podcast #27...a day of collaborations

Firstly you can no doubt see that's not the "official sleeve cover" for Christine by Siouxsie & The Banshees !! Yeah I got it second hand somewhere one fine day..

Seems to be a lot of people either collaborating or playing on other people's records today... The Horizontalist is the Mary Hansen + friends from Stereolab/High Llamas joint effort ( on Mary's own label I believe ). The Go-Betweens used the piano/ivory services of Dan Wallace Crabbe ( most notably of The Laughing Clowns ). Chad's Tree roped in Amanda Brown for a bit of violin, from memory just before she'd joined The Go-Betweens and after she'd left The Lucky Dinosaurs ( aaaah now there's a name from my past !! ). And finally the incarnation here of Ya Ya Choral has Chris Morrow formerly of The Numbers on board.

I'm also experimenting with putting the times of the songs here as well...hope this helps ??

Podcast 27 - link



Sideroom 7 Inch Singles Podcast #27
1. Shimmer - The Flatmates ( Subway 1987 ) ( 0.00 - 3.31 )
2. Christine - Siouxsie & The Banshees ( Polydor 1980 ) ( 3.31 - 6.25 )
3. Tunnel Of Love - Fun Boy Three ( Chrysalis 1987) ( 6.25 - 9.30 )
4. Twenty Feet Behind - The Horizontalist ( Horizontal 2001 ) ( 9.30 - 12.27 )
5. Two Lines - Ya Ya Choral ( Red Eye Aust 1985 ) ( 12.27 - 14.46 )
6. Your Turn My Turn - The Go-Betweens ( Missing Link Aust 1981 ) ( 14.46 - 17.40 )
7. Dry Land - Harper Lee ( Matinee 1999 ) ( 17.40 - 20.48 )
8. Sweet Jesus Blue Eyes - Chad's Tree ( Nude Recs Aust 1986 ) ( 20.48 - 24.09 )
9. South Pacific - The Dugites ( Deluxe Recs Aust 1980 ) ( 24.09 - 27.28 )
10. Last Fond Goodbye - Grab Grab The Haddock ( Cherry Red 1985 ) ( 27.28 - 30.18 )
( duration 30 mins, 320kps mp3 )

podcast #26

Ok I'm pretty sure I have now exhausted all of the Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes singles I have, which is kinda sad ;(

Seems though I have a hundred Primitives singles because they keep appearing at a regular rate !

The Z-Cars ( not to be confused with the z-Scars from Latvia ! ) were a Melbourne band who the ravages of time have blurred my memory on totally. The Gist is of course Stuart Moxham ( and his brother Phillip ) who was also in Weekend.

If you look at the comments for this post a few people have made some great suggestions re the podcasts and being able to indentify the songs more easily, I'm seeing what I can come up with and will get back to you on that.

in the meantime...

Podcast 26 - link



Sideroom 7 Inch Singles Podcast #26
1. Burning Car - John Foxx ( Virgin 1980 )
2. This Is Love - The Gist ( Rough Trade 1980 )
3. Splashing Along - Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes ( Narodnik 1986)
4. Stop Killing Me - The Primitives ( Lazy 1987 )
5. Is There Someone Out There - Z-Cars ( Au Go Go Aust 1980 )
6. Cremation Town - The Poppyheads ( Sarah 1988 )
7. Testcard Girl - Talulah Gosh ( 53rd & 3rd 1988 )
8. Teh Anti-Midas Touch - The Wolfhounds ( Pink 1986 )
9. Belle Vue- Miaow ( Venus Recs 1987 )
10. Always - The Saints ( Larrikan Aust 1980 )
( duration 29 mins, 320kps mp3 )

wow I made it to podcast #25 !

Firstly to the girls in Houston, Texas who wrote to me and said they had a "sideroom singles all day party on the weekend" - oh my god !! that is so side splittingly funny !! Glad you had a fun day and it is making me laugh my head off !!

It's also highly "raisonable" of you but then my knowledge of French is limited to David Gedge of The Wedding Present's impressive bi-lingual skills in putting out "Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now" in the French version that appears here today as "Cadeau De Marriage". I'm sure I have the English 7" somewhere and that'll probably show up one today.

