What an exceptional time we had with a fantastic professional ensemble. Under the genius and gentle guidance of audio engineer Liam Brimble, we managed to record five instrumental tracks over three days, adding vocals successfully across three of them.

Under licence from the copyright owner and Co-Executive Producer Reid Robertson Holdings Pty Ltd, ClubMaster Media will be releasing the three vocal tracks to our ClubMaster Members in the coming days and weeks, plus music videos showing footage throughout the three day sessions.

Our sincere thanks to:

• Lush Recording Studios, Clontarf, Queensland
• Liam Brimble - Liam Brimble Music - audio engineer
• Lee Novak on bass,
• Cody Costa on drums,
• Harris Eldridge on guitar (electric and acoustic),
• Garry Lynch on keys (with a fantastic Hammond organ overlay), and
• Gus Mckinstray on saxophone.

In the absence of a vocal pro, we have the songwriter and Co-Executive Producer MG Reid on vocals.

Thanks also to Dominic, studio owner and my first point of contact, for providing the facility, for his guidance on our approach to the project, and for introducing Liam as project engineer.

Last but not least, my everlasting thanks to my wife and videographer/photographer Samantha Reid, for supporting me throughout and for her dedication to filming the sessions so creatively.

I love you Sammy and, as you know, this song's for you.

We present Whispered Trinkets.

This song was created in 2025 from a poem I wrote in 1979.

The original poem was written in 1979, and the song first recorded in June 2025 - a few weeks later....

Written in Tasmania in 2024.

This poem was written on the banks of Lake Mackintosh, Tasmania, where we camped for a number of days in our Toyota Coaster camper van.
 

The photos and videos used were taken by us whilst camped there, 

Written at Moruya Heads in 1978 during a road trip with my old school mate Harry.

The photos from the original 1978 trip, and the photos and videos of the subsequent trips and visits, are real. The people are unreal...

So if The Originals ever form a band, I'm proposing the band name 'Strangled Cat and the Hisser' perhaps less of a reference to the resident cat Mia and snake Cheryl, and more of a reference to the sounds which might result from such a collaboration.

Band Members:

The Tony and Gaz - very average guitar

De Goils - backing vocals and visual appeal

Mike on 50% (The Kernel) - rip-off manager, dodgy songwriter, appalling lead vocals.

I reckon we'd be a sensation.