Chris Turner - Discography:
1973 – Drain ‘Drain Again!’ – Unreleased LP
1976 - Buffalo ‘Average Rock n’ Roller’ Vertigo 6357 104 LP
1977 - Buffalo ‘Sailor’ ’45
1979 - Chris Turner ‘Australian Guitar Album’ Razzle Records (Comp.) L3700 52
1979 - Rose Tattoo ‘ Canned Rock’ Albert’s APLP 042
1980 - Buffalo ‘Rock Legends Vertigo 6479
1980 - F J Holden ‘Concert Of The Decade. (Comp.) Albert’s
1980 - Chris Turner ‘My Guitar n’ Me ‘ RCA Victor VPLI 6546
1981 - The Tipsters ‘ Kingston Town ‘ ’45 Festival Records ( Prod. & Play )
1982 - Chris Turner ‘I’m Crazy’ ’45 (Big Rock) RCA Victor 039 52
1983 - $cattered Aces ‘Waltzing Matilda/ C’mon Everybody ‘45 Big Rock BR/S
1983 - $cattered Aces “$ix Pack” Big Rock BR/EP 004
1984 - The Drifters ‘Primitive Love (Sess. Gtr.)
1985 - Lucy De Soto “Three Girls And A Sailor” LP EMI ? (Prod.)
1987 - Rose Tattoo “Boogie, Balls n’ Blues” ‘ Raven Records RVLP 30.
1987 - Party Boys ‘Hold Your Head Up’ 12” 45 “Pressure Mix”CBS 6511246
1987 - Party Boys ‘ Hold Your head Up ‘ LP CBS (Sess. Gtr.)
1989 - BB Strutt ‘Four Play’ Big Rock BR/EP 011 (Prod. & Play )
1990 - Chris Turner ‘ Exile’ Big Rock BR/LP 010 BR/LP 010 CD & Cass
1992 –The Headhunters’ Outlaw Boogie’ Oz Bike (Gst B/Voc)
1993 - Rick Veneer ‘ Hot n’ Sticky ‘ Big Rock BR/CD 014 – 2 (Feat. Gtr.)
1994 - Peter Wells ‘ Orphans’ Ravenswood RV 101 2 (Feat. Gtr.)
1995 - Adam Carl Stephens ‘ Skybrain Surfing’ Big Rock BR/CD 013 (Prod.& Feat. )
1995 - Tony Ryan ‘ Live Well ‘ Gallery Records 250-8195-7 Indep. (Feat. Gtr.)
1996 - Max Paton ‘ Shadows To The Max ‘ Indep. CDMP100 (Prod.)
1996 - Stacey Morris ‘Sweetest Thing’ Big Rock BR/CD 017-2 (Feat. Gtr.)
1997 - Truckin’ Bill n’ Doc Guitar ‘ Natural Born Trucker’ BR/CD 021-2 ,BR/Cass
1998 - Harry Sea ‘ Love Is Going To Change Your Mind ‘ Indep. ( Feat. Gtr. )
1998 - Will Scarlet ‘ Wanted It That Way’ Big Rock BR/CD 020-2 (Prod. & Play)
1999 - Chris Turner ‘ Guitar Stories Vol. 1 Big Rock BR/CD 019-2
1998 – Nev Nichols ‘Truckin Towards 2000 ‘ Universal UMD73130 Comp.
2000 – Blacksmith Hopkins ‘ 13 Tales’ Conviction (Feat. Gtr.)
