Chapter Music http://www.chaptermusic.com will be releasing the 2nd installment of their seminal "Can't Stop It!" series in February. They'll also be releasing "Primitive Calculators and Friends" collating their 1st single, the Little Band EPs and some live material.
― phil turnbull (philT), Saturday, 6 January 2007 01:55 (6 years ago) Permalink
― phil turnbull (philT), Saturday, 6 January 2007 02:12 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 6 January 2007 02:41 (6 years ago) Permalink
Is the Slugfuckers reissue still in print? I meant to pick that up.
― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Saturday, 6 January 2007 03:22 (6 years ago) Permalink
slugs reissue is hard to find but you might be lucky. see the page on my website for emails to the guy that released it.
― phil turnbull (philT), Saturday, 6 January 2007 03:46 (6 years ago) Permalink
Ah, let me clarify -- *I* would love to review this stuff for the AMG. I just need a supplier, as it were. ;-)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 6 January 2007 03:47 (6 years ago) Permalink
― sleeve version 2.0 (sleeve testing), Saturday, 6 January 2007 03:56 (6 years ago) Permalink
Ned, you are shameless! ;)
― Bimbler (Bimble...), Saturday, 6 January 2007 04:13 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 6 January 2007 04:15 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 6 January 2007 04:17 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 6 January 2007 04:17 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Bimbler (Bimble...), Saturday, 6 January 2007 04:19 (6 years ago) Permalink
Think capitalization.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 6 January 2007 04:20 (6 years ago) Permalink
I actually remember seeing your site before Phil, long ago. Meant to come back to it but just never did.
― Bimbler (Bimble...), Saturday, 6 January 2007 04:24 (6 years ago) Permalink
http://www.chaptermusic.com.au/artists.asp?id=42
― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Saturday, 6 January 2007 05:46 (6 years ago) Permalink
― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Saturday, 6 January 2007 05:47 (6 years ago) Permalink
http://www.spin.net.au/~mifilito/msquared.html
― sleeve version 2.0 (sleeve testing), Saturday, 6 January 2007 06:30 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Good Warlock of the West (Bimble...), Saturday, 6 January 2007 06:53 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Good Warlock of the West (Bimble...), Saturday, 6 January 2007 06:59 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Good Warlock of the West (Bimble...), Saturday, 6 January 2007 07:04 (6 years ago) Permalink
― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Saturday, 6 January 2007 07:07 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Good Warlock of the West (Bimble...), Saturday, 6 January 2007 07:16 (6 years ago) Permalink
"Hindu Gods of Love" is great
― Soukesian (Soukesian), Saturday, 6 January 2007 14:17 (6 years ago) Permalink
Phil - thank you so much for making your personal compilations available. I downloaded the first one and it slots in great next to the proper comps from the last 5 years. I've just downloaded the latest (which probably put you over your daily transfer quota) and can't wait to give it a digital spin.
― Mitchell Dickerman (Mr. Odd), Saturday, 6 January 2007 14:39 (6 years ago) Permalink
but there's sooo much great old music out there!
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 6 January 2007 14:50 (6 years ago) Permalink
OMG!!! I KNOW! I just found those last night man! And I was like why the fuck didn't someone on ILM tell me there were finally two new Messthetics? Why the fuck? They're in the mail to me now. Although I really do hope he didn't duplicate too much the songs/bands of the past volumes.
― Good Warlock of the West (Bimble...), Saturday, 6 January 2007 14:54 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Good Warlock of the West (Bimble...), Saturday, 6 January 2007 14:57 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Good Warlock of the West (Bimble...), Saturday, 6 January 2007 15:02 (6 years ago) Permalink
all - any ideas on what other tracks i should make available? i was thinking about selections from the M2 cassette releases...
― phil turnbull (philT), Saturday, 6 January 2007 20:56 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 6 January 2007 21:14 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Sunday, 7 January 2007 05:02 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Good Warlock of the West (Bimble...), Sunday, 7 January 2007 05:14 (6 years ago) Permalink
Top tier, almost every track is a winner:Can't Stop It 1 & 2Do The Pop (with more due this year!)Born Out Of TimeTales From The Australian Underground Vol. 1 & 2Inner City SoundBehind The Banana Curtain (mostly for the first disc)No Night Sweats Vol. 1 & 2 - MP3 compilations from Phil's site
Second tier, lots of good stuff mixed with lesser material:Alternative AnimalsMissing Link StoryMurder Punk Vol. 1 & 2Shakedown: Original Brisbane Punk (the Kicks stuff is KILLER)
Wot else?
