In 1973 me and my friends Al and Geoff (who later became our first road crew) got tickets to Slade at the Royal Showgrounds. I think it was the most exciting thing to ever happen to me until that point in time. Yes I'd seen bands before but this was like a festival. However the only two bands I knew were Slade and Status Quo. Out of six bands. Anyway it was wet and miserable and the support bands were killing me with prog rock when Lindisfarne came on. Never heard of them. But they took that crowd of sharpies and glam rockers and had them jigging all around the place. They were really impressive. And the songs were totally memorable. Especially this song which was the definite highlight of their set and really of the day. The crowd were singing along to a song they'd just heard.
We soon went looking for Lindisfarne albums over the next few weeks. I picked up this one. By far the best of their albums still there were a few good songs on the others. Lady Eleanor was a pretty majestic song. Sadly Australia was the bands undoing. They broke up soon after.
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