The 2nd instalment of Tim Pittman's trawl through the back pages of
Australian rock.
The Birdman and Saints tracks start off the comp in rousing fashion (yes,
I used to go "yeah hup" with the best of them until I caught
sight of myself in a mirror one day and saw how ridiculous I looked). The
selection gets a bit fractured after that with rock, punk and indie amidst
art-rock, electronics and singer/songwriters. Although this diversity really does sum up
the times rather well, it also makes for a difficult continuous listen. At
least it's perfect for mp3 playlists. The song selection seems a bit less
interesting as well, overall. I got a pleasant surprise with how much I
enjoyed the Machinations track on Vol 1 but "Arabia" reminds me
of all the things I hated about them. Sekret Sekret's mid-80's
"Chimes" sounds tired and desultory compared with their 1st 2
singles. And I truely wish
"Dead Eyes Opened" wasn't on another comp, no matter how good it
is - they have a multitude of great songs to chose from. But combine
this and the other comps and you pretty much have it all.
Bands highlighted at this site are in bold below.
Disc One:
1. Radio Birdman - New Race (original version) 2. The Saints - Know Your Product 3. Teenage Radio Stars - Wanna Be Your Baby
4. Thought Criminals - More Suicides Please 5. Boys Next Door - Dive Postion 6. The Hitmen - I Am The Man
7. SpK - Mekano 8. Little Murders - Things Will Be Different 9. The Riptides - Tomorrows Tears
10. Seems Twice - Non-Plussed 11. The Singles - Love Of Loves 12. Shy Impostors - At the Barrier
13. Tactics - Second Language 14. Surfside Six - Can't You See the Sign 15. The Birthday Party - Blast Off 16. Machinations - Arabia 17. Dropbears - Fun Lovin' 18. The Particles - I Luv Trumpet 19. Minuteman - Voodoo Slaves 20. Sacred Cowboys - Nothing Grows in Texas 21. Sardine v - Stuck On You 22. Severed Heads - Dead Eyes Opened (album version)
23. Laughing Clowns - Everything That Flies 24. Hoodoo Gurus - Lets All Turn On 25. Scientists - Solid Gold Hell
Disc Two: 1. Sekret Sekret - Chimes 2. The Triffids - Raining Pleasure 3. Screaming Tribesman - A Stand Alone 4. Salamander Jim - Hot Cakes For Daddy 5. Lime Spiders - Out Of Control
6. David Virgin - Give it Up 7. Inner Sleeves - End it All 8. Tall Tales & True - Wasted Life 9. Toys Went Beserk - Guns At My Head
10. Ollie Olsen - Win/Lose 11. Primitive Calculators - Pumping Ugly Muscle
12. feedtime - Don't Tell Me (7" version) 13. Happy Hate Me Nots - Salt, Sour & Brighton 14. The Stems - For Always 15. Hummingbirds - Alimony (original version) 16. Widdershins - Now You Know 17. Died Pretty - Everybody Moves 18. Proton Energy Pills - Less Than I Spend 19. Lightning Scary - Kim Salmon 20. Ed Kuepper - Everything I've Got.
