Melissa ITA Sealed Reissue ST LP 2020 400 only Aussie Prog Psyche + booklet
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Melissa ITA Sealed Reissue ST LP 2020 400 only Aussie Prog Psyche + booklet
Italian Sealed Reissue LP released in 2020 on Black Widow Records. Cat: BWR229. Limited edition of only 400 copies with 32 page booklet.Melissa formed in Sydney in 1969 under the name Molten Hue. The original lineup was Robert Gunn (flute, vocals), Rick Barrett (guitar) Ken Frazier (bass) and Warren "Wal" Sparkes (drums), but Irish-born bassist Joe Creighton (who had previously been a member of UK band The A-Side) replaced Frazier not long after the band was formed. Melissa started out playing a psychedelia and acid-rock, and they were one of the first Australian bands to play rock in the style of American West Coast acts like Jefferson Airplance, Country Joe & The Fish or The Steve Miller Band. Melissa's debut 45 "Mississippi Mamma" produced by Rory Thomas from The Questions was a pacy progressive blues-rock number, backed by a raucous cover of Dylan's "Too Much of Nothing". The group's only album, Midnight Trampoline was recorded over a period of nine months during 1971 and was eventually released in October on the independent Banner label. Several tracks were composed by Creighton and/or Barnett, and there's an interesting arrangement of the traditional song "Cuckoo". As Ian McFarlane noted in Freedom Train, the group was obviously heavily under the spell of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, and the LP features two Morrison covers, "Madame George" and "Young Lovers Do". Unfortunately, the album sank without a trace on release, but over the years it has gained a reputation as one of the better Australian rock Albums of the period and it became a sought-after collector's item.
Tracks : Matalla/ Getting through/ Young lovers do/ Out in the country/ Cuckoo/ Jennifer in New York/ Madame George.
Record is sealed and Brand new.
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