Playlist - 31 August 2019

Tonight, turning the clock back to the early 1970's and another expedition into the Australian "head music" scene, with live recordings from Ariel, Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, Company Caine, Madder Lake and Spectrum/Murtceps (Melbourne), plus Buffalo and Tamam Shud (Sydney) and the eclectic Hungarian/Australian jazz-rock group Syrius featuring the legendary Jackie Orszáczky.

8pm
Tamam Shud    Midday ‘til four + Bali waters + Being absolutely free (live, Dec 1971) (Goolutionites And The Real People, bonus tracks)
Wendy Saddington & The Copperwine   Tomorrow never knows (live, Jan 1971) (Wendy Saddington & Copperwine Live) 
Indelible Murtceps    We are indelible (live, Sunbury, Jan 1972) (Warts Up Your Nose, bonus track)
Spectrum    I'll be gone (live, Sunbury, Jan 1972) (Milesago, bonus track)
Company Caine    Hey George + Now I’m together (live at Mulwala Festival, Apr 1972) (Dr Chop, bonus tracks)
Madder Lake    Down the river (live, Sunbury, Jan 1973) (Sunbury 1973)
9pm
Madder Lake    Bumper bar song + When is a mouse (live at Garrison, Jun 1973) (Still Point, bonus tracks)
Buffalo    Shylock (live, 1973) (Volcanic Rock, bonus track)
Ariel    Rock ‘n roll scars + I can’t say what I mean (live, Dec 1975) (A-Reefer-Derci / Rock n Roll Scars, bonus tracks)
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band    Out in the suburbs + Malcolm the prefect + Roll that reefer (live, Dec 1975) (A-Reefer-Derci / Wangaratta Wahini, bonus tracks)
Syrius   GTK Theme / Strawberry fields forever (live, GTK, 1971) (The GTK Tapes Vol.2)

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The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band in action on ABC TV (Countdown) in 1975:

...and a few years earlier with a perhaps bemused but enthusiastic interviewer on ABC TV's GTK:

Playlist - 24 August 2019

Starting with a selection of Rush, inspired by the world-wide screening of Cinema Strangiato (aka the “Inaugural Theatrical Fan Indulgence”) during the week; plus recent music from Three Wise Monkeys (Sydney), Arcane (Brisbane) and Ben Craven (Brisbane) recorded live, plus classic Spectrum (Melbourne); and from the Birthday Book, Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep), Jean Michel Jarre and Keith Moon (The Who).

8pm
Rush    The anarchist (2012) (Clockwork Angels)
Rush    Subdivisions (1982) (Signals)
Rush    The Spirit of Radio (1980) (Permanent Waves)
Three Wise Monkeys    Cyber Terrorist (2015) (False Flag)
United Progressive Fraternity    Loss Anthem & One More (2019) (Planetary Overload)
Ben Craven (with William Shatner)    Spy in the sky Part 3 (live, 2016) (2017) (First Chance To Hear)
Ben Craven    Last chance to hear Parts 1 & 2 (live, 2016) (2017) (First Chance To Hear)
Arcane    Keeping stone: Water awake (2015) (Known/Learned)
9pm
Uriah Heep    Tales (1972) (The Magician’s Birthday)
Uriah Heep    Circle of hands (1972) (Demons And Wizards)
Jean Michel Jarre    Arpegiator + Equinoxe Part 4 (live) (1982) (The Concerts In China)
The Who    Baby don’t you do it (1971) (Who’s Next, bonus track)
Spectrum    Trust me (single edit) (1971) (Milesago)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

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Here's just a little more from 3WM from the "False Flag" album:

Playlist - 17 August 2019

Tonight, a selection from the ambitious 1995 concept album Mouse by the Melbourne band Aragon, which has just been re-issued in a digital-only form; plus, from the Birthday Book, music featuring Kevin Ayers, Colin Moulding (XTC) and Barry Hay (Golden Earring).

8pm
Lifesigns    Telephone (2013) (Lifesigns)
Marillion    Beautiful (1995) (Afraid Of Sunlight)
Aragon    The dark + A private matter + Waiting on a life + The gate + End of the Line Part 1 + End of the Line Part 2 (1995 / 2019 re-issue) (Mouse)
White Willow    Now in these fairly lands (1995 / 2013 re-issue) (Ignis Fatuus)
XTC    The smartest monkeys (1992) (Nonesuch)
Dukes Of Stratosfear    The Affiliated (1987) (Psionic Psumspot / The Dukes Of Stratosfear: An Anthology)
XTC    In another life (2000) (Wasp Star)
XTC    Down a peg (demo) (CD single, The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead)
9pm
Kevin Ayers    Blue (1976) (Yes We Have No Mananas)
Kevin Ayers    Whatevershebringswesing (1972) (Whatevershebringswesing)
Golden Earring    Song of a devil’s servant (1969) (Eight Miles High)
Golden Earring    Radar love (1973) (Moontan)
Anubis    The deepest wound + Technicolour Afterlife (2018) (Different Stories)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)


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Here's a little more of Melbourne neo-prog band Aragon recorded live in 1989, with an embryonic version of a song later on the Mouse album:

Playlist - 10 August 2019

Tonight, a flashback to the Adelaide gig by the UK band Haken, who finished their night with a 20 minute song as an encore; plus music from the latest release by Sydney band Hemina, and from the Birthday Book, Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Tove Jansson (creator of the Moomintroll novels and stories) and talented Aussie singer Deborah Conway (Do Re Mi and solo).

8pm
Haken    Crystallised (2014) (Restoration EP)
Jethro Tull    Living in the past (1972) (Living In The Past)
Jethro Tull    Aqualung (1972) (Aqualung)
Jethro Tull    Dot com (1999) (Dot Com)
Hemina    In technicolour (2019) (Night Echoes)
9pm
Ritual    A dangerous journey (2007) (The Hemulic Voluntary Band)
Do Re Mi    Man overboard (1985) (Domestic Harmony)
Deborah Conway    Consider This (1993) (Bitch Epic)
Deborah Conway    Parabasis (live, 1994) (Epic Theatre)
Subaudible Hum       Science maketh the scientist (2006) (In Time For Spring, On Came The Snow)

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A look at the life of Tove Jansson:

Playlist - 3 August 2019

8pm
The Celibate Rifles   Spirits (1995) (Spaceman In A Satin Spacesuit)
Frankenfido Purple shuffle (2019) (digital single)
Frankenfido Watcher on the wall (2019) (digital single)
Southern Empire Hold (2017) (Live At HQ)
Rush Cygnus X-1 (1977) (A Farewell To Kings)
Rush Cygnus X-1 Book II Hemispheres (1978) (Hemispheres)
9pm
Marillion Waterhole (Expresso Bongo) + Lords of the Backstage + Blind Curve + Childhoods End? + White Feather (1985) (Misplaced Childhood)
Sebastian Hardie Another string (2011) (Blueprint)
Klaus Schulze Some velvet phasing (1974) (Blackdance)
Magic Pie   The man who had it all (2019) (Fragments Of The 5th Element)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

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From Brisbane band Frankenfido, the promotional video for "Purple shuffle":