HOODOO GURUS: Blow your cool [cassette tape] rare 1987 Check videos “What’s My Scene?”, “Good Times”, “In the Middle of the Land” + review video

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Australia Hoodoo Gurus channelled their inspiration from the vast entirety of the American pop cultural landscape, drawing on such disparate sources as B-movies, bad sitcoms, and junk food — in tandem with the usual suspects like garage rock, power pop, and surf — to create a distinctly kitschy and catchy sound. The Gurus produce music that seems innocuous at first listening, but steadily grows on you with time. Quintessentially Australian, the band provides ideal listening for long hot afternoons around the barbecue or relaxing in the pub with a beer.

With 1987 Blow Your Cool, the Hoodoos appeared poised for the big time; their tour mates, the Bangles, even contributed to the singles “”What My Scene”” and “”Good Times.”” However, the album failed to register beyond alternative radio.
Blow Your Cool! is Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus’ third album, released in May 1987 and contains their hit single “What’s My Scene?”. The single reached #3 on the Australian Music Charts. The band’s American label, Elektra Records, was hoping that they could come up with something a bit easier to market than the witty, 1960s-obsessed pop/rock of Stoneage Romeos and Mars Needs Guitars!, so they paired the group with producer Mark Opitz, who had previously produced records for AC/DC, INXS, and the Divinyls. Background vocals on two tracks were supplied by the Bangles. It was recorded both in Sydney and Los Angeles. The album reached No. 120 on the Billboard 200 album charts in 1987.

“When the Blow Your Cool! touring was over Clyde retired from the road and the band. At this point we persuaded Rick Grossman to join, contributing his tremendous bass skills to the band, and so we had reached what was to be our ultimate line-up. After that we only changed our haircuts (and underwear).” – Dave Faulkner.

EMI re-released the album on February 6, 2005  with four additional tracks, a fold out poster and liner notes by Vicki Peterson of the Bangles. One of the additional tracks, “The Generation Gap” was their first recording with Grossman, and had been released as a single-only in 1988; it was their cover of Jeannie C. Riley’s 1970 country song.

Released May 1987
Genre Rock
Length 42:48
Label Big Time (Australia)
Producer Mark Opitz; Hoodoo Gurus

Singles from Blow Your Cool!
“What’s My Scene?”
Released: March, 1987
“Good Times”
Released: July 13, 1987
“In the Middle of the Land”
Released: December, 1987

Track listing
All tracks are written by Dave Faulkner, except where noted

No. Title Length
1. “Out That Door” 4:14
2. “What’s My Scene” 3:50
3. “Good Times” 3:02
4. “I Was the One” 4:10
5. “Hell for Leather” 3:28
6. “Where Nowhere Is” 4:00
7. “In the Middle of the Land” 4:34
8. “Come On” 2:43
10. “My Caravan” 4:15
11. “On My Street” 3:16
12. “Party Machine” 5:10

Hoodoo Gurus
Dave Faulkner – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
Brad Shepherd – guitar, harmonica
Mark Kingsmill – drums
Clyde Bramley – bass

Additional musicians
The Bangles (Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson, Vicki Peterson, Michael Steele) – background vocals (tracks 3 & 12)
The Calamity Bake Sails
Dream Syndicate members Steve Wynn & Mark Walton – background vocals (track 7)
Mike Kloster (engineer for the Bangles) – background vocals (track 12)
Stevo Glendinning – background vocals (track 12)
Mark Opitz – background vocals (track 12)
Geoff Rhoe – background vocals (tracks 6 & 12)
Paul Thirkell – background vocals (track 7)
Allan Wright – background vocals (track 12)
Malcolm Eastick (Stars, Broderick Smith’s Big Combo) – guitar (track 1)
James Valentine (Models) – saxophone (tracks 4 & 10)

Richard Allan – Art Direction, Cover Design
Allan Wright – Engineer
Heidi Cannavo, Kathy Nauton, Paula Jones, Tchad Blake — Assistant Engineers
Mark Opitz – Producer
Barry Diament – Mastering

Australia May 1987 Big Time
February 26, 2005 EMI
Europe July 7, 1987 Chrysalis
United States Elektra/BMG

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Australia finest surf bands,
One of Australia finest surf bands. Songs that make you want to get out into the surf and go crazy. Like wow wipe out is a surf rock classic that should be enjoyed by everyone”

HOODOO GURUS: Blow your cool [tape] Check videos

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