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Artist:	TWILIGHTS, THE
Title:	Once Upon a Twilight
Label:	AZTEC MUSIC (AUSTRALIA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	AVS 014CD

"A clear case could be made for citing The Twilights' Once Upon a Twilight as Australia's greatest pop-psych album. Although almost totally ignored on its original release in June 1968, the album now takes its place among the best of the genre (MOJO magazine's 2004 Special Edition on Psychedelia listed Once Upon a Twilight as one of the great unheralded World Psych albums). Just what is it that makes The Twilights' Once Upon a Twilight such an important pop-psych artefact? First and foremost is the quality of the songs themselves, with nearly all having been written by the band's resident musical genius, guitarist Terry Britten. Secondly, under the guidance of producer David MacKay, the band recorded the album as a complete work, so that even today it displays a unity of purpose and holistic purity not generally achieved elsewhere. Thirdly, the sound of the album boasts all the trappings of period psychedelia, with all manner of studio trickery from echoed harmonies and gentle phasing to vocals fed through rotating Leslie cabinets. After the break-up of The Twilights, lead singer Glenn Shorrock went on to join Axiom and later, the internationally famous Little River Band. Britten became an in-demand session player and producer for the likes of Cliff Richard (for whom he co-wrote 'Devil Woman', 'Carrie' and 'Green Light'), as well as a highly successful songwriter (Christie Allen, Tina Turner, Michael Jackson)."

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