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Brilliant from Birth compilation

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 Brilliant from Birth:  Released in 1998, this is a compilation album which covers the Australian days, from 1963-66 which contains songs from their first two albums "sing and play"  and "spicks and specks"  these albums contain 26 songs; 14 on the first and 12 on the later. However,  the thing that makes this compilation stand out is that contains another 12 songs which were meant to be their 3rd Australian album but was put aside because they seeked to try their best to crack the international scene; and cracked it they most certainly did.  Now the most important point that this collection of songs provides us is the rear in sight into seeing group develop both as singers which would be more profound in years to come; but here we see the seed being planted. And more to the point of them as writers and composer of all the songs from these original albums.  While it is safe to say that in later works several songs will be standards and be singled out b...