Saints article RS issue378

 

An old Saints article from 1982 RS magazine- issue378 page18
no Mr Kuepper in the upcoming Saints tour but i hear Bob is very excited.. most of the new tour will be supporting Blondie and the Stranglers with a couple of others like Homebake to round things off..
some links and pics on this page - http://www.songkick.com/artists/338546-saints/calendar

No Nonsense - Around Tuti EP

Another wonderful EP from Jeff is this 1984 release from Melbourne ska
band No Nonsense.Its a great recording worth the price alone for the
wonderful version of Hawaii 5-O, not once but twice!

Track List

01 Changes must be made
02 Next time
03 Hawaii Five-O
04 Extended party Mix - Changes must be made
05 Extended party Mix - Hawaii Five-O.

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Dutiful Daughters - A Superfluity of Nuns

Here's a wonderful band I don't know much about

so feel free to fill in the gaps . Jeff  a blog reader from 

Brisbane who now lives in Canada and is on holidays 

here now, dropped of a heap of records and cds

this morning that had been at a friends place.

He was keen to hear this ep again so I have digitalized

it first. This is dreamy indi pop, female vocals,

wonderful melodies,

with that late 80's ups and downs guitar sound.

Thanks Jeff!

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The Dili Allstars - Via La Musical

The Dili Allstars were formed when Paul Stewart and Colin Buckler
(of the notable band Painters and Dockers) contacted East Timorese
musician Gil Santos to record a song to protest the capture of
East Timorese resistance leader Xanana Gusmão by Indonesian armed
forces in the early nineties.
This song was a version of Rose Tattoo's 'We Can't Be Beaten',
sung in both Tetum and English. Both Santos and Stewart had had a
long involvement with the East Timor struggle as they had lost a
father and a brother, respectively, in the Indonesian
invasion of 1975.
In 2001 they released their 1st album Hanoin, Via La Musical
was released in 2004.The 5 track mini album Increase The Peace
was released in 2006 and they had 2 tracks on thge 2009 Balibo
soundtrack.
This is wonderful world music!
Funny, honest, born out of suffering that I cant imagine.
From our nearest neighbour whom we deserted in their
time of need.

Tracklist

01 O Hele Le
02 Runaway
03 Thank You Mama
04 Peace & Unity
05 That Girl
06 Nothing Tastes Better Than The Neighbour's Chicken
07 Rise Up
08 Innocent Child
09 Advance Australia Where?
10 Beautiful Smile
11 Have You Ever Been Blown Ashore?
12 Sempre Contigo
13 O Hele Le (Reprise)


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Marthas Vineyard - Self Titled LP 1989

Martha's Vineyard were an Australian rock band, formed in Perth in 

1986 by lead singer Peggy Van Zalm.[1] Martha's Vineyard shared a 

similar sound and outlook to that of fellow Perth bands like The 

Triffids,The Honeys and Chad's Tree. Van Zalm's strong vocals 

drew comparison with the likes of Patti Smith, Chrissie Hynde 

and Joni Mitchell

They released one cassette I've posted before, a mini album, 

this album, 3 singles and a number of appearances on compilation 

albums.They called it a day in 1990.Bass player Phil Kakulas 

went on to join the Blackeyed Susans and lead singer

Peggy Van Zalm released 2 solo albums produced by produced by 

Graham 'Buzz' Bidstrup in the mid to late 90's and 

also released two albums with co-producer Geoff Nant, 

Different World in 2001 and Light Diamond in 2006.

