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The new collection of "Antipodean" Nuggets CDs is still proving to be very plunderable, and so they began and concluded this week's Obscured By..., hosted by a solo Michael Hunter.  In between was the expected mix of old and new / near and far - and the just a little odd.  For the latter, look no further than Jonathan & Darlene Edwards (the less-talented alter egos of Jo Stafford & Paul Weston) deconstructing I Am Woman.  Some fine Greek pop and a frenzied accordion-led Purple Haze by Svetlyo Zhilev added to the mix, along with a near-half hour long track from the new Neil Young with Crazy Horse CD!  US singer/songwriter/cellist Ben Sollee, who will be a guest on the show in mid-January, showed what he's capable of - and the rest of the musical menu can be savoured below...

The Missing Links – Wild About You     (7”single 1966 Australia – taken from ‘Down Under Nuggets: Original Australian Artyfacts 1965-1967’ compilation CD 2012, Australia)

The Creatures - Ugly Thing  (7”single 1967 Aust. – taken from ‘Down Under Nuggets...’)
The Lost Souls - This Life Of Mine  (7”single 1966 Aust. – taken from ‘Down Under Nuggets...’)
The In-Sect - Let This Be A Lesson  (7”single 1966 Aust, Adelaide – taken from ‘Down Under Nuggets...’)
Toni McCann - No  (7”single 1965 Aust. – taken from ‘Down Under Nuggets...’)
Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Driftin' Back    (‘Psychedelic Pill’ CD 2012, Canada)

Ben Sollee - Electrified  ('Inclusions' CD 2011, US)

Elena - Poso Thelo  (How I)  (7" single 1972, Greece - taken from 'Plato's Trip' compilation CD 2011 Spain)
The Daltons - O Trellos (Mad)  (7" single 1972, Greece - taken from 'Plato's Trip')
Elpida - Koita To Fos (Look At The Light)  (7" single 1974, Greece - taken from 'Plato's Trip')

Vassilis Dimitriu- Omologia (Confession)  (7" single b-side 1974, Greece - taken from 'Plato's Trip')
Flied Egg - I'm Gonna See My Baby Tonight  ('Dr Siegel's Fried Egg Shooting Machine' LP 1972, Japan, taken from reissue CD)
Keith Lynn, The SPMs and Byron Lee & The Dragonaires - My Sweet Lord  ('Reggae Tribute To The Beatles' CD 1999, Jamaica)
Svetlyo Zhilev - Purple Haze (provenance unknown, c2008, Bulgaria)

Barat Dangdut - Terpopuler '95 - Hotel California  ('Ola Ole Ole' CD c1995, Indonesia)
Jonathan & Darlene Edwards - I Am Woman  (7'single 1979, US)

Tully - Syndrone  ('Sea Of Joy'  orig 1971, taken from 2012 reissue CD, Australia)
Tiny Tim - The Other Side  ('God Bless Tiny Tim' LP 1968, US)
 
Airlord - Earthborn Pilgrim  ('Clockwork Revenge' LP 1976, NZ/Aust)
Anima - Feel Like A Bone  ('Sturmischer Himmel' LP 1971, taken from reissue CD Germany)
Noosha Fox - Judy Blue  (unreleased track c 2006?, Aust/UK)

Velociraptor - I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night  ('Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations Of The First Psychedelic Era' compilation CD 2012, Aust)

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At last, all 3 ‘DOTS’, Michael and Megan and Peter, were together again to present this week’s edition of “Obscured by...”! Needless to say, with the imput of all three hosts it was an even more eclectic show than ever, ranging from Abba songs done Ramones-style, a bit of Tiny Tim, the 60’s sunshine psych of the David and a sitar-drenched instrumental by famed session drummer Hal Blaine, the original composer’s demo of a Cindy Lauper hit, the first 7” by ‘lost’ UK post-punkers Scars through to the post-LSD ramblings of self-appointed guru Kit Ream and the musings of Mr Spock. There were a cool bunch of bands featuring this week’s letter I and our usual opening set of 60’s Australian recordings... all very, dare we say it, obscure!

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

Carson – Don’t Worry     (‘Australian Rock 1971-72’ LP 1972 Australia)

the Id – In the Midnight Hour [Wilson Pickett cover]     (‘Big Time Operators’ LP 1967 Aust.)

the Dymond – Ice Cream Machine     (7” single b-side 1968 Aust.)

Lynne Randell – An Open Letter     (7” single b-side [US-only release] 1968 Aust.)

Magic – I Want To Fly     (7”single 1969 Aust.)

