THE BHAGAVAD GUITARS

FOREVERGLADES (1988)

Tracks

Side 1:

1. Holding Back (3:36)
2. Thought We'd Agreed (3:46) – 
3. Sleeping Dogs (3:17)

Side 2:

1. Just To Be Sure (3:45) – 
2. Hungerford (4:30)

Credits

Jeremy Butterworth - Guitar and Vocals
Matt Kerr - Drums
John Underwood [John Kilbey alias] - Guitar and Vocals
Kynan Hughes - Bass

All tracks produced by Steve Kilbey

Releases

• 12" - Red Eye RED EP 2 (Australia)

Vinyl Run-Out Groove Messages
  Side 1: YES, BUT WHO PLAYED TAMBOURINE?
  Side 2: START PLAYING SILLY BHAGAS! / STAY

Notes:

Recorded in February 1988.

HEADLAND (1988)

Tracks

Side 1:

1. We Haven't Arrived (3:35) – 
2. Until You Came (4:10)
3. Shrine (3:20)

Side 2:

1. See-Saw (3:53)
2. Never Forgive You (3:13)
3. Sold (3:28) – 

Credits

Adrian Workman - Bass
John Underwood [John Kilbey alias] - Guitar and Vocals
Jeremy Butterworth - Guitar and Vocals
Matt Kerr - Drums

Releases

• 12" - Red Eye RED EP 6 (Australia)

Vinyl Run-Out Groove Messages
  Side 1: A BASTARD! / A HUGE HIT! / V.G.
  Side 2: A THUG GAVE A BARD SHIT

Notes:

Recorded in September 1988.

FOREVERGLADES (1990)

Tracks

1. We Haven't Arrived (3:41) ** – 
2. Until You Came (4:12) **
3. Thought We'd Agreed (3:51) * (on CD only) – 
4. Sleeping Dogs (3:20) *
5. Hungerford (4:36) *
6. Shrine (3:23) **
7. Holding Back (3:42) *
8. Just To Be Sure (3:49) * – 
9. Never Forgive You (3:14) **
10. See-Saw (2:57) **
11. Sold (4:09) (Includes a 27-second hidden instrumental after the song ends) ** – 

Credits

Adrian Workman - Bass
Jeremy Butterworth - Guitar & Vocals
John Underwood [John Kilbey alias] - Guitar & Vocals
Matt Kerr - Drums

* Produced by Steve Kilbey
** Produced by Phil Punch & The Bhagas
Violin on "Until You Came" by Violinda
Photography by Russell Paper [Russell Kilbey alias], Heidi Rosen and Barry Crook
Cover conceived by John Foy & The Bhagas

Releases

• LP - Red Eye RED LP 10 (Australia)
• CASS - Red Eye RED MC 10 (Australia)
• CD - Red Eye RED CD 10 (Australia)
• CD - Red Eye RED CD 10 (Germany) - licensed to Normal Records
• CD? - Restless Records 7 725xx (USA)

PARTY (1990)

 

7" Tracks

Side A: Party – 
Side B: Salt Cellar
Side C: I Can Plainly See *
Side D: Filler #1, #2, #3

CD Tracks

1. Party (4:55) – 
2. Filler #1 (1:10)
3. Salt Cellar (4:09)
4. Filler #2 (1:19)
5. I Can Plainly See (5:54) *
6. Filler #3 (1:18)

* Produced by Steve Kilbey

Releases

• 2x7" - Red Eye 877 770-7 (Australia) - gatefold cardboard sleeve
• CD - Red Eye 877 770-2 (Australia) - paper sleeve

Vinyl Run-Out Groove Messages
  Side A: WHAT IS IT? COME PRETTY ONE.
  Side B: "CAVEMAN STADIUM" ROCKS
  Side C: THE KILLER TAKES ACID!
  Side D: POLY-FILLER

HYPNOTISE ME (1992)

Promo Cover

KH 001 Cover

Tracks

1. Hypnotise Me (single edit) (3:04) – 
2. The Twelfth Of Never (2:57)
3. Dion (3:23) – 

Releases

• CD - Shock Records [no catalog number] (Australia Promo) - jewel case
• CD - Karmic Hit/Shock Records KH 001 (Australia) - Feb. 29, 1992, digipak

HYPNOTISED (1992)

