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From the year 1966 to the year 2016 - a pattern emerges
1966? Was that a real year?
War Or Hands of Time - the Master’s Apprentices, the B-side to their single Undecided, also on the 1967 debut album. This version from the 2009 Aztec Music compilation The Master’s Apprentices.
How Is the Air Up There - the La De Das, a band from New Zealand, and for our purposes part of Down Under Hour territory.
Friday On My Mind - the Easybeats, their best-known song, recorded in London after the band moved there seeking greater fame and fortune.
Also in there we had a word from Holden cars for 1966.
What was happening in 1976?
Jailbreak - AC/DC, from the Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap album, recorded at Alberts studios in Sydney in 1975 and released in Australia, New Zealand and Europe in 1976, but didn't make it to the US until 1981.
Jump In My Car - the Ted Mulry Gang, their single was released in 1975 but topped Australian charts for many weeks in 1976.
Feel the Breeze - the Down Under Hour debut of Air Supply, from their debut LP, recorded in Sydney, before the main members moved to the US.
ABBA medley - Norman Gunston, the comic creation of Australian actor Garry McDonald.
10 years later, it's 1986
Suntrapper - the Triffids, from their album In The Pines, recorded in a sheep-shearing shed on the McComb family farm - David McComb was the band's songwriter, singer, and played guitar, his brother Robert McComb played guitar and violin.
Stuck On You - Hunters & Collectors, from their album Human Frailty. The band was led by Mark Seymour, whose brother Nick Seymour is the bass player in Crowded House. The song was written by Ian Rilen, bass player in the band Rose Tattoo.
Don’t Tear It Down - v Spy v Spy from their 1986 album A.O. Mod. TV Vers, which is an abbreviation for Adults Only Modified Television Version, a censorship notification on Australian television at the time. This version from the 2016 compilation The Glory Days of Aussie Pub Rock, vol. 1.
Speaking of TV, if you watched Australian TV in the 1980s you would've seen the ad for Victoria Bitter beer that we played at the start of this set.
It's 1996
Common Ground - Midnight Oil, from their album Breathe.
Falling Star - Rebecca's Empire, featuring Rebecca Barnard, from the album Way of All Things.
Look at that, it's already 2006
Two More Bottles Of Wine - Suzannah Espie, from her album A Few More Days.
Go Go Getter - the Dolly Rocker Movement, from their album Electric Sunshine.
Almost finished, it's 2016
High And Low - Empire of the Sun, from their album Two Vines. It's the work of Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore. Steele was born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, and Littlemore is from Sydney. They've both moved away and work far from Australia, which is why we don't often feature their music.
Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp start us off, move us along, and tell us when we're done.
