Don Walker will release his first album in 10 years, ‘Lightning in a Clear Blue Sky’ in May.

The album was recorded in just two days in Melbourne in early 2022 with Garrett Costigan on pedal steel; Michael Vidale on bass; Hamish Stuart on drums and the late, great guitarist Roydon Payne, to whom Walker has dedicated the album. They were joined on backing vocals by the Harmonettes, Amanda Roff, Erica Dunn and Brigitte Hart.

The 180gm vinyl offers a limited bonus disc which includes the songs 1-7 recorded again by Phil Punch at Electric Avenue Studios, Sydney, mixed live directly to a Studer C37 customised for 1" stereo tape.

First introduced in 1960, the Studer C37 quickly became the benchmark in recording and is still, some 63 years later, considered the definitive way to record music to tape.