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Obscured 1: Obscured But Unscarred

  1. Pastoral Symphony
    Spread A Little Love Around (Stewart/Hawker) 2:41
    Festival FX-1151, 1968.
    B-side of their single, the hit Love Machine. Scratchy, kitschy & rare!
  2. Spectrum
    You Just Can’t Win (Rudd) 4:41
    Acetate, 1969.
    First recording, other side was demo of I’ll Be Gone.
  3. Healing Force
    The Gully (Wells) 3:57
    Sparmac SPR009, 1971.
    B-side of their only recording, the Golden Miles single.
  4. Glassweb
    National Hero (Librandi) 3:18
    Raven NSP-056, 1971.
    Adelaide band, 2nd & final single.
  5. Glassweb
    Rock & Roll Me Baby (?) 2:30
    B-side of Tk. 4.
  6. Lotus
    Epoch (Lotus) 3:08
    Parlophone A-9343, 1970.
    B-side of only single, Lotus 1.
  7. Rashamra
    Mr. Timekeeper (Jesser/Haffert) 3:20
    Edition One, EMS-1003, 1971.
    Top 5 hit in Adelaide.
  8. SCRA (Southern Contemporary Rock Assembly)
    Roly Poly (Martin) 3:18
    M7 LW-45122, 1971.
    10-piece band who released 2 albums and a few singles. National #28 in April 1972.
  9. SCRA
    Sighin’ (Martin) 2:22
    B-side of Tk. 8.
  10. Glenrowan
    On The Run (McDermott) 3:24
    Wizard ZS-113, 1974.
    Victorian country-rock band. A-side of only recording.
  11. Millionaires
    It’s A Deal (Layfayette/Compact) 2:44
    Mushroom K-6551, 1976.
    Hyped as the new Skyhooks but it didn’t happen. Only 2 singles; this was the first.
  12. Millionaires
    Gossip (Buzz Delux) 2:12
    B-side of Tk. 11.
  13. Bandicoot
    Living Off The Radio (Fettes/Bourne) 3:09
    Rainbird RB-268, 1976.
    Mick Fettes (ex-Madder Lake), Shane Bourne (!), Gary Young (ex-Daddy Cool) etc. Only 1 rare album and this single from it.
  14. Dave Warner’s From The Suburbs
    (We Got) Nothing To Lose (Warner) 3:07
    Mushroom K 7384, 1979.
    From WA, only on single - follow-up to hit Suburban Boy.
  15. The Ferrets
    Robin Hood (Sigman) 3:10
    Mushroom K-6743, 1977.
    First single, pre Don’t Fall In Love. Not a hit.
  16. Glenn Cardier
    Expectations (Cardier) 3:09
    Infinity K-7720, 1980.
    Melbourne Singer/songwriter. Single never released on album; his last recording for 22 years.
  17. Loaded Dice
    Mam’selle (Haynes/Flanagan/Mather) 2:22
    WEA 100111, 1979.
    WA power-pop band. 1 album and a couple of singles.
  18. Coup d’Etat
    Doctor I Like Your Medicine (Lyon) 3:34
    Vertigo 6036 077, 1980.
    NZ new wave band, at least 1 album and a couple of singles.
  19. Matchbox
    Juggling Time (McCusker/Conway) 3:47
    Indie single, no cat. no., 1980.
    Final line-up of what was Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band; only released as single. Incl. Mic Conway, Eric McCusker (who went to Mondo Rock) Louis McManus etc.
  20. Matchbox
    Dirty Money (Conway/McCusker/Muhleisen) 4:18
    B-side of Tk.19.
  21. Loose Change
    Hit Me With Another Double (Harrison/Holloway/White) 4:16
    Rockon LC 100001, 1979.
    Australian indie band, did this song on Countdown. That’s all I know about them...

With the exception of Tk. 18, none of these singles have appeared on official CDs.

Compiled 2004.