very very well.....1970...........................................................................................................................................................................
I was 15 in 1971 when this album was released. At that young age I was just beginning to appreciate music that wasn't on the top pop charts. This song had a massive impression on me and encouraged me to experience other bands that were releasing albums at the beginning of the new era of rock music that was released in the 70's. A real shame that after this album the band turned into a pop total disaster.
Where has this been all my life? Cannot believe I haven't heard this before seeming as I was mid teens about this time, and not much into radio pop/rock. Anyway have to say John, this is brilliant. I love it. Straight to my favourites. Editing to add: That's some really nice drumwork on this.
There is more to Aus music than Pub Rock. The late sixties early seventies bands were much more progressive and less commercial and more interesting than Molly Meldrum's Countdown
no neale johns kept Blackfeather going all the others left, blackfeather put out 2 live albums in the early 70s boppin the blues and,blackfeather live(sunbury) both with different line ups but wth johns singing, however "at the mountains of madness" remains THE blackfeather album....brilliant progressive rock one of australias best along with the Masters apprentices ;Choice cuts ,andToast to Pannama red, Madder lakes Still point,Lobby LLoydes obsecration, Buffalos volcanic rock,Sid Rumpos;first offence,band of light,aztecs ,spectrum,Co Caine, Tully, Tamam shud, bakery, etc
@@richardfinlayson1524 NJ stole the blackfeather name with the help of nova agency. he should have had the decency to call it something else. it is not BF. j.
That is an easy one. John Robinson was no longer a part of the band. John's genius is often overlooked in terms of Australian music. Check out Dave Miller Set for what was happening with Aus music in 1968.
@@MrDangermouse10 yup. i was and still am better than most bred here. jealously, envy and insecurity. traits in all Australian musos, except for me. j.
They don't make haircuts like that anymore either! I'd be crying myself to sleep if I was a hairdresser back in those days, might be lucky to work one day a week!!??
Whatever happened to John Robinson?? Awesome player who didn't seem to be around for very long. I saw them live twice, then once not long after with a different line up (Paul Wilde, Neal Johns, Piano based 'Boppin' The Blues" . Good, but John Robinson was sadly missing.
@@djrbfmbfm-woa ATMOM is an album I heard when I was 15 and was trying to find music that I could relate to rather than the normal accepted pop music that my peers were listening to. The album, and expecially your guitar playing, changed my appreciation of music from the moment I heard it. To hear such incredible music, and from an aussie band back then, was simply mind blowing. I thank you so much for that. And I'm still listening to ATMOM at 65 ( I recently bought ATMOM extended cd version). Blackfeather after John Robinson was not Blackfeather. God bless you sir.
This sounds just like a song called "Bowleen" the killer hard rock Ohio band: "Poobah" did from their 1972 lp: "Let Me In", check it out and see for yourself.
Blackfeather At The Mountain Of Madness 1971 april. was in small record shop waiting very impatiently for it to arrive.. shop owner had told me about it coming. he`d sold me masters apprentices 1st album a week earlier.. i love poobah. got all the re-issues of theirs . hope alls well Robert
Hi johno i used to go to school with you in ''ALBURY'' N.S.W. You were a SHADOWS FAN BACK THEN. i WAS A BUDDING DRUMMER & YOU WERE LONGING FOR YOUR 1ST STRAT. & I ,MY 1ST REAL DRUM KIT. WE MADE A RECORD (A SHADOWS COVER) STILL IN OUR EARLY TEENS . (Today i live in PERTH W.A.-- AND PLAY KEYBOARDS) YOU WROTE A SCORE FOR A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC WITH ROCK BAND . WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE SCORE???
@@seanogrady2870 i doubt it was that tune. anyway, I'm writing/adapting more of that type of style. i have a facebook page, contact me there if you like. cheers. j.
I swear Philip sayce has a song called angels live inside and he did a live show of his song... and basically this sounds like he took influence from them
How is this the same band that created the song Boppin The Blues, it makes absolutely no sense. This sounds like the prototype base template for what later morphed into doom metal, sludge and stoner rock.
None of the members of this band are on the recording of 'Boppin the Blues'. Read the comments for the Blackfeather story. John Robinson created one of Australia's greatest albums: 'Mountains of Madness', featuring this track. Neale formed a new band using the Blackfeather name and added piano.
