Playlist - 1 April 2023

Starting tonight with a tribute to the late lyricist Keith Reid, best known for providing the lyrics for almost every song by Procol Harum (and numerous other songs including "You're the voice" by John Farnham); then continuing for the rest of the evening with a banquet of music from Adelaide-based artists, past and present.

8pm
Procol Harum    An old English Dream (2003) (The Well’s On Fire)
Procol Harum    Typewriter torment (1975) (Procol’s Ninth)
The Noteworthys    A whiter shade of pale (full) [The Lost Verses} (2018) (digital single)
Levi Smith's Clefs    You can’t do that (1970) (Empty Monkey)
Fraternity    Seasons of change (1971, single version) (Seasons Of Change: The Complete Recordings 1970-1974)
Fraternity    Question (1971) (B-side of single “Why did it have to be me?” / Seasons Of Change: The Complete Recordings 1970-1974)
Fraternity    You have a god (1971) (Livestock / Seasons Of Change: The Complete Recordings 1970-1974)
Sound    Lemon patch (2020) (Listen)
9pm
Unitopia    Slow down (2006/2017) (More Than A Dream - The Dream Complete)
Southern Empire    Hold (2016) (Southern Empire)
Solar Soma    Two headed dog (2013) (So Much For Style)
Projected Twin    Circle of two (2010) (Earth To World)
The Slow Light    Cinema of the mind (live) (2020) (Live At Ghostnote Studios)
Hoodoo Gurus    Get out of Dodge (2022) (Chariot Of The Gods)

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Playlist - 17 September 2022

Due to ill health this week, a past special edition of Seasons Of Change is being re-broadcast tonight. 

At 10pm, following Seasons Of Change, please stay tuned to PBA-FM for Seattle & Beyond, 2 hours of grungey musical goodness from the 1990's & beyond.

Tonight, Seasons Of Change ransacks the prog rock jukebox for an eclectic selection of singles - featuring both hits and misses...

Source:  Gizmodo.com -"This was a jukebox in 1948"

8pm
Procol Harum    A whiter shade of pale (May 1967) (single only)
The Nice    America (Jun 1968) (single)
The Moody Blues    Nights in white satin (Nov 1967) (Days Of Future Passed)
Spectrum     I’ll be gone (Jan 1971) (single, full length stereo version / Part One, bonus track)
Kahvas Jute    Free (Jan 1971)  (Wide Open)
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (March 1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969:1974)
Healing Force    Golden Miles (July 1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969:1974)
Curved Air    Back street luv (Jul 1971) (Second Album)
Spectrum    Trust me (single version) (Jun 1971) (Milesago)
Company Caine    Trixie Stonewall’s Wayward Home For Young Women (single, Sept 1971) (A Product Of A Broken Reality)
Yes    Roundabout (single version) (Jan 1972) (Fragile)
Focus    Sylvia (Dec 1972) (Focus III)
9pm
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band    Joybringer (Aug 1973) (single only)
Buffalo    Sunrise (come my way) (single version)  (Aug 1973) (Volcanic Rock)
Genesis    I know what I like (in your wardrobe) (Oct 1973) (Selling England By The Pound)
Roxy Music    Street life (Nov  1973) (Stranded)
Supertramp    Dreamer (Dec 1974) (Crime Of The Century)
Sebastian Hardie    Rosanna (Aug 1975) (Four Moments)
Rainbow Theatre    Petworth House (1975) (The Armada)
Kansas    Carry on wayward son (Jan 1977) (Leftoverture)
Kate Bush    Wuthering Heights (Jan 1978) (The Kick Inside)

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When a prog rock band has a song which somehow gets into the charts, what on earth will the promo clips look like? Here are a few samples, recent and past...

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 - 18 June 2022

Tonight celebrating a couple of birthdays - Mike Rudd, the NZ-born veteran of the Australian music scene (with Spectrum, Ariel and numerous other projects since then) who celebrated his 77th birthday last Wednesday; and Paul McCartney, who turns 80 today.

