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Music Shit / Re: Fave Las Vegas Grind / Jungle Exotica song
« on: October 10, 2006, 06:42:06 AM »
I mean that 45 in particular.
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Music Shit / Re: Fave Las Vegas Grind / Jungle Exotica song
« on: October 10, 2006, 06:40:09 AM »
That's Ganim & The Asia Minors - surely the same band as the Orientals? I mean it's practically the same song as "Casbah" with lyrics. Awesome horns! Joe, what's the chance of finding 45s of this shit?
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Music Shit / Re: Fave Las Vegas Grind / Jungle Exotica song
« on: October 08, 2006, 05:09:53 AM »
Oh yeah, and "Bogatini" by The Four Instants! Though I sometimes wonder if they're a new band pulling a fast one, specially with the toilet flush at the end.
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Music Shit / Re: Fave Las Vegas Grind / Jungle Exotica song
« on: October 07, 2006, 09:45:24 PM »
Two faves that spring to mind are "Come With Me To The Casbah" by Ganiman & His Orientals and "Riding By" by The Majestics. I tend to get obsesed with particular songs off these comps and play them several times a day for weeks.
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Music Shit / Re: Argument: The Scientists vs. The Scientists
« on: October 05, 2006, 11:51:17 PM »
The common understanding is that the two periods are distinct, like they arrived in Sydney, got on the smack and bang-o: "Swampland". But I heard this live tape from Adelaide in 1980, the crossover period, and they're playing the early songs with a more ominous vibe to them, along with more straight forward, garage-y versions of first few songs from the heroin era. Which wins hands down for me. One of the few times I've bought a record as a young'un and actually been frigtened by it.
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Music Shit / Re: What is the rarest release you actually possess?
« on: October 05, 2006, 09:42:29 PM »
They'd have to wear out sooner. Since they are all cut individually, the record has to be soft enough for the cutting needle to cut the record. Acetate are soft like this - they are the best possible sounding records, but have the most limited life. You can't cut into the vinyl that regular records are made of, and they last the longest. As far as I'm aware, King Records are softer than regular records, but harder than acetates, so they have some life, but nowhere near that of records. We used to cut dub plates at Corduroy - DJs and the like would come in with their latest hot mix, get one dub plate cut (basically an acetate), play it at the clubs that weekend, be the most cutting edge motherfucker DJ in town, then get another one made up the next week. They'd also get these made, then scratch with them for the final piece of music they were making, so they were just part of the final process. Pretty nuts really, they cost 'em $200 a pop but that was nothing to these coke dealing clowns.
I can't personally vouch that King Recs don't last that long, I've only got one from a friend's band in Brisbane and I listened to it once and once only 'cos it sucked. But that is the theory, anyway.
I can't personally vouch that King Recs don't last that long, I've only got one from a friend's band in Brisbane and I listened to it once and once only 'cos it sucked. But that is the theory, anyway.
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Music Shit / Re: Argument: X vs. X
« on: October 05, 2006, 08:18:16 AM »
Aussie X for me, but that's a given. They were such an integral part of music growing up and going to gigs here. I think the first two LAX albums are great, though haven't heard the third & fourth. Anyone heard the third Aussie X LP from 1988, "And More"? Good songs which are live staples -- they reckon they wrote all their songs (about 120 if you believe Lucas) in the first 18 months of their life as a band --- but ruined beyond comprehension by a month in the studio with a label who wanted 'em to hit it big. They were poised to.
Anyway, not sure if any of you lot are aware but Ian Rilen is really sick. He's got bladder cancer, and for a long time was refusing treatment. They gave him two years with treatment, and six months without. The downside to receiving treatment was he would lose his sex drive. He said fuck it. He has since began some form of radio & chemotherapy. Tonight and tomorrow night there are two benefit gigs to raise money to help with the expense, sold out shows with Rose Tattoo, the Beasts of Bourboon and a bunch of other local shit. He was on the radio this arvo and doesn't sound too bloody good at all.
Anyway, not sure if any of you lot are aware but Ian Rilen is really sick. He's got bladder cancer, and for a long time was refusing treatment. They gave him two years with treatment, and six months without. The downside to receiving treatment was he would lose his sex drive. He said fuck it. He has since began some form of radio & chemotherapy. Tonight and tomorrow night there are two benefit gigs to raise money to help with the expense, sold out shows with Rose Tattoo, the Beasts of Bourboon and a bunch of other local shit. He was on the radio this arvo and doesn't sound too bloody good at all.
