vocal
Paul Brand
The Ties That Bind
1972, LP, Festival Records
Paul Brand
Moments That Remain
1972, 7", Single, Festival Records
Sharon Sims
To Be The One You Love / Where Are You
1972, 7", Single, Violets Holiday
Greg Anderson
Thank Your Lucky Star
1972, 7", Single, Festival Records
Stafford Bridge
Poor Soul
1972, 7", Single, Infinity
Glenn Cardier
Every Wounded Bird
1972, 7", Single, Infinity
Richard Clapton
Last Train To Marseilles
1972, 7", Single, Infinity
Pee Wee Clark, Buddy Emmons
Country Jazz
1972, LP, Album, Festival Records
Tim Connor
Tim Connor
1972, LP, Album, Festival Records,
Gerard Kennedy
Seasons Of Love
1972, LP, Album, Festival Records
Graeme Bell All Stars
Put On A Happy Face
1972, 7", Single, Festival Records
Gerard Kennedy
Four Letter Words
1972, 7", Single, Festival Records
Barry Crocker
Sing A Rainbow
1972, 7", EP, Festival Records, Festival Records
Greg Anderson
Shame
1972, 7", Single, Festival Records, ,
Ballad
Red McKelvie
Another Country Town
1972
Glenn Cardier
Days Of Wilderness
1972
Father John Cootes*
Father John Cootes
1972
John Cootes
Help Me Make It Through The Night
1972
Jeff St. John
Yesterday's Music
1972
Father John Cootes*
Less Of Me
1972
Don Lane
One More Mountain To Climb
1971, 7", Single, Festival Records
Bip Addison
Hey Girl / Hard To Handle
1971, 7", Single, Festival Records, ,
Pop Rock
Various
Go-Set Pop Poll Awards 1971
1971, LP, Comp, His Master's Voice,
The Jelly Roll Big Band
I've Been Away Too Long / Son Of A Preacher Man
1971, 7", Single, Sunshine Records (6)
Cleves
Music From 'Michael'
1971, 7", EP, Infinity
Simple Image*
Send Me No More Letters
1971, 7", Single, Festival Records
Peter Hiscock
A Certain Mr. Brown
1971, 7", Festival Records
The Simple Image
Goodbye Birds
1971, 7", Single, Columbia
Johnny O'Keefe
Keep On Smiling/(You've Got Me) Dangling On A String
1971, 7", Single, Festival Records
Red McKelvie
She's So Fine
1971, 7", Single, Infinity
Country Radio
Listen To The Children
1971, 7", Single, Infinity
Peter Hiscock
An Unfamiliar Kind Of Man
1971, 7", Single, Festival Records
Pee Wee Clark
Hot Tempered Steel
1971, LP, Album, Festival Records, Festival Records
Gene Pierson
Come On In/The Only Living Boy In New York
1971, 7", Single, Festival Records
Gene Pierson
See My Way
1971, 7", Single, Infinity, ,
Vocal
Pat Garvey
Evie / If I Had A Girl
1971, 7", Single, Festival Records Pty. Ltd.
