Obscured By...

Burt Ward (60s TV's Robin) sang a song about himself, written by Frank Zappa.  A creative soundscape based on crank phone calls was provided by Brendon Locher.  Mexican bands performed covers of well known hits in their own language.  Penetration covered Patti Smith while Tin Huey did a Monkees song.  The last line-up of Esperanto creatively arranged Eleanor Rigby, and The "A" Sound had a very young Doug Parkinson's first appearance on record.  Mother Goose were just odd. Psychedelia abounded.  Need we say more - it was another Obscured By... with Cat and Brat and Michael Hunter.   Incident report as follows...

The Kinetics - Excuses  (7”single 1966 Aust)
The "A" Sound - Talk About That  (7”single 1966 Aust)
Autumn - Just Couldn't Believe It   (7”single 1972 Aust, also on CD reissue of 'Comes...Autumn')

Mother Goose - See If I Care  (‘Stuffed' 1977 NZ)

Jim Keays - Time Has Come Today  ('Dirty Dirty' 2011 Aust)
Burt Ward - Boy Wonder I Love You  (7”single 1966 US)

The Stained Glass - My Buddy Sin  (7”single 1966 US)
The Other Side - Streetcar  (7”single 1966 US, B of Walking Down The Road)
Teddy & His Patches - Suzy Creamcheese  (7”single 1967 US)
Esperanto - Eleanor Rigby  ('Last Tango'  1975 Aust)
The Wallace Collection - Daydream   ('Laughing Cavalier'  1969  Belgium)

Dickens  Ain't Got... And That's Better  ('Royal Incarnation' 1969 France)
The Cowsills  Mister Flynn  (7”single 1968 US, B of In Need Of A Friend)
Brandon Locher  Conversations, 2012  (mp3 2012 US) 
Kaleidoscope  Mr Small, The Watch Repairer Man ('Tangerine Dream' 1967 UK)  
Singapore Sling - Godman  ('Perversity, Desperation and Death' 2008 Iceland)

The Dolly Rocker Movement - Mystery Man  (7”single 2009 Aust, B of Our Brave New World)
The Medicine - Send The Rain  (provenance unclear, from 'Psychedelica 4' comp 2011 UK)
Los Locos Del Ritmo - Hey Joe  ('Negro es Negro" EP 1967  Mexico)
Hermanos Carrion - Todo A Su Tiempo (Turn Turn Turn)  (7”single c 1965 Mexico)
Los Apson - Ya No Hay Beatles   (prob 7"single 196?  Mexico)

The Pretty Things - Talkin' About The Good Times   ('The Psychedelic Years 1966-70'  2001 UK)

Noel Deschamps - Curieux Docteur (I'm Your Witchdoctor)   ('Ah, Si J'avais Pense' EP 1966 France)
Tin Huey - I'm A Believer  ('Contents Dislodged During Shipment' 1979 US)
Penetration - Free Money  ('Moving Targets' 1978 UK)
Roy Hamilton - Let The Music Play  (rec 1966, unreleased until 'Dark End Of The Street' compilation 2009 US)

Obscured By...

Again there were 3 DOTS to curate the show, which began as always with a selection of Australian-related songs, paying tribute to Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees and Mal McGhee of the Wild Cherries, Python Lee Jackson et al, who both passed away this week. There was also a selection of Adelaide rarities, including tracks by 80’s bands Toyland and the Iguana Twins, both featuring Annalisa Vague-Hope on vocals, a single from Adelaide footballer Graham Cornes [co-written by the Mixtures’ Evan Jones], plus a track from the Esperanto Rock Orchestra LP of 1973. Add to that a strange group of cover versions by artists with provenance unknown [except perhaps country of origin], finish with Nico and some very cool French 60’s pop [including a favourite from Brigitte Bardot] and you have another edition of what we like to refer to as “Obscured by...”!

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

the Bee Gees – Craise Finton Kirk, Academy of Arts     (‘1^st’ 1967 UK/Australia)

the Bee Gees – Indian Gin & Whisky Dry     (‘Idea’ 1968 UK/Aust.)

the Wild Cherries – Worried Blues     (‘That’s Life’ CD  2007, rec c.1965 Aust.)

Python Lee Jackson – Um, Um, Um     (7” b-side 1966 Aust.)

the Masters Apprentices – Our Friend Owsley Stanley  111     (‘Choice Cuts’ LP 1970 Aust.)

Malik Adouone – Theme from Shaft [Isaac Hayes cover]      ('Orient Meets Funk Brothers and Soul Sisters'  CD 2007 France/Algeria)

Tracy Thornton – Rockaway Beach [Ramones cover]     ('Pan For Punks - A Steelpan Tribute To The Ramones'  US 2005)

Sroeng Santi – Kuen Kuen Lueng Lueng [‘Ironman’ – Black Sabbath version]     (? – Thailand prob early 80s)

unknown Japanese band – Queen medley     (? – Japan)

Toyland – Night Flight Over Palestine     (‘Toyland’ EP 1984 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Iguana Twins – E Song     (‘New Age Orgasm’ compilation LP 1989 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Lounge – Teddy’s Sandpaper     (demo 1980 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Deadly Hume – I Hate You [Sardine V cover]     (‘Assorted Desecrations & Magnificent Mutations’ Phantom Records compilation LP 1988 Sydney, Aust.)

Graham Cornes – I Gotta Girl     (7”single 1977 Adelaide, Aust.)

Humus – Echoes Of The Future     (‘Whispering Galleries’ 1999 Mexico)

the Wallace Collection – Natacha     (‘Laughing Cavalier’ LP 1969 Belgium)

Esperanto – On Down the Road      (‘Esperanto Rock Orchestra’ LP 1973 Aust.)

Here We Go Magic – Caroline, No [Beach Boys cover]     (‘Mojo: Pets Sounds Revisited’ magazine cover CD 2012 UK)

the Beach Boys – Surf’s Up     (‘Surf’s Up’ LP 1971 USA)

Joey Ramone – Rock’n’Roll is the Answer     (‘... Ya Know?’ 2012 USA) 

Tubeway Army – Bombers [orig. demo]     (‘The Plan’ anthology LP 1984 – reissued bonus edition 2012 UK)

Serge Gainsbourg – The Initials B.B.     (7”single 1967 France)

Brigitte Bardot – Contact  (‘Show’ LP 1968 France)

Delphine – La Fermeture Eclair  [version of ‘In the Past’ by We The People]    (7”single 1967 Belgium)

Nico – Henry Hudson     (‘Drama of Exile’ LP 1981 UK/Germany)