Tracks

1. Hypnotise Me (3:51) – 
2. It's No Accident (2:43)
3. Assassin (2:50)
4. The Night I Made Love To The River (3:04)
5. Song / Dion [unlisted] (6:18) – 
6. There's Still Hope For Us (4:00)
7. The Romeo Error (2:46)
8. (You Don't Even Know) How Hard It Is (3:14)
9. Leaving Early (4:03)
10. I Can Plainly See (4:37)

Credits

Matt Kerr - Drums, Trombone
Tony Locke - Bass, Lead Vocal on "Romeo Error" and "Accident"
Jeremy Butterworth - Guitar, Flute, Vocals
John Kilbey - Guitar, Clarinet, Vocals
Boris Goudenof - Trumpet, Melodeon on "Dion"

"Song" is based on the poem of the same name (aka "When I am dead") by 19th century English poet Christina Rossetti.

Releases

• CD - Karmic Hit/Shock Records KH 002 (Australia) - May 1, 1992

INTROVERSION (1996)

Tracks

1. Maiden Voyage (3:16)
2. The Innocent Few (2:49)
3. I Can Plainly See (4:34)
4. Assassin (4:02)
5. And Then She Is Gone (3:33)
6. No News (3:41)
7. Just The Thing (2:18)
8. For Your Own Good (3:13)
9. There's Still Hope For Us (3:51)
10. Leaving Early (3:49)

With Bonus CD...

EXTRAVERSION EP

1. Hills And Dales (3:27)
2. How You Move (3:10)
3. Wiser Words (3:29)
4. God Has Spoken (4:00)

Credits

John Kilbey - Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, additional Keyboards.
Jeremy Butterworth - Lead Guitars, Vocals (lead Vocals on "Just The Thing" & "Leaving Early"), Mandolin.
Adrian Workman - Bass, Vocals (lead Vocals on "No News"), Piano, Keyboards.
Matt Kerr - Drums & Percussion, Vocals.

Original Artwork by Julia Bourke, John Kilbey and D. Thrussell.
Sleeve Typography & Layout by Rhys Morris.

Releases

• 2CD - Karmic Hit KH004/005 (Australia) - July 1, 1996
• Digital Download - Karmic Hit (Australia) - Aug. 24, 2006 - Available at Amazon and Apple Music
• Streaming - Available on Spotify

Notes:

On the inside sides of the trayliner are hidden these notes:

The "Face on Mars" is a mile high structure photographed by NASA's 1976 Viking space probe. Surrounding the Face are a number of pyramids and other anomalous artifacts. They exhibit a complex mathematical relationship unlikely to have formed naturally. NASA has refused any further investigation. Further reading: "Planetary Mysteries" by Richard C. Hoagland.

This CD contains its own mysteries. Although recorded in Jan. 1991 the master tapes were lost in the twilight zone of a multinational record label for 5 years. A musical X-file gathering dust on a shelf. No explanation was ever given to us. And so the great wheel turns. May artists everywhere return to the task at hand, unhindered by the money-minded...

Read John Kilbey's of Introversion.

UNFAMILIAR PLACES (2011)

Tracks

1. Nothing Left To Fight Over (3:14) – 
2. Horizon To Horizon (3:06) – 
3. Escape Goat (3:27)
4. I Wanna Know Why (4:16) –  /
5. Autumn (2:53)
6. More Than We Could Ever Know (2:39)
7. Bad Thing (2:39)
8. Disregard The Warning (3:15)
9. Best Day Of My Life (3:55)
10. Together We Arrive (3:53) – 
11. Unfamiliar Places (5:06) – 
12. Sea To Sky (2:54)

Releases

• CD - Karmic Hit KH042 (Australia) - May 6, 2011
• Digital Download - Karmic Hit (Australia) - May 6, 2011 - Available at Amazon and Apple Music
• Streaming - Available on Spotify

 

COMPILATIONS FEATURING TRACKS BY THE BHAGAVAD GUITARS

ASIDES & BESIDES: THE FIRST FIVE YEARS (1990)

