The 24 song Live 2014 album can now be listened to via streaming audio in Dolby Atmos!

Atmos is a 3D audio format that places audio all around you – around and above.

Hunters and Collectors are ideal for Atmos due to having seven members on stage with a variety of musical instruments and vocals.

The mix is deliberately ‘discrete’ – each of the seven H&C members and their instruments have been positioned within the 3D space in ‘audiophile preferred’ arrangements.

The fan led project was coordinated by Gary in Melbourne and Stuart in Brisbane. The mix is by Jim in the USA from the original 40 multi-tracks recorded at the 2014 Melbourne Palais gigs. We would like to thank Rob, John, management and Mushroom Music for their support and advice.

This project was and is a massive labour of love. It is specialised to play on multichannel systems. It sounds great in 5.1 though Atmos setups including 5.1.4 and 7.1.4 sound even better.

There is no better way to hear H&C. Except live. This recording captures that live experience in a unique and engaging way. There are too many highlights to mention in a brief introduction.

The streaming audio is available on Apple Music, Amazon Music and Tidal. If you do not have Atmos compatibility, it will play the excellent original stereo mix by Cameron McKenzie and Robert Miles from 2015.

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/au/album/live-2014/1225805969?ls

Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/album/217892643?u

Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com.au/albums/B079B2M94Q

This is the first Hunnas release in Dolby Atmos. The only previous release beyond stereo is Under One Roof, where a 5.1 surround sound track can be found on the DVD release.

Simplified concept:

Live 2014 in Dolby Atmos

New Mark Seymour and The Undertow album out NOW!

Listen to or order in your preferred format – digital, CD or vinyl – at https://markseymour.lnk.to/TheBoxer.

Songwriting has always been a marriage of feeling and hard truth, a way of seeing the world and looking ahead. I have often written in crisis. Lockdowns were a watershed, a valley I passed though alone. Isolation forced me to confront the kind of life I was living. My marriage to Jo ended after 29 years as did my artistic relationship with Hunters and Collectors. I started boxing in the garage, for no other reason than to purge energy and in the process, I fell in love with the movement and skill. I also read Joan Didion. One line in particular: “the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life – is the source from which self-respect springs.” How to pick up the pieces and move on.

– Mark Seymour

 

Hunters and Collectors are to perform at Mushroom 50 Live!

Mushroom 50 Live is a celebration of Australia’s most iconic music company, with some of the country’s most adored artists across multiple generations set to come together for one incredible night this November.

To commemorate Mushroom’s 50th anniversary, dozens of artists will hit the stage to perform 50 songs for 50 years in a once-in-a-lifetime event.

Fan tips: We understand that Hunters and Collectors will be performing two songs. Note that this is the only Hunters performance currently on the plans.

Sunday 26 November 2023
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Tickets: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=MUSHROOM50

Mushroom 50

Lovingly extracted from a range of original sources, the Desk Tapes is a unique and free way to hear the live history of Hunters and Collectors. Complementing the official live recordings, these special documents cover every era of the constantly reinventing live beast that was Hunters and Collectors from 1981 to 1998.

Click for more information and to listen:

• Raw Material #01: 1981 05 15 Crystal Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia
• Raw Material #02: 1981 12 13 Festival Theatre, Adelaide, Australia
• Raw Material #03: 1982 03 27 Collendina, Ocean Grove, Australia
• Raw Material #04: 1982 09 19 Stranded, Sydney, Australia
• Raw Material #05: 1983 09 18 Floreat Hotel, Perth, Australia
• Raw Material #06: 1985 09 14 The Venue, St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia
• Raw Material #07: 1986 07 05 Seaview Ballroom, St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia
• Raw Material #08: 1987 05 21 RPM, Toronto, Canada
• Raw Material #09: 1988 09 14 Town and Country, London, UK
• Raw Material #10: 1989 04 04 Middle Park Hotel, Melbourne, Australia
• Raw Material #11: 1991 01 08 Playroom, Tallebudgera, Australia
• Raw Material #12: 1992 08 07 Metropolis, Fremantle, Australia
• Raw Material #13: 1994 01 06 Transformers, Brisbane, Australia
• Raw Material #14: 1996 05 26 Continental Cafe, Melbourne, Australia
• Raw Material #15: 1998 01 05 Seagulls, Tweed Heads, Australia

Remember to check out the fantastic – and naturally higher quality – official live recordings in music stores or on your favourite streaming audio sources.

• The Way To Go Out (The Venue, Melbourne, 23-25 August 1984)
• Living In Large Rooms and Lounges (The Continental, Melbourne, April-May 1995 + others)
• Under One Roof (Selinas, Sydney, 13-14 March 1998)
• Live 2014 (The Palais, Melbourne, 11-12 April 2014)

Play the electric guitar? keyboards? trumpet? bass guitar? drums? gas cylinder?

Hunters and Collectors bass player John Archer has been creating complete tabs for many of our favourite Hunters tracks for True Believers!

Furthermore, the entire of the classic Human Frailty and The Jaws of Life albums are available.

The tabs are presented as MIDI files, which, using free software, you can see every note in every song for every instrument.

Click here for the tabs!

All Hunters and Collectors 2020 Red Hot Summer Tour Merchandise can now be purchased online from Band T-Shirts. Limited stocks may also be found from the classic 2014 tour.

There are shirts in classic and tour designs, hats, stubble holders, drink coasters, tea towels, posters, stickers and our new favourite, the drink bottle!

Click here for Hunna’s Merch.

Over 1200 gigs. Over 1,000,000 albums sold. 19 hit singles and 16 hit albums.

Welcome to True Believers – the comprehensive fan managed official website for the great Australian rock band Hunters and Collectors.

Formed in Melbourne in 1981, the Hunna’s became central to Australian culture through their distinctive brass rock sound and rigorous touring of the pub circuit. Disbanding in 1998, they left behind great memories and an impressive back catalogue.

We have something for everyone:

• New? Listen to the full audio tracks (look to your right -> ) and read the Biography.
• Latest? Check News, Articles and Photos.
• Fan? Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Soundcloud.
• Music? Browse the comprehensive Albums, Singles and Tracks sections.
• Artistic? Click to enjoy Video, Album, Single, Photography and General artwork.
• Muso? Hunters bass player John Archer has provided full, compete Tabs.
• Nerd? You will love the Gigography and gory detail of the text Discography.

Mark Seymour (vocals, lyrics) and Jack Howard (trumpet, backing vocals) have comprehensive solo careers that we follow here at True Believers.