The Kids (Belgium) - Self Titled

This is the Belgian band from 1978. Initially I had this confused with the Canadian band. Anyway, problem now rectified. 

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Cooking With George

This is a Triple J (Radio Station) 5 EP box compilation of Aussie bands from 1984. It plays at 45 rpm. Festival records and ABC (Aust Broadcasting Corp). Bands featured are: Shower Scene From Psycho, Skel=E-Tones, Huxton Creepers, Dance Theatre, Great Outdoors, Poles Apart, The Seamonsters, I'm Talking, Flotsam Jetsam, Shake 288 and I.T. The last band interests me most and I should do a separate post for them (stay tuned). I have called this 'Vol 1' but that was never it's title. Just Cooking With George. As time went on .....

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.... we then saw the second volume appear. Titled 'Mark Two'. It came in a plastic film type cannister. Now - I actually have this BUT at this stage, can't be bothered converting. So if someone has the mp3s, please make contact. 

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I'm counting on this guys - over to you ....

Peter Miller - The Violet Flame

This is in my top 10 Aussie albums. Electronic. Released 30 years ago (1993), only on CD. Completely infectious. He also never did anything like this before or after. Some of his other releases are background and ambient, never really grabbing my attention. This one REALLY does. Thank you Peter.

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John Elder - Antarctica

Thought I'd may as well post his first album. Released in 1987. I'd say this would now be impossible to find. All the better that we rectify with a download.

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John Elder - Derelicts

I certainly rate this 1987 New Zealand album. It's not conventional. Not RnR. Not pop. I guess it's Electronic, perhaps ambient. A little bit abstract. Maybe experimental. Heck, I simply enjoyed the listen. Have not split into separate tracks - that tends to take away from the listen. This LP sells for silly $$$ but it's well worth chasing down. John actually is a scientist and has one other LP out there ('Antartica'). He's done time at Scott Base and also Mt Erebus. Very darn interesting.

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Steve Warner - Self Titled

Interesting low-key Aussie album from 1976. In it's original form - very hard to find. It has been re-ished once. Well worth a listen. The sound has hints of folk and pop, mainly acoustic. I simply call it Hippy-Folk, with bits of Prog (maybe Blues). Phew - Check it out.

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Interview - Live In Edinburgh

Blogging a whole bunch of impossible to find stuff by Interview. Never heard of 'em? Join the club. The band name itself is strange. Well, so was the band. The singer had a unique sound - hard to describe. It immediately grabbed me so I bought their only two LP's ('Big Oceans' and 'Snakes and Lovers'). Both have been blogged on this site. This was from a live concert in 1979. I think it came out on a very limited CD. It's also possible (according to Discogs) that their two albums got a CD release. CD reisues of their music would be the #1 wish of mine. It's my top of the list. Yup - they're that good.

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