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ROCK / POP (expand)
- The Bulk (1965) 3 performances in the Geography room at Burwood High.
- Lipp and the Double Dekker Brothers (1971-72)
- Sometimes 12-piece 'art-house' band in the Captain Beefheart/Zappa/Archie Shep mode.
- Doyen of T.F.Much Ballrooms. Featuring among others JoeCamilleri, Ian Wallace and David Flett.
- Myriad (1973) Folk/rock act with Carrl & Janie Myriad
- Tour-support to Frank Zappa (Aust.tour 1973)
- Scumbag (1973) Carlton 'alternative' band featuring, among others, Red Symons and Jenny Keath.
- Toads (1975) Carlton love-child of Martin Armiger's 'legendary' Adelaide 'alternative' band 'Toad's Nightly'.
- STILETTO (1976-78) Carlton 'alternative/pseudo-feminist' band that clawed it's way to 'Countdown'.
RECORDINGS INCLUDE (expand)
- Debutantes (OZS1005)
- Licence to Rage (OZS1009) which included the 'almost-hit' single Bluebirds.
- NIGHTHAWKES. (1981) R & B covers band.
- JO JO ZEP (1982/83) Recordings include:
- CHA - featured on 3 tracks
- (Taxi Mary, Walk On By, You're Gonna Get It Boy)
- Losing Game - 12' single
- JANE CLIFTON & THE GO GO BOYS. (1984)
- R & B covers band. Eponymous live cassette.
- SO NICE ('96-2002) - 9 piece Brazil '66 covers band with Nichaud Fitzgibbon.
- THE MARRIAGE OF STYLE - solo CD 2003
JAZZ (expand)
- Been singing in various jazz aggregates since the inaugural Jane Clifton and the Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra first appeared at the Flying Trapeze in 1979 .
- The Unforgiven (1994)
SOLO RECORDINGS (expand)
- GIRL ON THE WALL (1984) Reached No.13 Nationally.
- MY MACHINES (1984) Stiffed !
- TURN TO DUST (1985) a jazz single onSpirit Records.
- MOON OVER MELBOURNE (1993) ABC Records Compilation CD. (My track Carlton.)
- GOING HOME (1993) ABC Records Compilation CD .
My track Weavils in the Flour.) - THE GREAT AUSSIE CHRISTMAS.(1995)
- Thrifty-Link Hardware promotional, compilation.
(My track Santa Baby.) - INCOMMUNICAZO. (1996). Calendar plus CD for Nicky Brazil.
(My track Did You Call Her Darling.) - Four tracks for Jim MacLeod's Jazztrack (ABC FM). 1996
CABARET (expand)
- LA MAMA - Supper shows run by Betty Burstall in the early seventies, featuring Tribe on their own and with many rock bands including: Spectrum and Skyhooks. 1969 - 73.
- T.F.MUCH & MUCH MORE BALLROOM & THE REGENT (in S.Yarra) - again, cabaret work with Tribe and rock bands. 1970 - 72.
- FLYING TRAPEZE - a duo show with Steve J. Spears, called Lilly and Jagger. Several seasons. 1974.
- LAST LAUGH THEATRE RESTAURANT A lot of waitress and bar work before: - wrote and performed about 5 un-named shows for myself plus piano player, for the upstairs bar before it became Le Joke. 1979-80.
- -Bent Brass - the first Australian tour for The Brass Band and Hokum W. Jeebs (solo act) both of San Francisco Melb. season plus Adelaide tour - 1979. Le Joke - compered between 1979 and 1984. including the Christmas season of 1981.
- The Mini-Busettes - a trio composed of myself, Colette Mann and Betty Bobbitt. 3 seasons at Le Joke, a lot of interstate telethons and too many Sydney League's Clubs (1981 -82).
- ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE JANE CLIFTON - my first full-scale show downstairs at the Last Laugh. Written by myself and Wendy Harmer and directed by Burt Cooper. Ran for 4 months in Melbourne then did a 6 week season at Kinsela's in Sydney. (1985).
- TAKE TWO - my second show downstairs at the Last Laugh. A 'duet' show written mostly by me, performed by myself and Danny Nash and directed by Burt Cooper. (1986)
- PACK OF WOMEN - by Robyn Archer. 8 month tour 1983.
- COMEDY FESTIVAL ANNUAL GREAT DEBATE - 'THAT LAUGHTER IS BETTER THAN SEX' - (1992).
- I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU - THE DUSTY SPRINGFIELD SHOW. Devised and directed by Terry O'Connell. 1995/96
- Black Cat Cabaret with Peaches La Creme - June 2001
- STAND-UP &SWING - 2004 . Corporate show - a two-hander with stand-up comedian Denise Scott
- JANE @ JANIE'S - 2006 Monday night residency at Hardiman's Hotel, Kensington. Songs and story-telling and chat.
Videos Clips
The voice is the one part of the body which gets better with age.
It ripens, matures, gets to know all the right buttons to push and never loses the desire to burst into song.
I love doing gigs and would continue to do so if I could just find an audience - people who like me are in bed by 9.30pm.
As with my acting career, I never planned to be a singer and have no formal training.
I can't read music or play an instrument, but I can sing the shit out of a song !
It took too long for me to record a solo CD but I am immensely proud of The Marriage of Style. There will be no more records.
The Marriage of Style
Available through Soundvault Records http://soundvault.com.au
It's hard to believe that legendary Melbourne singer/actress Jane Clifton has waited until now to record her first solo album.
Acting and singing have always gone hand in hand for Jane, but after her recordings with 70s Carlton band STILETTO, her 1983 Top Ten hit single GIRL ON THE WALL and her feature vocal on the JO JO ZEP hit TAXI MARY Jane took a sideways step to concentrate on her acting career. Famous around the world as MARGO from Prisoner, Jane Clifton remains constantly on the stage and screen - most notably in the hit national touring show MUM'S THE WORD. In 2001 Jane started work on The Marriage of Style an ambitious independent recording documenting her continuous interest in a variety of musical styles. Engaging James Black as her Producer (The Black Sorrows, The Revelators, Bluehouse, Things of Stone and Wood) and armed with a batch of her own songs, Jane began to compile an eclectic collection from her favourite local writers including Paul Kelly, Renee Geyer, Eric McCusker and Sally Ford. A couple of re-workings of old songs Music to Watch Girls Go By and You?re my World rounded out the mix. Michael Letho one of Australias best known recording engineers mixed the tracks in late 2002 and the final result is a sophisticated adult pop album with a broad appeal and a strong jazz flavour. Many of Australias leading musicians performed on The Marriage of Style an indication of the regard in which she is held. The stellar list includes Steve Hadley, Peter Jones, James Black, Lindsay Field, Joe Camilleri, Paul Williamson, Geoffrey Burstin, Sam Keevers, Sam See, Scott Tinkler and John McAll.Track Listing
Track Listing
1. These Dreams of You
2. The Marriage of Style
3. Music to Watch Girls Go By
4. That's a Pretty Good Love
5. Turn to Dust
6. Night of Dreams
7. Did You Call Her Darling?
8. High Wild Ways
9. You're My World
10. Heaven Is Blue
11. The Last Tear
12. A Giant Step
