Obscured By...

Sadly, it's almost a case of "another Obscured By..., another RIP", in this instance for Jimmy Little, who passed away the previous day.  To show that obscurities aren't restricted to any era, a collection of rarities from recent years was also featured, along with a few unexpected tracks such as Rick Wakeman attempting to sound like The Buggles!  Check out a pre-fame Boy George in that video, too.   Some UK punk and Australian post-punk was in the mix, along with the usual Australian rarities from the 1960s.  Starting the show with a song called 'The End' seemed an appropriately obscure concept as well.  That's the way it goes in the Obscured By... world, this week curated by Michael Hunter, later joined by both Cat and Brat.

The Union  The End  (single 1965 / 'Ultimate Garage Band?' EP 1978  Australia)

Wild Cherries  I Am The Sea (Stop Killing Me)  (single 1971 / 'Complete Havoc Singles' 2CD 2008  Australia)

Gil Matthews  Gil's Thing  (single B-side 1971 / 'Complete Havoc Singles'  Aust)

Autumn  Drifting Far Behind  (demo 1969 / 'Comes...Autumn' CD reissue (bonus track) 2010  Aust)

Jimmy Little  Bury Me Deep In Love  '(Resonate' CD  2001  Aust)

Bloody Death Skull  Holding Hands / I Miss My Homeland   ('I's Of March' CD 2011 US)

Buttress O'Kneel  Exhibit W  ('Compact Scipppp' CD 2009  Aust)

Cutthroat Convention  Warui Neko   ('Denizens Of The Bath House' CD 2009 UK)

Death To The Brutes  Death Set  (self titled CD 2010 Europe)

Docteur Legume Et Les Surfwerks  Phibes and Vulnavia, Just Married!   ('La Planete Sauvage :10 Songs About Sex And Psychopathy' CD 2011 Italy)

Flying Lizards  New Voice  ('Fourth Wall' LP 1981 / 2CD reissue of 1st 2 albums, 2010  UK)

The Move  Brontosaurus  (single 1970, 'Very Best Of The Move' comp 2009 UK)

The Special AKA  War Crimes  (single 1982 / 'Best Of The Specials' 2008  UK)

Rick Wakeman  I'm So Straight I'm A Weirdo (single / "Rock & Roll Prophet' LP 1980  UK)

Popol Vuh  Bruder Des Chattens - Sohne Des Lichts  ("The Best Soundtracks from Werner Herzog Films" comp 1992 Germaany)

Voigt/465  State  (single 1979 / 'Inner City Sound' comp 2005 Aust)

Tactics  Long Story  (single 1981 / 'Inner City Sound' comp 2005 Aust)

Whirlywirld   Red River  (self titled EP  1980 / 'Inner City Sound' comp 2005 Aust)

The Scoundrelles  Don't Know Why  ('Atomic Batteries To Power' CD 2008  Aust)

Shelley/Devoto  Till The Stars In His Eyes Are Dead ('Buzzkunst' CD 2001 UK)

Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias  Snuffin' In A Babylon  ('Snuff Rock' EP 1977 / 'Babylon's Burning' comp box set 2007  UK)

The Dodgems  Lord Lucan Is Missing  (single 1978 / 'Babylon's Burning' 2007  UK)

Devil's Dykes  Plastic Flowers (single 1978 / 'Babylon's Burning' 2007  UK)

Dave Goodman & Friends  Justifiable Homicide  (single 1978 / 'Babylon's Burning' 2007  UK)

The Undertones  True Confessions  ('Teenage Kicks' EP 1978 / 'Babylon's Burning' 2007  UK)

technicolour dreaming

21.3.12 - Palindrome Dreaming in Technicolour!!  Beginning with local outfit Ride Into The Sun, we voyaged back to some early Dandy Warhols and even earlier Simple Minds, as well as a Beach Boys song allegedly adapted from a Charlie Manson demo, before returning to the present with Thee American Revolution, Melbourne’s Magic Bones, the Sunburners and the brand new vinyl EP from the Mynd Gardeners. Along the way we played a classic from Scratch Acid, a side of the sole single by Adelaide’s Die Dancing Bears,  a great 13^th Floor Elevators cover by the Dagoes, plus, from the 60's, the original version of ‘Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!’ by the Bostweeds..... these, and many more, were played for your delectation before we signed off with our current ‘Band of the Month’, the Zoot.....

