#118 and From Another Side 02

Still on the all Australian run here, kicking off with a non album track for The Reels, then the debut for Tall Tales and True, latter day Little Murders, Howard I Know's firsty and a Double a-side on Phantom from Flaming Hands ( the other side "It's Just That I Miss You" and more Flaming Hands will be over on From Another Side #2 ).

I have to confess to being a little hazy on the details for Non Stop Dancers ( other than I do remember one other later single at least which was on EMI from memory ). Then it's some more Hunnas from Human Frailty - they will also be over on From Another Side,  with not one but two different 12" mixes of Say Goodbye.

Carnival Oof Lost Souls were from Sydney, again a hazy patch in the memory banks for these guys, but I reckon I'll go with my gut feeling which is telling me they had about 3 singles and in the end were very dancey....if I'm not mistaken. If I am mistaken well I am a goose, but that's nuthin' new.

Then we have the 2nd single from The Expression's self titled debut album. Something about this band always reminds me of Gavin Wood on Countdown and I can still hear him bellowing out the intro to this and WIth Closed Eyes. Don't get me wrong I love Gavin and recently read this great interview with him. ( Although I only wish they'd asked him about his acting appearance in "Houseboat Horror" ).

Our journey today  here ends with The Someloves and their 3rd single.

But the journey does continue - as I keep plugging  - more of these artists and related stuff over on the accompanying "From Another Side" blog.

#118 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #118
1. No. 3 - The Reels ( Mercury Aust 1981 )
2. Wasted Life - Tall Tales And True ( Survival ( Custom ) Aust 1986 )
3. 100 Drugs - Little Murders ( Polyester Recs Aust 1984? or 85? )
4. Orwell Street - Howard I Know ( Red Eye Recs Aust 1985 )
5. Go Or Stay - Flaming Hands ( Phantom Recs Aust 1981 )
6. Only One - Non Stop Dancers ( no label Aust 1983 ? )
7. Say Goodbye - Hunters & Collectors ( White Label Recs Aust 1985 )
8. The Weight - Carnival Of Lost Souls ( Rumble Records Aust 1985 )
9. Total Eclipse - The Expression ( Mushroom Recs Aust 1983 )
10. Melt - The Someloves ( White Label Recs Aust 1989 )
( duration 38.20, vbr lame mp3 )

Tracklist as PDF,  all podcasts #1 - ( current ) #118

From Another Side - a companion to this blog

Introducing a new companion blog to this one called "From Another Side" - featuring b-sides, album or 12" or cassette tracks, alternative versions, etc by the artists played on this blog.

With the idea mostly to play some b-sides ( or even the a-side in those times that I played the b-side to start with ) or 12''s by the artist ( that normally wouldn't be played here ) - or album tracks or cassette only tracks or demos -  ie to really dig around the rest of the collection & play them - always from my point of view that music is meant to be heard ( and why leave it lying around my house doing nothing ? ).

As a starting point I began looking through for extra tracks connected the most recent posts.

To that end "From Another Side #1" features additional tracks by Tiny Town, Pel Mel, Four Gods, Frontier Scouts, Idiom Flesh, Dorian Gray, Young Docteurs, The Cry and even a bonus Gobs track.

Check it out here.

All action December

am on annual holidays from Dec 9 ( and will henceforth have free time ) so standby for major activity across all my various blogs...have big things planned, a few new projects and big catchup on the regulars...strap yourself in !

#117

Continuing with all Aussie ness - though strictly Speaking the Tiny Town one is a UK release as the band were based in the UK and the flexi featured here was released there - just the band were expat Brisbanites...

We start today with The Cry from Sydney and I have it listed as 1982 ( which I have to admit comes from the Discogs entry for this single ) but I have the gut feeling this single in fact came out later ( possibly around the 1984 or so ) but have no hard evidence for this - other than my memory.... and that 1982 seems a bit "early" to me....I have been wrong before and will be wrong again though I'm sure.

Then we are up in Brisbane for the legendary Four Gods single, on the even more legendary Able Label. This song sounds exactly like it is - a mix between The Frontier Scouts and early Go Betweens, definitely because that is who is playing on this record ; Lindy on drums and Grant on bass under the alias "Candice" and of course Andrew Wilson of the Frontier Scouts. ( Incidentally this was recorded at m Squared with Patrick engineering so this single even more tinged with "royalty" ). The covers by the way were hand screen printed and done in different colours.

