As a rule of thumb, many Aussie 70s singles sound like they could have been released 2-3 years earlier than their actual release dates, but in the case of this Macarthur single it’s hard to sonically put an actual date on it. It just sounds just dandy whatever the year... Coming on a bit like early Dragon with a twist of Twister (more on them soon!), Macarthur walk the nether land between Hard Rock, Teen and Glam with no small amount of skill. Hot Stuffe is as much about pounding Boogie as it is about melodic flair, whilst Parentship Relation adds a certain harmonised Freakbeat dimension to the mix. It’s a bit New Wavey as well! Both tunes are top in any case, and I’m not sure which one I prefer.
It appears that Macarthur were an Adelaide band who were in existence between 1969 and 1977 and were most likely formed from the ashes of The Why Four. Was anything else released by Macarthur?
Hear a full version of Good Stuffe
Hear a full version of Parentship Relationship
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Bomb!
Good Stuffe = Status Quo
This is good stuff!! You were probably thinking about Donna Summer when you were writing your description(Hot Stuffe). Keep up the good work!! You've got great taste!!!
Nice.
I was hoping to download both sides of the excellent Macarthur single.
However, all the link leads to is an ad for Divshare. No download function at all that I could see.
When did that happen and is there any way around it?
Thanks,
Sonny
Yep, I think Divshare changed this a few months back. As mentioned previously, I am in 2 minds about having this stuff(e) downloadable anyway...
hi, Robin,
I use DivShare in my blog too and recently I found in an options section, something as "make my post downloadable" or something similar. Try there, maybe it works.
On Macarthur, the track 1 I download, the track 2 the link dont work.
best regards
Eduardo
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