H&C Raw Material – The Desk Tapes. Today we are pleased to share a full Fate era recording from one of the more unusual locations in the repertoire – the Town and Country in London. How many expats are in this audience-? Lots of great live rarities here from the What’s A Few Men? and more »

H&C Raw Material – The Desk Tapes. The unthinkable. A full recording from the darkest, most alternative era of Hunters and Collectors. This week we discover an early gig from Sydney – the first in our series from outside of Melbourne. Tracks from the then forthcoming The Fireman’s Curse mix with songs from the first more »

H&C Raw Material – The Desk Tapes. A year after the release of 1994’s Demon Flower album; Hunters and Collectors experimented with acoustic arrangements of their expansive back catalogue. 12 of these acoustic arrangements made the acoustic album in the Living In Large Rooms and Lounges double album. But… far more than these 12 songs more »

H&C Raw Material – The Desk Tapes. With Human Frailty out on limited edition vinyl, for our second desk tape we have something special: a full 24 song St Kilda gig from the Human Frailty era! 9 out of the 10 tracks from the album are here; along with a unique early version of Under more »

H&C Raw Material – The Desk Tapes. Today we commence a series of 15 recordings culled from a total of 307 (!) unreleased desk tapes. These are authentic historical records of full concerts recorded to stereo tapes at the front of house desk from 1981 through to 1998. These are from Rob, Jack and John’s more »

Source: Collected Works (1990 Aus CD release). The final recorded studio audio version of Throw Your Arms Around Me has long been out of print but is still often heard on the radio… a fitting way to finish off our Vault series, which started back in July 2012 following the generous opening of the archives more »

Source: 1986 09 28 The Venue, St Kilda, Melbourne VHS PCM. Our second last Vault track in the series is a cracking live recording of Relief from the Human Frailty album, lovingly converted from digital VHS tape for our enjoyment 🙂

Source: 1986 Throw Your Arms Around Me (Aus 7 – Fenech). Our third last track in the Vault series is an obscure track originally hidden away on the 1986 Australian Throw Your Arms Around Me 7″ single. Titled “Who’s On Left?”, it contains inane studio banter and may be a regret…

Source: 1997 10 04 Mark (with Nick), Govenor Hindmarsh, Adelaide, Australia DAT. As we wind down the Vault, we present a live recording of an early fan favourite from Mark’s solo career, You Don’t Have to Cry Anymore. Extra special here is Nick Seymour’s bass playing (Nick is Mark’s brother). Fantastic!

Source: Port Fairy Folk Festival (7 Mar 09) CD. We have only two weeks of the Vault to go after this weekend… and this weekend we present two stunning Mark Seymour solo recordings. This first one is a heartfelt live rendition of Walk Through Fire, from 2007’s Westgate album. This is magnificent.