Before Hollywood

"Before Hollywood" was released in May 1983 in the UK on Rough Trade Records, an independent music label. It was The Go-Betweens' second album. The LP was produced by John Brand and recorded at I.C.C. Studios in Eastbourne, England, and cost £5000 to make. The original release consisted of ten tracks, including what is arguably the band's best-known song, "Cattle and Cane".The album reached No. 2 on the UK Independent Charts, with "Cattle and Cane" reaching No. 4. In 2001, that song was voted as one of the 30 all-time best Australian songs in a poll of 100 music industry personalities conducted by the Australasian Performing Right Association . In 2002, Circus Records released an expanded CD which included a second disc of eight bonus tracks and a music video for "Cattle and Cane". In October 2010, Before Hollywood (1983) was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums along with their 1988 album, 16 Lovers Lane at No. 12.