Playlist - 29 June 2019

The third in an occasional series of programs focused on and around the "head music" scene in the capital cities around Australia, tonight moving from mid 1972 to early 1974 and scheduled to feature Ariel, Indelible Murtceps, Mackenzie Theory, Madder Lake, Star Spangled Banger (Melbourne) and Buffalo, McPhee and Tully (Sydney). See also previous programs on 13 April 2019 and 2 February 2019.

8pm
Indelible Murtceps Esmerelda (May 1972) (Warts Up Your Nose)
Indelible Murtceps We are indelible + Be my honey + But that’s alright (live, Sunbury, Jan 1972) (Warts Up Your Nose – bonus tracks on reissue)
Tully Loving is hard + Ice (May, 1972) (Loving Is Hard)
Pink Floyd   Shine on you crazy diamond (Wish You Were Here)
9pm
Pink Floyd   Wish you were here (Wish You Were Here)
Pink Floyd   Another brick in the wall (The Wall)
Pink Floyd   Learning to fly (A Momentary Lapse Of Reason)
Dream Theater   Octavarium (live) (Score)
Freedom To Glide  Broken road (2018) (Seed)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)


The following songs were not broadcast due to technical issues, I promise they will be included in a future edition of Seasons Of Change:
McPhee The wrong time (1972) (McPhee)
Madder Lake Salmon Song + On my way to heaven (April 1973) (Still Point)
Mackenzie Theory World’s the way (July 1973) (Out Of The Blue)
Buffalo Freedom (August 1973) (Volcanic Rock)
Ariel Garden of the frenzied Cortinas + A hard way to go (Dec 1973) (Strange Fantastic Dream)
Madder Lake Mother ship (Mar 1974) (Butterfly Farm)
Star Spangled Banger Don’t you (1973) Star Spangled Banger)


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From the ABC TV show GTK, that seemingly vast treasure chest of early 70's Aussie culture and sounds, twenty-plus minutes of Sydney heavy band Buffalo thundering through a set of their early tunes:

Playlist - 22 June 2019

8pm
Anubis Hitchhiking to Byzantium (2018) (Different Stories)
Lemonjuice Smells like London to me (2016) (Lemonjuice E.P.)
Lemonjuice Life in a day (2018) (The Sound Of Strawberry)
Dragon Darkness (1975) (Scented Gardens For The Blind)
Dragon Patina (1974) (Universal Radio)
Dragon The Dreaded Moroczy Bind (1977) (non-album b-side to single “This time”, from the “Sunshine” album)
Steve Hackett Dancing with the moonlit knight (live, 2014) (2014) (Genesis Revisited: Live At The Royal Albert Hall)
9pm
Frost* Black light machine (2006) (Milliontown)
It Bites The Last escape (2012) (Map Of The Past / Prog Rocks Vol.3)
Utopia Swing to the right (1982) (Swing To The Right)
Pink Floyd Wots…Uh, the deal (1972) (Obscured By Clouds)
Pink Floyd Mudmen (1972) (Obscured By Clouds)
Steve Hackett The ballad of the decomposing man (1979) (Spectral Mornings)
A Lonely Crowd Dragonfly (2011) (User Hostile)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

Seasons Of Change thanks the sponsors of your local radio station PBA-FM and encourages you to support them too - see the PBA-FM website for more information.

A little more from Melbourne band A Lonely Crowd:

Playlist - 15 June 2019

Tonight, re-living some of the sounds heard at The Gov last Sunday night with UK band Haken and Adelaide band Southern Empire; plus, this weekend, the Seasons Of Change Birthday Book features Mike Rudd (Spectrum, Ariel, and many more), Steve Walsh (Kansas) and Ian Mosley (Trace, Marillion).

8pm
Haken    Falling back to Earth (2013) (The Mountain)
Haken    1985 (live) (2018) (L-1VE)
Southern Empire    Cries for the lonely (2018) (Civilisation)
Arcane    Promise (Part 2) (2015) (Known/Learned)
9pm
Spectrum    Trust me (1971) (Milesago)
Murtceps    We are indelible (1972) (Warts Up Your Nose)
Ariel    Men in Grey Raincoats (1975) (Rock & Roll Scars)
Ariel    And if it wasn't for you (1973) (A Strange Fantastic Dream)
Spectrum    Sensible shoes (2003) (Series One – Seasons Of Change)
Kansas    Magnum opus (1976) (Leftoverture)
Steve Walsh    Glossolalia (2000) (Glossolia)
Kansas   Dust in the wind (1977) (Point Of Know Return)
Marillion    Easter (1997) (Seasons End)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

Seasons Of Change thanks the sponsors of your local radio station PBA-FM and encourages you to support them too - see the PBA-FM website for more information.

From Brisbane band Arcane, a promo video for another song from their Known/Learned album:

Playlist - 8 June 2019

8pm
Dr John    Right place wrong time (1973) (In The Right Place)
Freedom To Glide    Undertones of war + The right within the wrong (2019) (Seed)
The Wild Cherries    I’m the sea (stop killing me) (1971) (Single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll & The Trinity    Season of the witch (1967) (Open)
Renaissance    Carpet of the sun (1973) (Ashes Are Burning)
Pendragon    This green and pleasant land (2011) (Passion)
9pm
Lobby Loyde    G.O.D. (live) (1973 / 2019) (Summer Jam)
Deep Purple    Perfect Strangers (live, 1987) (Nobody’s Perfect)
Jon Lord    November calls (2004) (Beyond The Notes)
Uriah Heep    The magician’s birthday (1972) (The Magician’s Birthday)
Dr John    On the wrong side of the railroad tracks (1999) (Duke Elegant)

Seasons Of Change thanks the sponsors of your local radio station PBA-FM and encourages you to support them too - see the PBA-FM website for more information.

The sight and sound of Lobby, 2006:
Lobby Loyde & The Coloured Balls - GOD (Guitar Over Drive) (Last ever performance)

Playlist - 1 June 2019

8pm
Fraternity Seasons of Change (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974, compilation)
Steve Hackett Firth of Fifth (live, 2013) (Genesis Revisited: Live At Royal Albert Hall)
Porcupine Tree Arriving somewhere but not here (live, 2012) (Octane Twisted)
Gong Isle of everywhere (live) (1977) (Live etc)
Ozric Tentacles Sultana Detrii (live) (2001) (Pyramidion)
9pm
Anubis Pages of stone (live) (2019) (Lights Of Change: Live In Europe 2018)
Sebastian Hardie Four Moments suite: Glories shall be released + Dawn of our sun + Journey through our dreams + Everything is real (live, 1994) (1997) (Live in LA)
Rush Distant early warning (live) (1989) (A Show Of Hands)
Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) Mister Nine ‘till Five (live) (1972/2010) (Cook, re-issue)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

Seasons Of Change thanks the sponsors of your local radio station PBA-FM and encourages you to support them too - see the PBA-FM website for more information.

Here's a slightly mangled mashup of Sebastian Hardie on Australian TV in the mid 1970's, interspersed with more recent footage: