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TESTIMONIAL
– Spectrum
/ Murtceps AZTEC
RECORDS AVSCD092
This
digitised version of Spectrum’s last studio album
has been a long time coming. It’s the least well-known
of the Spectrum / Murtceps canon, but with no more
supplementary material discovered to flesh out the
album, Aztec’s Gil Matthews has been hesitating.
That the bulk of the ten songs on the album are
unknown (apart from Indelible Shuffle)
could be considered intriguing and it was none other
than Go-Set’s Ed Nimmervoll who bemoaned the obligatory
extra tracks on re-releases as spoiling the way
the album was intended to be presented.
$25 + postage

Craig
Horne’s I’ll Be Gone – Volcano
Records VB001
A
book about me would never have been written had
it been left up to me, but Craig Horne’s on a hot
flush, with a book out each of the last three years!
I’ve been devouring musicians’ biographies for a
while in anticipation of writing my own story and
so it came as a distinct relief when Craig offered
to do the hard yards on my behalf. The one thing
I’m really good at is procrastinating and so I was
astonished at the speed Craig put this book together.
It’s a great read too, full of contextual references
in case you don’t know who the hell I am.
$30.00 + postage
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Warts
Up Your Nose – The
Indelible Murtceps Aztec
Records AVSCD074
I
was beginning to think this CD would never eventuate
and now it’s here! It comes with a copiously illustrated
booklet written by the endlessly knowledgeable Murtceps’
researcher, Ian Macfarlane, and explains how the
Indelible Murtceps came into being, The meticulous
remastering of the original record by Gil Matthews
and added bonus tracks – some alternative studio
versions and three Live at Sunbury tunes, give a
glimpse of simpler, happier times.
$25.00 + postage
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Rock
& Roll Scars 2 –
Ariel – Aztec Records AVSCD069
(Not
to be confused with the single CD available below).
This has been a pet project for Aztec Records supremo
and Oz music afficienado, Gil Matthews and he’s
done a brilliant job of remastering and packaging
this outing by the bass, guitar and drums version
of Ariel. Throw in the demos of The Jellabad
Mutant, which hints at what might’ve been,
plus some live recordings of the expanded version
of the band with Glyn Mason and Nigel Macara and
you’ve got a rich account of the latter career of
Ariel.
$30.00 + postage
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Breathing
Space As Well –
Spectrum – Volcano Records VR005
This
is the third
in the Breathing Space series of EPs, and
its release was held up so we could add two songs
in particular; Soul Man, and his refugee
bro’ Limbo Man. Soul
Man was a project dear to my heart and is dedicated
to one of the true legends of Oz (and Kiwi) soul
music, Max Merritt. Our paths intersected at pivotal
times in my so-called career and I thought it fitting
to pay homage to The Man while he was still around
to enjoy it. Helping out on the stunning horn arrangement
is Jimmie Sloggett, who appears on Limbo Man
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Milesago
–
Spectrum – Aztec Music AVSCD033
Well, after
all the huffing and puffing, the
(double) album that everybody has been saying they’re
waiting for is finally here! And I can testify that
Gil Matthews and Ted Lethborg have done another
exquisite job in bringing this baby home. To say
the packaging is lavish is an understatement, and,
if anything, it underlines the visionary artwork
done by Ian McCausland all those years ago. I won’t
attempt to explain the music, suffice to say that
it goes places where few bands were even contemplating
and remains a unique testament to the times.
$30.00 + postage
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Spectrum
Part One –
Spectrum – Aztec Music AVSCD026
Something
new at last! Well, maybe not new
new, but Aztec Music’s Ted Lethborg and Gil Matthews
have done their label’s usual spiffy job re-presenting
Spectrum’s very first album with luxurious packaging
and copious notes by Ian McFarlane, and more bonus
tracks than there were tracks on the original vinyl
version. A great commercial injustice has been righted
with the inclusion of I’ll Be Gone and
Launching Place Parts One and Two.
Includes the harmonica-less demo version of I’ll
Be Gone from the original demo.

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The
Cutting Edge of Society – Life As
We Know It
This
one-off single
from the late nineties was broughty to my attention
recently by Leslie Avril, who is primarily known
as a country singer and became involved in the project
when the single was re-launched on the unsuspecting
country music public at the Tamworth Country Music
Festival in 1998.
The recording of The Cutting Edge
features nearly a dozen musicians, who were later
flown to Sydney for the big launch at the Sydney
Opera House. We had to assemble another
band (The Thin Air Band) to fulfil our Tamwoth obligations.

Rock
& Roll Scars –
Ariel – Rare
Vision – RVSN-003

Dedicated to the memory of the late Ariel drummer
John Lee, with the sole bonus inclusion of the
single Yeah Tonight and I am the
Laughing Man. Some people think this is the
definitive guitar band that Rudd and Putt had
to this point – which is not saying much as it
was the only guitar band they had to
this point. The superb Abbey
Road / Air Studios sound fairly leaps out of the
speakers.
$20.00
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CD
of the month (see
previous
months)

While
I seem to be having a bit of a block about a new
CD of any description I thought I should bring 3MDR’s
A Mountain of Sound 2014 to your
attention.
Recorded at at the 3MDR blues fund-raiser, one of
Spectrum’s very first appearances after Bill’s death,
this is a live version of the John Mayall / Eric
Clapton single I’m Your Witchdoctor. It’s
live but hardly wild – in fact it’s barely mild
– and it’s only one of a thousand tracks from a
multitude of acts on this commendable double album.
Worth listening to once at least, if only for the
diversity on show.