a r t i s t : The Tim Gaze Band
t i t l e : Band on the Run
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : EM (EM1070CD)
g e n r e : Soundtrack
r l s. d a t e : Jul/2007
t r a c k s : 10
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 65,1 MB
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Cardboard special CD case
Liner notes written by Stephen McParland (surf music
historian).
English/Japanese texts.
Lyrics inside
Made with the assistance of Coca-Cola Bottlers Australia and
the Australian Film Commission, the film appeared briefly and
then vanished, as did the accompanying soundtrack LP earmarked
for release by Festival Records in mid 1982.
However, Festival Records "jumped the gun" somewhat and
pressed up a limited number of "promotional" copies, some of
which were distributed before the release was cancelled.
Of the 13 selections included on the soundtrack LP, eight were
supplied by The Tim Gaze Band who also appeared in the film
performing their material. The remaining tunes were all by
American J.J. Cale, a Tulsa, Oklahoma musician renowned for
his "soft yet rasping voice" and "weirdly haunting guitar
style."
As for the Australian content of the package, ex-Tamam Shud
lead guitarist Tim Gaze and his group (Robbie France-Shaw on
drums, Harry Curtis on bass, Peter Bolton on keyboards and
Annette Henery on backing vocals) provided an assortment of
vocal and instrumental tunes, most of which contained direct
lyrical affinity with the surfing lifestyle.
Of their eight contributions, Gaze wrote five outright and
collaborated on two with the film's producer/director Harry
Hodge (who supplied the lyrics) and one with Suzanne Petersen.
Of these, Gaze sang the lead vocal on all except the Petersen
-Gaze collaboration Lazy Day Fever which instead featured co-
writer Petersen in the vocal spotlight. Petersen, who also
played flute and guitar, performed live with The Tim Gaze Band
at its inception.
The connection that brought The Tim Gaze Band together with
the film's director/producer Harry Hodge came via group member
Peter Bolton's friendship with Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew, one
of the "stars" of the film. "Rabbit" introduced Bolton and
Gaze to Hodge and a deal was struck, the result of which was
the group's contributions to BAND ON THE RUN. (Taken from the
liner notes by Stephen McParland)
http://www.emrecords.net/records/00085.html
from aquariusrecords.org
Last list we highlighted two somewhat unusual "surf music"
reissues, by Farm and Peter Martin & Finch, both brought to us
by our favorite Japanese reissue label, EM Records, as part of
their Summer 2007 "EM Under Water Series"! Those were quite
cool, and now we've got the remaining three discs in the
series, all of 'em (like those first two) soundtracks to
several now-legendary surfing movies from back in the
sixties/seventies. With the exception of Farm (from the USA)
all the bands in EM's series are Australian, and in all cases
the movies they were doing soundtracks for were Australian
productions and/or featured Australian surfers. And as before,
this isn't your typical SoCal Jan & Dean, Beach Boys style
surf music... it's *psychedelic* surf music. Well 2 out of 3
of these anyway (the Tim Gaze Band album being more of a yacht
rock outing).
Whoa. Or, "whoa-whoa". 'Cause that's what they're singing.
Sunshiney '70s soft rock mellowness abounds here, disco-era
goodtimes on a sandy beach Down Under. Surfer-musician Tim
Gaze (the guitarist on Tamam Shud's second album, who also
played with proggers Kahvas Jute) and his Band recorded this
music in 1979 as the soundtrack to a surfing film entitled
Band On The Run (nothing to do with Wings by the way). The
original soundtrack LP was only released in a limited
promotional run in 1982, and also featured several songs by
J.J. Cale as well as the eight cuts by the Tim Gaze Band found
here on this cd reissue. Such vocal tracks as "Lazy Day
Fever", "Brothers And Sisters" and "Beautiful Lady" are full
of melodic lushness, some rockin' with a smile, others more
laidback and gentle. There's also some more jazzy,
"soundtracky" instrumentals, our favorite being the spacey,
organ-jammy "Bermuda". All of it conjures up images of sunsets
and bikinis -- even if you weren't looking at the movie-poster
album cover painting. Kitschy, yes, quite, but hey "yacht
rock" is the new big thing isn't it?? This pretty yacht-y.
Includes liner notes both from Aussie "surf music historian"
Stephen J. McParland and also Tim Gaze himself, along with
lyrics and lots of vintage photos and graphics. Ok, this is
probably the weakest entry in the EM Under Water Series as far
as our tastes are concerned, but if you get into the spirit of
the thing you'll want it, also to complete the collection --
and did we mention "yacht rock"?
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01-Lazy Day Fever [03:17]
02-Brothers and Sisters [03:29]
03-Rivers [04:13]
04-Bermuda [06:41]
05-This is a Place [03:40]
06-Give Me Life [05:02]
07-Oceans [03:57]
08-Beautiful Lady [06:01]
09-Mauritius [05:16]
10-Goin Down [04:24]
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