Gabba – Mamma Mia     (‘Gabba Leave Stockholm’ 1999 UK)

Robert Hazard – Girls Just Want to Have Fun     (demo 1979 USA)

the Zombeatles – She Dead     (‘Meat the Zombeatles’ 2009 USA)

Dread Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love     (‘Un-Led-Ed’ 1990 USA)

the Intercontinental Playboys – Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill! [movie theme cover]     (‘Hymns of the Flesh’ 2009 Aust.)

Gabba – S.O.S.     (‘Gabba Leave Stockholm’ 1999 UK)

Kit Ream – Introversal Jam/Don’t Be So Holy Poly Over My Soul-y     (‘All That I Am’ LP 1978 USA)

the Real Don Steele – Cecil, the Unwanted French Fry     (7”single 1965 USA)

Tiny Tim – Just a Gigolo [Bing Crosby cover]     (‘Tiptoe Through the Tulips/Resurrection’ LP 1987 USA)

the David – Another Day, Another Lifetime     (‘Another Day, Another Lifetime’ LP 1968 California, USA)

Hal Blaine – Hallucinations     (‘Psychedelic Percussion’ LP 1967 USA)

I-de-al – Blaue Augen     (7”single 1982 Berlin, Germany)

Inspiral Carpets – This is how it feels [Flood remix]     (12”single 1990 Manchester, UK)

Imperial Teen – Mr and Mrs     (‘On’ 2002 USA)

Inflatable Scooterz – Willpop      (demo 2006 Adelaide, Australia)

the Velvet Underground – The Murder Mystery [alt. mix]     (taken from ‘the Velvet Underground: What Goes On’ boxset – originally recorded 1968 USA)

Gang Of Four – [Love Like] Anthrax     (7”single 1979 UK)

Scars – Horrorshow     (orig. 7”single – taken from ‘Fast Records’ compilation LP 1979 UK)

William Sheller – Living East, Dreaming West     (7”single 1970 France)

Leonard Nimoy – Highly Illogical     (‘Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy’ LP 1968 USA)

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It was another voyage around the world of 60’s beat music this week on Obscured By..., piloted by Peter Brat, flying solo. From the Slaves in Switzerland to the Psychedelic Aliens of Ghana to Adelaide’s own Machine Gun Kelly’s Rejects, we highlighted an era where that beat was globally all-pervasive, but is only now actually available globally. Hence we got to hear from Iran’s psych legend Kourosh Yaghmaei’s 1973 LP, Chile’s Sacros [whose 1973 LP was banned by the Pinochet dictatorship], the Golden Earrings 1965 Dutch single, of which only 6 copies were pressed, a track from Lothar and the Handpeople’s 1968 LP in the US, and many more... We also played more recent songs by the likes of Lizard Train and Wooden Shjips, plus a great live version of an AC/DC classic by the inimitable Tiny Tim...

..... so here is the playlist....

Machine Gun Kelly’s Rejects – I’m Going Back     (recorded 1967 but unreleased – ‘Big Beat Cellar Scene: Adelaide 1965-69’ compilation)

Jimmy Crockett and the Shanes – That Lovin’ Touch     (7”single 1965 Aust.)

Wright of Waye – Sun God     (7”single 1968 Aust.)

Max Merritt and the Meteors – So Long baby     (7”single 1965 New Zealand)

the Playboys – The Mean One     (7”single b-side 1965 Aust.)

Marcie and the Cookies – You’re on my Mind     (7”single 1968 Aust.)

Judy Stone – Society’s Child [Janis Ian cover]     (7”single 1969 Aust.)

Tiny Tim – Tiptoe through the Tulips/ Highway to Hell [AC/DC cover]     (‘live’ 1994 – ‘Cosmic Outlaws: US Underground 1962-1970’ comp.)

Wooden Shjips – Flight     (West)

Steve Hillage – Hurdy Gurdy Man [Donovan cover]     (‘Live at Deeply Vale’ LP 1978 UK)

Terakaft – Tenere Wer Tat Zinchegh     (Ishumar [Mali-Niger Tourags])

Psychedelic Aliens – We’re laughing     (Psycho African Beat – Ghana 1967)

Psychedelic Aliens – Homowo     (Psycho African Beat)

Dug Dugs – Voy Hacia El Sol     (‘Smog’ LP 1973 Mexico)

Sacros – Manos Duras     (‘Sacros’ LP 1973 Chile)

Hugu Tugu – Fino a leri [‘Somebody to Love’-Jefferson Airplane cover]     (‘60s Beat Italiano’ comp.)

