Tuatara (album)
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Tuatara – A Flying Nun Compilation is a compilation of previously released songs by artists on New Zealand
based Flying Nun Records
. It was released as a vinyl album by Flying Nun in 1985 (catalogue number FN045) and on CD with additional tracks. The Chills track was mistakenly attributed to "The Cills".
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
based Flying Nun Records
Flying Nun Records
Flying Nun Records is an independent record label formed in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1981 by music-store proprietor Roger Shepherd.-History:The label was formed in the flurry of new punk rock-inspired labels forming in the early 1980s...
. It was released as a vinyl album by Flying Nun in 1985 (catalogue number FN045) and on CD with additional tracks. The Chills track was mistakenly attributed to "The Cills".
Track listing
- "Fish" – The CleanThe CleanThe Clean are an influential Indie rock band that formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1978. Led through a number of early rotating line-ups by brothers Hamish and David Kilgour, the band settled down to their well-known and current line-up with bassist Robert Scott...
(2:26) - "Coalminer's Song" – The GordonsBailter SpaceBailter Space is an atmospheric noise rock band that formed in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1987 as Nelsh Bailter Space; they had previously recorded as The Gordons. Its members are Alister Parker , John Halvorsen , Brent McLachlan...
(5:57) - "State to Be in" – Fetus Productions (2:40)
- "Death And the Maiden" – The VerlainesThe VerlainesThe Verlaines are a rock band from Dunedin, New Zealand. Formed in 1981 by Graeme Downes, Craig Easton, Anita Pillai, Phillip Higham and Greg Kerr, the band went through multiple line-ups before going on an extended hiatus after their 1997 album Over The Moon. In 2003 a career retrospective, You're...
(4:34) - "Looking For the Sun" – Children's Hour (6:06)
- "Isol" – Marie and the Atom (5:32)
- "Pink Frost" – The ChillsThe ChillsThe Chills are a guitar and keyboard-based rock band from Dunedin, New Zealand. In the 1980s and 1990s, they were one of the proponents of the Dunedin Sound.- History :...
(4:03) - "Throwing Stones" – Sneaky FeelingsSneaky FeelingsSneaky Feelings were a 1980s New Zealand pop/rock band, led by Matthew Bannister, who recorded on the Flying Nun label. Initially recording with the line-up of Bannister , David Pine , Kat Tyrie and Martin Durrant , Tyrie was replaced by John Kelcher early in the band's career...
(4:40) - "Neck of the Woods" – The Great Unwashed (2:07)
- "I Go Wild" – The BatsThe BatsThe Bats are an influential New Zealand rock band formed in 1982 in Christchurch by Paul Kean , Malcolm Grant , Robert Scott and Kaye Woodward...
(2:44) - "Man With No Desire" – The ExpendablesThe Expendables (New Zealand band)The Expendables were a 1980s band based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Based around singer-songwriter/guitarist Jay Clarkson, the band grew out of her former bands, They Were Expendable and The Playthings, and released a single and album in 1984 on the Flying Nun label.Clarkson was joined in The...
(5:15) - "The Brain That Wouldn't Die" – Tall DwarfsTall DwarfsTall Dwarfs are a New Zealand rock band formed in 1981 by Chris Knox and Alec Bathgate who, through their do-it-yourself ethic, helped pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music. The duo formed out of the ashes of Toy Love....
- Additional tracks on CD edition
- "Circumspect Penelope" – Look Blue Go PurpleLook Blue Go PurpleLook Blue Go Purple was an alternative pop/rock band from Dunedin, New Zealand, together from 1983 to 1987, recognised as part of the Dunedin Sound.-Members:* Kathy Bull — bass* Norma O'Malley — keyboards, flute* Lesley Paris — drums...
(2:53) - "Since The Accident" – Scorched Earth Policy (3:21)
- "Needles And Plastic" – Doublehappys (5:25)