welcome to 
Purple
Haze
with Roach
    
    
The
'Purple
Haze'
radio show was born mid 1985
and its time slot was midnight to dawn twice every eight weeks or so.
These days it can be heard on Saturday nights at 9.00PM only on 3MDR, 97.1 FM Melbourne Australia.
It
was originally targeted at
the 'older' listeners and still is, but it also attracts many
younger ones as well.
The
program is an album show but
not contemporary albums. 99% of the music comes from the late 60's and
the 70's.
Frinstance;
you wont hear Blood
Sweat and Tears or Chicago but you will hear S.O.D. and Mogul Thrash.
You
won't hear Kraftwerk but you
will hear Tangerine Dream (Most weeks I have a 'trippy' album in the
program)
Anyway
to cut to the chase, the
program focuses on non mainstream bands from the above mentioned era.
See
how many of these names you
can remember.
Spooky Tooth..Juicy Lucy.. Colosseum..The
Keef Hartly Band..
Thirsty Moon..Soft Machine.. Dr
John...Atomic Rooster...Savoy
Brown..
The ORIGINAL Fleetwood Mac.. Captain
Beyond...Jethro Tull...Embryo...Grobschnidt
..Goblin...Stomu Yamashta... Cream...Frank
Zappa.. King
Crimson.
Traffic
... Uriah Heep..Wishbone Ash Rush...Scorpions... Little
Feat...Heaven ... Alman
Bros...Jeff Beck...Pavlov's
Dog...Maggie Bell...
Stone
the Crows...Focus...Finch...Jade
Warrior ...Cactus...Vanilla
Fudge...
I
could go on forever but I
think you've got the idea by now, NO GOOD TIME
OLDIES.
Having
said that however,You
will hear some classic albums;
Led Zeppelin...Black Sabbath... Pink
Floyd...Deep Purple...Crosby
Stills and Nash...
As you can see, it's a
mixed bag of
genres, the only thing they have in common is the era
Oh... I nearly forgot to mention Hendrix..The
Doors
Jefferson
Airplane etc etc
etc......
And
it's worth remembering that
I play whole sides of LPs and if it happens to be a concept (eg Thick
As A Brick-Jethro Tull) album, then I'll usually play the whole album.
Likewise
live albums. (Sat 14th
January 2006,I played the whole Cream concert form June of last
year.That was almost 2hrs.)
Anyway
if you're a serious
fan of non mainstream music of the late 60s through to1980
and you haven't caught the show you are missing out.
In
fact I've had people call me
telling me how much they hate going out on a saturday night in case
they miss something good.
More
often than not I give
details of line ups or line up changes and if someone from that era
makes a new album (eg John Mayal) I will play that too.
ViDEOs
Check
out Jimi Hendrix
Performing 'Hey Joe' at the Beat Club London,1967
Jimi Hendrix 'Star
Spangled Banner' Live at Woodstock
and Led Zeppelin Performing 'Dazed and
Confiused-Part 1 Live
Here are the
albums for
the next Purple Haze.
Playlist August 5th 2006
U.K.-----------------------------------------LIVE
FREE---------------------------------------ABSOLULTELY
FREE
THE
DOORS-----------------------------STRANGE DAYS
CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH----SELF
TITLED
STRING DRIVEN
THING---------PLEASE MIND YOUR HEAD
NOVALIS----------------------------------SOMMERABEND
(Performed in German, but don't
let that put you off. The music is great even if you don't know what
they are singing about.)
And the feature album for this
week is .......................
JOHN
MAYALL-------------------------PRIMAL SOLOS
This album has a great line-up.
Mick Taylor---------guitar
Hanry Lowther-----trumpet (Keef
Hartley Band)
The legendary Chris Mercer (sax)
Dick
Hackstall-Smith(sax)------Colosseum
Jack Bruce--------Bass (Cream
and West Bruce and Laing.
Eric Clapton------Guitar
For full info, tune in this sat.
