tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69486313535811763412024-03-18T21:37:54.754+11:00Wallaby BeatPunk, DIY, powerpop, grillfat, glam, NWOAHM from Australia 1975-1984.Wallaby Beathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981560179306474625noreply@blogger.comBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948631353581176341.post-9237707087876727122017-04-23T19:44:00.001+10:002020-11-26T11:03:48.841+11:00Wallaby Beat Visits Maximum Rock 'n' Roll Remote Radio<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some cheat notes from our episode of Maximum Rock 'n' Roll Remote Radio - listen <a href="http://radio.maximumrocknroll.com/mrrradio1554/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Our friends at Maximum Rock 'n' Roll have started a new series under the MRR Radio umbrella called Remote Radio. They're after peeps to cover their local area and we are more than happy to throw our hat in the ring and do a show on the punk side of Wallaby Beat, covering the blog's greatest hits, some stuff we would have covered if life didn't catch up, some stuff from the label, and some recent reissues that we rate. Contact MRR if you want do do a show from your scene.<br />
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<b>Stiletto – Nuclear War</b><br />
<i>Unreleased, Melbourne 1978</i><br />
Never released on vinyl, Stiletto were one of a number of Melbourne pub rock bands (Jo Jo Zep, Sports) asked to "react" to punk rock for an ABC late night show Rocturnal. Bassist Celeste Howden's (later in Stray Dags) one note open string bass is a highlight but everything from siren to explosion is great. Unfortunately, none of Stiletto's <a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/3558366-Stiletto-11" target="_blank">records</a> sound like this. The drummer was later in the <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/traitors-noiseless-workers-7.html">Traitors</a>. Singer Jane Clifton was in Prisoner - Cell Block H. <br />
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<b>The Rejected – Nuclear War</b><br />
<i>From First Offence 7", Sydney 1985</i><br />
We wrote about The Rejected and their early example of Australian d-beat <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/rejected-first-offence-7-emi-custom-prs.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. All we can add to the story is to revise the scum stats. The pressing size of 300 quoted in our earlier piece seems to have first appeared in a set sale list drafted by Gus Chambers from Rupture in the late-'90s, and has been repeated uncritically ever since (including by us). In fact, there were two distinct pressings, and the total quantity is larger - probably 500 between the two pressings.<br />
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<b>British Jets - Another Day In The City</b><br />
<i>From only 7", Sydney 1980</i><br />
Read more about the British Jets single <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/british-jets-another-day-in-city-no.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<b>Invader - Don’t Blame It On Me</b><br />
<i>From only 7", Sydney 1981</i><br />
Albert Studios, Machine Gun Rock. Read more <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/invader-dont-blame-it-on-me-anastasia-7.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<b>Flying Calvittos - Squeal Like A Pig </b><br />
<i>From Goodbye You Spaghetti Punks 7", Sydney 1980</i> <br />
Read more <a href="https://noisey.vice.com/en_au/article/the-flying-calvittos-obscure-1980-record-goodbye-you-spaghetti-punks-has-become-a-little-less-obscure" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Take a deep breath, completists - there appear to have been two pressings of this one, too. Also now <a href="https://noisey.vice.com/en_au/article/the-flying-calvittos-obscure-1980-record-goodbye-you-spaghetti-punks-has-become-a-little-less-obscure" target="_blank">reissued on Insolito Records</a> from Berlin.<br />
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<b>Plastic EP and the Records - So You Want To Make A Record </b><br />
<i>Unreleased, Melbourne 1981</i> <br />
Our favourite nutcases. Read more <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2011/01/plastic-ep-records-well-you-want-to.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<b>The Screaming Abdabs - We Don’t Wanna </b><br />
<i>From split LP with City Ram Waddy, Sydney 1978/released 2016</i> <br />
Paris Theatre 1978. Read more <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/the-screaming-abdabs-we-dont-wanna.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<b>City Ram Waddy - Walking The Dog</b><br />
<i>From only 7", Sydney 1979</i> <br />
Read more <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/city-ram-waddy-revelations-emi-custom.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<b>Ulsers - Julius Sumner Miller</b><br />
<i>From Forget Them LP, Adelaide 1981-2/released 2014</i> <br />
We released the Remember Them 7” and the Forget Them LP. Read more <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/ulsers-remember-them-7-reissue-and.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
Buy it <a href="http://www.wallabybeat.bigcartel.com/artist/ulsers">here</a> or in Europe <a href="http://lavidaesunmus.com/shop/search.php?orderby=position&orderway=desc&search_query=ulsers&submit_search=Search">here</a>.
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<b>Delegates - Never Let It Get Ya Down</b><br />
<i>From their only 7", Melbourne 1980.</i><br />
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<b>Squadron Leader! - 1,2,3,4</b><br />
<i>From their only 7", Melbourne 1981/Gold Coast 1984.</i><br />
Melbourne punk band who moved to the Gold Coast. The good side of their sole 45.
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<b>U-Bombs - It’s Automatic</b><br />
<i>From Live At The Marryatville cassette, Adelaide 1978</i> <br />
Live At The Marryatville was released by Simon Stretton of <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/black-chrome-australias-god-we-are.html" target="_blank">Black Chrome</a> on his Tomorrow label, and documents 1978 live performances by the U-Bombs, the Dagoes and the Accountants. Both the <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/u-bombs-give-me-medal-7-radioactive.html" target="_blank">U-Bombs</a> and the <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/the-dagoes-we-sell-soul-7-dag-001-1980.html" target="_blank">Dagoes</a> subsequently released their own records but by that stage had evolved beyond punk, making Live At The Marryatville an important document of the early Adelaide scene. The U-Bombs set is fantastic, and the Dagoes' formative, full-throated version of their later "hit" This Perfect Band must be heard to be believed. The third band on the comp, The Accountants, is remembered by Adelaide scenesters as one of the best bands of the era to never release a record, and from the evidence on this recording we believe it (heavy on covers though it may be). See the full track listing of the tape <a href="http://www.innercitysound.com.au/Accountants.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<b>Banana Republik - Make Her Yellow</b><br />
<i>Unreleased, Sydney 1982</i> <br />
Unreleased, unknown, unhinged. Any info on these geezers welcome in the comments.<br />
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<b>Editions - Right To Be Famous</b><br />
<i>From Aggression cassette, Melbourne 1981</i> <br />
The Aggression cassette came on the Greville label from Melbourne. Drummer Fred Negro was in, amongst many others, I Spit on Your Gravy, The Band Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Brady Bunch Lawnmower Massacre. Singer Sherine was in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRqeA4ah6Mk" target="_blank">Big Pig</a>.<br />
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<b>Babeez - Mainline Honey</b><br />
<i>From a Buttercup Records 7", Melbourne 1977/released 2015</i> <br />
A track from the Pacific cassette which was sold at gigs in 1977. The whole thing was also released on a Buttercup LP.<br />
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<b>The Last Words - I Hate The Sun</b><br />
<i>From Product 45 7", Sydney 1977/released 2015</i> <br />
Previously unreleased early <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/it-never-ends-last-words-animal-world.html" target="_blank">Last Words</a> track. Copies <a href="http://product45.bigcartel.com/product/last-words-im-not-amused-i-hate-the-sun-1977-on-green-vinyl-20-only" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Malcolm Baxter: "<i>I think we hated the sun more than any political party at that time!</i>"<br />
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<b>Public Execution - T.V. Suffragette</b><br />
<i>From Short Fuse/<a href="http://lavidaesunmus.com/shop/product.php?id_product=4650" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">La Vida Es Un Mus</a> LP, Brisbane 1983</i><br />
Originally released on a split cassette with Kicks in 1983.<br />
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<b>Death Of A Nun - It’s Your Fault</b><br />
<i>From <a href="http://swashbucklinghobo.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Swashbuckling Hobo</a> 7", Brisbane 1984/released 2017</i><br />
Prev unreleased Brisbane punk, named after a 1975 Belgian film. Great guitar solo from Mark Birkys (Hard-ons and Subsonic Barflies). Also featured Mickey Scott and Peter Thompson from the Lompoc County Splatterheads, and Peter Green from the Barflies.<br />
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<b>Cheap Nasties - Johnny Is A Heartbreaker</b><br />
<i>From the Numero Group 7"/cassette, Perth 1977/released 2016</i> <br />
Kim Salmon and members of the Manikins. A really great 7" that came with the recent Scientists 2xLP rerereissue.<br />
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<b>The Victims - Elvis Is Dead</b><br />
<i>From the Culture Shock LP, Perth 1978/released 2014</i> <br />
Recorded live at Hernando's Hideaway in Perth, Australia on 5th of Jan 1978.<br />
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<b>The Orphans – Bored</b><br />
<i>From the Exposed double CD-R, Perth 1978/released 2005</i><br />
Ross Buncle's band. More info than you can comprehend <a href="http://www.perthpunk.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<b>Arthur Dunstan (a.k.a. Ric Melbourne) - Sea Plane <a href="https://www.visitpromcountry.com.au/towns/poowong" target="_blank">Poo Wong</a></b><br />
<i>From The Ric Melbourne Crazy Album LP, Melbourne 1978?</i><br />
We have no words.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Pressing of 500 copies. Limited edition of 100 on pink vinyl, available only from Wallaby Beat - <a href="http://wallabybeat.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> to order.</span></b><br />
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<a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/the-screaming-abdabs-we-dont-wanna.html" target="_blank">The Screaming Abdabs</a> shone brightly but briefly in the early Sydney punk scene, absorbing references from The Glitter Band, John Waters films, late night TV, Australian ‘60s punk and of course the Sex Pistols to create something loud, charismatic and uniquely Australian. Side 1 presents the Abdabs' sole recording, recently unearthed, never before released, and essentially unheard since 1978. Side 2 compiles two raw/rare/remarkable 1979 solo records by Abdabs drummer <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/city-ram-waddy-revelations-emi-custom.html" target="_blank">Richard "City Ram" Waddy</a>. The City Ram Waddy 7" sets a benchmark for primitivism in Australian DIY, while the City Ram And Ja Mystics 12" achieves propulsive Suicide/PiL-like repetition, all the while infused with Waddy's idiosyncratic worldview. Astonishing.<br />
