MISSISSIPPI-Australian Country Rock Orig VINYL LP 1972- Graham Goble - NEAR MINT
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May 5, 2015 Sold Date
Apr 28, 2015 Start Date
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 MISSISSIPPI - Mississippi

Original Australian VINYL LP 1972 - NEAR MINT

Catalogue Number:

  • Bootleg BLA 022

Description:

  • Original 1972 Australian vinyl LP in laminated gatefold sleeve
  • Graham Goble: Lead & Harmony Vocals, Vocal Arrangements, Acoustic & Electric Guitars 
  • Russ Johnson: Lead & Harmony Vocals, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar 
  • John Mower: Lead Vocal 
  • Bass: Barry Sullivan 
  • Bass, “Day Job Song”: John Gray
  • Drums: Geoff Cox 
  • Drums, “Day Job Song”: Tea Van Zyl 
  • Flute & Sax: Graeme Lyall 
  • Orchestrations: Peter Jones 
  • Piano: Brian Cadd, Peter Jones
  • Mississippi evolved from Adelaide folk-rock band called Alison Gros, a trio consisting of Graham Goble, Russ Johnson and John Mower. Alison Gros recorded one independent single ("Naturally" / "Would You Really Have To Go?") on the Gamba label in 1970. The band then moved to Melbourne and signed to Ron Tudor's Fable Records, for whom they cut two more singles in 1971, "If I Ask You" / "So Good" (July) and "All The Days" / "Weaver Of Life" (December). 
  • Their next recording for Fable is a genuine oddity of Australian rock. Under the pseudonym Drummond, the members of Alison Gros cut a novelty 'chipmunk' versions of the '50s rock'n'roll classic "Daddy Cool", which was released in July '71. It was a shameless cash-in on the success of Ross Wilson's new band Daddy Cool, whose own version of that song was included on Daddy Cool's hugely successful debut album.
  • Riding in on the coattails of DC's chart breakthrough, the Drummond version of the song actually knocked Daddy Cool's huge #1 hit "Eagle Rock" off the top of the charts and, inexplicably, became one of the biggest hits of the year, charting for 22 weeks (a fact Ross Wilson sarcastically referred to when introducing the song during Daddy Cool's farewell concert in 1972, captured on DC's The Last Drive-In Movie album).
  • Fable went on to release three more singles under the Drummond pseudonym, but these were apparently recorded by anonymous studio musicians and the members of Alison Gros were not involved. 
  • In early 1972, Alison Gros changed their name to Mississippi. They recorded their excellent self-titled debut LP with the addition of session players Peter Jones (piano), Geoff Cox (drums), Barry Sullivan (bass, ex-Chain) and Graham Lyall (flute). It was released in September that year on Fable's new Bootleg imprint, a subsidiary label recently set-up by Ron Tudor and musician Brian Cadd.
  • The Mississippi album showcased the band's considerable vocal abilities and Goble and Johnson's strong writing skills. The material and the tight harmonizing showed the influence of groups like The Hollies, The Bee Gees, Crosby and Stills, Nash & Young.
  • Their debut single "Kings of the World" (released in July) became a Top 10 hit in October.  (© from milesago.com)

Condition:

  • The record is in exceptionally clean NEAR MINT condition and it may be unplayed.

  • The labels are clean with no spindle trails

  • The sleeve is in NEAR MINT clean condition with just a few wrinkles in the lamination (a common problem with Aussie pressings from this era). No other defects or damage. All the seams are tight and undamaged and the spine is fully readable

 

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  • AUD$15 to North America

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