Lightning Raiders: Criminal World 1981

 

The Lighting Raiders are one of those bands that should have been huge, but for some reason never made it. They had the songs, they had the connections and credibility. Original bassist Andy Allan played on the Sex Pistols single Silly Thing. Steve Jones and Paul Cook returned the favour and played on the Lightning Raiders debut single (Psychedelic Musik). They could pull a crowd, and had a fierce live reputation. The critics’ love them, reviews were always positive. They released the Criminal World 7” and an EP in 1981 both on Island Record’s subsidiary label Revenge Records. Who then mysteriously dropped them from the label just as the recording of the album was about to start. And that was it for Lightning Raiders they broke up.

John Hodge (Little John )     Guitar
Gass Wild                            Vocals
Duncan Sanderson                Bass
Bruce Irvine                          Guitar 
George Butler                     Drums

***Warning Recorded off of Vinyl. Surface Noise and a few clicks.***
Criminal World
Citizens

A Camp: Song For The Leftovers 2001

A Camp is The Cardigans singer, Nina Persson’s solo side project. This is their second single after I Can Buy You. Both, Song For The Leftovers and the B-Side Train of Salvation were  written and originally produced by Persson and Niclas Frisk for the debut A Camp album. But half way through the recording Persson teamed up with Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous. They decided to re-record the album. Song For The Leftovers is from the new session and is produced by Persson and Linous. Train of Salvation is from the original sessions and is produced by Persson and Frisk.

Song For The Leftovers
Train Of Salvation

Iron Knowledge: Show-Stopper 1974

Not a lot is known about Iron Knowledge. They were from Youngstown Ohio and played Hendrix influenced Funk Rock. The 1974 high energy Show-Stopper was their first release. They put out one more single after this (Give Me A Little Taste Of Your Love). Which like Show Stopper was released on Tammy Records. It sounds like the guitar on Show-Stopper is Drop D tuning. That is, instead of the strings being tuned in the standard way (E A D G B E) they are tuned to D A D G A D. Making the intro sound deep and dirty. The B-Side is the complete opposite, it is a slow burning groove.

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 Show-Stopper

Oh Love 

The Clique: Sugar On Sunday 1969

 

The Clique were a band from Houston, Texas. Formed by record producer Gary Zekley in 1966. Although their recordings featured mainly session musicians Jerry Cope, Sid Templeton and Tommy Pena formed the core of the touring band. Sugar on Sunday was their third single. It was a cover of a Tommy James & the Shondells song.  It was released on White Whale Records in 1969 and reached number 22 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was the highest chart position they ever reached. They released one album and several more singles before disbanding in 1972. The Clique might have stayed an obscure little known 60’s Texan band. But in 1986 a group form Athens, Georgia called R.E.M. covered the B-side of this single (I am Superman) and now The Clique are famous for that. Forever linked to R.E.M.

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Sugar On Sunday

I am Superman

As a bonus, here's their first single. A cover of the 13th Floor Elevators Slash 1.

Splash 1 

Joe 90: Walls Surrounding Me 1987

 

Another obscure one. Joe 90 were a band from Hamilton, New Zealand. In 1987 it was a city better known for its Hard Rock and Metal bands. But Joe 90 had a synthesizer in their line up and they played Pop music. Walls Surrounding Me was not an independent release it came out on EMI. Who in the late 80’s did not spend money on local bands lightly. It failed to chart and was their sole release. Both Walls Surrounding Me and Imperial Measures were written by vocalist Darryl Monteith.

Produced By Mike & Phil Whitehead

Darryl Monteith        Vocals/Guitar

Shaun Joyce      Keyboard/Vocals

Kevin Webb                          Bass

Chris Oaks                           Drum

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Walls Surrounding Me

Imperial Measures

The Boyfriends: I Don't Want Nobody 1978

How good were New York’s The Boyfriends? The Ramones covered one of their unreleased songs (I Need Your Love) on their album Subterranean Jungle. This is they debut single released on Bomp! Records in 1978.  Sadly, this is pretty much it for The Boyfriends. Just after this was released they sign on to Malcolm McLaren’s management. After turning down good offers in order to wait for a great offer, he left them with no record contract and no management. Only 100 copies of their second single (Wrapped Up In A Dream) were pressed in 1981. 

