Show 142
We're psyched and traveling through our own Psychedelic Era.
Strange Girl - Belles Will Ring, their song was on the 2007 album album Mood Patterns.
Donovan Dreams - Ashley Naylor, a single off his album Alexandria Sunset, which came out in September 2025. When he's not making his own records, Naylor plays guitar in Paul Kelly's band, he sits in with the Church, Even, and half a dozen other combos.
Can You Feel It? Felicity Cripps from her album Chasing Volcanoes, an August 2024 release.
Blasts from the pasts
It's a Beautiful Day - Tamam Shud, from their album Evolution, a 1969 (or maybe 1968, the details are a bit hazy) release. The Persian phrase tamam shud translates as "ended", "it is finished" or "the very end") and are the closing words of The The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, an 11th-century poetry collection. The phrase is also associated with a Western Australian mystery from 1948 involving "the Somerton Man." Well worth looking up.
Free - Kahvas Jute The song was on their 1971 album Wide Open. After Tamam Shud broke up, some of the guys formed another band with another unusual name. Bob Daisley was on bass guitar, he went on to play an important role in Ozzy Osbourne's musical career, and also played with Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Gary Moore, Chicken Shack and Uriah Heep.
And I'm Blue - Ariel, a band from Melbourne, the song was on their 1973 album A Strange Fantastic Dream. Mike Rudd and Bill Putt formed the band in 1973 after their group Spectrum broke up. Members included Tim Gaze and Nigel Macara, recruited from Tamam Shud.
A Place To Go - Ayers Rock, from their 1976 album Beyond, recorded in the USA while the band was on tour.
No time like the present
What Is Ashwagandha - Babe Rainbow, the song is on their latest album, Slipper imp and shakaerator, from April 2025, but this version was recorded in the US for a radio broadcast. FYI, ashwagandha is a herb used to relieve stress, anxiety and insomnia. Shakearator is a machine used in orchards to improve soil conditions by breaking up compacted ground.
Little Man - Rebecca's Empire, featuring Rebecca Barnard singing and Shane O'Mara on guitars and production. It was on their 1999 album Welcome.
Omnibus - The Double Happiness, a band from Brisbane, the song is on their album Spacetime, also a September 2025 release.
Three by the Dolly Rocker Movement
What's That Sound
In My Mind, In My Words & In My Heart - Two tracks from their 2006 album Electric Sunshine.
I Can See Through Orange - from their 2007 album, A Purple Journey Into the Mod Machine
State of Things - Private Mountain, from 2022, their EP Optimism Cult.
Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp supply our hello and goodbye and in between musical bits.
