Hunters & Collectors - Cordless (Unplugged)

Hunters & Collectors were an Australian rock music band formed in Melbourne in 1981, and fronted by singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Seymour, older brother of Nick Seymour of Crowded House fame. Originally they were influenced by the Kraut-rock genre and the productions of Conny Plank, featuring strong percussive influences, noisy guitar, and driving bass lines. The band's name is taken from a track on the 1975 album Landed by German group Can, and the sound of their self-titled debut has been compared with Remain In Light, the 1980 album by Talking Heads. During the course of their career the band's lyrics became more accessible and their music became more commercial.

Over the course of 2 studio EPs, 3 studio albums and 1 live album, the line-up evolved from a 6-piece band (bass, drums, 2 guitars, keyboards and percussionist) with a separate 6-piece horn section known as the Horns Of Contempt to a 6-piece band (bass, drums, guitar, trumpet, trombone and french horn with the horn players doubling on keyboards as required) by the time of their commercial break-through with their 1986 album Human Frailty. After that album they added a second guitarist and this line-up remained stable until the group disbanded in 1998.

Despite the claim that the recent H&C box set contains everything the band ever recorded, there are a number of notable exceptions that did not make it to the two rarities CDs included in that set.

The CD single release of Holy Grail featured 4 tracks (Where Do You Go?, True Tears Of Joy, When The River Runs Dry and Holy Grail) recorded for radio station Triple M as part of their Cordless series (equivalent to MTV's Unplugged sessions). The recordings of True Tears Of Joy and When The River Runs Dry also appeared on a Triple M Cordless compilation album.

Well, the tracks are almost cordless - clearly someone forgot to tell lead guitarist Baz Palmer he needed to unplug!

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