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Hello Sailor performs the first single from their 1977 debut album for TVNZ’s cameras. A Dave McArtney song, ‘Gutter Black’ was originally about “dole bludgers living in Ponsonby” and called ‘Sickness Benefit’ (and an early attempt was later released on a greatest hits compilation in 2005). Featuring what McArtney calls the band’s trademark “whiteman’s attempt to play that ska rocksteady beat”, the final version was much shorter with a more general, escapist lyric. In 2005, it took on a new lease of life as the theme song for Outrageous Fortune.
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Television, 1978 (Full Length)
Hello Sailor performs in this awards show
Television, 1987 (Full Length)
Dave McArtney from Hello Sailor features in this doco
Finalist - Most
Outstanding Website
The ONYAs 2010 & 2011
Best Entertainment Website
Finalist – Website design
Qantas Media Awards 2009
NZ ON SCREEN 2012
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