Post 737 - Popgun Men - Behind Dark Glasses - Modern Man

 Including members of X-Ray-Z and Secret Police Pop Gun Men issued one single For EMI Custum Records in Feb. 1980. "Behind Dark Glasses" b/w "Moden Man" (PRS 2749). By mid 1980 Pop Gun Men had went back to being X-Ray-Z who played the Melbourne Punk scene until early 1982. Before splitting X-Ray-Z recorded some demos and live tracks which Polyster Records turned into a compilation album in 1988. The line up included Peter Rich & Mauri Bund - (vocals, synthesizer,guitars), Andrew Picoleau - (Bass,vocals), Dis Naylor - (Guitar), Errol Senol - (Drums). Rich & Bund real names are Peter & Martin Doley and Senol's real name is Errol Selimi all three members of X-Ray-Z. Flac

Post 736 - Kerry James & The Corridors - Wonderful Summer - Don't Treat Me Like A Child

 Kerry Hall who worked at McDonalds and also ran the "Cheek" Fan Club, was up for anything and was happy to be molded into a pop star with Bob Taylor, a former member of Johnny Devlin’s Devils who became the musical director of this recording project. "Wonderful Summer" b/w "Don't Treat Me Like A Child" (100067) came out as a single under the name Kerry James. It was recorded in 1978 at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney by Graham K. Owens and Executive producer Glenn A, Baker. Baker talked Warners into releasing the single with a very attractive picture sleeve. The band was led by guitarist Mick Hamilton, who came up with the working name The Corridors, which was a pun on her surname. The A side was a cover of a Robin Ward song with the B side a cover of a Helen Shapiro number. Kerry, who stuck with the name, went on to sing with the band Cocky Laura and later she worked on cruise ships seeing the World. She now lives on the Gold Coast where she does a high energy club show and pays tribute to the great Tina Turner.  Flac

Post 735 - Ivan Hutchinson - The Pushbike Song - Let Him Go Let Him Tarry

 

Ivan Joseph Hutchinson born on 11th February 1928 was an Australian film critic, television personality and music director.Hutchinson was active in the industry for over 30 years, from the early 1960s until the mid-1990s, first on Melbourne-only programs for HSV-7 and later nationwide through the entire Seven Network. In the early 1970s he appeared alongside film and TV journalist Jim Murphy on Channel 7 in probably Australian TV's first regularly-scheduled evening movie review program entitled “Two on the Aisle”. Hutchinson later moved into the roles of midday and classic movie host and appeared in numerous local film cameos usually playing himself or a critic. In his last years, Hutchinson was a film columnist for The Sun News-Pictorial and its successor, the Herald Sun. In addition to his on-air role for Seven, Hutchinson was a studio and session pianist serving as the band leader, arranger and music director for most of the variety shows and specials originating from HSV-7 throughout 1964 to 1994. In Oct.1973 Ivan Hutchinson And His Honky-Tonk Piano released a version of The Mixtures "Pushbike Song" b/w "Let Him Go Let Him Tarry" (FB-198) for Fable Records.Flac

Post 734 - Uncanny X-Men - I Am (extended version)

 "I Am" is a song by Uncanny X-Men. The song was released in April 1986 as the lead single from the band's second studio album, "What You Give Is What You Get". The song was the first single released by the band on CBS Records. It peaked at number 18 on the Kent Music Report.This version of "I Am" (BA12206) is the extended version, produced by Kevin Beamish. flac