The Man Who Is Australia

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

• 1 The Rain Still Tumbles Down 2:55
• 2 Hello and Goodbye 3:15
• 3 Travellin’ Through 2:41
• 4 I Want a Pardon for Daddy 2:34
• 5 Mother, the Queen of My Heart 3:12
• 6 Eumerella Shore 2:42
• 7 Music My Dad Played to Me 3:15
• 8 Happy Jack 2:14
• 9 You Took the Joy Out of Living 2:03
• 10 If I Only Had a Home Sweet Home 2:38
• 11 I’ve Been Talking to Grannie 2:16
• 12 Many Mothers 2:13
• 13 My Son 3:37
• 14 Sweet Thang 2:43
• 15 The Sunset Years of Life 3:07
• 16 Death Row 3:21
• 17 Camooweal 3:32
• 18 Ramblin’ Shoes 3:50
• 19 Just Lovin’ You 2:25
• 20 Ridin’ This Road 2:37
• 21 I’ve Been There (and Back Again) 2:42

Disc 2

• 1 Duncan (version 2) 2:38
• 2 Kilometres Are Still Miles to Me 2:53
• 3 Where I’d Sooner Be 2:22
• 4 Logan 4:34
• 5 To Whom It May Concern 3:38
• 6 When the Rain Tumbles Down in July 3:41
• 7 Larrikins Landing 3:07
• 8 The Lights on the Hill 3:17
• 9 Charleville 3:07
• 10 Mad Joe the Fisherman 3:42
• 11 Another Night in Broome 2:41
• 12 Morning Comes (early) 3:20
• 13 I Need to Find a Place 3:06
• 14 Mitchell Grass 4:12
• 15 Leaving Only Dust 2:43

Disc 3

• 1 The Pub With No Beer 4:28
• 2 Ringer From the Top End 3:37
• 3 The Lights on the Hill 4:05
• 4 Natural High 3:35
• 5 Charleville 2:49
• 6 Quicksilver 2:05
• 7 Why Worry Now 2:42
• 8 Truthful Fella 2:15
• 9 My Pal Alcohol 2:43
• 10 Been a Fool Too Long 7:28
• 11 Waltzing Matilda 0:41
• 12 When the Rain Tumbles Down in July 2:40
• 13 I’m Going Back Again to Yarrawonga 1:36
• 14 Natural High (radio version for John Laws) 1:31
• 15 Santa’s Gonna Come in a Mail Coach 2:00
• 16 Christmas on the Station 2:06
• 17 Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy (and Daddy Looked a Lot Like Him) 2:19
• 18 Send Back My Daddy for Christmas 2:29
• 19 The Pub With No Beer (featured in the Slim Dusty Movie) 3:27
• 20 When the Rain Tumbles Down in July (Composite version) 2:57

Disc 4

• 1 Introduction and Space Shuttle Broadcase 1981 0:49
• 2 Walk a Country Mile 2:48
• 3 Middleton’s Rouseabout 3:12
• 4 Dinki‐Di Aussie 2:43
• 5 Indian Pacific 3:10
• 6 Medley (I Must Have Good Terbaccy When I Smoke/Sweeney/Trumby) 4:16
• 7 The Biggest Disappointment 2:58
• 8 She’ll Be Right, Mate 2:28
• 9 He’s a Good Bloke When He’s Sober, But… 3:41
• 10 Duncan 2:29
• 11 Cattlemen From the High Plains 3:13
• 12 Glory Bound Train 3:11
• 13 The Pub With No Beer 3:14
• 14 My Dad Was a Road Train Man 3:08
• 15 Charleville 2:40
• 16 The Lights on the Hill 2:58
• 17 Walk a Country Mile (long version) 3:20
• 18 Abalinga Mail 3:27

Disc 5

• 1 Slim Talks About the Name Slim Dusty 12:20
• 2 1976 Interview With Nick Erby 8:20
• 3 More Extracts Fom Nick Interview 6:18
• 4 Highlights From the Eighties 8:21
• 5 1995 Australian Country Music Foundation Awards 13:16
• 6 Emi Shows Its Appreciation 19:05
• 7 50 Years of the Slim Story 4:06

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