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May 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 206 Split Enz

I saw them at some key gigs in their strange career. At the Great Ngarauawahia Music Festival when they were Split Ends. I was fourteen and like most people there to see Black Sabbath but I do remember they were interesting. Dressed pretty much like everybody else there – a much different spectacle than what […]

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May 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 111 Ripper Records

Caroline, Rob and I formed the Spines in early 1981 and we started getting gigs straight away. We rehearsed a lot too and were searching out our own sound – they both played professionally in a jazz band as well at the time and we were always tight but experimental. When Bryan Staff moved to […]

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August 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Album Preview: Phil Judd – Play It Strange

Phil Judd has created a brand new studio album – his first in nearly a decade. The title comes from a song he wrote in the early days of Split Enz – performed live a few times, surfacing online in demo-form only here it is recast as title track and album centerpiece. The music on […]

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February 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1191

V/A, Hits & Myth (1981) Spent a bit more money on this than I usually do for a second-hander, but worth it. Pretty mint copy, record in good nick – cover tidy-as – and what a line-up, what a great tracklisting – a perfect party record – Split Enz and Dragon and Hello Sailor and […]