Blue Cave or In Blue Cave was Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 group Hoodoo Gurus

Hoodoo Gurus

Hoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1981, by the mainstay Dave Faulkner and later joined by Richard Grossman , Mark Kingsmill , and Brad Shepherd...

' seventh studio album. The album was nominated for 'Best Pop Release' at the 1996 ARIA Awards. The album was co-produced with Charles Fisher, who had produced the band's second album, Mars Needs Guitars!

Mars Needs Guitars!

Mars Needs Guitars! was iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' second album. The title is a reference to the 1967 science fiction film, Mars Needs Women. Singles from the album were "Bittersweet" , "Like Wow – Wipeout" , "Death Defying" and "Poison Pen" . Mars Needs Guitars! reached No...

in 1985; Paul McKercher was the sound engineer, and Silverchair

Silverchair

Silverchair were an Australian rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Merewether, Newcastle with the line-up of Ben Gillies on drums, Chris Joannou on bass guitar and Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars. The group got their big break in mid-1994 when they won a national demo...

 producer Kevin Shirley, mixing the tracks.
The entire album also had a limited release (only 300) as a set of seven 7" vinyl singles as In Blue Cave on Mushroom Records; and as a CD was released with More Electric Soup video in a special box.

The Australian release (Mushroom Records) had a hidden track "Whoopee Cushion", whereas the US release (Volcano Records) had an additional uncredited track "Monterey Sunset". The album covers were also different, the Australian release had a fuzzy overhead shot of the Gurus in a close circle looking up at the camera (see right) whereas the US release depicted the Gurus posed for a sitting with other body parts montage

Montage

-Filmmaking:*Montage , a technique which uses rapid editing, special effects and music to present compressed narrative information*Soviet montage theory in the 1920s-Other:* Montage , Documentary television series from 1960s and 1970s...

d, e.g. Dave Faulkner

Dave Faulkner (musician)

Dave Faulkner is an Australian rock musician who also performed as Dave Flick. Faulkner is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist; he has performed with several bands, but is best known as a member of Hoodoo Gurus...

 has three arms (see below middle). The underlay tray of the US release, lists the 14th track as "Monterey Sunset" and gives a description:

"It's time for a refreshing Monterey Sunset. 45 mls Absolut Vodka

Absolut Vodka

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 (no substitutes please!). 45 mls lemon juice

Lemon juice

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. 15 mls Orange Curaçao

Curaçao

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. 15 mls sugar syrup. Mix in a blender with lots of crushed ice

Ice

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! Pour over a cherry

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 in a margarita

Margarita

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 glass for a festive frozen cocktail

Cocktail

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EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

 re-released the album on February 6, 2005 with six additional tracks, a fold out poster and liner notes by Charles Fisher (Record Producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

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Track listing

All tracks written by Dave Faulkner

Dave Faulkner (musician)

Dave Faulkner is an Australian rock musician who also performed as Dave Flick. Faulkner is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist; he has performed with several bands, but is best known as a member of Hoodoo Gurus...

 unless otherwise indicated.

Original release

1. "Big Deal" (Faulkner, Brad Shepherd
   Brad Shepherd
   Brad Shepherd is an Australian rock musician. Shepherd is a guitarist, singer-songwriter and harmonica player; he has performed with several bands, especially the Hoodoo Gurus...
   
   ) — 3:39
2. "Down on Me" — 3:25
3. "Mine" — 3:30
4. "Waking Up Tired" (Faulkner, Shepherd) — 2:54
5. "Please Yourself" — 3:40
6. "If Only..." — 3:44
7. "Mind the Spider" — 2:29
8. "Why?" — 1:47
9. "All I Know" (Shepherd) — 4:05
10. "Get High!" — 3:54
11. "Always Something" — 3:01
12. "Son-Of-A-Gun" — 4:07
13. "Night Must Fall" — 4:41

"Whoopee Cushion" is an uncredited track and begins with 1:04 left of "Night Must Fall". On the US release "Night Must Fall" includes 0:37 of silence before "Monterey Sunset" starts".