8pm
Genesis    The Cinema Show/Aisle of plenty (1973) (Selling England By The Pound)
Locanda delle Fate    A vette un istante di quiete (1977) (Forse le lucciole non si amano piu)
Steve Hackett    Dancing with the moonlit knight (live) (2013) (Genesis Revisited: Live At Hammersmith)
The Beatles    Penny Lane (1967) (single only)
Paul McCartney & Wings    Silly love songs (1976) (Wings At The Speed Of Sound)
Paul McCartney & Wings    Band on the run (1973) (Band On The Run)
Paul McCartney & Wings    Mull of Kintyre (1977) (single)
9pm
Spectrum    Trust me (1971) (Milesago)
Indelible Murtceps    We are indelible (1972) (Warts Up Your Nose)
Ariel    Men in Grey Raincoats (1975) (Rock & Roll Scars)
Ariel    And if it wasn’t for you (1973) (A Strange Fantastic Dream)
Ariel    Rock ‘n roll scars (live, Dec 1975) (A-Reefer-Derci / Rock n Roll Scars, bonus track)
Ariel    I can’t say what I mean (live, Dec 1975) (A-Reefer-Derci / Rock n Roll Scars, bonus track)
Spectrum    Sensible shoes (live, 2003) (Forever Music presents: Series One – Seasons Of Change)
Levi Smith's Clefs    Relief from a lighted doorway (1970) (Empty Monkey)
Fraternity    You have a god (1971) (Livestock / Seasons Of Change: The Complete Recordings 1970-1974)
Fraternity    Seasons of change (1971, single version) (Seasons Of Change: The Complete Recordings 1970-1974)

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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 - 11 December 2021

Tonight checking out some of the more interesting releases during the last 12 months, from here in Australia and from overseas.

8pm
The Omnific    Scurryfunge (2021) (Escapades)
Fraternity    Raglan’s folly (1971/2021) (Livestock / Seasons Of Change: The Complete Recordings 1970-1974)
Fraternity    It (1971/2021) (Livestock / Seasons Of Change: The Complete Recordings 1970-1974)
Sam Teskey    Don’t fear (2021) (Cycles)
Sam Teskey    Let the sun bring the light (2021) (Cycles)
Beautiful Bedlam    Breather (2021) (Beautiful Bedlam)
The Cortex Shift    Sentience (2021) (Eat The Rich And Steal Their Spaceships)
Fraternity    Seasons of change (1971/2021, single version) (Seasons Of Change: The Complete Recordings 1970-1974)
9pm
Yes    The ice bridge (2021) (The Quest)
Pineapple Thief    Our mire (2021) (Nothing But The Truth)
Porcupine Tree    Harridan (2022) (Closure / Continuation)
Lifesigns     Altitude (2021) (Altitude)
Kansas    Dust in the wind (live) (2021) (Point Of Know Return – Live And Beyond)
Flutatious    Through space and time (2021) (Through Space And Time)

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Sound with pictures for some of the releases listed above:

Playlist - 13 November 2021

 8pm
The Moody Blues    The dream (1969) (On The Threshold Of A Dream)
The Moody Blues    Have you heard Pt.1 (1969) (On The Threshold Of A Dream)
The Moody Blues    The voyage (1969) (On The Threshold Of A Dream)
The Moody Blues    Have you heard Pt.2 (1969) (On The Threshold Of A Dream)
The Moody Blues    Nights in white satin (1967) (Days Of Future Passed)
The Moody Blues    Late lament (1967) (Days Of Future Passed)
Sam Teskey    If the dove is sold (2021) (Cycles)
Sam Teskey    Our world goes cold (2021) (Cycles)
Sam Teskey    Then love returns (2021) (Cycles)
Sam Teskey    Till the river takes us home (2021) (Cycles)
Freedom To Glide    Remember (2012) (The Wait)
Freedom To Glide    Hypnotised (2012) (The Wait)
9pm
Masters Apprentices    The lesson so listen (1971) (A Toast To Panama Red)
Masters Apprentices    Love is (1971) (A Toast To Panama Red)
Masters Apprentices    Melodies of St Kilda (1971) (A Toast To Panama Red)
Masters Apprentices    Southern cross (1971) (A Toast To Panama Red)
Masters Apprentices    Thyme to rhyme (1971) (A Toast To Panama Red)
XTC    Rook (1992) (Nonsuch)
The Dukes Of Stratosphear    Collideascope (1987) (Psionic Psunspot / Chips From The Chocolate Fireball)
XTC    Stupidly happy (2000) (Wasp Star – Apple Venus Volume 2)
Royal Hunt    5th element (2003) (Eyewitness)
Vola    24 light-years (2021) (Witness)
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