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Cathie O'Sullivan - - Artesian Waters

This wonderful rare 1980 Lp from Cathie O'Sullivan is
Celtic harp folk songs sung in her beautiful voice.
I saw Cathie back in the early 80's one cool night
outside, at the Maleny Folk Festival, it was one of the
stand out performances of the event and I promptly
bought her Lp

Track List

01 Planxty Dermott O'Dowd
02 Green Bushes
03 The Lost Sailor
04 Song Of Artesian Water
05 The Halting March
06 Barbry Allen
07 Molly Baun Lavery
08 The Teams
09 The Miner
10 Cliffs Of Moher
11 Norfolk Whalers
12 Old Copper Plate
13 Love's Coming

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West End Block Party 2012

 Well I had a ripper of of weekend, it started with going out to see
the Rockwiz show " Some kind of Genius" on Friday night
and continued on into the West End Block Party the next day.
Rockwiz was fantastic, so funny with some great guest stars
including Tex Perkins. I didn't take a camera so no photos.
I should have however, turns out the wife had procured front
row seats!

 So off to West End, the block party has came out of the older West
End Boundary Street Festival and in the same tradition is a
celebration of the community that is Brisbane's West End.
Highly multi-cultural, eclectic and on the cutting edge of do it
yourself culture. The festival had some of the best of the not so rock
bands Brisbane has at the moment as well as circus  performers,
spoken word and visual performances
The band above is the Rusty Datsuns, a great folk bluegrass outfit,
I'm looking forward to seeing them again
They have a great little cd as well!

The local Ice Cream Factory Circus performances are another fav
I find it exciting so many people are into this stuff these days

Karl Williams was great, the kind of blues I love, what a voice!

 And the Brazilian street dance is the sort of thing that always gets
my attention, sorry I missed the capoeira later

 Sharmaran gave us some wonderful Middle Eastern music while I ate
Greek food and waited for the band I most wanted to see

The Mouldy Lovers are a fantasic party band, playing their very own
exciting self described sub tropical gypsy music

 They are the kind of band you have to see for yourself so
I shot some video for your enjoyment!

 Oh and Dubmarine were incredible

Ratpack - Live at the Paradise Room Surfers Paradise 1979

  

Michael  has sent the 2nd cd in his trilogy of 3 very interconnected bands from the Gold Coast. The first being the Strand Cd found here and the 3rd will be the Seven Ballerinas, which I am so looking forward to. Here is also the link to some press clippings of the Strand here and the Ratpack single here. The Seven Ballerinas single is here and press clippings in info on the band here.  This recording sounds great I can here quiet a bit iof the Strand or even the Sunnyboys sound in them, well worth a listen and I'd love to hear your comments! Thanks Michael for all your work again, now over to Michael for the low down on the band      

  John Smethurst (vocals and guitar) later founding member of Seven Ballerinas in 1981

Mario Spina (bass guitar and vocals) later founding member fo Seven Ballerinas in 1981

Nigel Baker (keyboards and vocals) later founding member of Seven Ballerinas in 1981

Cliff Hoad (drums) later founding mermber of Kings Of The Sun.

On the Coast not many bands played originals back in 79. Or more so not many bands playing originals got work. Was very hard to compete with the cover bands and discos. Formed on the Gold Coast in 1978. Ratpack secured a regular gig at The Paradise Room Surfers Paradise.We were very lucky to have 2 venues (Paradise Room and The Miami Hotel) that gave us  opportunity to show original bands can pull a crowd 

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The Bushwackers - Down There For Dancing 1982

The Bushwackers follow up to their 1980 Dance album is this
wonderful collection of Bush Dancing music.
It's my favourite of the two, of course there is no album that can
capture the pure energy this band has live. I've seen them a
few times and they are incredible.
I did see a 3 song bush dance as part of one performance
once but never a entire gig!

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The Bushwackers - Dance Album (1980)

Perhaps the longest running band in Australian history the 

Bushwackers have been delighting audiences with their Irish, 

country, rock folk since the early 1970's and I've been a 

fan since I was a teenager playing the back to back with 

with the Sex Pistols or the Saints.  

They are still very popular in folk circles and on the 

country music circuit.This 1980 album is devoted to Australian 

Irish dance music, its completely instrumental and a rollicking 

good time. In the 1980's the Bushwackers were at their peak 

playing sold out shows many of which were bush dances, 

these shows would get 4000 revellers to them with their 

dancing shoes on!

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