Obscured By... Sept 6 2011

A busy show indeed for a solo Michael Hunter - first, an interview with Iva Davies concerning the reformed Icehouse and their successful reissued music to start the show.   Then some more rare Turkish psych/folk, and a rummage around the hidden recesses of the 3D record library for our featured letter for the week, S.   Plus the usual Australian rock rarities, including some more live 5 Sided Circle, recorded only a couple of weeks ago.  Then, entirely unexpectedly, Mike Rudd from Spectrum called in having been alerted via Facebook that their new EP would be featured, so of course, we had a welcome live phone interview with him too!   Plus a couple of listeners came in to renew their subscription during the show as well.  Phew...

Flowers  Paradise Found  (single B-side 1980 and new 'Icehouse' 2CD)
Iva Davies live phone interview
Flowers  Can't Help Myself  (10" extended mix 1980) / Send Somebody (live 1980) / We Can Get Together  (live 1980)  Live tracks downloadable from the Icehouse Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Icehouseband

Spectrum  Soul Man  ('Breathing Space As Well'  2011)
(NZ) Avengers  Love Hate Revenge  (single 1968)
The Groop  We Can Talk  (single Aust, B side of Such A Lovely Way 1969)
Wendy Saddington & Copperwine  Five People Said I Was Crazy  ('Live' Aust 1971, Aztec CD reissue 2011)

Spandau Ballet   Raw  (12" single 1988)
Sporting Life  Business Doing Pleasure  (single, Adelaide 1985)
St Jude  Pink & Blue  Easy As She Comes  (Queensland band 1993)
Simple Minds  Jungleland  (instrumental)   (B of Ghostdancing single 1986)

Tracks from new compilation "Turkish Freakout 2 - Psych-Folk 1970-1978":
Afet Serenay  Maden Dagi
Edip Akbayram  Mehmet Emmi
Baris Manco  Mozart


John Burls & Terry Bissaker  Little Beat Bongoes  (Aust single 1960)

Spectrum  Don't Hurt No More / Limbo Man  ('Breathing Space As Well'  2011)
with Mike Rudd phone interview

Five Sided Circle  Life Design  (live Adelaide August 2011)

Obscured By... June 21 2011

A veritable around-the-world musical trip, taking in US garage rock classics and rarities - Swiss beat band The Sevens - the more gentle sounds of Owls Of The Swamp and some Dark Britannica - comparing the riff in 'Suspect Device' to that of a Montrose track of some years earlier - demos, rarities, eclectic and hard to categorise music.  Yep, sounds like another Obscured By... this time with a solo Michael Hunter.

Lloyd's World - Pinky L'amour  (Aust 7" single 1968)
Galadriel - Working (Galadriel LP and single B-side, 1971 Aust)
Dizzy Limits - Alone  (NZ 7"  1970)
Samael Lilith - Sitting In The Park  (single B side, 1970  Aust)
Oakapple Day - No Face No Name No Number  (7" single 1969  Aust)
Mark Handley & The Bone Idols - Testing 1-2  ("Handley With Care" 2008  UK)
Owls Of The Swamp - By The Riverside  ("Go With River" 2011  Aust)
The Purple Minds Of Lazeron - Dragonfly  ("John Barleycorn Reborn", 2007  UK)
Sand Snowman - Stained Glass Morning  ("John Barleycorn Reborn", 2007 UK)
The One Way Street - Tears In My Eyes  (7" 1967   US)
The Dovers - What Am I Gonna Do  (7" 1966  US)
The Choir - It's Cold Outside  (7" 1966  US)
The Psychopaths - See The Girl   (7" 1966  US)
The Band Of Wynand - Day Time Night Time  (7" c 1966  US)
Montrose - Space Station #5  ("Montrose" 1973  US)
Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device  (orig single 1978, UK)
Belle Stars - Sweet Memory  (Stiff Records Box Set and  7" single 1982 UK)
Electric Guitars - Language Problems  (Stiff Records Box Set and  7" single 1981 UK)
Mark Ferrie - The Ton  (7" B-side 1982  Aust)
The Sevens - 1.  In God I Trust  2.  Run Me Down   ("The Sevens", 1965 Swiss)
House Of Nimrod - Slightly Delic   (7" 1967 NZ)
Sevil & Ayla - Bebek   ("Turkish Freakout" CD - orig release 1974)
Baris Manco - Hal Hal  ("Turkish Freakout"CD - orig release 1980)
Water Rats Picnic - Dreams Are Lost   (self-titled cassette, Aust 1987)
Skyhooks - Horror Movie  (1974 demo  Aust)
Sparkle - Coming To Take You Away  (7" B-side 1976  Aust)
The Scientists - Sorry Sorry Sorry  ("Rubber Never Sleeps", 1978 demo  Aust)
Birdmen Paradoxyl - Black Ban Emotion  (local demo c 1988)
Left Of Centre - Sweet Angelique  (7" single, local 1979)
Spires That In The Sunset Rise - Shining  ("Four Winds The Walker", 2005  US)

Obscured By... [in the new time-slot]

Today’s show was our first in our new, later timeslot! We still broadcast on Adelaide’s wonderful, eclectic, independent, all-volunteer, premier music radio station, 3D Radio 93.7fm, every Tuesday, but we have moved... the show now runs from 2pm until 4pm. And for the first time in quite a while, all three ‘DOTS’ (Michael Hunter, Megan Cat & Peter Brat) were together in the studio to present ‘Obscured by...’ and the excitement was palpable! And the music? As always, we presented the rare (e.g. Indonesian psych-rock, the Black Angels new rarities/b-sides compilation on white vinyl), the exclusive (preview from Adelaide band Kamikaze’s new album), the strange (Roy Wood, the Rutles etc) and, of course, the obscure, such as the selection of 60’s German bands, including ‘Inner Space’ who later became ‘Can’, Australian singer Sharon Black who died tragically in 1970 after making a handful of singles, UK prog band ‘Leaf Hound’, plus lots more...

