Ian Chapman

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Alastair Riddell's Space WaltzPaperback, 9 March 2023

Alastair Riddell's Space Waltz
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Part of Series
33 1/3 Oceania
Print Length
144 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Date Published
9 Mar 2023
ISBN-10
1501389513
ISBN-13
9781501389511

Description

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.

Product Details

Author:
Ian Chapman
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
9 March 2023
Dimensions:
19.61 x 12.6 x 0.99 cm
ISBN-10:
1501389513
ISBN-13:
9781501389511
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
144
Weight:
158.76 gm

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