Bobby Dee Waxman     Guitar/Vocals
Paddy Lorenzo              Guitar/Vocals
Jay Nap                                      Bass
Lee Crystal                               Drums

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I Don't Want Nobody

You're The One

West Auckland Punk Gig Poster 1982

This is a gig poster for a local Punk dance in Auckland New Zealand from 1982. No Tag, The Mormons, The Plunket Boys and Red Cross were  cornerstone bands of the early 1980’s West Auckland hall punk scene. They played self-organised gigs in hired West Auckland halls. The gigs were promoted by world of mouth and self-designed photocopied posters like this one. The Plunket Boys put this gig (and therefore this poster) together. It was closed down early by the Police like many were. The reason the Queen says there are four bands playing but there are five on the poster, is because No Tag were added at the last minute.

Raw Meat: Stand By Girl 1972

First up, thanks to Glorify The Turd for this very obscure gem. Raw Meat released Stand Up Girl on the label Blue Hour. Which was a small Milwaukee based label. I ‘m not sure how but 1972 has been agreed on as its release date. And that’s all the information known about this release. Nothing is known about the group. To me they sound like a band waiting for Punk to happen. There’s energy, aggression and attitude. They play Garage Metal with intent. The middle eight has the strangest backing vocals I have ever heard. He sings la la la but it’s the way he sings it. Both songs are played with a lot of energy and swagger. Should be huge.

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Stand By Girl
Out In The Country

The Original Barbara Ann : The Regents 1961

 

This is the original Barbara Ann later made famous by The Beach Boys. The Regents recorded their version in 1958 but it wasn't released until 1961. It was written by Fred Fasser, whose brother Chuck sang in the band. They were called The Regents because when they where choosing a name they were recording at Regent studios and lead singer Guy Villari smoked Regents cigarettes. They saw that as a sign.

Guy Villari                                 Lead
Sal Cuomo                      First Tenor 
Chuck Fassert            Second Tenor
Tony Gravagna           Sax, Baritone
Don Jacobucci                         Bass

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The Regents - Barbara Ann

Clarence "Tom" Ashley: My Sweet Farm Girl 1931

Clarence "Tom" Ashley was born in Tennessee in 1895. He played guitar and clawhammer style banjo. He learnt to play with his extended family, who ran a boarding house near the Appalachian Mountains. They played the traditional Tennessee Appalachian folk songs and ballads, as well as songs picking up from passing boarders. Though out his career he would regularly join the travelling medicine shows. Early on he played banjo and guitar in a ‘black face’ comedy routine. By the 1920’s Ashley was also being paid to make records by local independent record labels. He even recorded for Columbia Records in 1929. But soon the Great Depression silenced the smaller independent labels and people no longer had money for entertainment. So Clarence "Tom" Ashley became a part-time musician and took other employment. He was always an active musician, he never retired. Then during the late 1950’s Folk and Blues revival Clarence Ashley was re-discovered and started to make a living playing the Folk festive circuit. He even played at Carnegie Hall in New York. He died of cancer in 1967.

My Sweet Farm Girl is a lowbrow song loaded with double meanings. Ashley plays guitar and sings, with Gwen Foster on guitar and harmonica. It’s played in a Country music style but the structure is 12 bar blues. Like Elvis did thirty years later on That’s All Right Mama.

My Sweet Farm Girl

When I Had But Fifty Cents

Cabbage Bomber: Two Songs 1997

After spending some time in Germany following the demise of The Straitjacket Fits in 1994. Guitarist Mark Petersen return to New Zealand in 1996 and formed the Cabbage Bomber. It was to be the vehicle to perform the songs Petersen had written in the last few years. Which were well crafted Power Pop gems. The ever-prolific Petersen was soon playing in Auckland band Shaft as well. In fact, apart from Cabbage Bomber, Shaft and the Straitjacket Fits he has play in Jan Hellriegal’s Band, Greg Fleming & The Trains, Cane Slide, Working With Walt, Swamp, The Beads, Meatboy,  Mellon Farmer, Lozenge and still more.

The first song, I Done Stuff is from the 1997 Wrong Records compilation Dollar Mixture. Its a song about how one minute you’re touring the world in a band, next you’re living in a Grey Lynn flat on the dole. A common story for kiwi musicians. The second song Never Gonna…hmm is from the 1997 album they shared with Cane Slide; Sloppy Pop Wars. Both songs were recorded on lo-fi four track.