Playlist July 29th 2006
BLACK SABBATH-------------SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH
LED
ZEPPELIN-----------------2ND ALBUM
KING
CRIMSON----------------KONSTRUCTION OF LIGHT
JETHRO
TULL-------------------THIS WAS
SCORPIONS---------------------LONESOME
CROW
On
this weeks show the feature album will be King Crimson's
Konstruction of light. This album was released in 2000, so
compared with the albums I usually play, this is a 'recent' release and
it is Crimson at their most gentle and their filthiest. I will play the
whole album and I promise you that you will need your COMFY chair for
this one.I'll give you more details on sat night.
If
there is sufficient time, I'll play some Alman Bros. If not I'll play
it next week.
Playlist July 22nd 2006
First
up we have Grobschnidt, one of
the best rock
bands to come out of Germany in the 70's
The
album is "Live Solar Music", an
extended
version of the origanal song that took up both sides of one vinyl LP.
Now
it takes up a whole CDand
it's the band at there peak.
Then
another German band that
this time completely reworked their the album on the map.
Tangerine
Dream (no surprises there) and the album is Phaedra,all digital.
Then
finally, another German
band, Guru Guru. This is a trio
that
really know how to have a
good time and they do go to some very interesting places even though
they're
<>only
average players.The recording
was made at Radio Bremen, Germany on Sept 21 1971 and although a
little 'dry' it's OK.
I'll
give you more details
during the show, anyway suffice it to say that it would be well worth
your while staying home
this
Saturday night.
Playlist July 15th 2006
Johnny
Winter---------------------Still Alive and Well
Van
Der Graaf
Generator------Godbluff
Rush----------------------------------A
Farewell To Kings
Triumvirat----------------------------Sparticus
Uriah
Heep-------------------------Very 'Eavy Very 'Umble
<>The
Guess
Who------------------Live at the
Paramount
(all of it)
and
if there's enough
time..........
Vanilla
Fudge---------------------Renaissance
Playlist July 8th 2006
POTEMKINE-------------------------FOETUS
KLAUS
SCHULZE-----------------MOONDAWN
CROSSFIRE-------------------------DIRECT
TO DISC
CREAM--------------------------------GOODBYE
CREAM
SPLIT-----------------------------------GROUNDHOGS
HATFIELD
AND THE NORTH--SELF
TITLED
BUDGIE-------------------------------IN
FOR THE KILL
Playlist July 1st 2006
MEDDLE-----------------PINK
FLOYD (all of it)
TANGERINE DREAM LIVE IN MONTREAL
1977 (all of it, that's nearly two hours folks)
Roach was absent from Purple Haze on Saturday June 24 th.
Bealey did the show and Roach will be back this week with a
Tangerine Dream Special
Playlist June 17th 2006
Frank
Marino & Mahogany
Rush-----What's Next
Ted
Nugent-----------------------------------Weekend Warriors
Emerson
lake &
Palmer-----------------Pictures at an Exhibtion
(All of it)
Black
Sabbath------------------------------Paranoid
Oregon
----------------------------------------In Concert
Winwood,
Capaldi, Mason, Wood,
Gretch, 'Reebop' Kwaku Baah, and Jim Gordon------------------Welcome to
the Canteen
and if there's any time left--------Foghat
Playlist June 10th 2006
Steve
Hackett----------------Voyage Of The Acolyte
The
Flock----------------------Self Titled
Juicy
Lucy---------------------Lie Back And Enjoy It
Peter
Baumann--------------Romance 76
Sid
Rumpo--------------------First Offence
<>Government
t Mule---Live At The
Roseland Ballroom (all of it)
Playlist June 3rd 2006
LEAF
HOUND------------GROWERS OF
MUSHROOM
SOPWITH
CAMEL------THE MIRACULOUS
HUMP
RETURNS FROM THE MOON
JETHRO
TULL-----------BENEFIT
FAMILY-------------------
BANDSTAND
CARAVAN----------------GREY
PINF
AND GOLD
DEEP
PURPLE---------IN CONCERT
THE
YARDBIRDS------CLASSIC
SINGLES
On
May 27th Purple Haze was presented by
Bealey,as unfortunatly Roach was unable to do the show due to
sickness... no play list avalable
Roach will
be back next week
Playlist May 20th 2006
THIN
LIZZY--------------------LIVE WARRIORS
(Chicago
April 23 1976 bootleg recording)
TEN
YEARS AFTER------RECORDED LIVE
(european
tour 1973 Frankfurt Rotterdam Paris and Amsterdam)
ROBIN
TROWER----------LIVE
I
will be playing all of the Thin Lizzy and all of the TYA and as much of
the Robin Trower as time allows.
