Friday, 8 July 2022

Post 746 - Paul Gaffey - The Band Plays Oom Pah Pah - Barley Rye


 Paul Gaffey is an Australian singer-songwriter whose past remains shrouded in mystery. All that is known about Gaffey are his minor Aussie Top 40 hit "And the Band Played Oom Pah Pah " b/w "Barley Rye" (K 5567) and his ambitious prog rock album about the demon "Mephistopheles". The basic story is about a woman reminiscing about the days she spent with her love at the local ballroom before he went to war in 1944. The single A & B side was produced and written by Simon Heath in 1974 for Festival Records. FLAC


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3 comments:

  1. stacky13 July 2022 at 22:26

    Thank you Ozzie - remember this clip being shown in B&W on
    channel 7's Sound Unlimited when Graham Webb & Ian Maurice hosted.
    Have never seen Gaffey's rare album 'Mephistopheles' from 1975.

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  2. BigGray14 July 2022 at 04:54

    I have had Mephistopheles for a number of years now. I didn't know about this single.

    Thank you,

    G.

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  3. rayc5 August 2022 at 19:33

    Thanks for keep'n 'em coming.

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