Obscured By...

An all-vinyl single version of the programme this week, to rekindle all three "dots"' memories of the joys of such a show, with all the snap, crackle, different playing speeds and record sizes that it entails.  Everything from a 5-inch Jona Lewie single to a rare XTC 12" EP - rare Australian singles by The Numbers (before this band became The Riptides)  and a Leonard Teale promotional 45 - obscure UK punk by the Martian Schoolgirls and The Skids - Plastic Bertrand with something resembling Krautrock disco - near forgotten but very worthwhile songs by the likes of Fischer-Z and Classix Nouveaux - and plenty more.   The full playlist of vinyl delights is as follows...

Max Hamilton & the Impacts – Shake with Me     (7”single b-side [to Jenny Jenny] 1965 Australia)

Johnny Broome & the Handels – Didn’t Know Her Name     (7”single b-side [to Do’s  and  Don’ts] 1965 Adelaide, Aust.)

Janice Slater – I’m Gonna Live     (7”single 1965 Adelaide, Aust.)

Leonard Teale – “The Ballad of Chesty Bond” advertisement     (7”single c.1965 Aust.)

Cheryl Gray – You’re the Boy     (7”single b-side [to When You’re Not Near] 1967 Aust.)

Ross D. Wylie – Do the Uptight     (7”single b-side [to The Star] 1969 Aust.)

the Numbers – Magic Castle     (7”single b-side [to Sunset Strip] 1978 Queensland, Aust.)

the Pandoras – Hot Generation [Sunsets cover]     (7”single 1984 California, USA)

the Stems – My Beach      (7”single b-side [to Sad Girl] 1987 Aust.)

Kim Salmon & the Surrealists – The Crying Game     (7”single b-side [to Put Your Trust In Me] 1997 Aust.)

the Martian Schoolgirls – Life in the 1980’s     (7”single 1980 UK)

Plastic Bertrand – Tout petite la planete     (12”single 1979 Belgium)

the Associates – Ulcragyceptemol      (12”single b-side [to Club Country] 1982 Scotland, UK) 

Soft Cell – Born to Lose [Johnny Thunders cover]     (12”single b-side [to Down In The Subway] 1984 UK)

XTC – We Kill The Beast     (‘Go+’ 12” EP 1978 UK)

Jona Lewie – Big Shot-Momentarily     (5”single 1980 UK)

Yoko Ono – Don’t worry Kyoko, mummy’s only looking for a hand in the snow     (7”single b-side [to Cold Turkey] 1969 UK)

the Jesus and Mary Chain – Kill Surf City     (7”single b-single [to April Skies] 1987 UK)

Adam & the Ants – Fall-In     (7”single b-side [to Ant Music] 1981 UK)

Husker Du – Ticket to Ride [Beatles cover]     (7” promo EP with NME magazine 1986 UK)

Fischer Z – So Long     (7”single 1980 UK)

Snakefinger – The Spot     (7”single 1978 USA)

Classix Nouveaux – Guilty     (7”single 1981 UK)

Echo & the Bunnymen – The Subject     (12”single b-side [to The Back Of Love] 1982 UK)

the Skids – Fields     (7”single 1982 UK)

Simple Minds – The American      (12”single 1981 UK)

Genet Tic Toc – Theory of Permutation      (7”single b-side [to Darwin’s Machine] 1982 Adelaide, Australia)

Foetus uber Frisco – Finely Honed Machine     (12”single 1984 USA)

Obscured By...

All three ‘DOTS’ were in the studio for this week’s show, which stretched from a rare 1962 New Zealand LP by Peter Posa to a pre-release track from the debut album by English psych band Dewolff, due out soon. Along the way we heard some rare 60’s singles from the likes of 4^th Street Exit, the Zakary Thaks and Melbourne’s Pink Finks, early recordings by the Dots (before they were Paul Kelly and...) plus the Human League, as well as a great version of a Roxy Music classic by ex-members of Christian Death. And finally, we have counted back to A as our ‘Letter of the Week’, thus ending yet another “regular segment”... ahh, what shall we do to replace it? Tune in next week to find out..... heh heh!

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

Dinah Lee – medley [It’s my Party/Then He Kissed Me/I Only Want To Be with You/Stay Awhile]     (‘Live on the Peter Posa Show!’ LP 1962 New Zealand)

Peter Posa – Grasshopper     (‘Live on the Peter Posa Show!’ LP 1962 NZ)

the Pink Finks – Backdoor Man     (7”single 1965 Australia)

Heart’n’Soul – Earthrise      (‘Hot-Boogie Band’ LP 1972 Aust.)

Babeez – Nobody Wants Me     (‘Babeez’ EP 1977 Aust.)

the Dots – Lowdown     (‘the Dots’ EP 1979 Aust.)

Faine Jade – On the inside there’s a middle     (‘Introspection : a Faine Jade Recital’ LP 1968 USA)

the Zakary Thaks – Green Crystal Ties     (7”single 1968 USA – taken from ‘Passage to India’ anthology 2010)

4th Street Exit – Strange One     (7”single 1967 USA – taken from ‘Pebbles Vol. 11’ compilation)

Judy Dyble – Summer Gathers     (‘Enchanted Garden’ 2004 UK)

Dewolff – Don’t you go up the Sky     (‘Strange Fruits and Undiscovered Plants’ 2012 UK)

Brat Farrar – Ask the Night Tonight     (‘Brat Farrar’ 2012 Aust.)

Rozz Williams and Gitane Demone – Every Dream Home a Heartache [Roxy Music cover]      (‘Dream Home Heartache’  1995 USA/Netherlands)

Faust – Munich/Yesterday      (’71 Minutes of Faust’ anthology 1996 Germany)

Wooden Shjips – Sol 07 Part 1     (7”single 2007 USA)

Ape the Cry – Free Dreams     (‘andthe’ LP 1989 Aust.)   #

And The Goat – hangover     (‘Gooseberry’ 2001 Adelaide, Aust.)   #

A La Carte – When the boy comes home     (7”single 1981 Germany)   #

Ash Wednesday – Boring Instrumental     (7”single 1980 Adelaide, Aust.)   #

Roten Rosen – Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Honolulu-Strand Bikini     (7”single 1987 Germany)

Dave Bridge Trio – Boomer Beach     (‘Surfin’ Down Under’ LP 1963 Aust.)

Janice Slater – I’m Gonna Live     (7”single 1965 Aust.)

the Iguana – Ticket to Ride [Beatles cover]     (7’single 1968 Aust.)

Tony Shepp – Security     (‘Live on TV- “the GO! Show”’ LP 1966 – taken from ‘Neanderthal Stoneage Beat’ compilation)

Death In June – Tick Tock     (‘All Pigs Must Die’ 2001 Aust./UK)

US 69 – I’m on my way     (‘Yesterday’s Folks’ LP 1968 USA)

Left Banke – And One Day     (7”single 1972 USA)

Heaven 17 – Let’s all Make a Bomb     (‘Penthouse and Pavement’ LP 1981 UK)

the Human League – Blind Youth     (‘Reproduction’ LP 1979 UK)

     #   “Letter Of The Week”