INFORMATIONS

   Musicien, producteur, organisateur d'évènements musicaux.

   Il a joué avec les groupes Rick & The Bad Boys, Sect, Paper Grape, Hot Cottage, Stumble, Ted Mulry, Dutch Tilders, Johnny Farnham, Jeff St. John and The Kim Humphreys Band.

   Il enregistre dès 1980 l'album surf rock 'Brave New Wave'.

   Il forme ensuite le groupe 'Great Dane' avec le bassiste Bob Montgomery et le batteur Rob Grosser.

   En 1994, il réédite l'album 'Brave New Wave', remanié, avec d'autres titres et réengistrement, sous le nom de 'Surfin' Guitar'.

   Il éberge sur son site et participe à une newsletter de Geoff JERMY (auteur de Australian & New Zeland Rock Instrumental Discography) sur la musique instrumentale : 2 Good 4 Words Newsletter.

MEMBRES

Album 'Brave New Wave' :

• Guitare :    Kim HUMPHREYS
• Basse :    Bob MONTGOMERY
• Batterie :    Jeff CRIPPS, David JOHN
• Claviers :    Stuart BECK
• Saxophone :    Michael HOUGHTON

Membres qui ont participés à la réédition de 'Brave New Wave'/'Surfin' Guitar' :

• Basse :    David WOODS  (The Rock & Roll Relics)
• Batterie :    Gerry ANDERSON  (The Rock & Roll Relics)

ALBUMS

1979  : Bombora / Brandy & Dry - XTO? - Simple. (Bombora, Brandy & Dry)

1981  : Brave New Wave - Telmak Records TMAK 033 LP. Recorded at Kim's Fly-By-Night Studios. (Bombora, Goofy Foot, Man Of Mystery, The Flipper, Johnny Guitar, Shazam, Brandy & Dry, Prairie, Murphy The Surfie, The Cruel Sea, Dancing Mood, Bondi Stomp, Moonshot, Jay Walker, Chinese Bandit, Walk Don't Run, Smoke & Stack, Ski Run, Running Wild, Ratbag, Tales Of A Raggy Tramline, Avalon Stomp)

1982  : Great Dane - EMI 301 LP (Face A (45 Tours) : She Won’t Go Face B (33 Tours) : (No Complications, Too Much Rock & Roll, Little Girl, Nothing Is Easy, (She’s) My Baby, No Way Out)

1986  : West Of Eastwood / Two Dog Rag - Cassette promo - Simple. (West Of Eastwood, Two Dog Rag)

1992  : I Will Return / Albatross (live) - Cassette promo - Simple. (I Will Return, Albatross (live))

1994  : Rock & Roll Relics - Cassette (When The War Is Over, When You Walk In The Room, It Won't Hurt, Apache, Way Out West, 6194 Blues (Live), Bad To The Bone, Love Hurts, You'll Never Walk Alone, Pretty Woman, Unchained Melody)

1994  : Wedding Cake Island / Green Eyes And Dangerous / Walk Don't Run - Cassette promo - Simple. (Wedding Cake Island, Green Eyes And Dangerous, Walk Don't Run)

1994  : Surfin' Guitar - Grand Prix GPCD 600 CD. Réédition de l'album de 1981 'Brave New Wave'. (Wedding Cake Island, Bombora, Goofy Foot, Man Of Mystery, The Flipper, Johnny Guitar, Shazam, Prairie, Murphie The Surfie, The Cruel Sea, Dancing Mood, Bondi Stomp, Moon Shot, Jaywalker, Apache, Smoke and Stack, Ski Run, Running Wild, Ratbag, Tales Of A Raggy Tramline, Avalon Stomp, Walk, Don't Run)

1995  : Now Hear This Duo - Cassette (Apache, Abracadabra, Stuck On You, I'll Be Gone, Strange Brew, Misirlou, Big Log, Love Rear It's Ugly Head, Tip Of My Tongue, Out Of Mind, Triple M Theme)

1995  : Sounds From The Inside - Vol.1 - California Music CDLP 001 / CM82 Sampler CD. Compilation d'artistes divers. (Return To Surf City (Featuring Little Pattie), Lonerider)

1996  : Guitars Get Wet - Vogue Music GPCD 617 CD. "13 original instros plus one rare vocal". (Barefoot In Baghdad, Malpaso, Ginger Meggs, Ravenswood, West Of Eastwood, Blue Twang Lizard, 6194 Blues, Foxground, Guitars Get Wet, Lonerider, Green Eyes & Dangerous (Vocal Intro / Outro By Ted Mulry), Roger The Engineer, The Dakota, Lock & Key)

1996  : 2 For The Price Of 1 - As Seen On Tv - Vogue 2GPCD 0810 Double pack. Albums 'Surfin' Guitar' et 'Guitars Get Wet'.

