The Songs

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Mark Callaghan Song Book.

Since 1981, Cal has been writing, singing and recording his own songs.

Whether it's with GANGgajang, The Riptides or as a solo artist, his songs help us define the way we see our selves as Australians.

Simply, his songs have helped shape the nation's psyche.

Song writing sequence as follows..

 

Year	Band	Song	Label
1981	Riptides	Only Time	Regular
1981	Riptides	Swept Away EP	Regular
1982	Riptides	Hearts and Flowers	Regular
1983	Riptides	The Last Wave (compilation LP/CD)	Regular
1984	GANGgajang	Gimme Some Lovin'	Truetone
1985	GANGgajang	House of Cards	Truetone
1985	GANGgajang	Giver Of Life	Truetone
1985	GANGgajang	Giver Of Life EP	Truetone
1985	GANGgajang	Dream At Night	Truetone
1985	GANGgajang	Sounds of Then (This is Australia)	Truetone
1985	GANGgajang	GANGgajang LP/CD	Truetone
1986	GANGgajang	The Bigger They Are	Truetone
1987	GANGgajang	Initiation	Mercury
1987	GANGgajang	gangAGAIN LP/CD	Mercury
1987	GANGgajang	Tree Of Love/Luck of the Irish	Mercury
1988	Riptides	Resurface Live Double Album	Mercury
1988	Cal	Do it Rite	Mercury
1988	Cal	Sailors and Mermaids LP/CD	Mercury
1989	Cal	Be With You	Mercury
1989	Cal	Golden Years	Mercury
1990	GANGgajang	True To The Tone	Mercury
1991	Riptides	Stop (Don't Start)	Bluedisc
1991	Riptides	Wave Rock LP/CD	Bluedisc
1991	Riptides	Here Comes the Sun	Bluedisc
1992	GANGgajang	Hundreds of Languages	rooArt
1993	GANGgajang	Talk To Me	rooArt
1993	GANGgajang	Lingo LP/CD	rooArt
1993	GANGgajang	Ordinary World/Future Days	rooArt
1994	GANGgajang	True To The Tone LP/CD	Shock
1996	GANGgajang	Sounds of Then (This is Australia)	Shock
1996	GANGgajang	The Essential LP/CD	Shock

The Original Lyrics To

"House of Cards"

An early hand written lyric sheet -

Mysterious

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