Back Pocket Records is an independent collective of songwriters and musicians, based loosley around the 'Back Pocket Recorders' studio run by Melbourne musician Ken Stephenson. The studio has been running in some form or other since 1983, producing music in styles ranging widely from acoustic, country, blues and roots, to electronic.




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The Sunset Clause

Ken Stephenson


I See Flowers, You See Cars

Jo Kelly Stephenson

Sonic Bids


Dreams and Tinsel

Men With Day Jobs


An Ordinary Circumstance

Flat Planet


Songs of Middle Earth

The Kellaways


Talking Tidal River

John Dean


back pocket(noun) Either of two Australian Rules players who defend the area either side of the goals. By nature, they are often the unnoticed, under-appreciated members of the team, certainly not the glamour players in the game; but occasionally, they get the chance to go up forward and kick a goal.