Playlist - 6 August 2022

Tonight a show of two halves: first, from 8pm, another musical journey back 50 years to the year 1972; then, from 9pm, a miscellany of music including a visits to the Birthday Book for Alan Holdsworth (British-born guitarist who recorded both solo and with several bands including the first line-up of prog rock supergroup UK) and Rick van der Linden (Dutch keyboardist best known as the leader of the classical-rock band Ekseption). EDIT: plus a mini tribute to the late Judith Durham who passed away today at the age of 79, leaving a manifold legacy of marvellous music with The Seekers.

8pm
Uriah Heep    Circle of Hands (May 1972) (Demons and Wizards)
Pink Floyd    Free four (Jun 1972) (Obscured By Clouds)
Captain Beyond    Dancing madly backwards (Jul 1972) (Captain Beyond)
Emerson Lake and Palmer    Trilogy (Jul 1972) (Trilogy)
Bakery    Living with a memory (Aug 1972) (Momento)
Steeleye Span    Spotted cow (single, Aug 1972) (Below The Salt)
Genesis    Can utility and the coastliners (Oct 1972) (Foxtrot)
9pm
UK    In the dead of night (1978) (UK)
Soft Works    Elsewhere (2003) (Abracadabra)
The Seekers    Georgy Girl (1966) (Come The Day)
The Seekers    The Bush Girl (1998) (Future Road)
The Seekers    A world of our own (1965) (single)
The Omnific    The Cuneiform Script (2017) (digital single)
The Expanding Universe (aka All India Radio)    Underground cities (2022) (One)
Ekseption    The 5th (1969) (Ekseption)

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As a bonus, "music with pictures":

From Melbourne band The Omnific - their playthrough of "The Cuneiform Script"... 

From Hobart, The Expanding Universe (aka Martin Kennedy of All India Radio) and a brief version of "Underground cities":

 

From Adelaide-based band Unitopia, "celebrating 25 years of soulful storytelling", an update from late last year on their progress with the upcoming new album "7 Chambers", due later this year or in 2023:

Playlist - 23 July 2022

Tonight turning the musical clock back again to early in the year 1972, plus two diversions into the Seasons Of Change Birthday Book for Richard Davies (Supertramp) and Al Di Meola.

8pm
Daddy Cool    Teenage blues (Jan 1972) (Sex, Dope, Rock n Roll: Teenage Heaven)
Daddy Cool    Make your stash (Jan 1972) (Sex, Dope, Rock n Roll: Teenage Heaven)
Masters Apprentices    Answer lies beyond (Jan 1972) (A Toast To Panama Red)
Masters Apprentices    Beneath the sun (Jan 1972) (A Toast To Panama Red)
Jethro Tull    Thick as a brick (radio edit) (LP: Mar 1972; single: Apr 1972) (Thick As A Brick)
Groundhogs    Earth is not room enough (Mar 1972) (Who Will Save The World? The Mighty Groundhogs!)
Supertramp    Brother where you bound (1985) (Brother Where You Bound)
9pm
Return To Forever    Majestic dance (1976) (Romantic Warrior)
Al Di Meola    Elegant Gypsy Suite (1982) (Tour De Force – “Live”)
Fraternity    Hemming’s farm (Apr 1972) (Flaming Galah / Seasons Of Change: The Complete Recordings 1970-1974)
McPhee    Indian rope man (“early 1972”) (McPhee)
Indelible Murtceps    Esmerelda (single only, May 1972) (Warts Up Your Nose)
Tamam Shud    Sea the swells (May 1972) (Morning Of The Earth s/track / bonus track on re-issue of Goolutionites…)
Ticket    Broken wings (May 1972) (Awake)

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An artefact from 1985 - a long-form video produced to accompany the title track of the new Supertramp album:

Playlist - 15 January 2021

Tonight, again turning the clock back fifty years, in the second of several trips back to the music of the year 1972.