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Andy P. with XTC, live in Germany in 1982:

The Masters - Jim, Doug, Glenn and Colin - being interviewed in 1971 for the ABC's GTK program:

Playlist - 9 October 2021

For tonight's 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

 For the 2nd week of Bach-tober:

 - Cirith Ungol    Toccata (1984) (King Of The Dead)

 

 

 

 

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)
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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For Bach-tober: 

From the studios of ABC TV in 1971, Lotus:

"Songs inspired by Bach" - which, in a whirlwind-like 17 minutes, manages to connect Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, the Beach Boys, two classical-rock crossover groups (Ekseption and Sky) and the Swingle Singers...

Playlist - 10 July 2021

8pm
Camel    Chord change (1976) (Moonmadness)
Camel    Lunar sea (live) (1976) (Moonmadness, bonus track on reissue)
Fraternity    It (1971) (Livestock)
The Valentines    Peculiar hole in the sky (1968) (single only / Peculiar Hole In The Sky)
AC/DC    It’s a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll (1975) (T.N.T.)
Ash    Midnight witch (1971) (single only / The Complete Havoc Singles 1971-1973)
Healing Force    Golden Miles (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Magma    Ima Suri Dondai (1973) (Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh)
9pm
Ozric Tentacles    Jurassic shift (live) (2007) (Sunrise Festival)
Ozric Tentacles    Vita Voom (1993) (Jurassic Shift)
Roger Glover    The feast (1974) (The Butterfly Ball)
Roger Glover    Love is all (1974) (The Butterfly Ball)
Dio    Man on the silver mountain (live) (1998) (Inferno: Last in Live)
Rainbow    Kill the king (live) (1990) (Live In Germany 1976)
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra    Signs of life (live, 2006) (ASO Plays Pink Floyd)
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra    Learning to fly (live, 2006) (ASO Plays Pink Floyd)
Sound    White Karn (late 90’s / 2020) (Listen)
Christine Anu    My island home (1994) (Party)

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NAIDOC Week 2021 runs from Sunday 4th July to Sunday 11th July. For more information, please visit the official website: https://www.naidoc.org.au/.

Bon Scott + goatee + recorder with Fraternity at ABC TV in 1971 with "Raglan's folly":

 

Ash Exhibit#1 - from Ash Mk.2:

Ash Exhibit #2 - from Ash Mk.1 a rather muffled performance of "Midnight witch":

Playlist - 5 June 2021

Tonight, diving into music from "6 of the best" - classic Aussie progressive rock albums from the 1970's, starting with classics from the "head music" scene of the early 1970's (Spectrum, Tamam Shud and Company Caine) plus Adelaide's own Fraternity and Mike Rudd's later project Ariel; and concluding with the European-style symphonic rock of Sebastian Hardie from 1975.

