Playlist - 4 March 2023

Tonight, another program of two parts: from Zappa to the (perhaps) Zappa-esque from the 1970's, a time by which his influence had already blossomed on other musicians around the world.

8pm
The Mothers Of Invention    Wowie zowie (1966) (Freak Out!)
The Mothers Of Invention    Call any vegetable (1967) (Absolutely Free)
The Mothers Of Invention    Who needs the peace corps (1968) (We’re Only In It For The Money)
The Mothers Of Invention    Dog breath, In the year of the plague (1969) (Uncle Meat)
Frank Zappa    Willie The Pimp (1969) (Hot Rats)
The Mothers Of Invention    Holiday in Berlin, Full-blown (1970) (Burnt Weeny Sandwich)
Frank Zappa    Eat that question (1972) (The Grand Wazoo)
Frank Zappa    Cosmik debris (1974) (Apostrophe)
9pm
Spectrum    Superbody (1971) (Part One)
Ariel    Neo-Existentialist Greens / Medicine Man / Letter song (1974) (Rock & Roll Scars / The Jellabad Mutant)
Daddy Cool    Make your stash (1972) (Sex, Dope, Rock n Roll: Teenage Heaven)
The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band    Wangarratta Wahine (1974) (Wangaratta Wahine)
Company Caine    Go see the gypsy (1971) (A Product of a Broken Reality)
Rainbow Theatre    Caption for the city night life (1976) (Fantasy Of Horses)
The Hoodoo Gurus    Get out of Dodge (2022) (Chariot Of The Gods)

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Music with pictures...

A later line-up of Spectrum with an (at the time) again-bearded Mike Rudd recorded in an ABC TV studio:

and Spectrum from the early 70's with a version of the Ross Wilson song which they included on their first album:

The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, in 1971, filmed in colour and "at" speed (not "on" speed):

Company Caine and an intriguing "promo clip" from 1971:

Playlist - 13 February 2021

Departing briefly from the world of prog rock with 3 songs which each feature the talents of singer, songwriter and talented musican Dave 'The Bloke' Ovendon, who passed away this week: a founding member of bush band Bullamakanka, previously with The 69er's, the Richard Clapton band and others. The diversity continues with selections from the musical legacy of jazz-rock fusion legend Chick Corea, and from Adelaide post-rock soundscapes from Aura Form and "neo-classical" group Little Cloud. From the Seasons Of Change Birthday Book comes music featuring expat Bob Daisley (Kahvas Jute, Blizzard of Ozz, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Uriah Heep and many others), Peter Gabriel (Genesis and solo), Steve Hackett (Genesis and solo) and Mic Conway (Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band).

8pm
Bullamakanka    (The bunyip from) Hooligan’s creek (single)
The 69’ers    Harry Rag (1971) (The 69’ers Album)
Richard Clapton    Girls on the avenue (1975) (Girls On The Avenue)
Return To Forever    Duel of the jester and the tyrant Part I and Part II (1976) (Romantic Warrior)
Chick Corea & Return To Forever    Captain Marvel (1973) (Light As A Feather)
Chick Corea Akoustic Band    Spain (1989) (Chick Corea Akoustic Band)
Aura Form    Galactic current (2016) (Vesica Pisces)
Little Cloud    Asinine (2020) (This Is Here)
9pm
Peter Gabriel    Solsbury Hill (1977) (Peter Gabriel)
Genesis    The return of the giant hogweed (live,1973) (Genesis Live)
Genesis    Entangled (1976) (A Trick Of The Tail)
Steve Hackett    Tubehead (2009) (Out Of The Tunnel’s Mouth)
Kahvas Jute    Parade of fools (1970)  (Wide Open)
Kahvas Jute    Ascend (live, 2005) (1970)  (Wide Open, bonus track)
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band    Down undergroundsville (1974) (b-side of Hernando’s Hideaway / bonus track on reissue of Wangaratta Wahini)
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band    Jug band music ( 1974) (Wangaratta Wahine)

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Playlist - 1 August 2020

Starting with a selection of music from the legacy of the late great guitarist, Peter Green, who passed away last Saturday.

8pm
Fleetwood Mac    Oh well + Rattlesnake shake (live, Boston, 1970) (The Blues Collection)
Kahvas Jute    Parade of fools (1970) (Wide Open)
Flake    Breadalbane (1974) (B-side of single / Psych Bites: Australian Acid Freakrock 1969-1974)
Fanny Adams    Ain’t no lovin’ left (1971) (Fanny Adams / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
9pm
Steve Hillage    Glorious Om riff (1978) (Green)
Khan    Space shanty (1972) (Space Shanty)
Gong    I never glid before (1973) (Angel’s Egg)
Spock’s Beard    Gibberish (1999) (Day For Night)
Jordan Rudess    Dance on a volcano (2006) (The Road Home)
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band    Down undergroundsville (1974) (b-side of Hernando’s Hideaway / bonus track on reissue of Wangaratta Wahini)
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band    Roll that reefer (live, Dec 1975) (A-Reefer-Derci / Wangaratta Wahini, bonus track)
Fleetwood Mac    Albatross (1968) (single / Pious Bird Of Good Omen)

