1988 ARIA Music Awards
| 1988 ARIA Music Awards | |
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| Date | 29 February 1988 (1988年02月29日) |
| Venue | Sheraton Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, New South Wales |
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| Website | ariaawards |
The Second Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs ) was held on 29 February 1988 at the Sheraton Wentworth Hotel in Sydney.[1] [2] [3] Cliff Richard was the host, with Bryan Ferry, Feargal Sharkey and Ian "Molly" Meldrum included as presenters of the 21 awards.[1] Other presenters were Rudi Grassner (RCA/BMG boss), Col Joye and Richard Wilkins.[4] There were no live performances and the awards were not televised.[1] A shouting match developed between manager Gary Morris, accepting awards for Midnight Oil, and former Countdown compere Meldrum who was presenting.[1] [4]
Some significant changes were made for the second ARIA Awards. In addition to the categories for the inaugural year, "Best Children's Album" was added.[1] The ARIA Hall of Fame was also created, with six acts being inducted: AC/DC, Slim Dusty, Col Joye, Johnny O'Keefe, Dame Joan Sutherland and Vanda & Young.[1] Finally an "Outstanding Achievement Award" was created and first awarded to John Farnham.[1]
Ceremony details
[edit ]Midnight Oil won "Best Cover Art" for Diesel and Dust and both "Best Single" and "Best Song" for "Beds Are Burning".[1] [2] A shouting match developed between manager Gary Morris, accepting awards for Midnight Oil, and former Countdown compere Ian "Molly" Meldrum who was presenting:[1] [2]
I think Molly was a little precious. He was in awe of Bryan [Ferry], whereas I had an attitude about bringing over offshore artists to present at a local awards [...] I said something like, 'The Poms look at us as being pretty archaic down here, but we've got room service. You could have ordered an iron, mate'.[5]
— Gary Morris
Morris had also objected to ARIA's award category, Best Indigenous Release, as some nominees (including Midnight Oil themselves) had no Indigenous members.[4] Meldrum objected to Morris' political commentary from the podium and the making jokes at the expense of Bryan Ferry who was wearing a (deliberately) crumpled suit:[1] [2]
I pointed out that Gary was staying in one of the very expensive hotel rooms, on behalf of Midnight Oil [...] Then I said, 'If we're talking about disrespect, what was he doing up here accepting the awards and not Midnight Oil'. Then it all boiled over.[5]
— Ian Meldrum
Karen Middleton of The Canberra Times was disappointed by the ceremony where "[i]nsults flowed almost as freely as the wine and all three of the international guest presenters fell victim to flimsy jokes and foolishness".[2] She felt that Morris was "winner of the unofficial prize for least-liked personality. ... [he] aimed a poor one-liner at British presenter Bryan Ferry".[2] However the "greatest revelation of the evening proved that there are more sore losers in the business than the small screen would lead us to believe. When a winner happened to be a little unpopular, the beautiful people booed".[2]
Awards and nominations
[edit ]Winners are listed first and bolded, other final nominees (where known) are listed alphabetically.[1] [2] [6]
ARIA Awards
[edit ]- Album of the Year
- Single of the Year
- Midnight Oil – "Beds Are Burning"
- Dave Dobbyn with Herbs – "Slice of Heaven"[7]
- Icehouse – "Crazy"
- Midnight Oil – "Beds Are Burning"
- Highest Selling Album
- Highest Selling Single
- Kylie Minogue – "Locomotion"
- Dave Dobbyn with Herbs – "Slice of Heaven"[7]
- Kylie Minogue – "Locomotion"
- Best Group
- Best Female Artist
- Jenny Morris – Body and Soul [8]
- Anne Kirkpatrick – Come Back Again[9]
- Kate Ceberano
- Sharon O'Neill
- Shona Laing
- Jenny Morris – Body and Soul [8]
- Best Male Artist
- Best New Talent
- Best Country Album
- Flying Emus – This Town
- Anne Kirkpatrick – Come Back Again[9]
- Flying Emus – This Town
- Best Indigenous Release
- Gondwanaland – Gondwanaland
- Australia all Over – Australia all Over
- Flying Emus – This Town
- Midnight Oil – Diesel and Dust
- Warumpi Band – Go Bush
- Gondwanaland – Gondwanaland
- Best Adult Contemporary Album
- Best Comedy Release
- The 12th Man – Wired World of Sports
- Garry Who – "Life's Just a Routine"
- The 12th Man – Wired World of Sports
Fine Arts Awards
[edit ]- Best Jazz Album
- Vince Jones – It All Ends Up in Tears
- The Don Burrows Quintet with the Adelaide Connection – Nice 'n' Easy[10]
- Vince Jones – It All Ends Up in Tears
- Best Classical Album
- Voss (Australian Opera) – Voss
- Dave Loew and the National Arts Orchestra Australia – Debut
- Voss (Australian Opera) – Voss
- Best Children's Album
- Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
- Original Australian Cast Recording – Nine
- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Mario Millo) – The Lighthorsemen [11]
- Original Australian Cast Recording – Nine
Artisan Awards
[edit ]- Song of the Year
- Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst & Jim Moginie – "Beds Are Burning" (Midnight Oil)
- Dave Dobbyn – "Slice of Heaven" (Dave Dobbyn with Herbs)[7]
- Icehouse – "Crazy"
- Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst & Jim Moginie – "Beds Are Burning" (Midnight Oil)
- Producer of the Year
- Engineer of the Year
- David Nicholas – Richard Clapton – Glory Road, INXS – Kick
- Best Video
- Claudia Castle – Paul Kelly – "To Her Door"
- Best Cover Art
- Ken Duncan, Creative Type Wart, Gary Morris, Midnight Oil – Midnight Oil – Diesel and Dust
Outstanding Achievement Award
[edit ]ARIA Hall of Fame inductees
[edit ]The inaugural Hall of Fame inductees were:[1] [2]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Winners by Year 1988". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Middleton, Karen (3 March 1988). "Music Awards: A Scratch on the Record". The Canberra Times . p. 23. Retrieved 6 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Australia 1988 ARIA Awards". ALLdownunder.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ a b c O'Grady, Anthony. "The 2nd Annual ARIA Music Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 16 December 2000. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ a b Jenkins, Jeff; Ian Meldrum (2007). Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia. Melbourne, Vic: Wilkinson Publishing. p. 228–229. ISBN 978-1-921332-11-1. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009.
- ^ "GOOD Times". The Canberra Times . 11 February 1988. p. 23. Retrieved 19 January 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b c "Aussies fete Dave". Sunday Star. Auckland. 21 February 1988. p. B15.
- ^ a b "The Oil Is Burning Brightly". Sydney Morning Herald . Sydney. 1 March 1988. p. 5.
- ^ a b "Anne Kirkpatrick". www.countrymusichalloffame.com.au. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ "New year family concert". Times. Vol. 93, no. 14. Victor Harbour, South Australia. 18 December 1997. p. 12. Retrieved 5 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Film Details". www.mariomillo.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ "INXS: New Sensation". Rolling Stone . 16 June 1988. Retrieved 17 July 2016.