8pm
Spectrum    That’s alright (Dec 1971) (Milesago)
Spectrum    Love’s my bag (Dec 1971) (Milesago)
Spectrum    What the world needs (is a new pair of socks) (Dec 1971) (Milesago)
Tamam Shud    The Goolutionites and the Real People (Oct 1970) (Goolutionites And The Real People)
Tamam Shud    They’ll take you down on the lot (Oct 1970) (Goolutionites And The Real People)
Tamam Shud    I love you all (Oct 1970) (Goolutionites And The Real People)
Tamam Shud    Heaven is closed (Oct 1970) (Goolutionites And The Real People)
Company Caine    Symptoms (Nov 1971) (A Product of a Broken Reality)
Company Caine    Trixie Stonewall’s Wayward Home For Young Women (Nov 1971) (A Product Of A Broken Reality)
9pm
Madder Lake    Salmon Song (Apr 1973) (Still Point)
Fraternity    Livestock (June 1971) (Livestock)
Fraternity    Raglan’s folly (June 1971) (Livestock)
Ariel    Jamaican farewell (Dec 1973) (Strange Fantastic Dream)
Ariel    No encores (Dec 1973) (Strange Fantastic Dream)
Sebastian Hardie    Openings (Aug 1975) (Four Moments)
Ariel    Confessions of a psychopathic cowpoke (Dec 1973) (Strange Fantastic Dream)

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Playlist - 20 March 2021

Starting tonight with a selection from the work of Doug Parkinson, who passed away this week. Also, songs from Fraternity and Spectrum, which you might have heard if you attended the Fraternity 50th aniversary  concert at Thebarton Theatre on Thursday night. And, from the Birthday Book, Phil Judd (Split Enz), Roger Hodgson (Supertramp), Carl Palmer (ELP, Asia) and J.S. Bach all celebrate their birthdays this weekend.

8pm
The Alpha Experiment (feat. Doug Parkinson)    Everything must change (2013) (Close Encounter)
Doug Parkinson In Focus    Purple curtains (1970) (single only, Psych Bites: Australian Freakrock 1967-1974 Vol.1)
Doug Parkinson In Focus    Dear Prudence (1969) (single)
Roger Hodgson    Take the long way home (live, 2010) (Classics Live)
Roger Hodgson    Give me love, give me life (1984) (Eye Of The Storm)
Chris Cameron    Relentless (2019) (Relentless EP)
Emily Barker    Where have the sparrows gone? (2020) (A Dark Murmuration)
9pm
Frank Zappa    I’m the slime (1973) (Overnite Sensation)
Phil Judd    Sooner or later (1982) (Private Lives)
Split Enz    Sweet dreams (1976) (Second Thoughts)
Fraternity    Grand Canyon Suites (1971) (Livestock / Seasons Of Change: The Complete Recordings 1970-1974)
Fraternity    Hemming’s farm (1972) (Flaming Galah / Seasons Of Change: The Complete Recordings 1970-1974)
Spectrum    Make your stash (1970) (Part One)
The Nice    Brandenburger (1968) (single, Ars Longa Vita Brevis)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Tank (1970) (Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
Doug Parkinson In Focus    Do not go gentle (1971 on GTK, ABC TV / 1994) (The GTK Tapes Vol.1)

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Playlist - 6 February 2021

Starting tonight with selections from the recently released 3CD box set of music from Adelaide-based band Fraternity; plus, after 9pm, a feast of music from New Zealand artists (because today is Waitangi Day). And from the Birthday Book, trippy music from the UK space-rock scene featuring guitarist Huw Lloyd-Langton (Hawkwind) and keyboardist Tim Blake (Gong, Hawkwind, solo) as well as Roye Albrighton (Nektar).

8pm
Fraternity    Seasons of change (single version) (1971/2021) (Seasons Of Change: The Complete Recordings 1970-1974)
Fraternity    Raglan’s folly (1971/2021) (Livestock / Seasons Of Change: The Complete Recordings 1970-1974)
Fraternity    Jupiter’s landscape (1971/2021) (Livestock / Seasons Of Change: The Complete Recordings 1970-1974)
Unitopia    Justify (2005) (More Than A Dream)
Projected Twin    Circle of two (feat. Solar Soma) (2010) (Earth To World)
Hawkwind    The fifth second of forever (1980) (Levitation)
Hawkwind    Dust of time (1980) (Levitation)
9pm
Split Enz    Walking down a road (1975) (Mental Notes)
Split Enz    Maybe (1975) (Mental Notes)
Split Enz    Message to my girl (live, NZ, 1993) (ExtravagENZa)
Eddie Rayner & ENZO    Stuff and nonsense (live) (2014) (ENZO - Stranger Than Fiction - Live)
Dragon    Universal radio (1974) (Universal Radio)
Phil Judd    Dream ’n’ away (1983) (Private Lives)
Ticket    Dream chant (1972) (Awake)
Nektar    New day dawning (1973) (Sounds Like This)
Finn    Niwhai (1995) (Finn)

