Obscured By...

As always, we launched into Obscured by... with a bunch of Australian bands from the 60’s and early 70’s, this week including the pop-psych sounds of Puppy, an obscurity from the Groop, a live TV appearance by Kahvas Jute and classic garage punk from the Missing Links, and eventually bookended the show by finishing with some recent exponents of that ‘wild garage sound’... first from the USA, with Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees, and then from Russia, with the Crushers. In between, we heard some goth from Christian Death, US punk from the Avengers, Krautrock from Faust, a pertinent classic from John Cooper Clarke, a strange electro set from Adelaide combo voiceROM, an interesting cover of a Velvet Underground standard by OMD, a 1976 live rehearsal recording from 801 and much more... even David Essex! And all brought to you by the DOTS for this week, the Cat and the Brat.....

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

the Vacant Lot – Don’t let me sleep too long [Myddle Class cover]     (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Australia)

the Missing Links – Speak No Evil     (‘You’re Driving Me Insane’ LP 1965 Australia)

Kahvas Jute – I Can’t Stop     (unreleased – live on ‘Hit Scene’ ABCTV 1971 Aust.)

Pirana – Here It Comes Again     (7”single 1971 Aust.)

Long Grass – Anywhere you wanna go     (7”single 1968 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Groop - Mandrake Wine     (Australia - recorded 1968 in London, unreleased until 1987 - on flexi-disc with "From the Vault" mag. Aust)

Puppy – Belinda     (7”single 1968 Aust.)

the Jesus and Mary Chain – Just Like Honey (recorded in 1985)     (‘Peel Sessions’ EP 1991 UK)

Xmal Deutschland – Orient     (‘Fetisch’ LP 1983 Germany)

Christian Death – Skeleton Kiss     (‘Skeleton Kiss’ 1992 USA)

Toys Went Beserk – Audrina     (‘Pieces’ double 12” EP 1987 Australia)

the  Avengers – Car Crash     (7”single 1977 USA)

Second Hand – Reality     (‘Reality’ LP 1968 UK)

Faust – J’ai Mal Aux Dents [prev.called Party 3]     (recorded 1973 – released on ‘71 Minutes’ 2004 Germany)

Tangerine Dream – Tangram     (‘Tangram’ LP 1980 Germany)

voiceROM – Sugarkeys Foreshadowing / Summon the Noodle Vendor / Kilophone     (‘Pastry Music for Pastry Chefs’ 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

the Outsiders – PrisonSong     (‘CQ’ LP 1968 Netherlands)

the Raincoats – No One’s Little Girl     (7”single 1982 UK)

John Cooper Clarke – Beasley Street     (‘Snap, Crackle and Bop’ LP 1980 UK)

David Essex – Rock On     (7”single 1973 UK)

Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark – Waiting for the Man [Velvet Underground cover]     (10”single b-side 1980 UK)

Roxy Music – Sea Breezes / Bitter End     (‘Roxy Music’ LP 1972 UK)

801 – The Fat Lady of Limbourg [Eno song]     (recorded at rehearsal  23.8.1976 – taken from ‘801 Live – Collector’s Edition re-issue’ 2009 UK)

Ty Segall – Maria Stacks [with Thee Oh Sees]     (7”single 2009 – taken from ‘Singles 2007-2010’ anthology 2011 USA)

Thee Oh Sees – Head of State     (‘Dog Poison’ 2009 USA)

the Crushers – Bonita     (‘Glory of the Day’ 2002 Moscow, Russia)

Technicolour Dreaming

We began this week’s show with the debut single by Television, which was released on their manager Terry Ork’s own ORK label in 1975, before rewinding to the 1960’s with songs from such luminaries as the Standells, the Masters Apprentices, the Twilights, the Velvet Underground and the Zakary Thaks, whose documentary we’ve included for your viewing edification. We dug out some vinyl including the classic 7” by Pineapples From The Dawn Of Time, a 1985 single from German band the Nirvana Devils, a Joe South cover by the Black Hollies plus a scuba favourite from the Revillos. To round it all out, there was some surf music from Canberra’s Space Party and psych from the Black Angels and DeWolff, before we finished the show on a glamorous note with our latest “Band of the Month”, the Barbarellatones..... all brought to you by your hosts, the Cat and the Brat.....

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

Television – Little Johnny Jewel     (7”single 1975)

the Damned – Alone Again Or [Love cover]     (7”single 1987 UK)

the Standells – Dirty Water     (7”single 1966 USA)

the Zakary Thaks – Bad Girl     (7”single 1966 USA – taken from the ‘Passage to India’ anthology 2010)

Johnny Young and Kompany – Caralyn [Strangeloves cover]     (7”single 1966 Australia)

the Masters Apprentices – Buried and Dead     (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Australia)

the Gruntled – You’re Driving Me Insane [Missing Links cover]     (‘Wild About You: a Tribute to the Australian Rock Underground 1963-1968’ compilation 2004 Melbourne, Aust.)

Pussycat and the Dirty Johnsons – Self Destruct Is Imminent     (‘Exercise Your Demons’ 2010 USA)

* 1 0 # – Dumb Fucking Sluts [And Their Caked On Cruelty]     (‘The Best Of ... What We Have’ anthology 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

dragSTER – Silent Violence     (‘Here Come The Meat Robots’ 2011 UK)

Pineapples From The Dawn Of Time – Too Much Acid     (7”single 1986 Queensland, Aust.)

