AN author and DJ from Newcastle on the north coast of New South Wales is calling on Sunraysia locals who might have memories of Hoadley’s Battle of the Sounds events.

The event ran from 1966 to 1972, and at its height included more than 60 qualifying heats across the country.

Run by Hoadley’s Chocolates, the original makers of the Violet Crumble, Battle of the Sounds featured young bands fro...