Source: UK 12″ Carry Me vinyl single Here in semi-official Hunters and Collectors land, we have been fiddling with digitising vinyl. The first reason is archival. The original tapes for many Hunters and Collectors recordings are either degraded or, even worse, missing. This often makes vinyl one of, if not the, authentic artifact for many recordings. The more »

Source: 1989 05 14 Ghost Nation Roughs VHS PCM Fan Stephen put this idea into our minds this week: When the River Runs Dry early mix – my introduction to the Hunnas and a song that still pricks up the hairs on my neck‎. We first found an early studio rough mix of When The River more »

Source: 1983 09 14 Red Parrot, Perth, Australia T2 Cassette Dedicated to Wangaratta, Whelan’s Gantry is an incredibly rare, unreleased, live-only track from the Fireman’s Curse period. If you like this era, you will love Whelan’s Gantry!

Source: 1988 03 26 Parramatta Leagues, Sydney, Australia T2 Cassette Amazingly, out of hundreds of Vault recordings, we have but one live recording of Around The Flame, from the Parramatta Leagues in ’88. Around The Flame is one of many great tracks that can be found on both the What’s A Few Men? and Fate albums.

Source: 1981 07 16 Storey Hall, Melbourne, Australia T2 Cassette This week we go back to where it all began for Hunters and Collectors – random arty experimentation in Melbourne, Australia. Watcher was one of three tracks that went on to feature in the debut World of Stone EP in early 1982. Astute punters now have more »

Source: 1989 05 14 Ghost Nation Roughs VHS PCM An early, heavier studio recording and mix of Ghost Nation, that went on to become the great title track for 1989’s Ghost Nation album!

Source: 1998 01 04 Bribie Island Hotel, Bribie Island Qld Australia DAT For the final 1997/1998 Say Goodbye tour, Hunters and Collectors gave us the gift of a new studio album, Juggernaut. Only about half of the album ever got played live, and many songs only got a few airings. When You Fall is one of more »

Source: 1991 04 Cut Demos Cassette A gloriously primitive early live in studio demo of True Tears of Joy; a song that went on to become the highest charting single ever for Hunters and Collectors – a record still held today.  Lyrics are still being formed at the time of recording, giving us an insight into more »

Source: 1984 08 24 The Venue, St Kilda, Melbourne VHS PCM In the last few weeks, we have had a number of people profess their adoration for 1984’s The Jaws of Life, and the following live album, The Way To Go Out. So this week we have something special – a recording of Holding Down A more »

Source: 1994 06 26 Vilagrad, Queenstown, New Zealand T2 Cassette Never underestimate the New Zealanders! The Powerstation gig appears to have sold out within half of general admission tickets being released on Monday! :-/ This sort of loyalty does not go unnoticed – so this week we have a track from the 1994 tour of New more »