Dunedin Sound Tapes

The purpose of this blog is to expose you to the unique and unrepeatable New Zealand scene known as "Dunedin Sound" that emerged in New Zealand in the early eighties. This space takes over from wonderful blogs that in their time served to make known to the world some of the most significant bands and records of that period. The present collection is dedicated to all those kiwi bands -many of them already forgotten- who, without knowing it, wrote a very important page in the history of music.

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martes, 27 de marzo de 2018

The Puddle ‎– Into The Moon (1992)

Revolving line-up of a Flying Nun outfit - George Henderson, Lesley Paris, Norma O'malley, Peter Gutteridge, Ross Jackson, Lindsay Maitland, Jenny Crooks, Rochard Cotton, Norman Dufty and Vikki Wilkinson. As George Hendersons' project The Puddle are considered as possible the great under-appretiated New Zealand band, most probably hastened by the groups lack of recorded output and the notoriety of Henderson himself over the years. Thankfully in 2005 the group started to gain moment once more, with Henderson again recording material, and the group performing live with more regularity. 2006 saw the release of songs for Emily Valentine on the powertool distribution label.

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lunes, 26 de marzo de 2018

The Puddle ‎– Pop Lib (1986)

The song included there was “Junk” – a song that Puddle frontman and songwriter George D. Henderson used to introduce at the time as ‘a song about non-medical use of pain-killing drugs’. I hated that song, the sentiments it expressed and saw the damage that drugs (self) inflicted on him and others. So I guess it is ironic indeed that the first, and only, song from The Puddle on a Flying Nun Records compilation is the one I hate the most. It is also the least psychedelic song on that remarkable, damaged “Pop Lib” record. Pain killing drugs – “Junk” – are not psychedelic.

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