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Music Shit / Re: What is the rarest release you actually possess?
« on: October 05, 2006, 07:54:12 AM »
Something of interest that I didn't own but turned up at the store I used to work at in Brisbane was an original Philips copy of the Missing Links LP. The hand written name on the back was Chris Bailey. That had a line through it, and written elsewhere was Ed Kuepper. They keep it up on the wall, in the office. I don't think they ever want to find out what someone might pay for it.
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Music Shit / Re: What is the rarest release you actually possess?
« on: October 02, 2006, 08:43:09 PM »Lipstick Killers EP - 100 copies
What's on that?
That one Hindu song or whatever...that song is awesome.
Two songs recorded live at the Marryatville Hotel, April 1979: Human Crash & Crush On You.
It's actually a numbered edition of 75; they only put it out a few years ago.
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Music Shit / Re: What is the rarest release you actually possess?
« on: October 02, 2006, 07:18:26 PM »
jizzes on keyboard
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Music Shit / Re: What is the rarest release you actually possess?
« on: October 02, 2006, 07:17:38 PM »
Shitdogs "History of Cheese" EP - 200 copies
couple of Just Urbain singles, 100 each
Lipstick Killers EP - 100 copies
got a test pressing of the first Jet 12" with songs sequenced incorrectly, about 10 copies
couple of Just Urbain singles, 100 each
Lipstick Killers EP - 100 copies
got a test pressing of the first Jet 12" with songs sequenced incorrectly, about 10 copies
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Music Shit / Re: How many 10 inch records do you have?
« on: October 01, 2006, 08:25:34 AM »
Buncha shit already mentioned, and
Buttholes "Widowewrmaker"
Lazy Cowgirls "Another Long Goodbye"
Pavement "Perfect Sound Forever"
2 x Mudhoney EPs
Powder Monkeys "Persecution Blues"
Third Bardo "Five Years..." reish
On Folkways, I used to work for their Aussie distributor and had the entire catalogue a couple of metres from my desk. Would listen to practically nothing else for weeks at a time. There was piles of great shit - Lightnin' Hopkins, Kentucky Mountain Music, Leadbelly,
first Lucinda Williams LP, Sounds of Trains CDs, etc.
Buttholes "Widowewrmaker"
Lazy Cowgirls "Another Long Goodbye"
Pavement "Perfect Sound Forever"
2 x Mudhoney EPs
Powder Monkeys "Persecution Blues"
Third Bardo "Five Years..." reish
On Folkways, I used to work for their Aussie distributor and had the entire catalogue a couple of metres from my desk. Would listen to practically nothing else for weeks at a time. There was piles of great shit - Lightnin' Hopkins, Kentucky Mountain Music, Leadbelly,
first Lucinda Williams LP, Sounds of Trains CDs, etc.
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Music Shit / Re: American Hardcore..what didya think?
« on: September 28, 2006, 09:56:46 AM »
Grateful not to have to cop Roger Miret's head again. Likewise it was a relief not to have Jello carping at every turn, though I didn't think the DKs shoulda been left out altogether.
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Music Shit / Re: Crazy recent eBays
« on: September 28, 2006, 09:53:00 AM »
Real story is that he works as a manager in his family's greeting card business, and has enough dough from that to splurge on records, shipping the studio remains over, etc. Very helpful and friendly bloke.
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Music Shit / Re: Radio Birdman
« on: September 10, 2006, 06:34:43 AM »
I saw them a couple of weeks ago and they were just kinda aimless. Of course down here anytime they play there's hundreds of idiots foaming at the mouth about 'em no matter whether they turn it on or not. I saw a bunch of the 90s reunions and one of them at least they were shit-hot. Nothing like the albums, but everything their legend is built on, i.e. balls-out live shows back at a time when nothing else was happening, and they were doing that for a least a year before X or anyone else in Sydney. I've seen footage and heard live boots from back at the time which leave the studio albums for dead. I don't reckon there's any doubt they've got two handfuls of great songs, not that I've played an album in 10 years or something. I will NEVER see them again though.
