Sunny side (Tamburlaine) (LP 4052 - 4053)

Tamburlaine  Say No More (CD, Kiwi Pacific Records, 1972) ****  

Tamburlaine  Rebirth (CD, Kiwi Pacific Records, 1973) ****  

Genre: NZ Music, folk rock

Places I remember: Electric City Music (Napier)

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Some Other Day (Say No More)

Gear costume: Lady Wakes Up (Say No More), New World, Take Your Time (Rebirth), 

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6

Active compensatory factors: Tamburlaine are named after the 16th century play by Christopher Marlowe and that's an appropriate name for this literary minded folk-rock band from the early seventies. The band on Say No More is essentially a trio of guitarists Simon Morris, Steve Robinson and Denis Leung. The band had a couple of key changes for Rebirth with Rob Winch and Mark Hansen (percussion/ drums) joining Simon and Steve (Colin and Paul Trenwith from the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band also help out on Rebirth).

The debut album, Say No More, sounds like a hippie-ish version of Waves with all those great vocal harmonies and acoustic guitars. The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Crosby Stills Nash, James Taylor are key inspirations.

Where do they all belong? Some great forgotten gems in the folk-rock corner of Aotearoa's musical evolution.