Something a little 'un-raisonable' is the slight ribbing they gave Vini Reilly of the Durutti Column in the movie 24 Hour Party People...poor old Vini !! Anyway Vini's on board today with the legendary Sketch For Summer.

The band The Products were from Sydney and an offshoot band of Fabian Byrne who was a member of Fast Cars who were on podcast#13 with Saturday's Girl. And bizzarely Echo & The Bunnymen showed up 8th again like last time...spooky !! And sometimes I don't really know exactly what it is Mark E Smith of The Fall is on about but I've always loved the strange little tale contained in Lie Dream of A Casino Soul.

Enjoy ;)

Podcast 25 - link



Sideroom 7 Inch Singles Podcast #25
1. Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul - The Fall ( Kamera 1981 )
2. Pale Shelter - Tears For Fears ( Mercury 1982 )
3. Pourquoi Es Tu Devenue Si Raisonable ? - Cadeau De Marriage ( Reception 1988)
4. Somewhere South - The Railway Children ( Virgin 1988 )
5. Sketch For Summer - The Durutti Column ( Factory 1979 )
6. Love & Remains - Sportique ( Matinee 1999 )
7. Power Plant - The Products ( Method Aust 1980 )
8. Seven Seas - Echo & The Bunnymen ( WEA 1984 )
9. Spinning ( pt 1) - Loop ( Head 1987 )
10. What A Wonderful World - BMX Bandits ( 53rd & 3rd 1986 )
( duration 32 mins, 320kps mp3 )

the lads from Yeovil !! podcast #24

The Beat Hotel are/were from Yeovil ! My mind immediately wanders onto the image of them catching the 18:10 from Yeovil Junction with Bubblegum Splash....

The B-52's single is the original original original totally indie "raw as" version of Rock Lobster...straight outa Athens,Georgia...PO Box 1906 to be exact. Oh and I had to choose the b-side of the Jesus and Mary Chain single because the a side wouldn't play properly...somehow it's warped and sounds like my cat is sleeping on it as I try to play it ( like she used to try and do when she was a kitten ) ( er not specifically the Jesus and Mary Chain single, the turntable I mean ). The Makers of The Dead Travel Fast are from the Sydney label M Squared which I have had an mini rave on about before in an earlier post :)


Podcast 24 - link



Sideroom 7 Inch Singles Podcast #24
1. Smile - The Beat Hotel ( Household Recs 1988 )
2. I Think It's Raining - Spencer Spencer ( Cleopatra Recs Aust 1981 )
3. Kill Surf City - The Jesus And Mary Chain ( Blanco Y Negro 1987)
4. Rock Lobster - The B-52's ( Boo Fant Tunes 1978 )
5. Ahead - Wire ( Mute 1987 )
6. Cold - Airport Girl ( Sorted Recs 2001 )
7. The Dumb Waiters - The Makers Of The Dead Travel Fast ( M Squared Aust 1981 )
8. Lips Like Sugar - Echo & The Bunnymen ( WEA 1987 )
9. Love's Easy Tears - Cocteau Twins ( 4AD 1986 )
10. Wide Open Road - The Triffids ( White/Hot Aust 1986 )
( duration 36 mins, 320kps mp3 )

podcast #23 - don't you love it when...

..when you find a record you had forgotten you had...AND it's a good one !

Seems in 2005 I bought an EP on Tragadiscos from Spain, "A Pop split" ( number 26 of 250 ) with The Lucksmiths, Nice Man, Sodastream, The Shermans, Pipas & Charm Filter. Wow. It's a really good EP and I don't even remember buying it !! My head was in a weird spot in 2005 for various reasons and I must have blocked this record. Oh well, I've found it again. Juicy.

Next, a confession.

One of the records featured here doesn't technically belong to me. I borrowed it from a library in 1991 and..er..."forgot" to return it. It also happens to be a very unusual little gem, so to be quite truthful at this point I can predict my memory only getting much worse in the 'remembering to take it back' stakes. Unless the Library SWAT Police kick my door down now.

