Source: 1985 01 05 06 Hardware St, Melbourne Rehearsal VHS PCM. With everything else here at the moment focused on Mark’s great new album Mayday, here’s a track without Mark! (at least on vocal). Trainspotters may note that an instrumental of The Finger has always existed – as bits of it are used as menu music on more »

Source: 1999 07 17 Mark – Continental, Melbourne, Australia (DAT). When we shared a rare Mark Seymour track recently, fan Jason had the excellent suggestion of ‘When Will You Fall For Me?’. This was a song Mark wrote for Vika and Linda that went on to be a minor hit for the duo in 1994. We more »

Source: 1991 04 21 Cut Demos VHS PCM. With six hit singles lifted from 1992’s Cut album, it can be easy to overlook the remaining five classic album tracks. Here is one of them – Love That I Long For – in early demo form.

Source: 1983 03 24 The Venue, London, UK T2 Cassette. Occasionally a rarity comes along where we have no idea what the story is — this is one of them. Anyone in the band remember this one? It appears just once, live, in the archives… and might be vaguely relevant on Mother’s Day (or not?).

Source: 1989 01 01 Ghost Nation Researsals VHS PCM. Visiting the classic Ghost Nation album, this week we have a special demo version of Lazy Summer Day to share… 🙂

Source: Australian Fate CD album. Today Australia is commemorating of the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC landing in Gallipoli in 1915. Here is Albert Facey’s story of serving in World War 1, as can be found in his memoir A Fortunate Life. This  mix is different to the one on the What’s A Few Men? album more »

Source: 1984 08 25 The Venue, St Kilda, Melbourne VHS PCM. This is a particularly rare one – an unreleased track from The Jaws of Life era! Recorded here for the The Way To Go Out, Spill Your Guts only got a few plays before disappearing, never to be heard again… 🙂  

Source: 1999 07 17 Mark – Continental, Melbourne, Australia (DAT). Here’s something a little different… an early Mark Seymour solo live recording. Turn Me On has been famously covered by many artists including Nina Simone and Norah Jones. Here’s Mark’s take! Let us know… should we diversify into some solo recordings here and there where we more »

Source: 1993 08 06 Demon Flower Demos T2 Cassette. Inspired by the horror of Victoria’s newly privatised prison system, Back in the Hole went on to be a single from 1994’s Demon Flower album. Here’s a rough demo from back in August 1993 when the song was called The Warden’s Lament.

Source: 1988 Back on the Breadline UK CD single The very first Hunters and Collectors CD single was not released in Australia, but in the UK. It was for Back on the Breadline from the Fate album, an overseas version of the What’s A Few Men? album. The CD single contained what are now rare live recordings more »