The Swingers Discography

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Singles

One Good Reason / All Over Town. 1980.
Produced by Mike Chunn, recorded at Mascot Studios.
NZ: Ripper RIP002 (7").
Counting The Beat / One Good Reason. 1980.
AUS: Mushroom K8101 (7").
Counting The Beat / One Good Reason. 1981.
NZ: Ripper RIP 012 (7").
It Ain't What You Dance It's The Way You Dance It / Flak.
NZ: Ripper RIP 015 (7").
One Track Mind / Distortion.
NZ: Ripper RIP 019 (7").
Counting The Beat / It Ain't What You Dance It's The Way You Dance It. 1982.
USA: Backstreet L33 1770 (12").
Counting The Beat / One Good Reason. 1982.
Misprint, the single itself has the same cat no. but One Good Reason is not on here, it's The Flak.
UK: Carrere CAR 223 (7").
Starstruck / Starstruck Finale. 1982.
Produced by David Tickle and Phil Judd.
AUS: Mushroom K8622 (7").
Punch And Judy / In The Middle. 1982.
NZ: Ripper (7")
AUS: Mushroom K8701 (7")
Counting The Beat / It Ain't What You Dance It's The Way You Dance It. 1997.
"#3 in a series of 25 limited edition classic Mushroom singles".
AUS: Mushroom MUSH01714.2 (CD single)

Albums

Practical Jokers: Practical Joker / One Track Mind / Lovesick / True Or False / More / Counting The Beat / It Ain't What You Dance It's The Way You Dance It / Ayatollah / Five O'Clock Shadow / Funny Feeling / Distortion / Hit The Beach. 1981.
Produced by David Tickle, recorded at Music Farm Studios, NSW.
NZ: Ripper RIP004 (LP and cassette)
AUS: Mushroom L37635 (LP), C37635 (cassette), D19228 (CD, released 1990).
Counting The Beat: Counting The Beat / It Ain't What You Dance, It's The Way You Dance It / One Track Mind / True Or False / The Flak / More / Hit The Beach / One Good Reason / Love Sick / Five O'Clock Shadow. 1982.
Has different versions of songs: Counting The Beat is mixed differently and Phil starts singing quite a bit earlier, and the whole first chorus of Lovesick is cut.
USA: Backstreet BSR-5328 (LP, cassette).
Counting The Beat. 1998.
Re-issue of Practical Jokers with 2 extra tracks: The Flak / One Good Reason.
AUS: Mushroom MUSH33085.2 (CD).

Starstruck (soundtrack): Jo Kennedy / The Swingers: Monkey In Me / Starstruck Overture.
AUS: Mushroom K8741 (7").
Starstruck (soundtrack): Starstruck Overture / Starstruck / Gimme Love / Temper Temper / It's Not Enough / Tough / Humming a Tune / I Want to Live In a House / Body and Soul / My Belief In You / Turnaround / Monkey in Me / Starstruck Finale. 1982.
AUS: Mushroom L37783 (LP with 3D cutout popup cover), C37783 (cassette)
NZ and USA: A&M SP-4938 (LP, released 1983), C-4938 (cassette)
The Mushroom Evolution Concert: (live 1982, double CD, includes performance of Counting The Beat). 1998.
AUS: Mushroom MUSH331272 (CD).

AK79: Certain Sound / Baby. 1979.
NZ: Ripper RPR1 (LP), Flying Nun FN279 / Propeller REV 503 (cassette and CD re-released 1993)
Goat's Milk Soap: Never Never. 1980.
NZ: Propeller.
Hits And Myths: One Good Reason. 1981.
Hauraki Homegrown '81: One Good Reason. 1981.
NZ: XSF XSFLP001 (LP).
Final Mix: One Good Reason. 1982.
NZ: Mandrill MAN 5 (LP).
More Hits And Myths: One Track Mind. 1982.
Hits And Myths '83: Punch And Judy. 1983.
Barking Up The Right Tree: Counting The Beat. 1983.
NZ: Jayrem BURT 1 (LP).
It's Bigger Than Both Of Us: One Good Reason. 1988.
NZ: Propeller L60037.8, 2REV 210 (LP, cassette, CD).
25 Years Of Kiwi Rock: Counting The Beat. 1989.
User Friendly Soundtrack: Counting The Beat. 1990.
CBS (CD).
Kiwi Rock Vol. 2: It Ain't What You Dance. 1994.
Bliss - 20 Essential NZ Classics: Counting The Beat / One Good Reason. 1995.
NZ (CD).
Kiwi Gold Disc 4 1980-1985: Counting The Beat. 1996.
NZ: NZ On Air (CD, promo only).
The Mushroom Story Volume 2 - The Eighties: Counting The Beat. 1998.
AUS: Mushroom (CD).
Other Enz: Split Enz & Beyond: Certain Sound / All Over Town / Counting The Beat. 1999.
AUS: Raven RVCD-100 (double CD).

Much of the information contained on this page is from
Kiwi Rock by Tim Davey and Horst Puschmann, Kiwi Rock Publications, 1996
Aussie Rock Homepage: The Swingers
Matinee Idyll: Starstruck

Thanks also to David R. and Lozza!

I can't guarantee the authenticity of all of these entries (and definitely not the completeness!) so please don't use this discography as anything but a general guide!