Geoff Edelsten

Geoff (or Geoffrey) Edelsten (born 2 May 1943, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - died 11 June 2021) was an Australian medical entrepreneur who founded Allied Medical Group.

In the 1960s, Edelsten owned a Melbourne-based record company, Hit Productions, which worked with music publishers Festival Records. During the same period, his family owned the Edels record retail chain. In 1966, Edelsten was credited for co-writing the songs "I Can't Stop Loving You, Baby" and "A Woman Of Gradual Decline" for the group The Last Straws, whose singles were released on his short-lived Scope (5) label. In 1967, Hit Productions signed the group Cam-Pact, whose debut single, "Something Easy"/"Michael", charted in Melbourne in early 1968. Later in 1968, Edelsten co-produced the single "Love Machine" for the studio group Pastoral Symphony.