Produced by Mark Petersen

Mark Petersen             Vocals, Guitars
                                   Melodica, Synth
Mario Posa                                  Bass
Andrew Moore                          Drums

I Done Stuff

Never Gonna...hmm

The Monks: Complication 1966

The Monks were one of those bands that were unlike any one else. In 1966 they had their hair cut very short with a tonsure (like real Monks). They wore nothing but black and had a noose for a necktie.  On top of that they had a "electrified banjo" player. They were also different in that they were not hippies they were ex-G.I.s. Original formed as the 5 Torquays, when all the members were stationed at the same U.S. Army base in Germany.  But they weren't red necks either. They were not a clean cut wholesome band and conservative was not a word used to describe The Monks.

 This is their 1966 debut single as The Monks (in 1964 they released There She Walks as The 5 Torquays). Complication was their take on the escalation of the Vietnam War. There’re no flowers in their hair. Fuzzbox guitars and lyrics about death and killing sung by some who knows what they’re talking about. The B-side was Oh, How To Do Now. 

Gary Burger                  Guitar, vocals
Larry Clark                   Organ, vocals
Dave Day                       Banjo, vocals
Eddie Shaw                     Bass,vocals
Roger Johnston            Drums vocals

Produced by Jimmy Bowien

Complications

Oh, How To Do Now

The Steroids: Mr. Average 1980

This is the debut single of Wellington, New Zealand’s The Steroids. Released in 1980 on  their own White Light Records. It is also the debut recording of Alan Jansson. Who, two years after playing guitar on this record was ‘Pulsing’ all over the radio with his new band The Body Electric. In 1995, he scored a worldwide hit as the producer and co-writer of OMC’s multi-million selling How Bizarre. But this is a great example of an early self-released New Zealand punk record.

Produced by P. Blake

Alan Jimson (Jansson)   Guitar
Andrew Dray                    Bass
Robbie Holmes              Drums

Art work by Claudie

***Warning recorded from vinyl. Surface Noise***

Mr. Average

Out Of Control

The Teardrop Explodes: Sleeping Gas 7" 1979

This is the debut release by Liverpool’s The Teardrop Explodes. Released in February 1979 on Zoo Records. Which was co-owned by David Balfe, who joined the band as their keyboardist shortly after this was released. Singer Julian Cope had previously been in a band called Crucial Three with Ian McCulloch of Echo & The Bunnymen and Wah!'s Pete Wylie. This was the first release by an ex-Crucial Three member. Echo & The Bunnymen’s Pictures on My Wall was released (also on Zoo) a month later. Sleeping Gas was re-recorded as part of the Kilimanjaro sessions less than a year later. This is the original 7” version.

Julian Cope        Singer/Bassist
Mick Finkler                     Guitar
Gary Dwyer                    Drums
Paul Simpson           Keyboards

Sleeping Gas

Camera Camera

Kirkby Workers Dream Fades

Flying Nun Records 1987 Catalogue

This is not a photocopy of the 1987 Flying Nun catalogue. The 1987 Flying Nun catalogue was a  photocopied double sided A4 folding in half. You could still buy copies of The Clean's Tally Ho wholesale for $2.30 plus GST (a sales tax. In 1987 it was 10%). Some of these records now go for over a hundred times the then listed prices.

 

The Zombies: Whenever You're Ready 1965

Whenever You're Ready was The Zombies’ sixth single. It was written by singer/organist Rod Argent and bassist Chris White. Released in August 1965, exactly one year after the release of  their debut  single (She's Not There), and like the previous four singles it failed to chart. But the song on the B-side, I Love You (written solely by Chris White) had a life of its own. It was included on the Japanese version of the album The Zombies and it became a hit there and in The Philippines. In 1968 it was translated into Japanese by Kenji Sazanamias as Sukisa Sukisa Sukisa (好きさ好きさ好きさ) and recorded by Japanese band The Carnabeats. Who had a hit with it. A year later a cover by American band People! was a huge international hit. It reached number one in Japan, Israel, Australia, Italy, South Africa, and the Philippines. It also peaked at #14 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Since then it has been covered many times. It was been sung in Spanish and Portuguese, as well as, several versions in Japanese.

