Ancient Australian bands currently setting vinyl speculators ablaze are crop-haired boogie-monster thug-visionaries like Coloured Balls, Aztecs and the mighty Buffalo.
But Tully were Sydney psychedelic jazz-folkies, given to third-eye dilating keyboard drones and sublime incantations to Krishna.
Their final 1972 album is reverentially re-released here with extra tracks. Occasional moments of soft rock blandness aside, Loving Is Hard operates in a rarified zone of velvet glove intensity and imminent transcendence, Shayna Stewart’s diamond but delicate vocal slicing through the implausibly poised seven minute baroque acid-folk epic, Ice.
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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John Robins, Comedian
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Stuart, Chortle
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Tokyofist, Youtube