Tracks

1. I Can't Control Myself (2:54) - James Baker Experience
2. Two Lines (2:29) - Ya Ya Choral
3. Drop In The Ocean (3:29) - The Crystal Set
4. Psycho (3:56) - The Beasts Of Bourbon
5. King Street (4:01) - John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong
6. Benefit Of The Doubt (4:26) - The Crystal Set
7. This Asphalt Eden (3:57) - Steve Kilbey
8. Transparent Garden (3:53) - Curious (Yellow)
9. Just To Be Sure (3:49) - The Bhagavad Guitars
10. You Can't Run (2:52) - Mexican Spitfires
11. Down Below (3:14) - The Cruel Sea
12. Like A Ghost - Steve Kilbey *
13. Don't Be Surprised (3:30) - The Crystal Set
14. Awakening Earth (4:18) - The Bhagavad Guitars [previously unreleased]
15. Shell (3:47) - Steve Kilbey
16. Run Rudolph Run (3:26) - John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong
17. Isabella (5:23) - Curious (Blue)
18. Hubble Bubble (3:23) - The Crystal Set
19. Sydney Town (2:58) - Mexican Spitfires
20. Thought We'd Agreed - The Bhagavad Guitars *
21. The Big Sleep - The Beasts of Bourbon *
22. Elvis Impersonator Blues - The Beasts of Bourbon *
23. New Neighbour (2:45) - The Tall Shirts
24. Born To Be Punched (3:34) - James Baker Experience

* on lp release only

Releases

• 2LP - Red Eye RED LP 7 / 847 028-1 (Australia)
• CASS - Red Eye/Polydor 847 028-4 (Australia)
• CD - Red Eye RED CD 7 / Polydor 847 028-2 (Australia)
• CD - Red Eye RED CD 7 (Germany) - Manufactured and marketed by NORMAL Records

Vinyl Run-Out Groove Messages
  Side 1: HOW DO YOU KEEP A MOSSY FAN BUSY?.....(OVER)
  Side 2: HOW DO YOU KEEP A MOSSY FAN BUSY?.....(OVER)
  Side 3: LIVE STOCK!
  Side 4: BYE BYE B SIDES.....

Notes

Includes this photo of the band:

CERTAIN DAMAGE! VOLUME 29 (1990)

Tracks

1. The Summer (2:39) - Yo La Tengo
2. Airplane On The Highway (3:14) - Bob Wiseman
3. That's A Lie (2:21) - Too Much Joy
4. I Could Hear My Name Ringin' (3:51) - Memphis Slim/Sonny Boy Williamson/Big Bill Broonzy
5. To The Other Side (5:17) - A Guy Called Gerald
6. Estate Sale (3:42) - Cheryl Wheeler
7. White Boy Raving (3:14) - Darius
8. Lonesome Desert Growl (3:14) - Big Medicine Head
9. Avenue A (3:31) - House Of Usher
10. Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em (6:10) - Eric B. & Rakim
11. Ooh I Like It (3:01) - Creeps
12. Rainfall (3:36) - Bentley Tock
13. Billy Austin (6:16) - Steve Earle
14. Thought We'd Agreed (3:52) - Bhagavad Guitars
15. Some Kind Of Paradise (5:26) - Kevin Welch
16. Dance For Me (4:14) - 9 Ways To Sunday
17. Levi Stubbs' Tears (5:11) - Dave Stewart And Barbara Gaskin
18. Pray Like Lovers (4:45) - Sylvia Griffin

Releases

• CD - CMJ CD-029 (USA) - July 1990

Notes

Includes this write-up on Bhagavad Guitars:

Sydney, Australia's Bhagavad Guitars has a richly melodic sound propelled by shimmering guitars, glossy vocal harmonies and a mellow, grooving rhythm. It's no wonder that the beautiful production sheen brings to mind antipodean brothers The Church, with half of Foreverglades - an LP comprised of two previously released Eps - produced by Steve Kilbey; the other half receives equally lovely treatment from Phil Punch and the band. "Thought We'd Agreed," a delicate pop song with plush arrangements, is representative of the Bhag's engaging sound. The band is currently shopping for a U.S. label, so keep on the lookout.