8pm
Pink Floyd    Burning bridges (Jun 1972)  (Obscured By Clouds)
Uriah Heep    Traveller in time (May 1972) (Demons and Wizards)
Wishbone Ash    Leaf and stream (Apr 1972) (Argus)
Captain Beyond    Mesmeration eclipse (Jul 1972) (Captain Beyond)
Emerson Lake and Palmer    Trilogy (Jul 1972) (Trilogy)
Bakery    Living with a memory (Aug 1972) (Momento)
Bakery    Holocaust (Aug 1972) (Momento)
9pm
Yes    Siberian khatru (Sept 1972) (Close To The Edge)
Steeleye Span    John Barleycorn (single, Aug 1972) (Below The Salt)
Genesis    Can utility and the coastliners (Oct 1972) (Foxtrot)
Renaissance    Spare some love (Oct 1972) (Prologue)
The Moody Blues    New horizons (Nov 1972) (Seventh Sojourn)
Uriah Heep    Sunrise (Nov 1972) (The Magician’s Birthday)
Deep Purple    Highway star (live) (Dec 1972) (Made In Japan)
Focus    Focus III (Nov 1972) (Focus III)
Focus    Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! (Nov 1972) (Focus III)

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Playlist - 8 January 2022

Tonight, turning the clock back fifty years, in the first of several trips back to the music of the year 1972, including a hefty slice of early '70's "head music" from here in Australia.

8pm
Daddy Cool    Teenage blues (Jan 1972) (Sex, Dope, Rock n Roll: Teenage Heaven)
Daddy Cool    Make your stash (Jan 1972) (Sex, Dope, Rock n Roll: Teenage Heaven)
Masters Apprentices    Answer lies beyond (Jan 1972) (A Toast To Panama Red)
Masters Apprentices    Beneath the sun (Jan 1972) (A Toast To Panama Red)
Jethro Tull    Thick as a brick (radio edit) (LP: Mar 1972; single: Apr 1972) (Thick As A Brick / M.U. The Best Of)
Groundhogs    Earth is not room enough (Mar 1972) (Who Will Save The World? The Mighty Groundhogs!)
Curved Air    Melinda (more or less) (Apr 1972) (Phantasmagoria)
Procol Harum    Conquistador (live) (Apr 1972) (Live In Concert With The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra)
Fraternity    Hemming’s farm (Apr 1972) (Flaming Galah / Seasons Of Change: The Complete Recordings 1970-1974)
McPhee    Indian rope man (1972) (McPhee)
9pm
Indelible Murtceps    Esmerelda (single, May 1972) (Warts Up Your Nose)
Tamam Shud    Sea the swells (May 1972) (Morning Of The Earth s/t)
Tully    Loving is hard (May 1972) (Loving Is Hard)
Ticket    Broken wings (May 1972) (Awake)
Roxy Music    Re-make/Re-model (Jun 1972) (Roxy Music)
Hawkwind    Silver machine (Jun 1972) (single only)
Khan    Stargazers (Jun 1972) (Space Shanty)

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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 - 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 - 13 April 2019

Another in an occasional series of programs focused on and around the "head music" scene in the capital cities around Australia, tonight moving from early 1971 to 1972 and featuring The Masters Apprentices (Adelaide), Company Caine, Daddy Cool, Spectrum and The Wild Cherries (Melbourne), Bakery (Perth), Blackfeather, Flake and Wendy Saddington (Sydney)

8pm
Blackfeather Seasons of change + Mango’s theme (Apr 1971) (At The Mountains Of Madness)
Blackfeather Tomorrow never knows (live on GTK, Mar 1971) (At The Mountains Of Madness, bonus track)
Bakery Dying in the dark (July 1971) (Single only, Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Bakery Living with a memory (Aug 1972) (Momento)
Wendy Saddington & The Copperwine Backlash blues (live, Jan 1971) (Sept 1971) (Wendy Saddington & The Copperwine Live)
Flake Under the silent tree (Nov 1971, single) (Dec 1971, How’s Your Mother)
Flake Breadalbane (Feb 1974) (B-side of single / Psych Bites: Australian Acid Freakrock 1969-1974)
9pm
Spectrum   Milesago + What the world needs (is a new pair of socks) (Dec 1971) (Milesago)
Company Caine Simple song of spring (Nov 1971) (A Product of a Broken Reality)
Company Caine The day Superman got busted (live on GTK, Apr 1971) (A Product of a Broken Reality, bonus track)
The Masters Apprentices Melodies of St. Kilda/Southern Cross + Thyme to rhyme (Jan 1972) (A Toast To Panama Red )
Daddy Cool Make your stash (Jan 1972) (Sex, Dope, Rock n Roll: Teenage Heaven)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

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Here's a real artefact from 1971, complete with talented lead guitarist John Robinson, whose kaftan doesn't seem to cramp his style - Blackfeather playing "Mango's theme", live in an ABC studio for the TV show GTK:

Playlist - 2 February 2019

The first in an occasional series of programs focused on and around the "head music" scene in the capital cities around Australia, tonight moving from late 1969 to mid 1971 and featuring Fraternity, Levi Smiths Clefs (Adelaide), Healing Force, Sons Of The Vegetal Mother, Spectrum (Melbourne), Dave Miller Set, Kahvas Jute, Samael Lilith, Tamam Shud, Tully (Sydney) and Jeff St John (Perth/Sydney).

