MUSIC HUB 1: HGWT RELEASES
All CDs or tapes are listed in reverse chronological order of release (not the recording date).
NB: Songs with an asterisk (*) beside them are cover versions.
The releases by Health Club and Vice Squad are currently being remastered.
The artists and bands listed in this Music Hub section are:
COMING IN 2024
[Jan.] Some Trippin’ Diggers. Playin’ to Win (new retrospective album)
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Some Trippin’ Diggers. You (Got) Me (2023) EP (from 1984)
Shoot the DJ [II]. Mind-Driving (2023) re-release
The Snoggs. The Snoggs (2009)
page 2
Helga ünd der Blitzkrieg. Live at Sunray Sunday ’87 (2009)
Clay Djubal. Marvellous Melbourne (2008)
Shoot the DJ [I & II] Cleared for Action (2008)
page 3
Some Trippin’ Diggers The Larrikin Demofestos (2008)
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To be re-released in December 2023
Managing to Manage (1984)
You (Got) Me (1984)
Finger in the Sky (1984)
… And I Laugh (1985) with Ross Stagg
You Said (I Hate Men) (1985) version 2/6
Mirror Mirror (1985) solo acoustic
Love Blind Eyes (1985) version 2/4, with Lynn Stagg
Australian Holiday (It’s All Here) (1985) version 1/2
Paralytic with Intelligence (1985)
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SOME TRIPPIN’ DIGGERS: You (Got) Me (2023/2008)
- EP compact disc. HGWT 013
- The first three songs on this CD were recorded at Emerald City Studios, Brookvale (on Sydney’s northern beaches) during late-July and early-August 1984. This was the third Some Trippin’ Diggers line-up.
- Performers : Clay Djubal (vocals/bass) ▪ Matt Hirst (vocal/drums) ▪ Siegfried Mirza (guitar) ▪ Des Smith (keyboards).
- The EP was originally released on cassette in 1984.
- All songs were re-mixed in 2008 and 2023 by Clay Djubal (Brisbane, Queensland/Canberra, ACT).
- This 2023 re-release includes one additional song from the second Some Trippin’ Diggers’ line-up – an early demo of “Write and Stare” (recorded on 25 May 1984). The musicians are Clay Djubal (vocals/bass/keyboards) ▪ Doiran James (guitar) ▪ Ian Mitchell (drums/sound/voice).
1. “You (Got) Me” (Djubal/Simmons)
2. “Managing to Manage” (Djubal/Hirst/Mirza)
3. “Finger in the Sky” (Djubal/James/Rummery/Hirst/Mirza/Smith)
4. “Write and Stare” (Djubal/Simmons)
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SHOOT THE DJ : Mind-driving (2008/2023)
- LP compact disc. HGWT 006
- The songs from this CD were recorded in the Sydney northern beaches suburb of Mona Vale during 1985 by Shoot the DJ (II).
- Performers : Clay Djubal (lead vocals/bass/keyboards) ▪ Ian Mitchell (drums/sound) ▪ Nick Miles (guitars/vocals/harmonica). Additional guitar by Ziggy Mirza.
- All songs were re-mixed in 2008 by Clay Djubal (Brisbane, Queensland).
- This album was originally released in 2008. The 2023 version has three additional “bonus” songs.
1. “Mind-Driving” (Djubal/Simmons/Mirza)
2. “Write and Stare” (Djubal/Simmons)
3. “Time Flies” (Djubal)
4. “You Said (I Hate Men)” (Djubal)
5. “Push (I Hate Men – the Retort)” (Djubal/Simmons/Miles/Mitchell)
6. “Love Blind Eyes” (Djubal/Simmons/Mirza)
7. “On the Nullarbor” (Djubal)
8. “La La Love You (Babe)” (Miles)
9. “Hopscotch” (Djubal/Simmons)
10. “When Only the Best Will Do” (Djubal)
11. “Australian Holiday (It’s all Here)” (Djubal/Simmons/Miles/Mitchell)
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12. “The Answering Machine” [Clay and Nick]
- Mind-Driving [artwork] [pdf]
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THE SNOGGS : The Snoggs (2009)
- EP compact disc. HGWT009
- Basic tracks recorded on a Tascam 244 4-track Portastudio in Twynam Street, Katoomba (NSW) in 1994. Mastered by Barry Henninger, Falls Studio, Wentworth Falls (NSW)
- Performers: Doiran James: guitar/vocals (lead vocals tracks 4 and 6) ▪ Mark Newton: drums/lead vocals ▪ Fraser Lumsden: bass/vocals.
- Produced by Doiran James.
- “Mustang Sally.” (Mack Rice).
- “Soul to Squeeze.” (Kiedis, Frusciante, Balzary, Smith)
- “Gloria.” (Van Morrison)
- “Gotta Dance.” (Doiran James)
- “New Sensation.” (Farriss/Hutchence)
- “I Could Have Danced All Night.” (Doiran James)
- “Always On the Run.” (Hudson/Kravitz)
- “Bullet the Blue Sky.” (Hewson/Evans/Clayton/Mullen)
- The Snoggs [artwork] [pdf]
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