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Taman Shud - Goolutionites And The Real People (1969)

Track listing:
  1. The Gooluionites
  2. They´ll Take You Down On The Lot 3:43
  3. I Love You All
  4. Heaven Is Closed 5:14
  5. A Plague
  6. Stand In The Sunlight
  7. Take A Walk On A Foggy Morn

Notes

Although the Sydney-based Tamam Shud (the unusual name is probably a corruption of Taman Shud, borrowed from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam) was formed in 1967 by singer/guitarist Lindsay Bjerre, the band only sprang to prominence when their superb debut album, Evolution, was issued by CBS (SBP 233761) in 1969. Having established themselves with Evolution, the band went on to record their opus major for Warner Bros in 1970 in the form of the ambitious Goolutionites And The Real People (WS 20001), a stunning and imaginative work dominated by the prodigious talents of 16-year old guitarist, Tim Gaze. Gaze's precocious guitar work was conspicuously present throughout the album, although it was on 'A Plague' and 'Stand In The Sunlight,' both of which were to appear as 45s, that his playing really shone. Although Gaze left the band immediately after the album's release to join Kahvas Jute, he returned later the same year, and remained in the group until it disbanded in 1972. Goolutionites is widely recognised as one of the finest Australian prog-psych offerings of all time."