ABC Music To Release CMAA 50th Anniversary Album, The Winners

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Toyota Golden Guitar Awards, the Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA), in conjunction with ABC Music, is set to release the official CMAA 50th Anniversary The Winners albums.

Set to drop on November 12, the music releases will include a Limited Edition Deluxe Edition 4CD set, plus Volume 1 (1973-1999) and Volume 2 (2000-2021) will be available for sale separately both as CD and via digital partners. The two albums together feature 85 songs in total and is a must have for Australian country fans both young and old.

Volume 1 features tracks by the OG, the original, including Slim Dusty, Buddy Williams, Col Joye, Jean Stafford, Troy Cassar-Daley, Allan Caswell, Graeme Connors, Saltbush, John Williamson, Keith Urban, Lee Kernaghan, Adam Brand and more legends who helped pave the way!

While Volume 2 features the new crop of country music, including The McClymonts, McAlister Kemp, Kirsty Lee Akers, Andrew Swift, Brad Butcher, Ashleigh Dallas, Travis Collins, Fanny Lumsden, Blake O’Connor, The Wolfe Brothers, Morgan Evans, O’Shea and many more!   

President CMAA, Dobe Newton says, "The 50th anniversary of Australia's longest-running music awards show and festival will make the 2022 Toyota Country Music Festival and Golden Guitar Awards truly memorable. The CMAA is honoured to partner with Tamworth Regional Council and the ABC for this special edition of The Winners which catalogues the amazing contribution our writers and artists have made to our nation's music over the decades. The stories told and the voices that tell them are a wonderful reflection of our identity and culture and will be celebrated by fans across the nation and the world."

Toyota Country Music Festival Manager, Barry Harley adds, “2022 is a big year. Not only for the festival itself, but for its pinnacle event, the Golden Guitar Awards. This limited edition CD showcases and celebrates the cream of Australian country music from over the five decades and I couldn’t think of a better way to commemorate the 50-year milestone.”

Celebrating and showcasing the cream of Australian country music talent, the Toyota 50th Golden Guitar Awards will be held on Saturday, January 22 at the Tamworth Regional Entertainment and Convention Centre. With the theme ‘Then. Now. Forever. Australian Country.’ next year’s awards will see hundreds of artists strut the red carpet and appear on stage as presenters, performers, or join the ranks as a Golden Guitar winner.

Commencing in 1973, the Golden Guitar Awards are the nation’s longest running music awards and the pinnacle event of the Toyota Country Music Festival, Tamworth. Presented by Tamworth Regional Council and the Country Music Association of Australia, the awards play a vital role in developing and promoting Australian country music talent. Over its 50-year history, in excess of 400 Golden Guitars have been awarded to outstanding Australian country music artists, recognising and celebrating excellence in the industry.

You can pre-order 50th Anniversary Album, The Winners now via the link here.

50th Anniversary Album, The Winners Tracklist:

VOLUME 1 - CD 1: 

1. Slim Dusty – Lights On The Hill 
2. Slim Newton – Redback On The Toilet Seat
3. Col Joye – Heaven Is My Woman’s Love
4. Tex Morton – The Goondiwindi Grey 
5. Rex Dallas – Old Wallerawang
6. Heather McKean – I Can Feel Love
7. Lindsay Butler – Closest Thing To Freedom
8. Saltbush - Sassafras Gap
9. Suzanne Prentice – Sweet Country Music
10. 1901 – Along The Road To Gundagai
11. Allan Caswell – King Of The Rodeo
12. Buddy Williams – Without Friends (What A Dreary Old World It Would Be)
13. Jean Stafford – Hello Love
14. Grand Junction – Married Women
15. Johnny Chester – I Love You So Rebecca
16. Reg Poole – The Warrumbungle Mare
17. Barry Thornton – Brian’s Tune
18. Jewel & Arthur Blanch – The Lady And The Cowboy
19. The Webb Brothers - Who Put The Roo In The Stew
20. Bullamakanka – Give Me A Home Among The Gum Trees
21. Redgum - I Was Only 19 (A Walk In The Light Green)
22. The Flying Emus – Diamond Creek
23. Deniese Morrison – Now I’m Easy

VOLUME 1 – CD 2: 

1. John Williamson – True Blue
2. Smoky Dawson & Trevor Knight – In The Days Of Old Khancoban
3. Evelyn Bury – I’m Stronger Than I Look
4. Lawrie Minson – Wild River
5. Keith Urban – I Never Work On A Sunday
6. Brian Young – Thistles On The Hillside
7. Norma O’Hara Murphy – Sarah’s Memory
8. Anne Kirkpatrick – Out Of The Blue
9. Colin Buchanan – GalahsIn The Gidgee
10. James Blundell & James Reyne – Way Out West
11. Lee Kernaghan – Boys From The Bush
12. Kev Carmody & Paul Kelly – From Little Things Big Things Grow
13. Gina Jeffreys – Girls Night Out
14. Stan Coster – Lawson’s Loaded Dog
15. The Wheel – I Fell In Love
16. Graeme Connors – The Road Less Travelled
17. Sherrié Austin – One Solitary Tear 
18. Tania Kernaghan – Dunroamin’ Station
19. Troy Cassar-Daley – Little Things
20. Michael Fix – Mr Wonglepong
21. Adam Brand – Last Man Standing

 VOLUME 2 - CD 1: 

1. Ted Egan – The Drover’s Boy
2. Adam Harvey – Workin’ Overtime (On A Good Time)
3. Wolverines – 65 Roses
4. Troy Cassar-Daley – Born To Survive
5. Melinda Schneider – The Story Of My Life
6. Adam Brand – The ANZAC
7. Sara Storer – Beautiful Circle
8. Tommy Emmanuel – Tall Fiddler
9. Tracy Coster & Anne Kirkpatrick – Back To The Saltbush Plains
10. John Williamson – Chandelier Of Stars
11. Troy Cassar-Daley with Jimmy Barnes (Ft. Bella) – Bird On A Wire
12. Beccy Cole – Poster Girl
13. Kirsty Lee Akers – Little Things
14. Jetty Road – Million Miles
15. Graeme Connors – A Good Life
16. McAlister Kemp – All Kinds Of Tough
17. The McClymonts – Kick It Up
18. Catherine Britt – Sweet Emmylou
19. Shane Nicholson – Bad Machines
20. The Bushwackers – I Am Australian

 VOLUME 2 – CD 2: 

1. Lee Kernaghan – Flying With The King
2. O’Shea – Thank You Angels
3. Luke O’Shea – Lady Of The Land
4. Lachlan Bryan And the Wildes – Black Coffee
5. Jeff Brown – I Love Australia
6. Dean Perrett – Bloodwood & Clover
7. Amber Lawrence – Superhero
8. Travis Collins – Call Me Crazy
9. Kasey Chambers – Ain’tNo Little Girl
10. Brad Butcher – Well Dressed Man
11. Ashleigh Dallas – Lighthouse
12. Davidson Brothers – Back Where I Started
13. Aleyce Simmonds – More Than Meets The Eye 
14. The Wolfe Brothers – Ain’t Seen It Yet
15. Kristy Cox - Ricochet
16. Andrew Swift – Runaway Train
17. Bennett, Bowtell & Urquhart – Every Hello (Ft. Karl Broadie)
18. Morgan Evans – Day Drunk
19. Blake O’Connor – Worth A Little More
20. Felicity Urquhart – Chain Of Joy
21. Fanny Lumsden – Fierce

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