For the collector of "Kiwiana" or just to bring back those special memories!
T.KIWI'S were a true Kiwi Maori Showband from the 1970's, touring Australia and the Asian region including Singapore and the Philippines
Group members (taken from the rear of the album)
Garth - Lead guitar, Vocals
Joe - Sax, Piano, Organ
Davo - Bass, Vocals
Meville - Drums
Sandra - Vocals
I have had this in my "archive library" for a LONG time, packaged in a special coloured coded archival grade manila outer sleeve (with built-in liner) plus the record is also in it's own inner sleeve for double protection
It appears this single is extremely difficult to find, the normal reference sites don't even list it and the album (yes, they also released one album) is also difficult to find with the last sale being at $380!
Some people collect "labels" and again, this one is pretty obscure. Operating between 1970 and 1972 in Australia, only a handful of releases handled by the label, including Donnie Sutherland.
The original label that T.KIWI's were signed to was Interfusion (NZ) and this Australian release was made under licence from Interfusion (NZ)
The music is "very showband" if you know what I mean, a mix of RnB and Funky Soul ...
T.KIWI'S - Our World
Violets Holiday Records
Cat# VHK-4435
1972
Australian release
Generic archival heavy cardboard cover is in very good condition, no tears, no seam splits and no writing. The record label does have "white out" on each side to obscure a previous ID marking from the station.
New inner plastic sleeve
The vinyl is in good condition, visually inspected under a bright white halogen light source and I can see just a couple of very light marks on either side. Just looking at the vinyl is not a really good check of the condition so I then played the ENTIRE release, both sides, and there are NO significant issues with surface noise or click/pops - in fact it was a really nice playback.
New outer protective sleeve
TRACKS: Our World, Give Me A Woman
Although "Our World" is one of the popular tracks from the album, my favourite is the B Side "Give Me A Woman" - very funky
