Thanks Harry, much appreciated - I'm sure by my YT friend Dennis too! Have you seen my latest videos, which are from the Golden Jubilee concerts with much improved audio?

You really know hat you are saying; good music must be cherished and preserved in it highest form and Surely tis grout was just fantastic !

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Right On ! Accurate comment. I'm 40 (born in 1977) and didn't know a thing about the seekers until now. Rich's work has made me a fan

Amen her voice was amazing and pure .may she RIP

@@flashtimgordon8019 me too,I was ten in 1966 and remember how her voice enchanted me then and still does now,God Bless xx

Me 2

Are these original film recordings from the EMI studios if so are the available to buy on DVD was it a TV special

@@johnrichardson2901 I think some of them were recorded at Abbey Road studious up stairs?

Couldn't agree more , she is a stunning singer ....

Annifrid Lyngstad of Abba has that very clarity as well. Fierce, intense and cutting voice

certainly no auto tune involved

She'd be up their if I put together a list. I'd also include Karen Carpenter, Suzy Boggus (in her prime @ early 1990s), and Patsy Kline. Amazing thing about Judith is she hasn't lost her vocal quality, even though she's over 70 yo and has had two strokes.

Karen Carpenter might have something to say about that.

Such an understatement, "beautiful voice"

"I'll never find another you."

My exact thoughts.

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Nicely written performed and produced - no pro-tools or autotune in sight, just talent. Brings back very happy memories of a great childhood.

Indeed I was lucky! It was awesome!

AMEN...what a voice.

She had such a a crisp voice

***** oh very well said, beautifully put

Lainey Fabriccio Totally agree

***** You're absolutely right. Compared to the absolute crap passed off today by the likes of Swift, Beyoncee, Rheanna - this truly is real music!

you can not call the rubbish beyoncee and rheanna and swift as music but it depends on how much skin is shown, how much they are willing to pay their publisher and how much sex is portrayed on their video's and miley is another one, how the hell can anyone call her total cattawall music!!!! as the old saying goes sex sells and thats the music and film industry

hmmm I know what you mean, I like the song party in the USA as it's got a lovely lively beat but the latest song's make the hair on the back of your neck stand out it's that awful but as they say sex sells and I bet she was told to do songs that provocative to sell her records and to be honest it's a shame as young girl's look to these women as role models, and most of them are mentally spent

Today’s singers are garbage, have no talent and barely work. Artists of the 1960’s,1970’s & before the 1960’s worked hard and rehearsed the song they sang.

You got that right today don't sing just yell.

Sure does. They should look at her and be ashamed of themselves. She’s a “real” singer!

There are many good young singers on KZfaq. You just have to look.

@@italia689 and they all think that the more volume they produce, the better they are.

well said

I absolutely agree the greatest female voice of all time, RIP Judith, we love you.

@@markdisley1784 : So true!

Perfect Words for our Eternal Judith!! When I listen to The Seekers I openly cry every time.... I close my eyes and imagine the Island of Dreams..... ❤😇❤

The truth is the truth>at 87 she made my nights worth the time I spent in remembering.

Totally agree with you 👍 💯

The music is music, not noise, faces are fresh and happy, Judith Durham's voice is spectacular and so are her folkish feminine long dresses of that era 😍

A huge loss to to music, grew up with The Seekers. RIP Judith

I wish we could get back to this type of culture

Watch the Petersens if you want that back.

They out sold the Beatles and the stones often.

I was a kid in the 60s in the UK. They were then very popular and often were in the charts. 'There will never be another you,' was often on the radio. This song is my favourite.

They were great in the sixties. By the late sixties music got more edgier and psychedelic. Songs echoed the times. The Viet Nam, race riots etc. This sunshiny was considered passe. The Seekers did not adapt to the changing seasons.

I was born in the fifties, I don't think they were underrated at all - perhaps it's just you.

@@davidc6997 The Seekers were a very good group but to be honest, they never seemed to get the same kind of admiration and respect as the Beatles, the Stones, the Animals, the Dave Clark 5 and other groups at this level. No David, contrary to what you think it is not just me because lots of other music fans who I have spoken to also think that The Seekers were underrated. With all due respect, think before you make a comment like this.