( The ) Tapeloops also from Qld, and the slight of "government work" based on a Joh Bjelke era government...

Then we have the Tiny Town thing ( as I mentioned a flexi ), Clint Small from Melbourne and I don't need to explain The Saints.

The Flies were a Sydney band ( their only single ), Dorian Gray were from Melbourne ( also their only single ), Idiom Flesh were from Sydney ( the first of 2 releases, the other being a 12 ), and of course Skolars ( this being their last single ).

More Aussie coming next week :)


#117 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #117
1. Desert Child - The Cry ( Ice-Nine Recs Aust 1982 )
2. Enchanted House - Four Gods ( Able Label Aust 1981 )
3. Working For The Government - The Tapeloops ( Sundown Recs Aust 1984 )
4. Back To The Bow - Tiny Town ( no label ( Flexi ) 1983 )
5. On The Fourth Floor - Clint Small ( Au-Go-Go Recs Aust 1980 )
6. Simple Love - The Saints ( Lost Records Aust 1980 )
7. Turtle Monster - The Flies ( Pagan Recs Aust 1985 )
8. The Emperor's New Clothes - Dorian Gray ( Au-Go-Go Recs Aust 1982 )
9. It - Idiom Flesh ( Rama Records Aust 1982 )
10. Precious Love - Skolars ( Ruse Aust 1989 )
( duration 33.09, vbr lame mp3 )

Tracklist as PDF,  all podcasts #1 - ( current ) #117

#116

This weeks is the first in a longish stretch of all Aussie music...

We start with John Kennedy ( earlier of JFK & the Cuban Crisis fame ) and "Big Country", the 2nd single under his Love Gone Wrong moniker , geographically going a bit further afield than his previous odes to King Street and Marrickville. ( also moving geographically up the road in term of record-shop labels ).

Then we have a 7" edit version of Pandemonium from Pel Mel, a 2nd issue /version of the Deckchairs Overboard song ( previously found on their debut s/t 12 " ) and another Martin Armiger driven 7 from The Kevins ( see also #112 ).

Tactics are always worth discussing and this latter day 7" ( ie from 1990 ) interesting for many reasons - firstly it's from their last full studio album "The Great Gusto", secondly for the fact that it's on Regular Records and thirdly because of the involvement of Roger Grierson ( as producer )  - given the stories of earlier cracks in their relationship during the band's days on Green Recs ( and particularly the recording of Glebe ). Also there is something about the treatment of some of the backing vocals that sound like late period Thought Criminals ( especially the oft maligned "You Only Think Twice" album - which I have never maligned,  just for the record ). ( I also love the "your turn my turn" gag at the end )

Everything else on the list easy to grasp I'm sure, except a quick brain refresher on Karen Ansell being in The Reels for a while ( ala Quasimodo's Dream era and thereabouts ) ( and this single was produced by Neil Finn ) and finally Crib Sex were from Brisbane,  this was their second single ( for the first see #38 ).

Obviously also a Brissie connection ther with John Kennedy ( and Mark Callaghan even ) and there's more Brisbane ties in our next one...see you then


#116 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #116
1. Big Country - John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong ( Red Eye Aust 1986 )
2. Pandemonium - Pel Mel ( Gap Aust 1983 )
3. That's The Way - Deckchairs Overboard ( Regular Recs Aust 1983 )
4. Ululation - The Kevins ( White Label Recs Aust 1983 )
5. Turn - Tactics ( Regular Recs Aust 1990 )
6. House Of Cards - Gang Gajang ( Truetone Aust 1985 )
7. Communication - Marc Hunter ( Mercury Aust 1984 )
8. No Commotion - Karen Ansell ( Mushroom Aust 1983 )
9. Love Will Find A Way - The Reels ( Mercury Aust 1979 )
10. Smacks Of Love - Crib Sex ( Humoresque Recs Aust 1986 )
( duration 32.42, vbr lame mp3 )

#115

This week the cards we have been dealt mostly have a post punk bent ( even "post-post punk" if you like... )

Kicking off with Bristolians Scream And Dance, more obscure than than their contemporaries like Rip, Rig & Panic et al . This track has some personal history with me, ie from from 1982-1988 I used the name "Scream And Dance" for a radio show I was doing on 2SER in Sydney - not because I was a fan of the band, or even of this song but because it was the 2nd song I ever played on air and when I started the show I had no name for the show....the first song I played was "What" by Soft Cell and then made a back announcement that said

"..well, Soft Cell has asked the question What ? and the answer is...Scream and Dance"

and then I played the track, and thus the show had a name....totes trivia I know but I feel I have to point that out.

