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This is the theme to the movie “Inn of the Damned” short b/w
“Inn Of The Dammed” long (AP-10939) released in 1975, directed, produced and written
by Terry Bourke. It’s like a mix of a faux Morricone theme and the Marlboro
cigarettes music. “Symphonique”, probably not a band, more likely a recording
name for Bob Young who wrote the movie score. There was a 2nd “Symphonique”
single released on Albert Productions “Plugg” b/w “Love Theme from Plugg",
music also by Bob Young and another movie by Terry Bourke. He also did “Night
of Fear” in 1972. Thanks to Hugh for dropping this single to me for the Blog.Flac
A terrific one off 1972 single by Copperwine following the
departures of Jeff St. John & Wendy Saddington, this new line-up featured
the talents of one of our greatest rock journeymen Glyn Mason out front. Post
Chain. Coppwerwine then disbanded with bassist Harry Brus going on to play with
a who's who of Aussie rock, while Glyn would soon form his own pioneering
country/prog band Home for 2 albums, then joined Mike Rudd in Ariel for some of
their best albums. He then rounded out the 70's with the highly popular
Stockley See & Mason. Glyn & Sam See can still be found gigging
regularly around Melbourne as The Pardoners. Thanks Micko for the notes on this
great single. My only regret with this single is that they never released an
album. Flac
Andy Armstrong was a teenager in Adelaide when he cut his
first LP “At Last” in 1969. While working with the band “Loveday Carter” in
1970 he met Gary Saunders and Daryl Webb and asked if they'd be interested in
working with him on some of his own songs. The result was “Perspective Works”,
which came out in 1972 and is full of beautiful musicianship and poetic lyrics.
Armstrong cut one further LP in 1979 titled “Before I Forget” (OP 3002) The LP
features Phil Cunneen (keyboards), Dean Birbeck (drums), Graham Conlen
(acoustic and electric guitars) and Geoff Kluke (acoustic and electric bass) well highly regarded musicians one and all, they
all support Andy’s vocals and acoustic guitar throughout this record. The album
was recorded at Pepper Studios by John McDiamid who also collaborated with Andy
on production. Most of the songs on this album were written a few years before
its release, more like 1972 than 1979. All the songs were penned by Andy except
tracks 5 & 8. Thanks again to Rex for sending me this LP and yes another I
did not know about and again well worth a listen. Flac
Noel Crombie (born Geoffrey Noel Crombie on 17 April 1953)
is a New Zealand singer and former member of the band Split Enz. He fulfilled
multiple roles including costume and hair designer, percussionist, album cover
designer, and music video director. Prior to Split Enz, Crombie worked as a postal
assistant and was also an artist. For the album Time and Tide, Crombie took
over the role of drummer, though a year later returned to percussion, with Paul
Hester becoming Split Enz's drummer. He is particularly remembered for playing
spoon solos during Split Enz live shows. After Split Enz disbanded, Noel formed
the band Schnell Fenster with Phil Judd, Eddie Rayner and Nigel Griggs, also
Split Enz alumni, and Michael den Elzen. Rayner left before the first album was
released.In 1988 the members of Schnell Fenster collaborated with Wendy
Matthews, Michael Harris, Louis McMannus, Vika Bull and Lisa Edwards under the
name 'Noel's Cowards' for the movie “Rikky and Pete”. Crombie has released one
solo single, "My Voice Keeps Changing on Me" b/w “Ninee Neezup”
(K9000) , in 1983 while Split Enz took a break. Tim Finn was the only other
band member to have a solo release during this break. According to Crombie he
had to either release the single or pay for the studio time. In 1996, Crombie
assisted Crowded House by designing the stage set design for their final
concert, Farewell to the World at the Sydney Opera House. Crombie currently
lives with his daughters Hedwig, Griselda, and his wife Sally whom he works
with as a freelance designer. They designed the set for ABC-TV's musical quiz
program Spicks and Specks. The single was released on Mushroom Records in 1983
and was produced by Noel and engineered by Jim Barton. Occasionally, Noel gets banned from playing music in the house.
He doesn't blame his wife, Sally, for getting annoyed. Crombie's hobby is
making instruments out of recycled materials. "Weird, awful things that
give you tingle-up-the-spine sorts of noises," he says "Sally will
say, 'You can't play that - it's like fingers up a blackboard'." Flac
Terence Donovan (born 28 October 1942), also known as Terry
Donovan, is a British-born Australian actor and the father of fellow actor and
entertainer Jason Donovan. Donovan had minor early acting roles in episodes of
the court-room drama series “Consider Your Verdict”, several ABC drama plays,
and the children's series "The Magic Boomerang". Moving back to the
United Kingdom in the mid-1960s saw guest roles in series including “The
Champions”, “Man in a Suitcase”, and “The Prisoner”. After returning to
Australia and appearing in guest roles in the Crawford Productions series “Homicide”
and “Hunter” in 1968, he was placed on contract, going on to play the role of
Detective Mick Peters in Crawford's police series “Division 4”, from 1969 to
1975. In 1976, he played in a popular miniseries adaptation of the novel “Power
without Glory” by Frank Hardy. From 1979 to 1981, he starred as Detective
Sergeant Vic Cameron in “Cop Shop”. Between 1981 and 1984, he had minor roles
in Australian television programs, and acted in the film “The Man from Snowy
River” in 1982, playing Henry Craig. In 1985, he had roles in “Prisoner” and “Sons
and Daughters”. From 1986 to 1990, he had more minor television roles including
the 1989 pilot episode of “E Street” as Ken Swanson which was followed by guest
roles in “The Flying Doctors” and “G.P”. He then played Al Simpson, the father
of original character Bobby Simpson in “Home and Away”, which went to air in
early 1990 and followed this immediately with the role of Doug Willis in “Neighbours”,
a character he played regularly until 1994, and made a brief appearance in
2005, when he reprised his role for the show's 20th anniversary special. In
1973 he recorded a single for Fable Records “Loose Ends” b/w “Hickery Holler’s
Tramp” (FB 191) the single was produced by Peter Jones and engineered by Graham
Owens. This is the only recording that I know of by Terry and was a lot better than
I thought after listening to it. Flac
I was given this LP to fix up for the Blog from Rex and I
must say I’d never heard of Livingstone Vale but I’m very impressed by this
album. The band was from Sydney and the members were Ted Samuels, Danny Turner
and Brian Smith and that’s about all my books tell me. The album was recorded
in 1975, but not released until October 1976. They also released an earlier
single in February 1975 (recorded 1974), that does not appear on the album,
"Moongirl" b/w "Infinity and Beyond" which none of my books
mentions the single at all. The LP “Star Gazer’ (VPL1-0126) was produced by Gus
McNeil for RCA Records. A great album and well worth a listen my fav track is “Seduced”
sounds very much like Bowie’s “Panic In Detroit” Thanks to Matt for the info on
the single and the album’s release date. Flac
