Friday, March 14, 2008

Various Artists - High Temperature, Hot Records Collection 82 - 85


I've got some fantastic Australian various artist compilations,
but this is one of the best because of both its size
and excellence of artists involved.
These compilation albums were a great way
for me to discover new bands before the internet
and when radio airplay for alternative stuff was limited
This double album from my vinyl collection contains
some of the best artists in Australia operating in the early to mid 80's.
Also some brilliant tracks from some more obscure artists.
Many that I've covered here already and some I haven't
Divided into 4 sides each labeled differently.

Side One - Pure Dynamite
1 - The Triffids - Beautiful Waste
2 - Lighthouse Keepers - Ocean Liner
3 - Mushroom Planet - No More
4 - Wet Taxis - C'mon
5 - Laughing Clowns - New Bully in the Town
6- No Dance - Swimming in the mirror
7 - The Benders - Jukebox

Side Two - Lasting Power
1 - Plays with Marionettes - Hellbelly
2 - Coloured Stone - Black Boy
3 - The Celibate Rifles - Pretty Pictures
4 - Pan and the Passions - Summertime all round the world
5 - Watusi Now - Sound of God
6 - Mix - Do you do it
7 - Wet Taxis - Clock on the wall

Side Three - Cool and Tough
1 - The Triffids - You don't miss your water
till your well runs dry
2 - Chads Tree - Crush the tree
3 - The lighthouse keepers - Seven Years
4 - Mushroom Planet - Take me away
5 - Chris Abrahams - Hyperkinesis
6 - Coloured Stone - Island of Greed
7 - The Celibate Rifles - Sometimes
(I Wouldn't Live here if you payed me)

Side Four - Amazing, Sensation, Thrilling
1 - Ed Kuepper - Master of two Servants
2 - Gasper Lawal - Ija Oyewa
(There is point in fighting each other)
3 - The Wreckery - Badland Yard
4 - Whadya Want - Life on Tv
5 - The Benders - The Island


Download Sides 1 & 2

Download sides 3 & 4

17 comments:

Zoe said...

What a wonderful blog! I can't believe it escaped my attention for so long. I'm going to link to it on my blogroll.

bob nebe said...

Thanks Z , I just had a look over at your blog and it looks like its going to be a good one, great to have more Australian blogs out there.
Its http://the-wedding-hunger.blogspot.com/
for everyone else check it out.
I've linked you in my fav blogs
and look forward to seeing what you post.
ciao bob

skids said...

a nice mix Bob, ta ;-)

misha said...

Hi bob,I just stopped to tell you about robert forster:in case you don't know you can listen to The Evangelist in streaming @ yep rock site (I posted about it some hours ago).
And that's it. I suppose I don't have to tell you how to record songs in streaming..eh eh. Anyway, great album, I'll run to the record shop as soon as it is out.

Bye.

bob nebe said...

Thanks skids, ive been hitting your ausrock forum lately, that cooking with george comp is great.
Thanks michelerui79, its a fantastic album alright, Ive heard it but I'll have to buy it soon as its released
ciao bob

exilestreet said...

Any chance of a re-up of this one & do you have any Widdershins?
Regards/

bob nebe said...

Mona that would be a yes and a no respectively. No Widdershins Im afraid. Great comp this one.

bob nebe said...

back up

emdeegee said...

Wonder if you can help me, Bob (or any other fellow Aussie music lovers!)

I've inherited an old "mix tape" (Sunnyboys one side, Screaming Tribesmen the other), with one extra song of lost heritage. It's a beaut song, and I'm desperate to find out more about it - been trying on and off for about 13 years!

I'm pretty confident it's The Wreckery, and wonder if it is Badland Yard.

The lyrics start off: "I have received message/yeah clearly have I had word..."

And the chorus is: "one hand gives, one hand takes/left hand knock down what the right hand creates/lord giveth thou what the lord thinks you get/oh but honey you don’t know the kinda trouble you’re in"

Can anyone identify?

With crossed fingers, mdg

bob nebe said...

Sorry mate I havnt got a clue,
anyone else?

exilestreet said...

Bob/ that track by the Wreckery is on that album...are those the lyrics?
Regards/

bob nebe said...

I say have to have a listen tonight you might be right mona

bob nebe said...

Thats it Mona's right,
the tracks is indeed called
"badland yard"
its number 10 on the 2nd cd of
this hot records comp

exilestreet said...

The Bob and Mona internet song detective agency strikes again! Lol!
Regards/

Raga said...

Another fantastic looking compilation! I'd love to be able to give it a listen, if it could be reuploaded!

Thanks a lot!

bob nebe said...

back up

ilgordon said...

Bob. I went to download this and unfortunately all the links are dead or it opens some dodgy software stuff. I really wantto get Watusi Now's Sound of God.

Ian