― Mitchell Dickerman (Mr. Odd), Sunday, 7 January 2007 22:52 (6 years ago) Permalink
oh yeah there's a double disc comp of stuff released on aberrant, not bad, definitely as good as anything on your second tier list.
i'd be curious to see what a second volume of do the pop would contain. i don't think the barrel has been scraped yet, although i feel the tracklist for Tales vol 2 could have been a tiny bit more interesting.
there's a huge amount of fantastic stuff on the phantom and waterfront labels (for starters) that is yet to see reissue.. there's still plenty of m squared stuff floating about in obscurity too..
have a look at http://blackeyerecords.blogspot.com/ - the black eye records jukebox. plenty of neat stuff there
― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Sunday, 7 January 2007 23:06 (6 years ago) Permalink
Thanks for that MP3 blog reference, I'll check it out.
― Mitchell Dickerman (Mr. Odd), Sunday, 7 January 2007 23:15 (6 years ago) Permalink
Also got an Essendon Airport CD the other day, can't remember the name. Some good 70s 80s Australian music is starting to get released.
By the way this Cybotron is not related to Juan Atkins.
― mentalist (mentalist), Monday, 8 January 2007 01:07 (6 years ago) Permalink
the thug "fuck your dad" 7" is a great lace to start. i believe the thug stuff is on cd.
ben
― Ben Dover (jonbenetsbody), Monday, 8 January 2007 04:38 (6 years ago) Permalink
Ben
― Ben Dover (jonbenetsbody), Monday, 8 January 2007 04:39 (6 years ago) Permalink
― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Monday, 8 January 2007 04:42 (6 years ago) Permalink
― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Monday, 8 January 2007 04:46 (6 years ago) Permalink
― slackety yax (H2-H4), Monday, 8 January 2007 04:53 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Ben Dover (jonbenetsbody), Monday, 8 January 2007 04:56 (6 years ago) Permalink
We won't talk of things like Fungus Brains and the Sick Things as they are also in that weird mid-80's zone that was post-punk AND hardcore. It all made sense when I got that weird 2nd Sick Things collection and they did an Exploited cover. Punks is Hippies.
― Ben Dover (jonbenetsbody), Monday, 8 January 2007 05:02 (6 years ago) Permalink
NO is mid-80s ollie olsen thing IIRC?
― slackety yax (H2-H4), Monday, 8 January 2007 05:12 (6 years ago) Permalink
tryace has a NO album i think?
― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Monday, 8 January 2007 05:19 (6 years ago) Permalink
http://siltblog.blogspot.com/
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 06:16 (6 years ago) Permalink
My mistake here -- the band was Tablewaiters and this lost album was called Gate. Here's all the notes I have:
Tablewaiters
Gate
1.Soil Abstraction
2. Access
3. Echoes
4. UltraViolet
5. Connect
6. Feeding Time
7. Return to Venus
8. Gate 3
9. Confrontation With A Mountain
10. Welcome Welcome
11. Soil Abstraction ( Take 1)
Anthony Ameneiro Keyboards
Graham Synold - Vocals
Ed Lee - Guitar and Sounds
Gye Bennetts - Drums
Ian Robertson - Bass
Recorded Albert Studios 1981
Taken from unmixed masters reels
Produced by Lobby Lloyd
Dedicated to Robert Nimod R.I.P.
Thanks to Robert Barnham Management, and Sunnyboys for the shout
Tablewaiters were a band from Sydney. They formed in 1981 and were quickly taken into Lobby Lloyds management group with the Sunnyboys, Machinations and Sardine v. This album was recorded when they had been together for 12 weeks and it was never released. They quickly matured and wrote a second album of material that was to be released on RCA.. There was one single "Scattered Visions" from those sessions.
