Family Mallet (Musical group)

Date: 1985

From: Various artists :[Posters advertising performances by popular music groups, singers, musicians, and rock bands performing in New Zealand in 1985].

By: Braille Records

Reference: Eph-C-MUSIC-Popular-1985-13

Description: Poster shows an illustration of a long bending snake or tube. At lower right a dog reacts to the sound coming from the trumpet of a record player. The Braille Records fingerprint logo is at top left, and a dancing frog at centre right. The bands performing were: Monday 23rd: Rabbit Lock, Motto Tuesday 24th: The F Holes, Black Sheep Wednesday 25th: Jungle Suite, Family Mallet Thursday 26th: Sparkys Magic baton, 4 Volts Physical Description: Screen print, 455 x 320 mm.

Date: 1984

From: Various artists :[Posters advertising performances by popular music groups, singers, musicians, and rock bands performing in New Zealand in 1984].

Reference: Eph-D-MUSIC-Popular-1984-10

Description: Shows a lizard with a triangular head. Exhibited in 'Wellingtonzone: 50 years of popular music' exhibition curated by Clark Stiles and Rhonda Grantham at the Turnbull Room, National Library of New Zealand, 27 June - 6 October 2002. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Linocut on poster 434 x 614 mm.

Date: [13] November 1985

From: The Braille Collective: Sound recordings

By: Family Mallet (Musical group)

Reference: MST7-2846

Description: Sound recording labelled 'Depot 13/11/85 [or 15/11/1985]/Family Mallet, 1/4'. Recording probably made at the Depot Theatre, Wellington. The tape appears to be blank. Quantity: 1 7" reel(s).

