Playlist - 28 December 2019

It's the last edition of Seasons Of Change for 2019 and also for the decade. It is also Proclamation Day here in South Australia, the anniversary of the day in 1836 when the state of South Australia was proclaimed and established as a province, at a cermony by the old gum tree at Glenelg, so:
- from 8pm, a selection of fine music from some of the South Australian artists who have never been far away from Saturday nights; then
- from 9pm, a selection from the musical legacy of some of the talented performers who passed away during the last 12 months, including Chris Wilson, Leo De Castro (Friends, Johnny Rocco Band, etc) Geoff Gray (Flake), Dr John, Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind Faith, etc) and the marvellous Jacques Loussier.

Next week's edition of Seasons Of Change will feature a selection of music released during the last 12 months.

8pm
Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest    Sevenhill 1873 Johann Pallhuder SJ + Stephenston 1875 The Speculator’s waltz + Knockaruna Quorn 1879 The Farmers + Pichi Richi 1879 The Railways (2006) (Land Of The Vast Horizon)
Andy Salvanos    Solar cycles (2018) (Solar Cycles)
Southern Empire    Hold (2016) (Southern Empire)
Solar Soma    Islands (2013) (So Much For Style)
Unitopia    More than a dream (2005) (More Than A Dream)
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974, compilation)
9pm
Chris Wilson    Born under a bad sign (live) (1992) (Alimony Blues CD single)
Chris Wilson    Wolves (1992) (Landlocked)
Friends    Freedom train (1972) (single only / Leo de Castro & Friends)
Flake    Violet Jam Part A: Down in Rio (1971) (How’s Your Mother)
Dr John    Right place wrong time (1973/1995) (In The Right Place)
Cream    White room (1968) (Wheels Of Fire)
Jacques Loussier    Prelude No.1 (1959) (Play Bach No.1)
Midnight Oil    Short memory (1982) (10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1)
Midnight Oil    River runs red (1990) (Blue Sky Mining)

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 And here's a little more from...

Dr John

Chris Wilson

Leo de Castro (with Friends, broadcast May 1973)

A mere snippet of Jacques in 1975...

and Jacques again in 2004...

Playlist - 21 December 2019

Featuring the traditional Christmas concert by Jethro Tull from St Brides Church in London plus a selection of other festive tunes including songs by Australian performers Unitopia, Toehider and Emma Horwood.

8pm
Toehider    Under the mistletoe (2009) (Under The Mistletoe EP / 12 EPs in 12 Months, The Last Six)
Jethro Tull    Holly herald (2003) (The Christmas Album)
Steeleye Span    The holly and the ivy (1972) (single only, B-side to Gaudete)
Mike Oldfield    In dulce jubilo (1975) (single only)
Loreena McKennitt    Seeds of love (1995) (A Winter Garden)
Unitopia    The garden (live) (2011) (One Night In Europe)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    I believe in Father Christmas (1977) (Works Volume 2)
Toehider    Carol of the bells – Choral + Carol of the bells – Rock (2009) (Under The Mistletoe EP / 12 EPs in 12 Months, The Last Six)
9pm
Jethro Tull    Weathercock + Introduction/What cheer + A Christmas song + Living In These Hard Times + Marmion + Jack in the green + Another Christmas song + A winter snowscape + God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Thick As A Brick (live, 2008) (Christmas At St Brides 2008)
Emma Horwood    Noel nouvelet + Angels we have heard on high (2010) (Angel Song: A Christmas Blessing)
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.

Please enjoy this performance of "The 12 days of Christmas" by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (aka Fleabag), along with some terrific animation - (brief) language warning, by the way:

Playlist - 14 December 2019

8pm
Roxette    Milk and toast and honey (2001) (Room Service)
Moon Safari    Constant bloom + Bluebells (2008) (Blomljud)
Anubis    Home (2020, pending release) (Homeless)
Anubis    The passing bell (2018) (Different Stories)
Madder Lake    Salmon Song + On my way to heaven (1973) (Still Point, reissue)
9pm
Genesis    Dancing with the moonlit knight (1974) (Selling England By The Pound)
Genesis    Squonk (live) (1977) (Seconds Out)
Anthony Phillips    The anthem from Tarka (1988) (TARKA)
Wishbone Ash    Leaf and Stream (1972) (Argus)
Renaissance    Opening out (1978) (A Song for all Seasons)
Gandalf’s Fist    The clokkemaker (2019) (The Clockwork Prologue)
Roxette    Fading like a flower (every time you leave) (1991) (Joyride)
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.

Courtesy of the GTK time machine, here is Madder Lake in 1973; first, they fend off well-meaning questions (including the lessons learnt from a support gig for the Rolling Stones in Melbourne), and then they hit the ABC studio with a live-in-the-studio performance of "Salmon song", all achieved while peering through a blizzard of hair:

Playlist - 7 December 2019

8pm
Fraternity Seasons of Change (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974, compilation)
Porcupine Tree The sound of muzak (live) (2010) (Atlanta)
Unitopia Take good care (2005) (More Than A Dream)
Unitopia To one in paradise (2013) (Covered Mirror Vol.1 Smooth As Silk)
The Alan Parsons Project Sirius + Eye in the sky (1982) (Eye In The Sky)
Andy Salvanos Hope (2013) (Reunion)
Lunatic Soul Lunatic soul (2013) (Lunatic Soul)
The Break Whatever dumb courage (2013) (Space Farm)
Touchstone Strange days (2009) (Wintercoast)
9pm
Aragon On the edge + At the mercy of lions (1995) (Mouse)
Aragon In a lifetime (2014) (single only)
Astra The river under (2009) (The Weirding)
Rush Driven (1996) (Test For Echo)
Rush Where’s my thing (1991) (Roll The Bones)
Southern Empire   Goliath's moon (2018) (Civilisation)
Lemonjuice Get it together (2016) (Lemonjuice EP)
Mental As Anything   The nips are getting bigger (1979) (Get Wet)
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.

RIP Greedy Smith - here's a clip of The Mentals in action in 2013: