I enjoyed last night's doco on The Dance Exponents immensely. It did make me wonder why it wasn't picked up by TV1, the station with arguably the largest potential audience. Once again, I got the impression that commercial naivety within the local music industry at that time, and general mismanagement, robbed these guys of greater fame and fortune. To follow up that incredible debut album "Prayers be answered" (with all those catchy tunes), with the dark and mysterious single "Sex and Agriculture" always struck me as perplexing.

But more criminal was the fact that their anthem "Victoria" was never released in a 7 inch picture cover. The 12 inch single had a nice black and white picture cover, but not the 7 inch version. Come to think of it, too many classic Kiwi 7 inch singles were released in rather insipid plain company paper sleeves. "Outlook for Thursday" by DD Smash is another single short changed in this regard. The cost of a decent picture cover proved prohibitive for most financially struggling local bands back then. Maybe a catalogue of classic New Zealand pop tunes can be re released today, complete with good quality picture covers. Maybe even some limited edition coloured vinyl pressings. That can be a goal for New Zealand music month 2014.