Obscured By...

The Cat & the Brat were the ‘DOTS’ curating this week’s show, which ranged from the 70’s UK bubblegum pop of 12-year-old Ricky Wilde (yep, Marty’s son/Kim’s brother) and the sitar-laden sounds of 90’s US psych-sters the Surprise Symphony, to a selection of UK goth which included ex-Bauhaus singer Peter Murphy’s surprise 1990 US hit single, some new Malaysian punk rock and the very last song of Marc Bolan’s final UK tour prior to his death in 1977. And of course there was our regular batch of Australian rarities, which included a live version of a yummy bubblegum classic by James Reyne, found on a 90’s TV show! Yes, it was another slice of ‘Obscured by...’ goodness!

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

the Bee Gees – Out of Time [Rolling Stones cover]     (Live recording from “It’s All Happening” TV show 1966 Australia)

the Sunsets – Hot Generation     (7”single 1967 Australia)

the Five – There’s Time     (7”single 1966 Aust.)

the Southern Gentlemen – Leave Myself to Me     (7”single 1965 Adelaide,  Aust.)

Jeff St John & the Yama – Everybody’s Gone (Rode Away on Horses)     (7”single b-side [to Nothing Comes Easy] 1967 Aust.)

the Plaster Scene – Love     (private pressing [approx. 20 copies made] 1967 Aust. – taken from ‘Datura Dreamtime: A Forest of Goldtops Vol 2’ compilation 1999 Aust.)

James Reyne – Yummy Yummy Yummy [Ohio Express cover]      (Live recording from ‘Denton’ ABC-TV 1994 Aust.)

Hugh Cornwell – Irate Caterpillar     (‘Nosferatu’ LP 1979 UK)

the Only Ones – The Beast    (rec. 1978 – taken from ‘the Peel Sessions Album’ 1989 UK)

Flannelcat – Rubatummy     (7”single 1973 UK)

T.Rex [with the Damned] – Get It On     (‘Live 1977’ [final UK show, in Portsmouth] 1997 UK)

Ricky Wilde – I am an Astronaut     (7”single 1972 UK)

Mindless Drug Hoover – Fuck Off     (‘Sharks Patrol These Waters: The Best of Volume, Part 2’ magazine compilation UK 1995)

Love Spit Love – Wake Up     (‘Volume Twelve’ magazine comp. 1994 UK)

Electrofixion – Rain on Me     (‘Zephyr’ EP 1994 UK)

Ciccone Youth – Burnin’ Up (Mike Watt Original Demo ‘86) [Madonna cover]     (‘the Whitey Album’ LP 1988 USA)

Todd Rundgren – Rain [Beatles cover]      (‘Faithful’ LP 1976 USA)

the Fallen Angels – I’ll Drive You From My Mind     (‘It’s a Long Way Down’ LP 1968 USA)

the Surprise Symphony – Lion Song     (‘the Surprise Symphony’ 1998 USA)

Cheops – Salem Bibi     (‘A Most Peculiar Pancake’ LP 1996 UK)

Kaleidoscope – A Dream for Julie     (7”single 1968 UK)

the Virgin Prunes – Pagan Lovesong     (‘If I Die, I Die’ LP 1982 UK)

Peter Murphy – Cuts You Up     (7”single 1989 UK)

Throbbing Gristle – Hamburger Lady     (‘DOA:  the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle’ LP 1978 UK)

Never Found – Ambil Pati Buangkanam Pas     (‘Give & Take: Malaysian Hardcore Punk Compilation 2012’)

Death in June – State Laughter     (12”single 1982 UK – taken from ‘Lesson 2: Misanthropy’ anthology 2009)

Obscured By...

After hearing, shortly before going to air, the news about Adelaide singer Darryl Cotton‘s cancer diagnosis, we just had to play a favourite song from his old band, the Zoot, at the conclusion of our selection of Australian music which regularly opens our show. Also included in that set was the opening track of Normie Rowe’s debut album in 1965, the debut single from the Black Diamonds, and a rare EP cut by Billy Thorpe& the Aztecs from 1966. From there, we ventured far and wide, with rarities by Slowdive, Throbbing Gristle and New Zealand’s Dizzy Limits, plus a slew of 7” singles from numerous locales, such as I Fantoms from Italy, the Beavers from Japan, Hex from the USA and the Matadors from Czechoslovakia, as well as some early Bowie in his David Jones & the Lower Third incarnation plus Marc Bolan with a later John’s Children track from the UK, before finishing with some Harmonia musik from Germany ... all brought to you this week by your two DOTS, the Cat & the Brat.....

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

the Joyboys – Murphy the Surfie     (7” single 1963 Australia)

the Black Diamonds – See the Way     (7” single 1966 Lithgow, Aust.)

Normie Rowe – She used to be mine     (‘It Ain’t Necessarily So But It Is... Normie Rowe’ LP 1965 Aust.)

Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs – My Babe [Willie Dixon cover]     (‘Stand By Me’ EP 1966 Aust.)

Johnny Young – Hold On [Fleur De Lys cover]     (‘Surprises’ LP 1968 Aust./UK) 

the Moods – Rum Drunk     (7”single b-side 1966 Aust.)

the Zoot – Turn Your Head     (7”single b-side 1970 Aust.)

Gary Numan – Metal     (rec. 2001 BBC Radio – taken from ‘1979-2001: the Complete John Peel Sessions’ 2007 UK)

Major Crimes – Poolside     (‘Monsoon’ cassette EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Slowdive – Some Velvet Morning [Lee Hazlewood cover]     (‘Volume, issue 7’ magazine/CD 1993 UK)

Simple Minds – I Travel [extended mix]     (12”single 1980 UK)

Throbbing Gristle – United     (7”single 1978 UK)

Sun Araw – Beat Cop      (‘On Patrol’ 2010 USA)

Alex – Tales of Purple Sally     (‘Alex’ LP 1974 Germany)

the Beavers – Koishite Aishite     (7”single b-side 1968 Japan)

the Hobbits – I’m Just a Young Man     (‘Down to Middle Earth’ LP 1967 New York, USA)

Les Problemes – Dodecaphonie     (7”single 1966 France)

I Fantoms – Le Insegnere Pubblicitarie     (7” single 1966 Turin, Italy)

Dizzy Limits – Mare Tranquility     (7”single b-side 1969 Wellington, New Zealand)

the Apostolic Intervention – (Tell me) have you ever seen me     (7”single 1966 UK)

Hex – Doubt     (7”s9iingle 1966 USA)

Ronnie Burns – Exit Stage Right     (7”single 1967 Aust.)

 the Twilights – Cathy Come Home     (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

Davy Jones & the Lower Third – You’ve Got a Habit of Leaving Me     (7”single 1966 UK)

John’s Children – A Midsummer’s Night Scene     (7” single 1967 UK)

the Yardbirds – Little games     (7”single 1967 UK)

the Matadors – Get Down from the Tree     (‘Matadors’ LP 1968 Czechoslovakia)

 Lemmy & Wendy O. Williams– Stand By Your Man [Tammy Wynette cover]     (‘Stand By Your man’ EP 1982 USA/UK)

Harmonia – Veterano     (‘Musik von Harmonia’ LP 1974 Germany)