0l' 55 - 1976 - Take !t Gre@sy FLAC

A1 Summertime Summertime (Intro)    
A2 Irridescent Pink Sock Blues    
A3 I Wonder Why    
A4 Almost Grown    
A5 Think It Over    
A6 Get A Job    
A7 Doin Fine    
A8 Only Sixteen    
B1 This Little Girl    
B2 On The Prowl    
B3 New Girl In School    
B4 Skateboard Thrills    
B5 Looking For An Echo    
B6 Goodnight Sweetheart    
B7 School Days (Outro)


 Take It Greasy was the debut studio album to be released by Australian 1950's retro band Ol' 55. The album peaked at number 3 on the Australian Kent Music Report and was certified 3x platinum. At the time, 1950s music and culture had gained a newfound interest in Australia amongst a younger generation, largely due to the influence of the very popular TV show Happy Days and earlier investigations into doo-wop by the group Daddy Cool.

 Ol' 55 was an Australian band specialising in retro, 1950s-era Rock 'n' Roll. They formed as Fanis in 1972 in Sutherland, Sydney. Drummer Geoff Plummer was working with Glenn A. Baker at the NSW Department of Media and invited Baker to hear his part-time band, including Patrick "Meatballs" Drummond, Rockpile Jones and Jimmy Manzie. In 1975, Baker took on their management, renamed them as Ol' 55 for the Tom Waits song (as covered by The Eagles), and recruited front man Frankie J. Holden and, later in the year, saxophonist Wilbur Wilde.

The band enjoyed popularity with a style that bordered on parody but managed to combine novelty retro kitsch and clever theatrics with a keen sense of pop dynamics and an acute understanding of rock 'n' roll. The band scored five top 20 hits on the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart and their debut album, Take It Greasy peaked at No. 3 on the Australian albums chart in 1976. After line-up changes, Ol' 55 disbanded in 1983.