Obscured By...

This particular Obscured By... included a farewell to Melbourne music identity Peter Lillie (Pelaco Bros, Autodrifters etc), a collection of Greek psychedelic and related music, another rocky show tune from Dee Snider, Australian rock and pop rarities as usual, the oddness of one man band Deb Hyer and some word-association inspired blending of tracks - Sun Araw spontaneously leading to Rolf Harris' Sun Arise.  Clever, eh?  Cat and Brat, Michael Hunter - at your service.

Lloyd’s World – Pinky Lamour      (7”single 1968 Australia)

Oakapple Day – No Face, No Name, No Number  [Traffic cover]      (7”single 1969 Perth, Aust.)

the Cleves – Time has Come      (‘The Cleves’ LP 1970 New Zealand/Aust.)

the Wild Cherries – That’s Life      (7”single 1967 Melbourne, Aust.)

AutoDrifters – Big Jim      (“Rough & Ready (R)Ockabilly: Diggin’ the Hillbilly Cats DownUnder” compilation CD 1993 Aust.)

Peter Lillie – Samurai Star      (7”single 1979 Aust.)

Mariza Koch – Skepseis [Thought]      (7”single 1971 Greece)

Paloma Mockiou –  An thes ela kai esu      (“Plato’s Trip: A Journey to Greece in the 1970’s Vol.1” compilation LP 2002 Greece)

the Sounds – Parakseno Taksidi [Strange Trip]       (“Plato’s Trip: A Journey to Greece in the 1970’s Vol.1” compilation LP 2002 Greece)

Los Peyotes – When I Arrive      (‘Cavernicola!’ 2005 Argentina/Peru)

Os Haxixins – Raios      (‘Os Haxixins’ 2008 Brazil)

the Urges – It Ain’t Right      (‘Psych Ward’ 2007 Ireland)

London Punkharmonic Orchestra – Pretty Vacant [Sex Pistols cover]      (‘Symphony of Destruction: Punk Goes Classical’ 1998 UK)

Dee Snider – I Get a Kick Out of You [Cole Porter cover]      (‘Dee Does Broadway’ 2012 USA) 

the String Quartet – Debaser [Pixies cover]      (‘The String Quartet Tribute to the Pixies’ 2004 USA)

Tiny Tim w/ Brave Combo – Girl [Beatles cover]      (‘Girl’ 1996 USA)

Deb Hyer – I Believe in Music [Mac Davis cover]      (‘One man Band’ LP 1973 USA)

United States of Existence – Return to the Psychedelic      (‘Battle of the Garage Bands Vol.1’ compilation LP 1981 USA)

No Strange – Sailing Out      (“L’Universo” LP 1987 Italy)

Thee Hairy Fairies – Mary Jane Leaves      (‘Electric Fairytales’ 1998 Italy)

Head & the Hares – Why Must You Fade Away       (“Autumn Songbook” 1997 Italy)

the Chesterfield Kings – Are You Gonna Be There (at the Love-In) [Chocolate Watchband cover]      (‘Be A Caveman - The Best Of Voxx Garage Revival 1979-1990’ compilation 2000 USA)

Tame Impala – Elephant [Todd Rundgren remix]      (pre-release promo CDsingle 2012 Aust.)

Sun Araw – The Message      (‘Heavy Deeds’ LP 2009 USA)

Rolf Harris – Sun Arise      (7”single 1962 Aust. – taken from “She’ll Be Right” anthology 1999 Aust./UK)

Tamam Shud – Heaven’s Closed      (‘Goolutionites & the Real People’ LP 1970 Aust.)

Damon – Don’t You Feel Me      (7”single 1968 California, USA)

Exuma – Damn Fool      (‘Exuma 11’ LP 1970 Bahamas/USA)

Obscured by...