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The Conway brothers, Jim and Mic, in full flight with Captain Matchbox circa 1974 on ABC TV - "Captain Matchbox emerged at a time when there was a vogue for these styles and they were contemporary with similar local acts such as The 69-ers, Starving Wild Dogs, The Original Battersea Heroes, The Gutbucket Blues Band, The Stovepipe Spasm Band and The Moonshine Jug and String Band (which later evolved into The Angels)" (Milesago):

Steve Hillage in trademark trippy mode:

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 - 30 March 2019

8pm
Genesis Duchess (1980) (Duke)
Camel Sasquatch (1982) (The Single Factor)
Rush The weapon (1982) (Signals)
Ariel A hard way to go (1974) (Strange Fantastic Dream)
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band Down undergroundsville (1974) (b-side of Hernando’s Hideaway / bonus track on reissue of Wangaratta Wahini)
Vangelis Antarctica Echoes (1983) (Antarctica OST)
Vangelis (feat. Jon Anderson) So long ago so clear (1975) (Heaven And Hell)
Vangelis Pulstar (1976) (Albedo 0.39)
Ariel Confessions of a psychopathic cowpoke (1974) (Strange Fantastic Dream)
9pm
Billy Thorpe Children of the sun + We’re leaving + We welcome you + Solar anthem (1979) (Children Of The Sun)
Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs Most people I know (1972) (single only, The Complete Havoc Singles)
Focus House of the King (live) (1973/2004) (A History Of Progressive Rock)
Focus Carnival fugue (1973) (Focus III)
Freedom To Glide Silent land (2018) (single only)
Quiet Child The great fade (2019) (Clara)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

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The time, 1972; the place, the Sunbury Rock Festival; for your listening pleasure, Thorpie, who would have celebrated his 73rd birthday yesterday...

Playlist - 14 January 2017

Tonight setting the clock back to the year 1974...

8pm
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band    If you'se a viper (Nov 1974) (Wangaratta Wahine , re-issue CD) .
King Crimson    The night watch (Feb 1974) (Starless And Bible Black)
Steeleye Span    Seven hundred elves (Feb 1974) (Now We Are Six)
Madder Lake    Mother ship (Mar 1974)  (Butterfly Farm)
Madder Lake    Butterfly farm (Mar 1974)  (Butterfly Farm)
Genesis    I know what I like (in your wardrobe) (March 1974) (Selling England By The Pound)
Procol Harum    Nothing but the truth (April 1974) (Exotic Birds And Fruit)
Robin Trower    Bridge of sighs (April 1974) (Bridge Of Sighs)
Focus    Birth (May 1974) (Hamburger Concerto)
9pm
Dragon    Patina (June 1974) (Universal Radio)
Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)    The world became the world (1974) (The World Became The World)
Hawkwind    D-Rider (Sept 1974) (The Hall Of The Mountain Grill)
Buffalo    Shylock (live 1974) (Volcanic Rock, bonus track)
Genesis    The lamb lies down on Broadway (Nov 1974) (The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway)
Kansas    Can I tell you (single, Nov 1974, US) (Kansas)
Renaissance    I think of you (single Nov 1974) (Turn Of The Cards)
Roger Glover and Guests    Love is all (December 1974) (The Butterfly Ball)

Playlist - 14 February 2015

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, starting with an atypical selection of songs for Valentine's Day. There's also some recent music from Anubis (Sydney), Lacrymae (Perth) and Domino (Sydney). The Sydney-based duo Tubular Bells For Two are in Adelaide for the Festival Fringe, so there's an obvious choice of music for tonight. And the Seasons Of Change Birthday Book has birthdays this weekend for two Australian musicians: Bob Daisley (Kahvas Jute and many bands overseas) and Mic Conway (Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band), as well as for Peter Gabriel.

8pm
Caravan   Love to love you (and tonight pigs will fly) (1971) (In The Land of Grey and Pink)
Spectrum   Love’s my bag + What the world needs (is a new pair of socks) (1971) (Milesago)
Porcupine Tree   Lazarus (2005) (Deadwing)
Jethro Tull   Fire at midnight (1977) (Songs From the Wood)
Renaissance   I think of you (1974) (Turn Of The Cards)
Camel   You make me smile (1978) (Breathless)
Peter Gabriel    Solsbury Hill (1977) (Peter Gabriel)Afro Celt Sound System (feat. Peter Gabriel)    When you’re falling (2001) (Volume 3: Further In Time)
Genesis    The return of the giant hogweed (live,1973) (Genesis Live)
Genesis     In the beginning (1969) (From Genesis To Revelation)
9pm
Yes    And you and I (1972) (Close To The Edge)
Ozric Tentacles    Trees of eternity (1985)  (Tantric Obstacles)
Anubis    The deepest wound + Leaving here tonight + Breaking water (2009) (230503)
Kahvas Jute    Odyssey (1970)  (Wide Open)
Kahvas Jute    Ascend + Ascension (live) (1970)  (Wide Open, bonus tracks)
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band    Your feet’s too big (1974) (Wangaratta Wahine)
Mike Oldfield    Tubular bells (single edit) (1973) (Tubular Bells)
10pm
Lacrymae    The hallowed design (2009) (The Hallowed Design)
Domino    Caravan (2013) (Where the Desert Meets The Sea)
Andy Salvanos    Tranquility (2007)  (Closer)
Rush    Cygnus X-1 (live, 1978) (Different Stages - Live)
Rush    At the speed of love (1991) (Counterparts)
Dream Theater    I walk beside you (2005) (Octavarium)
The Beatles   Something (1969) (Abbey Road)
The Break    Majestic kelp (2013) (Space Farm)