Playlist May 13th 2006
Journey To The
Centre
Of The Earth----Rick Wakeman
(All of it)
The Song Remains The Same------------Led
Zeppelin
(All of it)
The Road Goes Ever
On--------------------Mountain
(As much of it as time allows)
All three albums
are LIVE
May 6th 2006
Purple Haze was presented by Wayne-O from Dazed and Confused doing a six hour
marathon...
Playlist April 29th 2006
War of
the Worlds - (all 4 sides)
Gentle Giant....Playing the Fool (Live-all 4 sides)
Playlist April 22nd 2006
Spectrum
/ Murtceps...Terminal
Buzz ... (all 4 sides)
Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs...Steaming at the Opera House (all 4 sides)
Playlist April 15th 2006
BLACK
SABBATH---------1st album
VANILLA
FUDGE-----------NEAR THE BEGINNING
JIMMI
HENDRIX-------------CRY OF LOVE
PAUL
KOSSOFF-----------KOSS
KING
CRIMSON------------STARLESS AND BIBLE BLACK
SKIN
ALLEY-----------------PAGHAM AND BEYOND
JETHRO
TULL---------------THICK AS A BRICK (all of it )
Playlist April 8th 2006
This
week I am very pleased to present another of the great Tangerine
Dream Concerts. This one was recorded at the Palais Du Sport in Paris,
recorded in 1976. This gig is hailed as being omongst the best they
ever did. Although it is a bootleg recording, the sound is great, even
if the stereo is a little narrow. The bulk of this show was completely
improvised though you will (if you're a diehard like me)hear some
familiar themes
The
lineup on this recording is my favorite and it was at this time that
the band did some of its most innovative music.
Peter
Bauman
Edgar
Froese
and
Chris Franke
So
buckle up and prepare yourself for the ride of a lifetime.
9.00
this Saturday night on 97.1 3MDR.
Oh
yes, this gig will take up most of the program.
Playlist April 1st 2006
(BRASS
ROCK SPECIAL)
The
Battle Of The Northwest Six-----The Keef Hartley Band
Thirsty
Moon--------------------------------Thirsty Moon
Stretching
Out-------------------------------Alan Bown
Mogul
Thrash-------------------------------Mogul Thrash
Movin'
On-------------------------------------John Mayall
High
Cotton----------------------------------High Cotton
Osibisa----------------------------------------Osibisa
Album
To be advised-----------The Greatest Show On Earth
Playlist March 25th 2006
Spooky
Tooth..........The Last Puff
The
Small Faces......Ogden's Nutgone Flake
Chase.....................Ennea
Colosseum
2...........Strange New Flesh
Cream....................Wheels
Of Fire(live)
East
Of Eden..........The World Of
Focus....................Ship
Of Memories
Playlist March 18th 2006
Savoy
Brown-----Blue Matter
Jeff
Beck-----Wired
Frank
Zappa-----Chunga's Revenge
Led
Zeppelin-----III
The
Indredible String Band-----Hard Rope and Silken Twine
Mountain-----Flowers
Of Evil
Janis
Joplin-----Cheap Thrills
Playlist March 11th 2006
Jefferson Airplane---Bless It's Pointed
Little Head (side 1)
Rush---Permanent
Wave (side 1)
Hendrix---Live
at Winterland ((side 1)
Mike
Bloomfield,Al Kooper,and Steve Stills---Super Session
Little
Feat---Dixie Chicken (side2)
Mandalaband---Self
Titled (side2)
Buddy
Miles---Live (record2 side2)
Five Hand
Reel---Self Titled (side 1)
Playlist
March 4th 2006
The
ORIGINAL Fleetwood Mac - Self Titled (rare)
Grand
Funk Railroad - Closer To Home
The
Doors - An American Prayer
Octopus
- The Boat Of Thoughts
Jethro
Tull - Heavy Horses
Steve
Hillage - Rainbow Dome Musick
Mona
Lisa - Le Petit Violin de Mr Gregoire
Playlist February
25th 2006
Burning Sky - Bad Company
Sin After Sin - Judas
Priest
Symphonic
Pictures - Schicke,Fuhrs and Frohling
