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y separately published work icon Music from The Pathfinder single work   lyric/song  
Note: Music by Darryl Emmerson, arrangements by Geoff Baird and poems by John Shaw Neilson. Note: Music for 'Poor, Poor Country' and 'Take Down the Fiddle, Karl' by Kathleen Cranage ; music for 'The Poor Can Feed the Birds' by Geoff Baird.
Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 Music from The Pathfinder
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Production Details

  • Recorded at ABC Studios, East Malvern, December 1986 and February 1987, and Dex Audio, March 1987.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Brunswick, Brunswick - Coburg area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Pathfinder Cassette , 1987 .
      Description: 1 sound cassette : 1 7/8 ips, Dolby processed.
      Note/s:

      • Contents include: The Blue Wren, The Sun is Up, Love's Coming, The Declaration, Love in Absence, The Hour is Lost, The Poor Poor Country, The Soldier is Home, Take Down the Fiddle, Karl, To the Red Lory, The Orange Tree, The Land Where I was Born, The Poor can Feed the Birds, Flowers in the Ward and How Can I Keep from Singing?

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Related Works

form y separately published work icon The Pathfinder Darryl Emmerson , John Shaw Neilson , Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 1987 Z1335895 1987 single work radio play musical theatre A musical play using the poems and life story of John Shaw Neilson.
y separately published work icon The Pathfinder Darryl Emmerson , John Shaw Neilson , Darryl Emmerson (composer), Geoffrey Baird (composer), Sydney : Currency Press , 1988 Z491548 1988 single work musical theatre 'A play filled with poetry and music, The Pathfinder is a blend of biography and song, as the life of the poet John Shaw Neilson is revealed through his brother's eyes and his own serene and mysterious verse.' (back cover of The Pathfinder).
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