According to Fabinyi , " We had no experience in the record business . This did n't faze Cameron . He was obsessively optimistic once he committed to a project . A friend at EMI gave us some time to record the band while Cameron simultaneously learnt how to work the equipment . " Allan also produced Mental As Anything 's first two full-length studio albums , '' Get Wet '' ( November 1979 ) and '' Espresso Bongo '' ( July 1980 ) . Luis Feliu of '' The Canberra Times '' described how '' Get Wet '' " was recorded in Sydney and mixed in London by Cameron Allan , the band 's producer , who did a great job . I could n't pick a bad track on '' Get Wet '' and there 's 14 of them . " Regular Records ' second signing was the pub rock band Flowers ( later renamed Icehouse ) ; Allan co-produced their debut album , '' Icehouse '' ( October 1980 ) with the group 's leader , Iva Davies . At the '' TV Week '' / '' Countdown '' Music Awards for 1980 Allan was nominated for Best Australian Producer but lost out to Mark Opitz . Allan was the music director for the feature film '' Stir '' ; at the AFI Awards of 1980 his work was nominated for Best Original Music Score , but he lost to Peter Sculthorpe
AFI Awards of 1980
1980 Australian Film Institute Awards
Cameron Allan