Playlist - 4 February 2023

Tonight, with Waitangi Day coming up this Monday 6th February, a feast of music past and present from New Zealand, followed by an hour of mostly Aussie music from the early 1970's with just a brief interlude into the music of US progressive metal band Queensryche ahead of the gig this week in Adelaide of their ex-lead singer Geoff Tate.

8pm
Pencarrow    New light (2020) (Growth In The Absence Of Light)
Pencarrow    Portrait of my inner frailty (2020) (Growth In The Absence Of Light)
Pencarrow    Twins paradox (live) (2022) (Live At San Fran)
Look To Windward    Aqua Marina (2019) (In Fantasy)
Ragnarok    The Volsung (1976) (Nooks)
Dragon    Scented gardens for the blind (1975) (Scented Gardens For The Blind)
Split Enz    History never repeats (live, NZ, 1993) (Greatest Hits: Live)
9pm
Healing Force    Golden Miles (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Dave Miller Set    Mr Guy Fawkes (1969) (single only / Peculiar Hole In The Sky)
Dave Miller Set    No need to cry (1970) (single only / Psych Bites: Australian Freakrock 1967-1974)
Queensryche    Resistance (1990) (Empire)
Queensryche    Silent lucidity (1990) (Empire)
Levi Smith's Clefs    Lisa (1970) (Empty Monkey)
Jeff St John & Copperwine    Any orange night (1970) (Joint Effort)
The James Taylor Move    Still I can go on (1967) (single only, Peculiar Hole In The Sky)

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Playlist - 1 February 2020

Another all-Australian feast of music, this time from the early 1970's and centred around the "head music" scene in the various cities around Australia - featuring Fraternity, The James Taylor Move, Levi Smith's Clefs and The Masters Apprentices (Adelaide), Blackfeather, The Dave Miller Set, Jeff St John with Copperwine, Kahvas Jute, McPhee, Tamam Shud and Tully (Sydney), plus Company Caine, Healing Force and Spectrum (Melbourne).

8pm
Healing Force    Golden Miles (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Dave Miller Set    Mr Guy Fawkes (1969) (single only / Peculiar Hole In The Sky)
Dave Miller Set    No need to cry (1970) (single only / Psych Bites: Australian Acid Freakrock 1967-1974)
Blackfeather    Seasons of change + Mango’s theme (1971) (At The Mountains Of Madness)
Company Caine   Now I'm together (1972) (b-side of single / bonus track on A Product Of  A Broken Reality)
Jeff St John & Copperwine    Any orange night (1970) (Joint Effort)
Spectrum    Superbody (1970) (Part One)
9pm
Kahvas Jute    Odyssey (1970) (Wide Open)
Levi Smith's Clefs    Lisa (1970) (Empty Monkey)
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974, compilation)
The James Taylor Move    Still I can go on (1967) (single only, Peculiar Hole In The Sky)
McPhee    Indian rope man (1972) (McPhee)
The Masters Apprentices    Because I love you (1971) (Choice Cuts)
Tully    Sea of joy Part 1 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
Tamam Shud    Goolutionites Theme Part 1 + Goolutionites Theme Part 2 (1970) (Goolutionites And The Real People)
Jeff St John & Copperwine    Cloud nine (1970) (Joint Effort)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

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In an Australian TV studio, probably sometime in 1971, Healing Force with the late great Charlie Tumahai:

48 years ago almost to the day (29 to 31 January 1972). the Meadows Technicolour Fair was held at Meadows (SA), featuring a long list of local and interstate acts, particularly notable since it also coincided with the 1972 Sunbury Festival on the same weekend. Bands included Blackfeather, Fraternity, Spectrum and Tamam Shud:

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 :