UP FROM DOWN BELOW (1990)

Tracks

1. A Furious Mess (3:55) - Crystal Set
2. Charlatan (4:28) - Crystal Set
3. Sylvia (3:46) - Curious (Yellow)
4. Taken by Surprise (3:21) - Curious (Yellow)
5. Down Below (3:13) - The Cruel Sea
6. Margarita (2:43) - The Cruel Sea
7. We Haven't Arrived (3:39) - The Bhagavad Guitars
8. Until You Came (4:11) - The Bhagavad Guitars
9. Bad Revisited (4:00) - The Beasts of Bourbon
10. The Hate Inside (3:31) - The Beasts of Bourbon

Releases

• CD - Red Eye PRO SAMP (Australia) - gatefold cardboard sleeve

Notes

Includes this write-up on Bhagavad Guitars:

FIVE YEARS INTO THE FUTURE (1991)

Tracks

1. Thrive (4:07) - Crystal Set
2. She Spits Out Stars (4:24) - Crystal Set
3. Souleater (2:37) - Clouds
4. Sweetest Thing (2:52) - Clouds
5. This Is Not The Way Home (4:06) - The Cruel Sea
6. Cry For Me (5:22) - The Cruel Sea
7. I Can Plainly See (4:46) - The Bhagavad Guitars
8. Assassin (4:05) - The Bhagavad Guitars
9. Chase The Dragon (3:41) - The Beasts of Bourbon
10. Can't Say No (4:56) - The Beasts of Bourbon
11. Sea Anemone (2:54) - Kim Salmon & The Surrealists
12. 26 Good Words (4:04) - Kim Salmon & The Surrealists

Releases

• CD - Red Eye redpro2 (Australia) - gatefold cardboard sleeve

Notes

Includes this write-up on Bhagavad Guitars:

RESTLESS OCTOBER 1991 RELEASES (1991)

Tracks

Side 1:

1. Party - The Bhagavad Guitars
2. I Can Plainly See - The Bhagavad Guitars
3. Mega Mix - Yellow Magic Orchestra
4. Cue - Yellow Magic Orchestra
5. Questions - Allan Holdsworth
6. Zarabeth - Allan Holdsworth

Side 2:

1. Reunion - Drop Acid
2. Sometimes - Drop Acid
3. More Beer - Fear
4. New Yotk's Alright If You Like Saxophones - Fear
5. America - D.O.A.
6. Let's Wreck The Party - D.O.A.

Releases

• CASS - Restless Records RPRO-005 (USA Promo)

A RESTLESS WORLD 1991 (1991)

Tracks

1. Love's Not Fair (3:03) - Zeros
2. Big Bong (4:35) - Sun
3. Sunflower Honey (3:06) - The Doughboys
4. Nice Age (3:46) - Yellow Magic Orchestra
5. Overloaded (3:33) - The Last Drive
6. Back In My Baby's Arms (3:23) - Terrance Simien & The Mallet Playboys
7. Fire (2:59) - Cirith Ungol
8. Submarine Soul (3:51) - Barbie Bones
9. Stay By Me (2:52) - Greg Sage
10. Reunion (2:46) - Burn Baby Burn
11. Party (4:54) - The Bhagavad Guitars
12. Now Is Now (4:34) - Band Of Susans
13. Living In Hell (5:03) - Hellion
14. Easy Come, Easy Go (2:39) - Bobby Sherman
15. Alpha Jerk (4:30) - Raging Slab
16. More Beer (3:01) - Fear
17. Tearing Me Apart (3:27) - Agent Orange
18. America (2:14) - DOA
19. Colored Water (4:24) - Honk

Releases

• CD - Restless Records 7 7RPRO002-2 (USA Promo)

Notes

Includes this write-up on Bhagavad Guitars:

The Bhagavad Guitars come from Australia & know the merits of shiny big guitars. Three of the songs from their American debut were produced by The Church's Steven Kilby [sic]. It's music to dream by & disappear with.

JUICE: ANOTHER POLYGRAM MUSIC PUBLISHING INITIATIVE (1993)

Tracks

1. I'm Just Having One Of Those Lives (3:49) - Dave Graney with The Coral Snakes
2. Black Stick (4:12) - The Cruel Sea
3. I Wanna Go Home (3:45) - Sator
4. Liquid (3:41) - Caligula
5. I Was Right (4:16) - Underground Lovers
6. See You Leaving (2:49) - Clouds
7. Head Above The Clouds (5:38) - Vanilla Chainsaws
8. Brother John (4:31) - The Visitors
9. You Struck A Chord (3:57) - Mixed Relations
10. That Sunset Was Intense (3:27) - Warp Factor 9
11. Divan (1:58) - Lemonheads
12. Chase The Dragon (Live) (3:37) - Beasts Of Bourbon
13. The Romeo Error (2:44) - The Bhagavad Guitars
14. Corporate Slave Remix (3:22) - Snog
15. Mystery Line (5:27) - Mantissa
16. Rose Coloured Windscreen (4:14) - Kim Salmon & The Surrealists
17. I've Got A Lot Of Faith In You (4:09) - Stephen Cummings
18. Married To My Lazy Life (2:25) - Ed Kuepper

