Various Artists - Back On The Street Again

Back On The Street Again is a compilation album by Various Australian artists, released in September 2016 via Festival Records and Infinity Records.

Festival Records presents another deep dig into the Australian archives, this time shining a light on rare Australian soul-jazz, jazz-funk, and freaked-out groove rock from the late '60s and '70s.

Back On The Street Again - Australian Funk, Soul & Psych (Mostly) From The Festival Vaults is a stunning release that highlights a point when the previously disparate styles of rock, jazz and soul all started influencing each other, and exciting new genres were created.

This is a quote from the liner notes by DJ Kinetic:

"Australia produced some amazing music during the 60s and 70s that sat outside of the normal rock mould. Avant guard artists like John Sangster pushed boundaries and experimented with the fusion of local and overseas influences; artists like Dalvanius recorded soaring disco music that was lost amongst the popular music of the time, only to be rediscovered by DJs overseas who were searching for unknown sounds; composers like Brute Force and His Drum took risks and recorded left-field funky sounds hidden within their more mainstream compositions; and popular artists like Billy Thorpe occasionally strayed from their A&R directions and took leaves from the books of American artists who were largely unknown in Australia at the time. Beneath the veneer of bland rock and roll lay an unknown multitude of funky sounds hidden from mainstream view."

This double album is on black vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve, pressed in Australia via Festival Records.