(SECRET SOCIETY-S/T)-Peter Pix/Tim Tonkin/Neil Pike-Indie-E7-LP

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ITEM: VINYL 12” LP 33 1/3rpm
ARTIST: SECRET SOCIETY
TITLE: SECRET SOCIETY
COUNTRY PRINTED: OZ
CAT No: AURAL SECT RECORDS, AS001.2
COVER: (Grade at EXCELLENT+)
INSERT: Photo/Lyric sheet (Grade at NEAR MINT)
LABELS: (Grade at NEAR MINT+)
VINYL: (Grade at EXCELLENT+ to NEAR MINT-)
TRACKS:
Side one
WHEN THE CLOCK BREAKS DOWN
PSYCHIC ATTACK
LOVE LIFE
YOU SAY LOVE
WALKING ON WATER
DOWN ON THE RANCH

Side two
VISION OF A PROMISED LAND
RED TAPE
(LOVE IS JUST A) KISS AWAY
REAL LOVE
BRAVE NEW WAY
COMMENT: http://neilpike.com/musical-biography-of-neil-pike/
With the birth in a Kombi van of his eldest son Romany (still an active member of the Pagan Love Cult) in 1978, Neil settled permanently in Nimbin.  Meeting up with fellow musician & singer Peter Pix (also still a PLC player), Neil formed the psychedelic folk-rock band Star Ring (yes, we know it’s a godawful name but Floyd Davis, the conga player insisted and he owned the truck and had a Roger Rogerson who attempted to recruit him as a “snout”.  Recognising Roger for what he was, Neil decided it was time to “get the hell out of Kings Cross”. Star Ring recorded and released one album, “Cauldron”.

LIke everyone else, Neil sold out in the 1980s… or at least attempted to.  With Peter Pix and Tim Tonkin (another member of Star Ring), he formed an 80s-style pop group called Secret Society and worked very hard for several years trying to gain some measure of commercial success.  By 1988, they’d played extensively up and down the East coast pub-rock circuit, appeared on the classic Australian pop TV show Countdown (the only unsigned act to have done so), been signed to a publishing deal by Warners Music, released the “first independant CD in the world”(which just means they were stupid enough to spend their publishing advance on it), received a 2 page spread in the “Australian” newspaper about Neil’s innovative use on stage of a macintosh computer, supported Joe Cocker at the Brisbane World Expo’88 to a crowd of some 40,000 people… and yet still remained essentially broke.

More recently, he has toured the UK & Europe in 2014 & 2016 playing at the Green Gathering and various other festivals & shows. He has also recorded a soon to be released new album. Through all this, he has somehow managed to maintain his solipsistic existence, stay involved with a range of activist causes and still keep his sense of humour. He is an active proponent of Optimistic Cynicism™

VINYL GRADING SYSTEM

MINT:
RECORD: New condition with no surface marks or loss of sound quality.
COVER: New condition with no surface marks, creases or wear.
NEAR MINT:
RECORD: Barely noticeable surface mark with no loss of sound quality.
COVER: Barely noticeable surface mark/ wear.
EXCELLENT:
RECORD: Some signs of being played with extremely little if no loss of sound quality.
COVER: Slight wear or creasing.
VERY GOOD:
RECORD: Obviously been played with noticeable surface marks & the occasional light scratches but exhibits no major loss of sound quality.
COVER: Noticeable wear on cover, seam or spine.
+(PLUS)/-(MINUS):
Slightly up or down in condition as appears in the comments above.
NOTE:
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