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Earths loss Heavens gain

I couldn't agree with you more, they were and are still the best.

I always enjoy especially A WORLD OF OUR OWN & I'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU as I was a young 22 year old at the time and these songs always captured me RIP JUDITH 🙏

@@dennisisaacs5836 Those were my two favorite Seekers songs, followed by "Georgie Girl."

so do i

Absolutely Agree!! Throw in a young Linda Ronstadt and you arguably have the 3 best Female vocalists in History IMHO! Judith was, and always will be, a perfect example of a Heavenly voice in a pretty package!

Check out their 2013 concert. She’s still remarkable.

Weill Elton John ssid that Dusrty Spreingfield was the greatest female singer of all time at her induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.

Petula Clark was Dusty's equal I believe but Judith and Karen are far above IMHO. Great singers can sing in pitch which in itself has a small range but Judith sings in pitch exactly. The only singer who sounds exactly the same singing through the MCG speaker system!

Agree!

This is the X factor , history has proved it .

Judith? Cause ya

Wooooooaaaaaaahhhh judy so takented

She was adorable and a great lady. You weren’t out of your league to love her. She was so beautiful, kind, and lovely. I think so myself.

Robert Stevens , that certainly would have happened if only the Seekers could have done some concert tours here in the USA. Their only such concert tour was around 1966, as far as I am aware.

The Seekers did have a huge exposure in the US from 1965 to 1967, but most people nixed them around 1968 or '69 for doing an ad for Coca-Cola and selling out. - Tony Arioli

The group did do an Ed Sullivan Show appearance in one of their rare US TV appearances.

I wrote about this in other comment. They were having an absolutely fantastic turn of year from 1966 to 1967, including a Royal Gala presentation at the Palladium in London and the 200,000 people concert in Sydney on March 1967. Then, having the unique opportunity of a 100 million people tv audience in America they simply turned down the April 1967 appearance in the Oscar presentation where they would sing the n.1 hit Georgy Girl. If they only had done that all doors of America would be opened for them, but fate decided other way.

Agree 100%. No doubt. Thank God for KZfaq!!!

I agree with you, George. They are amazing, and Judith's voice has no equal. I've been listening to them for years and still can't get enough of their music. They are truly in a league of their own!

George Tennessee Wiseman , welcome aboard! Just about everything recorded by the Seekers can be heard here on KZfaq. Enjoy! 🙂

@@jeromewysocki8809 Thank you very much!

Listen to "Another you". That song is my favorite by The Seekers.

George Tennessee Wiseman lucky u. Enjoy

Face, too

Truly 😇

Judith and Allison Krause, absolutely angelic voices, easy on the eyes too.

Spot on pure quality

I'm 66, live in the Ribble Valley in Lancashire UK, and dreaming of the good old days,

Me from Malaysia under 4th week of lock down.

I'm only 20 and I agree!!

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Sen9Football Good for you! The Seekers are my favorite group. Just about all of their music can be heard here on KZfaq. This music is far superior to most of what is done today. Your parents did you a great favor by introducing you to truly great music, the kind that will last forever.

Sen9Football you give me some hope in todays youth my friend

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really?

I was 12 when this song came out. Wow a long. Time ago, food music, no brilliant music. I thought Judith Durham was absolutely cute and gorgeous.

I totally agree. The amazing thing is my favourite genre is metal and I love the seekers and have seen them live as well.

Exactly right.

Amazing harmonies indeed

Now she's gone to a world of her own.

Even in South Africa the Seekers were very popular. RIP Judith Durham - Magic voice and lovely cheerful personality. And oh, those songs!

We LOVED Judith Durham here in NZ! My parents went to their concert in New Plymouth in Feb 1968.

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ilrmbru2b , you sure got that one right. I'm sure literally thousands will also agree with you on this.

Actually, it does. Have you ever heard of Opera?

Unfortunately, like so many wonderful artists of the past - she will never be known of by so many. So who's Duke Ellington. They don't even know the Duke of Earl.

