HEALING FORCE - GOLDEN MILES AUSSIE PROG ROCK

[latefor]

Brilliant indeed I think they had a New Zealand element??

[JACMUSTANGCAT]

Very cool tune! I never heard of this band here in the USA but I have all of BeBop Deluxe's material on records and CDs. Charlie played bass with those cats and until I heard this now I did not realize the dude had such an awesome singing voice! Right on Healing Force!

[roadrocket1100]

A big night at the Christo Disco in Devonport Tasmania in the local church hall around forty years ago.. Healing Force blew me away as a crazy 15 year old. Loved the song and the band ever since. This is catchy sixties pop.

[dreama505]

Reminds me of my teen years on Narrabean Beach 1981. What a great song. Brilliant hammond organ ! Love OZ BEACH CULTURE!!!!!

[Jackupnow]

They could play and sing

[Mobra50]

HATS OFF to these dudes!!! Magic. Just magic.

[gregdingo]

An all time favourite song that takes me back to when I was 16 full of hope, dreams and plans. I'm glad they recognised it in "Bombora - The History of Australian Surfing", it truely is a remarkable song.

[cathycastleton]

is this the only surviving clip of the original healing force?????????????

[cathycastleton]

this is always such a timeless and underplayed song, it should be like our anthem- you think of oz when you hear it, it doesnt get enuf airplay...

[eddiehuman1]

brilliant song it brings tears because those days are gone, those days seemed never ending especially with radio station playing it and traveling down the roads out of Hay getting stoned out of my head. Still got my 45 single its like gold to me. MUSIC TODAY TRUELY SUCKS, men got no balls and sound like women on heat and females sounding like men.

[royism]

Can't beat that Hammond sound.. classic !

:)

[BiggestLilyAllenfan]

hate this song, have to get for my mother though

[genista2001]

This was my favourite song when I was 17 or so.....still timeless today........

[skrns]

Incredible to find this here - need songs like this to always come back to - timeless classic hey

[Stratau]

FUCIN ORSUM

[flendertblender]

loved 60,s 70,s aussie bands,so under-rated,some great talent.twas early days then we had great bands in adelaide too,there,s a compilation cd out thru coast fm, we need more of these to preserve this music.

[LiteracyLabyrinth]

Awesome Aussie Prog - beautiful music!!!!

[MERVskilton]

: i luv this song :-)

[blujazza]

Lindsey Wells the guitar player is a friend of mine going to see his band tonight have to show him this will bring back a lot of memories....he is still a great guitarist!.

[dreama505]

Thanks for this post. A great era in Oz rock.

[swampy5]

What a blast I remember being blown away by this song nearly 40 years ago and it still rocks big time!

[tomislavKZ]

Greetings from Croatia!

This is simply beautiful!

Prog rock rules!

[aliciastef]

a wonderful share Gary....:)

[blondiebabs]

amazing thanks  gary xxxxxxxxx5********babs

[ivebeenthere1]

what an amazing song!!! big thanks for sharing

the music & vocals are brilliant

[mission507]

5 ***** for a song with such a great sound.

[anitashelby]

Absolutely A Terrific Share...5*s Thankyou...Anita...

[1856gazoo]

Healing force, great band,... Golden miles is one of the best songs ever.....5/5 Stars

[blondiebabs]

greta  share xxxhugs

[medicalsearch]

an absolute aussie classic

[mjw191]

I remember listening to this cruising around in my uncles Torana when I was a kid..those were the days!!

Does anyone know if Healing Force still play, either as a group or solo musos???

[fernald10]

The band finally broke up in 1973. Most of the members went on to join other significant groups. For the full story, check out the Milesago website.

[beachblues]

Charlie Tumahai in full voice - brilliant!

[LVEMEDO]

WOW I LOVE THIS never heard it so ty for a great post 10**************tomtokenater TY JON AKA AS ARISTACOURT BEAUTIFUL SHARE

[aliciastef]

amazing share garyco762 !!!!

[knutz7]

havn`t heard this song since I was around 10 years old. looooooooooove it. thanks to jimmy barnes`s radio show for reminding me and thanks to whoever posted it here.

[anitashelby]

Awesome Song!!! 5*s Thank You for sharing ....Anita...

[aristacourt]

Still a terrific song...glad to hear it after so long...5 stars *******

[qmarto]

can anybody post the lyrics the lyrics are literally nowhere on the whole internets ive thoroughly looked, would be much appreciated :D

[nosecandles]

Classic, legendary ---- are words so overused, but this track IS a genuine Australian - New Zealand classic. Still fresh after 40 years. Rest well Charlie.

