PODCAST: Australian Road Crew Association co-founder Ian ‘Piggy’ Peel celebrating 50 fundraising historical Desktape live album releases will be featured guest on Ross M Fear’s Alive 90.5 fm Australian Spectrum Show (Episode #848). If you missed the show, you can hear a podcast of the show again online at https://omny.fm/shows/australian-spectrum-show/australian-spectrum-show-17-6-2025
The Australian Road Crew Association (ARCA), co-founded by Ian ‘Piggy’ Peel and Adrian ‘Sunshine’ Anderson, their Desk Tape Series are historical live recordings re-mastered and released with permission of the artists as fund raising for the ARCA welfare program to help support road crew members facing serious health issues and other concerns later in their life. Road Crew are the backbone of the Australian live music staging and includes sound engineers, lighting technicians, stage managers, instrument technicians, stage crew and loading and lugging logistics personnel that enable artist to stage their shows and tour around the country. They are gig workers without sick leave, holiday pay, superannuation, long service leave and other normal benefits.
Many leading Australian artist that have given permission for the release of the Live Desk Tape recordings and includes Midnight Oil, Kevin Borich, Russell Morris, Goanna, Men At Work, Phil Manning, TMG Ted Mulry Gang, Redgum, Australian Crawl, Models, Brian Cadd, Vince Jones, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons, Dave Tice Buffalo Revisited, Choirboys, Neil Finn, Spy vs Spy, Dutch Tilders estate, Ariel, Archie Roach family, Captain Matchbox Band, Anne Kirkpatrick, Paul Marks, Slim Dusty, Wendy Matthews, Jimmy & The Boys, Tim Finn, Boom Crash Opera, Crowded House, Zarsoff Brothers, Pantha, The Bushwackers, Zydeco Jump, The Party Boys, Doug Parkinson, The Sports, Dave Tice Headhunters, Gondwanaland, Renee Geyer estate, Hired Hands, The Dugites, Tism, Albert Lee & Vince Gill, Dead Livers, The Poachers, The Idle Diddlies, Jon English, Tour Of Duty (John Farnham, Kylie Minogue, Gina Jefferies, et al), Depression, Bill Armstrong Swaggie Jazz CDs and more, with more to come in 2025.
ARCA Desk Tape Series https://australianroadcrew.com.au/the-desk-tape-series/
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