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CURRENT NEWS What is happening from the world of Hunters and Collectors. Click here for the latest list of Mark Seymour upcoming gigs.
1 May 2013 - John's Tabs Play the electric guitar? trumpet? bass? drums? gas cylinder? anything? Hunters bass player John Archer is supplying us with MIDI files - which, using free software, you can see every note in every song for every instrument. It does not get much better than this! Click here!
26 April 2013 - Mark Seymour Oakleigh Set List A set list has appeared online to Mark's gig at the Caravan Music Club in Oakleigh...
22 April 2013 - Making of Seventh Heaven Club Click here to check out a video on the making of Mark Seymour's latest album, Seventh Heaven Club!
7 April 2013 - Collected Mark and Hunters Talk... Good morning everyone! While I remember it, a few scratchings of memories from catching up with Mark, Rob and band last night... :)
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6 April 2013 - Mark Seymour Gold Coast Set List Mark played for the Surfers Paradise Festival last night in front of a few thousand punters who came out for a night of free music on the beach. The night also featured The Choirboys before and The Black Sorrows afterwards! The wind provided lots of challenges for Rob on front of desk, but Mark, Cam, John and Peter overcame the challenges to put on a stunning performance. Mark revelled in the large crowd and clearly enjoyed the experience. The crowd was a beautiful mix of music fans and complete randoms, including many overseas tourists, who happened to stumble upon the concert. The tourists seems particularly chuffed at what they had unexpectedly found. Given we last saw Mark only one month ago, the only new track in the set list was Caroline - a worthy addition :)
3 April 2013 - Under One Roof Deluxe Edition Liberation Records are releasing a 'Deluxe Edition' of the classic Hunters and Collectors live album Under One Roof on Friday! It appears to be a combined CD and DVD package presented in a 'digipack' cover. The Deluxe edition is selling for A$19.99 at JB's Hi Fi and A$21.99 at Sanity.
21 March 2013 - Mark Sorrow Video Clip Mark Seymour has released a third video clip from his new album Seventh Heaven Club. Click here to see Sorrow!
15 March 2013 - The Break: Space Farm Album Out Now! Surf rock band The Break's second album, Space Farm, is out now! Jack Howard, former Hunters and Collector, is now a member of The Break and plays trumpet on the new album. The Break also features members from Midnight Oil and The Flaming Lips. Click here for more about Space Farm!
9 March 2013 - Mark Seymour in Armidale Set List Brisbane fans John and I hit the road for Mark's 'A Day on the Green' gig last weekend at Armidale in central New South Wales. Mark shared the bill with Lisa Mitchell and the Neil Finn-Paul Kelly duo. Mark, Cam, John and Pete ripped through a rocking set, packing as much as possible into hour. The set list was a great mix of the best of Hunters and Mark's solo tunes. This was the first time we have enjoyed Counting On You, from Mark's new album Seventh Heaven Club, and the Hunters track Where Do You Go? in Mark's set list. John's favourite live track was Say Goodbye; mine Castlemaine. Mark was swamped with customers for his new album afterwards - so much so that we did not even get a chance to catch up! Not as much news as we would like to share, but it is our own fault because we were not going to miss Paul Kelly and Neil Finn while we were there...!
6 March 2013 - Beside You Video Clip A second promotional video clip has been released from Mark Seymour's new album Seventh Heaven Club! Click here to check out Mark's cover of the Dave Dobbyn track, Beside You!
1 March 2013 - Mark's Seventh Heaven Club in Stores! Mark's new album Seventh Heaven Club is out today! It is already in Austraian stores and can can also be picked up online at many places including JB's Hi Fi, Sanity and iTunes. Join Mark and the Undertow on a journey of the love song through a fine collection of covers!
12 February 2013 - Lorelei Video Clip A promotional video has been released from Mark Seymour's upcoming album Seventh Heaven Club. Check out Mark, his youngest daughter Hannah and the Undertow perform Lorelei!
11 February 2013 - The Look of Love Tickets Get your tickets to Jack Howard and band's The Look of Love - The Songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David - here!
