• Four-hour 3CD compilation of the pioneering 60s/early 70s Australian independent Clarion label. • A smorgasbord of driving R&B, sunshine pop, studio psychedelia and progressive rock recorded in Perth, Western Australia. Based in the Western Australian city of Perth, teenager Martin Clarke was working at a local radio station when he converted a spare bedroom into a makeshift recording studio. That modest early venture evolved into Martin Clarke Recording Studios, which opened in 1962 to become Perth’s first professional recording facility. By the time the studio purchased a four-track in 1966, Clarke had launched the Clarion label, working with a constant stream of solo singers and beat/R&B groups. With a raised profile after Perth TV personality Johnny Young had a national hit with the Easybeats-penned ‘Step Back’, Clarion signed a number of promising new acts that included The Valentines (featuring a pre-AC/DC Bon Scott) and Young’s TV colleague Robbie Snowden. Clarion went on to have a number of regional and national successes, releasing interesting music into the 70s (British expatriates The Birds and Chalice, plus local progressive rockers Fatty Lumpkin) before Clarke wound down the label and relocated to England. A four-hour 3CD anthology, ‘The Clarion Set’ assembles the pick of the label’s roster, with choice selections from the aforementioned acts as well as female-fronted folk rockers Gemini, powerhouse R&B/soul vocalist Ray Hoff, pre-Valentines garage band The Spektors and in-house psychedelic experiment The Vegetable Garden. – 1 – 1. Ive Got My Eyes On You (and I Like What I See) – Russ Kenne 2. Glad, Not Sad – the Times 3. Bama Lama, Bama Loo – Ray Hoff & the Off Beats 4. Gloria – the Spektors 5. Cara-Lin – Johnny Young 6. Choose Who I Like – Mort & the Mobees 7. Long Time Gone – Terry Walker With the Hi Five 8. The Uncle Willie – Ray Hoff & the Off Beats 9. Skye Boat Song – Glen Ingram With the Hi Five 10. Tell Her No – the Kompany 11. Ive Been Watching You – Russ Kennedy & the Little Wheels 12. My Good Friend Mary Jane – Ray Hoff & the Off Beats 13. On My Mind – the Spektors 14. Step Back (Demo) – Johnny Young 15. Little Wheel – Russ Kennedy & the Little Wheels 16. Go Laddie – Maggie Hammond 17. Take This Hammer – Glen Ingram With the Clan 18. Cry I Do – Colin Cook 19. Every Day I Have To Cry – the Valentines 20. Looking For My Pig – Ray Hoff & the Off Beats 21. Cant You See – Mort & the Mobees 22. High Flying Bird – Maggie Hammond 23. I Cant Dance With You – the Valentines 24. Good Evening Girl – Johnny Young 25. Tossin and Turnin – Ray Hoff & the Off Beats 26. Too Much Monkey Business – Russ Kennedy & the Little Wheels 27. That Its Me – Glen Ingram With the Clan 28. No One Really Loves a Clown – Robbie Snowden 29. You Wont Be Leaving – Maggie Hammond 30. Aint Doin Too Bad Pts. 1 and 2 – Ray Hoff & the Off Beats – 2 – 1. Hold On – Johnny Young 2. King of the Mountain – the Proclamation 3. Love Makes Sweet Music – the Valentines 4. The Family Way – the Kompany 5. Peeping Tom – the Clan 6. Da Doo Ron Ron – Chris James 7. Love, Love, Love – Ray Hoff & the Off Beats 8. Come On Up – Johnny Young 9. Talkin – Robbie Snowden 10. Ill Be Doggone – Glen Ingram 11. No Good Without You – the Birds 12. Sookie Sookie – the Valentines 13. Craise Finton Kirk (Royal Academy of Arts) – Johnny Young 14. Sunshine Rides On a Trolley – Robbie Snowden 15. Come Home Baby – the Troupadors 16. You Baby – Colin Cook 17. Ive Got To Get You – Ray Hoff & the Off Beats 18. Hip Huggin Mini – Soul Purpose 19. Do You Want To Dance – Robbie Snowden 20. Near To Me – the Troupadors 21. Peculiar Hole In the Sky – the Valentines 22. Geno Pts 1 and 2 – Johnny Young 23. Sunday Afternoon – the Clan 24. Just a Little – Robbie Snowden 25. Little Boat – the Troupadors 26. Little Joe the Boxer – the Kompany 27. Come Back and Shake Me – Strawberry Fair 28. Tea and Sympathy (Dont You Worry) – the Proclamation 29. Every Christian Lionhearted Man Will Show You – Johnny Young 30. She Said – the Valentines 31. Riot In Cell Block Number 9 – Colin Cook – 3 – 1. Magic Words – the Birds 2. In My World – Chalice 3. Somebody To Love – Swingshift 4. Hypnotic Suggestion – the Vegetable Garden 5. Sunshine River – Gemini 6. Soul Finger – Willpower 7. Boogaloo Down Broadway – Soul Purpose 8. Things We Said Today – Strawberry Fair 9. Even Stevens – the Vegetable Garden 10. Got To Get Back T Nellie – Fatty Lumpkin 11. Ebenezer – Chalice 12. Dust In My Pants – the Birds 13. Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To the Canyon) – Gemin 14. Mr. Wont You Help Me – Chalice 15. Share – Soul Purpose 16. Spinning Wheel – Willpower 17. We Can Work It Out – Swingshift 18. Rene – the Birds 19. Dont Knock My Boogie – Fatty Lumpkin 20. Nearly Gone – Chalice 21. Butterfly Wings – Gemini 22. Here, There & Everywhere – Swingshift 23. I See the Rain – the Birds 24. Nine To Five Girl – Chalice 25. Millionaire – Fatty Lumpkin