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If you have 10 minutes to spare, you may choose invest that time on this recent live-in-the-studio performance of (part of) the first Projected Twin album "Earth To World", by Shaun Holton and friends via FB: Cat Johns, Chris Lau, Simon Lee, Cam Blokland and Luke Whelan:

From 1985, Hawkwind with HLL back in the fold and in fine form on lead guitar:

From 1974, a true artefact with Roye Albrighton and Nektar "live" with the edited version of RTF:

 

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)

Seasons Of Change thanks the sponsors of your local radio station PBA-FM and encourages you to support them too - see the PBA-FM website for more information.

Playlist - 21 November 2020 (COVID lockdown edition)

Due to the COVID lockdown, at this stage, a past edition of Seasons Of Change is being rebroadcast tonight.

Tonight, Seasons Of Change ransacks the prog rock jukebox for an eclectic selection of singles - featuring both hits and misses...

Source:  Gizmodo.com -"This was a jukebox in 1948"

8pm
Procol Harum    A whiter shade of pale (May 1967) (single only)
The Nice    America (Jun 1968) (single)
The Moody Blues    Nights in white satin (Nov 1967) (Days Of Future Passed)
Spectrum     I’ll be gone (Jan 1971) (single, full length stereo version / Part One, bonus track)
Kahvas Jute    Free (Jan 1971)  (Wide Open)
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (March 1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969:1974)
Healing Force    Golden Miles (July 1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969:1974)
Curved Air    Back street luv (Jul 1971) (Second Album)
Spectrum    Trust me (single version) (Jun 1971) (Milesago)
Company Caine    Trixie Stonewall’s Wayward Home For Young Women (single, Sept 1971) (A Product Of A Broken Reality)
Yes    Roundabout (single version) (Jan 1972) (Fragile)
Focus    Sylvia (Dec 1972) (Focus III)
9pm
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band    Joybringer (Aug 1973) (single only)
Buffalo    Sunrise (come my way) (single version)  (Aug 1973) (Volcanic Rock)
Genesis    I know what I like (in your wardrobe) (Oct 1973) (Selling England By The Pound)
Roxy Music    Street life (Nov  1973) (Stranded)
Supertramp    Dreamer (Dec 1974) (Crime Of The Century)
Sebastian Hardie    Rosanna (Aug 1975) (Four Moments)
Rainbow Theatre    Petworth House (1975) (The Armada)
Kansas    Carry on wayward son (Jan 1977) (Leftoverture)
Kate Bush    Wuthering Heights (Jan 1978) (The Kick Inside)

Seasons Of Change thanks the sponsors of your local radio station PBA-FM and encourages you to support them too - please see the PBA-FM website for more information.

Like everyone here in Adelaide, PBA-FM is limited in the services we can offer during the current COVID lockdown. Please see the PBA-FM website and the official PBA-FM Facebook page for more information.

During the current COVID lockdown, if you have time on your hands, please take the time to:

- enjoy the varied musical mix and pre-recorded programs still being brought to you on PBA-FM by our automation system.

- have a look at the PBA-FM website, if you haven't already, and find out more about the many and varied shows usually available every week on your local station - including, but not limited to: great local and independent music on Max Radio (Tuesday 9pm and Saturday 10pm); Adelaide's best 70's request show, Living In The 70's (Wednesday afternoon), electronic sounds with Somewhere Down There (Thursday 9pm), K-pop and more on Saturday Hot Pot (Saturday afternoon) and Adelaide's best and longest running nostalgia program, Thanks For The Memory (Monday 9pm); plus, away from the world of music, two of the jewels of PBA-FM programming - Words Out Loud, the show where everyone has a story and you can take the "5 word challenge" (fortnightly, Tuesday morning) and The Kitchen Table where you'll find interesting guests and the best conversation (Wednesday 1:30pm).