Releases

• CD - Polygram Records [no catalog number] (Australia) - March 1993

KARMIC HIT PREVIEWS & RARITIES (2002)

Tracks

1. Trilemma (5:03) - Steve Kilbey
2. Bad For You (2:45) - Jack Frost
3. We All Fall (4:22) - Us
4. We Need a New Leader (3:17) - JLK
5. Citizens (5:31) - Snog
6. Transmigration (3:51) - Isidore
7. Ghost Train (3:52) - Russell and John Kilbey
8. Save Me (3:42) - Curious (Yellow)
9. Bossa (3:47) - Steve Kilbey
10. Dion (3:24) - Bhagavad Guitars
11. The Winged Measurer (4:09) - SOMA
12. Time Gentlemen Time (3:27) - Warp Factor 9
13. God is Big Business (4:34) - Sex Industrie
14. Aquanaut (3:25) - Steve Kilbey
15. Travelling Karma (4:26) - JLK
16. No Contact (3:23) - Us
17. Persuasion (4:12) - Jack Frost
18. Back of My Mind (remix) (5:25) - Fake
19. Tricka Tricka Boom Boom Song (2:49) - The Twillies
20. Jack's Dream (2:22) - Jack Frost

Releases

• CD - Karmic Hit KH010 (Australia) - January 2002

Notes

Comes in a digipak with an embossed cover and an (containing "A Chronology of Karmic Hit" and a paragraph about each track).

KARMIC HIT PREVIEWS AND RARITIES VOLUME 2:
LIMITED EDITION 10TH ANNIVERSARY CD (2003)

Tracks

Appearing on the night...

1. * Citizens (Shaolin Wooden Men "Duty Now & Forever" remix) (5:13) - SNOG
2. * Fill My Hole (Byron Scullin featuring Marcel Borrack "He's the Real Deal" remix) (5:23) - SNOG
3. * A Means To An End (3:20) - Steve Kilbey
4. Mechanism (4:10) - Steve Kilbey (from "Freaky Conclusions")
5. Until the End (4:11) - Halogen (from "Save the Ones You Love")
6. Caught Me (3:59) - Halogen (from "Save the Ones You Love")
7. Rehash (3:19) - JLK (from "Nothing More Than Something to Wear")
8. Friend Among Friends (radio edit) (3:15) - JLK (from "Nothing More Than Something to Wear")
9. Compass (4:02) - David Lane (from Compass)
10. * Lucky Joe (radio edit) (4:18) - David Lane

Coming soon...

11. Monorail (2:32) - Pugwash
12. Hey Little (3:06) - Pluto
13. Gone For Good (2:12) - Steve Kilbey (featuring Sandi Chick) from "Kilbeyfilmusic"
14. Providence (5:12) - Jack Frost (from Jack Frost re-release)
15. Drop in the Ocean (3:31) - the Crystal Set (from "best of the Crystal Set")
16. We Haven't Arrived (3:43) - the Bhagavad Guitars (from "best of BG's)
17. The Mercury Cure (3:57) - Turkeyneck Lasso (from Turkeyneck Lasso re-release)
18. Transmigration (3:52) - Isidore

In case you haven't heard these...

19. My Ancient Vihmaana (5:24) - SOMA (from "My Ancient Vihmaana" EP)
20. Hurricane Lamp (3:38) - Warp Factor 9 (from "Five Days in a Photon Belt")

* denotes track doesn't appear on another official release.

Releases

• CD - Karmic Hit KHPRO 04 (Australia) - plastic sleeve with card insert - limited edition of about 500

Notes

These were originally released in conjunction with the Karmic Hit 10th Anniversary shows (Feb. 27, 2003 at The Roma Room in Sydney, and March 6, 2003 at The Corner Hotel in Melbourne). The first two hundred ticket buyers for each show received the CD free. In April, 2003, this CD was offered free to the first 100 Karmic Hit mailing list subscribers who placed an order with them (either by email or through their online Mall of Convenience).