Go-Go and No-Go - The First Listings

Issue 3, date 14 February 1966, page 13.
Go-Set begins a pop fan approach to its readers. This had been hinted at in the editorial in the second issue. Readers were invited to write to Go-Set with their thoughts and opinions.
It is the beginning of a long time relationship between Go-Set and its audience

The readers finally have a say in who means something to them. Go-Go's to the Rolling Stones (UK) and to the Moods (Melbourne). No-Go to Perry Como for being out of date. Yet not is all as it might appear. These are in fact examples. The editors notes say "Here's the column where WE invite YOU to tell the world YOUR opinion of the latest song-releases. Just send your ideas in and tell us whether you think such-and-such a record will GO-GO or NO-GO." So, if these were examples, then who are Jonny Peters of Preston, Sue Bryant of Dickson Creek, and Jan Lewis of Elwood?

I suppose it is ironic that while the Rolling Stone opinion is related to a song or content, the reference to the Moods is merely a positive appreciation that they have an association with the Rolling Stones.

Interestingly the Moods are mentioned "for getting on with the fabulous Rolling Stones", in fact the Moods were the Melbourne act that supported the Rolling Stones tour of Australia in Melbourne. Another interesting fact is that Peter Raphael managed the Moods at the time, and was also part of the management team. There may be a lot more to this story than is entirely obvious at this stage.

I will look at the review styles in a later posting, but it also interesting to note the apology. The Twilighters were apparently mixed up with the Twilights. At that time, the first mentioned were a folk group, and the second were a pop group, renowned in Adelaide for their Beatles covers.
The second apology was to Buddy England whose picture had been mislabeled.

AFTERNOTES: There is no Dickson Creek in Victoria, there is a Dixons Creek, which has a primary school and is some distance from Melbourne. There is a Dickson Creek in Queensland. It seems that all is not what it appears to be.  Also there was a John Peters who did voiceovers on Countdown in the 1980s. Or is Jonny Peters, the Go-Go writer, merely a red herring.