Mixtapes and MTV

‘How to digest one of the most complex decades in western popular music and keeping it funny. Especially seen through the often awkward and jarring context of a parallel Australian experience. All this without once mentioning three words: ‘Hunters and Collectors’. A crowning achievement.’ Mark Seymour, Hunters and Collectors

PRAISE FOR VINYL DREAMS

‘A damn good read. [The 1970s were] a gender-bending ride, filled with good memories, good times.’ Suzi Quatro, rock legend

‘Tony Wellington writes with incredible insight, passion, and intelligence about music and the context in which it was created.’ Stuart Coupe, music journalist

‘In Vinyl Dreams Tony happily shines a forensic light on the finest musicians of the age, while gleefully exposing the fakes, the frauds and the febrile.’ Rob Hirst, founding member of Midnight Oil

‘A thrilling journey that meticulously charts rock music’s progress through the chaotic, fertile, high-energy, drug-fuelled innovations that make the seventies possibly its most exciting era.’ David Williamson, playwright

‘One thing I love about this book is how Tony Wellington humanises the rockstar. We all know the effect of great rock music on our mental and physical being is beyond magic, but those who create that magic are all too human. Tony takes us into that world and helps us understand how and why the songs we love so much were written by people reacting to the ever-changing world of the seventies.’ Jon Coghill, Powderfinger drummer

‘Wellington’s genial tone is never holier-than-thou, and by nature Vinyl Dreams will arouse discussion and dissent. His research is commendable, his illuminations manifold and his love for music palpable. Read it, and have your own private argument with him.’ John Shand, The Age/SMH