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#165

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Sun, 18 Jun 2017 15:25:00 +1000

Hi, here we are for another ten tracks...nothing too hard in the list to work out I hope !

enjoy :)

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #165
1. Skankin Queens A Thousand Times - The Bodines ( Magnet 1987 )
2. I Guess You Didn't See Her - The Liberty Ship ( Matinee Recordings 2002 )
3. Jazz Serenade - The Artisans ( Infidel Records 1992 )
4. Glamour - Po! ( Rutland Records 1991 )
5. Do You Know - The Shapiros ( Fantastic Records 1995 )
6. Hope - Tree Fort Angst ( Stickboy Reords 1994 )
7. Who's Big And Clever Now ? - Confetti ( Heaven Records 1991 )
8. Seventeen - Picnic ( Bring On Bull Records 1994 )
9. Shout Me Down - The Benedicts ( Waterfront Records Aust 1990 )
10. This Brilliant Evening - In Embrace ( Cherry Red 1985 )

( duration 27.31, vbr lame mp3 )

#164

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Sun, 28 May 2017 13:43:00 +1000

Back into it / onto it....firstly Kicker's City Limit's Ep and then The Vermont Sugar House ( ex Desert Wolves ) and their only vinyl 7" ( + of course later a 3" on Cloudberry ).

After that's it's a run of flexis, starting with a great 3 tracker on the Windnill Records label called "Three Songs, Three Bands", all of which are great - Dreamscape who we hear today there's They Go Boom !! and Strawberry Story, all 3 songs are excellent. Then the flexi version of ( You ) Ungrateful Bastard from One Thousand Violins and Brighter from their "Winters Tale" flexi on the German Blam-A-Bit label.

Back on normal vinyl after that with The June Brides, How Many Beans Make 5 from a La-Di-Da label sampler and then The Haywains from their 4 tracker Fisherman's Friend ep.

Ending up with Screeming Custard's first vinyl foray and lastly on the Bus Stop label from the US it's the band Engine No.9

enjoy :)

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #164
1. On Your Floor - Kicker ( Track & Field 2000 )
2. Braveheart - The Vermont Sugar House ( Firestation Tower Records 1999 )
3. Strange Story - Dreamscape ( Windmill Records 1991 )
4. You Ungrateful Bastard - One Thousand Violins ( no label 1985 )
5. Airhead - Brighter ( Blam-A-Bit 1991 )
6. In The Rain - The June Brides ( Pink Label 1984 )
7. Suzanne - How Many Beans Make 5 ( La-Di-Da Productions 1989 )
8. Summer Madness! - The Haywains ( Emily's Shop 1989 )
9. Tracy - Screeming Custard! ( Pauls Mums Front Room Records 1990 )
10. Sleep - Engine No 9 ( The Bus Stop Label 1991 )

( duration 31.25, vbr lame mp3 )

#163

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 14:35:00 +1000

Hi again, back with some more " straight off the floor" today, starting with some Cat's Miaow from the "I Kept All Your Letters" ep followed by "The Ruby Lounge Ep" from They Go Boom!!

Then we have a Sha La La Flexi, ultra raw Poppyheads ( this ep's called "Postcard for Flossy" ), the cracking Think! from the Jasmine Minks and then the Aussie Catherine Wheel ( ex The Honeys ) and the other side of their first ( of 2 ) ( vinyl ) singles "Blue Avenue".

Pure is next, which is a post Love Parade thing for Graeme Elston ( and pre Eva Luna ) on the Sugarfrost label. Then the first vinyl single ( a side 'Stand Up' ) for The Triffids, from which I chose the b side. This is blasphemy & sacrilegious but back in the day when this record came out I wasn't that enamoured with it and always played the b-side anyway ( Farmers Never Visit Nightclubs ). To be quite honest I bought the record based on the small amount of hype about this band filtering across the Nullabor then ( this was probably circa 1982 by the time the record got over to Sydney ) ( also based on the assurances of Steve "Stav" from Phantom ) but was so-so about it / them ( at that time ). Like I said I could be stoned to death for admitting that. Of course with subsequent releases they more than changed my mind and they are one of my all time favourite bands. But "I confess" still today listening I find this first single somewhat weaker than their later stuff. And please don't troll me for saying that !

Anyway after that today we hear from The Ammonites, from their 'Head Full of Strange' ep on Rutland ( Po!'s label ), then the second single on Sunday from The Pristines.

Ending up today with East Village, their first single on the then nascent Sub Aqua label. This is a second copy I have of this record, and today we hear the a-side 'Cubans In The Battlefield', I have previously blogged this one way back in Jan 2007 on post #15, but then I played the b-side 'Strawberry Window'. From memory I got a second copy back in the day because my original had some sort of jump / scratch on it, so hence the 2nd appearance today. Which ironically is the scratched one with the jump !

catch you next time, enjoy listening

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #163
1. You Know It's True - The Cat's Miaow ( Quiddity Records Records 1995 )
2. Twentieth Century - They Go Boom !! ( Sunday Records 1991 )
3. Sun Shines Forever - The Poppyheads ( Sha La La 1987 )
4. Think - The Jasmine Minks ( Creation Records 1984 )
5. Last Explanation - Catherine Wheel ( Australia ) ( Big Wheel Records Aust 1990 )
6. Aspidistra - Pure ( Sugarfrost 1991 )
7. Farmers Never Visit Nightclubs - The Triffids ( Shake Some Action Aust 1981 )
8. Stupid - The Ammonites ( Rutland Records 1991 )
9. Kimberley Somebody - The Pristines ( Sunday Records 1993 )
10. Cubans In The Bluefields - East Village ( Sub Aqua 1988 )
( duration 29.33, vbr lame mp3 )

#162

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 10:34:00 +1100

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #162
1. Today Will Be Yesterday So Soon - Bulldozer Crash ( Heaven Records 1993 )
2. Satellites - The Pines ( Annika 2002 )
3. Dizzy Dizzy Dizzy - 800 Cherries ( Clover Records 1997 )
4. Love Yourself - Blueboy ( Shinkansen 1996 )
5. She's Always Hiding - The Servants ( Head Records 1986 )
6. Thank You - The Pale Fountains ( Vindaloo 1982 )
7. The Life Of Riley - The Lightning Seeds ( Virgin 1992 )
8. Mosquito - Bobby Scarlet ( Deadbug Records 1987 )
9. Different Girl - Mirrors Over Kiev ( Playtime 1988 )
10. Waiting - The Ropers ( Slumberland 1993 )
( duration 31.11, vbr lame mp3 )

#152 - #161 Lets Kiss and Make Up

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 11:19:00 +1100

Yep.

Yep.

Yep.

A whole year....but here's 10 ( x 10 ) to hopefully ( grovel and ) make up for such recalcitrance ( gulp ).

Yes. Been sitting around the house gathering dust. But here we go, back into it.

( C'mon get happy )

161

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #161
1. Heard About Love - The Big Gun ( Hi-Fibre 1986 )
2. Bed Of Roses - Feverfew ( A Turntable Friend Records 1992 )
3. Hip Hip - Hurrah! ( Kitchenware Records 1983 )
4. Confidence - Po! ( Rare Breed Records 1988 )
5. Darling Don't You Think ? - The Fairways ( Matinee Recordings 2000 )
6. On The Air - The Benedicts ( Waterfront Records Aust 1989 )
7. Baby's Alright - Comet Gain ( Wiija Records 1995 )
8. Blush - The Hummingbirds ( Roo Art Aust 1989 )
9. Something Nice - Robert Lloyd And The New Four Seasons ( In Tape 1988 )
10. International Pop Star - Watercolor Sunset ( Sunday Records 1994 )
( duration 35.43, vbr lame mp3 )

160

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #160
1. A Million Years - The Spinning Wheels ( Teatime Records 1991 )
2. Sunday Came And Went - The Castaway Stones ( Shelflife Records 1999 )
3. In Gunnersbury Park - The Hit Parade ( Sarah Records 1991 )
4. Crystal Clear - St Christopher ( Bluegrass 1984 )
5. Sad Eyes Kill - The Rain Parade ( Enigma Records 1984 )
6. Under The Weather - The Love Parade ( Dolphin 7 1989 )
7. Southern Fields - Rosemary's Children ( El 1986 )
8. Drive Away - Dead Famous People ( Bring On Bull 1992 )
9. Love Of Loves - The Singles ( Doublethink Aust 1980 )
10. No Place Called Home - The June Brides ( In Tape 1985 )
( duration 30.32, vbr lame mp3 )

159

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #159
1. Take Me, I'm Yours - Little Murders ( Au Go Go Aust 1979 )
2. Picture Of You - One Million Pieces ( Phantom Records Aust 1988 )
3. All Away - The Summer Suns ( Waterfront Records Aust 1989 )
4. Holy Water - The Triffids ( Island Records 1988 )
5. Millions And Millions - Shine! ( 1989 )
6. Som Pa Film - Semester ( Aquavinyle 1997 )
7. She Said, He Said - The Shapiros ( Library Records Aust 1998 )
8. Another Friendly Face - How Many Beans Make 5 ( La-Di-Da Productions 1988 )
9. Sad Kaleidoscope - Razorcuts ( Sha La La 1987 )
10. I Don't Want To Go - Dearly ( Grimsey Records 1994 )
( duration 27.58, vbr lame mp3 )

158

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #158
1. Happy People - F A B ( RCA Aust 1985 )
2. No Say In It - Machinations ( White Label Records Aust 1984 )
3. Small Brave Land - The Expression ( Mushroom Records Aust 1985 )
4. Everywhere I Go - QED ( EMI Aust 1983 )
5. Apocalypso ( Wiping The Smile Off Santa's Face ) - Mental As Anything ( Regular Rec Aust 1984 )
6. Young Hearts - Little Heroes ( EMI Aust 1982 )
7. Time Machine - The Eighty Eights ( Result Records Aust 1981 )
8. Cut The Talking - The Dugites ( Mercury Aust 1983 )
9. How Can it Be - I'm Talking ( Regular Records Aust 1986 )
10. Speak With Frankness - Stephen Cummings ( Centre Records Aust 1986 )
( duration 35.45, vbr lame mp3 )

