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 - 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 - 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 - 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):

By 1974, the band Flake bore little resemblance to most earlier line-ups, with none of the members of the 1969 group remaining and only Billy Russell remained from the lineup which had played at Myponga. Guitarists Billy Russell and John Taylor were joined by three new members all previously with the group Blackfeather: singer Neale Johns as well as Jim Penson (drums), Warren Ward (bass). There aren't many photos around of that line-up except for this one:

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.   

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 - 11 November 2017

8pm
Freedom To Glide    Not a broken man + Rain + Anywhere Else But Here+ Path Of Reason (2013) (Rain)
Rush    Ghost of a chance (1991) (Roll The Bones)
Rush    Natural science (live) (1998) (Different Stages - Live)
Caligula’s Horse    To the wind: Dream the dead + Will’s song (Let the colours run) + The hands are the hardest (2017) (In Contact)
9pm
Emerson, Lake & Powell    Touch & go (1986) (Emerson, Lake & Powell)
King Crimson    Epitaph (1969) (In The Court Of The Crimson King)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Lucky man (1970) (Emerson Lake & Palmer)
Ariel    What the World Needs (is a New Pair of Socks) (1975) (Rock & Roll Scars)
Daddy Cool    Make your stash (1972) (Sex, Dope, Rock n Roll: Teenage Heaven / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Big Big Train    The first rebreather (2012) (English Electric Part One)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

Playlist - 17 December 2016

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, spending some time with some of the more interesting releases from 2016. There's also selections from the musical legacy of David Bowie, Pietr Grudziñski (Riverside), Roye Albrighton (Nektar), Keith Emerson (The Nice, ELP), Greg Lake (King Crimson, ELP), Ross Hannaford (Sons of The Vegetal Mother, Daddy Cool plus many others) and Mick Fettes (Madder Lake).

8pm
Karmakanic    Steer by the stars (2016) (Dot)
IamTheMorning    Belighted (2016) (Lighthouse)
Haken    Lapse (2016) (Affinity)
Southern Empire    The bridge that binds (2016) (Southern Empire)
Gandalf’s Fist    Victims of the light (2016) (The Clockwork Fable)
9pm
David Bowie    Life on Mars (1971) (Hunky Dory)
Riverside    Reality dream III (2005) (Second Life Syndrome)
Nektar    Wings (1973) (Sounds Like This)
The Nice    America (1968) (single / Nice Hits Nice Bits)
King Crimson    Cat food (1970) (In The Wake Of Poseidon)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Karn Evil 9 First Impression Pt.2 (1973) (Brain Salad Surgery)
Daddy Cool    Make your stash (1972) (Sex, Dope, Rock n Roll: Teenage Heaven)
Madder Lake    Butterfly farm (1974)  (Butterfly Farm)

Playlist - 19 March 2016

Having recovered from the sight and sound of Magma in concert in Adelaide last Saturday night, Seasons Of Change tonight is mainly devoted to revisiting the musical legacy of Australian legend Ross Hannaford (Daddy Cool and many other bands), Keith Emerson and George Martin, plus - via the Seasons Of Change Birthday Book - music from Phil Judd (Split Enz, The Swingers, Schnell Fenster).

8pm
Daddy Cool    Make your stash (1972) (Sex, Dope, Rock n Roll: Teenage Heaven / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Sons Of The Vegetal Mother    Make it begin (1970) (Garden Party EP / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Daddy Cool    Come back again (1971) (single)
The Nice    America (Jun 1968) (single)
The Nice    Rondo (1967) (The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Knife Edge (1970) (Emerson Lake & Palmer)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Karn Evil 9 First Impression Pt.2 (1973) (Brain Salad Surgery)
Keith Emerson    Nighthawks (Main Title Theme) (1981) (Nighthawks)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Hoedown (live) (1974) (Welcome Back My Friends, To The Show That Never Ends…)
9pm
The Beatles    Side 2 of Abbey Road (1969)  (Abbey Road)
The Beatles    Strawberry fields forever (1967) (single only)
The Beatles    Eleanor Rigby (1966)  (Revolver)
The Beatles    A day in the life (1967)  (Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Band)
The Beatles    I want to hold your hand (1963)  (single)
Mahavishnu Orchestra    Vision of a naked sword (1974) (Apocalypse)
10pm
Split Enz    Time for a change (1975) (Mental Notes)
Split Enz    Malmsbury villa (1979) (Beginning Of The Enz)
Split Enz    Sweet dreams (1976) (Second Thoughts)
The Swingers    Counting the beat (1981) (Practical Jokers)
Tamam Shud    Stand in the sunlight + Shakin’ out the stones + Sea the swells (live, 2007) (Noosa Rain)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Brain salad surgery (1973) (Brain Salad Surgery)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Fanfare for the common man (1977) (Works Volume I)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Jerusalem (1973) (Brain Salad Surgery)

Playlist - 11 April 2015

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, featuring recent music from Caligulas Horse (Brisbane), Karnivool (Perth), Myocardium (Tasmania) and Nihl (Melbourne), as well as some classic and eclectic music from Daddy Cool, McPhee and Sons Of The Vegetal Mother.

