Obscured By...

We had Blue Jays, Duck, Dragon, Canaries and Matching Mole.  We had a Wheelbarrow and a US radio star asking what a girl is.  The resuscitated Aztec Music provided some rare live Normie Rowe, while John Laws just wanted us to be kind to each other.  We said goodbye to Col Joye's Joy Boys drummer John Bogie, and heard some latter-day Ray Hoff, from only the second (and final) album of his long career.  Nigerian prog and Malaysian punk.  A Nazi-era German propaganda swing band and the whimsy of George Formby.  Brand new Bob Dylan.  Dare you to name another show besides Obscured By... (this week hosted by Michael Hunter) that would provide such a musical smorgasbord.  Can't, can you...?

Grade Wicker - Prettiest Baby  (7”single 1959 Aust)

John Laws with The New Notes and The Band-Its - Be Kind To Each Other   (7”single, B-side to Someone New 1959 Aust)

Toni McCann & The Blue Jays -  If You Don't Come Back  (7”single, B-side to Saturday Date 1965 Aust)

The Wheelbarrow - Dame Zara   (7”single 1970 Aust)

Duck - Dog Breath  ('Laid' 1972  Aust) 

Dragon - Love's Not Enough  (7”single 1979 Aust)

John Bogie & Milan Troha - In A Persian Market  ('Drum Crazy' comp, 2000 Aust, recorded ?) 

Ray Hoff & His Combo - Thinkin' 'Bout Lightnin'  ('Loud, Dirty & Rocking' 2000 Aust)

Normie Rowe - Shakin' All Over / I (Who Have Nothing)  ('It Ain't Necessarily So, But It Is... Normie Rowe' released 1965, reissued 2012 Aust - these are bonus tracks recorded live at Festival Hall) 

Tirogo - Float  ('Float'  Nigeria 1977)

Selma & Sabina Agha - Dancing Queen  ('Selma & Sabina Agha Sing The Songs Of ABBA In Hindi'  India 1981)

Brayok - Muke Taik (Shit Head)  ('Give And Take: Malaysian Hardcore Punk Compilation 2012')

Charlie & His Orchestra - Submarines  (78, early to mid 1940s Germany)

George Formby - Swimmin' With The Wimmin'  (78, 1933, UK)

Ira Cook - What Is A Girl?   (7”single 1959 US)

Hartz Mountain Master Radio Canaries - Humoresque  ('Canary Training Record' EP, year unknown, US)

Faust - J'ai Mal Aux Dents ('The Faust Tapes' 1973 Germany)

Matching Mole - Marchides / Instant Pussy / Smoke Signal (John Peel Session 1972)  ('Matching Mole' 2CD, LP orig issued 1972, reissue with bonus tracks, 2012 UK)

Bob Dylan - Duquesne Whistle  ('Tempest' 2012 US)

Tenpole Tudor - Wunderbar  (7”single 1981 UK)

Desmond Dekker - Allamana  ('Compass Point' 1981 Jamaica / UK)

The Damned - Lovely Money (extended mix)  (prob 12" single 1982 UK)

Obscured By...

Sadly another RIP for this week's Obscured By... hosted by all three dots.  Jon Lord, ex-Deep Purple etc passed away the previous day, so a small selection of music from a few decades of his career was featured.   Whether rock musicians actually want to rest "in peace" or would rather crank the amp up to 11 is another matter, however.  We also played some cardboard postcard records promoting the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, some very obscure bands from a mid-60s "battle of the bands" and a few favourites such as Jacques DuTronc, Dave Davies and Nina Hagen.  Australian rarities included an early 90s re-recorded Easybeats track by Stevie Wright and a version of Friday on My Mind by Elliot Goblet best described as "unique".  We present the whole playlist here for your astonishment...

the Allusions – Lady of Leisure     (‘the Allusions’ LP 1967 Sydney, Australia)

Human Instinct – Pink Dawn      (7”single b-side [to Renaissance Fair] 1968 New Zealand)

the Fourmyula / Pipp – Otaki     (7”single 1970 New Zealand)

Mike Brady – Sympathy [Rare Bird cover]      (7”single 1970 Australia)

Elliot Goblet – Friday on my Mind [Easybeats cover]      (7”single 1989 Aust.)

Stevie Wright – Women     (‘Striking It Rich’ 1990 Aust.)

Matching Mole – Gloria Gloom     (‘Little Red Record’ LP 1972 UK)

the Way We Live – Watch White Stars     (‘A Candle for Judith’ LP 1971 UK)

Aphrodite’s Child – The Four Horsemen     (‘666’ LP 1972 UK) 

Deep Purple – Burn     (‘Live in London’ LP 1974 UK)

Jon Lord & the Hoochie Koochie Men – Danger, White Man Dancing     (‘Reckless Love:  a Tim Gaze anthology’  2003 Aust.)

Deep Purple – Kentucky Woman [Neil Diamond cover]      (7”single 1968 UK)

Jacques Dutronc – Les Cactus     (‘Jacques Dutronc’ LP 1966 France)

John Kongos – Confusions about a Goldfish     (‘Confusions about a Goldfish’ LP 1970 South Africa/UK)

Brass Tacks – Maxwell Ferguson     (7”single 1968 UK)

the Strangers – Step Inside [Hollies cover]      (7”single 1968 Ireland)

Dave Davies – Lincoln County     (7”single 1968 UK – taken from ‘Hidden Treasures’ anthology 2012)

Ronnie Draper & the Fordamatics – Summer of ’62     (“Cardboard Postcard records – Seattle World’s Fair 1962 promos’ USA)    

Kelly Gates – Cafe in the Sky     (“Cardboard Postcard records – Seattle World’s Fair 1962 promos’ USA)    

David Hemmings – Anathea     (‘david hemmings happens’ LP 1967 USA)

the Night Watch – Too Long     (‘It’s Happening Here’ compilation LP 1967 New Jersey, USA)

the Conchords – Magic Love Machine     (‘It’s Happening Here’ compilation LP 1967 New Jersey, USA)

Nina Hagen – My Way [Frank Sinatra/Sid Vicious cover]     (recorded 1979 – released on ‘Nina Hagen In Ekstasy’ LP 1985 Germany/USA)

My Bloody Valentine – Glider     (‘Glider’ EP 1990 UK – taken from the “EPs: ‘88-‘91” anthology 2012 UK)

the High Dials – The Sound of Daisy Leaving     (‘the holy ground’ EP 2007 Canada)

Ellie Pop – Can’t Be Love     (7”single 1968 USA)

the Jelly Bean Bandits – Tapestries     (‘The Jelly Bean Bandits’ LP 1967 USA)