Nothing else that's not glaringly obvious until songs 6 and 7 - these "Coolies" are two different bands; the first is the NY band that were the only overseas release for M Sqaured in Australia ( and one of two "regrets" from the label - as mentioned by Mitch Jones once in an interview on the aforementioned radio show - ie this Coolies release because it was so unlike the rest of the label and the other one being the Entrave Et Etouffement double 10", only because of some dubious money handling by the French label ). The 2nd band today called THE Coolies were from Atlanta.

The last track by Virna Lindt was always a bit of mystery / conundrum to me - because of the packaging / marketing it always felt to me like it wasn't a "real" release - ie that it was either a weird product tie in or something connected with a kid's toy / game.... it is of course in fact a legit release !

All of that could be because something about it always reminded me of a one of my most coveted records - which was both a product tie and did come with a kid's toy. That was a Barbie Doll 7" record ( ie supposedly Barbie singing ! ) that Ray Rockmelon owned and he played it to me once and I have coveted it ever since.....

enough of the digression though

after this we hit a bit stretch of all Aussie music...


#115 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #115
1. In Rhythm - Scream And Dance ( Recreational Records 1982 )
2. Conspiracy - The Higsons ( Waap Records 1982 )
3. Secret Story - Minny Pops ( Factory 1982 )
4. Everything's Roses - Fire Engines ( Codex Communications 1980 )
5. New Breed - Mackenzies ( Ron Johnson 1986 )
6. Do You Agree - Coolies ( M Squared Aust 1981 )
7. Scarborough Fair - The Coolies ( DB Recs 1985 )
8. Seven Minutes to Midnight - Wah! Heat ( Inevitable Music 1980 )
9. Do Nothing - The Specials ( 2 Tone 1980 )
10. Attention Stockholm - Virna Lindt ( Compact Listeners 1981 )
( duration 29.46, vbr lame mp3 )

#114

Very soon we're about to hit a long stretch of exclusively Australian tracks, today's has 7 of the 10, the next one following ( #115 ) is all from OS, but after that it's a big stretch of Aussieness....

Starting today with a b-side for Pel Mel ( the other side of Blind Lead The Blind ), for a few reasons, mostly that the a side is on the Out Of Reason album and that I prefer the b-side Water anyway ( not to be confused with Head Above Water, the single released after this one by Pel Mel ). While we're on the subject of b-side versus a-side, same case with the Shrinking Violets ( it's the other side of Everything )...again a purely personal aural selection.

Second out of the gate(s) today is Tiny Town ( aka Tinytown ) their 3rd single, the Red Eye re-issue of Steve Kilbey's first solo single and then The Cannanes from ( my usual hazy memory and too lazy to look it up mind' eyes ) their 3rd 7" ( not forgetting the cassettes in & around it ) ( one day I'll get the cassettes sorted....when I'm about 80)

The others in the track list are easy to figure I hope...and I have to plead forgiveness - citing my often alluded to early senility / memory loss for the lack of info on AT Wells, other than it was a 3-track Waterfront ep...I'll try and channel my inner 1985 and get back to you if anything springs to mind !!

hope you likem, enjoy :)


#114 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #114
1. Water - Pel Mel ( Gap Recs Aust 1982 )
2. Drop By Drop - Tiny Town ( Elastic Recs 1984 )
3. This Asphalt Eden - Steve Kilbey ( Red Eye Aust 1985 )
4. Cardboard - The Cannanes ( ? label Aust 1988 )
5. She Said - Shrinking Violets ( Phantom Recs Aust 1988 )
6. From St Kilda To King's Cross - Paul Kelly ( White Label Recs Aust 1985 )
7. How Soon Is Now ? - The Smiths ( Rough Trade 1985 )
8. Bible Dreams - The Wild Swans ( Sire 1988 )
9. Colours Fly Away - The Teardrop Explodes ( Mercury 1981 )
10. Life In The Sun - A.T. Wells ( Waterfront Recs Aust 1985 )
( duration 31.02, vbr lame mp3 )

Tracklist as PDF,  all podcasts #1 - ( current ) #114

#113

Hi again, firstly it's a French radio promo from Mood Six, the normal release being a 12", then out of Canberra it's Young Docteurs ( Mk II ), the 2nd single from The Chairs ( UK ) and then what I consider to be The Hit Parade's best.