Brilliant comment complete brilliance

@@barbaramack2897 who doesn't know Duke of Earl fair dinkum classic of all time - gene Chandler

Because you aren't listening to the good stuff

She has the voice of an angel .... she is so gifted , what a singer!

Me too

@@barryh.4220 now, she is an angel.

Is Judith still alive? I'd love to contact her. Know how I might do so?

Yes, she is 73. She lives in Melbourne, Australia. She suffered a stroke 2 years ago but recovered perfectly and actually went on tour to the UK with the Seekers in 2015. The Seekers have a fan mail set up but you will not be able to contact Judith personally.

William Brown Judith Durham has a web site, judithdurham.com. There is a link on that site to send her email. She has someone to respond to the email, probably because she gets more email than there are hours in the day to answer them.

Adrian Larkins I'm 70 Adrian this music is far far better than today's rubbish

Judith is also 73, born in July 1943.

Me too!

I'm 64, but I remember loving this and "I'll never find another you". They must have been hits when I was 3 to 6 years old but I remember being moved by them a lot. Both I and my little sister remember their last big hit "Georgie Girl".

@@digitalnomad9985 I am 56 now and love older women...they need more appreciation....since I posted lost my beautiful Japanese wife....1946---2024......I am a aging Caucasian man

Lucky you. 👍🏻

Judith was interviewed on ABC Radio, here in Melbourne, about ten years ago. I was driving around for my job and listening to the interview. Out of the blue, Jon Faine, the interviewer, asked her to sing. I can't remember the song she sang, but I do remember I had to pull my car over to the side of the road, because I couldn't see through the tears. Her unaccompanied voice made me think that sometimes our mob (humans) are capable of great things. Maybe it's to experience this that is our reason to be here. Judith's difficulties in getting around are as a result of an horrendous car crash she had a while back. Did not affect her voice one jot.

Judith Durham- In a league of her own-paramount!

Celine Dion can certainly sing , as could Whitney Houston ....... but Judith Durham could hold her own in any company, no doubt whatsoever about that!

@@barryh.4220 Screamers more than singers the same for big nose Streisand, Jonathon Swartz once stated that Dion has a good voice but it's a pity that she doesn't know how to use it.

I wonder if bitter little children like you are capable of encouraging one person without putting someone else down.

@@eienblack8570 The heck you mean! Are you talking to me mate, can't a child like you realize that everybody has their own opinion, that's the problem these days people are so bloody sensitive and offended by everything, talk about children, grow up bud, you're not getting a participation trophy anytime soon.

@@Peter-pv8xx I practically had a seizure trying to read that. Would you like me to tutor you, sweetheart? Your grammar and sentence structure are abysmal, to be honest.

Wow, what a comment! Thanks!

She was indeed a wonderful person beyond her voice. I like her because of this, not just the voice, which is God-given.

Was brought up with their wonderful and happy songs and Judith beautiful voice.. Thanks.

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Gift from God, and to think she had lung problems. A first rate musician.

Great point about her now needing electronic enhancement! Thanks.

You sure read that wrong. That is not what he wrote.

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Enough to choke me up - that was when music was real music.

+1, Cheryl.

Cheryl Watkins same hear. My brother was born in 65 and is no longer with us.we used to share a bedroom and stay up late listening to this music miss those days

So sad that these songs are simply no more!

does me too...........tight hugs xx

Don't tell that to any Millennials because they will probably say, "OK Boomer."

Things are not what they were, but they never were.

As a baby boomer it is never a crime to go back to hear the beauty of lyrics and authenticity of great music God Bless ALL!!!

@@watersidelapper6314 I wholeheartedly agree!

Everyone saying they were born in the wrong generation. I disagree, I’m happy I was born in this generation where I have access to great music like this with the touch of a finger

You got it!...many people do NOT GET IT!!...and will never realize Great Stuff!..

Judith's Voice is So Beautiful !!

Who cares, they're a bunch of losers. This song is perfection.

stupid wankers that who they are Ron

no brainers

Totally agree!

