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.
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.
