V/A - Left of the Middle: Australian Soft Rock, Folk, Private Press & Otherwise

A scattered collection of the forgotten and fringe from the back roads of Australian popular music, genre-less wanderers left behind in subsequent Australian archeology. Mixture of crude private press and slick major label recordings; teenage thug sharpie rock, progressive folk musicians playing with and against the strains of bush music traditionalism, Bobb Trimblesque psych-folk, brief glimpses of West Coast singer songwriter beauty, alien flamenco guitar, baroque jazz, Hazlewood aping country artists, and the sound of people missing the mark. For some this may be a tougher listen then the harshest noise, others will find it a strange and rewarding journey into the unknown losers of Australian music history. Pro press, 20 tracks, 71 minutes, full notes included on insert. - Redundancy Music.

SIDE A

Howard Eynon -¢‚Ǩ‚Äú French Army (So What If Im Standing In Apricot Jam, Basket Records, 1974/75, Tasmania)
Danny Graham -¢‚Ǩ‚Äú Well Make A Deal (In Amsterdam) (s/t, Sinsemille Music, 1980, New South Wales??)
Systems Go -¢‚Ǩ‚Äú Transatlantic Line (7-¢‚Ǩ¬ù, no label, 1978, Adelaide)
Jim Minchin -¢‚Ǩ‚Äú You Cant Do More Than That (Seven Whole Days, Move Records, 1970(?), Melbourne)
The C.C.C. Band -¢‚Ǩ‚Äú Lemon Tree (Welcome To Cordial Land, no label, 1976, Brisbane)
Chris Freeman -¢‚Ǩ‚Äú Dennis Hallucinating (Thesilger, no label, 1976, Melbourne)
Cast of Cult -¢‚Ǩ‚Äú Red (Cult; A Musical About The Future, Reflection Records, 1973, Melbourne)
Jade -¢‚Ǩ‚Äú Rockin Orgy Pt. 1 (7-¢‚Ǩ¬ù, Jade Records, 1977, Melbourne)
Greg Quill & Country Radio -¢‚Ǩ‚Äú Empty Pockets/Leaving The City (Fleetwood Plain, Harvest Records, 1971, Sydney)
Lee Conway -¢‚Ǩ‚Äú The Other Man (7-¢‚Ǩ¬ù, Sweet Peach Records, mid 1970s, Adelaide)
Mike Quarmby -¢‚Ǩ‚Äú Muddy Murray River (Its Nothing You Could Ever Hang A Name On, EMS Gold Label, 1974?, Adelaide)

SIDE B

Doug Ashdown -¢‚Ǩ‚Äú Willies Shades (Leave Love Enough Alone, Billingsgate Records, 1974, Adelaide)
Janette Geri -¢‚Ǩ‚Äú River (Rising, Arts And Grafts Records, 1986, Melbourne)
Steam Shuttle -¢‚Ǩ‚Äú The Wee One/Rocking The Cradle (s/t, Larrikin Records, 1977, Sydney)
Cathie OSullivan -¢‚Ǩ‚Äú The Orange Tree (High Places, Larrikin Records, 1983, Sydney)
Margret Roadknight -¢‚Ǩ‚Äú Ice (Ice, Infinity Records, 1978, Sydney)
Trevor Swadling -¢‚Ǩ‚Äú Wheel of Fortune (7-¢‚Ǩ¬ù, Midway Records, 1983, Sydney)
Tanseys Fancy -¢‚Ǩ‚Äú Aque Serven (s/t, no label, 1982/83, Sydney)
Penny Davies and Roger Ilott -¢‚Ǩ‚Äú Galaxy Shanty (The Proud and Careless Notes, Restless Recordings, 1984, Sydney)