Colin Blunstone             lead vocals
Rod Argent                 organ, vocals
Paul Atkinson             guitar, vocals
Chris White                 bass, vocals
 Hugh Grundy                       drums

Whenever You're Ready

I Love You

As a bonus here's People!'s version of I Love You

People! - I Love You

Ahu Te Ua: Wednesday Never 2009

Ahu te ua  Ahu Te Ua ahu te ua wednesday never wednesday never ahu te ua

This is New Zealand Artist Ahu Te Ua's first single for Auckland label Double Mono Records. It was released in 2009. Ahu Te Ua had previously sung and played bass/guitar in Auckland  Noise band Zonko. He sang and played all the guitar overdubs on Wednesday Never. Which, like the B-side Dreamtime Honey was written by him.

Wednesday Never

Dreamtime Honey

And as a bonus here's an earlier single Anytime

Anytime

Destroy All Monsters: Meet The Creeper / Nov 22nd 1963 1979

Destroy All Monsters were formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1973 by art students Niagara, Jim Shaw, Mike Kelley, and Cary Loren. Conceived as an experimental “Anti-Rock” band. By 1976 Kelley and Shaw had left. In 1977 Ron Asheton formerly of Detroit powerhouse, The Stooges joined along with Michael Davis, ex-bassist for Detroit legends MC5.  Now it was Detroit City Rock. Within a few months Niagara had left her long time boyfriend Loren, for rock star Asheton. Loren left the band. This double A-Side was released in 1979. Singer Niagara got her name as a little girl when her older sister use to lock her in a dark closet and she would cry and cry. So her sister cruelly called her Niagara.

Niagara               Vocals
Ron Ashton         Guitar
Michael Davis       Bass
Rob King            Drums

Ben Miller              Sax
Larry Miller        Guitar

***Warning recorded off of Vinyl. Surface Noise and some clicks***
Meet The Creeper 

November 22nd 1963 
 

Three Lost Singles From The 1990’s

Buffalo Tom
Velvet Roof
1992

Velvet Roof was the sixth single from Boston, Massachusetts’ three piece, Buffalo Tom. Released on Situation Two/Beggars Banquet in 1992. It was written by the band, who also co-produced it with Paul Q. Kolderie and Sean Slade. 

Buffalo Tom - Velvet Roof

Ride
Twisterella
1992

Meanwhile over the Atlantic, in Oxford, England, Ride were gazing at their shoes. This was Ride’s fourth single, released on Creation records in 1992. It debuted at number 36 on the UK Singles Chart, only to fall to 54 the next week before disappearing altogether.

Ride - Twisterella

Steam
No Shoes, No Home
1995

Firstly, I apologise for the quality of the mp3. It was recorded off of a record that was etched not pressed. One of the King Worldwide Records lathe cut records. Grooves etched on to polycarbonate rather than pressed into vinyl. This single was given away with a issue of Captain Stupid Comic's. Steam were a bit of a local New Zealand super-group. Drummer Rob Key had played for The Cakekitchen and The Expendables, guitarist Danny Manetto for Shaft and Voom. bassist Nick Kreisler, the Pet Rocks and Greg Fleming & The Trains and singer Chris McKibbin was Lee Harvey.   

***Warning recorded off of etched vinyl. A lot of Surface Noise***

Stream - No Shoes, No Home

Three Lost Singles From The 1980’s

The Frost
Mirrors

1981

 

From the EP The Frost Introduces Classical Punk. Which was an odd title, as not one of the songs on the EP comes close to being a “Punk” song. Just look at the photo. Believe it or not, it’s garage synth-pop. It was released on Destiny Records, a Massachusetts label in 1981. That’s pretty much all that is known about this band.  

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The Frost - Mirrors

Blind Date

Local Dance

1982

This is the second and last single from Auckland, New Zealand’s Blind Date. Released on WEA in 1982. The drummer, Lyn Buchanan went on to become one New Zealand’s leading drummers. That’s pretty much all that I know about this band.

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Blind Date - Local Dance

Dumptruck
Island
1987

This is the first single after Seth Tiven left the band, leaving Kirk Swan as the sole songwriter. The band folded soon after this release. It was released on Big Time Records in 1987 and was produced Hugh Jones. It’s from their third album For The Country. And that’s pretty much all that I know about this band. 