Date: 1984

Reference: Eph-C-MUSIC-Popular-1984

Description: Includes: The Above. Upstairs Clyde Quay, Wed 15th Thu 16th; with "Fear of Extinction" at the Pulse. Beaver; NZ's first lady of soul. With Terry Crayford, Johnny O'Connor, Jonathan Crayford, Ross Burge. Cricketers, Fri 27, Sat 28 July [1984] Bite the wax tadpole; see Fear of Extinction, The Above, Ten Foot Faces at Khandallah Hall, Saturday 6 October (2 coloured copies, 2 b&w copies) The Blues Band. Terminus, every Wed & Thurs til Xmas. Appearing live! $2! (Gummed back) Circus Block Four. Rongotai College with The Above. Thurs 6th Sept [1984] Disney Boys. Three bands, Clyde Quay, Pulse Bar, Fri 26, Sat 27 [1984] Argggh! Double Happys. Oriental 31st 1st [1984] F Nun presents from Dunedin - Double Happys and the RIP. Shakin' bones at ... The Pulse Fri 23 / Sat 24 Nov [1984] (2 green, 2 yellow and 2 mauve copies) The Family Mallet, at Artattack. Fri 5th, Sat 6th [1984] (2 copies) The Fat Alley Band R'n'B at the Cricketers Arms. Thursday 15, Friday 16 March Flesh D-Vice! The Sheaf, Herbert St. Thurs 9th, Fri 10th, Sat 11th [1984] (2 copies) A Radio Windy promotion. Gale and the Force Cyclones at Cricketers 19-22 Sept; The Depot, 27-30 Sept; 4-7 Oct [1984] (2 copies) Wayne Gillespie. Pulse Bar, Clyde Quay Tavern, Oriental Parade. 6-8 Sept [1984] (2 copies) Heptocrats from Auckland perform. Gazebo Lounge, University wet lunch, Friday 6th July [1984] Heptocrats perform Empire Tavern, Fir 6 July [1984] The Heptocrats, Family Mallet, Jungle Suite, Broad Cast. Music that is staggeringly deep yet stunningly simple. Cricketers, July 10-11 Tues and Wed nights. (3 differently hand-coloured copies) Luke Hurley, assisted by NZ Students Arts Council [ca 1984] (2 copies) Luke Hurley, songwriter. Live July 5 8pm /Library [1984 or earlier?] Luke Hurley. Thru your town soon. Overdrive tour [ca 1984] (2 copies) The Immigrantz. Cricketers Arms. Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th September. (2 copies) Loosely Rhyming Slang. 10-11th August Artattack; 17-18 August Pulse. Loosely Rhyming Slang. 17th - 18th August, Pulse (Clyde Quay) Madlight; heavy rock. Taita Hotel, 5th 6th Oct [1984] Factory of Submissive Beings presents Maggot Scum Get together. The Pulse, Wed, Thur, 19,20 Dec. // A??? Fog Maggoty-Ann and the Cot death babies. [1984] Naked Spots Dance. Sleaze with ease. Cosgroves, Sat 16th [1984] NZ Songwriters & Performers Concert with Wayne Gillespie, Dave Murphy, Neil Cleaver, Erisa. Cricketers Arms, Sat 10th Nov [1984] (2 copies) The Legendary Punk and the Cartel. Yee-ha! Wed 8 pm, The Pulse. Ra & The Pyraminds (at the Cricketers) Jan 26-7-8 [1984] (2 copies) Return to Reality ... Unrestful Movements also featuring the Skeptics, at the Pulse Clyde Quay, 11th August [1984] Resurrectionists, Rawa House, Sun 20th 2 pm $1.00. Ritchie Pickett and the Inlaws, featuring Dave Maybee. Cricketers, Sun 13 May [1984] Dance. Rock Against Racism. Dread Beat & Blood, Ray Mercer band, Pelicans, For Crying Out Loud. Victoria University Union Hall, Sat 22 September [1984] Scratch Band, featuring hot U.S. rockin' blues guitar of Michael Bagley and top Wellington muso's Michelle Scullion, Terry Crayford, Jonathan Crayford, Dave Watkins, Geoff Hughes. Cricketers, Thur 17, Fri 18, Sat 19 [1984] Spines. At the Pulse, Fri 12 and Sat 13 October [1984]. (Five differently handcoloured copies) Topp Twins. Original New Zealand entertainment. Saturday afternoon, Aug 11, Clyde Quay - The Pulse [1984]. Photo Lynette Shum, BSIAG. The Topp Twins, The Pulse, Mon 19! [1984] Photo Bruce Connew. Agent Brian Sweeney. (2 copies) The Topp Twins. Downstage Fri & Sat, 10.45 pm Photo Bruce Connew. Agent Brian Sweeney. The Topp Twins. 2 late-night concerts, Downstage Theatre Fri 7 + Sat 8 Sept, 10.45 pm. Bar open $5.50. Photo Bruce Connew. Agent Brian Sweeney. (2 copies) The Sam Ford Verandah Band (Bill Gruar, Paul Hewitt, Neil Findlay & 'Gav'). Country showband; special guests Trudi Green and the Topp Twins. Cricketers Arms, Thurs 31 May - Sun 3 June. See you there! (2 copies) Tyrant. More fun than the James Smiths Christmas Parade. At the Sheaf, Fri 20 & Sat 21 [1984] Tyrant. Taita Hotel, Fri 12 & Sat 13 8 pm. (2 variant copies) Working With Walt. (Colour screenprint shows two Mickey Mouses lifting a box) Working With Walt. (Shows stylised illustration of factory workers) Working With Walt. (Shows photo of Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney) Working With Walt. 12.30 Friday, Main Common Room (Pink paper, shows Walt Disney, Michael Jackson) Working With Walt. (Shows photo of Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney) Oriental Fri 20th Sat 21st [ca 1984] Yellymin. Axemen from Chch. Mystics in the savage state. Rawa House (Upper Cuba Street), Fri 20th, Sat 21, 8.30 pm start. (2 copies) Quantity: 31 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on posters.. Physical Description: Photolithographs and screenprints, sizes varying.

