Obscured By...

Peter Brat and Michael Hunter were the two ‘DOTS’ in the studio presenting this week’s episode of ‘Obscured by...’, and were joined by phone for a lengthy chat by Craig Collinge, drummer in the Librettos, the Playboys, Procession, Manfred Mann Chapter 111, World War Three, plus lots more, even including a brief stay in Fleetwood Mac in 1973-74, and continuing through to his current ‘Evolution2Revolution’ project.... so we had LOTS to talk about! Of course there was a lot more music played... including a track from Billy Joel’s band Attila (nominated as the ‘worst record ever’ in AllMusic.com, though personally we are sure there are far worse!), a song from the first album by Bjork (aged 14) and a ‘live’ track from reformed local 60’s band, 5 Sided Circle, at their gig last Sunday... can’t get more immediate than that!

..... and here is the full playlist....    

the Five – I Can’t find Her     (7”single 1965 Queensland, Australia)

Wendy Saddington – Just Like TomThumb’s Blues [Bob Dylan cover]     (‘Wendy Saddington & Copperwine – Live’ LP 1970 Australia : CD re-issue)

Whistler’s Mother – Steamboat Willie     (7”single 1971 Australia)

5 Sided Circle – 7 & 7 Is [Love cover]     (Live in Adelaide, Australia - August 2011)

the Playboys – Swan Lake [version]     (7”single 1965 Aust.)

the Librettos – Baby It’s Love     (7”single 1964 New Zealand)

Procession – Anthem     (‘Procession’ LP 1968 Aust./UK)

Craig Collinge – So Watts New/Funk Me Dead/Rock Paper Metal     (Evolution2Revolution)

Manfred Mann Chapter 3 – Snakeskin Garter     (‘Volume 1’ LP 1969 UK)

Craig Collinge – Avant Garden     (Evolution2Revolution)

Procession – Penelope     (‘Live at Sebastians’ 1968 Australia)

Snakefinger – the Model [Kraftwerk cover]     (7”single 1979 US)

Almost Numan – We are so fragile [Gary Numan cover]     (Disc 1 “OFF”, ‘Almost Numan’ double CD

Electralane – I’m on Fire [Bruce Springsteen cover]     (CD single 2003 UK)

Attila – Rollin’ Home     (‘Attila’ LP 1970 US)

Fraternity – Jupiter’s Landscape     (‘Livestock’ LP 1971 Adelaide, Aust.)

Bjork – Atta Mira     (‘Bjork’ LP 1977 Iceland)

Bruce Wooley & the Camera Club – Video Killed the Radio Star [orig. version]     (‘English Garden’ LP 1979 Canada)

Dennis Wilson – Dreamer     (‘Pacific Ocean Blue’ LP 1977 US)