Obscured 15
- The Feelgoods
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (H. G. Demarais) 2:25
RCA 101728 1965
Cover of a Yardbirds song by this Sydney band, which included future Sect member John Brownrigg. - Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs
Hallelujah I Love Her So (Ray Charles) 2:55
Parlophone A 8170 1965
Double-sided hit in Sydney (#4), Melbourne (#24) and Brisbane (#4) with Baby Hold Me Close. Never appeared on LP or CD. - Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs
My Babe (Medley/Hatfield [sic]) 3:07
Parlophone/Albert Productions CEPO 70025 c.1966
A Willie Dixon song (credited on the label to the Righteous Bros!) taken from the rare Aztecs EP Stand By Me, also unavailable in any other format. - Grape Escape
The Easy Life (Chris Bonett) 2:16
RCA 101746 1966
The A-side of their first single; the other, Is Your Soul Drip Dry appears on Obsc14. - Procession
Essentially Susan (Peacock) 2:14
Festival FK-2575 1968
B-side of the Every American Citizen single; also appeared on their self-titled UK-recorded LP. - The Dymond
Anna J. (Waddell) 2:51
Astor A-7112 1968
Non-charting single from this Melbourne band. Guitarist Peter Waddell & bass player Don Bailes went on to play with Melbourne institution The Paul McKay Sound. - Daisy Clover
Butterflies (Guzzardi/Hammond) 3:10
Festival FK-2993 1969
This original song made #27 in the band’s hometown of Melbourne, and was the first of two singles. Members included Mick Elliott (later of Sid Rumpo etc) and two future Town Criers, George Kurtiss & John Taylor. A later line-up included Chrissie Amphlett, pre-Divinyls. - Fore Day Rider Blues Band
Cocaine Blues (Rev. Gary Davis) 4:46
Muff, no cat. no. 1969
From extremely rare debut LP, released on their own label. This track features Jeannie Lewis on lead vocals; Broderick Smith also appears throughout (probably the debut recording for both). Only a few hundred copies made at most. - Brenda Glover
Jumping Jack Flash (Jagger/Richards) 3:40
Violet's Holiday VHK 4211 1971
Ex Aesop's Fables singer who later recorded as Brenda Kristen [see Jealous Guy on Obscured 6]. - The Sect
St John's Wood (Keays/Ford) 2:31
Columbia DO-9103 1970 ()
Rare Keays/Ford song by this Melbourne band. John Brownrigg went on to work with Jim Keays on Boy From The Stars. Peter Moscos later worked with Burke & Wills and Moscos & Stone. - Autumn
Lady Anne (Stephen McMurray) 3:14
Warner Bros WBA 4003 1971
The B-side of their Goblin's Gamble single [Obscured 4]. - Rashamra
Hang On To What You Have (Jesser/Haffert) 4:04
Edition One EMS 1004 1972
B-side to Antelope, their second and final single [Obscured 2]. - G. Wayne Thomas
Open Up Your Heart (Thomas) 1:54
c.1972
Previously unreleased performance recorded for GTK. This excerpt is all that is available. - Esperanto
Statue Of Liberty (Shorrock) 5:00
A&M K-5387 1973
12 piece international band with Glenn Shorrock, Janice Slater and Brian Holloway (ex-Somebody's Image). This song, taken from the Esperanto Rock Orchestra LP, was later recorded by LRB. - Marcie Jones
Armed & Extremely Dangerous (Allan Felder/Norman Harris) 2:49
Atlantic 45-10023 1973
Single taken from her LP That Girl Jones; reached #17 in Brisbane and #22 in Adelaide. ** This has a "Who's Who" backing Marcie including Phil Manning, Tim Gaze & Kinetics/Tin Tin's Steve Groves on guitars, Tweed Harris (The Groove) produced & is on keyboards, Barry 'Big Goose" Sullivan on Bass & Geoff Cox on drums + on backing vocals: Graham Goble & Beeb Birtles (their only B/V sesion work), Linda George, Bobby Bright, Mike Brady & Danny Robinson (Wild Cherries/Virgil Brothers)** The original version by First Choice was a hit the same year in the US. - Bandicoot
Oo-wee (Fettes/McKenna) 2:30
Rainbird RBSA-054 1976
Track from their rare self-titled LP - band members included Mick Fettes, Shane Bourne and Gary Young. - Airlord
Pictures In A Puddle (Mackenzie) 4:02
Infinity K-6844 1977
Ex-pat NZ prog/art-rock band who only released one LP, Clockwork Revenge and this rather dramatic single from it. - The Ferrets
Are You Looking At Me? (Falls/Miller) 2:59
Mushroom K-7094 1978
Unsuccessful non-LP single, the last to feature June Miller and Ken Firth in the line-up. - The Ferrets
Holloway (J. Miller) (2:54)
B-side of track 18. - Brian Cadd
For The Love Of A Woman (Cadd) 4:46
Mushroom K-8904 1982
B-side of My Baby Loves To Hurt Me [Obscured 7] and similarly unavailable elsewhere. Is that Broderick Smith on backing vocals? - Burwood Blues Band
Get A Job (prob Rudd/Putt/Rudd) 2:39
c.1987
Demo recording, possibly also sold at gigs. - Spectrum
You Just Can't Win (4:39)
Obscured remix - Healing Force
The Gully (3:56)
Obscured remix
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