Beginning our regular opening set of Australian recordings from the 60’s/70’s with an obscure 7” single by the Limit, which seems to have been released twice by the Australasian arm of RCA Records, firstly in 1968 and then again in 1969, yet sadly failing to bother the ‘hit parade’ on either occasion despite its quality, we moved through some equally fine songs by bands such as the Throb, MPD Ltd and Adelaide’s the Hergs plus a single by the short-lived ‘power trio’ Bulldog, which featured members of Procession, the Purple Hearts and the Bay City Union. While keeping a general psych/garage focus, we then ventured further out in time and place to the 80’s and beyond, with the likes of the Wylde Mammoths from Sweden, Magic Lantern [ a Sun Araw-related project] from the USA, Italy’s Head & the Hares, the Pandoras from California and Something Really Beautiful, whose fine song we discovered on a sampler LP from UK label Creation Records and who apparently released only one single before disappearing ... but at least they left us this great slice of neo-psychedelia. Also featured were tracks from recent reissues of albums by Comus, the Druids of Stonehenge and Paul Revere & the Raiders as well as a track from Hapshash & the Coloured Coat’s sole album, produced by member Guy Stevens, plus another spin of the sitar headswirler by Kali Bahlu by [rare] request. All pretty rare, semi-forgotten yet worthy stuff...just your usual “obscured by...”, presented for your listening pleasure this week by the Cat and the Brat!

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

the Limit – Happy Life       (7”single 1968/1969 Adelaide, Australia)

MPD Ltd – No Regrets     (7”single 1965 Melbourne, Aust.)

Marcie Jones – That Hurts     (7”single b-side 1966 Aust.)

the Throb – Turn My Head     (7”single 1966 Sydney, Aust.)

the Iguana – Good News     (7”single 1969 Aust.)

Bulldog – Innerspring     (7”single 1970 Aust. – played from “Fable label: Collector’s Items” compilation LP 1972)

Musick Express – Jackie’s Thing     (7”single 1970 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Hergs – Style of Love     (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Cornflake Zoo – Rainy Day     (“End of the beginning” EP 1986 Sweden)

the Pandoras – Haunted Beach Party     (“It’s About Time” LP 1984 USA)

Head & the Hares – Why must you fade away?     (“Autumn Songbook” 1998 Italy)

the Hidden Masters – Into the Night Sky     (“It’s Happening, vol.1” compilation 2010 UK)

No Strange – Sailing Out     (“L’Universo” LP 1987 Italy)

the Fuzztones – I Gotta Way With Girls [Lavender Hour cover]     (“Greg Shaw: He Put the Bomp! in the Bomp” compilation 2007 USA)

the Wylde Mammoths – Gone Away     (“Go Baby Go!” LP 1987 Sweden)

 Something Really Beautiful – Freak Outburst     (recorded 1988 – taken from “Do you Believe in Love: Creation Records” compilation LP 1990 UK)

Moon Duo – Mazes [Walking Through This Space]     (“Mazes – Remixed” 2011 USA)

Magic Lantern – Moon Lagoon Platoon      (“Platoon“ 2009 USA)

David Sylvian – The Healing Place     (“Down To Earth” 1986 UK)

Comus – Winter is the Coloured Bird     (“Diana” EP 1971 UK)

Kali Bahlu – How Can I Tell My Guru?     (“Kali Bahlu takes the Forest Children on a Journey of Cosmic Remembrance” 1968 USA)

Hapshash & the Coloured Coat – Aoum     (“Featuring the Human Host and the Heavy Metal Kids” LP 1967 UK)

the Barracudas – I ain’t no miracle worker [Brogues cover]     (“Mean Time” LP 1983 UK)

John’s Children – Desdemona     (7”single 1967 UK)

Paul Revere & the Raiders – The Great Airplane Strike     (7”single 1966 USA)

the Full Treatment – Just Can’t Wait     (7”single 1967 USA)

the Druids of Stonehenge – Signed D.C. [Love cover]     (“Creation” LP 1968 USA)