a r t i s t : Tamam Shud
t i t l e : Evolution
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : EM (EM1069CD)
g e n r e : Soundtrack
r l s.  d a t e : Jul/2007
t r a c k s : 14
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 75,6 MB

Originally issued in 1969.
Cardboard special CD case
3 bonus tracks from their non-album recordings of "Bali Waters
e.p"
English/Japanese texts.
Lyrics/Scarce photos inside
Original jkt cover art

Liner notes written by:
Paul Witzig and Stephen McParland (surf music historian).

Featured the songs for another classic Australian surf movie
"EVOLUTION" filmed by Paul Witzig in 1969, played by
Australian group called TAMAM SHUD. This surfer quartet
featured Lindsay Bjerre and Tim Gaze, both of them were
successful for their solo career.

Tamam Shud was one of the most original and innovative
Australian groups of the late 60s and early 70s. They played a
very important part as pioneers of acid-rock and progressive
music. For many years after they split they were something of
a cult, and their original recordings were (and still are)
very hard to obtain. But thanks to a gratifying 'comeback',
and some commercial success with their 1994 album Permanent
Culture, and the driving, bluesy single Stay, there has been a
significant revival of interest in this outstanding and
original group, and it sparked interest in this classic band
with younger listeners as well.

The evolution of Shud was typical of many groups of the era,
beginning as an instrumental band, through 'beat' pop group
and psychedelia, to progressive rock.. From the original line
-up (The Sunsets), through to Evolution, Goolutionites,
Morning Of The Earth and Permanent Culture line-ups, the
lingering "surf band" tag linked them with Sydney's northern
beaches surf culture. In reality, they established their major
fan base on Sydney's university and college dance circuit, and
with the 'hippy' audiences at inner city underground venues
like the Mandala Theatre in Darlinghurst and the Beacon
Theatre in Newtown.

A bonus track, Bali Water (M-12) is featured Richard Lockwood
(from Tully) and played his ethernal flute for this aesthetic
& mystic psychdelia instrumental tune which became one of
highlights of this CD.

Evolution burst explosively on the surfing world in 1969,
heralding a period a dynamic change which has never been
repeated. The raw energy of the film, the surfing and the
music came together to blow away old film & surf music styles,
& seeded a youth culture which has swept the world
..... Paul Witzig

http://www.emrecords.net/records/00084.html

from aquariusrecords.org

Last list we highlighted two somewhat unusual "surf music"
reissues, by Farm and Peter Martin & Finch, both brought to us
by our favorite Japanese reissue label, EM Records, as part of
their Summer 2007 "EM Under Water Series"! Those were quite
cool, and now we've got the remaining three discs in the
series, all of 'em (like those first two) soundtracks to
several now-legendary surfing movies from back in the
sixties/seventies. With the exception of Farm (from the USA)
all the bands in EM's series are Australian, and in all cases
the movies they were doing soundtracks for were Australian
productions and/or featured Australian surfers. And as before,
this isn't your typical SoCal Jan & Dean, Beach Boys style
surf music... it's *psychedelic* surf music. Well 2 out of 3
of these anyway (the Tim Gaze Band album being more of a yacht
rock outing).

Now this one is a bonafide Australian garage psych rock
classic! It's also the only disc in the "EM Under Water"
series that we'd ever actually heard before, as there'd been
at least one (possibly non-legit) cd reissue in the past, and
so we already know it was a good 'un, which boded well for the
series as a whole. Tamam Shud, who took their name from the
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (it's Persian for "The End"), were a
heavy (for the era), fuzz-drenched psych pop combo who
recorded two albums in their brief career. This was their
first, from 1969, and it served as the soundtrack to a motion
picture on the subject of surfing (natch) called Evolution.
Which was appropriate 'cause these guys were indeed surfers,
even if their music sounded a lot more like The Amboy Dukes,
The Litter, and The Count Five than, say, The Ventures (though
apparently earlier in the sixties they did, when they were
called The Sunsets). It's total Nuggesty stuff (why "Mr.
Strange" or one of the other 11 tracks on Evolution didn't
appear on the Nuggets II box set is puzzling), with a
"progressive", Sgt. Peppers bent, full of ripping wild FUZZ
guitar soloing, stomping riffs, and catchy hooks. The Shud
could do wigged out blues rock jamming, or they could do
totally poppy vocal cuts...as long as there was plenty of
freaky freeform fuzz action to go 'round, which, there was.
Like we said, a classic, one any '60s psych lover will be
happy to spin. This reish is of course presented with the
usual deluxe-level of care and attention characteristic of EM
Records, complete with lyrics, photos, graphics, movie stills,
and extensive liner notes by both Aussie "surf music
historian" Peter J. McParland and Evolution's director, Peter
Witzig. And EM has also dug up three bonus tracks, from a 1972
ep called Bali Waters, material which appeared on the
soundtrack to another surf move, Morning Of The Earth. Who
knows, maybe there will be another "Under Water" series next
year wherein EM will reissue The Shud's second album, 1970's
Goolutionites And The Real People, which was a concept album
against pollution... we can hope.

01-a) Music Train b) Evolution                            [06:39]
02-I'm No One                                             [02:09]
03-Mr Strange                                             [02:34]
04-Lady Sunshine                                          [04:39]
05-Falling Up                                             [02:48]
06-Feel Free                                              [03:12]
07-It's a Beautiful Day                                   [02:54]
08-Jesus Guide Me                                         [03:53]
09-Rock on Top                                            [02:49]
10-Slow One and the Fast One                              [06:58]
11-Too Many Life                                          [03:04]
12-Bali Waters                                            [06:14]
13-Got a Feeling                                          [02:38]
14-My Father Told Me                                      [03:48]

54:19 min