14 Jan 2024

Blue Smoke: Out of the Corners

From Blue Smoke, 8:00 pm on 14 January 2024
Out of the Corners Album Cover (Web Records, 1982)

Out of the Corners Album Cover (Web Records, 1982) Photo: Audioculutre NZ

All New Zealand musicians found it hard to get heard with original material in the late 1970s. It was especially tough for female musicians outside the mainstream. Chris Bourke looks back at the influential 1982 compilation by Auckland women, Out Of the Corners.

Written, presented, and produced by Chris Bourke; engineered by Phil Benge and Alex Harmer.

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Music Details: 

Artist: Mahinaarangi Tocker
Track: Arohanui
Composer: Mahinaarangi Tocker
Album: Out of the Corners
Label: Web Records

Artist: Diane Cadwallader
Track: One in a Million Baby
Composer: Mahinaarangi Tocker
Album: Out of the Corners
Label: Web Records

Artist: Topp Twins
Track: Graffiti Raiders
Composer: Topp Twins
Album: Out of the Corners
Label: Web Records

Artist: Val Murphy
Track: Skin
Composer: Val Murphy
Album: Out of the Corners
Label: Web Records

Artist: Val Murphy and Hillary King
Track: Give Us a Durry
Composer: Val Murphy/Diane Cadwallader
Album: Out of the Corners
Label: Web Records


Artist: Jess Hawk Oakenstar
Track: Waiting on Information
Composer: Jess Hawk Oakenstar
Album: Out of the Corners
Label: Web Records

Artist: Hattie St John
Track: Dreams
Composer: St John/Bear/Small
Album: Out of the Corners
Label: Web Records


Artist: Jan Preston
Track: Tango
Composer: Jan Preston
Album: She Sings and Plays
Label: Jayrem

Artist: When the Cat’s Been Spayed
Track: A Wing and A Prayer
Composer: Robin Nathan/Charlotte Yates
Album: She Sings and Plays
Label: Jayrem

Artist: Charlotte Yates
Track: Red Letter
Composer: Charlotte Yates
Album: She Sings and Plays
Label: Jayrem

Artist: Toitu
Track: Tuahine
Composer: Toitu
Album: She Sings and Plays
Label: Jayrem

Artist: Turiiya
Track: Thread of Gold
Composer: Turiiya
Album: Waiting
Label: Jayrem