#The missing link band full#
#The missing link band plus#

If you are in a band who played a gig and have someone who is meticulous w: dates, then drop us an email so we can add it to the list. So this is a start to try and get as accurate a list as possible of the bands and people who played in the shop from 2002 and beyond. Row # 2 - Left :ĬD's from a recently sorted order & stock to be returned to the shelves circa mid 2000's, Centre : Original Noticeboard Hand Coloured A4 Card from Mid 80's local band The Wet Ones seeking fresh members and Right : A Postcard size Handbill for one of the early Record Store Days with FIVE bands playing In-Store shows and all sorts of extra activities and action going on across the day as the Independent Stores celebrated both their existence AND importance to our lives. Top Right - The 7' recycled bag version from the 405 Bourke Street store which also became an essential carry item to house your handful of 7's.

#The missing link band full#

check back from time to time to check it out.īelow : Left Original Missing Link Retail bag Version # 1 - 262 Flinders Lane / Centre Version # 2 - Scott Harper drawn image which became an Iconic Image of sorts as it was carted through the city, on trains & trams and became the best Showbag you could ever own once it was full of your days pick ups & purchases. **This section will get HEAVILY updated across 2019/2020 as I have a HUGE pile of interesting bits and bobs relating to the store, It's inception and growth with information across all eras and locations of the store, along with interviews with prominent ex: Staff etc. Words : Scotti w/: notes from David Pepperell 2004

As this section of the site takes shape we will endeavour to identify individuals who made a difference both behind and in front of the counter, talk to people who had experiences for life via the insides of it's walls and showcase a cool array of shop memorabilia across a wide range of years to give you a half decent snapshot of it's history, it's place, it's fun times and it's importance in the support and standing within the Australian Independent Music Scene.

#The missing link band plus#

Seven years later in 1978 with the shop still an active concern the time was right for a name change and Missing Link Records was born and on it would thrive, strive, and work to stay alive as a place to be for the next THIRTY FIVE plus years, employing a host of people all with mini to major obsessions with local and global music and leaving a hot trail of memory for tens of thousands of people who walked through it's doors across it's various geographical locations, with influential life records first purchased there, top notch recommendations from the staff of the day, band's being formed from notice board flyers and band's playing in the shop across many years to both thrill customers and annoy the cities bustling retail precinct with a good dose of rock racket. So with a few grand borrored from a bank ( let's just say for 'House Extensions), Keith found a cool space on the Mezzanine floor of the Metropole Arcade for the princely sum of FIVE DOLLARS A WEEK RENT So with the idea taking shape and the idea to Import from the USA to stock shit that the biggies of the day were not aware of ( Brash's, Allan's and Myer's) the ball was rolling after the acquisition of a record rack and some miscellaneous interior guff and those doors swung open on MARCH 3rd 1971 as a bold statement of what could be done working against the grain with a heavy love for great music and a desire to HAVE A GO ! The shop's first red hot shipment from across the seas arrived on May 21st with Keith's neighbour Graeme Willingham writing a full page article ( now named ARCHIE 'n' JUGHEAD's ) in the Young Sun section of the Sun Newspaper ( Pre - Herald Sun) with the response immediate and all the stock pretty much disappearing in Record time ( all puns intended) so they could pay their pal back for the help in organising the freight.

Keith had just returned from a stint in Sydney in the musical ' HAIR' ( and had great history before this as a player in a few different 1960's Garage Pop bands, most notably CAMPACT, who would later debut in reissue form as the label took shape). Starting waaaaay back in 1971, both David Pepperell & Keith Glass set out to rock a shop devoid of KAMAHL, JAMES LAST and co & get hep with the Hi-Energy of good Rock'n'Roll. Missing Link Records had a super deep history in Melbourne and stands as a true pioneering Independent Record Store which helped to pave the way of so many small businesses which were to follow.