Parcel Of
Rogues - Steeleye Span
Firestarter -
Tangerine
Dream
Playlist
February 18 th 2006
FAIRPORT CONVENTION-A
MOVEABLE FEAST(LIVE)
VINEGAR JOE-SIX STAR
GENERAL
WISHBONE ASH-THERE'S THE
RUB
JUKKA TOLONEN-CROSSECTION
TEN WHEEL DRIVE(WITH
GENYA RAVAN)-BRIEF REPLIES
Also on Purple Haze 28th
January 2006 I presented a 'Tangerine
Dream' special.
'Tangerine Dream Live at the Brussels
Cirque Royal'
recorded Oct 13th 1980.
I played the whole
show, that's almost 1hr and 45mins of
nonstop uninterupted Dream.
Roach's Rave March 2006
NEWSFLASHNEWSFLASHNEWSFLASHNEWSFLASH.....
Reports are coming in saying cities around the
world are being attacked by a prehistoric monster preditor.
Scientists believe it to be a Penisaurus, and a very
nasty prick it is too.
Reports say it was first seen in Paris, near the
Eiffel Tower which, when subjected to the Penisaurus'
one eyed stare began to melt and shrivel up, after which the
monster sprayed the city with
its deadly venom causing widespread vomiting.Citris farmers
however are
overjoyed at the prospect of a bumper lemon crop in the months to come.
Wait a moment
A report just in says that the Penisaurus destroyed the
White House just by looking at it with its
one eye before once again spraying the area with its venom.Fortunately
the building was
unoccupied at the time but President Bush and his Cabinet members did
endure the full brunt
of the monster's poisonous ejaculation, however it appears none of
them were adversly effected.(odd that).
President Bush immediately contacted his deputy sherrif
in Canberra to inform him that the
Penisaurus was on its way Down Under. The Deputy, Little Johhny,
relieved that something had come up
that would finally get the AWB scandal off the front pages swung
into action ordering an enquiry with wide ranging
powers to investigate the matter and to have a report of its
findings ready in six weeks.
On its arrival, the Penisaurus looked at Ayers Rock and
it shrivelled up as did everything else it looked at.
The military has failed to halt the advance of the
killer prick which has since made its way to the
nation's capital where it has as yet, done no harm. For details as
they come to hand stay tuned to 97.1 3mdr."
At this point the Tecoma Cowboy, his head in a bucket
happily producing another premium batch
of organic paint stripper after enduring Big Merv's rendition of
The Ode To Joy from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Yep you guessed it Ode To Merv!!
Can you really blame TC for wanting to make more paint stripper?
Anyway, sensing an opportunity of some sort he
pulls his head from the friendly bucket,
looks across at his semi comatose mate and says, "What d'ya reckon
mate, wanna go up there and blow this thing away?"
"Nah," says the big fella,"there's that many
big pricks up there anyway, one more won't matter a stuff."
"Funny how it hasn't wrecked Canberra" says TC
thoughtfully as he cracks a tube
Merv belches and says " It probably knows they're
distant kin so it doesn't want to heart 'em.....bloody shame that."
Then the news gets worse. The Penisaurus is heading
south and true to form destroys every thing it looks at.
Within hours it's on its relentless way to Melbourne.
Merv and TC spring into action and head for the 'Para'
for some fortication and its here that
Merv decides to make his stand .Climbing up on the roof of the
'Para' he unfirls a huge flag with a picture of
Kylie's bum on it in the hope that it might deter the monster from
doing any further harm.