Dumptruck - Island

Three Lost Singles From The 1970’s

Smith
Take A Look Around
1970
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The name of the band is Smith, not The Smiths. Smith hailed from Los Angeles, California. They had a hit in 1969 with a cover of Baby It's You. This is their last single to chart (#46) Take A Look Around from 1970.

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Smith - Take A Look Around

Silk
Forever and Ever
1976
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Known as Midge Ure’s first band. It was also the first band for Kenny Hyslop who drummed for The Skids and Simple Minds. Forever And Ever was written and produced by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter. Who wrote Puppet On A String for Sandy Shaw and Congratulations for Cliff Richard. They also worked with Bay City Rollers, which shows on this track.

Silk - Forever And Ever

The Records

Teenarama

1979
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Dodgy 1970’s lyrics aside, this is a power pop gem. It was written by drummer Will Birch and singer/guitarist John Wicks and was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. Teenarama was The Records third single. It has often been overshadowed by their biggest hit, Starry Eyes. 

The Records - Teenarama

Three Lost Singles From The 1960’s

Hugh Barrett & The Victors

There Was A Fungus Among Us

1961

In 1961 Chicago DJ Dick Biondi started using the phrase “there was a fungus among us” on his WLS radio show. It quickly became a favourite local schoolyard saying. Biondi had borrowed it from Terry Noland's 1958 song of the same name.  Chicago label Madison records saw an opportunity. They hired Hugh Barrett, Debbie and Sandy, and the some other local musicians to re-record it. It became a hit in the Chicago area. Thanks in part to Biondi's heavy promotion. First time I heard this, I thought The Cramps must have covered it, but I can’t find a version by them.

Hugh Barrett & The Victors - There Was A Fungus Among Us

The Poets

Now We're Thru

1964

The Poets were a Scottish band managed by Andrew Loog Oldham. Between 1964-67 they released six singles, but no albums. This is their 1964 debut single Now We’re Thru.

The Poets - Now We're Thru

The Soup Greens

Like A Rolling Stone

1965

This is the only record Brooklyn, New York’s The Soup Greens ever released. 1965’s Like A Rolling Stone. The song is a cover of half of a Bob Dylan song.  They don’t play the verses (too hard), for two and half minutes they just repeat the chorus over and over again with guitar brakes in between.

The Soup Greens - Like A Rolling Stone

Modern English: Smiles And Laughter 1981

   The biggest problem Modern English has, is they will always be remembered for I Melt With You. The quintessence 80’s synth-pop hit. It has been forgotten that they were an early signing to the 4AD label along with the Cocteau Twins.  Members of Modern English were also part of This Moral Coil. Whose biggest hit, a haunting version of Tim Buckley’s Song to the Siren, started life as a B-side to a medley of two Modern English songs (Sixteen Days and Gathering Dust).
   1981’s Smiles And Laughter was Modern English’s fourth single for 4AD. It and the B-side - Mesh And Lace - were recorded around the same time as their debut album. Yet neither is included on the album, despite the fact the album was called Mesh And Lace. Both song titles are "something" and "something", Smiles And Laughter, Mesh And Lace. 

Robbie Grey                      vocals
Gary McDowell       guitar, vocals
Michael Conroy        bass, vocals
Richard Brown                   drums
Stephen Walker           keyboards

Produced by Modern English & Robbie Mayhew

Smiles and Laughter

Mesh and Lace

As a bonus here's the two Modern English song This Moral Coil covered.

Sixteen Days

Gathering Dust

The Parliaments: Heart Trouble 1965

The Parliaments were the precursor to Parliament, the George Clinton led 70’s funk band. This is the George Clinton led 60’s soul/doo-wop quintet. Heart Trouble was their third single. It was released in 1965 on Golden World Records.  Like the flipside (That Was My Girl), it was co-written by George Clinton and Sidney Barnes. A few years later George Clinton rewrote Heart Trouble as You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure for his other band Funkadelic, it appears on their 1973 Cosmic Slop album. The B-side, That Was My Girl, was also later reworked by George Clinton and features of Funkadelic’s 1972 double album America Eats Its Young.

