Dave & Lee: Singles Collection 12"

For the first time since the heyday of Molly Meldrum’s “Humdrum,” the collected recordings of the masterminds behind the uneasybeats of BEAUT, BRANDED and BRITISH JETS - DAVE BURNETT & LEE CUTELLE - are available for less than collectorscum prices, including the first single cut by the duo at the beginning of their decade-long partnership. That none of these songs set the charts alight at the time of their release is less a pronouncement on their musical quality and rather an indictment on the short-sighted taste-makers and star-chasers of the era.  Fitting that they will now be exonerated and reverse-Transported to a world that is perhaps finally ready for them. Our take: I’ve been listening to this podcast called A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs. They’re a little over 100 episodes in, and the first 99 episodes covered the pre-Beatles era of pop and rock music. There was a heavy emphasis on Motown, girl groups, and Brill Building pop, and the podcast focuses on how each song c