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at the pub, or at a party, whenever you're stuck, for what to say,
if
you wanna be dinky-di, why don't you give it a try,
look
'em right in the eye and say g'day..."
(Slim Dusty)
Show 122
06-04-2025
June
swoon
Sunny
disposition, Pt. 2
Under
the Sun - the title track to the 1987 album by Paul Kelly and the
Coloured Girls. It was also released as by Paul Kelly and the
Messengers.
A
Place In the Sun - Hoodoo Gurus from their 1991 album Kinky. This
version from the 2000 collection Ampology.
Midnight
Sunshine - Tex Perkins and the Dark Horses, from 2003, the album
Sweet Nothing.
Distant
Sun - Crowded House, from 1993, the album Together Alone, which they
recorded in New Zealand.
Waiting
For the Sun - Powderfinger,, from their 2000 album Odyssey Number
Five. This version is
on a 2004 compilation,
Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger 1994-2000.
Djapana,
or Sunset Dreaming - Yothu Yindi, from 1989, their album Homeland
Movement. This version from Healing
Stone,
a "greatest hits"
album, from 2012.
*
From 1966 to 1972 one of the big events on the Australian musical
calendar was the annual Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds, a national
competition with grand prizes that included trips to London plus
recording contracts and concerts. Two bands that did well in these
competitions were Doug Parkinson In Focus and Fraternity.
Round
one
The
1970 winners, Doug Parkinson In Focus, with a 1970 single, Then I
Run. This version from the
compilation Psych
Bites, Vol. 1:
Australian Acid Freak Rock 1967-1974.
The
1971 winners, Fraternity, doing one of their 1971 singles, The Race,
Part 1. The singer on this song might sound familiar - Bon Scott -
working up to AC/DC. This version from a 1998 reissue of their 1971
album Livestock
Round
two
Doug
Parkinson In Focus, Purple Curtains, a 1970 single. This version from
the compilation Psych
Bites, Vol. 1:
Australian Acid Freak Rock 1967-1974.
Fraternity,
Livestock, the title track of their 1971 album. This version from a
1998 reissue.
Play
that funky music
Fancy
Dan - Ralph White, released as a 12-inch single in 1978 and featuring
Tommy Emmanuel on guitar. This version reissued on the Austudy label
in April 2025 as a compilation titled Disco.
This
Is How You Do It - the Bamboos,, the title track to their 2023 album.
Handbrake
- Tim Rogers fronting the Bamboos in 2015, from their album The Rules
Of Attraction.
More
Tim time
Tim
Rogers and You Am I, Cathy's Clown, from their 1995 album Hi Fi Way.
Tuesday,
from their 1996 album Hourly Daily.
Intro:
Roulette - Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp, Underwater Casino,
2003.
Exit
and extra: Pacific Heights - Baby Langston from their acclaimed 1998
album.
