SPECTRUM - FLY WITHOUT ITS WINGS  26.4.98 Live rec -rob harwood

This is my favourite line up of Goanna, not because it was the best, (although maybe it was?)
 but because it was the formative period where everyone got on board at the grassroots level. And you gotta admit they were a fucking good rock band, largely due to Gaz on the drums (no shortage of experience in the rock world at the time - Shadowfax and Redhouse, legendary in the Geelong scene), and Warrick on screaming Les Paul Gtr . I mean balls to the wall!
 This along side amazing vocals by Morrie out front at the time and Shane with Rose, amazing harmonies 
- the die was cast. And no wonder the punters started to flock to the gigs. In no small part due to the inevitable hard slog all around the state and then the country, and bit by bit, it clicked. 
This is before Solid Rock, before Children Of The Southern Land, (before the epiphany one might say)  - This is a band revelling in going hard in all ways possible.
Every one in this lineup is from Geelong, way before it was a thing, but then they made it a thing.
Enjoy this Goanna, as they were, before the multitudes of alternative view points came to the fore.
 The gig is The Prospect Hill Hotel - June 1980 right in the middle of the ‘hard yards!’ Desk Tape (that is all!)
The band line up features
 Ian ‘Morrie’ Morrison -Lead Vocals and Harmonica
Gary ‘Zos’ Crothall drums and cool coastal vibe
Carl Smith -Bass 
Shane Howard Gtr, Songwriting, Vocals
Rose Bygrave -Piano, Songwriting, Vocals
Warrick Harwood (RIP) - extraordinary lead gtr (Barking Les Paul!), rhythm gtr and energy from the surf.
Special thanx to Bill Dart (RIP) and Kevin Bishop for creating this soundscape that was Goanna at this time (and recording it!). Without you we would all have been fucked and I mean that from the heart, especially Bill with your workshop  down the end of your folks driveway, I’ll never forget the smell of solder and wood and varnish and KT88 valves. What a mentor/ inspirational man for a young teenager (back in the early 70’s), just dipping the toe in the waters of rock and roll and getting fucking loud as possible.
Also special thanx to Ian Lovell who initially provided the venue for us all to cut our teeth in (The Eureka Hotel Geelong), then had the foresight to convince Goanna to move to Melbourne and book them into the gig (hard slog) circuit there and thru sheer front and pigheadedness helped shape the bands trajectory to the heights they finally reached. 
And Judi Keneally’s amazingly iconic artwork/screenprints  right from the start. Judi is a living treasure!
- side bar
interesting to note that after the crew tell warrick to turn down we can here more of him in the mix, oh the joys of being a live sound engineer, if its too liud on stge you cant mix it into the PA which in Warricks case irt meant they couldn’t add the extra fx that he wasn’t doing live on stage. Of course the ‘extra fx ’back then’ was probably a roland space echo or two.

02 The Whale Song

Renee with Jex on Keys, Steve Hadley -Bass, Watto - Drums and Ross "Hanna" Hannaford  -Gtr

RENEE GEYER PFFF2003 06 Heading In The Right Direction

RENEE GEYER PFFF2003 01 What's Going On:Baby I've Been Missing You

So we had a get together in my music room and just played together. Me on acoustic and Warrick on electric. Found this cassette purely by chance when clearing out the garage and it literally fell out of a box and I thought "wonder what's on it?" Lo and Behold this is what was on it serendipity? wazza calling me from beyond? who knows but could have just as easily found its way to the rubbish pile! an as always so glad I pressed record

Warrick And Rob - Electric And Acoustic

So we had a get together in my music room and just played together. Me on acoustic and Warrick on electric. Found this cassette purely by chance when clearing out the garage earlier this year (2023). It literally fell out of a box and I thought "wonder what's on it?" Lo and Behold this is what was on it serendipity? wazza calling me from beyond? who knows but could have just as easily found its way to the rubbish pile! And as always, so glad I pressed record. And on a side note, since we were teenagers we always loved exploring the 2 chord jam, just seeing where it would take us we would sit in a room for hours doing just this.