Meanwhile TC is updating the website.
The Penisauris finally arrives in the Dandenongs
having destroyed everything in its path.
From his vantage point Merv can see the havoc being
caused as each building the Penisaurus
looks at shrivels up.Each person the Penisaurus looks at shrivels
up.
Every thing it looks at shrivels up. Then slowly the
huge monster turns its gigantic head in the' Big M's'
direction suddenly mesmerised at the sight of Kylie's bum waving in the
summer breeze,but it too shrivels up.
Merv then drops his pants realising that the fate of the
world rests on him.
He must save the world!!
Frantically he waves his arms about, all three of them,
and the Penisaurus lowers its head, looks at Big Merv and IT
shrivels up!!!!!
Big Merv Skilton ..still the biggest prick on the face of the Earth.
Rumours are rife of an impending knighthood for the great
man
Merv made no comment when asked about the incident, all he said was 'go
to merv.com.au'
Roaches
Rave February 2006
Now
I've been hearing a
nasty rumour that Big Merv is a bit of a woos because he visits
people and then falls asleep on their couch cos he can't hold his
substances.
You know what? They're TRUE.
He
does and he can't. TC
and I were seriously considering giving him
mouth to mouth but neither of us could bring ourselves to do it. TC was
going to go home
without him but in the end we thought it might be a better idea
if we simply bashed
him playfully about the head and groin.All this did however was to
produce
a sound not unlike that of a Brontosaurus breaking wind, which,
come to think about it ,is what he always sounds like,
so it was a trifle difficult to tell whether he was waking up,
snoring,
practising for his fabulous radio show, or , like the
brontosaurus,simply breaking wind.
Then TC (who by now was getting a tad anxious) decided it was time for
some
liquid fortification in order to better overcome this rather
challenging and life changing
experience and cracked a tube.
SNAP FIZZZZZ GLUG GLUG GLUG and miracle of miracles,Merv wakes up.
No, not straight away. First his mouth stated moving. At first TC and I
stood dumbfounded,
dazed and confused as Big Merv began sucking on a big juicy well
rounded....Tinny.
TC smiled and said to me "Watch this mate," then he put the tinny to
Big Mervs mouth.
The big fella , still fast asleep, reached for it and began carressing
it and stroking it .
Lovingly he held in both hands and making those Brontosaurus like
sounds he began singing
"Did You Ever In Your Life See A Diver Kiss His Wife While The
Bubbles Bounced About Above The Water?"
After that he (still half asleep)gave us his version of the Beatles'
All You Need Is Merv.
By
this time TC had his
head in a bucket and was producing lots of paint
stripper
so moved was he by the soaring falsetto of The Big M's
melodic utterences.
When Merv finished both his singing and his tinny,he slumped
back down
onto the couch shouting, "Eat shit....fifty million flies can't
be
wrong."
Just
then Anton arrives
calming TC down by telling him that everything would be OK,
it was just the big fella getting in touch with his female
side,
something that TC hadn't witnessed before.
Anton told us (in strictest confidence,of course) that The Big M had
spent the last few days
trying to have a sex change operation but was unsucksessful as
each doctor he asked refused,
saying that the world could not afford to lose such a great
artist,raconteur,statesman and bullshitter.
May Jupiter Optimus
Maximus watch over you
So, grab your favorite beverage,
your
favorite person,
your
favorite carcinegenic,
and
your favorite
munchies,
and settle back and get into some Purple Haze with me Roach, ONLY on
97.1 3MDR FM.
Live
Long and Prosper
Roach.
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Roach an email
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As well as presenting the Purple Haze' Radio show every week
I also
do conversions of tapes / vinyl to CD and also I am an experienced drum
teacher.
35yrs playing experience / 20 yrs
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1/2 hr lessons which are one on
one.
Cost $70 per 4 weeks
references available
beginners a specialty / six y.o to
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Anyone who has rare or
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Service includes static and
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I charge $20 AUD per LP &
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