Playlist - 30 January 2021

Tonight, another all-Australian selection of music from the very early 1970's, featuring some of the eclectic bands which apeared exactly 50 years ago at the Myponga Music Festival over the Australia Day weekend (Saturday 30 Jan 1971 to Monday 1st Feb 1971): Daddy Cool, Spectrum, Fanny Adams, Company Caine, Sons Of The Vegetal Mother (an alter ego of Daddy Cool), Jeff St John, Wendy Saddington and Healing Force.

8pm
Daddy Cool    Teenage blues (1972) (Sex, Dope, Rock n Roll: Teenage Heaven)
Daddy Cool    Make your stash (1972) (Sex, Dope, Rock n Roll: Teenage Heaven)
Daddy Cool    Come back again (1971) (Daddy Who? Daddy Cool!)
Spectrum    Launching place Part 1 (1970) (Part One, bonus track on CD re-issue)
Spectrum    Superbody (1970) (Part One)
Fanny Adams    Ain’t no lovin’ left (1970) (Fanny Adams)
Company Caine    The day Superman got busted (1971) (A Product of a Broken Reality)
Sons Of The Vegetal Mother    Love is the law (1970) (Garden Party EP)
Sons Of The Vegetal Mother    Make it begin (1970) (Garden Party EP)
9pm
Jeff St John & Copperwine    Cloud nine (1970) (Joint Effort)
Wendy Saddington & The Copperwine    Tomorrow never knows (live) (1971) (Wendy Saddington & The Copperwine Live)
Buffalo    Intro: Pound of flesh (1973) (Volcanic Rock)
Buffalo    Shylock (1973) (Volcanic Rock)
Flake    Under the silent tree (1971) (How’s Your Mother)
Flake    Breadalbane (1974) (B-side of single / Psych Bites: Australian Acid Freakrock 1969-1974)
Healing Force    Erection (1973) (Live At Sunbury)

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Here is the briefest of brief glimpses at the Myponga "progressive pop music" festival, c/- Youtube (Channel 7 and the Grape Organisation):

From exactly 50 years ago, c/- Wikipedia, the acts and times for the 1971 Myponga Music Festival; the list of bands is remarkable for the fact that the Sunbury festival was also being held over the same weekend.   

Playist - 23 January 2021

An all-Australian show ahead of Australia Day this coming Tuesday. Next week's show will also be all-Australian, but will be turning the clock back to the early '70's and some of the eclectic music being performed and recorded here in Australia at the time including the diverse "head music" scene. Tonight focuses on recent releases and re-releases plus a classic from the later 1970's.

8pm
Arcane    Instinct (2015) (Known/Learned)
The Slow Light    Circumvolution (live) (2020) (Live At Ghostnote Studios)
Emily Barker    Strange weather (2020) (A Dark Murmuration Of Words)
Southern Empire    Cries for the lonely (2018) (Civilisation)
Red Sea    The art of transcending (2018) (digital single)
Kypo    Bluethoven - a Blues over Beethoven Cadence (2020) (Bluethoven EP)
9pm
Sebastian Hardie    Four Moments suite: Glories Shall Be Released - Dawn of Our Sun - Journey Through Our Dreams - Everything Is Real (1975) (four moments)
Unitopia    The Outsider (2017) (More Than A Dream: The Dream Complete)
Drawn From Bees    Kindness (2018) (single only)
Aragon    Mr Angel (1997 / 2020) (Mr Angel)

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Playlist - 16 January 2021

For tonight's Summer edition of "Seasons Of Change", to paraphrase the title of a very early Pink Floyd song, we for a final time...

SET THE CONTROLS FOR: 1971

 ...exactly 50 years ago, encountering the usual diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, or at least as much as can fit into 2 hours. Amidst some classics and oddities from a crowded few months of releases at the end of 1971, this includes classic Australian music from the wondrously named Chook, Company Caine, Flake, Long Grass (Adelaide), Melissa, Tamam Shud and The Wild Cherries. In particular featuring selections from the Spectrum album Milesago which was a milestone release here in Australia - just the second "popular double album ever released in this country (the first was Doug Ashdown's Age of Mouse in 1970)".