157

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #157
1. Comin' Home - The Radiators ( WEA Aust 1979 )
2. Cool World - Mondo Rock ( Avenue Aust 1981 )
3. Space Invaders - Player 1 ( WEA Aust 1979 )
4. Computer Games - Mi-Sex ( CBS Aust 1979 )
5. Missing Person - Mi-Sex ( CBS Aust 1981 )
6. Deep Water - Richard Clapton ( Infinity Aust 1977 )
7. In And Out Of Love - Stars ( Mushroom Records Aust 1979 )
8. Boys Will Be Boys - Taste ( Bootleg Aust 1976 )
9. Too Hot To Touch - Supernaut ( Polydor Aust 1976 )
10. It's A Deal - Millionaires ( Mushroom Records Aust 1976 )
( duration 32.44, vbr lame mp3 )

156

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #156
1. Girl On The Wall - Jane Clifton ( Mushroom Records Aust 1984 )
2. I Want A Leather Jacket - The Cockroaches ( Refugee Records Aust 1980 )
3. Caught In The Act - Street Angel ( Polydor Aust 1980 )
4. Red Hearts - 21 Faces ( Pagan Records Aust 1985 )
5. Ordinary Men - The Zimmermen ( Au Go Go Aust 1986 )
6. Jumping Out A Window - Pop Mechanix ( CBS Aust 1981 )
7. Who Was That ? - The Boys ( Adelaide ) ( no label ( EMI Custom ) Aust 1982 )
8. Lonely Dreamers - Boys ( Perth ) ( Parole Records Aust 1982 )
9. Find Out Why - Inspiral Carpets ( Cow Records 1989 )
10. Back Of My Hand - The Jags ( Island Records 1979 )
( duration 30.25, vbr lame mp3 )

155

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #155
1. The Living Kind - Ups & Downs ( Truetone Records Aust 1986 )
2. Calling To The Shadows - The Things ( The Orange Bowl 1987 )
3. Happy Birthday Girl - Spearmint ( hitBack 2000 )
4. You're In A Bad Way - Saint Etienne ( Heavenly 1993 )
5. I Don't Need Anything - Sandie Shaw ( Pye Records 1967 )
6. Me And The Farmer - The Housemartins ( Go! Discs 1987 )
7. Gimme Some Lovin' - Gang gajang ( Mercury Aust 1984 )
8. Big City Talk - Marc Hunter ( Polygram Aust 1981 )
9. Stupidity - Peter Doyle ( Sunshine Records Aust 1965 )
10. Gardening As Finer Art - Del Webb Explosion ( Greasy Pop Records Aust 1983 )
( duration 31.03, vbr lame mp3 )

154

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #154
1. Unbearable - Secret Shine ( A Turntable Friend Records 1991 )
2. Book Of Dreams - The Sugargliders ( Summershine Aust 1991 )
3. Poignant - Pencil Tin ( Quiddity Records Records 1995 )
4. Reprends Toi En Main - Velocette ( Wiija Records 1997 )
5. My Girl - Hoodoo Gurus ( Big Time Aust 1983 )
6. Judge and Judy - Curiosity Shop ( Cubby House Records & Tapes Aust 1984 )
7. On And On - Club Hoy ( Waterfront Records Aust 1990 )
8. Johanna - Caramel ( Aquavinyle 1996 )
9. Don't Sing - Prefab Sprout ( Kitchenware Records 1984 )
10. The Girl On Page Three - The Introverts ( Method Records Aust 1984 )
( duration 30.14, vbr lame mp3 )

153

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #153
1. Anticipation - Delta 5 ( Rough Trade 1980 )
2. When It All Comes Down - Miaow ( Factory Records 1987 )
3. Summary - Catapult ( STS Records 1987 )
4. Skin Deep - The Passions ( Polydor 1981 )
5. Life In Our Times - The Modenaires ( Illuminated Records 1980 )
6. Fairytale In The Supermarket - The Raincoats ( Rough Trade 1989 )
7. Improve Myself - Patrik FItzgerald ( Polydor 1979 )
8. Ten Don'ts For Honeymooners - The Monochrome Set ( PRE Records 1981 )
9. One Hundred Years - The Room ( Red Flame 1982 )
10. Birds Fly ( Whisper To A Scream ) - The Icicle Works ( Situation Two 1983 )
( duration 32.23, vbr lame mp3 )

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #152
1. New Dreams For Old - The Room ( Red Flame 1984 )
2. Why Does The Rain - The Weather Prophets ( Elevation 1987 )
3. Harbour Me - The Lavender Faction ( Dolphin 7 1990 )
4. Cottage Industry - Yeah Yeah Noh ( In Tape 1984 )
5. Big Man's Shoes - The Relations ( Hush Records 1986 )
6. Strawberries Are Growing In My Garden ( And It's Wintertime ) - The Dentists ( Spruck Records 1985 )
7. If She Doesn't Smile ( It'll Rain ) - Fantastic Something ( Cherry Red 1983 )
8. Stay - The Cat's Miaow ( Drive In Records 1996 )
9. Untitled - The Cannanes ( Distant Violins Aust 1986 )
10. Blood Red Roses - Bell Jar ( Strand Records Aust 1987 )
( duration 31.17, vbr lame mp3 )

#151

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 16:43:00 +1100

Back again today, starting with the 3rd single from The Pale Fountains ( co-produced by Alan Rankine from The Associates ) and then Lionel Long, from Australia ( also an actor - memorably in the Aussie TV cop show "Homicide" ) and a track which is the b-side of his Missin' You single ( from 1967.

Then old faves The Gobs, a radio promo /edited version of A Hundred Words form The Beloved , which did already feature once before on #56 ( though not as the edited version ), Norwich's Farmer's Boys ( their 2nd last single ), Fat Tulips and the title track from their "Ferensway" Ep and a song from Po! ( outa Rutland, UK ) taken from a Sunday Records flexi ( simply called "Sunday" ).

Finishing up with ( Birmingham's ) In Embrace, China Crisis and a single from the "Working With Fire & Steel" LP and Die Laughing - the Australian band of that name ( not the UK one ! ) and a Kevin Stanton ( he of Mi Sex fame ) co- produced tune ( along with the legendary Spence Lee )

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #151
1. Palm Of My Hand - The Pale Fountains ( Virgin 1983 )
2. Got A Feelin' - Lionel Long ( Columbia Aust 1967 )
3. Bachelor Kisses - The Go-Betweens ( Sire Records Aust 1984 )
4. A Hundred Words (Radio Mix) - The Beloved ( Flim Flam 1986 )
5. Apparently - The Farmer's Boys ( EMI 1984 )
6. Ferensway - Fat Tulips ( Heaven Records 1991 )
7. Tina - Po! ( Sunday Records 1992 )
8. Shouting In Cafes - In Embrace ( Cherry Red 1985 )
9. Tragedy & Mystery - China Crisis ( Virgin 1983 )
10. Swept Away - Die Laughing ( Aust ) ( M.A.X. Records Aust 1988 )
( duration 34.28, vbr lame mp3 )

#150

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 16:43:00 +1100

We kick off today with a Reels bside "My Family", originally released a few years earlier to the aside on their "Pitt Street Farmers"EP, followed by The Snorkels ( and The Snorkettes ) from Sydney and their one and only single. I am a little hazy on he details from something in the deep recesses says it was another Fabian Byrne ( Fast Cars etc ) outfit with associated friends from other bands of the time, being on Method Records with an early cat number would also probably be futher evidence to this theory, feel free to write and let us all know if you know more :)

Then we have the first ep from The Particles called "Colour In", the other side of TG's self titled song and an early version of a Primitives song ( later on their "Lovely" LP ) - taken from a Sounds Magazine giveaway.

Following that it's The Clouds ( as in the Scottish band, not the Aussie band ) from a ( Sha La La ) flexi called "The Bring Back Throwaway Pop Ep", shared with Mighty Mighty. Then it's The Chills with a single from their "Brave Worlds" LP, the final Lotus Eaters single, the French band Lighthouse ( from an ep of live songs ) and lastly some Teardrop Explodes, their penultimate single

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #150
1. My Family - The Reels ( RCA Aust 1985 )
2. When I Say Go ( I Mean Go Away ) - The Snorkels & The Snorkettes ( Method Records Aust 1983 )
3. Driving Me - The Particles ( Certain Music Aust 1980 )
4. Don't Go Away - Talulah Gosh ( 53rd & 3rd 1987 )
5. Nothing Left (First Version) - The Primitives ( Sounds Magazine 1987 )
6. Jenny Nowhere - The Clouds ( Sha La La 1987 )
7. Wet Blanket - The Chills ( Flying Nun 1988 )
8. It Hurts - The Lotus Eaters ( Sylvan Records 1985 )
9. The Sad Line ( Live ) - Lighthouse ( Bricks And Mortar Records 1994 )
10. Tiny Children - The Teardrop Explodes ( Mercury 1982 )
( duration 26.37, vbr lame mp3 )

#149

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 16:41:00 +1100

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #149
1. Do The Tightrope - Rip, Rig + Panic ( Virgin 1983 )
2. Absolute Beginners - The Jam ( Polydor 1981 )
3. Mirror In The Bathroom - The Beat ( Go Feet 1980 )
4. Too Much Too Young ( Live ) - The Special AKA ( 2-Tone 1980 )
5. Let's Do Rock Steady - The Bodysnatchers ( Chrysalis Aust 1980 )
6. Hold On - Allniters ( Powderworks Aust 1983 )
7. All That Easy - Allniters ( Mushroom Records Aust 1987 )
8. Shoulder To Shoulder - Strange Tenants ( Bluebeat Aust 1985 )
9. Jumping The Gap - Machinations ( White Label Records Aust 1983 )
10. Play To Win - Heaven 17 ( Virgin 1981 )
( duration 31.03, vbr lame mp3 )

#148

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 16:41:00 +1100

First in this one - "Here Is Clare Grogan Now" or "Then" really with their first single ( one of two produced by Steve Severin ), followed by the elusive first ( pre M Squared ) single from The ( still at school / Northern beaches era ) Systematics.