Date: Date unknown

From: The Braille Collective: Sound recordings

By: Family Mallet (Musical group)

Reference: MST7-2844

Description: Sound recording of Family Mallet, featuring the tracks: ‘Pig Whistle’ (Stuart Porter), ‘Story’ (Gerard Crewdson), untitled improvisation, and ‘Ida Lupino’ (Carla Bley)." The tape label "Vasbenter - tape 1, 24/6/84", "Nite 1" and "2 Sojourn + D. Donkeys" and enclosed track listing probably refer to a previous usage of this tape. Quantity: 1 7" reel(s).

Date: Date unknown

From: The Braille Collective: Sound recordings

By: Family Mallet (Musical group)

Reference: MST7-2859

Description: Features the track ‘Pig Whistle’. Tape labelled "Family Mallet, tape no. 5". Quantity: 1 7" reel(s).

Date: 7 January 1984

From: The Braille Collective: Sound recordings

By: Family Mallet (Musical group)

Reference: MST7-2860

Description: ures the tracks ‘The Happy Weasal No Longer Hunts’ and ‘Pig Whistle’. Tape labelled "Family Mallet, tape no. 1". Quantity: 1 7" reel(s).

Date: 17 February 1986

From: The Braille Collective: Sound recordings

By: Family Mallet (Musical group)

Reference: MST7-2870

Description: Features the tracks: three versions of ‘Change of the Century’ (Ornette Colman) and three versions of ‘Meat Axe in the Sky’. Tape labelled "Tape 1 - Arthur St. 17.2.86, tail out". Recording possibly made at 30 Arthur Street, Te Aro, Wellington. Quantity: 1 7" reel(s). Processing information: Description created from item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing.

Date: 28 November 1985

From: The Braille Collective: Sound recordings

By: Family Mallet (Musical group)

Reference: MST7-2863

Description: Recording of Family Mallet probably made at the National Film Unit, featuring the tracks: ‘Change of the Century’ (Ornette Coleman), ‘Pig Whistle’ (Stuart Porter), and ‘Meat Axe in the Sky’. Tape labelled "Family Mallet rec at NFU [National Film Unit]. Mixed 28/11/85", with a listing of several different tracks (‘Ruritanian Hoe-down’, ‘The Merry Weasal no Longer Hunts’, and ‘Chant’). Recorded on Nagra. Quantity: 1 7" reel(s). 13.40 Minutes and seconds.

Date: 7 January 1984

From: The Braille Collective: Sound recordings

By: Family Mallet (Musical group)

Reference: MST7-2862

Description: Features the track ‘Chant’. Tape labelled "Family Mallet, tape no. 3". Quantity: 1 7" reel(s).

Date: 15 November 1985

From: The Braille Collective: Sound recordings

By: Donaldson, Anthony, 1957?-; Donaldson, David, 1960-; Family Mallet (Musical group); Porter, Stuart, 1955-; Watson, David, active 1985

Reference: MST7-2847

Description: Sound recording of Family Mallet performing probably at Depot Theatre, Wellington. The first track is ‘Muskrat Ramble’, the second track is an improvisation probably featuring Stuart Porter, David Donaldson, and Anthony Donaldson, with cello played by either David Watson, David Long or Jessica Walker. Tape spine is labelled "Depot 15/11/85/Family Mallet, 1/5". Back of housing says "Family Mallet + Stuart [Porter], Dave D. [Donaldson], Dave W [Watson], woman drums". Quantity: 1 7" reel(s). Processing information: Description created from item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing.

Date: Date unknown

From: The Braille Collective: Sound recordings

By: Family Mallet (Musical group)

Reference: MST7-2861

Description: Features the track ‘Merrily Metronomie’. Tape labelled "Family Mallet, tape no. 4". Quantity: 1 7" reel(s).

Date: 13 October 1985

From: The Braille Collective: Sound recordings

By: Family Mallet (Musical group)

Reference: MST7-2856

Description: Sound recording probably made at Fred's Cafe, Willis Street, Wellington, featuring the group Family Mallet. Tracks comprise: ‘Chant’, ‘Change of the Century’ (Ornette Coleman) and ‘Muskrat Ramble’. Tape is labelled on the front "Family Mallet - 13/10/1985", with further labelling in blue pen probably referring to an earlier use for the tape: "Nite 3, 7, Improvisation - Dave W [and] Jessica, cello, + trombone and piano, tp, bass". Quantity: 1 7" reel(s).

