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Audience – I Had a Dream
Biography
(1969 – 1972, 2004 – present)
The original band consisted of Howard Werth on nylon-strung electric acoustic guitar and vocals, Keith Gemmell on tenor sax, flute and clarinet, bass guitarist and vocalist Trevor Williams, and drummer/vocalist Tony Connor.
Audience rose from the ashes of a semi-professional soul band named Lloyd Alexander Real Estate, which had included all the Audience members with the exception of Connor, who had unsuccessfully auditioned for the earlier band. However, when Werth, Williams, and Gemmell decided to form their new band, it was Connor who came to mind as the right man to complete the line-up.
Within weeks of starting rehearsals, Audience had acquired management, a publishing contract, a residency at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, and a recording contract with Polydor, with whom they recorded their first album Audience. The band, however, was less than pleased with the record company’s promotional approach, and went into hiding in Switzerland to avoid getting involved with banal publicity stunts.
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lucaszugaib
Found a LP of them in my house. Great songs
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BJBooth
There's only one Audience, the others are not even worth mentioning. The 1969-1972 period are the albums that mattered, personal opinion; the later reformation was disappointing in 2004
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oitoba
there is also an audience that is an alt-country/blues/rock band from gernika, basque country
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Color_Of_Sound
Great band from a great era (2)
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KathyRockett
<3
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lunarmountains
soo
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xruiz18
More than one band with the same name
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benadlard
Really good band
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nocturana
2nd
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Sunzy
Great band!
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jaricleiv
Потрясающая группа. Мне больше нравятся два первых альбома.
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Ton87
I've got Audience first four albums and I think Lunch is the least nice. I don't completely dislike it but I rather listen to the others.
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Choners
What songs were on Bronco Bullfrog? Does anyone have that soundtrack and want to share?
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Ton87
I like their eponymous album more than The House On The Hill. I think the latter is more accessible to people who aren't too much into underground rock music, so that must be why it's more well-known. I'll check out Lunch soon, nixatlast.
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nixatlast
Hey, spare a good word for Lunch. Brilliant simple songwriting with superb 'orchestration' of the brass and woodwind support. Have a listen, then listen again and you'll be humming the tunes !!
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KeithJones
"The House on the Hill" is such a classic album!
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ericporcher
So good to hear this again!
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vartouk
a great part of my 70's - check out howard werth's 'lucinda'
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dubmagnifyer
great lost band from a great lost era
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porcelain_tree
House on the Hill sold more copies here in Winnipeg, Canada than anywhere during the 70's and 80's. I don't know if that's still true, but it meant that my favorite FM radio station regularly played 3 or 4 tracks. So Audience was an important part of my teen years. I still love HotH.
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