tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681240457828598676.post7079897582478993579..comments2024-01-17T12:21:57.231+13:00Comments on Distractions: Tararua CrossingChris Bourkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00778690327406325923noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681240457828598676.post-61003249938498039202009-12-23T13:00:07.665+13:002009-12-23T13:00:07.665+13:00The box set is still on its way, I'm told, aft...The box set is still on its way, I'm told, after a few hiccups. But apparently it is the complete recordings including the "great, lost, unreleased last album," according to Nick Bollinger's new book "100 Essential New Zealand Albums"Chris Bourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00778690327406325923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681240457828598676.post-49726689742184429932009-12-22T22:15:25.653+13:002009-12-22T22:15:25.653+13:00This is the first I have heard of a Fourmyula box ...This is the first I have heard of a Fourmyula box set. Very exciting, is it their complete recordings? I just got the 3 cd series "A Day in My Mind's Mind" a compilation of NZ psychedelic 60's a great experience. It had a few of the Fourmyula's album cuts that aren't on their compilation CD, and they were really good. For me music really brings history alive, this music gives me strong images of NZ in the late 60's and a sense of connection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681240457828598676.post-17191329787412181922009-07-02T00:08:26.913+12:002009-07-02T00:08:26.913+12:00There was a pedal steel player from Otaki in the l...There was a pedal steel player from Otaki in the late 50s-early 60s who had a band and wrote his own songs, including one about "Duke Kahanamoku/from the island of Hawaii". Saw them play at a party in Levin when I was a little kid. A small wiry maori guy in a snap-brim panama playing an instrument that looked like a knitting machine. The most achingly beautiful thing I'd ever heard, and the glittery gold-threaded fabric of their speaker boxes added to the feeling of otherworldly glamour.Joe Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770796703598222277noreply@blogger.com