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01) Jamaican Farewell
02) No Encores
03) Confessions of a Psychopathic Cowpoke
04) And I'm Blue
05) Garden of the Frenzied Cortinas
06) Miracle Man
07) Chicken Shit
08) Worm-Turning Blues
09) Wheezer Grunter Module Threadaboy
10) Hard Way to Go
11) And If It Wasn't for You
12) Red Hot Momma
01) Jamaican Farewell
02) No Encores
03) Confessions of a Psychopathic Cowpoke
04) And I'm Blue
05) Garden of the Frenzied Cortinas
06) Miracle Man
07) Chicken Shit
08) Worm-Turning Blues
09) Wheezer Grunter Module Threadaboy
10) Hard Way to Go
11) And If It Wasn't for You
12) Red Hot Momma
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Their debut album A Strange Fantastic Dream, produced by Peter Dawkins was released on EMI's progressive label Harvest in December 1973 and reached No. 12 on the Australian LP charts in February 1974. It included their most successful single "Jamaican Farewell", which peaked at No. 34, its success hampered by lack of airplay, especially in Sydney, although it impressed the industry enough to win the FACB 'Single Of The Year'. According to the liner notes for the CD release of the album, there were calls to ban the LP because of its psychedelic cover artwork by Stephen Nelson, which included a figure holding a hypodermic syringe. Airplay for the LP was further hindered by the banning of three songs (the darkly satirical "Confessions Of A Psychotic Cowpoke", "Medicine Man" and "Chicken Shit") by the commercial radio industry's self-regulatory body in Australia, the FACB. Critical reception to A Strange Fantastic Dream was glowing.
According to Australian popular music and culture website Milesago:
One particularly important outcome for the group was that EMI International's President, Allan Davies, fell in love with the album: "You know, Peter," he enthused to Dawkins, "I can't recall ever hearing a song about necrophilia!" Renowned British DJ John Peel also picked up both album and single and "said some really nice things about both of them". These and other factors led to Ariel being invited to tour the UK and record their next album at Abbey Rd [sic].
The remastered re-release of A Strange Fantastic Dream was described as "extraordinary" by The Sydney Morning Herald in September 2002.
- Mike Rudd / Lead Vocals, Guitars, Backing Vocals, Harmonica
- Bill Putt / Bass
- Tim Gaze / Lead Guitar, Vocals
- John Mills / Keyboards
- Nigel Macara / drums
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Their debut album A Strange Fantastic Dream, produced by Peter Dawkins was released on EMI's progressive label Harvest in December 1973 and reached No. 12 on the Australian LP charts in February 1974. It included their most successful single "Jamaican Farewell", which peaked at No. 34, its success hampered by lack of airplay, especially in Sydney, although it impressed the industry enough to win the FACB 'Single Of The Year'. According to the liner notes for the CD release of the album, there were calls to ban the LP because of its psychedelic cover artwork by Stephen Nelson, which included a figure holding a hypodermic syringe. Airplay for the LP was further hindered by the banning of three songs (the darkly satirical "Confessions Of A Psychotic Cowpoke", "Medicine Man" and "Chicken Shit") by the commercial radio industry's self-regulatory body in Australia, the FACB. Critical reception to A Strange Fantastic Dream was glowing.
According to Australian popular music and culture website Milesago:
One particularly important outcome for the group was that EMI International's President, Allan Davies, fell in love with the album: "You know, Peter," he enthused to Dawkins, "I can't recall ever hearing a song about necrophilia!" Renowned British DJ John Peel also picked up both album and single and "said some really nice things about both of them". These and other factors led to Ariel being invited to tour the UK and record their next album at Abbey Rd [sic].
The remastered re-release of A Strange Fantastic Dream was described as "extraordinary" by The Sydney Morning Herald in September 2002.
- Mike Rudd / Lead Vocals, Guitars, Backing Vocals, Harmonica
- Bill Putt / Bass
- Tim Gaze / Lead Guitar, Vocals
- John Mills / Keyboards
- Nigel Macara / drums
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