[tonto4848]

A great Aussie sound of the 70's ! Healing Force along with Spectrum, I believe produced a unique " Aussie music Sound" during this period with that guitar style and organ sound !

[MERVskilton]

This is an absolutely classic tune of the prog daze!!..

we played this almost every week on the radio show!!!.. brilliant!!

[Veedon7]

Thanks so much for posting this song.I hadnt heard it since i was a teenager.Fantastic.

[dharmaseed]

Yes! There is a collection of tracks released on the Raven label, called 'Golden MIles: Australian Progressive Rock, which has photos of both Tully and HF. Looks like they shared a common member.

[theaxemeister]

It's only 3 minutes long. It's more like "decorated pop", and sort of psychedelic. Cool song, no less.

[dharmaseed]

Charlie Tumanhai is sadly, no longer with us. He left Healing Force back in the 70's to join Be-Bop Deluxe.

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if any of the band members in HF were also in band called Tully? Possibly the keyboard player or the drummer.

[richardfiveash]

No

Drummer in HF was Laurie Pryor formally of The Twilights, the keyboard player was Mal Logan who was later in the Dingoes & LRB, Tully's keyboard player was Michael Carlos and drummer was Robert Taylor

[dharmaseed]

There's so much history to find out that it can't be done in one lifetime.

[5micky2]

As catchy a tune as you'll ever find, cool organ playing, naturally soulful vocal style, a classic that should be on every top 100 hits list ever published. Unfortunately it is not! That's a shame.

[Lindy1708]

I love this song! Reminds me of great times.

[AnnaKarina2]

Very cool song, thank you, aristacourt, for this share!

[60srocker46]

totallly oresome

[aristacourt]

This used to be played alot on am radio back in the 70s. It still sounds great.

[way2waky]

Sounds Like A Mellow Uriah Heep

[mjw191]

This is indeed a classic song. Im so glad it was voted as the greatest aussie composition of all time! I was 2 years old when this song came out, and Ive grown up my whole life listening to and loving this song...totally reminds me of summer when I was a kid in the 70s!!

[TarraRose]

This one is in my 'great aussie classics' list. A true classic.

[guymendude]

the greatest aussie composition of all time...it gets my vote...i wasn't even born when it was written but i still speak to many older muso's who agree with me....awesome...

[gmack47]

Oh My God!

What was I just listening to? I gotta have more of it ..... came across Healing Force while surfing for Be bop Deluxe and needless to say, I am hooked forever.

Garry Mack

USA, New Jersey

[scrumblescump]

only one single.. but my fav all time ausie song..side b is also great. ross from oz..

[IANinOz]

When I started my on-air career in 1971"Golden Miles" was on the playlist and I loved it. Nearly 38 years later, I still love it. It's one of those truly great, "timeless" songs that rarely gets played on the radio, even on Oldies stations, which is CRAZY ! My memory of cueing up the Sparmac single on big, old turntables is vivid and today it's pride of place within my CD collection. A great legacy from a classy band !

Regards,

IAN, Victor Harbor via Adelaide, South Australia.

[strumdaddy]

Hi, Golden Miles fans, it's Lindsay Wells here and always great to see and know my song is still loved. Am in Perth rockin my bum off with a great band and fan base, keep on rockin'

[Boyceanator]

Lindsay Wells, the guitarist, still rocks out over here in Perth. If you ever get the chance, make sure you see him as he is even better with age.

[slaxwell55]

The great Healing Force, Oo yeah.Thats a terrific song that young Aussie bands should listen to.Get an idea about where they are from, musically.Thanks tomtokenator

[damo3805]

Singer Charlie was the karaoke singer in the bar singin' Lonely Blues in One were Warriors.

[avs002]

A favourite old song of mine..... ;)

BTW, for fans of Charlie, I've put a new video up: "Be Bop Deluxe - Soundtrack & Swan Song (edit)".

Happy listening!

[lvsiii]

Wow!I can't believe I've never heard of this band. What a shame! These guys should have been a big hit here in the states. Great sound. Thanks for the post.

[glamrok68]

again another aussie band worthy of world fame r these guys as good as or better than alot of british stuff that came out in the early 70s or wat???.. mississippi, flying circus, axiom,spectrum, r just to name a few...english stuff was bloody good but man home grow oz was up there as well..thx

[dharmaseed]

Nice...a beautiful, kind of haunting melody.

[gnupinyoureye]

Great stuff,,,,thank you...thank you....thank you...