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Includes a <i>Spurt!</i> fanzine insert that folds out to a massive newsprint poster with detailed interviews, photos and press clippings.<br />
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Available in Australia from <a href="http://wallabybeat.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Wallaby Beat</a> and record shops around the country (Repressed, Egg, Revolve, Beatdisc, Rocking Horse, Phase 4, Vicious Sloth, Lulu, AG Picks, Round and Round, Clarity etc.).<br />
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Mailorder/wholesale in the US through <a href="https://midheaven.com/item/screaming-abdabs-city-ram-waddy-by-city-ram-waddy-screaming-abdabs#.VqGC4tAdKFI" target="_blank">Revolver</a>, <a href="http://www.gethip.com/store/items.php?searchType=All&q=screaming+abdabs" target="_blank">Get Hip!</a>, <a href="http://www.forcedexposure.com/Artists/SCREAMING.ABDABS.CITY.RAM.WADDY.THE.html" target="_blank">Forced Exposure</a>, and <a href="https://www.goner-records.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=14928" target="_blank">Goner</a>.<br />
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Limited quantities available from <a href="http://natrecords.shop-pro.jp/?pid=97801520" target="_blank">NAT Records</a> in Japan.<br />
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SOLD OUT through Florida's Dying and Ugly Pop - sorry!<br />
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<b>Tracklisting:</b><br />
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<i>The Screaming Abdabs</i><br />
1. So Pretty<br />
2. I'm A Rocker<br />
3. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wallaby-beat/we-dont-wanna" target="_blank">We Don't Wanna</a><br />
4. It's You<br />
5. Money Not Love<br />
6. Burnin' Up Over Me<br />
7. Surfin' Bird<br />
8. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wallaby-beat/norbie-sorta-love-story" target="_blank">Norbie, Sorta Love Story</a><br />
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<i>City Ram Waddy</i><br />
1. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wallaby-beat/walking-the-dog-poem" target="_blank">Walking The Dog / Poem</a><br />
2. Memphis Tenn. / Poem<br />
3. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wallaby-beat/double-adaptor" target="_blank">Double Adaptor</a><br />
4. Cortez The Killer<br />
5. Get Off My Cloud<br />
6. Under My Thumb<br />
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<b><u>Out now on Wallaby Beat Records - <a href="http://wallabybeat.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> to order:</u></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">The Screaming Abdabs / City Ram Waddy LP (WBRX-2603)</span></b><br />
Recently unearthed, previously unreleased 1978 recording by Sydney punks The Screaming Abdabs on side 1, and two raw/rare/remarkable 1979 solo records by Abdabs drummer <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/city-ram-waddy-revelations-emi-custom.html" target="_blank">Richard "City Ram" Waddy</a> on side 2. The Screaming Abdabs shone brightly but briefly in the early Sydney punk scene, absorbing references from The Glitter Band, John Waters films, late night TV, Australian ‘60s punk and of course the Sex Pistols to create something loud, charismatic and uniquely Australian. Pressing of 500 copies, with 100 on pink vinyl. Includes a <i>Spurt</i> fanzine insert that folds out to a massive poster with detailed interviews, photos and press clippings.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carmel on the back cover of <br />
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The Screaming Abdabs were assembled in early 1978 as a vehicle for vocalist Carmel Strelein. A true iconoclast, Carmel cultivated a wild sense of personal style that made her instantly recognisable in the formative Sydney punk scene: shaved head, exaggerated eye make-up extending across her scalp, tattoos, piercings and outlandish custom altered clothes (notably, a knitted jumper with three arms, the extra limb stuffed to accentuate its strangeness). Her extreme aesthetic - informed by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt2FzvTkteQ" target="_blank">John Waters</a>, Salvador Dali, <a href="http://dangerousminds.net/comments/lindsay_kemp_flowers_legendary_dance_production_jean_genet" target="_blank">Lindsay Kemp</a>, and greaser movies on late night TV - unsurprisingly attracted attention. British photographer Norman Parkinson, known for his portraits of the royal family, travelled to Sydney in 1977 specifically to photograph Carmel, and the resulting shots were published over two pages in his 1978 book, <i><a href="http://pindelski.org/Photography/2009/12/29/sistters-under-the-skin/" target="_blank">Sisters Under The Skin</a></i>. Other subjects included Bianca Jagger, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren, Queen Elizabeth and Miss Piggy(!). One particularly arresting photo of Carmel was reused later that year as the back cover for Val Hennesy’s <i><a href="http://punkrocker.org.uk/punkbooks/inthegutter.html" target="_blank">In The Gutter</a></i>, a UK punk exploitation book masquerading as sociology text.<br />
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There were less desirable kinds of attention too - from the cops, and from her peers. Here, Carmel and Simon McDowell (aka Simon Diamond) are interviewed in issue 1 of <i>Spurt</i> fanzine (1977) by editor Ian Hartley:<br />
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Hartley saw untapped potential in Carmel’s extreme persona, and by the time the second issue of <i>Spurt</i> went to press in late 1977, the pair had placed a notice on the back cover (supplemented by a poster in the foyer of the Paris Theatre) advertising for members for a new punk band, with Carmel as frontperson. Conceptually, Hartley and <i>Spurt</i> collaborator Dave Apps proposed two guiding themes. Firstly, the band should be uniquely Australian - in musical style, lyrical content, and in visual presentation. Secondly, after being floored by The Glitter Band's rhythm section on Gary Glitter's November 1973 Australian tour, Hartley and Apps decided to replicate that rhythm-heavy rumble on a punk budget - the drummer would use two bass drums and no cymbals.<br />
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Guitarist Bruce Tindale, immersed in the Funhouse scene established by Radio Birdman, answered the ad in <i>Spurt</i>. Drummer <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/city-ram-waddy-revelations-emi-custom.html" target="_blank">Richard Waddy</a>, an acolyte of X in the early, Ian Krahe line-up, answered the ad at The Paris. Nobody can quite remember how bass player Nick entered the fold. Nobody can quite remember his surname, either. Hazy memories recollect only that he was more "straight" than his bandmates, and also more musicianly. (Nick, if you're out there our email address is in the sidebar to the right). Following auditions at the Paris Theatre, which was then hosting regular punk gigs in addition to underground films and theatre performances, rehearsals began in earnest both at The Paris and at Hartley’s <i>Spurt</i> office on Oxford Street, Paddington. There, the band worked up a set of originals and a few, mostly Australian covers (AC/DC, Johnny O'Keefe, and It's You by Terry Dean, also covered later by Brisbane's <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/credits-its-you-fazed-dazed-7-thunder.html" target="_blank">The Credits</a>). Carmel also set about shaping the band's look, with Bruce's shoulder-length hair being the first priority.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L-R: Bruce, Nick, Carmel and Richard at the <i>Spurt</i> office, Paddington, early 1978. Walls adorned with a Sex Pistols poster and the infamous Rose Tattoo <i>Spurt</i> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMpACDbQIMRBLMsfX-RIcBpSVXPsVVmUpQDAHw0zM0fdAt4b2tZ1xrOY-JGrO0pB2sUSSfZk8VJEFtx26ARd_PFjCwkqAGT1nGCVkfzKgnRwkL21WXoqE7X7e2OelzQd2oUc_pip-BpEc/s1600/Spurt.jpg" target="_blank">front cover</a>.</td></tr>
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Before even deciding on a name, the new band debuted at a hurriedly-organised, low-key gig on March 6, 1978 at Blondies in Bondi Junction. The show was documented in <i>Autopsy</i> fanzine: "Carmel, who as usual was dressed to kill, all black body suit, stilettos & false eye lashes, delivered the vocals in a screeching style matched by her posturing... The band was loose but promising". More shows were booked at The Paris and at Blondies (the latter with an early, three-piece line-up of Rocks), and a name was locked in: The Screaming Abdabs.<br />
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The Screaming Abdabs' Paris Theatre show on April 12, 1978 was a scorching triple-bill - <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/press-fodder-for-critics-lp-laser.html" target="_blank">The Press</a>, Johnny Dole & the Scabs, and The Abdabs as headliners. The Paris was packed, and the bands were greeted enthusiastically with a barrage of money, food and shoes thrown on stage. Radio station Double J's mobile recording truck had been camped at The Paris, recording performances from the likes of X, News, Survivors, Rocks, and the Boys Next Door for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ben.whitten.1238/videos/771413852874113/" target="_blank">broadcast</a> on Wednesday evenings. The Screaming Abdabs' set was recorded that night, but was never aired - Carmel reportedly badmouthed Double J between songs. Attempts to retrieve the tape at the time were unsuccessful, and it no longer exists in the ABC archives. The only extant cassette of the performance, from the collection of Bruce Tindale, is unlikely to be the Double J recording. It's more probable that the source was Ian Hartley, who habitually set up a reel-to-reel recorder through the Paris PA, and who gave the tape to Bruce shortly after the gig (Hartley also used one song - We Don't Wanna - on a cassette that came with issue 5/6 of <i>Spurt,</i> along with a version with the tape spooled backwards in homage to <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Missing-Links-Htuom-Tuhs/release/4763574" target="_blank">The Missing Links</a>). That tape, expertly mastered by Mikey Young, comprises their side of the LP on Wallaby Beat.<br />