the Golden Earrings – Not to Find     (7”single 1965 Holland)

AB and C – Vies     (7”single 1965 Holland)

Lazy Bones – Driftin’     (7”single 1965 Holland)

the Sauterelles – Hong Kong     (‘Swiss Beat Live 1966’ LP)

Slaves – Shut Up     (7”single 1965 Switzerland)

Chapta – Journey to the Sun     (7”single 1968 New Zealand)

Kourash Yaghmaei – Shirin Joon     (‘Back from the Brink’ LP 1973 Iran)

Mayfly – Blue Sofa     (‘Mayfly’ LP 1971 Holland)

Threshold of Pleasure – Rain Rain Rain     (7”single 1968 UK)

Harry ‘the Hipster’ Gibson – Who Put the Benzedrine     (US 1947 – from “Who Put the Benzedrine: Best of” LP 1989)

Lothar and the HandPeople – Machines     (‘Presenting’ LP 1968 US)

Lizard Train – She’s like a Cloud     (Flexi-disc with ‘the Bob’ magazine: demo recorded 1985 Adelaide)

the Beach Nuts – Surf report     (7”single 1985 Aust.)

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Well, it’s RADIOTHON time again, where you (the listeners) can do your bit to keep us on-air and playing all this fine, but largely forgotten or  ignored, music. Whether you live here in Adelaide or  in Addis Ababa, just go to www.threedradio.com and subscribe to this very unique all-volunteer music radio station. We come to you in various formats... locally on the fm band at 93.7, on digital and streaming on the internet... so tune in, and if you like what you hear, subscribe! This week’s ‘DOTS’ were Michael Hunter & Peter Brat and we played our favourite mix of rarities and obscurities, ranging from Adelaide outfits like the Twilights and Smokestack Lightning, to Tiny Tim, the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band and the Dave Clark 5 (whose music is strangely VERY hard to get hold of). We also featured two of Australia’s greatest vocalists, Wendy Saddington (from her new CD reissue with lots of bonus stuff!) and Lynne Randell (from an American-release-only single). We raided the T sections of 3D Radio’s 70,000-plus CD and vinyl library for our ’letter of the week random-pick’ segment, again finding some forgotten gems in the process! And we finished with a song from the brilliant Korean guitarist, Shin Joong Hyun, who made great psych rock music and was persecuted by an authoritarian government in a similar way to America’s treatment of Roky Erikson, but with a better outcome... he’s one of only about half a dozen guitarists to have a ‘signature’ guitar made by Fender!... check him out on the ‘net!

..... anyway, here is the full playlist.....

the Cleves – Work Out     (‘Cleves’ LP 1970 New Zealand/Australia)

Smokestack Lightning – Mellow Down Easy     (‘Don’t Nobody Know’ LP 1975 Adelaide, Aust.)

Company Caine – Dr Chop     (‘Dr Chop’ LP 1975 Aust.)

the Wild Colonials – Roses are Red     (7”single 1965 Aust.)

the Twilights – Bare Footin’     (‘Twilight Time’ LP 1967 Adelaide)

Lynne Randell – An Open Letter     (7”single 1968 Aust/US)

Wendy Saddington – Looking Through a Window [7”single 1971]     (‘Wendy Saddington & Copperwine – Live’ LP 1972 Australia : taken from the CD reissue with bonus tracks)

the Tourists – Talk to Me     (‘Luminous Basement’ LP 1979 UK)

TuTu Z – The Strange     (7”single 1985 Adelaide)

Frank Turner – Reasons not to be an Idiot     (Love, Ire, and Song)

Spectrum – Take your Time     (Highs, Lows & Heavenly Blows 1994 UK)

Spectrum – Superbody     (‘Part One: Spectrum’ LP 1971 Australia)

Tiny Tim – the Other Side     (‘God Bless Tiny Tim’ LP 1968 US)

Craig Collinge – Rock Paper Metal     (Evolution 2 Revolution)

the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – In The Arena     (‘Volume 2’ LP 1967)

the Who – Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand [alt. version]     (‘The Who Sell Out’ LP 1967 UK – reissue CD with bonus tracks)

the Blue Swede – Hooked on a feeling     (‘Explosive Hits’ LP 1974)

the Monkees – Zilch     (‘Headquarters’ LP 1967 US)

the Monkees – No Time     (‘Headquarters’ LP 1967 US)

the Dave Clark 5 – Bits & Pieces     (the Hits)

Shin Joong Hyun – The Man Who Must Leave     (‘Beautiful Rivers & Mountains’ 1969 South Korea)