24 January 2013 - Jack Presents 'The Look of Love' Jack Howard is presenting and performing in "The Look of Love - The Songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Jack reports:
I'd love to see you at this show. It was very special at Pure Pop in
December and it's going to be very special at The Flying Saucer Club on
Saturday March 2nd. Click here for more information!
8 December 2012 - Jack Howard Interview Click here to check out an extensive recent Jack Howard interview on radio station 3CR with Paul Elliott (who owned Polyester Records)! It features a cross section of Jack, Hunters and songs of bands that Jack has played in over the years.
30 November 2012 - Paul Kelly Covering True Tears of Joy Spotted on the Facebook of famed Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly: Came to Sydney early this week to record True Tears of Joy, a Hunters and Collectors song, with Emma Donovan and Jimblah. Tim Levinson (Urthboy) and Angus Stuart (Hermitude) were our producers. That was a good little team all in one room. (Thanks Tammy!)
12 November 2012 - Jack Howard Joins The Break ... and in breaking news, Jack Howard is not only touring with The Break, but is now a full a member of the band! The Break is:
10 November 2012 - Jack Howard Touring with The Break Jack Howard will be touring Australia in 2013 performing with The Break, supporting Rodriguez! The Break features Rob Hirst and Martin Rotsey and Jim Moginie from Midnight Oil and Violent Femmes bassist Joe Meek.
12 October 2012 - Jack Howard New Releases Out Now! Jack Howard's CD/DVD best of, The Story So Far, along with the rarities set Reliving Life to the Full, are now available! The CD component of The Story So Far and Reliving Life to the Full can both be found in glorious CD quality at Bandcamp. For The Story So Far, it is definitely best to get the physical CD/DVD set to get the bonus Live at Pure Pop DVD. Jack recommends Pure Pop, Basement Discs, Readings, Thesaurus or JB Hi Fi.
14 August 2012 - FROM THE VAULT! We are excited to today announce 'From the Vault', a project that will be delivering unreleased, quality recordings from the deep, dark cupboards of the Hunters and Collectors archives! To kick start proceedings, we have already uploaded four recordings for the last month - covering the time since the archives were cracked open! Get these while they are hot - we are only going to have a few online at any time, with one new track planned each week! Click here to get started! A massive thankyou to everyone who made this possible - particularly Rob Miles!
3 July 2012 - Jack Howard Tracks on Soundcloud Be sure to check out Jack Howard's Soundcloud - there are a number of full length streaming tracks to be enjoyed, including a suit of new songs When Dylan Went Electric, Coming By Sea, Kaniva Christmas, Stains of the Third Age, The Falling Man, Sequenza and A Song For Longing!
14 June 2012 - Forums! After many requests over a number of years, True Believers now has forums! Please join up and contribute... we have the spammers under control :)
6 June 2012 - Greatest Hits Acoustic Update Please note that Mark Seymour's Greatest Hits Acoustic album is actually a reissue of Daytime and the Dark with the April Sun in Cuba bonus that that was on one version of the original album. We now have artwork up on the Greatest Hits Acoustic page!
31 May 2012 - Hunters Lunch We have heard that the band got together for lunch a few weeks ago... no plans at this stage!
26 January 2012 - Shadowlands Available NOW!
Jack Howard's new album is available right now... a few days early! Download it now in glorious full CD quality from only $10 at bandcamp! Also...
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VAULT News The latest rarities for free download here at True Believers. Click here to go to the download page.
20 May 2013 Source: 1982 06 12 San Miguel Hotel, Sydney, Australia Cassette The other week, I sought more information from the band on the mysterious "Gung", which can be found a few live recordings from around the era when Payload and The Fireman's Curse were recorded. Subtle as a brick, I was informed: Gunga Din. Jesus H Christ! This was followed up by the Rob's softer feedback of: "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!" (the peom by Rudyard Kipling.) Which has left me wondering if the initial response was because of this webmaster's lack of poetry knowledge or the songs reappearance... I suspect the former :) A bit of further research indicates this may even be a cover, as the poem has appeared in songs prior to this version in 1982. It's another weird one for the early maddies. You know who you are... Click here to check it out!
