Alastair Riddells Space Waltz - Beautiful Boy

here you go - a classic watch!
See Alastair, the Chunn Bros. and Brent Eccles kick against the pricks that were GRIM mid 70's NZ TV - and get slammed by a range of largely forgotten self-appointed 'tastemeisters' ( Sir Howard Morrision aside ).. its a riveting watch!
make sure you continue to watch afterwards - to see the calibre of the opposition..the frankly SCARY 'fritzel'esque horror of the HAMMOND FAMILY!

get the brilliant re-issue of the Space Waltz album on CHERRY RED RECORDS :)

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• NZ
• glam
• Sparks
• Eccles

[kynoceph]

Don't know why this isn't well known when subpar stuff like Jobriath gets the underground press thumbs up. Gotta find the reissue.

[cosmiczeuk]

I am so happy to have recently discovered this...the lp is amazing...yeah, i'm a big fan of Bowie, but this stands alone...the narrative through the songs, the production is fantastic...can't get enough of it!

[phingerspex]

This is a brilliant piece of tape. Beautiful Boy followed by Shortnin' Bread. Awesome juxtaposition. It just proves the aphorism that you can't underestimate the taste of the viewing public.

Space Waltz were as good as anything else anywhere in the world at that time, not just good for New Zealand. The Hammonds were the kind of act that made people think NZ was Britain, but two decades out of date.

Feed dem darkies dat shortnin' bread, yeeha!

[nztvx]

The Time code on this probably means it came off a dubbed copy (2 inch tape)

reel of Studio One New faces. So sad bugger all was kept or archived in those days.

One of the last shows recorded at WNTV 1's Waring Taylor Street in Studio One. All moved to Avalon (and colour) very shortly after this.

[stormandnightingale]

Oh. my. god. This exceptional band was deemed lesser than that Hammond family crap?

[TheKurt1969]

Just got into Space Waltz via the British 'Velvet Tinmine' compilation ... You certainly had a diamond of a band there, New Zealand. How come they never came to the U.K in the seventies? ... They would have been up there with The Spiders and Roxy for sure.

[213HBK]

Even tho Space Waltz performance makes me cringe due to the Bowie "influence", (same feelin I get when I see kiwi "rappers"who think they grew up in ghettos in the states), the judges were a bit harsh. The song is well written, poignant & a classic Kiwi tune.As 4 Morrison, he's hardly the most diverse of musical talents so why he "expected more" puzzles me when his only offerings range from snore balllads to the "comedic" my old man's an All Black that would be best suited performed by minstrels

[davidwatson]

"television chews up performers and spits them out."

Anybody who wants to get a hit squad together to go after any surviving judges ...please get in touch.

...."three little darkies lying in bed....". Um- perhaps the Hammond family could be ambassadors fr the Rugby World Cup. Just a thought.

[songsilikejk]

That's Brent Eccles from The Angles?

[rew428]

where are the hammond family now?