Obscured By...

Goodbyes this week to Johnny Perez, drummer with the Sir Douglas Quintet, and Richard Lockwood - flute, sax etc with pioneering Australian psych band (and more) Tully.   Various tracks with perhaps excessively earnest spoken word from the rare album The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds - no one is sure even now which is the band name and which is the album title.  A bit of Adelaide early 70s obscurity from Glassweb.  Some more wonderful Greek rock / pop /  psych, and other cross cultural items from Iran and Russia.   The complete list is as below, and was presented by Michael Hunter, Cat and Brat... none of whom were wearing galoshes.

the La De Das – How Is the Air Up There?      (7”single 1966 New Zealand)

Normie Rowe – Too Bad You Don’t Want Me      (‘Normie Rowe A Go-Go’ LP 1965 Australia)

Glass Web – National Hero      (7”single 1971 Adelaide, Australia)

Tully – Brother Sun      (‘Sea of Joy – original soundtrack’ LP 1971 Aust.)

Spectrum – Soul Man      (‘Breathing Space As Well’ 2011 Aust.)

The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds – Capricorn- The Uncapricious Climber      (‘The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds – Celestial Counterpoint with Words & Music’ LP 1967 USA)

The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds – Aquarius- The Lover Of Life       (‘The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds – Celestial Counterpoint with Words & Music’ LP 1967 USA)

The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds – Pisces- The Peace Piper        (‘The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds – Celestial Counterpoint with Words & Music’ LP 1967 USA)

SRC – The New Crusader      (‘Traveler’s Tale’ LP 1970 Detroit, USA)

Dizzy Gillespie’s Big 4 – Bebop (Dizzy’s Fingers)      (‘Dizzy Gillespie’s Big 4’ LP 1974 USA)

the Misunderstood – Children of the Sun      (7”single 1969 USA/UK)

Barnes & Barnes – Fish Heads      (7”single 1979 USA – taken from “The Very Best of Dr Demento” compilation 2001 USA)

the Vestibules – Bulbous Bouffant      (‘Sketches, Songs & Shoes’ 1994 Canada)

the Frantics – Ti Kwan Leep      (‘Boot to the Head’ LP 1987 Canada)

Abbass Mehrpouya – Love Dance of the Lemmings      (‘Mehrpouya Sitar’ LP mid-70’s Iran)

Sir Douglas Quintet – She’s About a Mover      (7”single 1965 Texas, USA)

the Daltons – O Trellos (Mad)      (7”single 1972 Greece– taken from “Plato’s Trip: A Journey to Greece in the 1970’s Vol.1” compilation LP 2011 Greece)

Elpida – Koita to Fos (Look at the Light)      (7”single 1974 Greece)

Vassilis Dimitriu – Omologia (Confession)       (7”single 1974 Greece)

Crocodiles – Groove is in the Heart / California Girls [Deee-Lite/Beach Boys cover]      (‘Sleep Forever’ bonus track 2010 USA)

Noid – Kattepajo      (‘Arranged Traditional Vepsian Songs’ 2009 Karelia, Russia)

Nico – It Was a Pleasure Then      (‘Chelsea Girls’ LP 1967 USA)

Sacred Miracle Cave – Summertime [Troggs cover]      (‘Groin Thunder! Trogg-Punk Noize From All Over the Place’ compilation 1992 Australia)

Vivien Goldman – Private Armies (dub)      (orig. version 7”single b-side [to Laundrette] 1981 UK – taken from ‘Wild Dub- Dread Meets Punk Rocker’ compilation 2003 UK)

Thee Oh Sees – Lupine Dominus (demo)      (from bonus CD with ‘Putrifiers 11 EP’ 2012 USA)

Obscured By...

