Obscured 34

Gerry Stone & The Mystery Men
With A Girl Like You (Lordan) 2:34
Prev unreleased c.1964/5
From a rehearsal tape by this Sydney band, featuring pre-Throb / pre-Masters Apprentices Denny and Colin Burgess. Also included Percy and Carl, surnames unknown. Originally a hit for Cliff Richard.
The Jet Set with Teina Millar
Alright OK You Win (Wyche/Watts) 2:39
CBS BA-221363 1966
Versatile Sydney band; this song appeared on their On Your Mark, Jet Set, Go Go LP in 1966 and as the B-side of Bill Bailey in ‘67. Both very rare releases; Millar disappeared from view not long after.
The Wright Group
Five Star Cab (Wright/McDonald/Jones) 2:03
HMV EA-4806 1966 #39 Melb
Third single for the well regarded Sydney band though not a hit in their home State. They were first known as the Richard Wright Group but changed name after he left, though Richard may be on this single anyway!
Bev Harrell
Love Of The Loved (Lennon/McCartney) 2:00
HMV OCLP 7663 1967
Non-single lead track from her This Is Bev LP, the first of her two albums.
Phil Jones & The Unknown Blues
Pick A Bale Of Cotton (Trad) 2:13
Festival FK-1913 1967
2nd of 3 singles; a great version of the song first popularised by Leadbelly, surprisingly not a hit.
The Kinetics
You’re So Good For Me (Oldham/Bell/Skinner/Rose) 2:19
CBS BA-221416 1967 #29 Melb
Third and final single for the first band to feature Steve Groves, later of Tin Tin, Bushwackers etc. John Vallins also turned up in Tin Tin & wrote Too Much Too Little Too Late for Johnny Mathis
Lynne Randell
That's A Hoe Down (Hammond) 1:54
Lynne Randell
Ciao Baby (English/Weiss) 2:52
Both these unreleased tracks were recorded live in Mobile, Alabama Aug 12 1967, as part of Randell’s US tour opening for The Monkees.
The Clevedonaires
Up The Wooden Hills To Bedfordshire (Marriott/Lane/McLagan) 2:04
Impact IR-1036 (NZ) 1968
B-side of Sunny Goodge Street, the NZ band’s final single before moving to Australia and becoming The Cleves. Originally recorded by the Small Faces.
The Executives
You're Gonna Love Me (R Burton/GK Michael) 3:04
Festival FK 4036 1969
B-side of Hey Man, their final single before changing name to the Inner Sense and style to more psych rock. They reformed as the Executives in 1974.
Hot Cottage
Sour Lovin’ (Dominey/Hart/Humphries/Morris) 3:40
His Master’s Voice EA-9639 1971
B-side of the Sydney band’s second and final single ‘Made To Love You’.
Richard Kaal
Lesser Folk (Cadd/Mudie) 3:42
His Master’s Voice EA-9974 1972
Before this release, Kaal had been in the cast of Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar and had recorded a couple of other singles. These days he lives in, and studies the music of Bali.
Headband
Oh How I Miss The Country (Berg) 3:33
RCA 102146 1972
B-side of ‘Land Of Supercars’ (Obsc32).
Band Of Talabene
Tell It Like It Is (Manning) 2:58
Bootleg BL 143 1972
B-side of ‘Herbert’s Boogie’, with the line-up of Phil Manning, Tony Naylor, Phil Gaunt, Tony Buettel and Gus Fenwick. They only released one more single with almost completely different personnel.
Band Of Light
Destiny Song (Key) 3:22
Prev unreleased, 1973
Recorded live for GTK (ABC TV) in July, 1973.
Glenys Hewett
Captain Como (Leon) 3:26
RCA 102314 1973
The B-side of ‘C’est La Vie’, the only solo single release by Colleen Hewett’s sister. Written by Glenys’ husband Marc Leon (Vibrants, Graduate etc).
Johnny Young
Ballerina (Young) 6:30
Summit SRA250.123 1973
From the LP “The Young Man & His Music”, featuring his own original material. Never reissued on CD.
Mondo Rock
I'll Be Around (Bell/Hurtt) 6:30
Prev unreleased c.1976
Early unrecorded line-up of Ross Wilson, Ian Winter, Peter Laffy, Barry Sullivan and Trevor Courtney. Their version of this Spinners song never made it to vinyl and this live version was recorded at an unknown venue!
Ol’ 55
Living For Your Smile (Manzie) 3:19
Junction MS-301 1979 #54 Syd
Taken from the “Cruisin’ For A Bruisn’” LP and only a minor success. The band split in half not long after but were still to have their last big hit with ‘Two Faces Have I’ (Obsc22).
The Innocents
Identikit Girl (Purcell/LaRizza) 4:04
Distressing/custom PRS-2784 1980
The Adelaide Innocents, before they changed their name to The Noise (Obsc33) to avoid confusion with the Tasmanian band of the same name.
Broderick Smith's Big Combo
Badlands (Springsteen) 3:57
Prev unreleased c.1980
Never officially recorded by this band, recorded live at an unknown time and place.
The Jumpers
Girl And Toy (J.Bowden) 3:24
Smash & Grab/EMI Custom 13164 1981
From the Adelaide ska/soul band’s rare EP “Galimatias Amoureux”.
Chants R&B
Dimples (Hooker) 2:22
Not released, 2010
Acoustic performance by the reformed Chants for Radio New Zealand, Feb 26 2010; Mike Rudd on lead vocals.
Evan Jones
Shoo Fly Shoo (Jones)
Raven/Nationwide NSP-100 c.1971
Perhaps best known as co-writer of The Mixtures’ ‘Pushbike Song’ with his brother Idris. Evan Jones was a member of 60s Adelaide band The Gingerbread Men, and also released the solo single ‘Little Black Spider’, of which this is the B-side. He still occasionally records and works as an artist under the name James Evan Jones.

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