1999  : Merry Christmas 1999 From Kim Humphreys - Kim Humphreys CD simple. (Marvin Medley, Kurrawatha, War Of The Worlds, Yakety Axe)

2000  : Instro Juke Box Vol.1 - Kim Humphreys Private Recording CD. (Shindig, Wheels, Pipeline, 40 Miles Of Bad Road, The Savage, Fever, Genie With The Light Brown Lamp, Walk Don't Run, Sukiyaki, The Cruel Sea, Albatross, Because They're Young, Wedding Cake Island, Rebel Rouser, I Will Return)

2000  : Instro Juke Box Vol.2 - Kim Humphreys Private Recording CD. (Hideaway, The War Lord, Footapper, Geronimo, Parisienne Walkways, Lonely Bull, Wonderful Land, Gonzales, Hawaii Five O, Sleepwalk, Telstar, Cry For A Shadow, Peace Pipe, Tales Of A Raggy Tramline, Guitar Boogie)

2000  : Line 6 Pop - Now Hear This NHT 000 CD. Démo technique.

2000  : All Hanked Out! - Kim Humphreys Private Recording CD. (Local Hero, Diamonds, Round & Round, The Miracle, Parisienne Walkways, The Frightened City, The Savage, Atlantis, Gonzales, The Warlord, Peace Pipe, Foot Tapper, The Rumble, Apache 2001)

2000  : West Of Spaghetti - ACMEC / Roar Music 016 S - Simple CD. (West Of Spaghetti, Rebecca, The Magic Pudding)

West Of Spaghetti - ACMEC 016S CD-R Demo (Rumble and Run, Greensleeves, The Crusher, Bombora, Dawn Patrol, Big Swell, War Of The Worlds)

2001  : Atlantics Tribute - Vintage Record Cafe BA-221037 CD-R Demo. Avec The ATLANTICS. / Now Hear This BA-221037. (Rumble and Run, Greensleeves, The Crusher, Bombora, Dawn Patrol, Big Swell, War Of The Worlds, Bombora Vs.02)

2002  : For A few Guitars More - Dancing Bear - Compilation d'artistes divers. (The Great Silence)

2003  : Now Hear This Duo Album - Album avec le chanteur Craig Walsh. Vocaux et instrumentaux. (Smooth, All by myself, Fever, Midnight confessions, Guitar Boogie, Dance the night away, Still got the blues, Substitute, Hi ho silver lining, Little green bag, Have I the right?, Message in a bottle, Bombora)

2003  : All Hanked Out! – Kim Humphreys Plays The Shadows & More! – Volume 1 - Now Hear This (Aust) Nht 004 CD. (Driftin', Foot Tapper, Saturday Western, Wheels, The Savage, Sleepwalk, Diamonds, Apache, 007 Medley, Geronimo, Round & Round, The Miracle, The Warlord, The Boys, The Stranger, Wonderful Land, Gonzales, Quartermasters Stores, Telstar, The Frightened City, Genie, The Rumble)

2003  : All Hanked Up! – Kim Humphreys Plays The Shadows And More! – Volume 2 - Now Hear This (Aust) Nht 005 CD. (Apache 2000, Guitar Boogie, Dance On, Hideaway, Shindig, Forty Miles Of Bad Road, Always With Me, Hawaii Five O, Parisienne Walkways, Man Of Mystery, The Cruel Sea, Jeff's Boogie, The Lonely Bull, F.B.I., Rebel Rouser, Trail Of Tears, Albatross, Raggy Tramline, Local Hero, Jessica, Marvin Medley)

2003  : All Hanked Out & All Hanked Up - Double CD. "Two Volumes Shadows & Assorted Instro Covers". (CD 1 : Driftin', Foot Tapper, Saturday Western, Wheels, The Savage, Sleepwalk, Diamonds, Apache, 007 Medley, Geronimo, Round & Round, The Miracle, The Warlord, The Boys, The Strangers, Wonderful Land, Gonzales, Quertermaster's Stores, Telstar, The Frightened City, Genie, The Rumble  CD 2 : Apache 2000, Guitar Boogie, Dance On, Hideway, Shindig, 40 Miles Of Bad Road, Always With Me, Hawaii Five O, Parisienne Walkways, Man Of Mystery, The Cruel Sea, Jeff's Boogie, The Lonely Bull, F.B.I, Rebel Rouser, Trail Of Tears, Albatross, Tales Of Raggy Tramline, Local Heri, Jessica, Marvin Medley)

