Karmic Hit - Previews & Rarities vol 3 - Special Collectors Edition! pt 2

Here it is - the rest of the definitive track listing for KH Previews and Rarities Vol 3...

7. Steve and Russell Kilbey - The Night is Very Soft

OK, here is one for the fans! Freaky Conclusions wasn't an album of demos - as none of the songs were ever fully developed - they were what they were - home recordings. Hear now a real and actual demo! For a song that made it to the Church Sing Songs EP - one of my favourites. That's Russell singing the second line in each verse. It's very different to the finished version but you can hear where they were coming from. Think yourself lucky to hear this one!

8. John Kilbey - Half Open

I didn't want to make this cd too Johnny-o-centric but I couldn't bring myself to oust this one and when I started hunting around for rarities, my own backlog was a good place to start. Before the Bhagavad Guitars I was in a band called In A Circle with a friend called Patrick Connors. He was an incredible guitarist - a real talent! Still is, to be sure. This was the last song we wrote together. Just before having a premature fight about royalty splits. We were 16! My fault entirely Pat.

9. Miss V - The Clapping Song

In the words of Neil MacDonell - "These guys are fucking amazing!" Another great band for you to discover - their album is equal parts Go-Betweens and the Cars! I think, anyway. This song was left of the final album - not really sure why - I guess it didn't fit in with the bigger picture. It's fun, it's catchy - it's sloppy in the best possible way. Miss V rock! They are the sweetest bunch of people you could ever hope to meet. So keep hoping.

10. Big Spaceship - One Step Behind (Ambient Mix)

As far as I know, which isn't very far, Big Spaceship are really just one guy. A whole bunch of one guy. Martin Kennedy - from Melbourne - who makes sublime music in the form of All India Radio. This is another project of his - it's a lot more up-vibe than this ambient track might suggest - I think he was exploring the electronic music of his youth with this cd! It's a great album - surely you can't have too many of them!

11. Us - I'm Not Coming Home Soon

OK - Margot Smith - what's the fuzz with her? Here she does a one take vocal over some instrumental music I had lying around to create something which sounds like it was worked out by people that knew what they were doing! She has a rare gift. She made this up on the spot! In one take! That's what you hear! Personally, I hate people like that - damn show offs. I love this song though - it's nearly as sad as the Halogen track.

12. Steve Kilbey - I See Your Beginning

This may be titled I See You're Beginning - you try and work it out by listening. Another contender from Freaky Conclusions - I tell ya -there's another good volume of that stuff at the very least but ol' SK's not too keen on it. He wasn't too keen on the last lot to be honest, until it was all finished and sounded great. Like this one - well, doesn't it? This track must be from around 1984? Stay tuned - the next volume comes out 2012.

 
 
 

13. John Kilbey - The Distant Shore

This little instrumental has been kicking around for ages - and if I don't give it this airing it was liable to go rotten. It's sort of a precursor to Catching Some Z's. It reminds me of Christmas day on the beach in Australia. So I thought it was kind of fitting.

14. Gilt Trip - A Day in the Book of Kells

Gilt Trip - used to be an album title - now it's the whole band name - you work it out - do the math - and get back to me by C.O.B Monday. This is a really great track not used on Egyptian Register. It reminds me of a cross between Albatross and ah.... something else. As I said - get back to me on this one... for the records - Gilt Trip is Russell P. Kilbey - Steve Kilbey and Avant-Garde Moderne Composer Michael Hanlon, Bondi.

15. Steve Kilbey - Unfinished Kirtan for Krsna

If you were paying attention in the liner notes to track one, I mentioned SK coming over once a week to stretch his recording muscles. Well one week we didn't have anything else to work on so he started an album of Kirtans - sort of spiritual chants. This is as far as he has gotten - and it's not even finished. But what did he expect, leaving it in my care when I've got a rarities album to compile? Anyway - I thought it was a great way to end the whole thing - it gets stuck in your head and is probably a better thing to have bouncing around instead of "My Humps". But each to their own.

 

 

Well, that's it then....

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once again,

JLK.

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