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The musical drive that Nick's bass playing brought to The Screaming Abdabs turned out also to be the band's undoing. Recalls Bruce: "He might have just felt this wasn't what he'd been thinking about as a nice band... He could play, whereas I could hardly play. He was very tolerant, for a while!". With the loss of their bass player, the band fell apart before the end of 1978. An attempt to revive a Carmel-led Abdabs, with the recruitment of a female bass player and an advertisement yet again placed in <i>Spurt</i> for a new guitarist and drummer, amounted to nothing. Bruce went on to play with The Professors, Room 101, <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/coupe-de-ville-live-at-leichhardt-hotel.html" target="_blank">Coupe de Ville</a>, and Decline of the Reptiles. Richard adopted the name <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/city-ram-waddy-revelations-emi-custom.html" target="_blank">City Ram Waddy</a>, and his incredible records from 1979 are compiled on side 2 of the Abdabs' Wallaby Beat LP.<br />
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Carmel moved from Sydney to San Francisco, where she attended punk gigs and formed the band Pillar Of Salt, whose song Surfin' In The Sewer was a minor hit on local radio. She also engaged with the drag queen community, as she had done extensively in Sydney, and established a successful hair salon called the Pink Tarantula. Tragically, in 1997 she was murdered as she worked at the salon, a contract killing instigated by her ex-husband. Carmel's early life, her fascinating San Francisco years, and the terrible circumstances surrounding her death are detailed in this truly excellent noir-style article by Jack Boulware from the <a href="http://www.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/murder-at-the-pink-tarantula/Content?oid=2134317&showFullText=true" target="_blank">SF Weekly</a>.<br />
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<b>The Screaming Abdabs - We Don't Wanna</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">The Screaming Abdabs / City Ram Waddy LP (WBRX-2603)</span></b><br />
Recently unearthed, previously unreleased 1978 recording by Sydney punks <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/the-screaming-abdabs-we-dont-wanna.html" target="_blank">The Screaming Abdabs</a> on side 1, and two raw/rare/remarkable 1979 solo records by Abdabs drummer Richard "City Ram" Waddy on side 2. The City Ram Waddy 7" sets a benchmark for primitivism in Australian DIY, while the City Ram And Ja Mystics 12" achieves propulsive Suicide-like repetition. Astonishing. Pressing of 500 copies, with 100 on pink vinyl. Includes a <i>Spurt</i> fanzine insert that folds out to a massive poster with detailed interviews, photos and press clippings.<br />
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The case of City Ram Waddy is among the most vexing of the Australian punk era. Who was this guy? What on earth was he on about? How does he fit into the grand scheme of Australian DIY? <i>Why can't I find copies of these damn records?</i><br />
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The full Richard "City Ram" Waddy story can be found in a
lengthy interview that will accompany our next release, an LP collecting
Waddy's two exceedingly rare records from 1979, plus eight previously
unreleased tracks by his former punk band, The Screaming Abdabs (the
Abdabs' amazing story follows in its <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/the-screaming-abdabs-we-dont-wanna.html" target="_blank">own post</a>). In short, Waddy heard the Sex Pistols, ditched his high school blues band, and landed behind the kit with The
Screaming Abdabs in early 1978. The Abdabs were done by the end of the year,
prompting Waddy to pick up a guitar and launch an improbable campaign at solo punk stardom. The result: two almost non-existent records (EMI Custom pressings of 100), each containing drastic reinterpretations of the classic rock canon
rendered unrecognisable by an overloaded cassette recorder mic (the City Ram Waddy 7") and clean, pro-studio minimalism (the City Ram And Ja Mystics 12"). The 7" sets a benchmark for primitivism in
Australian punk, its shit-fi murk rivalling that of any DIY home-recording of the era. So
reviled was this record that it was deemed unsellable by the only Sydney shop
to take consignment copies; those records - up to half of the pressing - were unceremoniously dumped in the bin by a helpful employee (a young Roger Grierson from the Thought Criminals). The follow-up 12", recorded at EMI with Waddy on bass, achieves
preconscious moments of sparse, propulsive Suicide-via-Jah-Wobble aggro. A few copies
were sold on the streets of Sydney and London, but most were given away to
industry contacts who, by and large, filed them in the same place as the
aforementioned Sydney record shop.<br />
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Both records have homemade, photocopied insert sleeves with
odd typewritten rants and then-topical local references (we are especially fond
of the design credit to <a href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19870501&id=xnZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0eQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5457,338222&hl=en" target="_blank">Brian Westlake</a> on the 7"). Both records also make bizarre
allusions to "conservation of sexual energy" that recall Jack D Ripper from <i>Dr
Strangelove</i>, though as you'll read below, the true inspiration was even more
astonishing. And both records are amazing, left-field oddness from a genuine
iconoclast, the kind of noise from nowhere that makes us foam at the mouth.<br />
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follows is an edited transcript of an interview we conducted with Richard Waddy
in early 2015, the full version of which will appear as a fanzine/poster insert
in the upcoming LP. Our gratitude to Richard for his enthusiasm and for being
the best of sports.<br />
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<b>Your solo stuff, the City Ram material, were you doing that at the same time as The Screaming Abdabs?</b><br />
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No, no I wasn't. I wanted just to be a drummer. I joined
another couple of heavy punk bands in the inner city after the Abdabs, one was
called The Proles, I remember. Like "proletariat", it was very politically
oriented, like a very communist sort of band. Political science students. And
then I got sacked from that band, they wouldn't even have me! So I really
wanted to get some product, but I realised I couldn't work with people due to
my attitudes. And I thought, y'know, "Stuff it, I'll become a solo act". And I
tried to gig around, but I didn't even own a motor car. I tried to gig around
Paddington in Sydney, Oxford Street before Oxford Street was really gay. It was
pre-gay, it was more punk, I thought. Anyway, it was too hard, I was making no
money. But I got all my money together and went down to EMI and said, "I want
to make a single like the other punks". I wanted to stay punk. And they said, "Well, you need a couple of tracks". I think I recorded that original one on
like a cassette recorder or something. I can't remember, but it was something
like that.<br />
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<b>So you basically recorded the first City Ram Waddy single at home?</b><br />
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Um...I think I did. I'm not sure, but I think I did, and
that's why with the second record I said, "That was so terrible", so I paid for
studio time either at EMI or another almost-as-good studio. But the whole punk
thing was DIY for us amateurs, art school students and junk. So what I probably
did was recorded on a cassette recorder and brought it in and said, "Can I have
a record made please? How much is it?". They said, "A gazillion dollars!". So I
gave them the cassette and they said, "Give us your money, kid", print print
print, thank you EMI, thank you City Ram!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"CITY RAM WADDY...QUICKLY BECAME AUSTRALIA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL BAND. THEIR UNIQUE ARRANGEMENTS DEVELOPED THE CITY RAM BEAT WHICH IS TAKING THE CONTINENT BY STORM"</td></tr>
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<b>There were only a hundred copies of that first record, right?</b><br />
<br />
Absolutely right. That's because I had no money. I
didn't know what to do. I had no manager - my managers were all weird, right? There
was Ian [Hartley, manager of The Screaming Abdabs] of course, who was one of the straightest shooters of the
lot, but I had guys who were managing City Ram who were straight out of the
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Bay_Correctional_Centre#Katingal_facility" target="_blank">political wing of Long Bay gaol</a>! So it was desperate times, it was desperate to
get this political statement out there.<br />
<br />
<b>What was the political statement you were making?</b><br />
<br />
Well, I don't know! At the time I think we were in some
sort of psychosis as young communists or something! I don't know, anyway the
manager, it was all his thing. Well, it wasn't <i>all</i> his thing, but it was like, "Make money out of <i>this</i>, man". And I’m going, "Yeah, okay
man", all I can do is, I'm a drummer who's trying to play guitar and sing a
song and get some kind of...It was, "Okay okay, we'll make it what we can with
what we've got", which wasn't much. Punk!<br />
<br />
<b>You did the City Ram And Ja Mystics 12" after that.</b><br />
<br />
Oh yeah. It was sensational, it was a real sensation because
it was a media saturation promotion. It went through the magazines
internationally, and it went through the pop magazines. It didn't make a hit,
but as promotion...lathered upon these kind of promotion and advertising
agencies, they were keen to hear more of this weird crap! But not overly keen.
Conservatively keen.<br />
<br />
<i>[laughter]</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"THANKS TO THE PRISONERS WHO WORKED THE UNDERGROUND AND WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE <a href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19780823&id=MwJkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PucDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1246,7550302&hl=en" target="_blank">LONG BAY RIOTS</a>. THANKS TO THE HEROIC DRUG SMUGGLERS WHO PRESS ON FOREVER FOR THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM"</span></span></td></tr>
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<b>And how many copies did you press?</b><br />
<br />
Okay, probably about a hundred again. Possibly, yeah. Because
I took them to England, and I distributed them again, not trying to sell them
this time, but just using them as promotional material.<br />
<br />
<b>Wow, you weren't actually selling them?</b><br />
<br />
No, because there was no money in it. I didn't have the
sales team, or the advertising, or the distribution to make a go of it. I
needed some more money. I wanted to go to India, and I wanted to go to Europe,
and I needed some bread to buy a share in a commune or something. I'd grown up
a little bit.<br />
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<i>[laughter]</i><br />
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<b>One thing I've always wondered about is the spiel on the cover of the 12" that says, "City Ram the mystic rocker from Adelaide...". What was that about?</b><br />
<br />
I was born in Adelaide. It was kind of like a little
salute to where I was born, 'cause they weren't getting much product out there
in the punk world, and I thought, as my mind must have worked in those days, "Oh, instead of being another Sydney band, if they don't like me I'll see if Adelaide
does". Well, they didn't like me either! But you can see the marketing ideas.
