Spectrum to Ariel with Mike Rudd’s Indelibles will launch their recently released ARCA ‘Desk Tape’ album, ‘Ariel Live At Martinis 1976’ at the St Kilda Sports Club Sunday 29th September. The concert is an afternoon event & will run from 2PM to 5PM.
Tickets are available from Trybooking – entry fee is $40.00 which includes a free CD copy of ‘Ariel Live At Martini 1976’ album.
The Indelibles is the support band for the show and that’s the core of both bands. The Indelibles is Mike Rudd, (vocals, guitar and harmonica), Peter ‘Robbo’ Robertson (drums), Broc O’Connor (bass) and Daryl Roberts (keys).
Spectrum to Ariel adds former Ariel player Glyn Mason (vocals and guitar) and Spectrum’s guitarist, Brenden Mason (Madder Lake).
All proceeds from this event go towards assisting road crews in urgent need of financial and mental health assistance.
LIVE AT MARTINIS 1976 DESK TAPE ALBUM
Ariel LIVE at Martinis 1976 is the 39th release of the Australian Road Crew Association’s (ARCA) Desk Tape Series.
The Series was created by ARCA to raise badly-needed finances for Support Act’s Roadies Fund to provide financial, health, counselling and well-being services for roadies and crew in crisis. Over 40+ artists have now thrown their hats in the ring to help.
The Desk Tape Series recordings are made off the sound desk by a crew or production member – in this case their long-time sound engineer Michael Wickow – and released on ARCA’s Black Box Records through MGM Distribution and on all major streaming services.
Martinis was a popular live music venue in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton (cnr Rathdowne & Neil Streets) which was the launching pad for names such as Ariel, Skyhooks, The Dingoes and Little River Band.
Ariel played many shows there from 1973 to 1977. The final lineup – with original members Mike Rudd and Bill Putt, and Glyn Mason, Tony Slavich and Iain McLennan – was the one that played Martinis on November 30, 1976, captured on this ARCA tape.
On this night they set a new attendance record, with more than the 400 that usually crammed in.
Mike Rudd (singer/guitarist): “Martinis was one of Ariel’s favourite venues and we were one of their favourite bands. It was the last day of school exams, and there were a lot more younger people in the audience than usual.
“It was very, very cramped. I don’t think the roadies could have made from front to back of the room, which was only metres.”
Michael Wickow (sound engineer): “It was incredibly hot, the instruments were going out of tune, the band were complaining about how they were sweating, and the air was thick with cigarette smoke.
“The show had such an incredible energy to it. I’d never seen a crowd so packed in a club. Ariel not only broke the attendance record, but probably also broke the law several times!
“You literally couldn’t move, you were stuck where you were. I was in the back of the room, and I couldn’t see the band unless I stood on a box. It was a low stage, probably one or two feet high.
“Ariel were a hard working band, getting up there and doing a pretty tough gig. They’d do that, five or six times a week. A real working band. Piggy (lighting) and I were working our arses off every week but we enjoyed being part of the band. Piggy did a great light show.
ARIEL Live at Martinis November 30, 1976
TRACKS
1 Redwing
2 Confessions Of A Psychopathic Cowpoke
3 Caught In The Middle Again
4 Kings Cross Crusader
5 Hollywood
6 I’ll Take You High
7 Hot Sweet Love – Cypherland Blues
8 Rock And Roll Scars
9 I Can Do Anything
10 Disco Dilemma
11 It’s Gonna Get Worse
12 I Can’t Say What I Mean
13 Goodnight Fiona
14 I’ll Not Fade Away
15 Red Hot Momma – Good Advice
16 I’ll Be Gone
BAND
Mike Rudd – vocals, guitar, harmonica|
Bill Putt (R.I.P) – bass, backing vocals
Glyn Mason – guitar, vocals
Tony Slavich − keyboards, vocals
Iain McLennan (R.I.P) − drums, backing vocals
ARIEL Live at Martinis November 30, 1976 live tape and all the ARCA Desk Tape Series recordings are available through Black Box Records – ARCA (australianroadcrew.com.au) and the following:
https://ffm.to/liveatmartinis1976
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