@@MrDangermouse10 thanks for clarification, for the record I was not bagging Boppin The Blues as a song. Will definately be looking into this band which I never heard of previously, I love finding bands (from any period) to learn about and delve into their music.
@@wilsonmcphert Correct. Neale Johns brought in Paul Wylde on piano and Alex "Zac" Zytnick on lead guitar as Blackfeather when Robbo left so John Robinson with Harry Brus and Steve Webb formed a trio version of Blackfeather.
Unbelievable! This should be known all over the world. Amazing.
The best music that i never hear before
One Of The Heaviest Tune Of All Times!!,The Black And White adds ... Color!!
OMG...At times you forget the original studio version had orchestra because this is just so incredible!
This is just art
Saw them play in a town hall with a sprung dance floor the shock waves just pulsed thru your whole body .
Top show
Awesome
Fuckin great band !!!!!!
pedazo de joya bro! gracias por compartir.
Saw these guys do this live at the Spinning Wheel,Narrabeen, was unreal John Robinson was unreal
North Narra ..I saw them many times at Hornsby Dance 1971..John was brilliant .
What a shame they didn’t do more albums at least we have this one l suppose
very very well.....1970...........................................................................................................................................................................
what a jewel we got here!!!! awesome...
Faark, I loved this band. Saw them at Q Club in the early 70's. Still one of my favourite Australian bands.
I was 15 in 1971 when this album was released. At that young age I was just beginning to appreciate music that wasn't on the top pop charts. This song had a massive impression on me and encouraged me to experience other bands that were releasing albums at the beginning of the new era of rock music that was released in the 70's. A real shame that after this album the band turned into a pop total disaster.
Probably the first time parts of the Harmonic Minor scale were heard on Australian pop radio
Espetáculo musical
Where has this been all my life? Cannot believe I haven't heard this before seeming as I was mid teens about this time, and not much into radio pop/rock. Anyway have to say John, this is brilliant. I love it. Straight to my favourites.
Editing to add: That's some really nice drumwork on this.
Saw this on rage.
Love it
Trippy man !!
That was freakin' nuts! Awesome
Gracias amigo que gran recuerdo.
Saludos desde Chile.
Espetacular banda australiana
Mind blowing. So brilliant
Thanks so much. John is the star.
Thats some dam fine music there
There is more to Aus music than Pub Rock. The late sixties early seventies bands were much more progressive and less commercial and more interesting than Molly Meldrum's Countdown
Pretty sure this was shot in the year of the Australian barbers' strike.
Yeah things got pretty hairy back then
GTK, ------ "Peter Holland's little dream world" ABC radio Perth ca 1971; Chris Winter "room to move" ABC radio Sydney ca 1971
Yes it is. Track is on the same album - 'Mountains of Madness'. . Neale Johns, the vocalist, had left the band by the time of this recording.
no neale johns kept Blackfeather going all the others left, blackfeather put out 2 live albums in the early 70s boppin the blues and,blackfeather live(sunbury) both with different line ups but wth johns singing, however "at the mountains of madness" remains THE blackfeather album....brilliant progressive rock one of australias best along with the Masters apprentices ;Choice cuts ,andToast to Pannama red, Madder lakes Still point,Lobby LLoydes obsecration, Buffalos volcanic rock,Sid Rumpos;first offence,band of light,aztecs ,spectrum,Co Caine, Tully, Tamam shud, bakery, etc
@@richardfinlayson1524 NJ stole the blackfeather name with the help of nova agency. he should have had the decency to call it something else. it is not BF. j.
Has that other worldly oriental/Persian feel. . .
The best song
It has always astounded me how they went from this (at the mountains of madness album)....to the excremental (in my opinion) “Boppin’ the Blues”
That is an easy one. John Robinson was no longer a part of the band. John's genius is often overlooked in terms of Australian music.
Check out Dave Miller Set for what was happening with Aus music in 1968.
@@MrDangermouse10 yup. i was and still am better than most bred here. jealously, envy and insecurity. traits in all Australian musos, except for me. j.
How good were they!
greaz sound thank you for upload
Офигеть!я удивлён!
The Best! Cool!
Uli Jon Roth must have been inspired by this for the Scorpions' track "Sails of Charon"
Exuberante tenho
Fantastic, just don't make music like this anymore.