...so here is the playlist...

The Librettos – Baby It’s Love (7”single 1964 NZ)

Sharon Black – Don’t Hurt me (7”single 1965 Aust.)

The Wild Colonials – Roses Are Red (7”single 1965 Aust.)

The Twilights – Barefootin’ (Twilight Time LP, live in Melbourne 1967)

Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs – Cigarettes and Whisky (Steaming at the Opera House)

The Dukes – the Dentist (7”single 1968 Germany)

The Guards – Hullabaloo (7”single 1967 Germany)

The Inner Space & Rosy Rosy – Kamera Song (7”single 1969 Germany)

The Kentuckys – Stupid Generation (7”single 1966 Germany)

Dickens – Ain’t Got ... And That’s Better (Royal Incarnation, 1969)

Kamikaze – Little Red Riding Hood (pre-release from Cheap ‘n’ Nasty, Soiled and Sleazy)

Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs – El Toro De Goro (‘Lil Red Riding Hood’ LP 1965 US)

Russell Byrd – Nights of Mexico (Phil Spector: the Early Years, 1959-62)

Phil Hardy – Bumbleshoot (Phil Spector: the Early Years, 1959-62)

Time Box – Baked Jam Roll in Your Eye (7”single 1968 UK)

The Walker Brothers – In My Room (Best of the Walker Brothers) – R.I.P. John Walker

The World – Godzilla’s Return (Lucky Planet)

Roy Wood – Music to Commit Suicide (Through the Years)

The Rutles – We’ve arrived, [and to prove it, we’re here] (Archaeology)

Clinic – I’m Wanna Get You [Woman] (7” split single [with the Loons])

Black Angels – Ronettes (10” white vinyl E.P. : ‘Phosgene Nightmare’)

Second Hand – Rhubarb! (Reality)

Leaf Hound – Freelance Fiend (Growers of Mushroom)

Monsoon – Shakti (12”single 1982 UK)

Cem Karaka [Turkey] – Uryan Geldin (Turkish Freakout: Psych-Folk Singles 1969 – 1980: comp.)

Terenchem [Indonesia] – Jeritan Cinta (Those Shocking, Shaking Days 1970 – 1978: comp,)

Cedars [Lebanon] – Hide if You Want to Hide (Pebbles, Volume 12: The World– comp.)

The Ghost [Japan] – Abyssinia (Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers Vol.2 – comp.)

Obscured By... 26/04/11

Michael Hunter was this week’s single ‘dot’ since the Cat and the Brat had “transport issues” getting into 3D Radio from their country abode... hopefully the soon-to-be-announced time-slot change will prove to be more conducive to multiple ‘dots’ presenting the show... but more about that in coming weeks! He featured the usual mix of rarities, including one from ‘Those Shocking Shaking Days’, a new compilation of 60’s Indonesian beat groups, as well as one from the ‘Turkish Freakout’ comp. of 60’s and 70’s bands, plus rare Australian singles from the same era and lots more...

... so here is the playlist...

Blue Streaks – Take it easy (7”single 1964 Aust.)

the Syssys – Take a Heart (7”single 1966 Adelaide, Aust.)

Leather Sandwich – Quite Unexpectedly (7”single 1968 Aust.)

Procession – Mind Magician (‘Procession’ LP 1968 Aust. [recorded in UK])

Love Machine – May My Heart be Cast into Stone (7”single 1969 Aust.)

the Aztecs – Regulation 3 Pufft (the Complete Havoc Label Singles, comp. Aust.)

Electronicos La Fuente – Medley [Telstar etc.] (self-titled)

The Gang Of Harry Roesli – Don’t Talk About Freedom [1968] (Those Shocking Shaking Days - comp. Indonesia)

Golden Half – Movin’ (2 - 2011 Japan)

Golden Half – I Think I Love You (2)

Human League – The Dignity of Human Labour [Parts 3&4] (12”single 1978 UK)

Human League – Never Let Me Go (Credo)

Spectrum – Dalmas Theme (Milesago LP 1972 Aust.)

Company Caine – Heard the Word (Dr Chop LP 1973 Aust.)

the Kinks – Lost & Found (Think Visual)

Ronnie Spector – Here Today, Gone Tomprrow (The Last of the Rock Stars)

Erkin Koray – Estarabim [1975] (Turkish Freakout – comp.)

Ajda Pekkan – Iciyorum [1972] (Turkish Freakout)

Electronicos La Fuente – Janas (self-titled)

Golden Half – Hey Jude (2)

Television – Venus de Milo [demo] (Marquee Moon – bonus track)