[shorn70]

There's a 2CD Compilation called "Golden Miles", on Raven Records. This and other early 70's Australian musical gems are on there.

[shorn70]

I remember watching Lindsay Wells play in a band in the late 80's, in a little back bar which is now known as Amplifire.

[Megaaussie]

FUCK YEAHHHHHHHH

[gazmate31]

live at sebastions.... ahh, what a memory

[RJRKM]

Healing Force: In this clip was Charlie Tumahi Bass/Vocals, Lindsay Wells Guitar(Strat), Mal Logan Keys(L100 Hammond), Laurie Pryor Drums.

In the early days John Pugh (guitar) sat in on occasions (see "Golden Miles" GTK clip).

The only vinyl recording was the single "Golden Miles"/"The Gully" recorded by Roger Savage, Produced by Robbie Porter (NZ Rob EG) and mixed at Electric Ladyland.

They had enough original songs for an album but the band broke up before recording them in a studio.

[strumdaddy]

Lindsay Wells here. J Pugh was in the band at the very beginning but left before gigging and joined right at the end when we did the video for the record but was not a player on it. I'm still a Pro and luv you GMls and Healing Force fans

[vertannes59]

hey lindsay what band r u playing in presently and where?

[isthatmusicicanhear]

THANKS SUNSETS1970

i must admit never heard of this guys before

they were pretty good and thanks tomtokenator for posting

[itchybrother61]

Great song ,the band didnt stay together for long ,long enough for this classic!!!

[palookaville43]

Ah, that brings back some memories! It's amazing what you find on YouTube innit?

[sunsets1970]

i really dont ever hear music like this very much anymore.What a shame that is.Its a great feeling that some music such as this creates.

[oasisblur007]

Great Australian music with many great memories of an era that is so missed these days.

[doristhepig]

You sure got that right !!!!!

[garyco3]

Oh yeah,agreed!!!

[aristacourt]

Healing force,Badfinger.Sounds just awesome!Others that i,d happily include like the great Billy Thorpe,Inxs,the Rasberries,Seals and crofts,Ted Mulry gang,Easybeats and Ac/dc.

[oasisblur007]

It would have been great to see them play.Ideally to see Healing force along with Badfinger! yeah!

[aussieguy555]

They sure did.Yes!to that.

[rileycane]

these guys did their dues.They had a great sound!

[aussieguy555]

Its not the bands,its the music companies wanting a quick buck.But bands deserve to earn their dues.

[aristacourt]

Maybe todays bands dont get to pay their dues at pubs and clubs like they used to.Good bands work hard at getting their sound right,eg Healing force,Madder lake,The The chain,Billy Thorpe,The kinks,Easybeats,Ted Mulry,Ac/dc, Badfinger etc

[toppop100]

I'm not sure but I think this band supported The Kinks when they played Brisbane in 1971. Badfinger were supposed to play, but cancelled, and their slot was filled by two Aussie acts, Ted Mulry and (I think) Healing Force.

[Totrothooter]

Great song,that i never heard before.This sound is unusual,not often heard like this these days.I really like the singers voice.Who is he?

[trakmac]

It's the late Charlie Tumahai, who later played bass for BeBop Deluxe.

[oasisblur007]

What a great song!great band!

[fearandconsumption]

No Kidding. In a music magazine poll in the 1990's, Golden Miles was voted the best Australian composition of all time. Nothing more needs to be said after a result like that.

[rileycane]

This is fantastic!its great.A stand out 70s song.On the subject of musical talent,another 2 bands i can easily think of are Ac/dc and the Easybeats.

[aussieguy555]

So great to hear this song again.Its a classic!

[markmusicman]

I love the song, what has happened to the music of today?

[alanmelb]

What's happened to the music of today?....they just sampled and then butchered the music of yesterday :)

[luvdonnyo]

A great voice and a great song!!! Ty so much for posting..

[malabu2]

How's that !!! i was just thinking about this song ,put it into utube and here it is .and it was added just one day ago THATS FREAKY !!.

[Audrafay]

really like the song...

[cherryred114]

Agreed,its such a beautiful,amazing rock/pop song.I love how Charlie Tumahai sings,its a great voice he has.I also like how the music was back then in the early 70s.I also love Badfinger,who sang in this particul style.I think they call it powerpop these days.Thanks Tom.

[garyco3]

Thankyou tomtokenator! great to hear this song again.Its one of the best songs of all time.Just awesome.

[webaroos]

Great memory.

[SunshineValentine]

Tell me I'm not dreaming !