Sunday, March 25, 2007

podcast #31

Podcast 31 - link for mp 3
Podcast 31 - link for txt file tracklisting



Sideroom 7 Inch Singles Podcast #31
1.
Chimes - The Odolites ( Rampant Aust 1986 ) ( 0.00 - 3.57 )
2. Rope - It's Immaterial ( Virgin 1986 ) ( 3.57 - 7.26 )
3. Hurlevent - Estella Blain ( Disc AZ France 196???) ( 7.26 - 10.00 )
4. One Step Ahead - Split Enz ( Mushroom Aust 1980 ) ( 10.00 - 12.46 )
5. Frozen World - Angie Pepper ( Citadel 1984 ) ( 12.46 - 15.29 )
6. Blame - The Chesterfields ( Household 1988 ) ( 15.29 - 18.33 )
7. Slow Things Down - The Soup Dragons ( Raw TV Products 1986 ) ( 18.33 - 20.29 )
8. Cities In Dust - Siouxsie & The Banshees ( Wonderland 1985 ) ( 20.29 - 24.23 )
9. Bye Bye Pride - The Go-Betweens ( True Tone Aust 1987 ) ( 24.23 - 28.16 )
10. Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths ( Rough Trade 1986 ) ( 28.16 - 31.26 )
( duration 31 mins, 320kps mp3 )



Thursday, March 15, 2007

podcast #30 - for Rex & Barry

Most people probably associate Isaac Hayes and "The Theme From Shaft" with the movie of the same name but I am sure there are people like me who lived in Sydney in the mid 1970's that think of it as "The Theme From Seven's Big League", a story of quite a different ilk to the movie Shaft. And with a very different "star" to the movie - the inimitable Rex "The Moose" Mossop, outspoken and blathering host/commentator of ATN-7's Rugby League coverage, ably assisted on "sideline comments" by the mysterious Barry Ross, a more than capable lieutenant to Rex, even if we rarely saw his face. These memories came flooding back when Isaac Hayes showed up in the pile today, making me a little concerned that Rex and Barry aren't so far away in my mind after all...gulp...

Rex aside, today we have a very Australian flavour, starting with The Bedsitting Room from Melbourne, apparantely a bunch of ex Scottish lads who skipped Glasgow and settled by The Yarra sometime around 1985. This is another single with a series of stickers with manic comments of adoration written in textas of various colours, I suspect penned by Simon of the Hummingirds whilst working at Phantom Recs ( see my earlier comments re The Armoury Show from podcast 16 ).

Then Gangajang with their most famous tune "Sounds Of Then" and I'm amazed that no Riptides have shown up at all yet on this blog....percentages are, they have to soon though....their records are lurking in the piles somewhere.

Then we hear from Tactics and a slightly "remixed" ( at the time ) version for 7" of Second Language which appeared on their first album My Houdini. A Tactics double CD comp has come out recently, an anthology type thing. Vol 1 is from the 1st incarnation of the band, the My Houdini/Glebe/Bones of Barry Harrison era...good stuff except - be warned - the songs from Glebe are totally remixed from the original mixes released on the vinyl album in 1981 and well...quite shite "new mixes" actually. Annoyed me so much I have posted the "real" Glebe album on my other blog Humans Beware. A piece of anarchy from me because it's just not right that they remixed the songs for the CD comp !! Also check there for news of a "blog co-prodcution" with the excellent "They Called it Good At the Time" blog who are possibly posting My Houdini soon, which sounds like a great idea to me !!

Other People's Children is of course another Jason Sweeney/Sweet William project.

& to be totally honest I can't remember much about The Whipper Snappers, but obviously bought the record and today I didn't mind hearing it again. Probably it's a bit more overproduced than a lot of the other bands I was listening to at the time and to me it's obvious that they recorded it in more expensive studio - EMI 301, which takes a bit of the rawness away.

The Yapocks were an offshoot band of the bass player Snajik from the 2nd incarnation of Tactics. I am guessing this period of Tactics is what will be featured on the 2nd anthology of their music. whenever that comes out !!

We end with The Agents, featuring the voice and "writing" of James Griffin who was working at the time at 2JJ...yes Double Jay kiddies, well before the 3 Jay's...and clearly used government/ABC facilities to record his band's debut single, but hell why not, I would have if I was him !! He has subsequently gone on to become an author and broadcaster on ABC-TV. At the time of "Suburb's Of The Heart" I suppose he was Sydney's answer to John Cooper Clarke and the record is James' little commentary on life in the suburbs of Australia. Back then I thought it was an incredible apt and scathing representation of the ills of modern society. But then again I was busy recovering from/rebelling against Rex Mossop at the time. Him and Barry Ross !