Trying to get some spin-off, and some kudos in lieu of cash, and getting record
contracts and all that normal straight sort of mainstream ambition of every
guitar kook in the world.<br />
<br />
<b>So your aim with the City Ram records really was just to get a record deal?</b><br />
<br />
Exactly. I was trying to get a hit record just like
Johnny Rotten. But I knew I didn't want to be <i>like</i> Johnny Rotten, I wanted to be a competitor to the Sex Pistols
or any of them, and make money!<br />
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<b>What was the reason that you recorded covers, rather than your own compositions?</b><br />
<br />
Well, really I'm not much of a poet. I studied short
story writing later to try to get the gift of the pen, but I had no talent. And
these cats had written these okay songs, fairly easy to play, and I thought, "They're okay tracks, quite catchy", and I put my own little City Punk spin on
them.<br />
<br />
<b>You certainly made those songs your own.</b><br />
<br />
Yeah, and that's the best I could do as a product,
really.<br />
<br />
<b>But you do have your own little lyrical turns in there, like the poems about celibacy on the first single, and the allusions to "conservation of sexual energy" on Double Adaptor [a reworking of Dropout Boogie by Captain Beefheart]. What's that all about?</b><br />
<br />
That was sort of like trying to market the yoga
experience through a punk format. Like, that basic essence of yoga 101 through
a punk marketing format. And that's how I was going to be a millionaire.<br />
<br />
<i>[laughter]</i><br />
<br />
<b>After the City Ram 12", you headed overseas again.</b><br />
<br />
Yeah, that's right. I took samples to the UK to try and
crack it there. It's a hard market to crack, the UK. I had some limited smiles,
but mostly rejections, as usual. Virgin Records were rather sweet, one or two
others, but no real interest. You're the only people to ever show a deeper
interest!<br />
<br />
<i>[laughter]</i><br />
<br />
<b>How long did you stay in the UK?</b><br />
<br />
A year in the UK, a very, very, very hard year in the
UK. I couldn't get a gig, I couldn't get an amplifier, I couldn't crack it at
all. I got one night as a guest DJ at the Electric Ballroom with The Beat, I
think, when they were just starting out. They were great, ska. Everyone was a
skinhead at that time down there. The skinheads took over and they virtually
adopted me, put me on a direction, a more professional, conservative direction.
But still groovy, man. So I continued in the vein of music, but not so much
bizarreness, more Anglo. More European, more straight rock or something.<br />
<br />
<b>Did you do any recording while you were there?</b><br />
<br />
Nah, by then I was broke. I had to be liberated by Mum
and Dad, back to Australia.<br />
<br />
<b>And did you continue the City Ram thing back in Sydney?</b><br />
<br />
No, I went into rehab for like three years. I couldn't
do anything, I didn't want to know about music. I had the classic rock and roll
breakdown. And it took about ten years to come back. And I couldn't crack the
scene because by then I had a reputation as a flake, or worse. I was really
sick and I needed some money, so I actually became a gardener for about eight
years, and then I went up north and lived in a hippie commune in about 1991. I
also played football, rugby, and I wanted to play first grade but I only played
fourth grade. So you see, I was on a health kick. No punk, no music!<br />
<br />
<i>[laughter]</i><br />
<br />
<b>One last obvious question. The name City Ram – where does it come from and what does it mean?</b><br />
<br />
Well, there was a chant, one of those yoga chants, and
the two words sounded like "City Ram". They weren't, it was "Sita Ram", about
this god and his wife getting it on. I didn't want to get on the wrong foot
with the Hindus, so I changed the words a little bit and made them more
aggressive, which was probably in retrospect a very negative movement. But I'm
tarred and feathered with it at the moment, and I'll probably be stuck with it
for my working life.<br />
<br />
<b>It's a great name.</b><br />
<br />
Yeah, yeah. I think it's right up there with Megadeth!<br />
<br />
<i>[hysterical laughter]</i><br />
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<br />
<b>Walking The Dog / Poem</b><br />
<b>(from City Ram Waddy 7" Revelation/EMI Custom PRS-2610 1979)</b><br />
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<b>Double Adaptor</b><br />
<b>(from City Ram And Ja Mystics - Project X 12" Revelation/EMI Custom PRS-2674 1979)</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Some copies have the words "PRISONERS", "LONG BAY RIOTS" and "DRUG SMUGGLERS" redacted by hand</span></span></td></tr>
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Wallaby Beathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981560179306474625noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948631353581176341.post-67221671509437990552015-05-08T09:58:00.000+10:002015-05-08T10:18:32.835+10:00There's Life In The Old Wallaby YetDespite all evidence to the contrary, Wallaby Beat is not dead. Shortly we’ll have some exciting news to share on the label front, and there'll be new posts to follow after that. In the meantime, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WallabyBeat" target="_blank">like us on Facebook</a> for more regular updates and additional bits and pieces that haven’t appeared on the blog.<br />
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Now, here's a cool Ulsers flyer.<br />
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Wallaby Beathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981560179306474625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948631353581176341.post-71310689113312824122014-08-05T11:30:00.002+10:002014-08-05T11:30:27.430+10:00Ulsers - Remember Them 7" reissue and Forget Them LP available now!Ulsers are go!<br />
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Read below for the skinny on the <i>Remember Them</i> 7" reissue, as well as the <i>Forget Them</i> LP of archival, never-before-released material. They look and sound great - we couldn't be happier with how they've turned out. Both records are pressings of 500, but we'll have 100 coloured vinyl copies of each available only through our <a href="http://wallabybeat.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Big Cartel</a> site. We trust that Australian customers and internationals who are keen on the limited versions will have already clicked the shit outta that link. For non-Aussies who don't care about coloured vinyl, the black vinyl versions will be carried by <a href="http://easterbilbyrecords.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Easter Bilby</a> and <a href="http://floridasdying.com/" target="_blank">Florida's Dying</a> in the US, <a href="http://www.lavidaesunmus.com/shop/" target="_blank">La Vida Es Un Mus</a> in the UK/Europe, and <a href="http://natrecords.shop-pro.jp/" target="_blank">NAT</a> in Japan. <br />
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To reacquaint yourself with the mystery and majesty of the Ulsers, revisit <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/ulsers-remember-them-7-emi-custom-13059.html" target="_blank">our interview with Terry Wilson </a>from August 2012.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Ulsers - Remember Them 7" (WBRS-2601)</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">500 copies. 100 on white vinyl, available only from <a href="http://wallabybeat.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Wallaby Beat</a>.</span></b><br />
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Four songs of hilariously obnoxious avant-punk from the living rooms of suburban Adelaide. Originally released in a tiny pressing in 1980, <i>Remember Them</i> was (barely) circulated to friends and acquaintances, finding fleeting local infamy as "the worst record ever made" before disappearing from the collective consciousness for 30+ years.<br />
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<i>Remember Them</i> is now rightly regarded as a high-water mark of manic Australian DIY, taking punk rock as inspiration and bludgeoning it with the only instruments at the Ulsers' disposal - guitar, saxophone, harmonica, and cardboard boxes in place of drums. Paired with a slew of shouted profanity and stream-of-consciousness ranting, the result is unlike anything else before or since.<br />
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This legitimate reissue - reproducing the original and very rare cover, along with photos and a detailed band history - makes <i>Remember Them</i> available beyond the Ulsers' tight inner circle for the very first time.<br />
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<b>Tracklisting:</b><br />
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1. Cabaret<br />
2. Radio<br />
3. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wallaby-beat/julius-sumner-miller">Julius Sumner Miller</a><br />
4. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wallaby-beat/im-an-italian">I'm An Italian</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ulsers - Forget Them LP (WBRX-2602)</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">500 copies. 100 on purple vinyl, available only from <a href="http://wallabybeat.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Wallaby Beat</a>.</span></b><br />
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A full LP of previously unreleased recordings from the mighty Ulsers!<br />
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The Ulsers didn't manage an album during their loose existence from 1978-1983, but luckily for us, wherever they went a cassette recorder was never far away. Salvaged from the bottom of dusty drawers and long-forgotten boxes in the garage, those tapes survived just long enough for the Ulsers to personally cull their 10 favourite tunes.<br />
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Recorded in various Adelaide living rooms in 1981 and 1982, <i>Forget Them</i> captures the Ulsers in full-band mode, i.e. electric guitar, bass and drums. Don't let the conventional instrumentation fool you, though; there is nothing conventional about the sound which ranges from a sped up, punked-out take on their ode to Julius Sumner Miller to the 10-minute endurance test of Nerve Gas (think Flipper with chromosome damage tackling LA Blues). <i>Forget Them</i>'s songs are more developed, the vocals more manic and the sax blurts even more spastic than on the <i>Remember Them</i> EP. The band states definitively that it's "better", and we won't disagree.<br />
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Comes with full-colour inner sleeve packed with more Ulsers photos than you ever thought possible.<br />
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<b>Tracklisting:</b><br />
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1. Alternative City<br />
2. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wallaby-beat/circumstances-were-conspiring-against-me">Circumstances Were Conspiring Against Me</a><br />
3. I'm Not Going To Brighton<br />
4. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wallaby-beat/jsm">JSM</a><br />
5. Take Off Outta Here<br />
6. In Your Eyes<br />
7. I'm Not Going To Stay With You<br />
8. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wallaby-beat/somebody-loves-you">Somebody Loves You</a><br />
9. Cabaret<br />
10. Nerve GasWallaby Beathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981560179306474625noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948631353581176341.post-14992366167539899802014-06-25T17:07:00.001+10:002014-06-25T17:11:15.134+10:00It never ends: Hitmen - I Want You, 1980<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hitmen's second 7", I Want You / Tell Tale Heart (WEA, 100129) sees them start the move from the perfect powerpop of the first 7" to the less interesting macho hard rock of the LPs. The band were nothing if not a great singles band however, and all the 45s are well worth getting. It was said at the time that the A-side, I Want You, was inspired by Kiss' 1979 hit I Was Made For Loving You. Hmm, we can't really hear it. Even down the decades that smells like Record Company bullshit, riding off the popularity of that year's hit. Further, we're pretty sure a man of taste like songwriter Warwick Gilbert would have ripped off prime era Kiss, like Deuce, <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/strutter-mary-janes-rainbow-world-7-emi.html" target="_blank">Strutter</a> or Cold Gin, if he was so inclined.<br />
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What is true though is that said Record Company were too cheap to stump up for a picture sleeve, so the band had some printed themselves and hand distributed them to at least the Sydney shops.<br />