It's the one called Cowboy Kulla below, which is a Bollywood 7" - yeah it's the one with the library card ;p

There was a period when I went through this particular record library ( which had a very extensive collection of music from other countries ) and went through the 500+ Bollywood albums. Mostly trying to find the ones which had a crossover into Western music, and found some great stuff !! & taped a lot of them but also then went out and bought quite a few albums. Inspired by the appearance today of the Cowboy Kulla single I have made a full Bollywood podcast on a new blog I've started called The Burning Train, which will have some of the more unsual Bollywood efforts discovered in this period of my life, well the ones I could locate today in a hurry. If you feel inclined for a very "different listening experience", go over to that blog and check out the Bollywood Podcast !!

But back to Cowboy Kulla, it's in the Kannada language, so most likely from the Kerala region in southern India, and Cowboy Kulla is the name of the film. I can only guess it has a Cowboy theme, never haven seen the film, this is not to say the songs on the single have that goin' on. It definitely has it's own thing going on. Which you will discover, is how I will leave it. Other than to say I love it !!


Podcast 23 - link



Sideroom 7 Inch Singles Podcast #23
1. The Night We Flew Out The Window - Fantastic Something ( Blanco y Negro 1985 )
2. All This World - Arco ( Dreamy 2000 )
3. Now I'm Even Further Away - The Lucksmiths ( Tragadiscos 2005)
4. January - Pilot ( EMI 1975)
5. All Day Long - Shop Assistants ( Subway 1985 )
6. Spit It Out - And So To Bed ( Timebox 1987 )
7. Sunshine Superman - The Sports ( Mushroom Aus 1981 )
8. Ondennu Onti Hennu - P Susheela & Chorus ( Odeon 1973 )
9. Animal Cannabus - Mull Historical Society ( Rough Trade 2001 )
10. Block Of Wood - The Bats ( Flying Nun NZ 1987 )
( duration 31 mins, 320kps mp3 )

mmm...an interesting idea

that I'm mulling over

someone has suggested I do a "flipside" blog...playing the flipsides of all the singles

mmmmmm, I've been thinking about the maybes and maybe nots of this ...not sure yet !!

good idea though

possible name - flipsideroom ??

Hollow Heart to Hollow Heart...podcast # 22

If the songs on the podcasts on this blog weren't chosen totally by chance ( like they are ) I would never program 2 songs with the same name, and certainly not the first and last tracks, but that's what's happened today with the mysterious appearance of two songs called Hollow Heart, one by The Weather Prophets, the other by Birdland. And there ya have it.

Mmm ? A palandrome of sorts ??

I seem to have a billion Bodines singles don't I ? Whatever they're all ace.

And I chose the bside to Wah! because it's a "talking song" and ever since Convoy I've been rather partial to a "talking song" ( lol ).

The Joey Vincent thing is a moniker of Joe Camilleri aka Jo Jo Zep aka the front dude of The Black Sorrows. This particular single was from a box set of 5 songs on Joe's own indie label called Mighty Records, which featured himself and other members of his then band The Falcons doing solo projects under various aliases. Nosey Parker ( b/w Lovin' You) & was Joe living out his reggae fantasies to the max. On ya Jo Jo :)

The Surf Drums is another b-side...last time they were here ( on podcast 16 ) I also chose the b-side, both times reminding myself that "back in the day" I was much the same, not liking the A-side as much. Even if both singles were produced by old Slaughter Joe himself (Foster ).

Another weird co-incidence to partner the double Hollow Heart experience of today is that The Sparklers appeared in the pile, being the band Peter Oxley formed with his little sis Melanie after the demise of The Sunnyboys ( who I couldn't help but bung on about last podcast ).

I have also done a "copycat" podcast to the ones on this blog on my other blog Humans Beware, chosing only 7" singles ( and one rogue 12" ) the difference between here and there is I was in control of the selection over there, rather than leaving it to total chance like I do here. Anyway over on the other side there are singles from The Violets, Strange Idols, Fields, Celestial, Apple Orchard, Tillmans, Hot Chip, Dreams End, My Darling You! and Panda Bears.

The other difference is that those singles are all recent purchases and kept elsewhere other than the famous "sideroom" from which I have so happily drawn upon for this blog. But the different rooms and different storage areas for my records is something for the Japanese tour groups to discover.

