Queensland in Quarantine

A fine collection of Brisbane music from the mid eighties organised by Linda Wallace for this cassette + postcards release.
This has been uploaded on Striped Sunlight before, but posted here again in higher resolution with postcards for your enjoyment.

Here are some words from Linda from the June 29 2008 posting - (some nice comments worth reading from other blog watchers) link here-http://stripedsunlight.blogspot.com.au/2008/06/queensland-in-quarantine-4zzz.html

hi
A friend of mine pointed me to the blog and I was thrilled to read all the comments about "Queensland in Quarantine, a compilation of diseased music" and also to see that the tape is available online. However I wasn't so thrilled to read that it was attributed to 4ZZZ, as the station had nothing to do with it -- the project was very much my own baby.

In late 1982 I moved to Brisbane to work as an announcer and producer at 4ZZZ. Before moving back to Sydney at the beginning of '84 I decided to make the cassette as a record of the time. I sold my car to finance it. There were postcards inside the package by Matt Mawson, (Terry Murphy and John Wilsteed)sic.*, and stickers. Harley Stumm helped A LOT on the production, as did Mark Loutit (where we mastered the tape) and Matt did the final visual layout.
*second postcard by Damien Ledwich- chuck..*

I selected the music that I'd grown to love over that year in Brisbane, and also chose all audio grabs that went between the tracks. These fragments helped to situate the music. I worked with Harley on these clips in the Triple Z studios, sometimes using material from the newsroom (so in these ways the station indirectly supported the production).

I had 500 packages made and sent them to record stores, radio stations and media all around Australia. I guess I gave 50 away - to the bands, artists, helpers and media - but all 450 others eventually sold, over the course of a year or so, and, as I recall I sort of slowly covered my costs.

I've downloaded the file and listened to the whole thing again today and I think it is remarkable that it is still so fresh and alive, and really brings back the feeling of life in Brisbane in 1983, which is nearly thirty years ago, before the digital world and the internet.



So please, download and relax with 'Queensland in Quarantine', perhaps with a gin and tonic on the verandah, dreaming of the time that was so intense, creative and vivid.

April 23, 2012 9:21 AM 

The songs here are in .flac format - a lossless compression that can be converted to wave files or back to mp3 if you must with apps like Trader lil helper found here- http://tlh.easytree.org/

 I've had issues uploading stuff lately so presented here in small sections and Bob will upload again soon in larger / easier files if you want to wait.

 Sadly the first track here suffers some mudiness due to some tape creases.. such is the fragility of the medium..Thankfully it doesnt last long and the songs hold up well after so many years..

CD.1

1. National Party Ad / Jerry Connolly / Flo / Joh

2. PORK "Three Kittens"
3. Flo (uncredited on artwork and previous SSS posted version)

                    http://rapidgator.net/file/7777134/qnq1disc_1.rar.html

4. DANCE THEATRE "Finetime"

5. UPS & DOWNS "Colours Forming"

6. Geoff Muntz, Qld Prisons Minister 

                    http://rapidgator.net/file/7785696/qnq2disc_1.rar.html

7. TIM GRUCHY "'Bout 6 Months Ago"

8. EUGENE & THE EGG " View From The Edge"

9. Fairyland Ad / Flo

10. GATEKEEPERS "Unkindest Cut" 

                      http://rapidgator.net/file/7795924/qnq3disc_1.rar.html

11. Geoff Muntz

12. LOVS é BLUR "Cruel Cruel Man"

13. THIS 5 MINUTES "Sunday Afternoon"

14. PRESIDENTS 11 "Summer Vacation" 

                       http://rapidgator.net/file/7800572/qnq4disc_1.rar.html

15. Jerry Connolly

16. TANGLED SHOELACES "The Day The Rainclouds Went Away" 

                        http://rapidgator.net/file/7809360/qnq5disc_1.rar.html

 or
Download CD 1 Here
259mb

CD.2

1. MATT MAWSON "ElectroProp" 

2. -Loop: Harley,Linda & Mark Louttit- (voices of Grant & Robert Go-Between)

3. PICTISH BLOOD "Religious Fallacies" 

                               mirror    or     rapid

4. DIFFERENT CARTOONS "Colours"

5. LINDA & HARLEY "Narcolepsey" 

                                mirror     or      rapid

6. COLOURS "Blue Shirt" 

                                 mirror    or      rapid

7. THIS 5 MINUTES "Coronation Time" 

                                 mirror     or      rapid

8. Steven's Arrest

9. FURIOUS TURTLES "Trust Mistrust 

                                 mirror     or      rapid

10. VACANT ROOMS "Living In A Shadow"

11. STRANGE GLORY "Burial"

12. Flo / Muntz' first & last press conference 

                               http://rapidgator.net/file/11959202/disc2f.rar.html

13. TINY TOWN "And I"

14. PERSIA "Q-Girl

15. Flo 

                               http://rapidgator.net/file/11970506/disc2g.rar.html

16. SISTERS CHRISTMAS "Ruth Tongue"

17. Joh

18. SUZETTE "..........."

19. Flo

+art work        http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/QVW8VDYJ/disc2h.rar_links

or
Download CD 2  Here
259 mb
             
You can now find the audio files and more background at the remix
archives with this post put up by Linda Wallace as of oct 2018
https://remix.org.au/queensland-in-quarantine-artist-linda-wallace-archives/