Ahh, technology... don’t you
love it? For this week’s show we’d lined up a ‘live-to-air’ phone interview
with Rick Brewer, drummer with Australian
pop legends the Zoot, and were looking
forward to discussing his experiences with that band, their new CD/DVD of their
2011 reunion tour, his perspective on Australian music in the 60’s and 70’s and other
highlights of his long musical career – he was on the line chatting and we went
to air and...... nothing! A “technical difficulty” had intervened so the
interview didn’t happen – ahh, the wonders of the age! Grrr!! Fortunately, the ability
to spin discs was unaffected so we were able to play a selection of the music
he was involved with, including 1960’s Adelaide group the
Third Party and of course the Zoot. The
rest of the show went without a hitch however, and we featured the
latest recordings by Technicolour Dreaming
favourites such as the Barbarellatones, Lumerians and Permanent
Clear Light as well as new tracks by Adelaide bands, Glass Skies and Last
Days of Kali. We also couldn’t refrain from throwing in a musical
commentary on the recent Australian elections with our first few songs – the X-Ray-Z song, in particular, still remains a relevant
reflection on the Liberal Party’s election, both in 1978 and 2013! And with
summer approaching we thought it appropriate to play some Surf School Dropouts and Sunnyboys,
plus a forgotten Move b-side, a perennial Mike Furber fave and much more.....
...... so here
is the playlist plus some visual treats.....
David Bowie – Big
Brother / Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family (‘Diamond
Dogs’ LP 1974 UK)
X-Ray-Z – Three
Glorious Years (‘Lethal Weapons’ compilation LP 1978
Australia)
the Bitter Lemons
– Canberra Blues (7”single 1965
Australia)
Glass Skies – To
Be True (CDsingle b-side [to Highway] 2013 Adelaide, Australia)
Peter Daltrey &
the Asteroid No.4 – Holy (‘The Journey’ 2013 UK/USA)
Cheval Sombre –
Hyacinth House [Doors cover] (‘Cheval
Sombre’ 2008 USA)
Permanent Clear Light
– Constant Gardener (‘Beyond These Things’ 2013 Finland)
Giles, Giles &
Fripp – Call Tomorrow (‘The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles &
Fripp’ LP 1968 UK)
the Monkees –
Daily Nightly (‘Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.’ LP 1967 USA)
the Move –
Omnibus (7”single b-side [to Wild Tiger Woman] 1968 UK)
the Sunnyboys –
Love in a Box (7”single 1984 Sydney,
Australia)
Lumerians – Dogon
Genesis (‘The High Frontier’ 2013 California, USA)
the Third Party –
Russian Spy & I [Regents cover] /
Now It’s Time (7”single 1967
Adelaide, Australia)
Zoot – Better Get
Going Now/1x2x3x4/Flying (‘Zoot Live – the Reunion’ CD/DVD 2013
Australia/USA)
the Ferrets –
This Night (‘Fame At Any Price’ LP 1978 Australia)
the Zoot – Little
Roland Lost (7”single b-side [to Monty and Me] 1969 Australia)
the Demon Parade
– Open Up Your Mind (CDsingle 2013
Australia)
Matthew Sweet &
Susanna Hoffs – Sorry [Easybeats
cover] (bonus track on Australian
edition of ‘Under the Covers, Vol.1’
compilation 2006 USA)
Last Days of Kali
– Last Days of Kali (‘Last Days of Kali’ EP 2013 Adelaide,
Australia)
the Electric Prunes
– Get Me To The World On Time
(7”single 1967 California, USA)
Surf School Dropouts
– Searching for the Perfect Wave (‘Summer is a State of Mind’ 2012
Copenhagen, Denmark)
Mike Furber & the
Bowery Boys – You Stole My Love [Mockingbirds
cover] (7”single 1966 Australia)
the Barbarellatones
– Mermad (‘mp3 final mix’ 2013 USA)
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