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May 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 112 Jayrem Records

It was Jim Moss and his Wellington answer to the South Island’s Flying Nun and Auckland’s Ripper or Propeller Records and yet it was totally different. Those other labels had their own style or ethos whereas Jayrem would release any type of music in any given genre – from the Upper Hutt Posse to the […]

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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 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 20 Idiot Sun/Flying Nun

After years of playing together, the jazz influences of Ross Burge and Neill Duncan were really having a bearing on the Spines and my song writing. Odd but funky time signatures and improvisations were becoming central to our sound. We had parted ways with Jayrem Records after The Moon and were now on Flying Nun. […]