08 Warrick And Rob - Last Tune Warricks Inst From The 70's

07 Warrick Rob Electric Acoustic Jam

06 Warrick And Rob 3 Interlude

05 Warrick And Rob 2

04 Warrick And Rob Jam

03 Warrick  - Electric

02 Warrick And Rob - Electric And Acoustic Alt Version

01 Warrick And Rob - Electric And Acoustic

from another cassette recently discovered!

Warrick Harwood 1983 3 Gtrs Rec Rob Harwood 4 Track

COLLARD GREENS AND GRAVY - Lowdown

the last song from the live at st andrews cd in its complete form

"TOMORROW WENDY" - Brod Smith & Mick Ahearne 09.08.98

where to start? - the coast 1970's - geelong, torquay, bells beach, lorne, surf dope rages, jammin, pub rock, pub surf rock, eureka hotel, colac east hotel with the 'ladies front bottoms', sundowner, golfview, hash jams, trippin jams, toe jams, lounge jams, 4.00am jams, back blocks of bells beach all nite jams and all next day and night. jams that wouldn't let you go cause if you walked out of the room you spun out until you walked back in and picked up an instrument. glow stick liquid on dogs backs running in backyard girlfriend wiping wet washer over brow after throwing up jams, sitting in gutter looking at the wondrous universe jams and firing up the recorder next morning to capture the vibe etc etc etc. but we had some really good bands in amongst it did warrick and i...

07 SARATOGA - THE ROCK (Bird Rock) RobH wurlitzer, WarrickH lead gtr, peter macpherson drums, tung luc bass, derek robinson rhythm gtr

08 SARATOGA - I WANNA KNOW rob original rob voc - ryrie st geelong rehearsal studios where we had all our best gigs

09 SARATOGA - RANG DANG edit bounce

Ross Hannaford - alone and electric at his best. This tune is a great example of why Ross was always welcome at the acoustic sessions, even tho he wasn't acoustic per se - we loved everything he played and I mean everything!

ROSS HANNAFORD Live 1994 - 'Natural Mystic' . Vicki Mackay - Live Mix , Rob Harwood - recording.

Kevin Borich Express -27.11.11 - nothing short of absofuckinglutley astounding. awesome everything.esp the back half jam


KEVIN BORICH EXPRESS Live At St Andrews 2011 - 'CELEBRATION'

Greg Champion And The Useful Members Of society at St Andrews Hotel 11.12.11
'Dancing Mood' featuring Ross Hannaford on voc, lead gtr - Greg Champion- bvs rhythm gtr. Wayne 'the walking bassman' Duncan - Bass, Tony (useful member) Drums. One of my favorite 'Billy T' songs.  

GREG CHAMPION -Live At St Andrews- Featuring ROSS HANNAFORD - 'I'M IN A DANCING MOOD'

 Chris Wilson - vocal & harp, Shannon Bourne - Gtr,  Kickin rhythm section  - Dave Folley -Drums & Chris 'Dodgy' Rogers - Fat PBass

CHRIS WILSON - SPIDERMEN - Boxing Day Blues 2002-'WHEN I WAS A COWBOY'

Geoff Achison, Chris Wilson - Boxing Day Blues 2011. All In  
mal logan - keys, tim neal - hammond organ, roger mclachlan -bass, sweet felicia- bass, gerry pantasis - drums, jason luison - drums, shannon bourne -gtr, geoff achison gtr voc, chis wilson voc harmonica,

CHRIS WILSON & GEOFF ACHISON - 'Messin' With The Kid'  - Boxing Day Blues 2011 Corner Hotel

4 track recording in home studio learning the ropes how to play everything and overdub and mix etc etc


ROB HARWOOD - 'TELEPHONE LIMBO'  -Rob- all instruments & voc  early 80's

Ian Morrison voc, Shane Howard - Voc Rythm gtr, Rose Bygrave - Piano voc, Warrick Harwood -Lead gtr,  Carl Smith Bass, Gary Crothall Drums. recorded live to 4 track rtor. 2 mics back of the room, 2 lines out of the desk. Bill Dart FOH (legend!) 
30th anniversary of spirit of place this year!

