Thursday, November 28, 2024

Dragon, New Zealand


Scented Gardens for the Blind. 1976 Vertigo

Dragon are one of the premier, if not the premier, New Zealand symphonic rock acts. Very similar to other Australasian bands like Sebastian Hardie or Ragnarok. Also Ireland's Fruupp comes to mind here as well.

---4/6/23

One of the charter members of my Yacht Prog designation, New Zealand's Dragon play a sophisticated form of melodic progressive rock with commercial sensibilities. Similar to Sebastian Hardie, later Fruupp, and Kestrel. Dragon went on to become pop stars in Australia and released many albums which I've not heard. It's easy to see the band crossing over to that realm, as there's evidence of that sound here.

Priority: 2

***Reissued on LP by Replica (2023)

Universal Radio was reissued in 2009 by Aztec, and this title was announced for the following year, but it never happened.

4/17/11 (new entry); 4/6/23

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Rayuela, Argentina ***REISSUED***

Rayuela. 1977 Orfeo ***Reissued by Fonocal, Dec 2024 Moved to UMR Priority: 1 3/16/14 (new entry); 12/10/24 (complete)