Genre: Pop, NZ music
Places I remember: JB Hi Fi
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: I Need Your Love
Gear costume: All Along The Watchtower; Hollywood Dreams
Active compensatory factors: Golden Harvest were a big deal in the late seventies in NZ thanks to the hit song, I Need Your Love, and a great stage act. I saw them live, with Greg and his brother, and they were seriously impressive.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: I Need Your Love
Gear costume: All Along The Watchtower; Hollywood Dreams
Active compensatory factors: Golden Harvest were a big deal in the late seventies in NZ thanks to the hit song, I Need Your Love, and a great stage act. I saw them live, with Greg and his brother, and they were seriously impressive.
The band was made up of four brothers from Turangi (the Kaukau siblings) and singer Karl Gordon. They only made the one album in 1978. This CD also collects some non-album singles which is a real bonus. Hollywood Dreams with its lovely Beach Boys harmonies deserved to be a hit!
It's quite a poppy album; live, they were more of a rock band. The commercial songs are there for sure. The synths, played by Mike Harvey, haven't aged well though.
In many ways, the star of the show was Kevin Kaukau on lead guitar. The boy could play! He always reminded me of Ernie Isley - a young gun guitar slinger influenced by Jimi Hendrix (Golden Harvest do a decent version of All Along The Watchtower with Kevin playing some expansive guitar).
Where do they all belong? Their only album. It would have been interesting to hear how they could have developed but the band broke up and this album has become an important legacy to their talent.
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