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

Ride Into The Sun – I’m Just Dandy     (cd single 2010 Adelaide, Australia)

the Dandy Warhols – Be-In     (‘Come Down’ 1997 USA)

Simple Minds – Theme for Great Cities     (‘Sister Feelings Call’ LP 1981 UK)

Almost Numan – M.E. [Gary Numan cover]     (‘Almost Numan – Off’ 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Beach Boys – Never Learn Not to Love      (‘20/20’ LP 1969 USA)

De Wolff – Don’t you go up to the sky     (‘Strange Fruits & Undiscovered Plants’ LP 2009 Holland)

Laika & the Cosmonauts – Psycko [Themes from Psycho and Vertigo]     (‘Instruments of Terror’ LP 1994 Finland)

Slingshot Dragster – Agent 0069     (‘Demolition’ EP 2008 Adelaide, Aust.)

Thee American Revolution – Blow My Mind     (‘Buddha Electrostorm’ 2012 USA)

the Mynd Gardeners – Where Tomorrow Lands     (‘The Acyd Raindrop Umbrella’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Lovetones – Was I there in your future?     (‘Meditations’ 2006 Australia)

the Scoundrelles – The Betrayed     (‘Organic Molecules in Action’ 2004 Aust./UK)

Thee Pink Stainless Tail – Sitting By a Tree [Escorts cover]     (‘Tomorrow Is Today” compilation 2007 Aust.)

King Daddy – She     (‘She’ EP 2006 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Sunburners – three d radio [city rock]     (‘The Ocean and Booze and Other Things to Drown in’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Dagoes – We Sell Soul [13^th Floor Elevators cover]     (7”single 1981 Adelaide, Aust.)

Magic Bones – Devil’s Spawn     (‘Magic Bones’ EP 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

Scratch Acid – Owner’s Lament     (‘The Greatest Gift’ LP 1984 Austin Texas, USA)

Die Dancing Bears – New York Valentine     (7”single 1981 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Bostweeds – Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!     (orig. movie s/t theme - taken from‘Born Bad Vol.1’ compilation LP 1986 USA)

the Mystreated – Sometimes     (‘Lovely Sunday Dreaming’ 1999 USA)

the Zoot – Strange Things     (7”single 1969 Adelaide, Aust.)    #   

    #  “Band of the Month” 

Technicolour Dreaming

Once again this week, Peter Brat was the sole presenter on the show... but the Cat is returning soon! As usual I played a number of 60’s bands, such as the Nazz and the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, as well as a very cool psych track by the Bee Gees from their second album, a few new tracks [my favourite being one from the great new album by the Barbarellatones] and various points in between, including a bunch of singles and album tracks by some of Australia’s finest like the Lipstick Killers, God, the Moodists and the Dagoes... I finished with another track from our current “Album of the Month” by Sydney band, the Laurels...

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

the Beach Boys – Hang on to your Ego     (out-take from ‘Smile’ sessions – taken from ‘The Trip’ compilation)

Blue Sunshine Minds – How does it feel     (‘Burn Your Fingers On The Sun’ – psych. compilation 2009 Aust.)

the Intercontinental Playboys – Exit Sign      (Sonic Seducers)

the Scoundrelles – Why doesn’t someone take this goddamn girl away from me     (Organic Molecules In Action!)

Eric Burdon & the Animals – Paint It Black     (‘Winds of Change’ LP 1967 UK)

God God Dammit Dammit – Harry     (The Very First Day Of The Sunshine)

God – My Pal     (7”single 1988 Aust.)

the Lipstick Killers – Hindu Gods [of Love]      (7”single 1979 Aust.)

the Moodists – The Disciples Know     (‘Thirsty’s Calling’ EP 1982 Aust.)

Tyrannosaurus Rex – She was born to be my unicorn     (Bolan Boogie)

the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – Smell of Incense     (‘Vol. 2’ LP 1967 USA)

the Nazz – Open My Eyes     (7”single 1968 USA)

the Bee Gees – The Earnest of Being George     (‘Horizontal’ LP 1967 Aust/UK)

the New Vague – Luv Her To Death     (CD single 2008 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Yard Apes – Goin’ South     (Devil’s Road)

the Barbarellatones – Bad Vibes     (Confessions of a Teenage Prostitute)

Dieselwitch – Forbidden Purple City     (Surfadelica)

Colin Buckley – Little Egypt     (7”single 1965 Aust.)

the Dagoes – We Sell Soul [13^th Floor Elevators cover]     (Supreme

Siouxsie & the Banshees – The Staircase (mystery)     (7”single b-side 1978 UK)

Die Dancing Bears – New York Valentine     (7”single 1982 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Laurels – Merry Go Round     (Mesazoic)  #

    # ‘Album of the Month’