Playlist - 4 January 2014

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: 1974

 ...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. This includes classic Australian music from Ayers Rock, Buffalo (recorded live in 1974), Madder Lake and Mandu (the former singer for guitar wizard Lobby Loyde). The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band also make a well-deserved appearance as well as Dragon from NZ (in their 1974 guise as a "prog rock" band).

8pm
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band    Your feet’s too big (Feb 1974) (Wangaratta Wahine / Boogie! Australian Blues R&B And Heavy Rock From The ‘70’s)
King Crimson    The night watch (Feb 1974) (Starless And Bible Black)
Steeleye Span    Thomas the Rhymer (Feb 1974) (Now We Are Six)
Madder Lake    Mother ship + Butterfly farm (Mar 1974)  (Butterfly Farm)
Camel    Nimrodel/The procession/The white rider (Mar 1974) (Mirage)
Genesis    I know what I like (in your wardrobe) (single, Mar 1974) (Selling England By The Pound)
Procol Harum    Nothing but the truth (Apr 1974) (Exotic Birds And Fruit)
Robin Trower    Too rolling stoned (Apr 1974) (Bridge Of Sighs)
9pm
Focus    Birth (May 1974) (Hamburger Concerto)
Premiata Forneria Marconi    The world became the world (1974) (The World Became The World)
Dragon    Universal Radio + Patina (Jun 1974) (Universal Radio)
Kansas    Journey from Mariabronn (Jun 1974, USA) (Kansas)
Barclay James Harvest    Child of the Universe (Jun 1974) (Everybody is Everybody Else)
10pm
Mandu    Darlin’ + We Ran Across the Sky (Sept 1974) (To The Shores Of His Heaven)
Traffic    Walking on the wind (Sept 1974) (Where The Eagle Flies)
Buffalo    Shylock (live 1974) (Volcanic Rock, bonus track on CD re-issue)
Jethro Tull    Bungle in the jungle (Oct 1974) (War Child)
Renaissance    Running hard (May 1974) (Turn of The Cards)
Ayers Rock    Big red rock (Dec 1974)  (Big Red Rock)

Playlist - 9 February 2013

A healthy dose of music from the beautiful country of New Zealand tonight on Seasons Of Change, starting with that evergreen anthem from Fred Dagg, as re-recorded in 1998 by John Clarke with help from Eddie Rayner.

8pm
Fred Dagg (aka John Clarke)    We don’t know how lucky we are (1975/1998 re-recording) (Fred Dagg Anthology)
Pink Floyd    Shine on you crazy diamond Pt.1 to 7 (1975/2001) (Wish You Were Here / Echoes)
Dave Brock    It’s never too late (2012) (Looking For Love In The Lost land Of Dreams)
Hawkwind    The psychedelic warlords (Disappear in smoke) + Winds of change (1974) (The Hall Of The Mountain Grill)
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band    Your feet’s too big (1974) (Wangaratta Wahine / Boogie! Australian Blues R&B And Heavy Rock From The ‘70’s)
Spectrum    What the world needs is a new pair of socks (1971) (Milesago)
Spectrum    Sensible shoes (live, 2003) (Forever Music presents: Series One – Seasons Of Change)
9pm
Split Enz    Walking down a road (1975) (Second Thoughts)
Airlord    Is it such a dream (1977) (Clockwork Revenge)
Dragon    Darkness (1975) (Scented Gardens For The Blind / Golden Miles - Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Finn    Niwhai (1995) (Finn)
Split Enz    One step ahead + Split Ends + Pioneer + Six months in a leaky boat (live, NZ, 1993) (Greatest Hits: Live)
Premiata Forneria Marconi    Harlequin (1975) (Chocolate Kings)
Banco (Del Mutuo Soccorso)    L’albero del pane (1975) (Banco)
Steely Dan    Kings (1972) (Can't Buy A Thrill)
10pm
Voyager    Higher existence + Falling (2007) (Univers)
Andy Salvanos    Mind your matter (2007) (Closer)
Renaissance    One thousand roses + Ashes are burning (live, Japan, 2001) (In The Land Of The Rising Sun)

In case you'd like a bit more NZ prog rock:
Ragnarok on NZ TV, mid 1970's (NZ ONSCREEN.COM)