Thursday, 25 February 2016

Mach Pelican - 1998 - Blue Sky




Mach Pelican were a punk rock band formed in Perth, Australia in 1996. In 1998, they relocated to Melbourne, Australia. They announced their farewell tour in July 2007, and played their final show in Tokyo, Japan on 17 September 2007. The band was formed by three Japanese students who were studying English in Perth in 1996. After touring extensively, Mach Pelican moved to Melbourne in 1998.



Tracks:
1. Blue Sky
2. My Sweet Ramona
3. Dance In Chicago
4. Sharara
5. City Beach

Wednesday, 17 February 2016

Ghostwriters - 1991 - Ghostwriters




 Ghostwriters (aka Rob Hirst & the Ghostwriters and sometimes referred to as Ghosties by fans) are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1990, principally involving Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst and Hoodoo Gurus bassist Richard Grossman. Their highest charting single was "Someone's Singing New York New York" (1991) written by Hirst, it reached No. 29 on the ARIA Australian Singles Chart.



Tracks


1. Someone's Singing New York New York
2. It Doesn't Take A House To Fall On Me

Sunday, 7 February 2016

Master's Apprentices with Hoodoo Gurus - 1995 - Turn Up Your Radio




The Hoodoo Gurus are another great Australian band influenced by the Masters. The single manages to capture the raw energy of the original with everybody having a good time in the studio. Recorded to celebrate the Masters 30th anniversary in 1995. Has two mixes of the new recording plus the original.


Tracks


1. Turn Up Your Radio ('95)
2. Turn Up Your Radio ('95) Cake Mix
3. Turn Up Your Radio ('70) Original

Monday, 1 February 2016

Seven Stories - 1993 - Prince of Hollywood




Seven Stories was an Australian rock group formed in Adelaide, initially as Tall Stories, in 1986. The band was nominated as 'Best New Talent' at the 1991 Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Awards and signed to Sony (then CBS Records), but disbanded in 1994 after its second full-length album release, Everything You Want (Nothing That You Need).




Tracks




Prince of Hollywood (single edit version)
Right on Time
Know Your Enemy
Your Time (Accidental Feedback Mix)
Prince of Hollywood (full version)

Guy Sebastian - 2003 - Angels Brought Me Here




 "Angels Brought Me Here" (aka "Faith Has Brought Me Here") is a pop song performed by Australian singer Guy Sebastian. It was released in Australia on 24 November 2003 as the lead single from his debut album Just as I Am (2003).

"Angels Brought Me Here" peaked at number-one on the ARIA Singles Chart. It was the first of 12 top ten and six number-one singles for Sebastian in Australia. "Angels Brought Me Here"'s first week sales were at the time the highest one week's sales on record for both an Australian artist and a debut artist. It currently still has the second highest one week sales for an Australian artist single. The song was certified as four times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and sold in excess of 303,000 units. In January 2010 "Angels Brought Me Here" was announced as the highest selling single of the decade (2000–2009). Until 2011 the song held the record as the highest selling Australian artist single in Australian chart history. "Angels Brought Me Here" was also popular in New Zealand, topping the RIANZ Singles Chart and achieving platinum certification.





  Tracks


1 Angels Brought Me Here 
2 When I Get You Alone

Screaming Jets - 1992 - Living In England




The Screaming Jets are an Australian hard rock band formed in Newcastle, Australia in 1989. Living in England EP is an EP by the Australian band The Screaming Jets. The only single that was taken off this release was Living In England (AUS#19-July 92).



Tracks 

1."Tunnel" 
2."Meet Anybody" 
3."Living in England"
4."Folsom Prison Blues" 
5."Ain't No Fun (Waiting Round to Be a Millionaire)" 

Scandel'Us - 2001 - Me, Myself & I




"Me, Myself & I" is a song by pop group Scandal'us. It was released as the debut single from their album Startin' Somethin' and reached number one on the ARIA Charts in Australia in 2001, staying there for three weeks.






Tracks



2."Me, Myself And I" (RnB Mix)
3."Me, Myself And I" (Mayday vs. Cadell - High Energy Mix)
4."Me, Myself And I" (Karaoke Mix) 

Savage Garden - 1999 - I Knew I Loved You




"I Knew I Loved You" is a song by Australian pop duo Savage Garden, released as the second single from their second studio album, Affirmation. The song went straight to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's second number one in the United States after "Truly Madly Deeply". After its third week at number one, the single was knocked off by Mariah Carey's "Thank God I Found You" featuring Joe and 98 Degrees. It later returned to the top again the following week for its fourth and final week at the top.

It was the last song by an Australian artist to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for over 12 years until Gotye peaked at number one with his single "Somebody That I Used to Know" (featuring Kimbra) in 2012.




Tracks


1 I Knew I Loved You (Album Version) 
2 I Knew I Loved You (Acoustic Version)

Pretty Violet Stain -1998 - If The Money's Right




Pretty Violet Stain (1996-2001)  The Brisbane-based 3-piece released a self-funded EP 'Blush', and soon signed a deal with major label Warner. The track "She Keeps Souvenirs" from their 'If The Money's Right' EP became a Triple J anthem, seeing their popularity rise through appearances at such festivals as Homebake. Following their split in 2001, frontman Shane Nicholson started a solo career and soon after married country music superstar Kasey Chambers.






