Obscured 18
- Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs
Pride (Madara/White) 2:23
Parlophone PMCO 7525 1965
Taken from the first, self-titled Aztecs LP; the song was a big hit for Ray Brown & The Whispers the same year. - The Easybeats
Make Life Sweet With Coca Cola (writer unkown) 1:20
Previously unreleased 1966
Recorded for the Easybeats Spectacular - Coca Cola TV special on the Seven Network in July 1966, just prior to their departure for the UK. - Lynne Fletcher
Wait Till My Bobby Gets Home (Spector/Greenwich/Barry) 2:08
His Master's Voice EA-4878 1967
Originally a hit for Darlene Love, this is the B-side of Nothing Lasts Forever [Obscured 11]. - Marty Rhone
Tell Me Love (Stanley) 2:13
Spin EK-1790 1967
The B-side of No No No No No [Obscured 16]. - Yvonne Barrett
Lu (Nyro) 2:50
Columbia DO-9062 1970
Her second-last single and only release for Columbia. It didn't chart, but appeared on the Go-Set Pop Poll Awards 1970 LP when Barrett was voted a runner up for Top Female Singer. - Imagination
Elanora (MacLean) 3:41
Previously unreleased 1970
Recorded live on the Rex Mossop TV show (ATN-7 Sydney) in Jan 1970. This track was never officially recorded or released, and was written by their lead guitarist Lyle MacLean, who sings lead vocals instead of usual singer Alex Stafanovic. - Gene Pierson
Reach Out I'll Be There(Holland/Dozier/Holland) 5:10
Festival FK-2498 1970
Great psych version of the Four Tops classic. Gene Pierson was actually Giancarlo Salvestrin, who fled from Australia to NZ in 1966 to avoid being drafted. He returned home when this song became a national hit (#29, #12 in Sydney). He later founded Laser Records and Big Mouth Records. - Jelly Roll Big Band
I've Been Away Too Long (Max Merritt) 3:18
Sunshine QK-4412 1971
Brisbane band's only single, which reached #30 in their home city. They also made the national finals of the 1971 Hoadley's Battle Of The Sounds. - Fraternity
Raglan's Folly (Jurd/Scott) 3:53 - Fraternity
You Have A God (Mick & Carol Jurd) 1:57
Raven NSP-060 1971
Both tracks taken from the B-side of If You Got It, and hitherto unavailable on CD. These recordings feature strings arranged by J Wesley Smith, AUA, Mus Bac, with production by Grape! - Hans Poulsen
Getting Back To Nothing (Poulsen) 4:33
Fable FB-055 1971
The title song to a Tim Burstall surf film, which appeared on the soundtrack LP and the B-side of Hans' Stick Of Incense single. - La De Da’s
Fare Thee Well (Key/Roberts) 5:11
HMV EA-9638 1971
The far lesser-known B-side of Gonna See My Baby Tonight, showing the gentler side of the band's musical style. - Ted Mulry
You're All Woman (Mulry) 3:01
Previously unreleased 1973
Recorded for GTK with Mulry on vocals and lead guitar. Here he is backed by most of the (Aust) Velvet Underground - Les Hall (gtr), Herman Kovas (drums) and Steve Hart (bass); essentially a prototype of the Ted Mulry Gang. - The Dingoes
Smooth Sailing (Tolhurst) 2:49
Mushroom K-5673 1973
The rare Mushroom single version, which was released after their first LP. The band re-recorded the song for A&M and had some success with that single but this original recording, which did not chart, has never been officially released on CD. - Colleen Hewett
Can't Sit Down (Wilson) 3:25
Festival FK-5349 1973
The B-side of Sit Yourself Down [Obscured 8]. The lyrics may be trite but this track shows Hewett in a funkier mode than might be expected. - Jeff St John
Mr James (Jeff St John) 2:48
Infinity K-5896 1975
With backing by the short-lived band Red Cloud - Russell Moran (gtr), Tony Lyon (bs) and Neil Bamford (drums) - and arrangement by John Robinson (ex-Blackfeather), this single was a minor hit and St John's penultimate single for Infinity. - Company Caine
Heard The Word (Russell/Gully) 5:08
Lamington LAM-329 1975
An ode to rock & roll (mis)management from the ultra-rare Dr Chop LP. Recorded live at the Dallas Brooks Hall, Sept 3 1975. - Rockwell T James
Come On Home (A Song For Anna) (Porter/James) 3:21
Infinity K-6415 1976
Ronnie Peel's first single under the revived name, originally used in 1968. Peel was an erstwhile member of the La De Das and many other bands. The single reached #21 in Melbourne and #55 nationally. - Wild Beaver Band
How Come All You Dudes Look Like Cowboys? (Elliot/Townshend/Brunell) 2:40
Lamington LAM 332 1976
From their only recording, as part of the rare Live At The Station LP. The line-up here is Snowy Townshend (vcls), guitarists John Brunell and Mick Elliot (the latter ex-RJSS, Levi Smith's Clefs, Sid Rumpo etc), Mike Crawford (bs) and drummer Noel Herridge (ex-Langford Lever and Sid Rumpo). - Lisa Bade
Traveller In The Night (Mark Gillespie) 3:48
WBE WBE-351 1980
Bade first sang backup vocals for Mark Gillespie, then recorded this song herself. All-star band featuring Ross Hannaford (ld gtr, vcls), Red Symons (synth), Mark Gillespie (ac gtr, piano, vcls), Joe Creighton (bs, vcls) and Virgil Donati (drums). Didn't appear on her only LP Suspicion (1982). - Wendy & The Rocketts
Tonite (Mark Chew) 3:16
Mushroom K-8521 1981
Non-LP and non-charting single, produced by Mark Moffatt and Mark Chew. - Spectrum
Worm Turning Blues (Rudd) 2:58
Previously unreleased 2006
Rudd, Putt and Robbo with a version of the Ariel song, recorded live at the Trinity Sessions, Adelaide, June 2006. - Zoot
Turn Your Head 4:54
(Obscured remix)
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