Podcast 30 - link for mp 3
Podcast 30 - link for txt file tracklisting



Sideroom 7 Inch Singles Podcast #30
1.
Ghost Train - The Bedsitting Room ( no label Aust 1985 ) ( 0.00 - 4.10 )
2. Sounds Of Then - Gangajang ( Truetone Aust 1985 ) ( 4.10 - 7.56 )
3. Second Language - Tactics ( Green Recs Aust 1981) ( 7.56 - 10.23 )
4. Transatlantic - Other People's Children ( Library Aust 1999 ) ( 10.23 - 13.55 )
5. Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes ( Stax 1972 ) ( 13.55 - 17.04 )
6. Furhat - Trashmonk ( Poptones 2001 ) ( 17.04 - 22.15 )
7. You Never Look - The Whipper Snappers ( Green Fez Aust 1988 ) ( 22.15 - 24.35 )
8. Passionfruit Creek - The Yapocks ( Wheoighzst Recs Aust 1983 ) ( 24.35 - 27.00 )
9. Love Is - Troy Tate ( Why Fi 1983 ) ( 27.00 - 30.44 )
10. Suburbs Of The Heart - The Agents ( no label Aust 1980 ) ( 30.44 - 35.39 )
( duration 35 mins, 320kps mp3 )



Wednesday, March 14, 2007

an idea for tracklistings

ok I had a brainwave today...

** provide a seperate plain text file for download with the track times & titles **

wow such a simple solution dunno why I didn't think of it before ??

this works great with an iPod as you can just drop the txt file into the Notes folder and read the tracklist as you listen...

so here's the txt files from the last 3 podcasts to downlaod...I will provide the others very soon

#29 txt file
#28 txt file
#27 txt file

Saturday, March 10, 2007

podcast #29

Well what looks like another ragtag bunch here today..but appearances can be deceptive..

Starting out with a tale in full Scottish brogue, which ya gotta love, from the bside of what looks like the first single from Vagus Nerve, followed by The Archies of all people, something I got 2nd hand sometime, I love the end of it because the stripped back bongo vibe is something like Andrew Weatherall with Primal Scream !

Later we get into the first single from Not Drowning, Waving in the good old days when it was just Bridie & Phillips + a drum machine - before the band became over the top and had more members than a football side and included half of Papua New Guinea in the lineup !! I still recall the exact moment first hearing this song in my childhood bedroom on 2JJJ as played by the legendary Peter Doyle - on ya Doyley old fella :)

Podcast 29 - link



Sideroom 7 Inch Singles Podcast #29
1.
There's A World ( Between Us ) - Vagus Nerve ( Enraptured 1999 ) ( 0.00 - 2.39 )
2. Sunshine - The Archies ( Kirshner 1969 ) ( 2.39 - 5.27 )
3. A Wish Away - The Wonder Stuff ( Polydor 1988) ( 5.27 - 7.52 )
4. Strangers On A Train - The Sports ( Mushroom Aust 1979 ) ( 7.52 - 10.26 )
5. The Second Time - The Raw Herbs ( Rooster 1988 ) ( 10.26 - 14.09 )
6. The Jezebel Spirit - David Byrne & Brian Eno ( EG/Poldor 1981 ) ( 14.09 - 17.36 )
7. Skin Storm - Bradford ( Village 1988 ) ( 17.36 - 20.42 )
8. Moving Around - Not Drowning, Waving ( Rampant Aust 1983 ) ( 20.42 - 27.54 )
9. Love Child - Fast Cars ( Method Aust 1984 ) ( 27.54 - 31.55 )
10. Pretty Pretty - The Skolars ( Method Aust 1983 ) ( 31.55 - 35.14 )
( duration 35 mins, 320kps mp3 )


Thursday, March 1, 2007

podcast #28..sorry if you've been having probs

Some people have had trouble d'loading from Box.net....sorry about that....I think that's because I went over my allowed bandwidth there for downloads...it should all be OK now ;)

The other thing that's come to light is how bad my memory must be. I recently, as in the last month, bought a copy of The Clientele "Since K Got Over Me"...only to be shocked to discover today when making this that I already had a copy. Yep hidden in the infamous pile of records. Funny...must be that 2005 memory blackout of mine back to haunt me. Oh well, now I've got 2 copies ;).

Ok...also today...a late single from McCarthy, a great Sydney band Love & Squalor, more Gnac, Denial also from Sydney ( Newtown to be exact ) ( on M Squared ) and the original of Arican & White by China Crisis amongst others...hope you like it !!

The Reels song course NOT being a cover of The Worrying Kind by The Ark at this year's Melodifestivalen...if u know what I mean, u know what I mean !!

Podcast 28 - link



Sideroom 7 Inch Singles Podcast #28
1.
Keep An Open Mind or Else - McCarthy ( Midnight Music 1989 ) ( 0.00 - 3.30 )
2. Swap - Love and Squalor ( No label Aust 1985 ) ( 3.30 - 6.27 )
3. One Way - Mighty Mighty ( Chapter 22 Recs 1987) ( 6.27 - 9.54 )
4. Since K Got Over Me - The Clientele ( Pointy 2005 ) ( 9.54 - 13.31 )
5. Friendless Summer - The Lucksmiths ( Matinee 2001 ) ( 13.31 - 17.31 )
6. The Broken Fall - Gnac ( Kooky 1998 ) ( 17.31 - 21.32 )
7. The Weatherman - Denial ( M Squared Aust 1983 ) ( 21.32 - 24.11 )
8. The Pain Inside - Cosmic Rough Riders ( Poptones 2001 ) ( 24.11 - 26.58 )
9. Love Grows ( Where My Rosemary Grows ) - The Reels ( Regular Recs Aust 1986 ) ( 26.58 - 29.44 )
10. African & White - China Crisis ( Inevitable 1981 ) ( 29.44 - 33.32 )
( duration 33 mins, 320kps mp3 )