George Clinton      vocals
Grady Thomas       vocals
Ray Davis              vocals
Fuzzy Haskins       vocals
Calvin Simon         vocals

Produced by George Clinton, Sidney Barnes, Mike Terry

Heart Trouble

That Was My Girl

As a bonus here's there biggest hit I Wanna Testify

I Wanna Testify 

Splodgenessabounds: Simon Templer 1980

Punk rock meets Benny Hill. Splodgenessabounds specialized in toilet humour lyrics, many of their songs were about farting and sniggering at sex. With song titles that sounded like a Viz cartoon (Michael Booth's Talking Bum) clearly they were not The Clash. Their live shows feature simulated and some not so simulated sexual acts between singer Max Splodge and his backing singer girlfriend Baby Greensleeves.
Simon Templer released in 1980, was their debut single. It failed to get any airplay but the B-side Two Pints Of Larger And A Packet Of Crisps Please, did. In fact, it became a bit of a radio hit. It pushed the single all the way to #7 in the UK Singles Chart. The BBC situation comedy Two Pints Of Larger And A Packet Of Crisps was named in its honour. It was one of the last releases on Deram Records.  Who gave it the catalogue number Bum 01. 

Max Splodge                                             Vocals
Chrissie (Baby Greensleeves)     Backing vocals
Desert Island Joe Slythe                       Coconuts
Miles Flat                                                   Guitar
Pat Thetic Noble                                        Guitar
Roger Rodent                                    Bass guitar
Wiffy Archer                              Comb and paper
Winston Forbes                                  Keyboards
Squint                                                   Windows

Produced by Mike Robinson

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Simon Templer

Michael Booth's Talking Bum
Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps Please

Stevie Wonder Gig Poster 1973

A poster for a 1973 concert by Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind and Fire at The University of Maryland. Unlimited free parking and tickets from only $2 to see Stevie Wonder, those where the days.

Blind Blake: In The Jailhouse Now 1927

It is thought that Blind Blake was born around 1893. His record label Paramount Records listed is hometown as Jacksonville, Florida by but no one is sure. It is known that his first name was Arthur, though his last name may have been Phelps not Blake. The date and course of his death are unknown. The most popular guess for the year is 1933, as there are no known recordings from him after 1932. What is known about him is that he was an amazingly talented guitarist. Frequently referred to as "The King of Ragtime Guitar", as his playing style was more like that of Ragtime piano than Country Blues. He also recorded solely for Paramount Records. Between 1926 and 1932 he recorded over 80 songs for them. It was also known that he liked to drink.
The song ‘In the Jailhouse Now’ has its origins in Vaudeville. The earliest copyright for the song is a 1915 version by two African-American theatre performers named Davis and Stafford. Jimmie Rodgers was often been created with writing it but Blind Blake’s 1927 version (with different words) was recorded four months before Jimmie Rodgers’.

In the ad above, the guy in the jailhouse has the longest necked guitar in the world.

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In The Jailhouse Now

Southern Rag

As a bonus here's Police Dog from 1929

Police Dog Blues 

Hoodoo Gurus: Tojo 1983

This is the 1983 second single from Sydney, Australian’s Hoodoo Gurus. It’s the first to include guitarist Brad Shepherd, who has been with the band ever since. Like most of their singles it was written by the singer and the other guitarist Dave Faulkner.
There are two main references in the song. The first, the World War Two Japanese Prime Minister General Hideki Tojo. The Japanese bombed Darwin, Australian in the War but didn’t invade. They were stopped in Papua New Guinea by Australian troops. The second is the 1975 song ‘Santa Never Made It Into Darwin’ by New Zealand duo Bill & Boyd. Which was a charity record to raise money for the victims of Cyclone Tracy which devastated Darwin on Christmas Eve / Christmas Day 1974. Both General Tojo and Cyclone Tracy had tried to destroy Darwin. It was released on Big Time Records in June, 1983. (Lets All) Turn On was the B-side.

James Baker                                 drums
Clyde Bramley                    bass, vocals
Dave Faulkner           lead vocals, guitar
Brad Shepherd                 guitar, vocals

Producer — Alan Thorne
Design (cover) — Yanni Stumbles, Dave Faulkner

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Tojo
(Lets All) Turn On