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On the other hand, through WEA's worldwide reach, the single also got issued in Italy (WEA, Y 70005) as part of <a href="http://www.discogs.com/label/The+Sound+Of+The+80%27s" target="_blank">The Sound Of The 80s</a> series. Both white label promos and coloured label stock copies exist.<br />
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There are mentions on the web of a German issue with the same catalogue number but we're dubious to the point of saying it doesn't exist.<br />
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What is maybe less known is the alternative version of I Want You which appeared on a K-Tel greatest hits LP called <i>Squeezed Out</i> later in 1980, alongside The Aliens, The Angels, The Reels and, um, Christie Allen. K-Tel mastering renders the song two seconds shorter but it's the same version with a different mix - louder rhythm guitar post-chorus (an improvement) and big '80s sounding drums (sad slide whistle).<br />
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On Saturday night May 24, the esteemed R.I.P Society label will be hosting a fifth birthday event, at the Sydney Opera House no less.<br />
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The Dead C / feedtime / Bed Wettin' Bad Boys / Woollen Kits / Native Cats / Rat Columns / Cured Pink / Holy Balm / Ghastly Spats / Housewives / Constant Mongrel / Half High<br />
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More details <a href="http://vividlive.sydneyoperahouse.com/line-up/rip-society-fifth-bday" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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We'll be playing Wallaby Beat discs between bands. Below is some highlights of Opera House shows in the '70s. We'll be trying to recreate the feel of The Angels getting clocked by bottles at the end of 1979 - read about it in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blood-Sweat-and-Beers/149280575116907" target="_blank">Blood, Sweat And Beers</a>.<br />
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Finch covering The Eagles is borderline genius, but even better, their balls-out take on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWXLlmujURk" target="_blank">Out Of Control </a>out-struts <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/strutter-mary-janes-rainbow-world-7-emi.html" target="_blank">Strutter</a> in the shameless Kiss-worship stakes - at least, it would do if it didn't precede the first Kiss LP by a whole year! The flip sees them bust out a rifftastic original that gets heavy when it needs to and swings nicely when it doesn't. The overall vibe leaves no doubt that Finch were no strangers to the bong, but alas, there are no <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/finch-stay-roses-7-eagle-es1001-1976.html" target="_blank">overt weed references</a> this time around - they were probably too buzzed on sugar and caffeine from winning the 1973 Pepsi Pop Poll (the first prize being this one-off deal with Picture Records. EMI Custom enthusiasts, note the <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/search?q=emi+custom+prs" target="_blank">unrelated catalogue prefix</a>).<br />
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Things have been pretty quiet around here of late, and updates will continue to be sporadic over the next few months as we concentrate on the upcoming <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/ulsers-remember-them-7-emi-custom-13059.html" target="_blank">Ulsers</a> 7" reissue and archival LP. More news about those soon.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">So what <i>else</i> was happening in Brisbane in
1976? Apart from the unusual score in the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt7mrH-wsrg" target="_blank">Grand Final</a>, orthodoxy says not much
and we’re pretty sure that this time it’s right. If you couldn’t stomach 4IP
approved cover bands, country, bluegrass or blues then you’d have been making a
beeline for Club ‘76 with the rest of the uplifting gourmandisers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">But what’s this? Coming out of the upper
levels of the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/abcarchives/6044525633/in/photostream/" target="_blank">Penney’s Building</a> at 210 Queen Street (now in the mall), the CCC
Band released this obscure LP in yes, 1976.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We’ve long been dubious about a Brisbane
Sound – a twee, thin shouldered, short-sleeved shirt and short-wearing light
pop. Sure, post ’83 there was a bunch of bands that could be viewed as having
taken the Go-Betweens ball and run with it (to use a completely non-apt
sporting analogy) – Let's Go Naked, <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com/2013/06/leap-in-dark-samurai-7-sundown-sun-0087.html" target="_blank">Leap In The Dark</a>, Birds Of Tin, Antic Frantic, Dog Fish Cat Bird, Too Green
For Summer, Tangled Shoelaces and others. But prior to that the sounds of
Brisbane were way too varied for us to find much of a common denominator (world
class punk rock aside). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Striped
Sunlight Sound of the first two Go-betweens always seemed a one-off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">CCC though, at least on parts of their LP, showcase
a lethargic, sun-affected whimsy that makes us at least reconsider our stance.
Songs about cordial, the Golden Circle cannery (which every Brisbane
schoolchild visited at least once), lollies and other childhood signposts make
us wonder if those mid-80s era bands were actually riffing off copies of this
record found at op-shops rather than Send Me A Lullabye and Before Hollywood.
Probably not.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Elsewhere on the album there’s some fairly
dire electric blues, and some aimless jamming but the charming faux-innocence
means it’s mostly likeable. Faux? Well, Eating Snakes is clearly about
fellatio. We’ve picked our favourite tracks below. If we’re really stretching
our long bow we could posit Lemon Tree, which appeared on the Left Of The Middle cassette, as early minimal synth.</span><br />
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it for the kids, literally. But we can’t actually find any evidence of that, or
of anything really. For now P. Richardson, D. Brown, G. Peters and T. Mullooly
remain obscure.</span></div>
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<embed wmode="transparent" height="94" width="422" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/audio_embed?data=YTo2OntzOjU6ImFwaUlkIjtzOjE6IjQiO3M6NjoiZmlsZUlkIjtzOjg6IjI1MDc0NzEzIjtzOjQ6ImNvZGUiO3M6MTI6IjI1MDc0NzEzLTQzNiI7czo2OiJ1c2VySWQiO3M6NzoiMTcyMDE3MiI7czoxMjoiZXh0ZXJuYWxDYWxsIjtpOjE7czo0OiJ0aW1lIjtpOjEzOTExNDU5NTk7fQ==&autoplay=default"></embed></object>Wallaby Beathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981560179306474625noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948631353581176341.post-85751117469329095472014-01-12T15:21:00.000+11:002014-02-02T22:25:06.171+11:00Pupils Of Love - Rock And Roll 7" Rock And Roll Records POL001, 1986<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>CON: </b><a href="http://collectorscum.com/volume3/ozpunk.html" target="_blank">Conventional wisdom</a> is that the first Pupils of Love single came out in 1985. That's well past the <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/leap-in-dark-samurai-7-sundown-sun-0087.html" target="_blank">golden age</a>, however you choose to define it, and as such this record would probably be maligned by uptight collectors (like us!) if they weren't so busy ignoring it. Well, let's add to the annual incremental <a href="http://www.g45central.com/g45/" target="_blank">Legend</a> penalty - it actually came out in 1986. Gasp!<br />
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<b>PRO: </b>A fellow by the name of Mark Taylor (we wish it was <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/it-never-ends-lipstick-killers-hindu.html" target="_blank">this one</a>, but it's more likely to be <a href="http://www.discogs.com/artist/1708607-Mark-Taylor-12" target="_blank">this one</a>) twiddles the knobs here, and manages to avoid most of the nasty studio pitfalls typical of the era. No gated reverb, no metallic guitars, no overt slickness making the whole thing sound anaemic. The fact that some reasonably astute people have mistaken this for a 1981 release (the year Rock 'n' Roll was written, according to the lyric sheet) says it all.<br />
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<b>CON:</b> A rock 'n' roll song about rock 'n' roll named Rock 'n' Roll (on Rock And Roll Records, no less) is about the most off-putting thing I can think of at the moment, and thanks to my Facebook feed I just accidentally viewed an uncensored pic of the Big Black "Headache Pack".<br />
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<b>PRO: </b>Rock 'n' Roll is great. Golden Memories ain't half-bad, either.<br />
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<b>CON: </b>Hound Dog. We made the executive decision that you don't need to hear it, but it is every bit as unnecessary as you imagine it to be - an unfortunate aesthetic choice, for sure. Pupils of Love had two later, easier-to-find 7"s (<a href="http://www.discogs.com/Pupils-Of-Love-Move-It/release/4892042" target="_blank">1987</a> and 1992) on which you can hear the sound of their aesthetic standards circling the drain ("Australia's only rock 'n' roll sex show". Um, no thanks!).<br />
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<b>PRO:</b> The front cover, which places a photo of the band over the Sex Pistols' Pretty Vacant 45, is an aesthetic triumph. The Thomas Pynchon reference also wins points (<a href="http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_JBLZV64S8sC&pg=PA462&lpg=PA462&source=bl&ots=ipLbeBQRP9&sig=GT7EdUhmIXlzZqmd1-fIovMjP3k&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Xe2oUt_oCsWYiAfwlYH4AQ&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank">"Only pupils of love need be beautiful"</a>), putting them in the company of esteemed Wallaby Beat favourites, the <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/guest-stars-dont-wait-for-album-7-one.html" target="_blank">Guest Stars</a>.<br />
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<b>STATLER:</b> Boo!<br />
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<b>WALDORF: </b>Boo!<br />
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<b>STATLER:</b> That was the worst thing I've ever heard!<br />
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<b>WALDORF:</b> It was terrible!<br />
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<b>STATLER: </b>Horrendous!<br />
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<b>WALDORF: </b>Well it wasn't that bad.<br />
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<b>STATLER:</b> Oh yeah?<br />
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<b>WALDORF: </b>Well, there were parts of it I liked!<br />
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<b>STATLER:</b> Well, I liked a lot of it.<br />
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<b>WALDORF:</b> Yeah, it was good actually.<br />
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<b>STATLER:</b> It was great!<br />
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<b>WALDORF:</b> It was wonderful!<br />
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<b>STATLER:</b> Yeah, bravo!<br />
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<b>WALDORF:</b> More!<br />
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<b>STATLER: </b>More!<br />
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<b>Rock 'n' Roll <span style="font-size: x-small;">[<a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/24912741-153" target="_blank">Download</a>]</span></b><br />
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Wallaby Beathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981560179306474625noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948631353581176341.post-19593359542543700302013-12-24T21:21:00.000+11:002013-12-24T21:26:51.484+11:003 Musketeers - The Drop 7" Ginsling, 1984<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello all, here's this season's reindeer turd.<br />
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Context - <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/u-bombs-give-me-medal-7-radioactive.html" target="_blank">U-Bombs</a> and <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/nervous-system-pied-piper-7-prs-13195.html" target="_blank">Nervous System</a> related new wave who decided to get ugly for one song off their two 7"s.<br />
