| Mushroom Evolution Concert | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1982 triple-LP version | ||||
| Live album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 26 January 1982 | |||
| Genre | Pop, dance, rock | |||
| Label | Mushroom, Liberation Blue | |||
| Various artists chronology | ||||
| ||||
Mushroom Evolution Concert is a live album and video recorded by various Australian artists at celebratory performances held over two days of the Australia Day (26 January) weekend 1982. The Mushroom Evolution Concert was staged for Mushroom Records' tenth anniversary at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl and was organised by label boss, Michael Gudinski. It included a wide range of Australian performers from the label's roster. An estimated audience of 100,000 attended the concerts. In late 1972 Gudinski had been an artist manager and concert promoter when he and business partner, Ray Evans, founded Mushroom Records. The concert was recorded both for audio as a triple-LP and for video on double-VHS and released in 1982 under the same name. Subsequently, these were re-released on 2× CD (2005) and on 3× DVD (expanded with interviews, 2009) respectively. Although a prominent Mushroom Records artist from the 1972–1981 era, Skyhooks did not appear at the concert – they had disbanded in 1980.