Australian Power Pop 1975~1995 » Uncategorized http://powerpop.wordpress.com Covering 20 years of some cool releases from some great bands Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:27:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/0db82a9fb1668bcd9c665a137a736b0a?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Australian Power Pop 1975~1995 » Uncategorized http://powerpop.wordpress.com LOADED DICE CD OUT NOW http://powerpop.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/loaded-dice-cd-out-now/ http://powerpop.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/loaded-dice-cd-out-now/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:27:19 +0000 powerpop http://powerpop.wordpress.com/?p=63 ]]>

Hi everyone. Just a quick note to let you know that the Loaded Dice CD reissue is now available to buy at www.zerohourrecords.com.au

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I got some sad news today that George Heathcote, frontman for the great Chalice lost his battle with cancer this morning.  I am working on releasing their complete anthology on CD early next year.

R.I.P. George

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I must admit I don’t know a lot about Cheek and there isn’t much on the net, so I will just write what I can remember about them. Cheek were more than likely a manufactured band judging by this slogan written across their two Australian single releases, it read “An Exercise In Powerpop”. It’s obviously a “Who Knows Who” release with the executive producer being rock jornalist and historian, and Easybeats fan Glenn A Baker. Baker obviously paid for these recordings and two where recorded at the famous Albert Studios with ex Easybeats members Vanda & Young producing. The first song on the EP is actually an Easybeats song, not one of their best either. The other two songs were produced by Charles Fisher (INXS and other big Australian groups). Being a rock writer, Baker also wrote articles and snippets for Greg Shaw’s BOMP magazine in the USA and of course that’s where this release comes from. Shaw released the four songs on his VOXX label in 1980 but ommiting one song for another (Leave My Heart Alone) while Baker released the two singles in Australia in 1977 and 1978. The whole Cheek thing was definately an experiment because only one of the five songs they released was an original composition.

These are some fairly good powerpop versions of some well known songs from The Rolling Stones, The Easybeats, P.F. Sloan and The Rubinoos. “Still In Love” is the only original song and there is no more known recordings from Cheek as far as I know. Maybe Baker has some in the vaults? I’ll ask him next time I bump into him. I believe they have lots of these E.P.s over at Bomp Mail Order still available, well they did a few years back.

They came together, they recorded and then they disspeared forever.

City: Sydney
Year: 1977-1978
Label: Mushroom (Aust) Voxx (USA)
Format: 7″
Song: Do You Have Soul?
Song: Take Me For What I’m Worth
Song: So Much In Love
Song: Still In Love
Song: Leave My Heart Alone

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