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<b>Silent Night [<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/24912742-a6c" target="_blank">Download</a></span>]</b><br />
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In the end there's not many Australian records that qualify as pub rock, by which we mean in the style of Dr Feelgood, Ducks Deluxe and Little Bob Story (all of whom had their vital records released in Australia). You could make a case that parts of the <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/armchairs-party-time-lp-reversemissing.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Carlton scene</a><span style="text-align: left;"> fit the bill, and you'd get some sympathy here. There's one or two Adelaide records and a couple from Sydney, which we'll get to in a moment, but the Australian concept of pub rock is generally beer fuelled dross which just makes us want to glass someone. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Sydney spawned a couple of bands who fit our more refined view of pub rock - from early years there's the Mangrove Boogie Kings and the Model Husbands, and then there's this one, by Coupe De Ville. Recorded at Leichhardt Hotel, it's pub rock both literal and figurative. The two A-side tracks can be heard below. The original is a decent piece of revved up R&B, and the Flamin' Groovies cover is made unique by some pretty good sax by Pepper, Ted. Side B has a jazz instrumental and a lacklustre cover of Just A Little Bit. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Coupe De Ville played around for a few years around from 1982 to 1984, making one tour to Melbourne and this one record. Bandleader was Cub Callaway who briefly appeared in the Chris Bailey Saints, and wrote and produced the first New Christs 7". The rest of the band was Brett Stevenson (vocals), Bruce Tindale (Maton guitar, later Decline Of The Reptiles), Phil Sommerville (bass, ex-Hitmen), Joe Breen (drums, later Bam Balams) and Ted and Charlie Pepper on sax and piano. Bailey produced and the record appeared on Lost Records, home of Paralytic Tonight Dublin Tomorrow and The Monkey Puzzle.</span><br />
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<b>Coupe de Ville <span style="font-size: x-small;">[<a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/24833209-09b" target="_blank">Download</a>]</span></b><br />
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<b>Teenage Head <span style="font-size: x-small;">[<a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/24833215-b5d" target="_blank">Download</a>]</span></b><br />
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</span>Wallaby Beathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981560179306474625noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948631353581176341.post-55345807287796883002013-11-17T10:33:00.000+11:002014-02-02T22:13:38.399+11:00Nitro - Blues In My Shoes 7" Warm & Genuine 2079 028, 1973<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We're off to an inauspicious start with that title, inasmuch as blues in <i>anything </i>is seldom a good thing. The Warm & Genuine label, erstwhile home to <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/thorburn-brick-wall-7-mouth-mthsp001.html" target="_blank">Jon English</a>, is another turn-off, not to mention the fact that the (Stephen) Housden credit you see on the label is the same fella from Little River Band. Yikes. That pedigree can be heard all over For Me Or For You, the weak flipside to Nitro's only single. Not so the A-side, a neat boogie/glam rocker with its titular 12-bar chug offset by a chorus that's no riff and all embellishment, and bonus nonsense lyrics about starchildren and stardust - the latter being a missed opportunity for the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaXisy1OqMg" target="_blank">title</a>, says us. Housden contributes some nice guitar work throughout, particularly as he starts to unclench from the last verse on, and the rhythm section of Mal Wakeford (drums) and Peter Deacon (bass) is suitably solid and understated. Housden and Wakeford's hard-rockin' side presumably sprang from their brief tenure in <a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19701220&id=2M1QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VuUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3970,7015476" target="_blank">Rachette</a> with a post-Easybeats/pre-solo Stevie Wright; sadly, there seem to be no recordings from that period. We wish the same could be said for later <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Little-River-Band-Youre-Driving-Me-Out-Of-My-Mind/release/3221820" target="_blank">collaborations</a>, investigation of which will require stronger stomachs than ours.<br />
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Wallaby Beathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981560179306474625noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948631353581176341.post-33875367104053356002013-11-03T23:52:00.000+11:002013-11-05T21:58:10.856+11:00Gestalt - √−1 7" Pyrrhic 001, 1982<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We've made our feelings on Sydney's North Shore known before. We admit though that there was a pretty good punk scene up there that spawned some of <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2010/11/klerks-groove-tapes-7-vi-nil-vr010-1985.html" target="_blank">our</a> <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/adrenalin-ready-for-show-7-sanitarium.html" target="_blank">favourite</a> <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2010/12/it-never-ends-celibate-rifles-but.html" target="_blank">records</a>; oh, and <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/progression-cult-new-blood-ep-method.html" target="_blank">Progression Cult</a> too. There was other stuff as well, and the leafy bush around Church Point (almost as far North as Sydney stretches) produced a strange experimental record in 1982.<br />
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The 300 press was split equally amongst the three members. Each member's 100 copies has label and sleeve designed by that individual member. We haven't seen enough copies over the years to be sure how much variation thus ensued but the three we know of are pretty different. Anyway, as explained in the booklet which comes with some copies, the common denominators in each copy are the bandname Gestalt, the label and catalogue number (Pyrrhic 001) and the song titles: Adventures Of A Flea, Chained To The Floor, Of This Men Will Know Nothing and Latent Doings.<br />
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The packagings are labours of love - from the 1/2 inch thick piece of foam matting above to the found photography and art <a href="http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=3454310" target="_blank">here</a>, down to the hand altered blank white labels.<br />
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The care extends to the music - analog synths, electroacoustic tape manip and so on. We're no experts on this kind of thing though it's unpleasant enough, if lacking the kind of anti-social edge we could hang our coats on.<br />
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As to the protagonists - they're unnamed. How did they come to make music like this? John Blades in his <a href="http://www.nonightsweats.com/nns_memoirs_jb01.htm" target="_blank">memoir</a> speaks of the importance of Double Jay in proselytising mutant sounds. M-Squared's first half dozen releases precede this and they had decent distribution, on the East coast at least. There's a probable M Squared connection, at least by communication - MxM gets a thanks, and the the Shane in the thanks list is Shane Fahey, Gordon is probably Gordon Renouf (Slugfuckers, Wild West, M Squared engineer), and so on. The recording wasn't done at M Squared though, but at the "now demolished Roscoe St residences" - most likely in Bondi (but perhaps in Newcastle), over Easter 1981.<br />
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Wallaby Beathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981560179306474625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948631353581176341.post-6971101199097057392013-10-20T17:09:00.000+11:002014-02-02T22:12:52.547+11:00Lightwell Jones - Magazine Scene 7" Tramp TRSP-0002, 1973(?)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Look, we know nothing about Lightwell Jones, but we have even less clue what they're on about with Magazine Scene, a succession of fluff headlines from women's lifestyle magazines set to an equally lightweight boogie backing. On planet Htrae this might be the theme to <i>Bizarro Paper Giants</i>, but back here on Earth the juxtaposition of manly grunting and lyrics about being single and pregnant is pretty damn awkward. In other words, it's pretty great. "It comes out on Tuesday with a free plastic cyclotron" - inspired free association, or a reference to the kind of plastic cyclotron given away by <a href="http://books.google.com.au/books?id=gXKWUAIYcOsC&pg=PA189&lpg=PA189&source=bl&ots=87EqUPIsxd&sig=09we7BhQm9qg5b4Y-JtB3tdTPqU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=o91dUoKhGofbkQWbsICwDw&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank">Creative Recording And Sound Services</a>? Nah, in all likelihood they're describing one <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpuOhoewcn4" target="_blank">these doohickeys</a>, which makes it all disappointingly mundane. I guess grillfat-lite about <i>Women's Weekly</i> is one of those things that's better if you don't think about it too much.<br />
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On the flip, Jeffery - whoever he is - shows his more serious side with stab at the more succinct end of West Coast psych rock. Not bad, but let's be honest, Tripsichord Music Box it ain't. Probably shoulda reserved side 2 for a sub-Quo boogie about <i>Reader's Digest</i>.<br />
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Wallaby Beathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981560179306474625noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948631353581176341.post-17691775207005191952013-10-06T21:48:00.000+11:002013-10-11T15:41:11.024+11:00Trans 262 7" EMI Custom 13174, 1981<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been revisiting this for a week now and I'm still not sure that <i>Kill City To New Values Through An Australian Lens</i> was a suitable thesis topic for these guys, or anyone, to have tackled. Mine the motherlode, I say. Still, I'm hard pressed to think of any other band who engaged in such mimickry of the Ig's post Stooges work so more power to them. </div>
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Trans 262 started as ME 262, named after a song on the Blue Öyster Cult's Secret Treaties LP. You can hear a 1980 demo, Gonna Die, on Do The Pop! Redux Part One. There you'll also find a complete summary of their existence which we'll summarise here: in the thrall of Radio Birdman (the elephant in the room we won't mention) they were born and played around. For reasons not obvious they were seen in competition to MEO245 so changed their name to Trans 262, also using The Ruse for a while. In 1981 they recorded this EP with <a href="http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?artist=Sherbet">Sherbet</a> guitarist Clive Shakespeare. Seems they were disappointed with the result and didn't last much longer. Members went on to The Chosen Few (not that one), Decline Of The Reptiles, Howling Commandos, Rattlesnake Shake, Naked Lunch, <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/the-screaming-tribesmen-7-emi-custom.html">The Screaming Tribesmen</a> and The Fishermen. They reunited in 1987, as ME 262 again, to record I Got Nothing (natch) for Hard To Beat, AuGoGo's Stooges tribute double LP.</div>
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Band members were Tony Gibson - guitar and harmonies, Ally "Pink" Marr - drums and perversion, Andy Newman - bass and keyboards, Mark Roxburgh - vocals and wanking.</div>