Of course, there's heaps more - just check out the station website at https://www.pbafm.org.au/ and browse the schedule to find out more.

Playlist - 25 July 2020

8pm
Caligula’s Horse    The Ascent (2020) (Rise Radiant)
Arcane    Secret (2009) (Chronicles Of The Waking Dream)
Unitopia    Tesla (2010) (Artificial)
Iva Davies    Walk alone (1999) (The Ghost Of Time)
The Lammas Tide    Hudson Line (2011) (High Tide)
Fraternity    Seasons of change (1971) (single only)
9pm
Deeexpus (feat. Nik Kershaw)    Memo (2011) (King Of Number 33)
The Mute Gods    One day (2019) (Atheists & Believers)
Porcupine Tree    This is no rehearsal (1999) (Stupid Dream)
Roine Stolt    The flower king (1994) (The Flower King)
Anekdoten    Shooting star (2015) (Until All The Ghosts Have Gone)
Andy Salvanos    Transform (2016) (Transform)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

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A little more from Andy Salvanos and a "2020" version of a pensive track from 2012:

Lammas Day (or Loaf Mass Day) is still 7 days away in the Northern hemisphere (1 August) and of course 6 months away in Australia (1 February) but to while away the hours, here is Perth band The Lammas Tide from 8 years ago and an official video clip for their then single:

And Mr Nik Kershaw, from his own freshly minted EP, "These Little Things":

Playlist - 11 July 2020

8pm
Madder Lake    Helper (live) + I get high (live) + It’s all in your head (live) (Sydney, 1978) (The Live Adventures Of Madder Lake 1973-2008)
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974, compilation)
The Valentines    Peculiar hole in the sky (1968) (single only / Peculiar Hole In The Sky)
AC/DC    Dirty deeds done dirt cheap (1976) (Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap)
Blackfeather    Mango’s theme (1971) (At The Mountains Of Madness)
All India Radio    Immortality (2019) (Eternal)
9pm
Steven Wilson    Luminol (live, Mexico, 2012) (2017) (Get All You Deserve)
Steven Wilson    Sound of muzak (live, 2018) (2018) (Home Invasion in concert at the Royal Albert Hall)
Magenta    Legend (live) (2018) (We Are Seven – Live 2018)
Look To Windward    Control (2010) (Fortunes Haze)
The Omnific    Pharaoh 2.0 (2020) (digital single)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

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The Omnific (Melbourne), being rather busy for 6 minutes, 20 seconds:

Kiwi band Look To Windward, with a more recent release:

Playlist - 13 June 2020

It's not every year that you celebrate your 75th birthday; so as that milestone approaches this Monday for the talented Aussie legend (and kiwi) Mike Rudd, it's fitting to dedicate the first half of tonight's edition of Seasons Of Change to a selection of music from Spectrum and Ariel.

8pm
Spectrum    I’ll be gone (1971) (single, alternate stereo version / bonus track on reissue of Part One)
Spectrum    Drifting (1971) (Part One)
Spectrum    What the world needs (is a new pair of socks) (1971) (Milesago)
Spectrum    Untitled (1971) (Milesago)
Indelible Murtceps    Esmerelda (1972) (Warts Up Your Nose)
Ariel    Garden of the frenzied Cortinas (1974) (A Strange Fantastic Dream)
Ariel    Rock & roll scars (1975) (Rock & Roll Scars)
Spectrum    Star crazy (2008) (Breathing Space)
9pm
Uriah Heep    Paradise/The spell (1972) (Demons and Wizards)
Yes    Roundabout (single version) (1972) (Fragile)
Captain Beyond    Dancing madly backwards (on a sea of air) (1972) (Captain Beyond)
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974, compilation)
The Nice    America (1968) (single)
Queen    The prophet’s song (1975) (A Night At The Opera)
Golden Earring    Radar love (1973) (Moontan)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)