2001 – Robin Lee Sinclair ‘ Tribute To Roy Orbison’ BRCD/024-2 (Prod. & Play)
2002 – Chris Turner & The Wolftones ‘No Bollocks – Just Rock’ BRCD/026-2
2003 – Rocks Push “Three good Reasons For The Blues” BRCD/035-2
2004 – Tim Gaze n’ Grosser “Sydney Basin Blues Live” Fullhouse Records FHR024(Comp)
2006 – All Big Rock Artists “25 Years of Big Rock’ BRCD/025-2 Feat & Session (Comp)
2007 - Buffalo - 'Average Rock n' Roller' Re Release. Aztec Music Re-mastered 1976 Classic
2007 - 'Bakers Dozen' 13 Aussie Guitarists. Prod. & Play (Comp) BRCD/050
2009 - "The Blues Pirates" - Produced & Play BRCD/051
2010 - "30 years of Big Rock" Double Disk Comp BR CD DVD/030. Produced by Chris Turner
2010 - "Dinki Di Acoustic" - Various Artists Comp. Independent
2012 - "The Hot Shots Vol 1"
2014 - " Double Header" - Turner & Simmons - Co Produced & Play - BRCD/053
2015 - "35 Years of Big Rock" - Comp of Big Rock artists. Produced & Play - BRCD/054
2018 - Chris Turner Band 'Live 1979-1984' BRCD/056
2019 - Chris Turner 'Rocks' - BRCD/055 Produce & Play
2019 - The Old Blue Dogs - 'Take One' BRCD/057 Produce & Play
2019 - The Old Blue Dogs - 'Take Two' - BRCD/058 Produce & Play
2020 – ‘Rock n’ Roll Man’ Chris Turner & The Cave Men - BRCD/DVD/060
2021 - Back To My Future - Chris Turner & The Tom Cats - BRCD/063
2021 - ‘40 Years Of Big Rock’ - Various Big Rock Artists - Produce & Feature - BRCD/040
2022 - ‘Way Down n’ Blues’ - Chris Turner - BRCDR/053
2024 - Chris Turner & The Noisy Bastards - BRCDR/072
Current Projects:
Chris Turner & The Noisy Bastards - Released 2024
Runaway Train - 20%
Guitar Stories Vol.2 (Inst.) 70%
Blues Pirates - Too - 60%
The Old Blue Dogs - “Take Three” 90%
The Hot Shots (2) - 80%
Book References:
'The Who's Who of Australian Rock' by Chris Spencer/Zbig Nowara The Five Mile Press
'My Rock n' Roll War' by Don Morrison - Dog Tag Books
'AC/DC Maximum Rock & Roll' by Murray Englehart/ Arnnaud Durieux - Harper Collins Pub.
'Rock Lens' by Bob King/Glen A. Baker - Cassell Australia
'Hard Road’ - The Life & Times of Stevie Wright' by Glen Goldsmith - Random House
'Blood, Sweat & Beers' - Murray Englehart - Harper Collins
'Dirty Deeds' - Mark Evans
'The Bondi Lifesaver' - Craig Griffiths - Skullbug Publishing
‘Australia Rocks’ - Lucy DeSoto – Exile Press
Blues Portrait - Pauline Bailey - www.paulinebaileyart.com
In his career as a Guitarist, Musician, Bandleader & Performer, Chris Turner has:
Been shot at whilst flying to the gig
Played to 160,000 people
Played to nobody
Been attacked & beaten up after 3 encores
Stood naked at gunpoint in front of 500 women
Played to all male audiences!
Backed strippers
Played on through a missile attack
Played in the loudest band in the world
Been signed to Elvis's Record label, RCA Victor
Played on the deck of an Aircraft Carrier
Escaped from a far eastern jail (twice)
Played to all male black Negro audiences
Had a guitar he built bought by Billy Gibbons
Has appeared on the bill with a lot of the world’s top rock acts
Played on top of a moving London bus
Played the guitar that played on 'Good Vibrations'
Played the guitar that played the riff on 'Smoke On The Water'
Played the guitar that played ‘Magnolia’, ‘Cocaine’, ‘The Breeze’ & ‘After Midnight’
Played the guitar that played 'Long Way To The Top'
Played the guitar that played 'Bad Boy For Love'
Has played the guitar that played on ‘Friday On My Mind’
Is recording on a track where all the other players are dead!
Has recorded a song that no one will hear.