VA - Big Beat Cellar Scene: The Lost Sounds of Adelaide 1965-70 [Remastered] (2009)

During the mid sixties, Adelaide had a thriving music scene as disused inner city basements and cellars became dark, hot, noisy and smoky clubs and discos. Venues like Alan Hale’s Beat Basement, the Scene, Alex Innocenti’s the Cellar and Jim Popoff’s Big Daddy’s filled with teenagers to hear discs spun by local DJ’s and local groups pounding out R&B hits of the day.
Bands like the Masters Apprentices, Blues Rags 'n' Hollers, The Blues Syndicate, The Harts, Syssys, Inkase, James Taylor Move, The Bucket and Five Sided Circle amongst many others made their presence felt in a thriving scene. Some were lucky enough to release one or maybe two 45’s at best, however the emergence of a number of independent recording facilities enabled many more to record demos and tracks to mime to on local TV music shows like Action or In time.
This is what we have here, hidden away for over 40 years, the fruits of that youthful energy hopefully getting some recognition not afforded them at that time.