Bon Scott with the Valentines Peculiar Hole In The Sky ( The Early Years 1966 1970)

The Valentines got together around the middle of 1966. Their initial linup was Bon Scott and Vince Lovegrove sharing vocal duties, Ted Ward on rythym guitar, Bruce Abbott on bass guitar, Wyn Milson on lead guitar, and drummer Warrick Findlay. In Scott and Lovegrove they had two dynamic focal points and within just weeks of their live debut they had crowds flocking to their shows at such venues as Canterbury Court and the Swanbourne Surf Livesaving Club (affectionately known as the Swanbourne Stomp). It didn t take long for their popularity to come to the notice of Martin Clarke who operated Perth s only record label in the 1960 s, Clarion. The Valentines were duly signed to Clarion in March 1967 and released their first single a couple of months later, still less than a year since they formed. That single comprised of Arthur Alexander s Everyday I Have To Cry backed with I Can t Dance With You, a song from one of England s fastest rising groups of the t