8pm
Tamam Shud    Mr Strange + It’s a beautiful day (Nov 1969) (Evolution)
Tamam Shud    I love you all + Goolutionites Theme Part 2 (Oct 1970) (Goolutionites And The Real People)
Tamam Shud    See the swells (1972) (Morning Of The Earth film s/track / bonus track on re-issue of Goolutionites And The Real People)
Samael Lilith    Nights in white satin (Feb 1970) (single only / So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star?)
Jeff St John & Copperwine    Cloud nine (March 1970) (Joint Effort)
Levi Smith's Clefs    Lisa (March 1970) (Empty Monkey)
Tully    The sun is shining (July 1970) (Tully)
Tully    Sea of joy (Part 1) (June 1971) (Sea Of Joy)
9pm
Sons Of The Vegetal Mother    Love is the law + Make it begin (Oct 1970) (Garden Party EP)
Kahvas Jute    Vikings + Free (Jan 1971) (Wide Open)
Dave Miller Set    Mr Guy Fawkes (July 1969) (single only / Peculiar Hole In The Sky)
Dave Miller Set    No need to cry (March 1970) (single only / Psych Bites: Australian Freakrock 1967-1974)
Spectrum    Drifting (March 1971) (Part One)
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (March 1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974, compilation)
Healing Force    Golden Miles (July 1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

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From 1970, Spectrum, in trippy mode, on the ABC TV show GTK :

Playlist - 2 January 2016

For the first edition of "Seasons Of Change" for 2016, to paraphrase the title of a very early Pink Floyd song, we...

SET THE CONTROLS FOR: 1972

 ...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 3 hours. Amidst some classics and oddities, this includes classic Australian music from Bakery, Indelible Murtceps, The Master's Apprentices, McPhee, Spectrum, Tamam Shud and Tully; and, from across the Tasman, the heavy psych band Ticket.

8pm
The Easybeats    Friday on my mind (1966) (single only)
Hawkwind    Motorhead (1975) (Warrior On The Edge Of Time, reissue)
Motorhead    Ace of spades (1980) (Ace Of Spades)
Spectrum    Trust me (single version) (Jan 1972) (Milesago)
The Master’s Apprentices    Melodies of St. Kilda/Southern Cross + Thyme to rhyme (Jan 1972) (A Toast To Panama Red)
Jethro Tull    Thick as a brick (radio edit) (Mar 1972) (Thick As A Brick)
Curved Air    Phantasmagoria (Apr 1972) (Phantasmagoria)
Procol Harum    Conquistador (live) (Apr 1972) (Live In Concert With The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra)
Caravan    Aristocracy (May 1972) (Waterloo Lily)
Uriah Heep    The wizard (May 1972) (Demons and Wizards)
Tamam Shud    Bali waters (May 1972) (Morning Of The Earth s/track)
9pm
McPhee    Indian rope man (1972) (McPhee)
Indelible Murtceps    Esmerelda (single only, May 1972) (Warts Up Your Nose)
Hawkwind    Silver machine (Jun 1972) (single only)
Pink Floyd    Wots...Uh, the deal (Jun 1972)  (Obscured By Clouds)
Wishbone Ash    Blowin’ free (single, July 1972) (Argus)
Captain Beyond    Dancing madly backwards (on a sea of air) (Jul 1972) (Captain Beyond)
Emerson Lake and Palmer    From the beginning  (single, Aug 1972) (Trilogy)
Banco    Danza deigrandi rettili (1972) (Darwin)
Tully    Ice (1972) (Loving Is Hard)
10pm
Bakery    Living with a memory (Aug 1972) (Momento)
Yes    Siberian khatru (Sept 1972) (Close To The Edge)
Genesis    Can utility and the coastliners (Oct 1972) (Foxtrot)
Focus    Sylvia (Nov 1972) (Focus III)
Kevin Ayers    Stranger in blue suede shoes (Nov 1972) (Whatevershebringswesing)
The Moody Blues    Isn’t life strange (Nov 1972) (Seventh Sojourn)
Ticket    Dream chant (May 1972) (Awake)