Meantime, here is
Podcast 22 - link 1



Sideroom 7 Inch Singles Podcast #22
1. Hollow Heart - The Weather Prophets ( Creation 1988 )
2. Slip Slide - The Bodines ( Magnet 1987 )
3. The Story Of The Blues ( pt 2 ) - Wah! ( Eternal 1982)
4. Life Of Crime - The Flatmates ( Subway 1987)
5. Nosey Parker - Joey Vincent ( Mighty Recs Aust 1980 )
6. All There Is - Surf Drums ( Kaleidoscope 1987 )
7. Merry Go Round - The Sparklers ( Mighty Boy Aus 1987 )
8. Run For Your Life - Sweet William ( Matinee 1997 )
9. New Age - Pauline Murray & The Storm ( Polestar 1986 )
10. Hollow Heart - Birdland ( Lazy 1989 )
( duration 29 mins, 320kps mp3 )

21 today !

To settle any arguments...today we have the ABSOLUTE original version of "Alone With You" by The Sunnyboys from their first ep on Phantom, specifically the 7" ( of course if it's here on this blog ! ). This original Phantom version has turned up on a few CD comps but as far as I have ever heard they always seem to use the version from the 12" re-issue which came out not long after the 7". This 12" version of the song fades out before the finish which is annoying. But not today, it's the whole thing for a change, without fade out, from my much loved 7".

As far as I can work out the 12" version existed because rather than repress the 7" they felt they needed to remix the master tape and re-order the songs. The 7" was always slightly lower sound quality than it needed to be, with a disclaimer on the back that it was "mastered at less than normal volume to retain maximum quality". In my older wiser years I know this claim is..well...total bollocks ! And the guys at Phantom Records were sold a dud concept on this one. Anyway the 7" was low level and I guess this is why they wanted to hurriedly repress it louder and better and on 12".

But enough of my little Sunnyboys rant !!

Podcast 21 - link



Sideroom 7 Inch Singles Podcast #21
1. Way Behind Me - The Primitives ( Lazy/RCA 1988 )
2. ( I Can't Seem ) To Make You Mine - The Clientele feat Pam Berry ( Johnny Kane 2001 )
3. Crush The Lily - Chad's Tree ( Hot Recs Aust 1985)
4. Two Hearts Together - Orange Juice ( Polydor 1982)
5. Poised Over The Pause Button - This Poison! ( Reception 1987 )
6. Neon Rainbow- The Box Tops ( Stateside 1967 )
7. I Need Two Heads - The Go-Betweens ( Missing Link Aus 1980 )
8. Burn Clear - Something Happens ( Cooking Vinyl 1986 )
9. Alone With You - Sunnyboys ( Phantom Recs Aust 1980 )
10. Teenage - The Brilliant Corners ( McQueen Recs 1988 )
( duration 30 mins, 320kps mp3 )

podcast 20 is finally online

Well after a huge delay in getting some problems with my broadband access sorted I am happy to say that *finally* I can upload podcast 20, which has been sitting on my computer for nearly a week now. Phew...

Podcast 20 - link

Sideroom 7 Inch Singles Podcast #20
1. One Of These Days - The Sandkings ( Long Beach 1988 )
2. Tiny Words - The Orchids ( Sarah 1988 )
3. Fedora - Sweet William ( Library Recs Aust 1999)
4. Happy Hour - The Housemartins ( Chrysalis 1986)
5. Oh Brother ! - The Fall ( Beggars Banquet 1984 )
6. In The Bumpy Air- Gnac ( Octane Grammophon 2001 )
7. I Didn't Mean To Hurt You - Felt ( Creation 1986 )
8. Gold Watch - Tactics ( Green Recs Aust 1982 )
9. Pro Celebrity Standing Around - The Montgolfier Brothers ( Poptones 2001 )
10. The Unguarded Moment - The Church ( EMI Aust 1980 )
( duration 31 mins, 320kps mp3 )

broadband problems

I am having problems with my broadband which is stopping me making new posts until I have it sorted....so a minor delay !!

Surf's Up In Bristol again !! Podcast 19

Hang Ten !!! Bristol-stylee...The Groove Farm are back with a pretty serious little surf instrumental from their pre-Subway ep ( ie the "Only The Most Ignorant Gutless Sheep-Brained Poltroon Can Deny Them Now" Ep ). And finally some more Go-Betweens !, another Bodines ( god their singles were awesome ), a Shinkansen effort from Cody, some of the mighty Mr M Hannett's work with the Invisible Girls, a few Aussie things in a Sydney band called Jump Vision and the first single from INXS "Simple Simon", which is vastly different from their later work. I could never ever knock a Sheffield band but the Darling Buds are sounding their most Primitives like. Also the A-side of The Vaselines single, that is the A-side to Molly's Lips which was on that Rough Trade comp.

