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Alastair Riddell's Space Waltz (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,113
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Alastair Riddell's Space Waltz (Hardcover): Ian Chapman

Alastair Riddell's Space Waltz (Hardcover)

Ian Chapman

Series: 33 1/3 Oceania

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Alastair Riddell's band Space Waltz was a short-lived one-album New Zealand rock act who hit gold with a #1 hit single in October 1974 with the song 'Out On The Street' but thereafter failed to achieve anything even close to that feat. While relegated to one-hit-wonder status in the eyes of many, to this day Riddell and Space Waltz epitomize the mid-1970s heyday of glam rock in New Zealand. But in truth their impact went far beyond this. Their generationally divisive nation-wide debut on the hugely popular MOR television talent quest Studio One/New Faces demonstrated the power of mass media exposure - they were instantly signed to a record deal with industry giant EMI - while Riddell's controversial gender-bending image provided a cultural crossroads that greatly impacted the wider youth culture of Aotearoa New Zealand. In addition, while the album's most famous track, 'Out On The Street,' is rightly regarded as New Zealand's glam rock anthem, the wider album demonstrates a compositional and musical depth that goes far beyond glam rock and into the realm of sophisticated progressive rock, ultimately providing an unlikely and highly unique musical amalgam.

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Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of origin: United States
Series: 33 1/3 Oceania
Release date: March 2023
Authors: Ian Chapman (Senior Lecturer in Music)
Dimensions: 197 x 127 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 978-1-5013-8950-4
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > World music
Books > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > World music
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LSN: 1-5013-8950-5
Barcode: 9781501389504

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