Space Party – Flight To Mars     (‘Invasion of the Surfer-Men’ 2010 Canberra, Aust.)

the Nirvana Devils – Secret Agent Girl     (7”single 1985 Germany)

the Vietnam War – Monster Song     (‘the Vietnam War’ 2011 New Zealand)

the Black Hollies – Hush [Joe South cover]     (7”split-single [with the Dansettes] 2007 USA)

the Velvet Underground – Andy’s Chest     (recorded 1969 – released on ‘VU’ LP 1985 USA)

the Revillos – Scuba Scuba     (7”single 1980 UK)

Hot Hot Heat – Bandages     (‘Make Up the Breakdown’ 2003 USA)

DeWolff – Medicine     (‘Orchards/Lupine’ pre-release cd 2012 Netherlands)

the Brian Jonestown Massacre – Stars     (‘Tepid Peppermint Wonderland’ anthology 2004 USA)

the Twilights – Devendra     (‘Once Upon a Twilight’ LP 1968 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Asteroid Belt – Brainwashed     (‘Incantations/Exultations’ 2010 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Black Angels – Better Off Alone     (‘Passover’ 2006 USA)

Chris Malcolm – Hurt, Love and Fire     (7”single 1968 Australia/USA)

the Barbarellatones – Interview with a Glampire     (‘Interview with a Glampire’ 2006 USA)   #

                 # “Band of the Month”

Obscured By...

There were songs from many genres, different decades and numerous locales from around the world... as you’d expect on this show. We began, as usual, with a bunch of local Adelaide and/or Australian bands such as Travis Wellington Hedge and Alison Gros [both with a future Little River Band connection], the short-lived Frieze [featuring a couple of ex-Zoot members] plus an 80’s recording by Wendy Saddington with the Hare Krishna Band made in New Zealand. From there we moved onto some 60’s Japanese pop from Akiko Nakamura, a song from the debut EP by Jacques Dutronc, music from such diverse places as Mexico, Bahrain, Singapore and Lebanon, plus a surf instrumental by the Stalemates from Papua New Guinea for good measure. We dug up some interesting “cover versions”, and also delved into the ‘Top of the Pops’ [“not by original artists”] phenomenon which nevertheless occasionally featured some ‘anonymous-but-later-famous’ artistes, our example being Reg Dwight, later better known as Elton John...I guess it paid the bills! We played another track by the lovely Judy Dyble [ex-Fairport Convention, Giles, Giles and Fripp etc], this time a single from 2008 with the Conspirators which actually made Top 10 in the UK Indie Charts... plus many more rarities, obscurities and forgotten gems, brought to you this week by all three ‘DOTS’ – Peter, Megan and Michael.....

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

InKase – Rene [Small Faces cover]     (7”single 1969 Adelaide, Australia)

Travis Wellington Hedge – I Put a Spell on You [Screaming Jay Hawkins cover]     7”single 1969 Adelaide)

Alison Gros – Love Song     (unreleased, recorded 1971 Adelaide)

Frieze – Friend     (‘1972 B.C.’ LP 1972 Australia)

Ronnie Burns – True True Lovin’     (‘This Is’ EP 1966 Aust.)

Wendy Saddington and Gandharvika Dasi [with the Hare Krishna Band] – Back to Gokula     (‘Where To Now?’ LP 1984 Australia/New Zealand)

Reggie Norton and the Ideas – Take It Easy     (7”single 1966 Aust.)

Akiko Nakamura – Hano San Francisco [Scott Mackenzie cover]     (‘Hit Album!’ LP 1969 Japan)

Jacques Dutronc – Mini Mini Mini     (‘Jacques Dutronc’ EP 1966 France)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWuIFB0HjKQ   

los Loud Jets – Mira     (7”single 1967 Mexico – taken from ‘Conquer the World Vol.2’ LP compilation)

los Syn – Chica Tientame     (7”single 1966 Chile – taken from ‘Conquer....’)

Simon C. Edwards and His Soul Set – The Way I Do     (7”single 1968 Lebanon – taken from ‘Conquer....’)

 

the Stalemates – Adventures in Paradise [TV show theme cover]     (7”single 1969 New Guinea)

the Barbarellatones – Pole Dancer     (mp3 pre-release 2012 USA)

Brian Eno – The Lion Sleeps Tonight [Solomon Linda cover]     (7”single 1975 UK)

Husker Du – Eight Miles High [Byrds cover]     (‘Love is all around’ EP 1991 USA)

 

the Morning After Girls – The Trip [Kim Fowley cover]     (‘He Put The Bomp In The Bomp: a tribute to Greg Shaw’ compilation 2007 USA)

 

Judy Dyble and the Conspirators – One Sure Thing     (7”single 2008 UK)

Shadrack Chameleon – Don’t let it get you down     (‘Shadrack Chameleon’ LP 1973 Ohio, USA – taken from ‘Forge Your Own Chains: Heavy Psychedelic Ballads and Dirges 1968-1974’ compilation LP 2009 USA)

Osiris – Embers of a Flame     (‘Osiris’ LP 1982 Bahrain)

Baby Grandmothers – Somebody’s Calling My Name     (7”single 1968 Sweden – taken from ‘Forge Your Own Chains....’)

“Top of the Poppers” – Hot Love [T.Rex cover]     (‘Best of Top of the Pops 71’ LP 1971 UK)

“Top of the Poppers” – Co-Co [Sweet cover]     (‘Best of Top of the Pops 71’ LP 1971 UK)

Elton John – My Baby Loves Lovin’ [White Plains cover]     (‘Hits 70’ LP 1970 UK)

The Trailers – Quiver     (7”single 1967 Singapore)

The Rutles – Major Happy’s Up and Coming Good Time Band     (‘Archaeology’ LP 1994 UK)