Source: 1991 12 15 Palais Royale, Newcastle, Australia Cassette Only one week to the first Hunters and Collectors tour in 16 years kicks off in Geelong – making it only two weeks until Hunters play in the New South Wales Hunter Valley! We do not have any Hunters recordings from the Hunter, but we do have more »

Source: 1983 08 28 Tivoli, Sydney, Australia Cassette For the hardcore fans. It’s that special time again where we delve into the terrifying depths of The Fireman’s Curse era, featuring the sounds of a band internally disintegrating while making some fascinating music. Not a sniff of any live recordings from this era – or of songs more »

Source: 1998 02 25 Lyric, Geelong, Australia DAT Merely three weeks from today, the first – and probably last – Hunters and Collectors tour since 1998 starts at The Hill Winery in Geelong! To celebrate Geelong’s good fortune, this week we have searched The Vault for Geelong recordings and found this corker. Higher Plane was lifted more »

Source: 1995 Live Demons in Amsterdam EP CD For our 52nd and final rare track of the week for 2013, we have a live version of Say Goodbye from the Live Demons in Amsterdam EP! This CD was given away with some copies of Demon Flower in 1995 and occasionally appears second hand on Ebay. We more »

Source: 1985 Human Frailty Two Track Demos Cassette This week we are pleased to present an extraordinary find from The Vault – an unreleased two track demo from the Human Frailty era! At The End of The Day never appeared on any album, single, or live recording we can find. This is as rare and unexpected more »

Source: 1993 08 06 Demon Flower Demos Cassette Less chatter; straight to the music this week… here’s an classy early demo of Courtship of America from the Demon Flower album 🙂

Source: Still Hanging ‘Round 12″ 45rpm Vinyl Single It’s the sort of phone call that you do not forget. It’s early 2004, and out of the blue, you get a call from Mark Seymour. This does not happen very often at all. It’s the Mutations rarities album. It’s being a delinquent child. A second plan had more »

Source: We The People (Aus 12 Test Pressing – Miles Fenech) On the encouragement of vinyl extraordinaire fan Mark, while partaking in the second ‘Vault’ recording session a couple of months ago, we tackled every single bit of pristine vinyl Rob Miles had sitting around. The post analysis revealed a couple of minor imperfections enough to more »

Source: 1981 06 09 Band Practice, Seaview Ballroom Returning back to the very early days of Hunters and Collectors… we found this 13 minute recording sitting on a practice tape. It’s the closest we have heard to a Hunters jam session. Some of it sounds like ideas for Alligator Engine. Various other sounds and effects in it more »

Source: 1989 Ghost Nation Original Mixes Cassette.flac Following our publishing of the early version of Love All Over Again recently, we have had a few requests for more from the mysterious ‘Ghost Nation Original Mixes’ tape. So this week we feature the very first recording that appears on the tape – the original mix of the more »