Tracks



1 She Keeps Souvenirs   
2 Where I Come From   
3 If the Money's Right   
4 Tastes Like A Lemon    
5 Your Latest Drama

Friday, 15 January 2016

L!ving C0lour - 1994 - Sunshine of Your L0ve




Living Colour is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 1984. Stylistically, the band's music is a creative fusion influenced by heavy metal, funk, jazz, hip hop and alternative rock. Their lyrics range from personal to political.



Tracks
 

1 Sunshine Of Your Love
2 Sunshine Of Your Love (The Adrian Sherwood & Skip McDonald Remix)
3 Time's Up  
4 Auslander (Overload Mix)

Thursday, 14 January 2016

Buffal0 T0m - 1992 - Taillights F@de




Buffalo Tom is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1986. Its principal members are guitarist Bill Janovitz, bassist Chris Colbourn, and drummer Tom Maginnis. The band's name is derived from the band Buffalo Springfield and the first name of the drummer.





Tracks 


1 Taillights Fade
2 Velvet Roof
3 Birdbrain (Live)
4 Larry (Live)
5 Skeleton Key (Live)

B@ngles - 1989 - S0lid G0ld




 "Manic Monday" is a song by the American pop rock band The Bangles, and the first single released from their second studio album, Different Light (1986). It was written by American musician Prince, using the pseudonym "Christopher".

The song, which was released on Monday January 27, 1986, It became The Bangles' first hit, reaching number two in the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as in Austria, Canada, Germany and Ireland, and peaked within the top five of New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland. 
It charted at #3 in Australia.



Tracks



1 In Your Room
2 Manic Monday
3 If She Knew What She Wants

Kizz - 1998 - Psych0 C!rcus





Psycho Circus" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss. It is the title track from the 1998 album with the same name. "Psycho Circus" was written by guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley and Curt Cuomo specifically to fit the theme of the Psycho Circus Tour and album.






Tracks

1 Psycho Circus (Edit)
2 Raise Your Glasses (Collectors Version)
3 Psycho Circus (LP Version)
4 I Was Made For Lovin' You (Dance Remix)

L>d Z>pp>l!n - 1997 - Wh0le L0tta L0ve




"Whole Lotta Love" is a song by English hard rock band Led Zeppelin.  In 2004, the song was ranked number 75 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.





Tracks


1 Whole Lotta Love  
2 Baby Come On Home   
3 Travelling Riverside Blues

Wendy Matthews - Friday's Child



Wendy Joan Matthews (born 1960) is an Australian adult alternative pop singer originally from Canada who has been a member of Models and Absent Friends and is a solo artist.

"Friday's Child" made it to #15 on the Australian charts.



Tracks


 1. Friday's Child
 2. So Tell Me How
 3. Goin' Back To My Roots [Live]
 4. La Jour Ou Tu Est Partis (The Day You Went Away)

Alex Lloyd - 2005 - Never Meant To Fail



Taken from the album  Alex Lloyd "Never Meant to Fail" which reaced #27 on the OZ charts has gone on to become one of Lloyd's most successful and remembered songs, and was performed in Australian Idol in 2006.




Tracks


1 Never Meant To Fail   
2 Safe To Say   
3 Like A Dream   
4 Start Stop Begin

Deni Hines - 1995 - It's Alright



Dohnyale "Deni" Sharon Hines (born 4 September 1970 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian solo artist who had moderate chart success in the 1990s in Australia and New Zealand. She is the daughter of Marcia Hines.

Hines released her first single with the Australian band Rockmelons with a cover version of the Bill Withers 1971 hit "Ain't No Sunshine". She then went to release solo material with the top five single "It's Alright"




Tracks


It's Alright (7" Radio Mix) 
It's Alright (D Influence Mix)   
It's Alright (G Division Mix)  
It's Alright (D Influence Extra Bits)

Friday, 1 January 2016

Fl@sh And The P@n - 1992 - Burning Up The Night



First single of the Burning Up The Night album 2 new tracks plus a couple of oldies from 1978. 





Tracks.


Burning Up The Night   
3 Into 2   
Hey, St. Peter   
Down Among The Dead Men

Fl@sh And The P@n - 1992 - Living On Dreams




Flash and the Pan was an Australian new wave musical group (essentially an ongoing studio project) initiated during the late 1970s by Harry Vanda and George Young, both former members of The Easybeats. The duo's first success was their 1976 debut single "Hey St. Peter" which reached number 5 in the Australian singles chart. The next single "And the Band Played On (Down Among The Dead Men)" went one better and reached number 4 in Australia in 1977. Living On Dreams was lifted from their 1992 album Burning up the Night



Tracks


1 Living On Dream 
2 Hey, St. Peter  
3 Down Among The Dead Man

Thursday, 31 December 2015

Electric Hippies - 1993 - Greedy People




Steve Balbi and Justin Stanley from the now defunct Noiseworks formed the psychedelic pop group Electric Hippies in 1993 and had top 30 success with the single, "Greedy People", and debut album, Electric Hippies both released in 1994.

 

 

 

Tracks

 

1Greedy People 2:41
2Little Miss Star 2:59
3Letter Of Apology