Obscured By...

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)