Then an Artery single with 2 different versions on each side, I have chosen the b-side, seems like it must be from a Peel Session as it's co-produced by band & the BBC Tony Wilson ( not the Factory TW ). Staying in a northerly way after that with Vice Versa, their 2nd single - post Martin Fry joining, and then It's Immaterial and the latter ( 1984 ) redux version of "Gigantic Raft".

Up In Scotland we have Josef K's final single for Postcard ( "Pictures" being the other side of "Chance Meeting" ) and Mike Hedges trying to reign in some Associates mayhem, after which we have some ( inner city ) Scrits, from their 3rd ( during the "collective era" ) ep and lastly we scoot back up to Manchester for The Poors Of Reign's debut record.

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #148
1. Dead Pop Stars - Altered Images ( Epic 1981 )
2. Pulp Baby - The Systematics ( Doublethink Aust 1979 )
3. The Clown ( Tony Wilson ( BBC ) version ) - Artery ( Red Flame 1982 )
4. Stilyagi - Vice Versa ( Backstreet/Backlash Records 1980 )
5. Playground Twist - Siouxsie & The Banshees ( Polydor 1979 )
6. A Gigantic Raft ( In The Philippines ) - It's Immaterial ( Eternal 1984 )
7. Pictures - Josef K ( Postcard Records 1981 )
8. Club Country - The Associates ( Beggars Banquet 1982 )
9. Messthetics - Scritti Politti ( St Pancras Records 1979 )
10. Cherish - The Poors Of Reign ( Lo-Type Records 1986 )
( duration 34.03, vbr lame mp3 )

#147

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 16:41:00 +1100

Today we're breaking the all Oz stretch of late but somehow switching to UK Post Punk / New Wave, with nothing in this lot too hard to figure out I hope :)

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #147
1. Fanfare In The Garden - Essential Logic ( Rough Trade 1981 )
2. Shadow - Delta 5 ( PRE Records 1981 )
3. Talk About The Past - The Wake ( Factory Records 1984 )
4. Junior - B.Troop ( Hotshot Records 1980 )
5. Memories - PIL ( Virgin 1979 )
6. Gimmix ! Play Loud - John Cooper Clarke ( Epic 1978 )
7. Thank You ( Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin ) - Magazine ( Virgin 1980 )
8. Fireside Favourite - Fad Gadget ( Mute 1980 )
9. Science - Berlin Blondes ( EMI 1980 )
10. Holiday In Disneyland - Dalek I Love You ( Korova 1982 )
( duration 32.55, vbr lame mp3 )

#146

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 16:40:00 +1100

Anothery "for the road" of totes Aussie - with everyone based in Sydney except The Swingers ( from NZ ) and The Innocents from Tasmania.

Fiction Romance kicking off with a single from their "Marching Orders" album, 2 from ( The ) Numbers - a Buzz Bidstrup produced single from their 2nd LP "39-51" plus their indie / pre Deluxe first ep 'Govt Boy", then it's Outline with the title track from their "Maybe It's A Game" LP followed by Maree Cunnington ( or these days maybe I should say 'Dr Maree' ).

We then have Ward 13 from their final ( mini ) album "Too Much Talk", The Swingers and their 3rd single from the David Tickle produced "Practical Jokers" LP, Silent Movies ( previously known as The Jukes who we've covered before under both monikers ), then The Innocents ( nee 'Beathoven' ) outa Tassie and lastly a somewhat obscure single from INXS - their last on Deluxe - from the Richard Clapton produced "Underneath The Colours" LP.

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #146
1. Troubled World - Fiction Romance ( Method Records Aust 1988 )
2. Dreams From Yesterday - The Numbers ( Deluxe Records Aust 1982 )
3. Govt. Boy - The Numbers ( Local Label Aust 1979 )
4. Maybe It's A Game - Outline ( Powderworks Aust 1982 )
5. Heart Says Go - Maree Cunnington ( Cunningfox Aust 1981? )
6. Midnight Caravan - Ward 13 ( Mercury Aust 1982 )
7. One Track Mind - The Swingers ( Mushroom Records Aust 1981 )
8. Sooner Or Later - The Innocents ( RCA Aust 1980 )
9. Any Other Day - Silent Movies ( Result Records Aust 1981 )
10. Night Of Rebellion - INXS ( Deluxe Records Aust 1982 )
( duration 32.49, vbr lame mp3 )

#145

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 16:40:00 +1100

Yep you guessed...another bunch of Aussie stuff..

Melbourne rockabilly hepsters Crackajacks, then 2 from The Dynamic Hepnotics ( also from down that way ) from different eras of the band , big Dougie Parkinson's title track from his 1979 album, Sydneysiders ( and skaists ) Big Five and Allniters, a Paul Kelly ( Dots era ) single from the Manilla LP, Dubbo's finest The Reels, Perth's The Dugites ( by now on Rough Diamond after earlier releasing on Deluxe ) and finally Electric Pandas from Sydney with their 2nd last single.

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #145
1. Long Blond Hair - Crackajacks ( Au Go Go Aust 1980 )
2. Hepno Beat - The Dynamic Hepnotics ( Mambo Records Aust 1981 )
3. Soul Kind Of Feeling - The Dynamic Hepnotics ( White Label Records Aust 1984 )
4. I'll Be Around - Doug Parkinson & The Southern Star Band ( ATA Records Aust 1978 )
5. Hume Highway - Big Five ( Rhythm Style Music Aust 1982 )
6. Love & Affection - Allniters ( Powderworks Aust 1983 )
7. Clean This House - Paul Kelly & The Dots ( Mushroom Records Aust 1982 )
8. After The News - The Reels ( Mercury Aust 1980 )
9. No Money - The Dugites ( Rough Diamond Aust 1982 )
10. Missing Me - Electric Pandas ( Regular Records Aust 1985 )
( duration 33.00, vbr lame mp3 )

#144

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 16:40:00 +1100

Even more "all 80's Oz" with this one -

The Wickermen from Brisbane on the Bent Records label, Cocky Laura from Sydney, and we also have a band called The End, where exactly they hailed from I'm not sure - though can narrow it down to possibly Sydney based on the fact they recorded at the Honeyfarm Studios ( with Rick Turk of course ) - and these guys are a totally different band called The End to the one from Brisbane one featuring Brett Myers.

Then we have Cold Blue Hunger from Melbourne, early 80's inner city Sydney mod faves The Sets ( their single being mixed "binaurally" - as opposed to straight stereo - the resulting mix being a bit weird ) - and all the others also from Sydney - though the Spys did start out in Newcastle of course.

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #144
1. It Happens - The Wickermen ( Bent Records Aust 1987 )
2. Cowboys & Indians - Cocky Laura ( no label Aust 1981 )
3. By Now - The End ( Coin Language Records Aust 1980 )
4. Waste Of Time - Cold Blue Hunger ( Communique Aust 1986 )
5. Love Ain't What It Used To Be - The Sets ( no label ( EMI Custom ) Aust 1981 )
6. Five O'Clock Fever - Social Comment ( Listen Music Aust 1980 )
7. One Of A Kind - v Spy v Spy ( Powderworks Aust 1984 )
8. News For You - Ward 13 ( EMI Aust 1981 )
9. Changing Times - Blah Blah Blah ( no label Aust 1988 ? )
10. Call My Name - Soggy Porridge ( Method Records Aust 1986 )
( duration 33.04, vbr lame mp3 )

#143

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 16:39:00 +1100

Another all Australasian, all obscure one for you today, with Paradox, Mr X, The Noise, Separate Tables, Belly Dance Disco and 3 Musketeers from Sydney, Terminal Twist from Adelaide ( featuring P. Tesla later of Nuvo Bloc et al ), Tigers originally from NZ, Boys from Perth ( and a single from their second album "Inside The Cage" ) and Lovs e Blur hailing from Brisbane.

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Sideroom Singles Podcast #143
1. Nowhere - Paradox ( Unpopular Records Aust 1979 )
2. Take Aim - Mr X ( no label Aust 1983 )
3. Think About Tomorrow, Tomorrow - The Noise ( Think Records Aust 1981 )
4. At The Front - Terminal Twist ( no label ( EMI Custom ) Aust 1979 )
5. Wrap Your Arms Around Me - Separate Tables ( DVS Records Aust 1987 )
6. Two Ten Soul - Belly Dance Disco ( Session Records Aust 1987 )
7. The Drop - 3 Musketeers ( Gin Sling Aust )
8. Don't Wanna Go Home - Tigers ( EMI Aust 1981 )
9. Don't Say No - Boys ( Parole Records Aust 1982 )
10. In My Head - Lovs e Blur ( no label Aust 1984 )
( duration 32.00, vbr lame mp3 )

#142

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 14:17:00 +1100

A very intertwined bunch of tracks on this one, centred around Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons and The Sports.

Firstly the "pre everything" Pelaco Bros - a lineup including Mssrs Camilleri and Cummings along with Ed Bates ( future Sports mk1 ) Johnny Topper, Peter Lillie and Carl Wolfe from a 6 track ep recorded live ( at Melbourne Uni ) ( on a label called Ralph Records, but this is not the latter day US label ).

Then "Hit And Run" the first single from the Screaming Targets album ( the first of 2 albums produced by Pete Solley - I guess in between working on the 2 albums he produced with The Sports ).