We began this week with a tribute to Vince Lovegrove, who was killed in a road accident last weekend... Vince was a well-respected and much-liked veteran of Australian rock’n’roll, with a long career that incorporated solo work and playing in bands such as the Valentines and, more recently, Mongrels of Passion, plus working as a journalist, television presenter and producer, band manager and AIDS awareness pioneer... and the man who introduced Bon Scott to AC/DC! From there we moved onto a bunch of songs from the extensive Aztec Music re-issue catalogue, with the sad news that the company has gone into receivership, due to large debts owed them by overseas distributers... yet another victim of rapacious multinational capitalism. As virtually the only large re-issue organisation in Australia, our rich musical heritage is once again in danger of being consigned back to the obscurity from which they, and several smaller companies, have bravely attempted to rescue it. **Buy an Aztec Music reissue or 2 today, to help them out! ** Then it was on to another of our “celebration of the compilation” selections... this time a great 2005 single-disc collection from Paris, France called “Gloria: International Garage Rock Club!” from which we played, amongst others, Baby Woodrose and the Dirtbombs. Throw in some wild cover versions by the likes of Pere Ubu and Jim Keays, some Psychedelia, new and old, then finish with a Moog classic and there it is – another “Obscured by...”, brought to you by the 3 DOTS, Michael, Megan & Peter.....

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

the Valentines – My old man’s a groovy old man     (7”single 1969 Australia)

the Valentines – Peculiar Hole In the Sky [Easybeats cover]     (7”single 1968 Aust.)

Vince Lovegrove – Rented Room Blues     (7”single 1971 Aust.)

Vince Lovegrove – Livestock [Fraternity cover]     (7”single b-side 1971 Aust.)

Mongrels of Passion – Sorry     (‘Mongrels of Passion’ 2008 Aust.)

Spectrum – Love’s my Bag     (‘Milesago’ LP 1971 Aust.)  [Aztec Music reissue]

Madder Lake – Ride On, Fast     (‘Butterfly Farm’ LP 1973 Aust.)  [Aztec Music reissue]

Autumn – Lady Anne     (‘Comes Autumn’ LP 1971 Aust.)  [Aztec Music reissue]

Levi Smith’s Clefs – Relief from a Lighted Doorway    (‘Empty Monkey’ LP 1970 Aust.)  [Aztec Music reissue]

the Bleeding Hearts – Rock Star     (‘What Happened?’ LP 1977 Aust.)  [Aztec Music reissue]

“Gloria : International Garage Rock Club!” compilation – 2005 France

   Baby Woodrose – Too Far Gone     (7”single 2003 Denmark)

   the Priscillas – Gonna Rip Your Photograph     (7”single 2005 UK)

   the Barracudas – Subway Surfin’     (7”single 1979 UK/USA)

   the Dirtbombs – King’s Lead Hat (Eno cover)     (7”single 2003 USA)

the Chesterfield Kings – Satisfaction Guaranteed     (‘Here are the Chesterfield Kings’ LP 1983 USA)

J D Blackfoot – Flushed You From The Toilet Of My Heart     (7”single c.1974 USA)

Barnes & Barnes – Gotta Get a Fake I.D.     (‘Dr Demento’s Dementia Royale’ LP compilation 1980 USA)

C Newman & Janet Smith – California Girls [Beach Boys cover]     (‘Janet Smith’ LP 1985 Germany)

 the Lemon Kittens – Shakin’ All Over [Johnny Kidd & the Pirates cover]     (‘Spoonfed & Writhing’ EP 1979 UK)

Pere Ubu – Pushin’ Too Hard [Seeds cover]     (7”single 1980 USA)

Jim Keays – Whiskey Woman [Flamin’ Groovies cover]     (‘Dirty, Dirty’ 2012 Aust.)

Pinocchio & the Puppets [aka the Teddy Boys] – Fusion     (7’single 1967 USA – taken from “Going Slowly Insane” comp. CD)

Liquid Visions – Morning Rain     (‘Hypnotized’ 2002 Germany)

Mugstar – Bethany Heart Star     (7”single 2007 Ireland – taken from ‘Psychedelica 3’ comp. 2007 UK)

Walter Carlos – What’s new Pussycat?     (‘By Request’ LP 1975 USA)