It's extremely good, I have to say -- very much a product of its time and place but reworking 'the Factory sound' plus a lot of other stuff around that time -- early paranoid Specials, hints of New Pop, a touch of Devo, etc. -- into one place. I'd really like to find out more but damn if this stuff isn't right up my alley. Andy Kellman/Dr. C to thread! And Dan Selzer again obv.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 04:46 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 05:34 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 05:37 (6 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, that's an mp3, and without a scan. Fantastic that it's there, of course. Wouldn't have heard it otherwise.
― Michael Train, Thursday, 11 February 2010 00:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
i figure i can use this thread as a catchall for aussie reissues
shortly arriving is a Chad's Tree retrospective, which is pretty nice since none of it has ever been on cd save for one or two tracks, the two LPs are relatively rare and v expensive, and it's great stuff.. pre-Blackeyed Susans fact fans
after that the delightful Egg records (who did the let's go naked comp) is doing a Rabbits Wedding retrospective, which i have been wanting for years and years and may even have given them the inspiration to do (as I emailed them with said request about five years ago). quite Go-Betweensy but their 'hit' Coming Like Summer is dripping with lloyd cole. really love this band so i am chuffed..
― from the unhip (electricsound), Monday, 5 April 2010 10:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
the RW reissue probably helped along by one of the band members rediscovering all the tapes and various other bits and pieces fairly recently
― from the unhip (electricsound), Monday, 5 April 2010 10:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
For those of you in Sydney:
A CloakRoom Assembly - Territory & Population - Album Launch
Saturday 19th June 2010
Megaphon StudiosFloor 2, Building 870 Edith StreetSt Peters NSW
$10 at the door
8.00 – 8.30pm - Shane Fahey8.45 – 9.15pm - A Slow Rip9.30 – 10.00pm - Gail Priest10.15 – 10.45pm - Pimmon11.00 – 11.30pm - A CloakRoom Assembly
This should be a great night of interesting and vital music
― nonightsweats, Saturday, 12 June 2010 07:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
ABC Radio National (Australia) presents a 2 part documentary on the Sydney and Melb scenes:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/hindsight/stories/2010/2946088.htm
On today at 2PM AEST (3 hours from now) and next Sunday - streaming on the web or podcast as well.
― nonightsweats, Sunday, 18 July 2010 01:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
Nice to see that Other Music here in New York finally got some copies of Terrace Industry. Had been on the fence since I probably had 2/3 of it in one form or another, but a physical copy within arms' reach was too much to pass up.
― Michael Train, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
there is now also this, which is a subset of the VoD box:
http://www.ascensionrecords.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=95
― barbara of seville (electricsound), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
So what's left in this barrel to scrape? Is there going to be another in the "Do The Pop" series?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 19:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
some great new post-punk & underground rock bands out of australia include
UV RACEBLANK REALMKITCHEN'S FLOOR
― flopson, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 20:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
love kitchen's floor, don't have much if any time for the other two..
doesn't look like it, but the well is far from empty. for one example, the au go go label catalogue has been barely touched by compilers, amongst others. there's easily another 5 compilations worth of uncompiled stuff out there that wouldn't disappoint fans of the 'tales' or 'can't stop it' comps..
― back in gloom (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 21:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
when someone finally gets around to anthologising the mid-late 80s aussie stuff some minds are going to be seriously blown
― back in gloom (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 21:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
You should do an unofficial MP3 comp like our other illustrious poster in this thread!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 22:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
Was looking forward to that Rabbits Wedding retrospective, but I guess Egg went out of business?
― svend, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 22:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
looks that way, though i don't think it's entirely down to them - i had some brief communication with a RW member (who is now in a quite good band called Dusken Lights) who indicated they'd put the project on hold themselves to concentrate on new stuff and would come back to it at a later stage..
― back in gloom (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 22:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe one day soon... i am *finally* transferring all my vinyl, which i had been planning to do for ten years or more, so it's not unlikely..
― back in gloom (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 22:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Woohoo! I'd love to come over and help but, y'know, halfway around the world and all...
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 22:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Let alone the full Waterfront retrospective....Vinyl on Demand—The Ratcat Box....
Isn't somebody doing something with Feedtime, or did that happen?
There was the first Fungus Brains not long ago that somebody put out. Legit?
