‘Working Class Boy: Stories & Songs Live From State Theatre Sydney’
contains twelve songs, two instrumentals, and 13 spoken word pieces, recorded
live at Sydney’s State Theatre in 2017. The performance brings Jimmy
Barnes’ childhood story to life. Working Class
Boy began as a best-selling book, grew into an international book tour, and is
now a film documentary with accompanying soundtracks. It gives fans the chance
to understand how the boy, James Dixon Swan, became the household name and
Aussie icon we know today as Jimmy Barnes. During the intimate and raw
performances, Jimmy is joined on stage by daughter Mahalia, son David, and
brother in law Diesel. Many of the recordings from the State Theatre are
included in the film, ‘Working Class Boy (due for release in NZ 2019)
- Double 180g vinyl, Limited edition etched Side B on LP 2 with bonus track ‘Duke’s Waltz’