Hello Sailor


The perception of Hello Sailor has changed over the years – for some they are a band that has been together forever and their fame is based only on radio hits like ‘Blue Lady’ and ‘Gutter Black’.

But back in the day they were primarily known for their live gigs, rockin’ the nation, one pub at a time. They have spent more time apart than together.

Winning Ticket
1977 Hello Sailor tour schedule as supplied to the band and media, promoting their debut album
Photo credit: Murray Cammick Collection
Lying in the Sand
Fugitive For Love
Hello Sailor's debut album from 1977, produced by Rob Aickin. Cover design by Peter Adams, internal band photos by Eldred Stebbing’s son Vaughan.
Ricky Ball, Harry Lyon, Graham Brazier, Dave McArtney, Lisle Kinney, a publicity shot from 1985
Gutter Black
Gutter Black & Billy Bold (Play It Strange concert at The St James Theatre 2004)
Dave McArtney writes to Rip It Up from Los Angeles, 1978
Graham Brazier, Auckland University Café, 1977
Photo credit: Photo by Simon Lynch
Hello Sailor - Never Fade Away
Dave McArtney with Hello Sailor, Windsor Castle, Parnell, Auckland 1977
Photo credit: Photo by Simon Lynch
Hello Sailor’s second album, originally released in 1978, just prior to the ill-fated trip to Los Angeles
1976
A 1985 Zulu/CBS publicity shot: Dave McArtney, Ricky Ball, Harry Lyon, Graham Brazier
Hello Sailor, 1977
Photo credit: Photo by Simon Lynch
Lisle Kinney, Windsor Castle, 1977
Photo credit: Photo by Simon Lynch
More awards - Dave McArtney, Graham Brazier, Harry Lyon
Gutter Black (Campbell Live, 19 Dec 2008)
Live, 1978
Dave McArtney and Graham Brazier, July 1977
Photo credit: Photo by Murray Cammick
New Tattoo
Marc Hunter and Graham Brazier, Great Western Festival Jan 15, 1978
Photo credit: Photo by Murray Cammick
Hello Sailor interview, Give It A Whirl, 2003 (NZ On Screen, 2022)
The touring band for the 1985 Hello Sailor Shipshape & Bristol Fashion album: Graham Brazier, Harry Lyon, Neil Hannan, Dave McArtney, Ricky Ball and Tim Wedde
Son Of Sam (Live in LA 1978)
1977 'Blue Lady' poster designed by Peter Adams
Photo credit: Ian Morris Archives. Design: Peter Adams
Page two of Dave McArtney's letter from LA, 1979.
Photo credit: Murray Cammick Collection
Dave McArtney and Graham Brazier with Hello Sailor at Auckland's Gluepot, 1978
Photo credit: Photo by Murray Cammick
Blue Lady
Hello Sailor - Blue Lady (with Ray Manzarek at the Whiskey A Go Go, LA 1978)
Gold Discs for the Hello Sailor album
Graham Brazier, late 1970s
Ian Morris and Rob Aickin recording the debut Hello Sailor album at Stebbing Studios, 6 June, 1977
Photo credit: Simon Grigg collection
The original press release for the second Hello Sailor album, announcing they were off to LA. Plus Golden Harvest are following their footsteps, although it's unclear exactly how.
Dr Jazz (with Ray Manzarek at the Whiskey A Go Go, LA 1978)
Originally intended for advertising use, this image by Phil Peacock shows Karyn Hay during her Radio With Pictures prime, with several leading New Zealand musicians of the era. It became the cover of Rip It Up's December 1983 issue.
Sailor's Voyage (2007, part 1 of 4) - NZ On Screen
Dave McArtney, Graham Brazier and Harry Lyon performing Son of Sam - Mainstreet, 1979
Photo credit: Photo by Murray Cammick
Auckland University Gym after a Hello Sailor gig - late 1970s
Photo credit: Photo by Murray Cammick
Harry Lyon, Auckland University Café, 1977
Photo credit: Photo by Simon Lynch
Labels:

Key


Zulu


Liberation


Warner Music

Members:

Graham Brazier - vocals, saxophone, harmonica

Harry Lyon - vocals, guitar

Dave McArtney - vocals, guitar

Lisle Kinney - bass

Ricky Ball - drums

Paul Woolright - bass

Stuart Pearce - keyboards

Gordon Joll - drums

Neil Hannan - bass

Tony Lumsden - bass

Graeme Turner - drums

Andy MacDonald - bass

Trivia:

In 1975 in Hotlicks magazine (No.19) Hello Sailor were described as – “Vamp rock, not to be confused with camp rock".

Hello Sailor’s early (circa 1975) on stage gimmick was to share their stage with ornamental antiques, such as chrome deco lampshades, pot plants and furniture provided by Peter Rogers of 20th Century Antiques of Ponsonby Road.