Obscured By...

As always, we launched into Obscured by... with a bunch of Australian bands from the 60’s and early 70’s, this week including the pop-psych sounds of Puppy, an obscurity from the Groop, a live TV appearance by Kahvas Jute and classic garage punk from the Missing Links, and eventually bookended the show by finishing with some recent exponents of that ‘wild garage sound’... first from the USA, with Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees, and then from Russia, with the Crushers. In between, we heard some goth from Christian Death, US punk from the Avengers, Krautrock from Faust, a pertinent classic from John Cooper Clarke, a strange electro set from Adelaide combo voiceROM, an interesting cover of a Velvet Underground standard by OMD, a 1976 live rehearsal recording from 801 and much more... even David Essex! And all brought to you by the DOTS for this week, the Cat and the Brat.....

..... so here is the full playlist.....  

the Vacant Lot – Don’t let me sleep too long [Myddle Class cover]     (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Australia)

the Missing Links – Speak No Evil     (‘You’re Driving Me Insane’ LP 1965 Australia)

Kahvas Jute – I Can’t Stop     (unreleased – live on ‘Hit Scene’ ABCTV 1971 Aust.)

Pirana – Here It Comes Again     (7”single 1971 Aust.)

Long Grass – Anywhere you wanna go     (7”single 1968 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Groop - Mandrake Wine     (Australia - recorded 1968 in London, unreleased until 1987 - on flexi-disc with "From the Vault" mag. Aust)

Puppy – Belinda     (7”single 1968 Aust.)

the Jesus and Mary Chain – Just Like Honey (recorded in 1985)     (‘Peel Sessions’ EP 1991 UK)

Xmal Deutschland – Orient     (‘Fetisch’ LP 1983 Germany)

Christian Death – Skeleton Kiss     (‘Skeleton Kiss’ 1992 USA)

Toys Went Beserk – Audrina     (‘Pieces’ double 12” EP 1987 Australia)

the  Avengers – Car Crash     (7”single 1977 USA)

Second Hand – Reality     (‘Reality’ LP 1968 UK)

Faust – J’ai Mal Aux Dents [prev.called Party 3]     (recorded 1973 – released on ‘71 Minutes’ 2004 Germany)

Tangerine Dream – Tangram     (‘Tangram’ LP 1980 Germany)

voiceROM – Sugarkeys Foreshadowing / Summon the Noodle Vendor / Kilophone     (‘Pastry Music for Pastry Chefs’ 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

the Outsiders – PrisonSong     (‘CQ’ LP 1968 Netherlands)

the Raincoats – No One’s Little Girl     (7”single 1982 UK)

John Cooper Clarke – Beasley Street     (‘Snap, Crackle and Bop’ LP 1980 UK)

David Essex – Rock On     (7”single 1973 UK)

Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark – Waiting for the Man [Velvet Underground cover]     (10”single b-side 1980 UK)

Roxy Music – Sea Breezes / Bitter End     (‘Roxy Music’ LP 1972 UK)

801 – The Fat Lady of Limbourg [Eno song]     (recorded at rehearsal  23.8.1976 – taken from ‘801 Live – Collector’s Edition re-issue’ 2009 UK)

Ty Segall – Maria Stacks [with Thee Oh Sees]     (7”single 2009 – taken from ‘Singles 2007-2010’ anthology 2011 USA)

Thee Oh Sees – Head of State     (‘Dog Poison’ 2009 USA)

the Crushers – Bonita     (‘Glory of the Day’ 2002 Moscow, Russia)