3 Aussie tracks follow - 2 Perth bands on the Easter Recs label and another single from ( Curious ) Yellow ( who we really recently played on #109 ), though this time not produced by Steve Kilbey.

Then the Jane song which I have burnt in my head from another version of it - eg the Opus III version, Third Circle from Leeds and latter day Railway Children.

have a good one :)


#113 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #113
1. What Have You Ever Done ? - Mood Six (  ?? label - French Promo 7" 1986-7 )
2. Around - Young Docteurs ( Resistance Records Aust 1985 )
3. Size 10 Girlfriend - The Chairs ( Pink Halo 1988 )
4. You Didn't Love Me Then - The Hit Parade ( JSH Records 1985 )
5. Honeypearl - The Summer Suns ( Easter Recs Aust 1986 )
6. Waiting In Line - The Marigolds ( Easter Recs Aust 1987 )
7. Love Itself - ( Curious ) Yellow ( Red Eye Recs Aust 1991 )
8. It's A Fine Day - Jane ( Cherry Red 1983 )
9. Last Night Was The Best Night Of My Life - Third Circle ( Rouska 1986 )
10. Every Beat Of The Heart - The Railway Children ( Virgin 1990 )
( duration 32.12, vbr lame mp3 )

Tracklist as PDF,  all podcasts #1 - ( current ) #113

#112 - more Oz

Accidentally Ozzie Street again today, firstly with a Johnny Young penned song about Normie Rowe sung by Ronnie Burns ( a big triple there ), then a recording session I would have liked to see - The Gobs & The Birthday Party together as The Tuff Monks.

Another track from Vesania the Ves 8 album, the Martin Armiger produced Kevins ( from the mini album Club Of Rome ) ( with another Kevins single in the pile coming up soon by the way ), an in between albums single from the Enz ( produced by Eddie Rayner ) & one of the Rockie's best ( with help from the late great Robert Racic ).

The others are obvious I hope 'cept - yeah first single from The Expression's debut self titled album & Howard I Know, Mr Shawcross and pals produced by Mark Callaghan ( schweet )

#112 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #112
1. Smiley - Ronnie Burns ( Spin Aust 1969 )
2. After The Fireworks - Tuff Monks ( Au-go-Go Aust 1982 )
3. Crazy - Ves 8 ( Powderworks Aust 1982 )
4. Romeo Romeo - The Kevins ( White Label Recs Aust 1982 )
5. Next Exit - Split Enz ( Mushroom Aust 1983 )
6. What's It Gonna Be ? - Rockmelons ( Truetone Aust 1988 )
7. In Your Car - The Dugites ( Deluxe Aust 1980 )
8. With Closed Eyes - The Expression ( Mushroom Aust 1982 )
9. Stand By Flight - Howard I Know ( Red Eye Recs Aust 1986 )
10. Too Many Times - Mental As Anything ( Regular Recs Aust 1981 )
( duration 34.42, vbr lame mp3 )

Tracklist as PDF,  all podcasts #1 - ( current ) #112

#111 - legs up Shep !!

this one's for "Shep" the English umpire who used to habitually life his leg while "the old dart" were "on Nelson" ( 111 )...go Shep...may ye rest in peace with yer leg up matey

All pretty self evident today I believe, 'cept maybe Stray Dags who were a Sydney all girl group ( including down the recording / producing of the song )...everyone else I'm sure is familiar...so enjoy it ( like Shep )

#111 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #111
1. Changeling - Simple Minds ( Zoom Recs 1979 )
2. Child's Play - Modern Eon ( DinDisc 1981 )
3. Shack Up - A Certain Ratio ( Benelux ( / Factory ) 1980 )
4. Draft Riot - The Del-Byzanteens ( Don't Fall Off The Mountain 1982 )
5. How I Wrote Elastic Man - The Fall ( Rough Trade 1980 )
6. Dalek I Love You ( Destiny ) - Dalek I ( Back Door 1980 )
7. Dark Park Creeping - Mo-Dettes ( Decca 1980 )
8. Self Attack - Stray Dags ( Ewe Wave Music Aust 1981 )
9. Enemy Lines - James Freud & Berlin ( Mushroom Aust 1980 )
10. King Of The Flies - Fad Gadget ( Mute 1982 )

( duration 34.17, vbr lame mp3 )

Tracklist as PDF,  all podcasts #1 - ( current ) #111

#110

I said I'd be back really quickly...

