Obscured By...

Obscure music knows no boundaries of time or geography, so neither do we.  All 3 "dots" were together again this week, leading a merry dance through rarely heard Australian tracks, hard to find music from more unusual locales including Tuva and Armenia, along with Swedish and Chinese covers of well known songs - even if the version of Anarchy In The UK neglected to include actual lyrics and maybe came from France rather than China - there is controversy!  Psychedelic, prog, punk, pop, an Iron Butterfly classic performed in throat music style - it's off-centre, it's unusual, it's Obscured By...

Sharon Black – Don’t Hurt Me    (7” single, b-side of ‘Little Church around the Corner’ 1965 Australia)

the Wild Colonials – Roses are Red     (7” single 1965 Aust.)

Millionaires – Please Don’t Mention the Junta     (7” A-side-only single 1977 Aust.)

The Globes – The Girl With the Smiling Hair     (7” single 1981 Newcastle, Aust.)

Spectrum – The Jacket Formerly Known as Prince     (unreleased out-take circa 2011 Aust.) via http://mikeruddbillputt.com/home/Demos/Demos.htm

Wanderlea – Vou Lhe Contar [the Seeds’ ‘Pushing Too Hard’ cover]     (7” single 1967 Brazil)

Yat-Kha – In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida [Iron Butterfly cover]     (‘Re-Covers’ 2005 Tuva, Russia)

Manster – Over Under Sideways Down [Yardbirds cover]      (date unknown USA)

the Dragons – Anarchy in the UK [Sex Pistols cover]     {'Parfums de la Revolution' 1982 China/France[?])

Laibach – The Cross [Prince cover] (‘Jesus Christ Superstars’ 1996 Slovenia)

the Lords of Gravity – Where You Gonna Run?     (Aust. demo - included on the CD accompanying “Rumble Skunk, Vol 2 ” fanzine 2009 Greece)

Les Napoleons – Reviens     (‘Les Napoleons a Go-Go’ 1966 Quebec, Canada)

the Allusions – Fever (Burns in My Brain)      (7” single b-side 1966 Aust.)

the Bootjacks – Stoned [Rolling Stones cover]     (live 1965 Sweden - taken from ‘Essential Pebbles 3: European Garage’ )

the Ones – Love of Mine     (7” single 1967 Germany)

Oaksenham – The Way Back Home     (‘Conquest of the Pacific’ 2006 Armenia)

Of the Wand and the Moon – Absence     (‘The Lone Descent’ 2011 Denmark)

Dead Can Dance – The Promised Womb     (‘Aion’ LP 1990 UK)

Autumn – Goblin’s Gamble     (‘Comes Autumn’ LP 1971 Aust.)

the Kinks – Lazy Old Sun     (‘Something Else’ LP 1967 UK)

Orange Machine – Dr Crippen’s Waiting Room     (7” single, b-side of ‘You Can All Join In’ 1969 Dublin, Ireland)

Status Quo – Mr Mind Detector     (‘Spare Parts’ LP 1969 UK)

the Crome Cyrcus – Lord in Black    (7” single 1968 San Francisco, USA)

the Higher State – If At All     (‘Freakout in the Gallery’ 2012 UK)

the Rationals – Respect     (7” single 1966 Michigan, USA)

the Asteroid #4 – Apple Street     (‘King Richards Collectibles’ 2001 USA)

Procession – Anthem     (‘Live at Sebastians’ 1968 Melbourne, Aust.)