After that it's the whole catalogue ( minus one ) of Jo Jo Zep's 'indie' label called "Mighty Records" - that is all except "Nosey Parker" by Joey Vincent ( ie Jo Camilleri himself ), which was already featured here years and years ago on Sideroom #22.

The artists on this label were Joey Vincent / The Creatures / The Honeydrippers / Highrise Hilton & The Skyscrapers / Gary Young and Gulliver Smith - with most of these artists being aliases for various Falcons members.

There was a box-set of the singles for this label ( sadly I have lost the actual box they came in - but not the records obviously ) - and it's all very confusing with what was in the original box in Melbourne shops - I say Melbourne because the box I got at the time up in Sydney at the time of release only had 5 records in it - no Gulliver Smith ( which I got separately later ) So not sure if Gulliver Smith was in the original box or not, just it never made it to my box up here in Sydney ( sold out ? withdrawn ?.. help ? anybody !... ).

And starting our run of Mighty Records is The Creatures who were Jeff Burstin /Tony Faehse / John Power and Gary Young, ie nearly all of the Falcons, and I actually chose "Sea Fury" what seems to be officially the b-side of the single ( despite the cover indicating it's the a-side ) ( ! confusing ! ). Then it's the Gulliver Smith single from the set - of course not a Falcon, though his earlier career ( of many bands ) included Company Caine ( which at one point DID feature Falcons John Power and Jeff Burstin ). Then ( self explanatory ) it's Gary Young the Falcon's drummer with Ubangi Stomp, followed by The Honeydrippers "Can't Hold Back the Tears" - and again we run into memory problems with facts here. At the time I am pretty sure I read / heard ( on 2JJ ) they were an O.S. band - though not the latter day Robert Plant Honeydrippers. Now I could be totally wrong - but I just base this on the fact at the time I was an acned faced teenager obsessed by every little trivial detail I could suck in and those facts seem to have stuck in the amazing thing that is the 'human memory' for all these years regarding this Honeydrippers record. Another theory I read subsequently on a music forum was that they were somehow connected with another Melbourne band called The Bel Aire Bandits but I can neither confirm or deny - again help ? anybody ?.

Lastly on Mighty Records it's Highrise Hilton & The Skyscrapers which was an alias for John Power.

Phew ! That was a lot to get through...

We then move onto the section with some singles from The Sports - their debut indie ep "Fair Game", followed by a re-recording of the song "Reckless", ie a new version of the title track from their debut album - Pete Solley involved in producing this version versus Joe Camilleri on the first - given away a bonus in the first run of their ( second ) album "Don't Throw Stones". Finishing off with "Black Stockings For Chelsea" which was a posthumous 7 inch; a song originally on the "Sondra" album ( but not a single at that time ) and to coincide with the release of the "All Sports" best of compilation in 1982 ( possibly as late as November of that year ), some time after the band had split.

#142 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #142
1. Conga Line - The Pelaco Bros ( Ralph Records Aust 1976 )
2. Hit And Run - Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons ( Mushroom Records Aust 1979 )
3. Sea Fury - The Creatures ( Australia ) ( Mighty Records Aust 1980 )
4. Don't Keep Doin' It, Duke - Gulliver Smith ( Mighty Records Aust 1980 )
5. Ubangi Stomp - Gary Young ( Mighty Records Aust 1980 )
6. Can't Hold Back The Tears - The Honeydrippers ( Mighty Records Aust 1980 )
7. Rocket 88 - Highrise Hilton & The Skyscrapers ( Mighty Records Aust 1980 )
8. ( Right ) Thru Her Heart - The Sports ( Zak Aust 1977 )
9. Reckless - The Sports ( Mushroom Records Aust 1979 )
10. Black Stockings ( For Chelsea ) - The Sports ( Mushroom Records Aust 1982 )
( duration 29.22, vbr lame mp3 )

#138 - #141

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Tue, 26 May 2015 17:03:00 +1000

4 more selections for you today, a whole lot of English post punk, some Aussie obscurities plus various bits and bobs...enjoy : )

141

#141 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #141
1. Family Life - The Particles ( Waterfront Records Aust 1983 )
2. Oasis - Peru ( Bring On Bull 1993 )
3. Dutch Mother - Sweet William ( Postcard Records 1981 )
4. We Could Send Letters - Aztec Camera ( Matinee Recordings 1997 )
5. The Changing Face - Whirlpool Guest House ( Summerhouse Records 1987 )
6. 3000 ft. - Girl Of The World ( Heaven Records 1993 )
7. Miracle In Marrickville - John Kennedy ( Waterfront Records Aust 1985 )
8. Leaves Of Spring - Weekend ( Rough Trade 1982 )
9. Middle Of Time - The Sparklers ( Mighty Boy Aust 1988 )
10. Jennifer - The Falling Joys ( Volition Records Aust 1991 )
( duration 33.05, vbr lame mp3 )

140

#140 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #140
1. Untie Ian - Ups & Downs ( Volition Records Aust 1991 )
2. She Spits Out Stars - The Crystal Set ( Red Eye Records Aust 1990 )
3. Silver - Echo & The Bunnymen ( Korova 1984 )
4. Whatever Possessed You - Care ( Arista 1985 )
5. Powerlines - Delta 5 ( PRE Records 1982 )
6. Freedom Fighters - Dalek I ( Vertigo 1979 )
7. Q Quarters - The Associates ( Situation Two 1981 )
8. Ghosts - Japan ( Virgin 1982 )
9. There's A Ghost In My House - Yachts ( Radar Records 1980 )
10. Like A Motorway - Saint Etienne ( Heavenly 1994 )
( duration 35.16, vbr lame mp3 )

139

#139 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #139
1. Wonderful Offer - Lora Logic ( Rough Trade 1981 )
2. Lemonade - The Leftovers ( Method Records Aust 1984 )
3. Newspaper - The Jetsonnes ( Missing Link Aust 1980 )
4. Nobody Takes Me Seriously - Split Enz ( A&M 1980 )
5. Lean Period - Orange Juice ( Polydor 1984 )
6. What! - Soft Cell ( Some Bizzare 1982 )
7. Proud - Dropbears ( WEA Aust 1984 )
8. Black Rum - The Sea Monsters ( Green Records Aust 1984 )
9. Good Luck - The Stockings ( Rough Diamond Aust 1982 )
10. Seven Samurai - Agents ( Venice Beach Aust 1983 )
( duration 31.34, vbr lame mp3 )

138

#138 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #138
1. Mr X - Pauline Murray and The Invisible Girls ( Illusive 1980 )
2. Psycle Sluts ( Part 1 & 2 ) - John Cooper Clarke ( Rabid Records 1977 )
3. Total Recall - Systems ( Open Eye Records 1981 )
4. Only Men Fall In Love - Home Service ( Situation Two 1981 )
5. Time - Minny Pops ( Benelux Factory 1982 )
6. Did You See Her - Pink Military ( Eric Records 1980 )
7. So Many Ways - The Electric Chairs ( Safari Records 1979 )
8. Where Were You - The Mekons ( Fast Product 1978 )
9. Turn To Red - Killing Joke ( Island Records 1979 )
10. Red Frame/White Light - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ( Dindisc 1980 )
( duration 36.12, vbr lame mp3 )

#135 - #137

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 23:41:00 +1100

137

Our third and last mix for today starts again in Scotland with the only single from Glaswegians April Showers, an amazing one-off single at that.

Then following on from Reverie which we just heard on #136, it's a much much more developed Triffids from Calenture ( from the original single release of this not the reissue for Harold and Madge's wedding on Neighbours....and I am laughing very hard as I write that !! ).

After that it's the somewhat unlikely combo of Messrs Stanley, Wratten, Hiscock and Wiggs - ie Saint Etienne taking on a Field Mice cover.

Then we have post Comet Gain band Velocette and their first single under that moniker ( the English version I mean, there's also French version ). Then we get sent to Coventry for The June Brides and then to Wakering in Essex for the 4 track ep from Men Of Westenesse.

A short lived but brilliant band The Desert Wolves follows with their single ( and last single ). Thankfully Firestation later came to the rescue with comps of both Men Of Westenesse and The Desert Wolves.

One last time today in Scotland for Orange Juice and then 2 related Aussie bands - Catherine Wheel - the Australian one I mean - being a band of ex Honeys members Andrea Croft and Grant Shanahan. "Almost Blind" was their second release. "Gone Away" from The Honeys was their 2nd ( and last ) 7" on Waterfront.

I could bung on about this stuff all day ( and sometimes do ) but that's all for now.

Please enjoy today's triple header :)

#137 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #137
1. Abandon Ship - April Showers ( Chrysalis 1984 )
2. Bury Me Deep In Love - The Triffids ( Island Records 1987 )
3. Kiss And Make Up - Saint Etienne ( Heavenly 1990 )
4. Get Yourself Together - Velocette ( Wiija Records 1987 )
5. Every Conversation - The June Brides ( Pink Label 1984 )
6. The Coldest Water - Men Of Westenesse ( Cassie Records 1989 )
7. Speak To Me Rochelle - The Desert Wolves ( Ugly Man Records 1988 )
8. What Presence ?! - Orange Juice ( Fosa Records 1984 )
9. Almost Blind - Catherine Wheel ( Big Wheel Records Aust 1990 )
10. Gone Away - The Honeys ( Waterfront Records Aust 1989 )
( duration 35.04, vbr lame mp3 )

136

A few more from Scotland in our second for today, starting with ex Shop Assistant Alex Taylor and her next band The Motorcycle Boy, a single produced by Mark Wallis ( he of producing The Gobs and The Primitives fame - among many others ).

Then it's The Proctors 2nd single on Sunday followed by The Springfields with what is tenuously touted as an ep of covers, ie songs by The Clouds ( "Tranquil") & The Pastels ( "Million Tears" ) plus one original from the very productive Ric Menck.

