Source: 1982 03 13 Armadale Hotel, Melbourne, Australia T2 Cassette. 7pm Saturday night; it’s definitely beer-o-clock. Here’s a live recording of Alligator Engine from the self titled debut album back in 1982… which some here may have had the pleasure of hearing The Panics perform live while supporting H&C at the Enmore and Palais last year! more »

Source: 2008 Tracks for Rarities Disc (CD). Unpacking the road to the Cut album is a big job… our band spent much time in and out of the studio getting it right. Plenty of roadkill was created in the process, which until now has been a mystery. Here is one fully formed song that had never more »

Source: 1984 08 24 The Venue, St Kilda, Melbourne VHS PCM. Did you realise that This Morning was recorded for The Way To Go Out live album? To our surprise, we were able to find this gem, which is faster and angrier than the version that was to later appear on Human Frailty. Punters who opted more »

Source: 1993 03 03 ANU, Canberra, Australia T2 Cassette. This week we visit Canberra for a classic track from 1989’s Ghost Nation album. You Stole My Thunder got a great run live but incredibly has never appeared on any Hunters and Collectors live album!

Source: 1982 08 06 Oxford Hotel, Melbourne, Australia T2 Cassette. From the soup of conflicting influences leading up to the release of The Fireman’s Curse album comes this rare unreleased track, One Thousand Official Objections, as performed at Melbourne’s Oxford Hotel…!

Source: 1996 05 26 Continental Cafe, Melbourne, Australia DAT. The One and Only You was the fourth cracking single from the 1994 album Demon Flower. A live electric version appeared on the Living In Large Rooms and Lounges album, but it was also performed in acoustic form! Here it is… 🙂

Source: 1990 Collected Works (1990 Canada CD). A subtly different version of the classic 1987 single Still Hanging ‘Round, as found on overseas versions of the Collected Works CD 🙂

Source: 1984 08 24 The Venue, St Kilda, Melbourne VHS PCM. It was recorded for The Way To Go Out, but Hayley’s Doorstep did not make the final live album. Thankfully, we have found this missing gem in The Vault for your enjoyment!

Source: 1998 01 02 Alex Hills Hotel, Brisbane, Australia DAT A disturbingly underrated classic from Hunters and Collectors final album, Juggernaut, performed live in a suburb of the town of Brisbane. Brisbane fans rock! 🙂

Source: 1981 05 12 Ballroom Practice Cassette The first Hunters and Collectors live performance was on the 15th of May 1981, yet we have a curious tape from the 12th of May 1981! Here are a couple of takes of Hunters and Collectors practicing Chocolate Speedway before their public debut. It is a song that more »