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Pastoral Symphony
12+ albums
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Two Australian pop groups released recordings under this name in 1968. The first and better known was one of Australia's first manufactured pop bands, the brainchild of producer Jimmy Stewart and pop manager, entrepreneur and physician Geoffrey Edelsten. The only single by this version of Pastoral Symphony was a national Top hit in mid-1968. The musicians who performed anonymously on the single are the main reason the project has retained a degree interest so long after the record was released. The backing band was in fact The Twilights -- Peter Brideoak and Terry Britten on guitars, John Bywaters on bass, Laurie Pryor on drums, and Paddy McCartney and Glenn Shorrock on backing vocals; augmenting them were vocalists Terry Walker (The Hi Five, Ray Hoff & The Offbeats) and Ronnie Charles (The Groop), with orchestral backing arranged and performed by The Johnny Hawker Orchestra. "Love Machine" was released by Festival in May 1968 and became a sizeable hit around the country; it only just missed out on getting into the national Top 20, peaking at #21 on the Go-Set chart in June-July 1968 and charting for 11 weeks. The success of the record promopted Stewart and Edelsten to make plans for a follow-up single and the creation of a touring version of the group, but they were thwarted by a Melbourne band who had already registered the name Pastoral Symphony. This otherwise unknown group released one single later in 1968, issued on the obscure Implex label, but nothing else is known
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The Psychedelic Midastouch 1
A Forest of Gold Tops in the Land of Oz
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AUSTRALIAN 700 Song Music Collection [Bubanee]
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Twilights Time: The Complete 60s Recordings
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So You Wanna Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star - Disc 2
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A Forest Of Gold Tops
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The Psychedelic Midastouch
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More! Of The Many Great Songs From Michael Z. Gordon
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sixties downunder vol 4
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Love Machine
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Messiah (Disc 1)
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So You Wanna Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star