After that we have a double-A from ( Novacastrians ) Hurrah!, another 2nd single this time from Close Lobsters ( from none other than Paisley in Scotland ) and a b-side from Eva Luna ( the other side of 'Tangle" ), a band formed out of the ashes of a third lineup of The Love Parade ( and called Pure before Eva Luna ).

Back up to Scotland ( and specifically Airdrie ) after that for The Honeymooners with what I think is their only single ( willing to be corrected there ). Then keeping up with the whole 2nd single vibe that's in this mix, it's the second release for The Triffids, a four track ep and "Reverie".

A split flexi follows with Fat Tulips / Confetti, also on Sunday and what seems to be called the "Heaven Flexi". Murkier than The Springfields as regards cover versions, ie each band does a cover and an original - I say it's all very murky given that Mark Randall was in both Fat Tulips and Confetti. The covers are of Spandau Ballet and The Au Pairs.

Lastly we end up with more from Wales and The Sweetest Ache ( on Sarah of course )

#136 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #136
1. You And Me Against The World - The Motorcycle Boy ( Chrysalis 1989 )
2. Moon Song - The Proctors ( Sunday Records 1994 )
3. Tranquil - The Springfields ( Seminal Twang 1991 )
4. I'll Be Your Surprise - Hurrah! ( Kitchenware Records 1983 )
5. Never Seen Before - Close Lobsters ( Fire Records 1987 )
6. Seven Wonders - Eva Luna ( Sugarfrost 1993 )
7. Another Fit Of Laughter - The Honeymooners ( Mr Ridiculous Records 1987 )
8. Reverie - The Triffids ( Resonant Records Aust 1981 )
9. To Cut A Long Story Short - Fat Tulips ( Sunday Records 1991 )
10. Everlasting - The Sweetest Ache ( Sarah Records 1991 )
( duration 31.45, vbr lame mp3 )

135

First in our triple post today and it all starts with three lasses from Hatfield, Hertfordshire - The Marine Girls, made up of sisters Alice & Jane Fox ( "of course" later in Grab Grab The Haddock ) and Tracey Thorn ( another "of course" - ie which band she was in later ... ), this was a double A single with "Don't Come Back", produced by Stuart Moxham of Young Marble Giants / The Gist. Which leads nicely into YMG's first ( 3 track ) ep from which the eternally great "Final Day" comes.

Then we head Merseyside ( Kirkby ) for China Crisis and then up north to the first of a few tracks from Scotland today - firstly dropping in on Roddy and pals for their first post-Postcard 7", then 2 tracks by Associates side project-ish kind of things.

This is a bit of a spinning web of people and bands, so please stick with me :)

39 Lyon Street was Billy MacKenzie & Alan Rankine from The Associates along with Christine Beveridge ( whose main band was Orbidöig along with Steve Reid from The Associates ). Now that seems fairly simple, but there was also the fact they couldn't credit the release as The Associates due to their contract with their main label WEA stating they couldn't release on another label and credit the A-side to The Associates. The single is on RSO so hence the alias. Even murkier is the fact the b-side IS credited to The Associates.

That make some kind of sense but then the second song on our mix today is credited as MacKenzie Sings Orbidoig, this time being Billy ( theoretically as a solo artist ) singing an Orbidöig song, the writing credits on"Ice Cream Factory" being listed as Mr S.Reid. Unclear from the info provided on the record who actually plays on the record, but one suspects more Associates were involved somehow.

Easier to follow are TV21, today from them we hear the b-side of "On The Run ( Who's Gonna Get Me First )" and St James Infirmary from their "Angelkagool" ep.

Closing out with 2 Aussie releases from Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls and John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong ( and his ode to King Street, Newtown for those not from Sydney ).

#135 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #135
1. You Must Be Mad - The Marine Girls ( Cherry Red 1983 )
2. Final Day - Young Marble Giants ( Rough Trade 1980 )
3. King In Catholic Style - China Crisis ( Virgin 1985 )
4. Pillar To Post - Aztec Camera ( Rough Trade 1982 )
5. Kites - 39 Lyon Street ( RSO Records 1981 )
6. Ice Cream Factory - MacKenzie Sings Orbidoig ( WEA 1982 )
7. End Of A Dream - TV 21 ( Demon Records 1981 )
8. Terry Marriagehead - St James Infirmary ( Lust Recordings 1990 )
9. To Her Door - Paul Kelly And The Coloured Girls ( Mushroom Records Aust 1987 )
10. King Street - John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong ( Red Eye Records Aust 1985 )
( duration 31.05, vbr lame mp3 )

#131 - #134, four more on the floor

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 23:07:00 +1000

134

firstly apologies for the low profile but I have been plagued by a major technical issue - ie turntable not working (....hell on wheels ), so having gotten that back up and going, there's quite a backlog, both here and on From Another Side and ther'esmassive updates coming there as soon as I can get the show back on the road.

we have 4 mixes though ready today and I'll be quick with all the blurbs so you can get into it

here on the fourth of our extravaganza today we have a heap of Driscolls, some Gobs, the 2nd Dropbears single, Farmer's Boys ( for some reason on the Waap label, famous for The Higsons ), latter day Sekret Sekret, Monochrome Set and more MEO 245 with another from Rites Of Passage.

#134 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #134
1. Lay Him Down - Dropbears ( Green Records Aust 1983 )
2. Girl I Want You Back - The Driscolls ( Restless Records 1988 )
3. This Is A Different Song - The Driscolls ( Teatime Records 1990 )
4. Fathers Name Is Dad - The Driscolls ( Woosh 1988 )
5. Part Company - The Go-Betweens ( Sire Records 1984 )
6. I Think I Need Help - The Farmer's Boys ( Waap Records 1983 )
7. Girl With A White Stick - Sekret Sekret ( Waterfront Records Aust 1984 )
8. The Monochrome Set - The Monochrome Set ( Rough Trade 1979 )
9. The Deepest - The Waltones ( Medium Cool Records 1988 )
10. Summer Girl - MEO 245 ( Mushroom Records Aust 1982 )
( duration 29.51, vbr lame mp3 )

133

Starting off this one with some Melbourne luminaries usually known for their work with Equal Local / Essendon Airport / I'm Talking / Hot Half Hour - as you can no doubt here in the familiarity of the sound of Bryce Perrin's double bass.

Then we have some more post punk era singles - UK this time - The Invisible Girls of course a M.Hannett production and Weekend featuring Alison Statton - late of the Young Marble Giants - and more on both them and Weekend soon.

Then a Steve(n) Kilbey b-side - to This Asphalt Eden ( the a-side we heard recently via Red Eye reissue on #114 )....today from the original release 7". ( plus a subsequent Red Eye a-side "Fireman" ).

Also a couple of singles from The Expression's s/t debut album, some more Stephen Cummings from Senso, some Enz and our friend Matt Johnson, the 2nd of his Some Bizzare singles.

#133 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #133
1. Bap's Groove - Bryce Perrin, Chas Lisner and Ian Cox ( Real Gone Records Aust 1982 )
2. Searching For Heaven - Pauline Murray and The Invisible Girls ( Illusive 1981 )
3. Drumbeat For Baby - Weekend ( Rough Trade 1982 )
4. Spell - Steven Kilbey ( EMI Aust 1985 )
5. Fireman - Steve Kilbey ( Red Eye Records Aust 1987 )
6. My Mistake - Split Enz ( Mushroom Records Aust 1977 )
7. Perfect - The The ( UK ) ( Some Bizzare 1983 )
8. Present Communication - The Expression ( Mushroom Records Aust 1983 )
9. Decisions - The Expression ( Mushroom Records Aust 1983 )
10. Stuck On Love - Stephen Cummings ( Regular Records Aust 1983 )
( duration 36.41, vbr lame mp3 )

132

More I'm Talking here, this time Zan gets the nod to go up front on Holy Word, also some Allniters, and more Scribble ( another single from Pop Art ).

The Reels song Comedy was from their Pitt St Farmers Ep but also was a b-side, where we played it from today, on the flip of the German release of the Happiness single ( we played the Aussie version of Happiness really recently on #130, the b-side there is La Mer, a track from the Beautiful album ).

We also got another song that wasn't a single in Australia, "I Don't Mind" from The Numbers, a track on their first album, but only an a-side in the UK.

And speaking of the UK that's where the Icehouse 7" of Can't Help Myself is from ( of course released in Australia as their debut single when they still travelled under the moniker of Flowers ). This version of Can't Help Myself is also different to the Oz, the single today in fact being an edited version of the "US Club Mix.....how's that for a complex trail ?

#132 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #132
1. Holy Word - I'm Talking ( Regular Records Aust 1986 )
2. Montego Bay - Allniters ( Powderworks Aust 1983 )
3. Comedy - The Reels ( RCA 1983 )
4. I Don't Know - The Numbers ( RCA UK 1982 )
5. Don't Give Your Heart Away - Scribble ( Regular Records Aust 1986 )
6. The Beat Goes On - Globos ( White Label Records Aust 1983 )
7. Is There A Reason - The Mood ( RCA 1981 )
8. Can't Help Myself ( Club Mix One edit ) - Icehouse ( Chrysalis 1981 )
9. Hey Little Girl - Icehouse ( Regular Records Aust 1982 )
10. My Heart's On Fire - Machinations ( White Label Records Aust 1985 )
( duration 33.51, vbr lame mp3 )

131

Kicking off here with one side of a Double-A from Tim Finn ( the other side is "Through The Years" ), then the first Rockmelons single, then anothery from the 'Rockies' ( sic ), some Stephen Cummings, one of several singles from his Senso LP, Hungry Town ( yeah yeah Zan's sis et al ), some Oils, Hunnas, Eurogliders, Models and I'm Talking.