GOANNA BAND LIVE 1980 - 'RAZORS EDGE'

another kickin fat blues from 'bag o nails' 
(artwork by benharwood)

BAG 'O' NAILS - LIVE AT ST ANDREWS  "Catfish/Rolling Stone"

Geoff Achison, Jimi Hocking, Shannon Bourne, Gerry Pantazis, Rob Little - it don't get better than this!

LAST DAYS BRUNSWICK E. Achison/Hocking GTR Showdown - 'Stratus' - Feat Shannon Bourne

Mark Smith - Gtr Voc, Dave Adam - Gtr, Fallon Williams-Drums Voc, Les Gough - Bass Voc

CHICKEN HOUSE Live At St Andrews 22.04.12 Red Rooster

this is from the 2nd album i recorded - Mystery Train -Geoff Achison. (with much help and learning from Mick Ahearne (Harcourt Valley Recorders). i was already involved with geoff doing live gigs and felt honoured when he and nic quittner asked me to record this 1st solo acoustic album.  this was the beginning of our recording journey together for which i will be forever grateful.

02 GEOFF ACHISON -That's Alright Mama -Mystery Train (logic remaster)

Rainmaker- St Andrews 28.09.1998 - feat Mick Ahearne, Kelly Fleeton, Mick O'connor, Warrick Harwood, Sandy Brady, Laurie Nolte

'RAINMAKER' -  StA 28.09.1998 -  Kelly Fleeton, Mick Ahearne, Warrick Harwood, Mick O'Connor.

This was the 3rd album I recorded - it was done at Harcourt Valley Recorders, once again with the guiding hand of Mick Ahearne. we would stay at Micks enjoying the open country hospitality and also that of my brother Warrick who lived round the corner. (he made the most excellent rabbit stew and hosted the most unreal jams around his kitchen table).

DERRIN NAUENDORF - 'Decision' -Phantom Figures Album 1998

DUTCH TILDERS & THE BLUES CLUB - 'Baby Please Don't Go' from 'One More Time' Cd

recorded and mixed by Rob Harwood 22.10.2011 St Andrews Hotel.
RIP Hanna and Duncs

st andrews 22.10.11

ROSS HANNAFORD TRIO - 60 MINUTE MAN

Warrick Harwood - all instruments and vocal. Charlotte Daly - bv's. recorded at Peak Hill Harcourt by Warrick Harwood. Mixed by Rob Harwood and Warrick. 1st new song recorded in 20 yrs!

WARRICK HARWOOD - WIDELAND

so the story goes, as far as i can recollect - Shadowfax - (my favourite Geelong band at the time), did the support for Black Sabbath at Festival Hall. John O'Donnell (3xy sunday album show dj) was at the gig and was so impressed with the band that he booked a session at Armstrongs Studio for straight after the show. The band went in and this is the result. Its from a cassette copy of the session, I would dearly love to get hold of a better quality dub but failing that - this is what we've got. Geelong 70's surf coast rock at its best - Jerry Morrison (RIP) - Lead Voc, Gary Quince -Lead gtr, Jacques Dejong Rhythm Gtr /Bvs, Gary and Ric Crothall -Rhythm Section - Drums(Gary)  Bass (Ric)

SHADOWFAX - 'Get Me There' - Armstrongs Studio Session - Mid 70's?

Tabasco Tom Rogerson -vocal and gtr, Doc White -mandolin, Steve Williams -harmonica

Tabasco Tom, Steve Williams, Doc White - St James Infirmary live 28.10.2012

Neil Cawthray -Voc. Rob Harwood -piano, Bv's.Warrick Harwood -Gtr,Bv's. Arch Cuthberston-drums

1978 eureka hotel

OLD JUDGE JONES  - Comix Live - Eureka Hotel 1978 (Les Dudek song)

so... as you can probably guess, my recordings span a time frame from the early 70's when i was writing heaps and jamming down the coast with my brother and several mates - to the present, where its not about my music but catching great performances from the many amazing artists i have the privilege of working with these days.
so its an eclectic mix of - me and my brother warrick's musical history and the stuff i've managed to catch from more recent times.
enjoy and please indulge my late night drunken random uploads. 
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