Rodney Potter was more commonly known as Dody. He was from Wellington and had played with Malcolm Hayman's Trademarks. Malcolm was to later form Quincy Conserve. After that Dody moved to Auckland where he joined the Keil Isles. In 1963 he met Basil Peterken and Brian McLaren, who were both playing with the Spartans, and out of that meeting, the Dallas Four was formed in April 1964. The Dallas Four's original line-up only stayed together for a very short time. When Brian McLaren left, he was replaced by Jim Ford from Darryl and the Demons, the same group that Al Dunster had come from.The group quickly became known for their singing prowess and polished harmonies and were hired to provide the backing vocals for artists on the TV pop show "Happen Inn". They also sang backup on recordings by the Challenge.
A two year residency at the Platterack with this line-up was interrupted in late 1965 when Al Dunster left to join Dave Miller and the Byrds, who had arrived in Auckland from Christchurch, and were on their way to Australia. This started a series of line-up changes over the next two years before they settled down again.
Al Dunster was replaced by keyboard player Chris Young, who only stayed until the end of 1965. Jimmy Elliot was recruited to replace Chris. Jimmy had been lead guitarist / keyboard player with the Premiers, and they had just recently broken up. But Jimmy set off to Australia in 1967 to work with Johnny O'Keefe and his replacement was Graham Gill from the Rogues. A single from 1967 was billed as Jim Ford and the Dallas Four. - https://www.sergent.com.au/music/dallasfour.html
trax:
01 Silence Is Golden 02 Louie Louie 03 Bells Of Rhymney 04 Thou Shalt Not Steal 05 Don't Worry Baby 06 That Man's Got No Luck (1967) 07 I'm So Lonely 08 Graduation Day (Remastered) 09 Running Round In Circles 10 [Just Like] Romeo and Juliet 11 Shame and Scandal 12 Hawaii 13 Runaway 14 I'm So Blue and Something Else To Do 15 Dancing In The Street 16 That Man's Got No Luck (1967) 17 Who Do You Think You Are 18 Make Every Minute Count 19 Land Of Milk And Honey 20 Tell It To The Rain 21 White Christmas 22 Toe-Hold 23 Rag Doll 24 Sitting in the Park 25 Hush 26 Crimson & Clover 27 Elenore 28 D.W Washburn 29 Sweet Inspiration 30 Stay (NZ 1967)
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01 Silence Is Golden 02 Louie Louie 03 Bells Of Rhymney 04 Thou Shalt Not Steal 05 Don't Worry Baby 06 That Man's Got No Luck (1967) 07 I'm So Lonely 08 Graduation Day (Remastered) 09 Running Round In Circles 10 [Just Like] Romeo and Juliet 11 Shame and Scandal 12 Hawaii 13 Runaway 14 I'm So Blue and Something Else To Do 15 Dancing In The Street 16 That Man's Got No Luck (1967) 17 Who Do You Think You Are 18 Make Every Minute Count 19 Land Of Milk And Honey 20 Tell It To The Rain 21 White Christmas 22 Toe-Hold 23 Rag Doll 24 Sitting in the Park 25 Hush 26 Crimson & Clover 27 Elenore 28 D.W Washburn 29 Sweet Inspiration 30 Stay (NZ 1967)
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The Dallas Four "The Complete Recordings 1965-1969"
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gitit! no pw
https://krakenfiles.com/view/fnz0uoswON/file.html
The guy with the glasses could easily be Elvis Costello's dad! ;-)
thanks RYP, that will do nicely!
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