8pm
Spock’s Beard    From the darkness: a. The Darkness, b. Chance Meeting, c. On My Own, d. Start Over Again (2010) (X)
Anekdoten    In for a ride (2007) (A Time Of Day)
Within Temptation    Stand my ground (live) (2008) (Black Symphony)
Tinyfish    The big red spark (2010) (The Big Red Spark)
Ozric Tentacles    Pixel dream (2000) (The Hidden Step)
Pell Mell    Suite part 1 (1973) (From The New World)
9pm
Mike Oldfield    Sailing (2014) (Man On The Rocks)
Threshold    One degree down (2007) (Dead Reckoning)
Pink Floyd    Money (1973) (Dark Side Of The Moon)
Mirage    Alien attack - Supernova (2001) (A Secret Place)
Karnivool    Themata (2005) (Themata)
Liquid Tension Experiment    State of grace (1998) (Liquid Tension Experiment)
Caligulas Horse    Dark hair down (2013) (The Tide, The Thief & River's End)
10pm
Cressida    Summer weekend of a lifetime (1971) (Asylum)
Beggar’s Opera    Poet and the peasant (1971) (Act One)
McPhee    The wrong time (1972) (McPhee)
Sons Of The Vegetal Mother    Make it begin (1970) (Garden Party EP / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Daddy Cool    Make your stash (1972) (Sex, Dope, Rock n Roll: Teenage Heaven / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Nihl    Valium (2013) (Valium)
Mycardium    The key (2013) (Old/New EP)
Cybotron    Eureka  (1980)  (Implosion, bonus track from CD reissue)

Playlist - 26 April 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, starting with an hour of music from Australia and New Zealand, including the enigmatic NZ band Airlord. And it's happy birthday to Derek Dick, better known as "Fish" (lead singer of the '80's UK prog rock revivalists Marillion).

8pm
Spectrum    What the world needs is a new pair of socks (1971) (Milesago)
Tommy Emmanuel    Up from down under (1987) (Up From Down Under)
Split Enz    Stranger than fiction (1975) (Second Thoughts)
Airlord    Pictures in a puddle + Out of the woods (1977) (Clockwork Revenge)
Sebastian Hardie    I wish (2012) (Blueprint)
Windchase    Forward we ride / Horsemen to infinity (1978) (Symphinity)
9pm
Yes    The gates of delirium (1974) (Relayer)
Karnataka    The serpent and the sea (edit) (2010) (The Gathering Light)
Marillion    Script for a jester’s tear (1983) (Script For A Jester’s Tear)
Marillion    For the record (1987) (Clutching At Straws)
Marillion    Market square heroes (live, 1984) (Real To Reel)
10pm
Motorpsycho    Cloudwalker (a darker blue) (2014) (Behind The Sun)
Edison’s Children    The seventh sign (2014) (The Final Breath Before November)
Rush    Xanadu (live, 1978) (Different Stages - Live)
Rush    Presto (1989) (Presto)
La De Das    See my baby tonight (1971) (single only / Boogie! Australian Blues R&B And Heavy Rock From The ‘70’s)
Daddy Cool    Daddy rocks off (1972) (Sex, Dope, Rock'nRoll: Teenage Heaven)
Indelible Murtceps    Esmerelda (1972) (Warts Up Your Nose)
Sympathy Orchestra    Mystic peanut (2014) (Sword Machine)

Playlist - 16 February 2013

8pm
Camel    Air born (1976) (Moonmadness)
The Flower Kings    Painter (1999) (Flowerpower)
Loreena McKennitt    Come by the hills (1985) (Elemental)
Loreena McKennitt    The mystic’s dream (1994) (The Mask And Mirror)
Daddy Cool    Make your stash (1972) (Sex, Dope, Rock N Roll: Teenage Heaven / Golden miles : Australian progressive rock 1969-1974)
Pirana    Gassin’/GTK Theme (1970) (The GTK Tapes Vol.1)
Spectrum    Superbody (1970) (Part One)
The Valentines    Peculiar hole in the sky (1968) (single only / Peculiar Hole In The Sky)
9pm
Sebastian Hardie    Vuja de (2011) (Blueprint)
Caligula’s Horse    Alone in the world (2011) (Moments From Ephemeral City)
Blue Experience    Future traditions (1994) (Future Traditions)
Ozric Tentacles    Spiralmind (1999) (Waterfall Cities)
Genesis    Dancing with the Moonlit Knight (1973) (Selling England By The Pound)
Steve Hackett + John Wetton    Firth of fifth (1996) (Genesis Revisited)
10pm
Jon Anderson    New new world (2011) (Survival And Other Stories)
Jon & Vangelis    The friends of Mr Cairo (1981) (The Friends Of Mr Cairo / Chronicles)
Rush    You bet your life (1991) (Roll The Bones)
Rick Wakeman    The journey to the centre of the earth + Anne Boleyn (live, 1975) (King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents…)
Mario Millo    Rebecca (1979)  (single, The Australian Guitar Album / All Fired Up: The Lost Treasures Of Australian Music 1970-1990)