Taman Shud - psychedelic surfers...

[BLAH BLAH]

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...c-surfers-who-made-a-classic-album-in-an-hour

 

[bobsvinyl]

I really like that. I never heard of them, but I'll be picking that album up. Great background story, too. Thanks!

 

[thomo57]

Tamum Shud are an iconic Aussie group.
Original releases are very scarce on the ground.
I think I've only found a few in 40 years.
I know that Lindsay Bjerre is still around and is a member on the Facebook page Vinyl Hoarders United

 

[bobsvinyl]

I like your new avatar, thomo.

 

[Mystic]

Yes, their debut LP (Evolution) was scarce even in the early-mid 1980s. Taman Shud's second LP, entitled Goolutionites And The Real People, was even more difficult to find and likely remains so.

Gosh, I haven't listened to either LP in over 25-30 years. Wonder if they've been reissued on vinyl or CD by now?

Checking: yes, they're available on CeeDee.

 

[Mystic]

From the second LP:

 

[KeninDC]

Wow. Never heard of these cats. I'm always a fan of tanned and fit druggies.

This line from the article is a bit Spinal Tap:

"That was before Tamam Shud became Tamam Shud. They’d started off as the Strangers, becoming the Four Strangers, and then the Sunsets..."

 

[KeninDC]

This pops into my head:

 

[Johnno_Oz]

I've never heard of them. Interesting about the murder case which I never heard of, Adelaide is Australia's capital of really strange murders.

 

[thomo57]

They certainly did things different in SA didn't they Johnno