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Wallaby Beathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981560179306474625noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948631353581176341.post-4671950885307583712013-09-22T21:13:00.000+10:002013-10-11T15:41:39.888+11:00Dave Warner - Half Time At The Football 12" no label DW-1-A/B, 1981<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Being the first punk band in Perth is like being the guy who invented planking - sure, you might've been first, but who gives a shit? Still, that hasn't stopped the mantle of Perth's First Punks being bitterly (and <a href="http://www.perthpunk.com/" target="_blank">publicly</a>) contested. Dave Warner has no time for such trivialities, <a href="http://davewarner.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/something-fishy-in-the-water/" target="_blank">announcing</a> that his first band, Pus, was not only Perth's but <i>Australia's</i> first punk band, treading the boards at future Perth punk haunt the Governor Broome Hotel as early as 1974. Putting aside the tiresome argument of "first", the fact that Pus took primary influence from The Fugs and felt <a href="http://magazine.100percentrock.com/interviews/201308/24919" target="_blank">gazumped</a> by Skyhooks' shtick suggests that Pus was one of those pre-Punk bands that was punk in intent rather than sound. That's never been of much use to us, being people who listen to music with our ears and all. Given that no Pus recordings seem to have survived, in this case we can't even do that.<br />
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The closest we get is Dave Warner's first single (Suburban Boy/Donna, EMI Custom PRS-2499), recorded in the UK at <a href="http://www.discogs.com/label/Spaceward%20Studios?sort=date%2Casc" target="_blank">Spaceward Studios</a> and self-released in 1976 under the name From The Suburbs. Suburban Boy was a Pus song, and though this version is less polished than the recording we all know as Warner's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWArUaViXsA" target="_blank">first release for Mushroom</a> in 1978, the differences are pretty superficial. It isn't punk, but it does establish the parameters for Warner's subsequent work - tales of football and suburban <i>ennui</i>, delivered with a broad (Western) Australian accent. Those themes were also carried through in the <a href="http://www.davewarner.com.au/summer78.html" target="_blank">label artwork</a> of his next pre-Mushroom single (Summer '78/Australian Heat, Bicton BR-001, 1978), which also hints at the Perth cultural references that would come to characterise his songs, Bicton being the East Fremantle suburb where Warner grew up. The self-applied genre tag "suburban rock" encapsulates those elements, but if you want to know what Dave <i>really</i> thought of punk, go no further than his song of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OL2CfmFwsI" target="_blank">same name</a>.<br />
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The Mushroom releases by Dave Warner's From The Suburbs litter dollar bins from coast-to-coast, so exploring those records is easy and cheap (go and do it!). What brings us here today is a timely re-examination of the post-Mushroom, self-released Half Time At The Football 12" - timely in that Warner, like me, would be grinning from ear-to-ear after the Fremantle Dockers' preliminary final win over Sydney on Saturday night, sending Freo to the AFL grand final for the first time. If I was to really twist the blade, I'd add that half time was about the point when Sydney Swans supporters could have switched off their TVs (sorry, Professor). A live favourite and something of a career constant, Half Time At The Football is quintessential Warner, bringing to the table all of his usual thematic concerns but with a relentless, sloppy two-chord attack that would sit much more comfortably among Spaceward's credits than the '76 recordings.<br />
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We can't leave before tying up the last of Warner's punk-era self-released records, especially given today's theme. To your right, you will see the East Fremantle Sharks' team song, released in 1979 with a blue-and-white label to echo that club's colours - that year saw East Freo defeat the South Fremantle Bulldogs to take out the WAFL premiership. Warner gets a songwriting credit and his voice is allegedly on the recording somewhere, but who can tell with the boofheads from the '79 Sharks caterwauling over the top? No sound files on this one - hell will freeze over before the East Freo team song appears on this blog. Carn the Bulldogs in 2014, and <i>go the Dockers!</i>Wallaby Beathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981560179306474625noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948631353581176341.post-66105591584402683372013-09-08T16:34:00.000+10:002013-09-21T00:59:25.606+10:00Clint Small - Crack In The Wall and On The Fourth Floor 7"s Au Go Go ANDA-2 and 5, 1979 and 1980<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Clint(on) Small was a contemporary of Rowland S. Howard and Au Go Go label chief Bruce Milne at the Swinburne Community School. His first named band, apart from the various freeform jam bands that played at the school, was Tootho and the Ring Of Confidence, shortened to TATROC, in 1975, with Howard on sax and Graeme Pitt of Champagne Edge on bass. You can see photos in the extras on the DVD of <a href="http://autoluminescent.com/" target="_blank">Autoluminescent</a>.<br />
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After that Small remained a somewhat mysterious figure. We don't think we've ever seen anything written about him contemporaneous with his early records, which seems strange given his connections with the Melbourne punk mainstream, such as it was.<br />
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The facts are thus thin on the ground and are deduced from the record covers. Small played in an early lineup of the Little Murders, he's on their second 7". His own first 7" from 1979 is a great record: high energy, tough riffing, good solos and impassioned vocals. Clint plays guitar and sings and Wallaby Beat favourite Jarryl Wirth (<a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/news-dirty-secrets-7flexi-1979.html" target="_blank">News</a>, <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/the-lonely-boys-and-breakers.html" target="_blank">Lonely Boys</a>, etc.) is on bass and guitar - his classic guitar sound can be heard on Wyvern Parsons, Where Are You?, which also sounds like it could be a News song. Mark Graeber plays drums.<br />
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There's two sleeves for this one, both feeding off Milne's taste for 3-D postcards - he used to ask people to send them to him in the early shop mail order catalogues. The horse sleeve seems to turn up less then the camels sleeve, althought we're told there's equal numbers of both.<br />
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The same lineup put out a second 7" in 1980. It's a slightly more relaxed affair but still worthwhile. The A-side, On The Fourth Floor, is most similar to the previous record, but really only cuts loose for about ten seconds at the end. Daeng sounds like an outtake from <i>The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars</i>. After that Small's next release was the Steel 12" from 1983 - it starts moving in a more hard rock direction and suffers from Jarryl Wirth's non-involvement. There were more self-released records through the eighties, which we've never investigated.<br />
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Before the Cosmic Psychos, there was Rancid Spam. That's some crucial science we learned from the new Cosmic Psychos documentary, <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7CbDQ2ZryA" target="_blank">Blokes You Can Trust</a></i>, screening in all discerning theatres around the country. Rancid Spam featured a teenage, pre-Psychos Ross Knight plus - according to Knighty - the two other punks in the small town of Kyneton, rural Victoria. Along with some cool happy snaps, the film also shows a tantalising glimpse of a 1977 Rancid Spam demo tape. Surely we can't be the only ones wondering what treasures might be found on that cassette. The fine fellows at <a href="http://www.aarghtrecords.com/1/post/2013/07/july-31st-2013.html" target="_blank">Aarght</a> are giving the early Cosmic Psychos records the reissue treatment - perhaps they might be persuaded to look into it.<br />
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The last of those records, <i>Go The Hack</i>, is notable not only for featuring the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir1Cvvaei2k" target="_blank">best Australian song</a> ever to sport a <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/rejected-first-offence-7-emi-custom-prs.html" target="_blank">D-beat</a>, but also for being the last release by the line-up with guitarist Peter Jones. Jones was soon replaced by Robbie "Rocket" Watts, allegedly after an audition at which Watts blew up two amplifiers. You won't often find us quoting Ian McFarlane's <i>Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop</i>, but his conclusion that the change in personnel didn't alter the Cosmic Psychos' sound might be the most insightful analysis in that book. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al7Ui3hVaHA" target="_blank">Yup</a>. Watts had previously played in I Spit On Your Gravy and the Quivvering Quims. And, before that, Sharp Toys.<br />
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Um, who? Just as Rancid Spam included the only three punks in Kyneton, Sharp Toys must have been the four biggest freaks in neighbouring Castlemaine - the kind of freaks Rancid Spam would have beaten up as a matter of general principle. Among said freaks were Robbie Watts and older brother Rex. The only trace of Sharp Toys' existence is a handful of tracks on a 1980 compilation LP, <i>Goldfields Rock</i>, released as a fundraiser for community radio station 3CCC-FM in Castlemaine. Of the four songs, Nuclear Daisy is our favourite, a world away from the wah-drenched fuzz-storm of the Cosmic Psychos, but even at this early stage Robbie possessed a nimble set of fingers and the song really opens up when he rips his solo. A <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2010/08/jackson-zumdish-popes-7-agro-fish.html" target="_blank">song-ending explosion</a> wins brownie points, too.<br />
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There are a number of places on the web where the remaining tracks on this LP can be heard, so we'll leave interested readers to explore that for themselves. On second thought, we'll direct you to the <a href="http://rockonvinyl.blogspot.com.au/2011/01/goldfields-rock-central-victorian-rock.html" target="_blank">Rock On Vinyl</a> blog, which tells us of the band members that "I suspect they didn't go onto bigger and better things". Hmm, perhaps Rock On Vinyl should stick to <a href="http://rockonvinyl.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/finch-thunderbird-1976-bonus-tracks.html" target="_blank">cutting-and-pasting</a> its information directly from <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/finch-stay-roses-7-eagle-es1001-1976.html" target="_blank">Wally Beat</a> [sic].<br />
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One of the finest Australian records of the punk era is this 'un, Sunset Strip by The Numbers. There seems to be some latter day criticism by wooden ears that this is too poppy or sixties influenced. Those critics should take off the dunce cap and listen again - the pace is definitively 1978, the vocals disaffected, and the band smashing into each other in a completely endearing fashion. If you were born on Mars and haven't heard it you'll know straight away it's from Brisbane courtesy of the handclap solo - all the Briso bands feature 'em. Since this is an it-never-ends feature we're duty bound to point out the film like card the boys used for the sleeve and the miniscule chance of finding one without <span style="text-align: left;">ringwear at this late stage. After a few decades we found the one above which had been stored separate to the record. It still shows a visible scratch though, ugh.<br /><span style="text-align: left;"></span></span><br />
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At some point word filtered in from down south about another <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/the-numbers-govt-boy-7-local-label-3.html" target="_blank">Numbers</a> and the band decided to change their name. This was not a major problem as they had already used and discarded The Grudge and Neon Steal (rumours persist of recordings from this version of the band). The Riptides were born. The Numbers single had been taken to Melbourne and Sydney by Robert Vickers and had been well received, so first point of business was to reissue the record under the new name. </span> <br /><div>
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There's been much supposition over the years as to whether this version is re-recorded, remixed or simply remastered. Starting with the easy ones even the tinniest of tinnitus affected ears can hear the recording is the same. Remastered is a yes - The Numbers has a DB matrix scratch indicating Don Bartley at Studio 301 in Sydney. He captured the energy well. The Riptides version is an EMI Custom pressing plant job - new plates and a softer mastering job. Which leaves remixed. After some intense A/B-ing plus study of the waveforms we're gonna say yes. You can compare below but at the very least the hi-hats are way more prominent on the Numbers version. Mark Callaghan explained in Andrew Stafford's <i>Pig City</i>:<br />
