Post 355 - Jigsaw - A Rose Has To Die / Music Man

Here to download is Jigsaw's 1974 single for Fable Records "A Rose Has To Die" b/w "Music Man" (FB-218). U.K. band The Dooleys also had a version in 1978 and there's yet another version by The Ryders, a group from the Netherlands. Ben Findon wrote the song, Ben also wrote Billy Ocean's debut single "Love Really Hurts Without You." The single was produced by Johnny Chester at Armstrong Studios Melbourne.

Post 354 - Craig McLachlan & The Culprits - Craig McLachlan & The Culprits LP

Craig Dougal McLachlan was born on September 1st, 1965 in Sydney, New South Wales. He is an Australian actor and singer, best known for his role as Ed in Bugs. He has also appeared in soap operas such as Sons and Daughters, Neighbours and Home and Away. He formed various bands during the late 80's and early 90's, namely Craig McLachlan and the Y Fronts in 1989, Craig McLachlan and Check 1-2 1989-91 and Craig McLachlan and the Culprits in 1996. Here to download is the LP from 1996 "Craig McLachlan & The Culprits" (RR 8844 2) on Roadrunner Records, all songs were written by Craig and the album produced by Mark Smith & Craig. If you would like to check out the "Craig McLachlan and Check 1-2" LP head over to http://rockonvinyl.blogspot.com/search/label/Craig%20McLachlan%20and%20Check%201-2

Post 353 - Uncanny X-Men - Singles Collection

Over the last few months we have been asked for a lot of Uncanny X-Men recordings. On post #14 you will find “Salive One” EP, post #145 you will find the single “Start Believing", post #332 Brian Mannix's solo LP and post #334 you will find their "Beach Party" EP. After a bit of research we found out that there were a lot of B sides as well as a few A sides of singles that never made it onto LP, so we decided to get all the singles here for you to download as a collection of singles from 1st to last. The singles are :

1. "How Do You Get Your Kicks" b/w "Superhero" (K-9034) Mushroom, (Both non LP tracks)
2. "Time Goes So Fast" b/w "Up To You" (K-9214) Mushroom, (Both non LP tracks)
3. "Still Waiting" b/w "Time Goes So Fast" (K-9805) Mushroom, (B side non LP Live track)
4. "The Party" b/w "The Slug" (K-9579) Mushroom, (B side non LP track)
5. "50 Years" b/w "Best Looking Guy" (K-9671) Mushroom
6. "Don't Wake Me" b/w "Truckin' On Into Alice" (BA-3486) CBS (B side non LP track)
7. "Start Believing" b/w "Sullivans" (650440 7) CBS (B side non LP track)
8. "I Am" b/w "Treat Me Nice" - "Kill The Children" (BA-3445) CBS (B side non LP track)
9. "Nothing Touches My World" b/w "Playing The Titanic" (BA-3517) CBS

As you can see there were only two singles that the A & B sides featured on LP, which is what makes their single catalogue rare to collect. Their first single was produced and A side penned by Skyhook's Greg Macainsh which has always been a favourite of mine. As you will hear all the A sides are very Uncanny X-Men while the B's are everything from truckin’, vaudeville, psychedelic to just plain weird and even a bit of Elvis, which to me is a formula for just plain brilliance. Like so many other recordings on this Blog I ask the question "why wasn't this stuff released on CD", but I guess we'll just give ourselves another headache trying to work that one out.

Thanks Woodynet for the covers you've created for this collection. It's much appreciated.

Post 352 - Jim Keays - Undecided EP

Jim Keays was working as a radio DJ from 1983 to 1987 and then signed with Virgin Records in the UK and recorded another version of "Undecided" with Andy Scott from Sweet on guitar and produced by Craig Leon. The single was released in July, followed by a cover of Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction" in October. Here out of 1987 to download is the EP with four versions of "Undecided" (VOZ 01712) on Virgin Records. On post # 275 you can hear the Jim Keays' Southern Cross version of the song. There are a lot of Jim's songs on the blog....and more to come.