Glenn Evans

This is the first of the Leedon albums and as far as I can tell, was never released in New Zealand. The band was King Solomon Pohatu, Wes Epae, Kawana Pohe, Robert Hemi, Paddy Te Tai, Peter Wolland and Rena Pohe.

Maori Hi Five - 'Serenade In Blue". One of New Zealand's multi-talented and highly versatile Maori showbands, the Maori Hi-Five made three albums in Australia, one for Rex and two for Leedon, in 1963.

Melbourne punk legends the Cosmic Psychos; 'Blokes You Can Trust' - on purple vinyl and in a cloth sleeve. I shared the bill with them at Broadford '92 where they delivered a blistering set and, as always, mooned the crowd at the end. Nothing if not classy 😆

The Kinks - 'Something Else By The Kinks', a classic 1967 album featuring the hit 'Waterloo Sunset', plus 'Death Of A Clown' and 'David Watts'. The fifth Kinks album, this is a Japanese reissue pressing with obi and insert.

By 1983, Elvis was up to his 8th LP and many felt that 'Punch The Clock' lacked the spark of some of the King's classic 70s work with apparently even Elvis considering it to be less than perfect: but it was stuffed with good tunes and gave Elvis his first US top 40 hit, 'Every Day I Write The Book'.

The finest white soul singer of them all; Dusty's 1964 debut, mono Australian original in flipback sleeve.

Ssssssssssssssmokin' !!!!!

The No Names were an Australian beat group who eventually evolved into the Throb and enjoyed a massive hit with "Fortune Teller" in 1966. This earlier effort is a cover of the Coasters' ''Charlie Brown" with an original by Martin van Vyk on the B-side.

The kind of record that ensures that pop music is always more fun than - say - banking. Alexander Murray Smith And The Back O' Town Syncopaters with a unique jazz version of the theme from ''Steptoe And Son", also known as "Old Ned". Written by Ron Grainer of Dr Who theme fame.

Double bill with Flash Gordon

Everyone's different but, for me, playing drums only really works if I'm with other musicians, especially bass players. I don't sit in my studio doing solos; I need to lock in with a bass while guitars, vocals and keys build melodies around us.

One of the finest psychedelic rock albums of the 1960s, "Tropic Of Capricorn" by the brilliantly named Hi-Revving Tongues. The title track, by singer Chris Parfitt, is a killer slice of psych.

Ready for rehearsal.

The Hollies
Black Sabbath
Magazine
The Clash
The Rolling Stones

Another classic from the wonderful world of Down Under pyschedelia......"Purple Curtains" from the legendary Doug Parkinson In Focus.

"Seasons Of Change", Blackfeather's Australian psychedelic classic, from the album 'At The Mountains Of Madness'

Me too... but it's not first on the turntable each morning.

Great casting: Beswick and Bates were so similar looking that the changes didn't stretch credulity at all.

Acker Bilk - Acker In New Zealand. The master clarinettist's 1966 album, recorded on his New Zealand tour. Acker's real name was Bernard

This album was produced by George Martin, taking a break from the Beatles, and includes Ron's classic film themes from '633 Squadron' and 'Operation Crossbow'

Decca had Phase 4 Stereo while EMI/Columbia responded with Studio 2 Stereo and Ron Goodwin's albums were big sellers for the burgeoning stereo easy listening market.

Ron Goodwin - 'Adventure'. In the early 1960s, most pop records were in mono (because most kids only had small mono players). Their mums and dads owned the stereo system in the front room and stereo was aimed largely at the adult market.

Ron Goodwin's 'Gypsy Fire', Studio 2 Stereo, produced by George Martin and featuring a fabulous front cover photograph. Ron was prolific during the 1960s but, for my money, his finest moment was the terrific score for 'Where Eagles Dare'. Altogether - 'Broadsword calling Danny Boy!'

Dick Schory's 'Music For Baaroom And Harp', a fabulous title and a fabulous photo for this Living Stereo percussion classic.

Martin was born in Chicago in 1913 and was famous not only for his jazz and pop album covers but also for illustrating the cover of Time Magazine.

The incomparable Billie Holiday - a fabulous original red/yellow label mono Verve pressing of 'Music For Torching'. The sleeve rear has photographs taken by Norman Granz while the front is one of the finest examples of the work of artist David Stone Martin, an icon of jazz art in the 1950s.

* Savalas not Savakas. Sorry, Tel.

The European tagline for Peter Weir's "Gallipoli" was 'From A Place You've Never Heard Of, A Story You'll Never Forget". Not a suitable tagline for Australians and New Zealanders of course.

Brilliant! A train in Siberia, a monster, Cushing and Lee and Telly Savakas as a cossack. What more could anyond want?😄

Ooh..the USS Gerald R Ford is heading for the Gulf. Let's hope it doesn't fall down the steps when it gets there.