I looked at the box and figured there's no point them sitting around my floor doing nothing...so here we go again

Kicking off with Dennis Bovell producing Orange Juice, a non album single, then the promised ( on #101 ) 3rd single from Serious Young Insects, this time featuring lead vocals from drummer Mark White ( see also The Champagne Edge on #70 ).

The Monkey Run from Manchester also featured earlier on #95, todays is the 2nd single.

Fruit Pastilles were on the same label ( Native Tongue ) as Serious Young Insects, only by means of a compilation called "Undiscovered" which was put out by Melbourne radio station 3XY featuring various Melbourne bands, the single today has "Product" by China on the other side, also on the comp ( check out Discogs for more info on this comp )

The Spy v Spy one is the first single ( via Green Recs ) ( way back in the day, before they added the extra "v" to their name ! ). The Plunderers is their second single ( on a Citadel offshoot, not surprisingly under the guidance of a certain Mr R Younger ). Sadly Melbourne legend Peter Lillie is no longer with us having passed away late last year. Although it's not mentioned anywhere on the single seems Roland Howard, Mick Harvey & Phil Calvert all played on the record.

As always enjoy :)

#110 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #110
1. Flesh Of My Flesh - Orange Juice ( Black Records 1983 )
2. Be Patient - Serious Young Insects ( Native Tongue Aust 1982 )
3. Happy House - Siouxsie & The Banshees ( Polydor 1980 )
4. Falling Upstairs - The Monkey Run ( Intense Records 1987 )
5. I Don't Ever Want To See You Again - Fruit Pastilles ( Native Tongue Aust 1982 )
6. Everything's Gone Green - New Order ( Factory 1981 )
7. Do What You Say - Spy v Spy ( Green Recs Aust 1981 )
8. I Don't Mind - The Plunderers ( Green Fez Aust 1988 )
9. Samurai Star - Peter Lillie & The Ego Ninja ( Missing Link Aust 1979 )
10. Nowhere Girl - B.Movie ( Some Bizzare 1982 )

( duration 32.22, vbr lame mp3 )

Tracklist as PDF,  all podcasts #1 - ( current ) #110

#109

Hi again, starting off with our old Scottish buddies, Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes - albeit under their other moniker Rote Kapelle ( with the overhang into The Fizzbombs ) - quite spookily we also have an Adam Faith track for your "experience" today.

Plus a few Aussie efforts, Arctic Circles from Melbourne ( prod by Lobby Loyde ), Curious Yellow ( prd by Steve Kilbey ) ( another single from them coming up very soon ) and Afterglow ( also Melbournians ).

see you again really soon with more, just looked in the box and there are heaps to come, and I seem to have been "dragging the chain" lately

meantime hope you like this one ;)

#109 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #109
1. Fire Escape - Rote Kapelle ( In Tape 1988 )
2. Comme Un Entranger Dans La Ville ( Everybody's Talkin' ) - Gilles Marchal ( Az Disc France 1969 )
3. Wishing Well - Glo-Worm ( Slmberland 1995 )
4. Albie - Fat Tulips ( Sunday Records 1992 )
5. Angel - The Arctic Circles ( Mr Spacemen Recs Aust 1985 )
6. Taken By Surprise - Curious ( Yellow ) ( Red Eye Recs Aust 1990 )
7. As You Like It - Adam Faith ( Parlophone 1962 )
8. Fall Behind - Afterglow ( Summershine Aust 1992 )
9. Wallflower - The Blow Monkeys ( RCA 1984 )
10. Lost Weekend - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions ( Polydor 1986 )( duration 29.12, vbr lame mp3 )

Tracklist as PDF,  all podcasts #1 - ( current ) #109