Various Artists: Behind The Banana Curtain

Side One:

THE SAINTS: I'm Stranded
THE GO-BETWEENS: Karen
RAZA: Task Force
THE LEFTOVERS: Cigarettes and Alcohol
THE RIPTIDES: Sunset Strip
THE APARTMENTS: Help
THE FUN THINGS: Savage
XERO: Crazy Eddie
MOP AND THE DROPOUTS: Brisbane Blacks
THE VAMPIRE LOVERS: Buzzsaw Popstar
MYSTERY OF SIXES: Black Banned
THE COLOURS: Blue Shirt
THE SCREAMING TRIBESMEN: Igloo
LOVE'S BLUR: Alice D
PRESIDENT'S ELEVEN: Summer Vacation
THE PARAMETERS: Pig City
LA FETTS: SEQEB Scabs
POST NO BILLS: Winter Moving In
UPS AND DOWNS: The Living End
THE PINEAPPLES FROM THE DAWN OF TIME: Too Much Acid
CHOO DIKKA DIKKA: Cyclone Hits Expo
HOTEL BRESLIN: Death Row Road

Disc Two:

BATSWING SALOON: Harold & Maude
PURPLE AVENGERS: Another World
CHOPPER DIVISION: Chill Out America
CREATURES DOWNSTAIRS: Girly
DREAMKILLERS: Dreamkillers
GRAVEL RASH: Boy's Germs
BLOWHARD: V8 Rock 'n' Roll
ACID WORLD: Children
ISIS: Treat Yourself Gently
CUSTARD: Fantastic Plastic
WISHING CHAIR: Dreaming
TOOTHFAERIES: I Believe
BLOOD PARTY: Mudpool Godess
THE MELNIKS: Drew Romance
SCREAMFEEDER: Dart
ESCAPE FROM TOYTOWN: Fish and Chip Bitch From Ipswich
POWDERFINGER: Day You Come
NOT FROM THERE: Sich Öffnen
REGURGITATOR: I Wanna be a Nudist

Released as a CD album:

Australia CD: 4ZZZ/Warner 8573861182, 2000

Playing on Karen:

Robert Forster: vocal, guitar
Grant McLennan: bass
Dennis Cantwell: drums

Karen was originally released as a the b-side of the Lee Remick single and is available on '78 til '79: The Lost Album.

Behind The Banana Curtain was released to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Brisbane radio station 4ZZZ.

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