H&C Raw Material – The Desk Tapes.

Today we commence a series of 15 recordings culled from a total of 307 (!) unreleased desk tapes. These are authentic historical records of full concerts recorded to stereo tapes at the front of house desk from 1981 through to 1998. These are from Rob, Jack and John’s collections to the True Believers.

First up we have the first concert – 40 years ago now from 1981 at the Crystal Ballroom in Melbourne. It was a rough old tape – but an important artefact. Parts of it were included previously on the Spare Parts CD in the Horn of Plenty CD/DVD box set.

In the coming weeks and months, we will be visiting a range of venues across a range of locations to fill every gap in the Hunnas story as a live band.

The chosen selections complement the official professional recordings already available – The Way To Go Out (The Venue, Melbourne, 1984), Living in Large Rooms and Lounges (The Continental and others, 1995), Under One Roof (Selinas, Sydney, 1998) and Live 2014 (The Palais, Melbourne). All can be found on streaming audio, including Spotify, Deezer, Amazon Music and Apple Music.