Prepare your ears for a swag of 12" versions of these tracks on an upcoming From Another Side, soon as I can clear the backlog there now I am technicallly able to make stuff again

Please enjoy :)

#131 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #131
1. Staring At The Embers - Tim Finn ( Mushroom Records Aust 1983 )
2. Time Out ( For Serious Fun ) - Rockmelons ( Phantom Records Aust 1985 )
3. Rhymes - Rockmelons ( Truetone Records Aust 1987 )
4. Gymnasium - Stephen Cummings ( Regular Records Aust 1984 )
5. Hungry Town - Big Pig ( White Label Records Aust 1986 )
6. Power & The Passion - Midnight Oil ( CBS Aust 1983 )
7. Is There Anybody In There ? - Hunters & Collectors ( White Label Records Aust 1986 )
8. Heaven Must Be There - Eurogliders ( CBS Aust 1984 )
9. I Hear Motion - Models ( Mushroom Records 1983 )
10. Do You Wanna Be - I'm Talking ( Regular Records Aust 1986 )
( duration 36.36 vbr lame mp3 )

#130

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Sun, 1 Jun 2014 12:42:00 +1000

The second post for today - and how to follow my Socceroos rant ?

Maybe to explain that I could have played 2 Cudgels tracks, both from flexis - "Red Nosed Man" is from a flexi with just them called "Belly Button Sundae" and they also have another track on the split flexi with They Go Boom !! ( on the German Blam-A-Bit label ) but the song "I Think I'm Falling" from They Go Boom is so good it got the nod instead ( obviously the other tracks will be available in the future on From Another Side ).

And "Get out Of My Dream" is actually the b-side of Tranquil from The Clouds, though it seems to have had it's fair share of time in the limelight since then in lieu of the a-side.

We also have the original Green Records version of "Go Go"by Super K where that song was the a-side, before the importance of the b-side "Recurring Nightmare" was re-imagined as being a more valid a-side for it's Citadel reissue.

Then some Rote Kapelle which sound wise owes more to the Thanes connections within the band rather than from Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes.

The Nick Smith track is produced by Joe Camilleri ( under the name Joey Vincent ) and indeed the label Survival was a Jo Jo curated label.

"Happiness" is from The Pitt Street Farmers ep from The Reels, though oddly this Aussie release has a b-side from the "Beautiful" album on it ( "La Mer" ). I do have a German release of the single, featuring a different b-side which is actually in the pile coming up really really soon.

For now, enjoy !

#130 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #130
1. I Think I'm Falling - They Go Boom !! ( Blam-A-Bit 1989 )
2. Tranquil - The Clouds ( Subway Organisation 1987 )
3. Are You Happy Now ? - The Charlottes ( Molesworth Records 1988 )
4. Go Go - Super K ( Green Records Aust 1982 )
5. Red Nosed Man - The Cudgels ( Lovely Records 1990 ? )
6. Fergus ! The Sheep ! - Rote Kapelle ( Big Smell Dinosaur 1985 )
7. Who'd Have Thought - Hurrah! ( Kitchenware Records 1984 )
8. Groovin' ( On A Sunday Afternoon ) - Nick Smith ( Spirit Records Aust 1984 )
9. No One - The Cannanes ( K 1987 )
10. Happiness - The Reels ( RCA Aust 1983 )
( duration 29.36, vbr lame mp3 )

#129 - the Socceroos will Socceroo ya....

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Sun, 1 Jun 2014 12:24:00 +1000

Don't laugh

seriously, don't laugh

it will be hard enough for us as it is ( in the insane group we drew )....although - we might just surprise everyone...we won't win the World Cup but we won't disgrace ourselves is all I will say !

( also we have to get up at 2am in the morning here to watch our games - or stay up )

To whit to explain the song contained herein....where to begin ?

Firstly although it's changed now for eons in Australia we referred to football as "soccer" - hence our national side is called The Socceroos - ( and at this point I need to say I love our Socceroos and you can help support them by making them your second team at the World Cup, or even your first if you like ). The single "Soccer, Soccer ( The Real Football ) was made around the time of the 1982 World Cup and came out after the ( relative ) success of "Up There Cazaly" ( a VFL - now AFL - plug , ie the "Aussie Rules" comp ) and another less well known song called "The Greatest Game of All" extolling the virtues of Rugby League. Both of these codes are known down under as "footy".

Therefore a rousing call to arms from the round ball code was devised ( somewhat paradoxically highlighting the naked truth it is the only one totally played with the "foot" ). Along came the so-called "Heroes Of Waterloo" with the brilliant idea to include homage to the national team - and voila...somewhere, sometime the large stadium size electric light bulb went off in someone's head with all the zapping lightning strike of a black and white Frankenstein movie and we have the magical lyrics

"...If you aint seen it, let me clue ya
the Socceroos will Socceroo ya..."

The b-side called "Team Song" is even better, a variation of the a-side but naming players and the coach ( possibly the only time Rudi Gutendorf was lauded in song ) ( you can hear this version in the future on From Another Side ).

But that's only one song on today's mix..

We have the first vinyl outing from Friends - a record by the way which is an "unlucky" record for me. This is actually an emergency replacement copy, ie I found the cover of my original with no record in it ( and can't for the life of me find it ), so got a new copy...but it seems to have a wee jump on it.....uggh.

I reckon everything and everyone else is pretty self explantory, 'cept maybe that the Confetti track is from their Sea Anemon ep and a brief word on the two MEO 245's - "Jewels" is a single from their first album "Screen Memory" and "Sin City" comes from the 'Rites Of Passage" EP.

enjoy :)

#129 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #129
1. It's Getting Louder - Friends ( Summerhouse Records 1986 )
2. River Island - Confetti ( Sunday Records 1992 )
3. Capricorn Dancer - Richard Clapton ( Infinity Aust 1976 )
4. I Just Get Caught Out - The Go-Betweens ( Truetone Records Aust 1987 )
5. Like An Angel - The Mighty Lemon Drops ( Dreamworld 1985 )
6. Crestfallen - The Chairs ( Pink Halo Records 1990 )
7. Soccer, Soccer ( The Real Football ) - The Heroes Of Waterloo ( 7 Records Aust 1982 )
8. Skywave - Other People's Children ( Library Records Aust 1999 )
9. Jewels ( For Your Love ) - MEO 245 ( Mushroom Records Aust 1981 )
10. Sin City - MEO 245 ( Mushroom Records Aust 1982 )
( duration 32.05, vbr lame mp3 )

#124, #125, #126, #127 & #128 - Oz Punk & Post Punk era

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Wed, 14 May 2014 21:32:00 +1000

128

#128 is the fifth and final in this mega post for today along the theme of the Oz Punk/Post punk era.

We start herein with more Pel Mel, this time Shoes Should Fit, another single from the Out Of Reason album, more Hugo Klang with the earlier Grand Life For Fools and Idiots single and two from related bands Voigt 465 ( one side of their only 7" ) and Wild West from the Beat The Drought Ep.

Then we're down to Melbourne for the Fabulous Marquises' 7" ( featuring Mr Pierre of "oh I just won some money on a TV quiz show" fame ) and Whirlywirld with Sextronics, which was a bonus single that came with their 12" ( Untitled ) Ep.

Then we've let "him come back" ala PM Walsh in the Out Of Nowhere guise, with one side of their 7" on Prince Melon, a couple of M Squared releases, in the visage of The Same's only single and The Systematics from their My Life In The Field Of Cows Ep. And finally ( here at least ) Informatics from their 4 track Dezinformatsiya Ep.

As you could well imagine the accompanying "From Another Side" mix(es) that goes with today's razzle dazzle will be quite involved as well, featuring more from all the artists featured here and much much more from the same era. This is something I'm working on and will make a grand announcement as to when this is up and ready.

For now though please enjoy -

#128 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #128
1. Shoes Should Fit - Pel Mel ( Gap Records Aust 1983 )
2. Grand Life For Fools And Idiots - Hugo Klang ( Prince Melon Records Aust 1982 )
3. State - Voigt 465 ( Unanimous Weld Enunciations Aust 1978 )
4. Calling The House - Wild West ( no label Aust 1981 )
5. Honeymoons - The Fabulous Marquises ( Missing Link Aust 1980 )
6. Sextronics - Whirlywirld ( Missing Link Aust 1980 )
7. No Resistance - Out Of Nowhere ( Prince Melon Records Aust 1982 )
8. Why - The Same ( M Squared Aust 1982 )
9. Bovine - The Systematics ( M Squared Aust 1982 )
10. Proximity Switch - Informatics ( Au Go Go Aust 1982 )
( duration 31.09, vbr lame mp3 )

127

Keeping it going we start with the first Whirlywirld 7", Mr Clarinet from Sir Nick and co, and Songs from what is actually the a-side of The Swell Guys single, the other sides getting more of a subsequent airing on various modern day comps and the like ( probably because they are more akin to the later day No V Bleet sound, who is who these guys became when they moved down south to Sydney ). This single is on the Brisbane label Flat which also put out the Tomorrow's Tears single for The Riptides.

We then scoot over to Perth for a track from a split Ep from Ground Zero / No Actresses.

Then we end up back in Newcastle via Sydney for The Limp's Outer Space Moth, a record that was intrinsically part of an art exhibition ( rumours are that this single was mastered pitched down a bit slow and I guess you can hear this meandering and dragging in the vocals ). Before that it's the second release of No Word From China, this time on Gap Records ( the one with the red cover ) as opposed to the Primate version ( the black and white cover ) - which incidentally I played way way way way back on #14. There seems to also be some sort of speed / pitch difference / issue between the two releases in the mastering dept ( most notably on the b-side ). More Pel Mel on #128.

