Obscured 2: Obscured Too
- Wild Cherries
Try Me (I’m Not As Bad As You Think) (B. Lyde) 3:44
Festival FK-2052, 1967.
Unavailable Lobby Loyde, from the B-side of the That’s Life single. Any more need to be said? A bit scratchy, unavoidably. - Hannagan
It’s All Over Now Baby Blue (Dylan) 3:20
Harvest HAR-9733, 1971.
Only single from pre-solo Terry Hannagan. Who’s who backing band: Bobbi Marchini, Tim Piper, John Capek, Tim Partridge & Laurie Pryor. - Buffalo Drive
Jumpin’ Judy (Boucher) 2:23
Nationwide NSP046, 1971.
Adelaide band, A-side of single written by singer Rod Boucher. “Buffalo Drive deserve to be successful. I hope this record helps them. It should.” - Vince Lovegrove, from cover. - Blackfeather
Find Somebody To Love (Paul Wylde) 2:39
Infinity INK-4721, 1972.
B-side of Boppin’ The Blues single, written by band’s keyboard player. - Rashamra
Antelope (Jesser/Haffert) 3:18
Edition One EMS 1004, 1972.
A-side of second and final single. Top 5 hit in Adelaide. - King Harvest
Summer In The City (John & Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone) 3:08
RCA Victor 101911, 1971.
B-side of Wichita Lineman single, band featured the vocals of Leo DeCastro. - Pilgrimage with Phil Manning
Walk In The Light (Manning) 4:03
Infinity INK-4434, 1972.
Duo of Manning/Morgan, only released this one rare single which also appeared on a couple of compilation LPs; this was the B-side. - Pilgrimage with Warren Morgan
Just For You (Morgan) 3:28
And this was the A-side! - Alison MacCullum
Ol’ Rock’N’Roll Boogie Woogie Blues (Ashton/Gardner/Dyke/Liber) 3:30
RCA Victor 102083, 1972.
Australia’s forgotten great female rock/blues voice. Not on her RCA album. Produced by Simon Napier Bell. - Aztecs
Get To Hell Out Of Here (Thorpe) 4:00
Havoc H.1014, 1972.
B-side of Believe It Just Like Me single. Just credited to Aztecs but definitely featuring Billy Thorpe! - Gary Young & Hot Dog
The Saga Of The 3 Pigs (Gary Young) 3:07
Wizard ZS 107, 1973.
Hot Dog featured Young and Wayne Duncan between Daddy Cool’s split and reformation in the early/mid-70’s. Only released on single, this song is based on the 1957 cartoon Three Little Bops. - Gary Young & Hot Dog
With You (Gary Young) 2:13
B-side of Tk. 11. - Glenrowan
Riding On A Breeze (Steve Murphy) 3:43
Wizard ZS 113, 1973.
B-side of only single, On The Run. Sam McNally (keyboards) went to Stylus not long afterwards. - Mississippi
Where In The World (Goble/Birtles) 5:03
Bootleg BL 206, 1974.
B-side of Will I single, otherwise unavailable. Pre-LRB Goble, Birtles etc. - Broderick Smith
Philips Colour TV Ad (Philips The Colorful Company) (songwriter uncredited) 1:01
Philips MA7115, 1974.
Carson style blues wailing. Broderick extolling the virtues of then new to Australia Colour TV. From ultra-rare EP featuring other uncredited and undetermined artists. - Rick Springfield
Music To Streak By (Springfield) 2:25
Wizard ZS 116, 1974.
Credited to Springfield Mass, this was the B-side of the Mission Magic single. An instrumental featuring Springfield on lead guitar. - Renee Geyer
The Restless Years (Mike Perjanik) 3:42
RCA Australia/Mushroom Productions 103031, 1977.
Theme song for the TV soap opera. Sydney hit. Not on any of Renee’s 4 compilations (and not classic Renee either) but nonetheless unavailable. - Norman Gunston
I Might Be A Punk (But I Love You Baby) (Ross Wilson/David Pepperell) 3:08
Mushroom K-6766, 1977.
One of Australia’s first punk singles - with harmonica solo! - by none other than Norman Gunston. - Mother Goose
I Think It’s You (S. Young) 2:27
Mushroom K-7126, 1978.
NZ band doomed to be remembered for novelty single Baked Beans. This was a later single, not a hit. - Greg Quill & Southern Cross
I Wonder Why (Quill) 3:25
WEA/Elektra WEA 79115, 1978.
B-side of Been So Long single. This is a totally revamped version of the Country Radio song I Need Women from a few years earlier. - Shane Hewitt
Guess It's The Time Of Year Again 3:06
Solo single from ex-Lotus lead singer, a Freddy Hampton production.
None of these singles have appeared on official CDs.
Compiled 2004.