IF YOU LIVED IN THE 1970S IN OZ YOU WOULD KNOW WE HAD MANY SINGLES BY LOCAL ARTISTS WHO PRODUCED SOME QUALITY MATERIAL WHICH HAS NEVER SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY ON C.D.PAUL GAFFEY WAS A SYDNEY BASED ARTIST WHO HAS LEFT AN INDELIBLE AND TOUCHING MARK ON OZ POP WITH HIS SINGLE "THE BAND PLAYED OOM PA PAH". THE SINGLE WAS A QUALITY PRODUCTION MADE BY FESTIVAL RECORDS IN SYDNEY. THE HARPSICHORD WHICH IS HEAVILY ECHOED MAKES A DRAMATIC AND POIGNANT TOUCH THROUGHOUT THE TRACK.
THE 45 R.P.M. SINGLE CHARTED IN THE LOWER REACHES OF THE TOP 40 BUT OVER TIME HAS NOT DIMINISHED WITH AGE...THIS IS A SONG WHICH I PERSONALLY LIKE TO LISTEN TO ON A.N.Z.A.C. DAY. THE BASIC STORY LINE IS ABOUT A WOMAN REMINISCING ABOUT THE DAYS SHE SPENT AT THE LOCAL BALLROOM WITH HER INTENDED BEFORE HE WENT TO WAR IN 1944.
PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN TO THIS TRACK AND BE TRANSPORTED BACK IN TIME TO AN ERA OF GRAND BALLROOMS AND LOST LOVES.
THE DOWNLOAD HERE IS A STEREO VERSION OF THE SONG.
http://rapidshare.com/files/127810072/Paul_Gafney_-_the_band_played_oom_pa_pah__vinyl_tom_mix_.mp3
Paul's other work includes:
A symphonic concept album from '75 - dark, haunting and tasteful, filled with mellotrons, acoustic / electric guitars, painful and majestic musical songs. Musicians: *Paul Gaffey/vocal *Stan Wilson/organ, piano *Peter Harris/mellotron *Doug Gallagher/drums, conga *John Young/bass *Mark Punch/acoustic guitar, electric guitar *Jim Kelly/acoustic guitar *Simon Heath/moog *Tony Buchanan/sax *Don Wright/sax
Hi, Tom
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I spent hours and hours on Sunday going through your site....it's marvelous! I love all thos 70s songs so much and have a big favour to ask:-
Like me, my younger sister Donna (she’s 53, 2 years younger than me), truly loves Australian music and was a champion of it in the 60s & 70s when it was considered (by the ill-informed or ignorant) to be inferior to overseas music. Donna is recovering from breast cancer and unbeknownst to her, I’m compiling a DVD of Australian pop & rock music for her
I’ve got around 1,800 tracks cobbled together so far from my own resources (plus some Aussie mates from various Yahoo Music Groups), but I’m missing quite a few tracks from what I would consider to be a comprehensive collection, hence this email. I would love to be able to obtain the missing tracks (or at least some of them), but am having trouble locating them, because as you well know, Australian music (especially singles) is fairly hard to come by. Therefore, I was hoping you might be able to have a quick review of your extensive collection and see if any of them reside there. I can email you a list.
Cheers
Tony Cooper
Link is working fine.
ReplyDeleteSorry I don't do requests as I'd never get to work...
This is just a hobby activity to promote Aussie hits and artists which have not been available due to the big overseas companies buying up our labels then locking away the master tapes in vaults.
Tom