Date: Date Unknown

From: The Braille Collective: Sound recordings

By: Family Mallet (Musical group); Devon Street Quartet

Reference: MST7-2852

Description: Sound recording labelled 'Nite 3, 1, Devon St Quartet' in blue pen, [and] '3, Family Mallet at Freds 13/10' in pencil. 'Don't erase' and 'My Ship' are also written on the cover. Recording probably made at Fred's Cafe, Willis Street, Wellington. Quantity: 1 7" reel(s). Processing information: Description created from item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing.

Date: 1984

From: Off the Deep End Festival: Sound recordings

By: Family Mallet (Musical group); Jav Cortina (Musical group)

Reference: MST10-0039

Description: Side 1: Jav Cortina. Side 2: Family Mallet. Quantity: 1 10" reel(s). Transfers: Photocopy of the reel enclosure at MS-Papers-12188.. Processing information: Description created from item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing.

Date: 1984

From: Off the Deep End Festival: Sound recordings

By: Family Mallet (Musical group); Three Volts (Musical group)

Reference: MST10-0036

Description: Side 1: Family Mallet. Side 2: The Three Volts. Quantity: 1 10" reel(s). Transfers: Photocopy of the reel enclosure at MS-Papers-12188.. Processing information: Description created from item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing.

Date: 17 June 2014

From: Braille Collective Oral History Project

By: Donaldson, Anthony, 1957?-

Reference: OHInt-1239-01

Description: Interview with Anthony Donaldson conducted by Daniel Beban. Topics include: Meeting Stuart Porter, and the importance of Porter in the formation of the Braille Collective and performing original music; musical influences and philosophy; learning drums and taking lessons with Bud Jones; forming, rehearsing, recording and performing with musical groups including the Primitive Art Group, Black Sheep, Family Mallet, and the Six Volts; his interest in art while at school; his introduction to jazz and inspiration to become a jazz drummer; government support via grants and the PEP scheme; and the end of the Primitive Art Group. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s). 2 Electronic document(s). Search dates: 17/06/2014

Date: 7 July 2014, 19 December 2015

From: Braille Collective Oral History Project

By: Crewdson, Gerard M, 1954-

Reference: OHInt-1239-02

Description: Interview with Gerard Crewdson conducted by Daniel Beban. Topics include: meeting Stuart Porter via the Wellington Artists' Cooperative in the late 1970s; his introduction to improvised music at the flat of Stuart Porter and Anthony Donaldson; rehearsals and performances with groups including the Primitive Art Group and Family Mallet; Wellington music venues; crossover between the punk scene and improvised music; involvement in Nuclear Free and Springbok tour protests; growing up in Roseneath; his work as a visual artist and storyteller; moving to Sydney, Australia; losing his job as a result of exposing abuse of disabled patients by carers; living homeless in Sydney; and his return to New Zealand. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 4 digital sound recording(s). 3 Electronic document(s). Search dates: 07/07/2014 - 19/12/2015

Date: [between 1980 and 1998]

From: Radio Active 89FM: Recordings

By: Primitive Art Group (Musical group); Black Sheep (Musical group); Jungle Suite (Musical group); Four Volts (Musical group); Family Mallet (Musical group); Rabbitlock (Musical group); Watson, David, active 1985

Reference: MSC-021590

Description: Contents: The gander / Primitive Art Group -- Big Chief Baada / The Black Sheep -- Extract from Flea Cirus / Jungle Suite -- I carry you / Four Volts -- Mr Chowmondley / The Family Mallet -- The Backbone / Rabbitlock -- A code / David Watson Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).

Date: [between 1980 and 1998]

From: Besser, Jonathan, 1949- : Papers

By: Primitive Art Group (Musical group); Jav Cortina (Musical group); Family Mallet (Musical group)

Reference: MSC-021724

Description: Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).