A Venom P Stinger set would be nice
The Moodists are out of print, best I can tell
Lipstick Killers, if you're going garage rock
And, God willing, I'm hoping to get the band nearest my heart, Wollongong's Sunday Painters, back out into the world this year. Not sure what form it will take yet. But given that the singles have started ebaying for $300 apiece, the moment is here.
― Michael Train, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 23:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Do it Jim!
― yuoowemeone, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 23:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
sub pop is doing a feedtime thing in march iirc
a lot of the moodists 'two fisted art' comp was poorly done imo so i'm not that sorry to see it go out of print. a lot of vinyl 'remastering' is really lazily done and this is one that suffered. the tactics comp suffered a little from this too.
ratcat's 'informer' comp needs to be back in print, iirc it's basically all their waterfront stuff and it's so good.
a comp of the first 50 waterfront 45s would be a fucking joy to listen to
xpost it'll happen!
― back in gloom (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 23:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
now that i've checked a couple of early ratcat things never made it to cd - 'radio one' from the first 12", 'tura satana' from the saying goodbye 45, and the acoustic 'it's over' from the official bootleg. oh and their hummingbirds cover.
― back in gloom (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 23:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ah, that's right, Sub Pop. They deserve it.
There was that Grong Grong reissue last year, too. Not that originals are scarce and pricey artifacts.
― Michael Train, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 23:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
And yes, the Moodists and Tactics cds sound noticeably worse than the vinyl. Having just helped out on two projects done in large part from vinyl (UK bands: Disco Zombies and Happy Refugees), I don't feel too picky saying that it's not all that hard to make things sound at least a touch better than the originals.
― Michael Train, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 23:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
absolutely. it's kind of scary how good some of the restoration tools are these days too.
― back in gloom (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 23:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Of course, a pro did the final remastering. Especially as it got released on vinyl, which ain't for amateurs. But if you're going to digital, a good mastering package like Ozone can get you almost all the way if you've got some decent monitors to work with. The Can't Stop stuff that Greg Wadley did sounds right, as does the stuff that Chuck Warner does with Messthetics. Clean but not overly bright. Punchy but not overly loud. Not so scrubbed as to sound artificial, and so on.....According to Greg's Spill site, he did the Moodists thing, but who knows the sources involved. I feel like the Can't Stop It sounds better, but maybe I had lower expectations for that material since I don't have much of the vinyl. And I do only have a download of Two Fisted Tales, so that might not be the best reference.
― Michael Train, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 00:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
the actual transfers on CSI (at least the first one) were done by Andrew from Hydroplane/Cat's Miaow i believe, don't know about the second one
I have had issues with GW's mastering, at least in the past, though i think the quality has improved over the years.
― back in gloom (electricsound), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 00:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Of course, I cringe to listen to things even from only a year ago (and in a year I'll probably be cringing at what I'm doing now), so there is a bit of a learning curve. And without a neutral room you get uneven results--some things come out sounding fantastic, others not so much.
― Michael Train, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 01:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
a Ratcat box qua box would be a bad idea, as nearly everything post-Tingles is pretty terrible. I could go for an Early Years comp. except I have everything bar one 7" in, er, a box in the cupboard, or a box in my old housemate's garage, or a box under my mum's house, so WHO NEEDS IT obv
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 02:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha. which 7" are you missing? surprised you don't have informer
― back in gloom (electricsound), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 02:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
For Flopson's information:
― yuoowemeone, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 09:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
Did any of the early Bloodloss stuff get reissued?
― Rapper rejoins fat man's co-op (NickB), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 09:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
which 7" are you missing?
goodbye / tura satana
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 11:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
you can have mine when i sell it
― back in gloom (electricsound), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 22:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
after that the delightful Egg records (who did the let's go naked comp) is doing a Rabbits Wedding retrospective
I'm guessing this never appeared?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
nope. i was briefly in contact with a RW dude and i gather the comp was put on hold.
― some crap (electricsound), Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh buggery, i just re-read a post above and realised i sold all my ratcat without copying the non-cd tracks.
― some crap (electricsound), Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
i hate when that happens! You think you'll put together your own Australian post-punk MP3 comp, Jim?