Then finishing up with 4 from M Squared - Scattered Order from the Screaming Tree Ep, Belle Du Soir from their 4 track Ep, Prod from the Contents One Ep and SPK under the guise of Solipsik.

more to come on 128, but for now

#127 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #127
1. Window To The World - Whirlywirld ( Missing Link Aust 1979 )
2. Mr Clarinet - The Birthday Party ( Missing Link Aust 1980 )
3. Songs - The Swell Guys ( Flat Records Aust 1980 )
4. Oceans - Ground Zero ( no label Aust 1980 )
5. No Word From China - Pel Mel ( Gap Records Aust 1980 )
6. Outer Space Moth - The Limp ( no label Aust 1980 )
7. Mass Murder - Scattered Order ( M Squared Aust 1981 )
8. Quantum Leap - Belle Du Soir ( M Squared Aust 1981 )
9. Walkers Walk - Prod ( M Squared Aust 1981 )
10. See-Saw - Solipsik ( M Squared Aust 1981 )
( duration 26.21, vbr lame mp3 )

126

Third up today we kick off with a Models / related double, firstly pre Models with the Teenage Radio Stars single, and listening to the single today I feel the need to say thank god there was a change of direction come time for the first Models incarnation...speaking of which, "Early Morning Brain" is one side of a double ( giveaway ) they shared with Boys Next Door ( on Crystal Ballroom like the earlier Pop Art single on #124 ).

Then some shocking electro theory from EST ( aka Martin Farrington ) on M Squared, Puritans and the infamous Love By Numbers ultrapop effort from Ash Wednesday ( featuring vocals from Karen Marx / Marks of Cold Cafe fame ).

Then a second appearance for the Nuvo Bloc Atmoic Fiction single ( previously on #36 ), this time one of the ( live ) songs on the b-side. I actually got sent 2 copies of this single when I wrote directly to the band when I was a spotty teenager, ie I sent them money for one copy and they were so amazed someone wrote to them directly they sent me a 2nd copy !

Then we have one side of a split from Plays With Marionettes ( other side is from People With Chairs Up Their Noses ), 2 from the Laughing Clowns both in the latter day "Hot" era; Crystal Clear a double A with "Just Because I Like" and "Holy Joe "from the Hot re-issue of this track ( originally on their debut Missing Link 12" Ep ) which was the b-side to the reissue of Sometimes ( the original Prince Melon version featured on #63 ).

And ending with a kinda sorta related ( in an ex-Saints way ) track from Cub Callaway and The Cult, from a 4 track ep

more to come but this one is ready to go...

#126 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #126
1. I Wanna Be Your Baby - Teenage Radio Stars ( Suicide Aust 1978 )
2. Early Morning Brain - Models ( Crystal Ballroom Records Aust 1979 )
3. Just Not True - EST ( M Squared Aust 1980 )
4. Start To Finish - Puritans ( Puritan Records Aust 1981 )
5. Love By Numbers - Ash Wednesday ( Aust 1980 )
6. Kidney X-Ray - Nuvo Bloc ( no label Aust 1980 )
7. Witchen Kopf - Plays With Marionettes ( Missing Link Aust 1982 )
8. Holy Joe - Laughing Clowns ( Hot Records Aust 1984 )
9. Crystal Clear - Laughing Clowns ( Hot Records Aust 1984 )
10. Special Boy - Cub Callaway And The Cult ( Mosiac Aust 1983)
( duration 34.36, vbr lame mp3 )

125

2nd in our massive 5 at the one time deal today, starting with one of the many guises for ( the late ) Peter Lillie, then the original Shivers, and a bunch of singles on a more punk edge - a bunch on Doublethink including Rejex from Sydney, The Vacant Lot ( ex Canberra ) and a track from their 'Living Underground" 4 tracker, Seems Twice from their legendary Non Plussed ep full of songs 1 minute ( or thereabouts ) long and The Barons ( featured Jones / Tee later of M Squared ) with their ironically titled "Greatest Hits Ep".

We also have some Kiwis with the Gordons single.

The Nervous System track is one of 3 tracks on their 'Post Ep"& the Hugo Klang track is their 2nd single ( you can hear their first further up the page on #128 ).

Finally the Ronnie & The Rhythm Boys track is from the "Little Bands" ep of Melbourne bands also including The Morpions. The Take & Too Fat To Fit Through The Door

by no means are we finsihed for today, but check this one out -

#125 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #125
1. Adventures in Pain; In Paradise - Peter Lillie ( Missing Link Aust 1981 )
2. Shivers - Boys Next Door ( Mushroom Records Aust 1979 )
3. Niagara Baby - Rejex ( Doublethink Aust 1979 )
4. Wish It Is - Seems Twice ( Doublethink Aust 1980 )
5. Inch By Inch - The Barons ( Doublethink Aust 1979 )
6. Adults and Children - Gordons ( Gordons 1980 )
7. She's Really Dead - The Vacant Lot ( Doublethink Aust 1981 )
8. Rendition - Nervous System ( no label Aust 1981 )
9. Wheel Of Fat - Hugo Klang ( Au Go Go Aust 1982 )
10. Hey Joe - Ronnie & The Rhythm Boys ( no label Aust 1980 )
( duration 28.08, vbr lame mp3 )

124 - Innocent Records Label

Today we have a mega mega posting of 5 mixes, all from around the 78-84-ish era, all Australian ( except one Kiwi track ) and all Punk / Post-Punk or from that era.

Hopefully needless to say these days there will be additional material from these posts over on another ( current working ) blog called From Another Side An equally as mega post #7 over there being is concocted / made as we speak and will feature all manner of related post punk / punk material.

These records have all lodged themselves in a pile together from a few years ago when I was doing stuff for a another ( since "lapsed" ) blog of mine called Impaneema Mon Amour, and you can find some more stuff of this ilk over there ( it seems unlikely I will ever up date that blog ) ( by the way the blog title is a mis-spelling of a Pel Mel b-side ).

One thing I was promising over on Impaneema Mon Amour was an "Innocent Records" special, so here is that pile of records ( plus the additional material upcoming on From Another Side ).

Most tracks on this mix are basically from artists on the label, except the last which is a later project of David Chesworth called Whadya Want? - and one Tsk Tsk Tsk reissue on a subsequent label of theirs called Present.

( And yes I know I'm not supposed to call the band Tsk Tsk Tsk or even Tch Tch Tch but the Blogger software won't allow me to use the required three arrows ).

Here now we have a David Chesworth Ep called Industry & Leisure, the first Essendon Airport ep "Sonic Investigations of The Trivial" and a track from the Dave & Phil Duo "Present Themselves" Ep ( that being Chesworth & Philip Brophy ) - we hear a track from the Phil, and btw, an oddity of this record - or maybe it was deliberate - is that the labels are on the wrong sides of the vinyl.

We also have a swag of Tsk Tsk Tsk tracks, from various Eps - "Caprice", "Venetian Rendezvous" and "Nice Noise" - and from a split record with ( Eric Gradman's ) Man & Machine on Crystal Ballroom Records.

We also have the one and only single by The Chocolate Grinders who were basically another mish mash of various connected cronies - ie Chesworth & Brophy again with Robert Goodge ( of Essendon Airport / I'm Talking / Filthy Lucre fame ) and Ja(y)ne Stevenson ( another Asphixiation /Tsk Tsk Tsk bod ).

The Synthetic Dream single is a bit of anomaly as it's from a different bunch of people other than the normal crew.

And finally the latter project from David Chesworth, collaborating with Phillip Jackson ( eg Equal Local ) and Warwick Bone, and a single from the Skippy Knows album.

Like I said plenty more to come here and on From Another Side...so keep on plugging..

#124 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #124
1. Schoolbooks Decide - David Chesworth ( Innocent Aust 1982 )
2. How Low Can You Go...(?) - Essendon Airport ( Innocent Aust 1979 )
3. Chocolate - The Dave & Phil Duo ( Innocent Aust 1979 )
4. Pop Art - Tsk Tsk Tsk ( Crystal Ballroom Records Aust 1979 )
5. Sportelio - Tsk Tsk Tsk ( no label Aust 1979 )
6. People With Leukaemia - The Chocolate Grinders ( Innocent Aust 1981 )
7. Rock Song - Tsk Tsk Tsk ( no label Aust 1979 )
8. Work - Synthetic Dream ( Innocent Records Aust 1981 )
9. Moon River - Tsk Tsk Tsk ( Present Records Aust )
10. Skippy Knows - Whadya Want? ( Correct Aust 1985 )
( duration 35.06, vbr lame mp3 )

#122 and #123, a double ( before our Oz Post Punk extravaganza )

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 17:14:00 +1000

123

The second of a double today, not too many things too hard to explain...

an awesome single by ( The ) Cudgels, an Aussie band from the 60's ( The Throb )...

Gone To China were from Brisbane, on the Bent label, Soggy Porridge from Sydney, as were The Fishermen ( featuring Jeremy Oxley post Sunnyboys Mk I )

everything and everyone else I think is easy to figure or we've mentioned em before...

see you real soon for the big Aussie post punk extravangza that's coming up

also please remember to stay on top of whatever it is I get up to on From Another Side for related tracks to this post and other stuff !!

From Another Side #6 deals with the stuff on this double post and is up and ready to go.

Another thing that is coming up on From Another Side is a back track to the 'early' Sideroom 7" posts...starting with Posts # 1 - #5 - featuring associated 12's, b-sides etc from the songs on those posts ( have look at the archive posts for this blog if you're unsure what artists will be included ).

Eventually I'll make my through the early posts in blocks of 5 or 10 ( given I should have been doing this concept from the start I have to play a bit of catch up ).

