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Milesago
Spectrum's second album Milesago is one of the key Australian releases of the '70s and a progressive rock milestone. The double album was originally released on EMI's Harvest Records imprint (home to artists such as Pink Floyd, Kevin Ayers, The Move and Deep Purple) -- and you couldn't find a more appropriate label for such spaced-out progressive psych! With its striking Ian McCausland cover art restored, Milesago is presented here as a deluxe 8-panel digipak 2CD set. The album was remastered in…
Part One
To the Australian public at large, Spectrum will always be remembered for the 1971 #1 hit 'I'll Be Gone,' an enduring rock classic if ever there was one. As songwriter and Spectrum lynchpin Mike Rudd has put it: '''ll Be Gone' has had a marvelous life,' with indications that its potency will continue to rise. It still gets played on Australian 'Classic Hits' radio to this day. Spectrum still play the song at practically every gig with the enthusiastic, sing-a-long response of the audience inevit…
The Armada
Rainbow Theatre's groundbreaking debut album, The Armada, was originally released in 1975. Influences as diverse as classical composers Stravinsky and Wagner to King Crimson and the Mahavishnu Orchestra came into play. With composer, arranger, guitarist and mellotron player Julian Browning at the helm, the band was never going to be easily pigeon-holed. Browning set about creating the unique music he had formulated in his mind. His classical influences began to emerge and in the meantime, he'd a…