8pm
Spectrum    What the world needs is a new pair of socks + Untitled + The Sideways Saga (Dec 1971) (Milesago)
Melissa    Getting through (Oct 1971) (Midnight Trampoline)
Focus    Focus II (Oct 1971) (Moving Waves)
Syrius    GTK Theme / Strawberry fields forever (live on GTK, Sept 1971) (1994) (The GTK Tapes Vol.2)
Chook    Cold feet (1971) (single, A-side / The Complete Havoc Singles 1971:1973)
Pink Floyd    A pillow of winds (Oct 1971) (Meddle)
Long Grass    Anywhere you wanna go (1971) (single, B-side of “Sunshine to burn / Psych Bites: Australian Acid Freakrock 1967-1974 Vol.1)
9pm
Genesis    Fountain of Salmacis (Nov 1971) (Nursery Cryme)
Yes    Roundabout (single, Nov 1971) (Fragile)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Nut rocker (Nov 1971) (Pictures At An Exhibition)
The Wild Cherries    I’m the sea (stop killing me) (Nov 1971) (single / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Flake    Under the silent tree (Nov 1971) (single / How's Your Mother?)
Led Zeppelin    The battle of Evermore (Nov 1971) (Led Zeppelin IV)
Company Caine    Trixie Stonewall’s Wayward Home For Young Women (Nov 1971) (A Product Of A Broken Reality)
Tamam Shud    Bali waters (live, Dec 1971) (Goolutionites And The Real People, bonus track)
David Bowie    Changes (Dec 1971) (Hunky Dory)

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Playlist - 9 January 2021

For tonight's Summer edition of "Seasons Of Change", to paraphrase the title of a very early Pink Floyd song, we again...

SET THE CONTROLS FOR: 1971

 ...exactly 50 years ago, encountering the usual diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, or at least as much as can fit into 2 hours. Amidst some classics and oddities, this includes classic Australian music from Ash, Bakery, Blackfeather, Doug Parkinson In Focus, Healing Force, Pirana, Tamam Shud, Tully and (last but not least) Zoot.

8pm
Zoot    The freak (Apr 1971) (B-side of Evil Child single, follow-up to Elenaor Rigby  / Zoot Locker)
Pirana     Here it comes again (May 1971) (Pirana II/Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Tully    I feel the sun & Sea of joy part 2 (Jun 1971) (Sea Of Joy)
Pirana    Gassin’ / GTK Theme (live on GTK, Apr 1971) (1994) (The GTK Tapes Vol.1)
Tamam Shud    GTK Theme / America (live on GTK, Apr 1971) (1994) (The GTK Tapes Vol.1)
Blackfeather    Tomorrow never knows (live on GTK, Mar 1971) (1994) (At The Mountains Of Madness, bonus track on reissue)
Bakery    Dying in the dark (July 1971) (Single only, Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Ash    Midnight witch  / Warrant (1971) (A-side & B-side of single / The Complete Havoc Singles 1971-1973)
Healing Force    Golden Miles (Jul 1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Healing Force    The gully (Jul 1971) (single only, B-side to “Golden miles” / Psych Bites: Australian Freakrock 1967-1974 Vol.1)
9pm
The Moody Blues    The story in your eyes (Jul 1971) (Every Good Boy Deserves Favour)
Gentle Giant    Wreck (Jul 1971) (Acquiring The Taste)
Mahavishnu Orchestra    Vital transformation (Aug 1971) (The Inner Mounting Flame)
Ramases    Life child (Aug 1971) (Space Hymns)
Curved Air    Everdance (Sept 1971) (Second Album)
Van der graaf Generator    Man Erg (Oct 1971) (Pawn Hearts)
Hawkwind    Master of the universe (Oct 1971) (In Search Of Space)
Doug Parkinson In Focus    Do not go gentle (Dylan Thomas) (live on GTK, Aug 1971) (1994) (The GTK Tapes Vol.1)

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Playlist - 2 January 2021

For tonight's Summer edition of "Seasons Of Change", to paraphrase the title of a very early Pink Floyd song, we...

SET THE CONTROLS FOR: 1971

 ...exactly 50 years ago, encountering the usual diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, or at least as much as can fit into 2 hours. Amidst some classics and oddities, this includes classic Australian music from Blackfeather, Fraternity, Kahvas Jute, Lotus, Spectrum and The Master's Apprentices.

8pm
Lotus    Lotus 1 (I’ll be gone) (Jan 1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Spectrum    I’ll be gone (Jan 1971) (single, bonus track on re-issue of Part 1)
Kahvas Jute    Vikings (Jan 1971)  (Wide Open)
Barclay James Harvest    Mocking bird (Feb 1971) (Once Again)
Steeleye Span    The blacksmith (Feb 1971) (Please To See The King)
Yes    I’ve seen all good people (Feb 1971) (The Yes Album)
Spectrum    Drifting (Mar 1971) (Part One)
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (Mar 1971) (Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Jethro Tull    Locomotive breath (Mar 1971 ) (Aqualung )
The Groundhogs    Cherry red (1971) (Split)
9pm
Procol Harum    Song for a dreamer (Apr 1971) (Broken Barricades)
Blackfeather    Seasons of change (Part 1) (Apr 1971) (At The Mountains Of Madness)
The Doors    Riders on the storm (Apr 1971) (LA Woman)
Caravan    Nine feet underground (Apr 1971) (In The Land Of Grey And Pink)
The Master’s Apprentices    Because I love you (April 1971) (Choice Cuts)

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