2004  : Waltzing The Plank - California Music CD. Edition limitée qui accompagne la sortie du livre Waltzing The Plank – "The Illustrated Encyclopaedia Of Australian Surf Music 1963- 2003" By Stephen Mcparland. (Return To Surf City (New Recording), Nightmare)

2004  : Big Twang Theory - Now Hear This CD. Album instrumental. (You Really Got Me, Mercedes, Return To Surf City, Part Time Love, Bullet Proof Socks, Big Twang Theory, Crazy Fingers, Gunslinger, Surfside, El Cumbanchero, Nutrocker, Nightmare)

2005  : Evil Fuzz - Davie Allan Tribute - OmOm Records RBKB9 CD - Compilation d'artistes divers. (Gunslinger)

2005  : Guitarville - Now Hear This NHT 019 CD-EP (Reckless Eye Balling, My Elusive Dreams, Nashville Express, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You, Silver Bells, Maria Elena)

2006  : 2 Good 4 Words - Now Hear This NHT 019 CD-EP (Goofin' Around, Machine Gun, Lazos De Amistad, Lost Guitar, Chrome Plated Petticoat, Beyond The Beach, Goofy Foot, Rebel Rouser, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Consequences Of Obsession, Guitar Tango, Shazam, This Old House, Amistad Reprise)

2007  : Baker's Dozen - Big Rock Records BRCD/050-2 CD. Compilation d'artistes divers. (Magic Pudding)

TITRES

007 Medley 40 Miles Of Bad Road 6194 Blues 6194 Blues (Live) Ain't I Good To You Albatross Albatross (live) Always With Me Amistad Reprise Atlantis Apache Apache 2000 Apache 2001 Avalon Stomp Barefoot In Baghdad Because They're Young Beyond The Beach Big Swell Big Twang Theory Blue Twang Lizard Bombora      (Version des ATLANTICS) Bombora Vs.02 Bondi Stomp Brandy & Dry Bullet Proof Socks Chinese Bandit Chrome Plated Petticoat Consequences Of Obsession Crazy Fingers Cry For A Shadow Dance On Dancing Mood Dawn Patrol Diamonds Driftin' El Cumbanchero F.B.I. Fever Foot Tapper Foxground Gee Baby Genie Genie With The Light Brown Lamp Geronimo Ginger Meggs Gonzales Goofin' Around Goofy Foot Green Eyes and Dangerous (Vocal Intro / Outro By Ted Mulry) Greensleeves Guitar Boogie Guitar Tango Guitars Get Wet Gunslinger Hawaii Five O Hideaway I Will Return Jaywalker Jeff's Boogie Jessica Johnny Guitar Kurrawatha Lazos De Amistad Local Hero Lock and Key Lonely Bull Lonerider Lost Guitar Machine Gun Magic Pudding

Malpaso Man Of Mystery Maria Elena Marvin Medley Mercedes Misirlou Moon Shot Murphie The Surfie My Elusive Dreams Nashville Express Nightmare Nutrocker Parisienne Walkways Part Time Love Peace Pipe Pipeline Prairie Quartermasters Stores Ratbag Ravenswood Rebecca Rebel Rouser Reckless Eye Balling Return To Surf City (Featuring Little Pattie) Return To Surf City (New Recording) Roger The Engineer Round & Round Rumble and Run Running Wild Saturday Western Shazam Shindig Silver Bells Ski Run Sleepwalk Somewhere Over The Rainbow Smoke and Stack Sukiyaki Surfside Tales Of A Raggy Tramline Telstar The Boys The Cruel Sea The Crusher The Dakota The Flipper The Frightened City The Great Silence The Lonely Bull The Magic Pudding The Miracle The Rumble The Savage The Stranger The War Lord This Old House Trail Of Tears Triple M Theme Two Dog Rag Walk, Don't Run War Of The Worlds Wedding Cake Island West Of Eastwood West Of Spaghetti Wheels Wonderful Land Yakety Axe You Really Got Me