mississippi graham goble LP
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Cover is in excellent condition record excellent (no scratches, noise or bumps) bootleg
first and only LP
Mississippi evolved from Adelaide folk-rock band called Alison Gros, a trio consisting of Graeham 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 recordings 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.
LEFT: the original trio incarnation of Mississippi (L-R) Graeham Goble, John Mower, Russ Johnson.
CENTRE: Mississippi in 1972 (L-R) Johnson, Goble, Derek Pellici, Beeb Birtles, Mower, Colin Deluca
RIGHT: Mississippi 1973-74 (LR) Pellici, Birtles, Goble, Charlie Tumahai, Harvey James
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 by 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.
"All Through the Day" (Goble)
"City Sunday" (Russ Johnson)
"Day Job Song" (Goble)
"Do I?" (Johnson)
"Feel Alone" (Goble)
"Kings of the World" (Goble)
"Mr Moondog" (Johnson)
"Save the Land" (Johnson)
"Sweet World" (Goble)
"Three Days" (Goble)
"When You're Old" (Johnson)
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