Obscured By...

Though this week’s hosts, the Cat & the Brat, are a ‘duo’, this show was mostly about singles... the 7” vinyl kind ... and sometimes, their b-sides! From the Syssys and the Revillos to Psychic TV and Metal Urbain, we voyaged from decade to decade and country to country to bring them to you, even including a b-side featuring ubiquitous 60’s Sydney DJ, Ward ‘Pally’ Austin on the debut single by Python Lee Jackson! Not that we forgot the EP and LP formats either, with rarities from the likes of Frog Hollow and the Urinals to the Cosmic Dead and Apryl Fool... and with our predilection for boxsets, how could we fail to play a selection from “the Lost Tapes” set by Can? All in all, a singular show...

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..... and here is the playlist..... 

the Imagination – We Got Fun      (7”single b-side [to A Day in the Life] 1969 Australia)

Frog Hollow – A Slowish One      (‘Over Under Sideways Down’ 7”EP 1972 Aust.)

Alison Gros –Weaver of Life      (7”single b-side [to All the Days] 1971 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Syssys – Take a Heart      (7”single b-side [to Jump Back] 1966 Adelaide, Aust.)

Marty Rhone – No No No No No      (7”single 1967 Aust.)

Ward Austin (with Python Lee Jackson) – Who Do You Love [Bo Diddley cover]      (7”single b-side [to Python Lee Jackson-Emergency Ward] 1966 Sydney, Aust.)

Felt – Sunlight Bathed The Golden Glow      (‘The Strange Idols Pattern & Other Short Stories’ LP 1984 UK)

Psychic TV – Just Drifting      (7”single 1982 UK)

Hurrah! – Sweet Sanity      (7” single 1986 UK)

Skeletal Family – Promised Land      (7”single 1985 West Yorkshire, UK)

the Urinals – I’m a Bug      (‘Another EP’ EP 1978 Los Angeles, USA)

Sunglasses After Dark – Morbid Silence      (12”single 1984 UK – taken from ‘Sunglasses After Dark’ 2008)

Metal Urbain – Hysterie Connective      (7”single 1978 France/UK – taken from ‘Anarchy in Paris’ anthology 2004)

Can – Bubble Rap      (‘The Lost Tapes’ boxset 2012 Germany – disc 1)

Can – Your Friendly Neighbourhood Whore      (‘The Lost Tapes’ boxset – disc 2)

Can – One More Saturday Night      (‘The Lost Tapes’ boxset – disc 3)

Apryl Fool – The Lost Motherland Part 1      (‘Apryl Fool’ LP 1969 Japan)

Pierrot Lumiere – Narciso      (‘Pierrot Lumiere’ LP 1974 Italy)

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

the Psychedelic Aliens – Gbe Keke Wo Taoo [Give us a chance]      (rec. 1975 Ghana – taken from ‘Psycho African Beat’ anthology  2010)

the Music Convention – Bellyboard Beat      (‘Children of the Sun’ soundtrack EP 1968 New Zealand)

the Grim Reepers – Two Souls      (7”single 1966 California, USA)

Plasticland – Let’s Play Pollyanna      (7”single 1990 Wisconsin, USA)

the Misunderstood – I Can Take You To The Sun      (7”single 1966 UK/USA)

Big Boy Peter – Cold Turkey      (7”single 1968 Norwich, UK)

the Cosmic Dead – White Rabbit      (‘The Cosmic Dead’ LP 2012 Iceland)