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</span>Wallaby Beathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981560179306474625noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948631353581176341.post-38975264588435602212013-07-01T17:27:00.001+10:002013-08-05T18:17:13.909+10:00Third Annual ReportTo address our new <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/geeza-sydney-city-ladies-7-laser-ls.html" target="_blank">most frequently asked question</a>s: <strong>Yes, the <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/ulsers-remember-them-7-emi-custom-13059.html" target="_blank">Ulsers</a> records are still coming out; yes, they'll be available soon; and yes, they sound amazing</strong>. Like a turd filmed in high-def, Mikey Young's tasteful (re)mastering has elevated <em>Remember Them</em>'s every shouted profanity and atonal blurt without in any way fucking with the sound of the original, while fans of UK DIY, Black Eye nonsense, Flipper/No Trend fuckyouness, and barking dogs will be left joyfully brutalised by <em>Forget Them</em>'s 10 previously unreleased tracks. Watch this space.<br />
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So, to our annual top 10 most viewed posts, and this year brings something of an aesthetic watershed: a grillfat record in the number one spot! The Ulsers in a close second place restores the natural order.<br />
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<li><a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/ulsers-remember-them-7-emi-custom-13059.html" target="_blank">Ulsers</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/news-im-so-confused-7-missing-link-mls.html" target="_blank">News - I'm So Confused</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/it-never-ends-last-words-animal-world.html" target="_blank">Last Words</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/it-never-ends-voigt465-secret-west-7.html" target="_blank">Voigt/465</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/ginger-get-back-mama-7-polydor-2079-053.html" target="_blank">Ginger</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/u-bombs-give-me-medal-7-radioactive.html" target="_blank">U-Bombs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/microfilm-centrefold-7.html" target="_blank">Microfilm</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/the-numbers-govt-boy-7-local-label-3.html" target="_blank">Numbers</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/news-dirty-secrets-7flexi-1979.html" target="_blank">News - Dirty Secrets</a></li>
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Fans of those records may wish to consider the following less well-patronised posts of the past 12 months. In particular, we direct anyone that dug Strutter's bong-fuelled Kiss worship to our favourite Westie idiots, The Ash Band, while Ginger fans should proceed to Maureen Elkner's great first single, post-haste.<br />
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<li><a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/the-ash-band-lets-go-7-kanangra-kap-005.html" target="_blank">The Ash Band</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/rick-huxley-drive-drivin-7-13151-1981.html" target="_blank">Rick Huxley</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/merv-megastar-rock-n-roll-diskrace-7.html" target="_blank">Merv Megastar</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/systematics-my-life-in-field-of-cows-7.html" target="_blank">Systematics</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/systems-go-no-more-xmas-carol-7-no.html" target="_blank">Systems Go!</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/the-bent-elbows-st-lucia-road-ep-emi.html" target="_blank">Bent Elbows</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/eleven-eleven-devastate-me-7-mac.html" target="_blank">Eleven Eleven</a></li>
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Contrary to the quality level of <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/frames-never-coming-home-7-cbs-ba.html" target="_blank">certain recent posts</a>, the well is far from dry. We'll be back in business from <strong>Sunday August 11</strong> with a stack of killer unknowns in our greasy mitts, and a new semi-monthly posting schedule to help us preserve our remaining sanity. As always, a big thank you to the regulars. See youse all next month. Wallaby Beathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981560179306474625noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948631353581176341.post-47024826060519882292013-06-23T19:49:00.000+10:002013-06-30T00:04:36.010+10:00Jump Vision - Can't Get Used To You 7" Basilisk BAZ 004, 1980<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If by choice or circumstance the subculture you swam in was Sydney mod revival, then we hope you have a good memory of the time. Mind you, if the purple hearts did do a number on your bonce, you can relive it all through the excellent <a href="http://stark-raving-mod.com/" target="_blank">Stark Raving Mod</a> book and website. We say all that because the physical records (i.e. discs, 45s, singles) of the scene are, by and large, an underwhelming lot. This is typical of scenes which are backwards looking, and where the music isn't the prime aesthetic focus.<br />
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One particular example which slightly pre-dates the more formalised union jack/scooter scene is Jump Vision's only recording. Though commonly described as a soul/ska band, the prominent bass, echo and guitar effects on the A-side come across more as a slightly (more) anaemic Cure fronted by a pre-tantric Gordon Sumner. The Sting inflections aren't as obvious as on fellow scenesters <a href="http://mylifesajigsaw.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/personnel-never-be-your-man-1980.html" target="_blank">The Personnel</a>'s effort, but still there. It's alright though. The flipside is a ska instrumental; you know by now we'll save you the few minutes.<br />
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The band were Richard Knott on bass, David Rowley on drums and Mark Bradridge on guitar. All shared vocals. Rowley ended up in the last line-up of <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/the-end-my-confession-7-13199-1981.html" target="_blank">The End</a>, and all three went on to Watusi Now with <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/credits-its-you-fazed-dazed-7-thunder.html" target="_blank">Peter Mengede</a>. Organ was provided by Russell Handley of Popular Mechanics.<br />
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<br />Wallaby Beathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981560179306474625noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948631353581176341.post-72940797003070858132013-06-16T23:45:00.000+10:002013-06-18T13:32:29.620+10:00Frank Savage And The Citizens - Ordinary Persons Rock And Roll 7" Mambo 503, 1980<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Usually we'd jump at the chance to be <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/strutter-mary-janes-rainbow-world-7-emi.html" target="_blank">smart-arsed pricks</a> about an <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/the-sosos-cant-say-love-7-beta-beat.html" target="_blank">apostrophe</a> <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2011/01/eps-secret-love-forget-all-i-said-7-emi.html" target="_blank">catastrophe</a>, but in describing themselves as "ordinary persons rock and roll" we reckon Frank Savage and co. knew exactly what they were doing, pub rock being music made <em>by</em> ordinary people as much as it is music <em>for</em> ordinary people. Besides, you don't get to play in not <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoFp-WXHjBg" target="_blank">one</a> but <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpdhmC1cpG8" target="_blank">two</a> bands with <a href="http://wallabybeat.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/armchairs-party-time-lp-reversemissing.html" target="_blank">Johnny Topper</a> without being something of a smart arse yourself. Little Boy Lost is a decent Sports-a-like, but the punkier Helicopter is the real winner, its near-perfect 60 second length spoiled only by that same smart-arsed-ness - a jokey label plug tacked on at the song's end.<br />
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This is the best of the three records known to us on the Mambo label, the others being singles by (in descending order of listenability) <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Japanese-Comix-EP/release/3603053" target="_blank">Japanese Comix</a> and the Dynamic Hepnotics.<br />
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Wallaby Beathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981560179306474625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948631353581176341.post-53572727213832203462013-06-09T23:07:00.000+10:002013-06-16T15:43:38.387+10:00It Never Ends: The Victims - Television Addict 7" MX46813/4, 1978<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's time for an it-never-ends on one of the great worldwide punk records - The Victims' Television Addict / (I'm) Flipped Out Over You 7". Released in an edition of 1000 in early 1978, every copy of this is effectively in a unique sleeve. That's because each one is hand stamped with kids' block stamps. However, there's still a lot of room for variation with such a scheme. So, in the spirit of the Flipper <i>Sex Bomb</i> <a href="http://sexbombsleeves.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">sleeve blog</a> (or the definitely NOT safe for work <a href="http://trackthenubees.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Nubees blog</a>), today we'll start giving visuals for some of the sleeve variants for this hallowed record.</div>
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Sometime in early '78 our boys, James Baker, Dave Flick and Rudolph Vee, sat around a table and started stamping sleeves. A combination of red, black and blue ink was used, and most sleeves contain some combination of all three. For us, the nicest ones just have the band name on the front of the sleeve and the titles on the back. The red and black sleeve on top of the post, paired with the tricolour reverse to the left, is a nice example. Some copies, and these seem to show up in America, only have the band name on one side and are blank on the reverse.<br />
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Flick outlined the process in the liner notes to the Sleeping Dogs Lie album:<br />
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We used a children's toy rubber stamp set to label each of the paper sleeves individually. In fact, as we had only bought a couple of sets there weren't even enough letters to spell out the band's name and the song titles so we had to leave a couple of gaps and fill in the missing letters later (we also stamped those ones with a different colour).</blockquote>
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The record really needs no introduction. We can't think of many people who don't rank it in the best three Australian punk records. If you haven't heard it, well, it's been booted thrice in the US (black printing on white sleeve, then on pink sleeve, then on yellow sleeve, all with large holes) and recently legitimately reissued by 1977 records in Japan. We won't even start on the various compilations with the two tracks, just get yourself to YouTube. For now we'll just show pictures of some other versions: <br />
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To bring things to an end for today we have to cover the photo inserts. These are the little fuckers that send collectors spare. They appear either by themselves or in pairs in odd copies. So far we've been able to round up seven different ones which you can see below. Particularly cool (and hard to find!) is the band under a Live At CBGBs poster, but as always, we can't imagine not wanting to own all of them.<br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">We'll be happy to add any sleeve variations, (or, god forbid, inserts), not pictured here if you want to send them to us </span><a href="mailto:wallabybeat@gmail.com" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" target="_blank">at the usual address</a><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">. Thanks to those who already contributed scans.</span></div>
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