Corben Simpson
The Blerta Years: Part 1 - BLERTA is coming
In the summer of 1971 the nation was plastered with brightly coloured posters announcing 'BLERTA is coming'; who or what BLERTA was remained unclear until an antique bus covered in psychedelic images… Audio
The Blerta Years: Part 2 - Chaos in Christchurch
BLERTA, a madcap merging of rock and jazz musicians, actors, film makers and cultural revolutionaries was determined to offload its shock troops on the population of New Zealand at the dawn of the… Audio
The Blerta Years: Part 3 - Dance All Around the World
With Dance All Around the World becoming a Kiwi anthem and the hippy entourage of musicians, actors, movie makers and cultural revolutionaries criss-crossing the country with their wildly anarchic… Audio
The Blerta Years: Part 4 - This is the Life
After a two year break from New Zealand BLERTA, Bruno Lawrence's Electric Revelation and Travelling Apparition, headed home to the Waimarama commune to prepare the best they had to offer for the final… Audio
Musical Chairs - Corben Simpson
Corben Simpson not only won an APRA Silver Scroll for song of the year in 1971 but a Golden Scroll for the best recording of the decade with his emotional ballad Have You Heard a Man Cry. He produced… Audio