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bazzil:
I think it's lost in time this one.
It's just too bloody obscure man.
Although I do have an old mate of mine who has one of those record collections you'd have to get the floor reinforced to hold, I haven't asked him yet.

bob:
I can't remember this for the life of me bazzil, you might be right
ciao bob

motcher76:
Does this mean anything to you Bazzil ....

Love Party (band)
From Wikipedia

Love Party was an Australian underground musical group that performed on the local band scene in Sydney and Newcastle from 1982 to 1984. Originally called the Leboyer Boys (after Frederick Leboyer), the band formed to create a birth-inducement cassette tape for their pregnant friend, Cath. The Mum Song was composed on a Suzuki omnichord in the lounge room of the band's meeting place at 60 Ridge Street, Surry Hills (in Sydney).

Members included Tyler Coppin, Miss Victoria Harbutt, Ian Spence, Paul Hester and Stephen Rae. Part time members included Jonathan Jones (The Rockmelons), Megan Donnolley and Peter Timmerman (Cheatin' Hearts), and the band also occasionally featured comedians such as Mark Little (Australian actor). Love Party's first performance was as a support for Do-Re-Mi (band) at Stranded nightclub (Sydney) in October 1982.

In 1984 John Duigan's Australian movie One Night Stand (Film) featured most of Love Party's members. Tyler Coppin played one of the leading roles, and the film also included an uncredited Paul Hester as "US Officer". In the same year, a demo tape of their song "Dance to Rhythm of Christ" was given extensive airplay on radio stations in Sydney and Brisbane. The band eventually broke up, its members pursuing separate interests in theatre, music, dance, and film. Love Party's drummer Paul Hester joined the band, Split Enz.

I can't say I've heard of them before (except for Paul Hester of course) nor seen any other info on them, so I'm not really sure it's the band you're thinking of.

Cheers

bazzil:
Hey motcher76,

It looks like you found it, there can't be another song with the same name, it was the early 80s.
A great bit of detective work.
A Sydney band..... well I'll be.

You can't get hold of a copy can you?

 ;D

motcher76:
Being a demo tape, and a pretty obscure one at that, I don't fancy your chances trying to track that one down. If the Wiki article is accurate, the band only existed for 2 years. One other line of info I found was that the band failed to secure a record deal which led to their demise ... I guess that would mean it highly unlikely any "official" recording of this track exists (e.g. a 7" pressing).

Perhaps a place to start would be to try and make contact with the author of that Wiki article, who obviously knows something of the band. I wouldn't know how you do that - I guess you'd have to be a registered Wiki user.

Good luck  ;D

Cheers


* EDIT* ... I also found some user entries on aus.music from two people (coincidentally also from Queensland  :o) trying to trace this Love Party track. One suggested it got played a fair bit on ZZZ around 1980/81, and the other included some extra lines from his/her memory:

          Nail in my hand,
          Nail in my hand,
          Nail in my hand,
          I gotta a nail in my hand

Sounds like a pretty freaky track!

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