Morning of the Earth is a 1971

1971 in film

The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music...

 classic surf

Surfing

Surfing' is a surface water sport in which the surfer rides a surfboard on the crest and face of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore...

 film by Alby Falzon

Alby Falzon

Albert "Alby" Falzon is an Australian surf filmmaker, photographer and publisher.He grew up in the beachside suburb Maroubra in Sydney. He did not begin surfing until age 14, when the family moved to the New South Wales Central Coast....

 and David Elfick

David Elfick

David Elfick is a noted Australian film and television writer, director, producer and occasional actor. He is known for his association with writer-director Phillip Noyce with whom he has collaborated on films including Newsfront and Rabbit-Proof Fence .Elfick began his film career as the...

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The film's soundtrack was produced by G. Wayne Thomas and included music and songs by noted Australian music acts Tamam Shud

Tamam Shud

Tamam Shud were an Australian psychedelic and progressive rock band, formed in Sydney in 1967, which released two albums, Evolution and Goolutionites and the Real People before disbanding in 1972...

, John J. Francis, Brian Cadd

Brian Cadd

Brian George Cadd is an Australian singer-songwriter, keyboardist and producer who has performed as a member of The Groop, Axiom, Flying Burrito Brothers and solo...

 and G. Wayne Thomas. The record became the first Australian Gold soundtrack album. In October 2010, the soundtrack for Morning of the Earth (1971) was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums

100 Best Australian Albums

100 Best Australian Albums is a compendium of rock and pop albums of the past 50 years as compiled by music journalists Toby Creswell, Craig Mathieson and John O'Donnell. The book was published on 25 October 2010 by Hardie Grant Books...

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The film portrays surfers living in spiritual harmony with nature, making their own boards (and homes) as they travelled in search of the perfect wave across Australia’s north-east coast, Bali

Bali

Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east...

 and Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

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Background

Tamam Shud

Tamam Shud

Tamam Shud were an Australian psychedelic and progressive rock band, formed in Sydney in 1967, which released two albums, Evolution and Goolutionites and the Real People before disbanding in 1972...

 were recording tracks for the surf film Morning of the Earth including their song "First Things First". Their main lead singer, Lindsay Bjerre was having voice problems so they recorded the song using lead guitarist Tim Gaze; music producer G. Wayne Thomas was unhappy with Gaze's vocals and asked Broderick Smith

Broderick Smith

Broderick Smith aka Brod Smith is an Australian singer-songwriter, harmonica, guitar and banjo player. He was a member of 1970s bands Carson and The Dingoes, 1980s Broderick Smith's Big Combo and performed solo...

 (Carson) to fill in. According to Bjerre, Tamam Shud were not informed and only found out about the switch at the film's premiere; according to Smith, he had Tamam Shud's knowledge and permission.

Locations featured

Australia:

• Kirra, Queensland
  Kirra, Queensland
  Kirra is a beachside suburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The small rocky headland Kirra Point separates Kirra beach to the north and Coolangatta beach to the south, and is noted as one of the world's premier surf breaks....
  
  
• Lennox Head, New South Wales
  Lennox Head, New South Wales
  Lennox Head is a seaside village on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia, situated on the stretch of coast between Byron Bay and Ballina in Ballina Shire....
  
  
• Broken Head, New South Wales
• Angourie, New South Wales
  Angourie, New South Wales
  Angourie is a small coastal village in the Clarence Valley Council of New South Wales, Australia. It is south of Yamba, New South Wales.In 2006, Angourie had a population of 170 people...
  
  
• Whale Beach, New South Wales
  Whale Beach, New South Wales
  Whale Beach is a northern beachside suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Whale Beach is located 40 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Pittwater Council, in the Northern Beaches region.At the northern end just off the...
  
   (Sydney)

Bali:

• Uluwatu

Hawaii:

• Rocky Point
• North Shore, Oahu
  North Shore (Oahu)
  The North Shore, in the context of geography of the Island of Oahu, refers to the north-facing coastal area of Oahu between Kaena Point and Kahuku Point...
  
  

Surfers featured

(In alphabetical order, incomplete.)

• Chris Brock
• Stephen Cooney
• Terry Fitzgerald
• Barry Kanaiaupuni
• Gerry Lopez
  Gerry Lopez
  Gerry Lopez , aka Mr. Pipeline, is an American surfer, shaper, journalist, and film actor.-Early life:Lopez was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, grew up in East Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii and attended Punahou School. He frequented the semi secret reefs in and around Aina Haina as well as better known surf...
  
  
• Michael Peterson
  Michael Peterson (surfer)
  Michael Peterson , known as MP, is an Australian surfer. He was among the best Australian surfers in the early to mid 1970s, noted for his deep tube riding skill, especially at Kirra on the Gold Coast. He was Australian champion in 1972 and 1974 and won many other major surfing competitions...
  
  
• Baddy Treloar
• Mark Warren
  Mark Warren
  Mark Warren may refer to:*Mark Warren , British football official*Mark Warren , English defender* Mark Warren, member of the British music group :zoviet*france:...
  
  
• Nat Young
  Nat Young (surfer)
  Robert Harold "Nat" Young is an Australian surfer and author.Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Young grew up in the small coastal suburb of Collaroy. In 1964, he was runner-up in the Australian junior championship at Manly, and two years later was named world surfing champion in 1966. He won the...
  
  

Soundtrack

1. "Morning of the Earth" – G. Wayne Thomas
2. "I'll Be Allright" – Terry Hannagan
3. "First Things First" – Tamam Shud
   Tamam Shud
   Tamam Shud were an Australian psychedelic and progressive rock band, formed in Sydney in 1967, which released two albums, Evolution and Goolutionites and the Real People before disbanding in 1972...
   
   
4. "Sure Feels Good" – Brian Cadd
   Brian Cadd
   Brian George Cadd is an Australian singer-songwriter, keyboardist and producer who has performed as a member of The Groop, Axiom, Flying Burrito Brothers and solo...
   
   
5. "Open Up Your Heart" – G. Wayne Thomas
6. "Simple Ben" – John J. Francis
7. "Bali Waters" – Tamam Shud
8. "Making It on Your Own" – Brian Cadd
9. "Day Comes" – G. Wayne Thomas
10. "Sea the Swells" – Tamam Shud
11. "I'm Alive" – Peter Howe
12. "Come with Me" – Brian Cadd

External links

• Morning of the Earth at the National Film and Sound Archive