That and other stuff up "soon"....

meantime -

#123 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #123
1. Joybang ! - The Cudgels ( Sunday Records 1991 )
2. The Fortune Teller - The Throb ( Parlophone Aust 1966 )
3. Use Imagination - Who The Hell Does Jane Smith Think She Is ( Influx 1987 )
4. Goes So Slow - Even As We Speak ( Phantom Records Aust 1989 )
5. In Dreams - Gone To China ( Bent Records Aust 1987 )
6. How Can I Tell You - Soggy Porridge ( no label Aust 1982 )
7. Can't You Stop - The Fishermen ( Waterfront Records Aust 1986 )
8. Climatization - Catchcry ( Correct Aust 1985 )
9. Ship's Cat ( No One's Coming Back ) - The Tripps ( Strand Records Aust 1987 )
10. The Black And The Blue - The Bats ( Flying Nun Aust 1991 )
( duration 34.27, vbr lame mp3 )

122

First in our double today and I've decided to do a few "multiple posts" for a while otherwise I'll be here until I'm 70 at the slow rate I am going

Lots of flexis in this bunch but something about their technical quality adds to the experience

and mostly they're from split singles - Esmerelda's Kite w/ The Williams, Jesse Garon w/The Fizzbombs, The Sunflowers with St James Infirmary and The Dagoes with 3 other Adelaide bands ( w / The Screaming Believers, The Pins and Chequers )

check out From Another Side for the other tracks from these flexis as well as other associated delights !

but for now -

#122 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #122
1. In A Whirl - Esmerelda's Kite ( Sunshine Flexi 1988 )
2. Kathleen's Tantrum - The Odolites ( Rampant Releases Aust 1987 )
3. Touch Me ( Heaven ) - The Climb ( Pinnacle Records 1982 )
4. Hank Williams Is Dead - Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes ( Wild Rumpus Flexi 1987 )
5. Bubble Bus - Sunflowers ( Woosh Flexi 1989 )
6. Mary, Mary - The Monkees ( RCA 196? )
7. Slipping Through Your Fingertips - The Saturday People ( Slumberland 2000 )
8. I Do It For Mama - The Dagoes ( Greasy Pop Aust Flexi 1982 )
9. Luke Warm Weather - The Silly Pillows ( Little Teddy 1995 )
10. Glad - The Prudes ( Imaginary Records 1990 )
( duration 28.23, vbr lame mp3 )

#121 - drifting away from all Aussie

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 14:26:00 +1100

Hello again, we're starting to move away from the "all Australian" vibe for a while ( although coming up soon is an all Oz Post Punk extravaganza ).

Firstly apologies for the number of skips & jumps on todays, a couple of the singles had "issues" that I couldn't conquer with my usual bag of tricks for such things.

I could have given this one an alternative title of a mini "Kilbey / McLennan feast" but ( wisely ) declined - I say that because we have another Jack Frost single ( big bro Steve K & Grant Macca ) and the "young nipper" Russ with a song from what is basically a double-A from The Crystal Set ( though labelled "Side 1" and "A" on the record ).

Also another appearance by the aforementioned "Macca" on a Gobs single ( and a slightly remixed version ) from the 16 Lovers Lane album.

I did say we'd have less Aussie music but that doesn't mean I will stop writing like an Australian ( ie first rule of being Aussie - give people nicknames ) .

The Gol Gappas song Roman is a "new" / "remixed" version of a song that previously appeared as the b-side to their "West 14 single".

Ups & Downs is a single from their "Underneath The Watchful Eye" album and "Coalface" is a single from "The Great Gusto" from Tactics.

We have one non album single from Scribble ( Adaptability ) and Alligator from the Pop Art album.

And Citrus Groove were from San Fran and Mesmerized was their 3rd single.

As is the norm these days, there is an accompanying "From Another Side" mix to go along with this one, as is the norm I seem to have so much extra stuff there it's broken into 2 halves, this time the halves are

From Another Side 5A - Gol Gappas, Go-Betweens, Jack Frost, Crystal Set, Ups And Downs, Tactics, Yapocks - check it out here

From Another Side 5B - is a Scribble / Xl Capris "feature"

meantime as for the 7" singles enjoy today's....

#121 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #121
1. Love Goes On - The Go-Betweens ( Beggars Banquet 1988 )
2. Roman ( Remix ) - Gol Gappas ( Vogue 1987 )
3. Lit By The Fuse - Ups And Downs ( Mushroom Aust 1988 )
4. Every Hour God Sends - Jack Frost ( Red Eye Aust 1990 )
5. Coalface - Tactics ( Regular Aust 1989 )
6. No More Blue Horizons ( Fool Fool Fool ) - China Crisis ( Virgin 1982 )
7. Alligator - Scribble ( Regular Aust 1986 )
8. Adaptability - Scribble ( Regular Aust 1984 )
9. Mesmerized - Citrus Groove ( Marineville 1993 )
10. From Now On - The Crystal Set ( Red Eye Aust 1987 )

( duration 35.39, vbr lame mp3 )

Tracklist as PDF, all podcasts #1 - ( current ) #121

#120

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Tue, 4 Feb 2014 14:01:00 +1100

Another ten all from "a land down under" ( without any men chundering )...

Starting with the 2nd single from the Little Heroes first ( s/titled ) album, then the 3rd ( and as far as I know last ) single from Vixen, a single from The Motivaters ( also s/titled ) album and Mal Green ( late of the Enz ) and a solo single from him.

Then we're back some Result Records from The Eighty-Eights and later Silent Movies ( aka The Jukes earlier in their lives ). Also the legendary "Cicada" single from Outline ( putting Fivedock and a few surrounding suburbs on the aural map - love it ) and a single that's an in-betweenie ( albums I mean ) from Ward 13.

I must admit to have forgotten the finer details on who The Sometimes were...having recorded at Platinum Studios ( in Melbourne ) I suspect they are possibly Victorians. Ye Olde Google trail ( the fallback to my fading memory ) revealed not a whole lot except a post from Cloudberry Roque and he is in the dark as much as me.

The accompanying "From Another Side" following on from bands in this post will be quite full / busy ( again ), it's not finished or up yet ( check back there soon ) but here's a little preview photo for ya

UPDATE - Have finally done the aother mix....check it out here :)

It's a badly focused / lit photo I know but for your enjoyment there will be album tracks and b-sides from Little Heroes, The Motivaters, The Eighty-Eights, The Jukes, Silent Movies, Vixen, Outline, Ward 13, The Eyes, Ves 8, Ignatius Jones and Jimmy & The Boys.

Meantime while I prepare that please enjoy todays' 7's...

#120 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #120
1. The Last Number One - Little Heroes ( The Giant Recording Co Aust 1981 )
2. Time Out - Vixen ( Alternative Recs Aust 1981 )
3. New Blood - The Motivaters ( Result Recs Aust 1980 )
4. Follow Me - The Mal Green Sound ( Mushroom Aust 1980 )
5. Don't Call Us - The Eighty Eights ( Result Recs Aust 1981 )
6. The Cicada ( That Ate Fivedock ) - Outline ( Powderworks Aust 1981 )
7. Slow Dancer - Ward 13 ( EMI Aust 1981 )
8. Can't Say No - Silent Movies ( Result Recs Aust 1981 )
9. People Go Home - The Sometimes ( no label Aust 1988 )
10. Mirror Mirror - Jimmy And The Boys ( Avenue Aust 1981 )
( duration 31.18, vbr lame mp3 )

Tracklist as PDF, all podcasts #1 - ( current ) #120

#119 - even more all Australian

noreply@blogger.com (sideroom) — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 18:39:00 +1100

The total Australian records still coming out of the pile ( and will do for a few more weeks ) - also so much extra stuff play coming out of today's to play on "From Another Side" that I've had to break that into 2 parts - ie a "Sydney" and a"Melbourne" half...more on that on the other blog.

As far as here goes....we start with Love Positions from Sydney who were Robyn St Clare ( Hummingbirds etc ) and Nic Dalton ( in oh sooo many bands - eg Lemonheads, Plunderers, Ratcat , etc ) and their single "Light Of Day".

Then 2 singles from Models, basically the same a-side of "Local &/or General", firstly from the Aussie ( Mushroom ) release ( title track from the album of course ) and then from the UK release of the same thing, though this album ( and version of the single ) was remixed...."Bantam Had" was the b-side of said UK single. You can hear the UK a side of "Local &/or General"and the original Aust album version of "Bantam Had" on From Another Side ( the Melbourne half ) as well as "comparisons" between the Oz and UK versions of this album.

Next up today is another Skolars single, I think the other week when I played "Precious Love" I said that was their last single though now I'm not sure because now I think maybe "Where Is She ?" was their last - or vice versa and happy to be corrected as always. More Skolars ( and associated friends ) on the Sydney half of From Another Side.

Surprise Surprise were Sydneyites, the Enz and Boom Crash I'm sure you know all about.

We've got a "Dots" era Paul Kelly single, though "Want You Back" is the b-side of "Lowdown" ( both tracks on the Talk album ), besides the fact there's a dity big scratch on the a-side I also like "Want You Back" more as a song. ( Lowdown's on the Melbourne From Another Side, from the album and thus sans scratch ).

Finally we have a a supergroup of sorts in Sacred Cowboys, featuring all kinds of former and future luminaries from the Melbourne scene of the time.

Speaking of Melbourne and Mushroom Records the exhibition 'Melbourne, Music & Me ( 40 Years of Mushroom Records" is still on at the RMIT gallery in Melbourne ( until March 3 ) and worth dropping by for a wander around if you're in Melbourne ( or like me if you could go down especially ).

#119 - via Box

Sideroom Singles Podcast #119
1. Light Of Day - Love Positions ( Half A Cow Aust 1990 )
2. Sometime Today - The Tripps ( Waterfront Aust 1986 )
3. Local &/or General ( Aust version ) - Models ( Mushroom Aust 1981 )
4. Bantam Had ( UK version ) - Models ( Arista UK ( Promo ) 1982 )
5. Where Is She ? - Skolars ( Ruse Aust 1989 )
6. Cried All My Tears - Surprise Surprise ( Method Recs Aust 1986 )
7. I Walk Away - Split Enz ( Mushroom Aust 1984 )
8. Hands Up In The Air - Boom Crash Opera ( WEA Aust 1986 )
9. Want You Back - Paul Kelly And The Dots ( Mushroom Aust 1981 )
10. Nothing Grows In Texas - Sacred Cowboys ( White Label Recs Aust 1982 )
( duration 34.02, vbr lame mp3 )

Tracklist as PDF, all podcasts #1 - ( current ) #119