There's also a Swedish only podcast up at my alternative blog Humans Beware, featuring songs by Kuraykin, Parker Lewis, Days, Juni Jarvi, Diktendo, El Perro Del Mar, The Ruling Class, Mixtapes & Cellmates, Junior Station, Everyday Sensations, Most Valuable Players and The Bridal Shop...which is well worth a listen, if only for The Ruling Class who seriously take up The Stone Roses/Charlatans/Madchester baton and run with it perfectly.

Enjoy it all :)

Podcast 19 - link

Sideroom 7 Inch Singles Podcast #19
1. Spring Rain - The Go-Betweens ( Truetone Aust 1986 )
2. Saturday Night Special - Fad Gadget ( Mute 1982 )
3. Surfin' Impossible - The Groove Farm ( Raving Pop Blast! 1986)
4. Anticyclone - Cody ( Shinkansen 1998)
5. Dream Sequences - Pauline Murray & The Invisible Girls ( Illusive 1980 )
6. God Bless - The Bodines ( Creation 1986 )
7. I Can't Get Used To You - Jump Vision ( Basilisk Aust 1980 )
8. Dying For It - The Vaselines ( 53rd & 3rd 1987 )
9. Simple Simon - INXS ( Deluxe Aust 1980 )
10. It's All Up To You - The Darling Buds ( Native 1988 )
( duration 29 mins, 320kps mp3 )

old enough to drink...podcast #18

well at least in Australia 18 is the legal age for drinking...a bit older in other countries I believe !! What are you waiting for ?

Something about the Wedding Present song made me laugh today as it's such a rough old recording...like demo quality or in in modern speak like a 96kps song on myspace. The Jesus & Mary Chain IS a demo apparentely ( and from the bside of Darklands ), but it's meant to be that way, unlike Gedgey's work. Today we also hear from Dance Set which was an offshoot group of Rob Griffith's of The Little Murders from Melbourne who showed up on podcast #5 with "She Lets Me Know". As far as I remember this was the one and only Dance Set release. The Wishing Stones song is the b-side to"The Old Road Out Of Town", I found the a-side a bit boring if the truth be known. The Widdershins were a band formed by ex members of The Lighthouse Keepers who have shown up on both this and my other blog Humans Beware. The Scritti single is just when they started to go a bit schmicko. I have the early Scritti punkoid singles ( and the later ones !! when he/they went totally schmicko ) so I suspect they'll appear here eventually.

Podcast 18 - link

Sideroom 7 Inch Singles Podcast #18
1. On The Wall ( Porta Studio demo ) - The Jesus & Mary Chain ( WEA 1987 )
2. You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends - The Wedding Present ( Reception Recs 1986 )
3. Melody Smiles - Dance Set ( Au Go Go recs Aust 1981)
4. Over My Head - The Wishing Stones ( Sub Aqua 1988)
5. Oblivious - Aztec Camera ( Rough Trade 1982 )
6. The Trumpet Song - The Particles ( Waterfront Aust 1983 )
7. I Shouldn't Have To Say - The Rosehips ( Subway 1987 )
8. Frans Hals - McCarthy ( Pink 1986 )
9. Now You Know - Widdershins ( Waterfront Aust 1987 )
10. The Sweetest Girl - Scritti Politti ( Rough Trade 1981 )
( duration 32 mins, 320kps mp3 )

more on Love Of Loves

As promised in last post you can hear the original "Love Of Loves" by The Singles at Humans Beware, plus I've kinda kept in more in the UK this time ( as opposed to the Scandinavian bands ) with ( the awesome ) Sailplanes, The Violets ( UK, not the US ones ), Cause Co-Motion, The Lodger and The Boyfriends, but then I did throw in a few Swedes ala Love Is All and The Javelins ( ie those little nosebleeders Faintest Ideas under their original name ) and their Nordic neighbours Je Suis Animal. Check it out !!