Well, then, give THIS a listen, ALL the way to the end. Incredible, and that's from a musician of nearly 57 years ...

+John Battles how could those guys not have a crush on Judith? I still do!

+John Battles Having read so many similar comments on their YT videos - l think Judith must have had the largest no of adoring male fans than any other female singer, in the world. They are lovely to read, and reveal to me, that there has always been a lot of real gentlemen in our world, despite what popular media might have wanted us to think, esp in the '60s. What a pity she didn't know it at the time - because she had such low self esteem about her appearance.

At one point they were bigger than the Beatles...

Schrödinger's cat would beg to differ.

Robert O'Connor You go ahead and judge. It's your right as a true American.

Actually, more like 50 years ago.

Yes indeed the music of this era helps during this covid19 time Judy and the seekers were brilliant love their music

My condolences to you on such a huge loss.

@@mlewis3068 thank you for you kind words...it was a huge loss and still is..I guess that is now permanent..it was a huge shock no warning at all..pain in the chest...dead the next day..and she didn't have any apparent heart problems...when our number is up.....

@@mottthehoople693 That had to have been such a terrible shock, to be fine and then to have lost her. I'm sure she is with you everywhere on your farm. I hope you can feel her spirit when you play her favourite song and that it brings you some comfort. I'm so very sorry for your pain and loss.

@@mlewis3068 thank you for your kind words. It was a shock no prior heart problems not over weight just going along then one friday she says I've got a pain in my chest I took her to the hospital straight way she had had a small heart attack but the hospital said she would be fine and they would send her to a bigger metropolitan hospital on monday.So we thought everything was fine these days stents and such things are a normal procedure..come saturday Im doing what i'm doing on the farm and the kids went in to see her.She was sitting up fine and dandy.I was going in to see her in the afternoon. I was on the tractor and got a phone call from the hospital from the persons tone of voice I knew things we grim..I jumped in the truck n flew into town A few hours earlier she had told the kids to go as she was feeling tired and wanted a nap. While she was asleep she had a massive heart attack the worst sort that kills the heart muscle. The hospital did their best but to no avail. She was being kept alive by machines so I told the dr to unplug everything which they did except for the heart monitor and I watched her heart slowly slow down and stop...that flat line sound will stay with me forever.. Just impossible to process

I hope you spread the word! A wonderful group with so many great songs.

me too

The future is in safe hands!

Well done Rae ..... judith Durham was only about you age when she arrived in England in 1964, and i was only about eight years old, but she had me spellbound , i loved her ....... her sheer class shone through , it always has !

It's nice seeing young people enjoying old music. 💖

I know those tears. I miss those years. I can't believe I'm in my sixties now.

John Repsher Just be glad that you were there to experience the best music that this country has ever seen. Rock,pop,country. What an era!

John Repsher me too..this is Judith at her prettiest, and the band at their best...