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Should you have the time, you can immerse yourself in a 37 minute interview with Mike Rudd here:

...but you only have 32 minutes? Behold a fine (and well-recorded) set by Mike at the Memo Music Hall, St Kilda, Melbourne, December 2016:

...or witness a recent cameo with Madder Lake:

...and revisit the brief detour into electro-pop with W.H.Y. in 1983:

This isn't Queen, but this cover version by Dutch acapella group Rock4 is pretty amazing nonetheless, assisted by a little handy looping:

Playlist - 30 May 2020

8pm
The Omnific    Objets de Vertu (2017) (Kismet)
Arcane    The malice (2009) (Chronicles Of The Waking Dream)
Caligula’s Horse    Water’s edge (2013) (The Tide, The Thief & River's End)
Drawn From Bees    Web of thieves (2014) (Web of thieves)
Drawn From Bees    All this time (2008) (The Boy And The Ocean)
Glasshouse    It burns (2005) (Nothing Comes Of Thinking)
The Slow Light    Dream sequence (2020) (Cinema Of The Mind)
Porcupine Tree    Gravity eyelids (live at XM Satellite Radio) (2002/2020) (XM)
9pm
Split Enz    Years go by (1984) (See Ya Round)
Neil Finn    The climber (2001) (One Nil)
Split Enz    Message to my girl (live, NZ, 1993) (Greatest Hits: Live)
Crowded House    Four seasons in one day (1992) (Woodface)
Transatlantic     My new world (live) (live, 2014) (KALIVEOSCOPE)
Freedom to Glide    Not a broken man (2013) (Rain)
Damanek    Skyboat (2018) (In Flight)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

 

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A fair bit more from The Slow Light (Adelaide), c/- their own YT channel; their entire "Cinema Of The Mind" EP:

The Omnific (Melbourne):

From the UK, Freedom To Glide, and a newly released recording, "lockdown style":

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 - 28 December 2019

It's the last edition of Seasons Of Change for 2019 and also for the decade. It is also Proclamation Day here in South Australia, the anniversary of the day in 1836 when the state of South Australia was proclaimed and established as a province, at a cermony by the old gum tree at Glenelg, so:
- from 8pm, a selection of fine music from some of the South Australian artists who have never been far away from Saturday nights; then
- from 9pm, a selection from the musical legacy of some of the talented performers who passed away during the last 12 months, including Chris Wilson, Leo De Castro (Friends, Johnny Rocco Band, etc) Geoff Gray (Flake), Dr John, Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind Faith, etc) and the marvellous Jacques Loussier.

Next week's edition of Seasons Of Change will feature a selection of music released during the last 12 months.

8pm
Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest    Sevenhill 1873 Johann Pallhuder SJ + Stephenston 1875 The Speculator’s waltz + Knockaruna Quorn 1879 The Farmers + Pichi Richi 1879 The Railways (2006) (Land Of The Vast Horizon)
Andy Salvanos    Solar cycles (2018) (Solar Cycles)
Southern Empire    Hold (2016) (Southern Empire)
Solar Soma    Islands (2013) (So Much For Style)
Unitopia    More than a dream (2005) (More Than A Dream)
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974, compilation)
9pm
Chris Wilson    Born under a bad sign (live) (1992) (Alimony Blues CD single)
Chris Wilson    Wolves (1992) (Landlocked)
Friends    Freedom train (1972) (single only / Leo de Castro & Friends)
Flake    Violet Jam Part A: Down in Rio (1971) (How’s Your Mother)
Dr John    Right place wrong time (1973/1995) (In The Right Place)
Cream    White room (1968) (Wheels Of Fire)
Jacques Loussier    Prelude No.1 (1959) (Play Bach No.1)
Midnight Oil    Short memory (1982) (10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1)
Midnight Oil    River runs red (1990) (Blue Sky Mining)

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 And here's a little more from...

Dr John

Chris Wilson

Leo de Castro (with Friends, broadcast May 1973)

A mere snippet of Jacques in 1975...

and Jacques again in 2004...