Jeff St. John And The Copperwine
Hummingbird
1971
Father John Cootes*
Sweet Sweet Jesus
1971
Black Feather*
Seasons Of Change
1971
Cleves
Cleves
1971
Tymepiece
Sweet Release
1971
Lobby Loyde
Plays With George Guitar
1971
Blackfeather
At The Mountains Of Madness
1971, Vinyl, ,
Psychedelic Rock
The Clik
Mary, Mary
1970, 7", Single, Festival Records
Barry Crocker
Both Sides Now
1970, LP, Album, Festival Records
The Clik
La-De-Da
1969, 7", Single, Festival Records
Barry Crocker
Please Don't Go
LP, Comp, Universal Summit, Universal Summit
Jeff St. John
Yesterday's Music / Can't Find My Way Home
7", Single, A&M Records
Hal Carter (2) & Jack Speering
Old Time As You Like It
Jade Hurley
King Of Country Rock
Swanee
Days Gone By (The Best Of Swanee)
Sherbet
Greatest Hits 1970-75
1998, CD, ,
Pop Rock
Mother Goose
Margueritta And Me
1982
Denis Walter
In The Middle Of The Night
1978, 7", Single, Festival Records

APPEARANCES +


Mother Goose
Find A Way Out
1983, 7", Single, Parole Records (2)
Mother Goose
This Is The Life
1982
Mother Goose
Lonely Girls
1982
Dalvanius & The Fascinations / Golden Harvest
Voodoo Lady / I Need Your Love
2020
Various
Heed The Call! (Whakarongo, Nga Tamariki)
2017, ,
Soul/Funk/Disco
Ray Brown (4) / Moonstone
Mad House
2016
Chain
Live Chain
2010
Jeff St John's Copperwine
Joint Effort
2000
Split Enz
1972-1979
1992, 5xCD, Album + CD, Comp, Sli + Box, Ltd, Mushroom, ,
New Wave/Art Rock/Pop Rock/Prog Rock
Stuart Livingston (3), Jimmy Stewart
A Touch Of Ireland
1989, CD, Album, Castle Music (4), ,
Theme
Kevin Johnson
The Night Comes
1985, 7", Single, Infinity, ,
Rock & Roll/Vocal
Raglan Road, Tim Connor
32 Irish Songs From 32 Irish Counties
1985, 2xLP, Comp, Gat, EMI
Kevin Johnson
In The Spirit Of The Times
1985, ,
Vocal/Ballad
Kevin Johnson
A Hard Act To Follow
1984, 7", Single, Infinity
Boys
Lonely Dreamers
1982, 7", Single, Parole Records (2)
Cold Chisel
You're Thirteen, You're Beautiful And You're Mine
1982
Gunther Gorman
Infectious Rhythm
1981
Kevin Johnson
Night Rider
1980, CD, ,
Country Blues/Harmonica Blues/Ballad/Vocal
Richard Clapton
Get Back To The Shelter
1980
Richard Clapton
Dark Spaces
1980
Western Flyer
Throw Me A Line
1979, 7", Single, Infinity
Western Flyer
Live To Survive!
1979, Vinyl, ,
Blues Rock
Jimmy Little
May The Force Be With You Always
1978, 7", Single, Festival Records
Graeme Connors
And When Morning Comes
1976, ,
Country
Sherbet
Freedom
1975, 7", Single, Infinity
Sherbet
Life Is For Living
1975, ,
Pop Rock
Split Enz
Mental Notes
1975
Split Enz
Maybe
1975
Sherbet
Slipstream
1974, 7", Single, Infinity
Ernie Sigley
...And Here's Ernie
1974, LP, Album, Festival Records, Festival Records, ,
Vocal/Ballad
Ernie Sigley
The Three Bells / Jean
1974, 7", Single, Festival Records, ,
Vocal
The Band Of The Second Military District
The Centenary Album
1974, LP, Album, Festival Records, ,
Military/Brass Band
Chain
The History Of Chain
1974
The 32 Piece Good Music Orchestra
Good Music Live At The Opera House
1974
Debbie Byrne*
She's A Rebel
1974, Vinyl,
Abigail
Je T'Aime (I Love You)
1973
Heart 'N Soul*
Hot Boogie Band
1971, 7", Single, Infinity
Heart 'N' Soul
Hot Boogie Band
1971, LP, Infinity
Chain
Black And Blue
1971
Aztecs*
The Hoax Is Over
1971, Vinyl, ,
Blues Rock/Hard Rock
Autumn (17), Barrie McAskill with Levi Smith Clefs*
The Best Of Whisky A Go Go
1970, 7", EP, Chart Records (7)
Chain
The Best Of Chain
Lobby Loyde
Plays With George Guitar
2019
Various
Upside Down Volume Five (Coloured Dreams From The Underworld)
2016, CD, Comp, RM, Unofficial, Particles (2)
Blackfeather
At The Mountains Of Madness
2010, CD, ,
Prog Rock/Hard Rock
Jeff St John's Copperwine
Joint Effort
2004
Sherbet
Life...Is For Living
1999, CD, Album, RE, RM, Unofficial, Infinity, Festival Records,
Sherbet
Slipstream
1999