- Dragon discography
-
This is the discography of Dragon, a popular rock band formed in Auckland, New Zealand in January 1972, who relocated to Sydney, Australia in May 1975.[1][2][3][4] They were previously led by singer Marc Hunter,[5][6] and are currently led by his brother, bass player Todd Hunter.[7] They performed and released material under the name Hunter in Europe and United States during 1987.[2][4][7]
Contents
Albums
Year Title Label Catalogue No. Peak chart position AUS[8][9] NZ[10] 1974 Universal Radio Vertigo Records 6360902 — — 1975 Scented Gardens for the Blind Vertigo Records
TRC Records6360903
1994 CD: TRC045— — 1977 Sunshine CBS
PortraitSBP234946
JR3506824 — 1977 Running Free Portrait
CBSPR33005
1989 CD: 465720-26 16 1978 O Zambezi Portrait PR33010 3 17 1979 Power Play CBS SBP237352 64 — 1984 Body and the Beat Polydor 817874-1 5 — 1986 Dreams of Ordinary Men
Released in U.S. / Europe by Hunter in 1987Polydor 829828-1
Hunter1987 CD: 831760-218 — 1989 Bondi Road (Dragon album) RCA SFCD0170 18 — 1995 Incarnations Roadshow Music 14251-2 — — 2006 Sunshine to Rain Liberation Music Blue090.2 — — 2009 Happy I Am Ozmo Music ozmo104 — — Live Albums
Year Title Label Catalogue No. Peak chart position AUS[8][9] NZ[10] 1985 Live One Polydor 825860-1 62 49 2008 Live 2008 Ozmo Records - — — Compilation albums
Year Title Label Catalogue No. Peak chart position AUS[8][9] NZ[10] 1979 Dragon's Greatest Hits Vol. 1 CBS
PortraitSBP237294
462440-28 — 1988 So Far: Their Classic Collection J & B JB325
1989 CD: JB52626 — 1998 Snakes Eyes On The Paradise Greatest Hits 1976 - 1989 Raven CD: RVCD-76 — — 1998 Tales From the Dark Side Greatest Hits and Choice Collectables 1974-1997 Raven CD: RVCD-80 — — 2007 The Essential Dragon Sony BMG 88697069592 — — 2008 Dragon Remembers Ozmo Records ozmo101 — — Singles
Year Title Album Label Peak chart position AUS[8][9] NZ[10] 1975 "Vermillion Cellars"/"Rock N Roll Ponsonby" Single only release Vertigo — — 1975 "Education"/"Swell Foot Sue" Single only release Vertigo — — 1975 "Star Kissed"/"Crystal Dove" Single only release Vertigo — — 1976 "Wait Until Tomorrow" Single only release CBS — — 1976 "This Time"
aka "In the Right Direction"Sunshine CBS
Portrait26 — 1977 "Get that Jive" Sunshine CBS, Portrait 13 — 1977 "Sunshine" Sunshine CBS, Portrait 36 — 1977 "April Sun in Cuba" Running Free CBS, Portrait 2 9 1977 "Konkaroo" Running Free CBS, Portrait 40 — 1978 "Are You Old Enough?" O Zambezi Portrait 1 5 1978 "Still in Love with You" O Zambezi Portrait 27 35 1979 "Love's Not Enough" Single only release CBS 37 — 1982 "Ramona" Single only release Polydor 79 — 1983 "Rain" Body and the Beat Polydor 2 — 1983 "Magic" Body and the Beat Polydor 33 — 1984 "Cry" Body and the Beat Polydor 17 — 1984 "Wilderworld" Body and the Beat Polydor 42 — 1985 "Speak No Evil" Dreams of Ordinary Men Polydor 19 — 1986 "Dreams of Ordinary Men" Dreams of Ordinary Men Polydor 17 43 1986 "Western Girls" Dreams of Ordinary Men Polydor 58 37 1987 "Celebration" Bondi Road RCA 11 — 1988 "River" Single only release RCA 78 — 1989 "Young Years" Bondi Road RCA 18 13 1989 "Here Am I" Bondi Road RCA 72 — 1990 "Summer" Bondi Road RCA 49 — References
- ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Dragon'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1864487682. http://web.archive.org/web/20040419093304/www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=295. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
- ^ a b "ARIA Hall of Fame - Dragon". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 2008-05-22. Archived from the original on 2008-06-15. http://web.archive.org/web/20080615145518/http://www.ariahalloffame.com.au/inductees/dragon.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
- ^ "Groups & Solo Artists - Ariel". Milesago. http://www.milesago.com/artists/ariel.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ a b "Dragon". Bruce Sergent. http://www.sergent.com.au/dragon.html. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ "Marc Hunter (1953–1998)". MILESAGO. http://www.milesago.com/Obits/hunterobit.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-25.
- ^ Simmonds, Jeremy (2006). Number one in heaven - the heroes who died for rock n roll. London: Penguin. ISBN 9780141022871.
- ^ a b "Dragon". Australian Rock Database. Magnus Holmgren. http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/d/dragon.html. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ a b c d Kent, David (1993) (doc). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W.. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ a b c d "Australian charts portal". australian-charts.com. http://www.australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
- ^ a b c d "New Zealand charts portal". charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
External links
Categories:- Rock music group discographies
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
