Album: "A Few Notes Short of Accord"

An album of nine songs about the human value of work, unionism, and industrial exploitation recorded live and performed in Queensland and Tasmania in 1986-87.

Background Notes (click)


Track 1: Automation (3' 02")

(written for the combined railways union)
Click for lyrics


Track 2: Blame it on the Strike (3' 54")

(written for National Party supporters)
Click for lyrics


Track 3: Getting No Credit (2' 41")

(written for the Queensland Nurses Union)
Click for lyrics


Track 4: Jumping the Rattler (3' 05")

(written for the combined railways unions)
Click for lyrics


Track 5: Mr. Expendable (4' 34")

(A song about worker health and safety written for the Queensland Trades and Labor Council)
Click for lyrics


Track 6: Privatise (3' 38")

(written for the ATEA - telecom employees union)
Click for lyrics


Track 7: Our Common Enemy (3' 15")

(written for the ACTU on Labor Day 1986, and the SEQEB strikers)
Click for lyrics


Track 8: Real Crime (3' 29")

(written for the Queensland Teachers Union)
Click for lyrics


Track 9: This Deregulation (2' 08")

(written for the Queensland Trades and Labor Council)
Click for lyrics


List of credits (click)