They don't make haircuts like that anymore either! I'd be crying myself to sleep if I was a hairdresser back in those days, might be lucky to work one day a week!!??
This music was S good as anything overseas .people think the Atlantic's were American another Australian band that were great
Great Stuff
this looks really old,but the music was wow
that is because it is not rock/blues based. j.
Progredelic from down under
Whatever happened to John Robinson?? Awesome player who didn't seem to be around for very long. I saw them live twice, then once not long after with a different line up (Paul Wilde, Neal Johns, Piano based 'Boppin' The Blues" . Good, but John Robinson was sadly missing.
i did not want to play rock/pop, which is what happened. totally disown this rabble after ATMOM. not BF at all. j.
@@djrbfmbfm-woa Thanks for the reply John and thanks for the great memories.
@@djrbfmbfm-woa ATMOM is an album I heard when I was 15 and was trying to find music that I could relate to rather than the normal accepted pop music that my peers were listening to. The album, and expecially your guitar playing, changed my appreciation of music from the moment I heard it. To hear such incredible music, and from an aussie band back then, was simply mind blowing. I thank you so much for that. And I'm still listening to ATMOM at 65 ( I recently bought ATMOM extended cd version). Blackfeather after John Robinson was not Blackfeather. God bless you sir.
@@stevejackson4340 FRAUDFEATHER, steve. cheers. j.
This sounds just like a song called "Bowleen" the killer hard rock Ohio band: "Poobah" did from their 1972 lp: "Let Me In", check it out and see for yourself.
RM Tocak - Ulazak u harem. Look at that
Blackfeather At The Mountain Of Madness 1971 april. was in small record shop waiting very impatiently for it to arrive.. shop owner had told me about it coming. he`d sold me masters apprentices 1st album a week earlier.. i love poobah. got all the re-issues of theirs . hope alls well Robert
Класс!!!
Majestuoso.
Hi johno i used to go to school with you in ''ALBURY'' N.S.W. You were a SHADOWS FAN BACK THEN. i WAS A BUDDING DRUMMER & YOU WERE LONGING FOR YOUR 1ST STRAT. & I ,MY 1ST REAL DRUM KIT. WE MADE A RECORD (A SHADOWS COVER) STILL IN OUR EARLY TEENS . (Today i live in PERTH W.A.-- AND PLAY KEYBOARDS) YOU WROTE A SCORE FOR A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC WITH ROCK BAND . WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE SCORE???
hi, just saw this. thx. i don't know about the tune in question. I've done a lot of band and orchestra tunes. j.
@@djrbfmbfm-woa not sure, but was it
"Rise and fall of the Roman umpire"?
@@seanogrady2870 i doubt it was that tune. anyway, I'm writing/adapting more of that type of style. i have a facebook page, contact me there if you like. cheers. j.
Choice
I swear Philip sayce has a song called angels live inside and he did a live show of his song... and basically this sounds like he took influence from them
How is this the same band that created the song Boppin The Blues, it makes absolutely no sense. This sounds like the prototype base template for what later morphed into doom metal, sludge and stoner rock.
None of the members of this band are on the recording of 'Boppin the Blues'. Read the comments for the Blackfeather story.
John Robinson created one of Australia's greatest albums: 'Mountains of Madness', featuring this track. Neale formed a new band using the Blackfeather name and added piano.
@@MrDangermouse10 thanks for clarification, for the record I was not bagging Boppin The Blues as a song.
Will definately be looking into this band which I never heard of previously, I love finding bands (from any period) to learn about and delve into their music.
This is the shit !!! is this the same black feather that i know ??? seasons of change etc ??
Yes, but after this and Seasons of Change the band changed except for the singer and their music changed away from psych rock to Boppin the Blues etc.
@@wilsonmcphert Correct. Neale Johns brought in Paul Wylde on piano and Alex "Zac" Zytnick on lead guitar as Blackfeather when Robbo left so John Robinson with Harry Brus and Steve Webb formed a trio version of Blackfeather.
Simmilar turkish march
yes, true. also in a persian market. j.
This band could have been as big as Led Zeppelin but they went for a short career with Boppin the Blues 🤦🏻
Iron maiden's solo's sound like this