Ep386: John Brewster of The Angels / Angel City

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7 • 579 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

John Brewster discusses early days & records of The Angels / Angel City, the name change, working w AC/DC and Vanda & Young at Albert Productions, the classic albums, the influence of the band on the Seattle sound and lots more.

Topics include:

Upcoming Brewster Brothers tour
Origins of the name "The Keystone Angels"
Early gigs with AC/DC
Working at Alberts with George Young and Harry Vanda
Creating "Face to Face"
The guitar sound, playing with Malcolm Young
Leaving Albert Productions
Spending time in Albert's studio
Watching Harry create "Love Is In The Air"
Parting with Albert Productions, quick Fifa Riccobono story
Finding the issue with the band name "The Angels"
The name "Angel City" getting known in the US
Fans of The Angels/Angel City
Texting with Slash on the golf course
Challenges opening for The Kinks
Nice memories of David Bowie
Origins of the audience call-back chant for "Will I Ever See Your Face Again"
Does the band have control and access to The Angels' tapes and music?
Who is on the cover of The Angels Debut?
The story of the cover of "Face to Face"
The lighting and choreography of The Angels live show
Filling in live bands with family members
The release of film/video of Liveline
Considering reissuing classic album titles
The collectability of original Angels LPs
Memories of sequencing Angels albums
The Brewster Brothers Electric EP
Are there possible future recording or 'recharged' projects?
Upcoming 50^th anniversary plans with special guests
Listening to classics as well as upcoming Aussie bands
The Brewster Brothers dates and The Angels with choir and symphonies
Interview wrap up

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Groove Washer, the best record cleaners and protective sleeves
0:04.3	for your vinyl collection. Ask for the Groove washer from your local shop or go to groove washer.com.
0:09.7	Discount code, Vinyl Guide 10. And now, on with the show.
0:16.3	Well, hey, everyone, welcome to episode 386 of The Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds.
0:23.0	And today, we've got an absolutely fantastic guest with us sharing all sorts of information about the Australian pub rock scene, vinyl records, and more.
0:33.8	Mr. John Brewster of the Angels, or Angel City, depending on where you came from. Now the Angels
0:40.2	are an absolutely massive band in Australia, huge influence to our very culture. They're very
0:47.0	beloved down under, and in the U.S. and I think other parts of the world, they were known as
0:51.5	Angel City, where they influenced a lot of well-known bands. And we'll talk
0:55.6	all about that today. We also chat with John about the Angels period at Albert Productions,
1:02.6	working with ACDC, the production duo of Vanda and Young, and making those early records on
1:08.8	Alberts. We also talked to John about working with David Bowie,
1:12.1	the live stage show of the Angels,
1:14.3	the audience callback for,
1:16.3	Will I ever see your face again?
1:18.3	And there's even a special message in there
1:20.6	for Ray Davies.
1:21.7	This is a conversation you do not want to miss.
1:25.5	Oh yeah, and by the way, John and his brother Rick are the Brewster Brothers,
1:28.8	and they're doing a tour of Australia playing songs from the Angels, as well as gearing up to do
1:34.1	a few shows of Angel songs with a symphony and choir. Some absolutely magic shows coming up.
1:41.4	Check out theangels.com.com. For tickets and details.
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