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In 1975, the 'Boys' - Athol, Bruce and Keith, got together with a singer of Dutch origin, Louisa Wisselling, to record two albums and several singles. One of these singles was the catchy 'Love isn't Love until you give it away'
Included here is a rare TV appeareance by the 70's incarnation of the group, taken from the Australian Comedian Norman Gunston's show. If you are downloading this clip, it will take some time, as it's over 1Mb. Why not try the streaming version first! The song is 'Reunion'.
With members of the group involved in the advertising business, some of the 70's releases took the form of Jingles, such as these for Trans Tours and Nimble.
In 1980, Keith Potger formed another group, although he was the only original member of these 'Seekers'. The Album which resulted had a country feel to it, as can be heard on 'Let Your Love Flow'
The 'Boys' were back in 1988, this time teaming up with established Australian singer Julie Anthony for the Album 'Live On'. From this album came Bruce's 'Streets of Serenade', a song with memorable lyrics reminiscing about The Seekers' time spent in London in the 60's.
In 1989, the group returned to the Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne to perform in a Christmas concert. The song, 'Bright Star', was written for the occasion by Bruce Woodley.
In 1990, Julie left to have a baby and Karen Knowles joined the group. A Single was made and sold at concerts in cassette form. One of the songs featured was Bruce's 'Bright Star', the studio version of which is featured here.
Also from this line-up of the group came a very nice version of 'Kumbaya'