More Electric Soup video

"More Electric Soup" was a VHS video that accompanied a limited release of "Blue Cave" in a unique gatefold picture box. It included the 8 music videos that had been made by the band since the 1992 video compilation "Electric Soup" (excluding "Turn Up Your Radio" with Masters Apprentices). "Spahn Ranch" was the only inclusion not to be released as a single. "Down On Me" was the only "Blue Cave" single not to appear on the compilation, as it was released the following year.

1. "Waking Up Tired" (music video directed by John Whitteron)
2. "If Only" (music video directed by John Whitteron)
3. "Big Deal" (music video directed by John Whitteron)
4. "The Right Time" (music video directed by Jonathan Ogilvie)
5. "You Open My Eyes" (music video directed by Kimble Rendall)
6. "Less Than A Feeling" (music video directed by John Whitteron)
7. "Nobody" (music video directed by Jonathan Ogilvie)
8. "Spahn Ranch" (music video directed by John Whitteron)

2005 re-release

Songwriters same as above, with additional tracks by Faulkner unless otherwise indicated.

1. "Big Deal" — 3:39
2. "Down on Me" — 3:25
3. "Mine" — 3:30
4. "Waking Up Tired" — 2:54
5. "Please Yourself" — 3:40
6. "If Only..." — 3:44
7. "Mind the Spider" — 2:29
8. "Why?" — 1:47
9. "All I Know" — 4:05
10. "Get High!" — 3:54
11. "Always Something" — 3:01
12. "Son-Of-A-Gun" — 4:07
13. "Night Must Fall" — 4:41
14. "Monterey Sunset" (Shepherd) - 4:28
15. "Concerto for Choppers Parts 1, 2 & 3" (Shepherd) (1) "Chickie Run" (2) "Phreaks Go West" (3) "Spahn Ranch"
16. "Quicksand"
17. "Breakfast at Stephanie's"
18. "It's Too Slow"
19. "Exorcist"
20. "The Ramones Medley" (live)

Personnel

Credits:

• Dave Faulkner
  Dave Faulkner (musician)
  Dave Faulkner is an Australian rock musician who also performed as Dave Flick. Faulkner is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist; he has performed with several bands, but is best known as a member of Hoodoo Gurus...
  
   — Lead vocals (except track 9), guitar, keyboards
• Richard Grossman
  Richard Grossman (musician)
  Richard Grossman is an Australian rock musician who has played bass guitar for two iconic bands Divinyls and Hoodoo Gurus. Hoodoo Gurus iconic status on the Australian rock scene was acknowledged when they were inducted into the 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame. For Grossman, this was his second Hall of Fame...
  
   — Bass, backing vocals
• Mark Kingsmill — Drums
• Brad Shepherd
  Brad Shepherd
  Brad Shepherd is an Australian rock musician. Shepherd is a guitarist, singer-songwriter and harmonica player; he has performed with several bands, especially the Hoodoo Gurus...
  
   — Guitar, harmonica, backing vocals, lead vocals (track 9)

• Engineer — Paul McKercher
• Assistant Engineer — Robin Gist
• Mastering — Bob Ludwig
  Bob Ludwig
  Bob Ludwig is an American mastering engineer.He is a well known and respected figure within the music industry. His name is credited on the covers of albums released across the world, and he has won numerous awards....
  
  
• Mixer — Kevin Shirley
  Kevin Shirley
  Kevin Shirley is a music producer and mixer for many artists, such as the bands Journey, Iron Maiden, Rush, Led Zeppelin, Joe Bonamassa, Marya Roxx, Dream Theater, Tyler Bryant, Mr. Big, and Europe.-Biography:...
  
  
• Assistant Mixer — Louis Mitchell
• Producers — Charles Fisher, Hoodoo Gurus

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Australia		Mushroom
		EMI EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
Canada		True North True North Records True North Records is a Canadian independent record label. It was founded in Mississauga, Ontario in 1969 by Bernie Finkelstein. On December 17, 2007, True North was acquired by an investment group led by Linus Entertainment...
United States		Zoo/Volcano