Source: 1980 06 Jetsonnes – Richmond Cassette. Something from the pre-Hunters and Collectors band The Jetsonnes – which included Mark, John, Doug and Rob. As with all Jetsonnes material, it is substantially poppier than the art-rock Hunters that followed merely one year after this 1980 live recording. Today’s choice is inspired by Brett Pearson’s request more »
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Throw Your Arms Around Me 1984
September 18th, 2015 
Stuart Source: 1984 10 24 Throw Your Arms Around Me, Geoff Tapes VHS PCM. The original live to digital version of Throw Your Arms Around Me, as released as a single in 1984. Two punters, Tim Robinson and Meegan Bowie, need this version for their wedding day! It did appear on the Spare Parts album, but that album has more »
Carry Me (Living Daylight remix)
September 13th, 2015 Stuart Source: 1987 Living Daylight EP (1987 US 12 – Fenech). The US version of the Living Daylight EP, which appeared between the Human Frailty and What’s A Few Men? albums, contained two additional tracks on top of the Australian version. These were remixes of The Slab and Carry Me from the much earlier Jaws of Life album. more »
Mark Seymour and James Reyne – Helpless live
September 6th, 2015 Stuart Source: 2005 04 15 Cornish Arms, Melbourne, Australia (CD). Many moons ago, Mark Seymour and James Reyne joined forces for two co-headlining tours. To our collective enjoyment, both bands came out at the end for a few cover tunes. Here’s one of thetunes that has never seen an official release – a cover of Neil Young’s more »
Anthology Out Now!
September 3rd, 2015 Stuart They are anthems for a generation, songs that define an era in Australian music. “The real essence of rock music,” Mark Seymour pondered at the end of 1983, “it’s just passion, it’s just really pure.” More than three decades later, that statement is a neat summation of the new Hunters & Collectors collection, which is more »
