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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Idrie, Youtube
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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John Robins, Comedian
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World Without End, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter