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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Interview - The First Demos

From the halcyon punk days - 1977. Day zero.

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Interview - The Last Demos

From a possible third album (1981). At some stage, so I'm told, there was a CD release. I never got that, and I guess very few did. Heck - I'd saw it's rarer than rocking horse shit.

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Interview - Birmingham & New Hearts In Action 7''

Now for the singles. It's important to blog these as the B-Side often was not on their CD/LP releases. First single comes from 1978. Neither track in this case appeared on their LPs, so this is absolutely essential.

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