Dan Adams The "folksy" influences taught me to appreciate all kids of music fairly young . In the nearly 60s you could get Gayle Garnette, The New Christey Minstrels, Marianne Faithful all bending a little folk in to the mix, johnny Cash and Nat King Cole were crossing over quite smoothly. Hullabaoo, Shindig and Bandstand were weekly as were Paul Revere and the Raiders with "Where the Action is". Motown began to be blended into the mix more and more with Temps, Tops and Shirelles, Dianna Ross and the Surf Sound or the Beach Boys and Jan and Dean were surfin'est thing to ever hit vinyl I thought as was CCR or Creedence Clearwater Revival for the sixtiesesque chalenged as well as Neil Diamond, The Byrds, Glen Campbell and Dusty Springfield, Del Shannon who had a lot of other songs than "Runaway" which a good as it is is driven into the round and broken off in all the oldie shows and CD offer infomercials. Bobby Vinton, Johnny Tillotson and Gene ( Last Exit to Brooklyn) Pitney really rocked with songs most people under 40 never knew existed and later took over Frankie Lanes movie western overtures responsibiites.( I think Frankie did Rawhide). As later Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, The Who, the Guess Who, Jim Croce and so so many others cam along and outside the core rock and roll, which was fine...some of them showed a little different way and slight tangent and left society all the richer culturally and on a scale of general feelgood as well. We still have some great artists out there including some apparent admitted devil worshipers misbehaving on stage too. I'll take Chad and Jeremy, the Moody Blues ( Days of the Future Past) was released in 1967 but never got popular in the US til 1972 and was their biggest hit ever, the Hollies, Hurricane Smith ( had a couple of obscure hits in the early 70s but used to work with the Beatles but his genre was interesting to say the least), Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, the Cowsills ( the "Flowergirl" Song), Kenny Rogers and the First Edition way before he became a country smash aand so so many ore than I could ever emember over the vast majority of current offerings though there is some very good 80s 90s and 2000s music out there LOL. Katie Perry and Nickie Minaj will never top Judy Collins, Carly Simon, LINDA RONDSTADT=OMG who could forget that album cover with the skates and big socks LOL-or Long Long Time , and others so vintage that the spell checker don't even remember them much less how to spell them....Here's to all the artist that evoked all our feelings of puppy love, told off that girl or guy for us in song that e never got to and spoke to our very soul even though they didn't know us all and for sure the world will be much poorer for your passing one day. You people who we not afraid for your children to listen to unsupervised and who just sang their hearts out for us. These and so many legions more e will not see our like again. SALUD

I'm with you Marsh. Standing in my garage looking at hand tools I have had for half a century, I can't believe I'm 77. One consolation though, those tools all say "forged in the USA." A wonderful time and a sad time to be alive. The music will never be matched.

I'm fifteen and I love this group. I'm glad there's other teens that enjoy music like this. :)

As a fella closing in on 60, it’s good to know there some young folks out there that know what truly good music sounds like! Remember this music needs to be shared and played often if not it’s beauty might be lost in time.

I’m 15 so you’re not alone, I was also exposed to this thanks to my dad.

Not true - there are so many musicians out there today doing this exact thing. The problem being there's so much out there it's difficult to find. Keep looking - you'll find something.

actually, i've been playing guitar for 5 yrs and i only play oldies like this. i just learned "ill never find another you" and not all of what the Boomers had was much better than what we have today

@@arbellfriday6613 just give us example who can do as good as this, you said many

@@rindangrahmadia9504 Do it yourself, don't be so lazy.

@@arbellfriday6613 I search it and no today singers could do what the seekers do. No today singers sounds like judith. You cannot compare legend to nobody So dont be delutional by comparing something not match

How are you doing today my name is Eric Moore and how is the weather over there

How are you doing today my name is Eric Moore and how is the weather over there

She still does.

...Judith is the closest thing to a "Goddess" that I can think of!

this is talent from a musical beautiful voman.

I agree with you. But if we don’t roll with the changes, none of us can survive. Just keep that special moment in your heart and visit that special place often.

Well we learned that every week of the 60's produced more good songs than the last 10 years

the music of the Seekers hasn't gone though , and it probably never will ...

You did your part Frank. You learned something.

I live in that special time and place, and change when I need to. They need a lot more singers and players like The Seekers in these days.

Ageing is a price we pay for life but hope is a gift we give ourselves and music is a joy we give to others.....happy playing, amigo.

"peddled"

Jathon Delsy That time isn't gone, Jathon. The best days of America, Australia, and all of her allies in freedom are ahead. All we have to do is chose good leadership and dump the liberal idiots governing us now!

+Fred Atkinson Why do Americans have bring politics into musical discussions. Go and get a soap box and preach elsewhere.

+Jathon Delsy You can still find the fresh creativity and/or beauty in some contemporary music if you look for it. You have a bit more of a point about the hope and optimism, but even that is too simplistic. There were some pretty despairing songs back then too - e.g. "Eve of Destruction", "Heroin", etc, and I'm sure I could come up with a contemporary song that's optimistic if you gave me time to think about it.

+Jathon Delsy I don't think you have the right to say "upretentious".

GodOfTheInternets Sir, I have the right to say just what I want, just as you have the right to disagree with what I say,,,,,

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