228:, noted the group "had a good deal of English-flavoured blues and hard rock buzzing around in their systems". In December they released a single, "Short Changed Again", which peaked at number 29 on the Sydney chart. As the single gained notice their distribution company foundered.
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felt it was "not without its merits" as the group "are always at least exuberant", however " suffers sadly from a lack of originality (Free, Status Quo and Black
Sabbath influences abound), naivety in the lyrics and poor production". Australian musicologist,
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Luis Feliu opined that they continued to provide "punchy rock and roll and a bit of R and B, the
British way ... However, Finch's style has now become overworked to the point of being uninteresting". Finch signed with CBS's United States subsidiary label,
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and issued the single, "One More Time" in
October 1977 and they started recording material for their second album in the following month. Dave Hinds (ex-Marshall Brothers, Rabbit) replaced Chris Jones (who joined Feather) on guitar and vocals in December.
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was released, which was also produced by
Dawkins. Some interest was generated in the US but the album was not successful in Australia. It provided two singles "Rainin' Again" (March 1979) and "
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The band adopted a more hard rock style, and the next single, "Where Were You?" reached number 14 in
Melbourne and number 33 in Sydney in February 1978. The second studio album,
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Pop Poll, earning a contract with
Picture Records. In January 1974, the group released their debut single, "Out of Control"/And She Sings", while Spencer was still in high school.
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1966 single. Earlier Finch material was re-released under the
Contraband name. However Portrait dropped them later in the year and they broke up.
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366:Graham Kennedy – guitar, vocals (1977–1979)
173:on lead guitar, and Tony Strain on bass guitar.
877:. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from
553:List of singles, with selected chart positions
278:was released in March 1978. It was produced by
211:In 1976 released a self-financed debut album,
353:David Hinds – guitar, vocals (1977–1979)
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903:Foster, Michael (13 January 1975).
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384:Gary Quince – guitar (1977)
363:Chris Jones – guitar (1977)
301:Due to a Dutch band also called
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629:"One More Time"/"Mean Machine"
439:(Peter Martin featuring Finch)
372:Sam Mallet – guitar (1978)
350: – bass guitar (1977–1979)
328:" (July) – which is a cover of
161:band but changed their name to
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141:. The band disbanded in 1979.
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998:Feliu, Luis (21 April 1978).
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456:Soundtrack to the film
340:Listed alphabetically:
330:The Spencer Davis Group
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111:see Members list below
79:1978–1979 (Contraband)
36:Stillwater, Contraband
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911:. p. 9
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470:Thunderbird
401:Discography
388:Bob Spencer
376:Owen Orford
263:1978–1980:
213:Thunderbird
206:Thunderbird
204:1976–1977:
171:Bob Spencer
167:Owen Orford
1082:Categories
716:References
706:"/"C-61'"
696:Contraband
666:Contraband
519:Contraband
502:Format: LP
479:Format: LP
348:Mark Evans
322:Contraband
269:Contraband
248:Mark Evans
240:Red Symons
139:Contraband
131:Stillwater
233:Supernaut
159:hard rock
56:Hard rock
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775:(1999).
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244:Skyhooks
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60:pub rock
548:Singles
336:Members
217:Buffalo
145:History
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558:Title
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318:Swanee
310:Pantha
284:Dragon
189:Drouyn
152:Drouyn
86:Labels
52:Genres
45:Sydney
41:Origin
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582:Finch
561:Year
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163:Finch
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