13 May 2013 Source: 1987 06 15 I-Beam, San Francisco, California, USA Cassette As part of our commitment to covering every Hunters era, this week we return to What's A Few Men? for the first time since March. Here we have a different, early version of So Long Ago that would appear to be from before the What's A Few Men? recording sessions. It is a mid creation glimpse of a song that was later to become a much enjoyed album track. Click here to check it out! Next week, we will be providing a never heard before song from the archives...
6 May 2013 Source: 1992 12 14 Palais Theatre, Melboune, Australia Cassette Cut seems to occupy a strange part in the Hunters journey - a last attempt at hitting it 'big' with a renowned American producer, yet after the US record company Atlantic had pulled the plug. It brought Hunters to a new generation in Australia and spawned a massive six top 100 singles - yet band feelings remain mixed. The popularity of album tracks that were not singles speaks volumes about the ongoing following of the Cut album. This is one of them - Grindstone - which appears courtesy of a request from Gary. Click here to check it out!
29 April 2013 Source: 1993 12 Demon Flower Rough Mixes This week we have decided to provide something that noone has requested. It is something noone could have requested as it is a completely unknown song, never knowingly played live, found on a rough mix tape. This is one for the Demon Flower fans who are already spoiled for tracks on the Living in Large Rooms and Lounges album. How Does Your Garden Grow? was recorded for Demon Flower but did not make the final cut :) Rock on! Click here to check it out!
22 April 2013 Source: 1982 08 06 Oxford Hotel, Melbourne, Australia Cassette Long starved of any live material from the mysterious, dark early days of Hunters and Collectors, fans of the early 1980's Hunnas continue to appear on our website keen on what can be found... This week Jason asks us: "Hey, I've been thrashing the H+C stuff, thanks very much. Do you have a live version of Lumps of Lead" The response from us: "Yes. Yes I do." In fact, I think the archives have a few recordings of Lumps of Lead through 1982 and 1983. Here's one from the Oxford Hotel in Melbourne. The full recording of this gig is less likely to see the light of day due to suspected speed issues on side two of the tape. Likely caused by the recording equipment of the time.. but then again... Click here to check it out!
15 April 2013 Source: 1985 01 15 06 Live Two Tracks Cassette Today's track results from a modest request from Stephen: "I loved the Hear No Evil acoustic version which was quite different from the released version. Is there another song that differs drastically from the album version, either in a early demo style form, or a later reworked live form?" Well... the good news is that we have a few options to fulfill this request. This week we have picked an early version of a track from the Human Frailty album. A less polished, harder rocking 6 minute 17 second early live to two track recording of Relief! You will love this... Click here to check it out!
8 April 2013 Source: 1995 Live Demons in Amsterdam promotional EP This week we feature a second track from the rare Live Demons in Amsterdam promo EP from 1995 - Holy Grail! We posted a first track from Live Demons back in February :) If you are new here, please note that a superior and highly recommended live cut of Holy Grail can be found on the Under One Roof album, out this week in a cut price CD plus DVD version! Click here to check it out!
1 April 2013 Source: 1989 03 28 Middle Park Hotel, Melbourne, Australia Cassette ...and this week a request from Gary - Running Water live! Amazingly, this is a difficult recording to find - it took about half an hour of trawling through recordings to find a copy. It's another example of a track that fans often love but the band themselves were not too fussed about. Enjoy! Click here to check it out!
25 March 2013 Source: 1988 09 05 Ritz, Stockholm, Sweden Cassette It been a while since our last What's A Few Men?/Fate era rarity - so this week we are pleased to present a live incarnation of Wishing Well from Sweden! Now, I am not completely confident on the speed of this recording. The original seemed slow; so this version is sped up by 2%. Please feel free to experiment and advise on what this should be...! :) Click here to check it out!
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