Meanwhile, I finally got a copy of the Blackeyed Susans box set. Such a great blend of influences - folk, country, blues - yet a sound very much imbued by their country.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
You think you'll put together your own Australian post-punk MP3 comp, Jim?
one day i will, but everything takes so long and i am tremendously disorganised. i've learned not to make any promises about this sort of thing based on the amount of times i have flaked out due to circs
― some crap (electricsound), Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
i was just going to ask about that Rabbits Wedding retrospective. damn.
― nerve_pylon, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 22:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
in news from my end - there was supposed to be a 7" ep of maestros and dipsos AND an LP of The Limp both from some guy in adelaide (+ accompanying Limp cd via Guy at Chapter). but that all seems to have gone off the deep end.
another person was going to release a cassette of a Voigt live recording but that also has gone into limbo.
i also hear rumours that the Pel Mel stuff will finally get a re-issue but i'm not holding my breath. they played a one-off concert in Newcastle recently which sounded OK.
The Voigt/465 remasters will be made available this year via Tunecore to digital suppliers (if Rod can get his act together).
BTW - the ICS recordings were mostly supplied by the compilers but i supplied them masters from my collection fro a variety of things - some professional and others just me.
― nonightsweats, Saturday, 7 April 2012 06:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh man i would have loved a limp retrospective. marked man is one of my fave AP-P singles.
― kate axford likes this (electricsound), Saturday, 7 April 2012 06:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
probably only gerald will be interested but the new lets go naked album finally came out (and not on egg, which definitely appears to be history). the tracks i've heard from it so far are really lovely.
on the rabbits wedding tip, their new band dusken lights have a single and comp track out, all of which are in a similar vein. they sound older but not at all tired.
― no bongs tomorrow (electricsound), Thursday, 19 July 2012 00:05 (10 months ago) Permalink
Definitely going to buy the new Lets Go Naked cd, just never heard of any of the Australian online stores they are using and the only copy on Amazon is a used copy. Any good online independent Australian stores? I looked at 78 Records and they don't have it.
― svend, Thursday, 19 July 2012 02:19 (10 months ago) Permalink
off the hip might stock it but i wouldn't hold my breath. a lot of the better stores are extremely reluctant to stock cds. i ordered mine from jb hi fi
― no bongs tomorrow (electricsound), Thursday, 19 July 2012 02:21 (10 months ago) Permalink
Yeah their web page scared me off as soon as it loaded.
― svend, Thursday, 19 July 2012 02:24 (10 months ago) Permalink
Woohoo! Got a link order it? It's hard to google "Let's Go Naked" and get any meaningful results.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 19 July 2012 03:12 (10 months ago) Permalink
this is where i got mine
― bad wife decisions (electricsound), Thursday, 19 July 2012 03:15 (10 months ago) Permalink
Listening to the new Let's Go Naked (I notice they added the apostrophe this time) and it's lovely, indeed! So warm and comforting, it's hard not to draw the Go-Betweens comparison but there it is. Pity it'll be heard by so few people.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 3 August 2012 21:05 (9 months ago) Permalink
i like it, while they obviously sounds older and a bit less sparky than the 80s stuff the tunes are still good, definitely not a disappointment
― if all you have is jan hammer, everything looks like jimmy nail (electricsound), Friday, 3 August 2012 23:16 (9 months ago) Permalink
Work proceeds on the Sunday Painters reissue mentioned above. But today (or already yesterday if you're in Australia, or even the UK) marks the thirty-year anniversary of one of their high points: the Sedition Festival, a three-day showcase of 22 bands, as well as assorted video artists, at the Trade Union Club. $10 for the lot….Other bands included the Scientists, Wet Taxi, Celibate Rifles. The Same, and Severed Heads.
The Painters played the opening night. Three and a half songs have survived from their set; two of which made it onto the Sedition—Go Broke cassette. This one, “In My Dreams,” did not, though it’s a monster, reworked into drum-machine form from its origins as a practice-room kraut jam outtake that made up the b-side of the band’s second single (Painting By Numbers, 1980, 250 copies). Like X covering PIL, with a New Order keyboard flourish.
Please feel free to share, to download, to play.
https://soundcloud.com/michael-train/in-my-dreams
― Michael Train, Monday, 22 April 2013 23:16 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
Thought I'd try it as a video (well, at least a photo montage):
― Michael Train, Sunday, 28 April 2013 20:45 (3 weeks ago) Permalink