THE REBELS LP Madrigal MONO NZ PSYCH GARAGE POP ROCK

$

50

This original MONO New Zealand pressing on Impact (IMPS 107) from 1969. The record is in VG condition and the gatefold sleeve is in VG+ condition.
The story goes like this: Larry's Rebels were one of the most successful 1960s bands in NZ, mixin up garage, psych and pop. They remained a major New Zealand act until the end of 1968, although  personal relationships were beginning to deteriorate. By Christmas it was agreed to split up into two entities, Larry Morris as a solo act and the Rebels as a quartet. A farewell single was  released at the beginning of 1969, with "Mo'reen" on the A-Side and a Larry-less quartet number "By The Time" on the reverse (also for sale this week).
The single reached number 11 on the National Charts in February and that was it for Larry's Rebels.
For a time it appeared that the split was healthy for both camps. The Rebels enlisted Glyn Mason, formerly with the Bitter End and Jigsaw, as their new leader and recorded a song called "My Son  John" (also for sale this week). The single raced all the way to number one on the National Charts. The flip-side was a good thumping psych rocker called "Passing You By". Both tracks appeared on  Madrigal, the Rebels album which came out instead of the long promised second Larry's Rebels album.
By the time the album was released, the Rebels were resident in Melbourne and had been signed to do a one-off single over there. The single was "Can You Make It On Your Own"/"I Can See The World".  When it sunk without a trace in New Zealand as well as Australia there didn't seem much point carrying on. Bookings became sparse, and the old spark had basically gone. In January 1970, they were  no longer.
Viv got married and went on a honeymoon, John and Nooky returned to New Zealand for a long rest. Mal and Glyn remained in the music field in Australia. Mason went on to join Chain, Home,  Copperwine, Ariel and Stockley, See and Mason, while Logan moved through Healing Force, Carson, Renee Geyer Band and the Little River Band.
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