{"product_id":"samuel-d-rich-theme-of-discontent-lp","title":"SAMUEL D. RICH - Theme Of Discontent LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eNever heard of Canberra's Samuel D. Rich, who rocked our nation's capital for approximately a mere 18 months circa 1973-74? No? That's OK. Up until about a year ago, nor had we.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey played with a host of luminaries of the day - everyone from The Aztecs, Stevie Wright, Buffalo, Hush and Bakery to Mackenzie Theory and beyond, recorded this album then split up. Through a rather bizarre chain of events, these unreleased recordings landed in Eminent's lap from band member Geoff Rosenberg, and now we have this incredible LP.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe group's sound was caught somewhere between the Oz-Prog of Spectrum, Mackenzie Theory and Kahvas Jute, mixed with the acid-rock guitar flash of Santana and the psychedelic funk groove of early Chicago (minus the brass, and substitute it with a whole lotta flute, thanks).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe band had some serious chops and an abundance of terrific original material, so they went into a studio in early 1974 and laid down an hour of tracks. By later in the year, they were no more, though the music was kept on a Betamax(!) tape and transferred to CD a couple of decades ago. Had they stuck around, they would have slotted into the Mushroom or Infinity stables nicely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEminent took the best 45 minutes of songs, had them remastered by Mikey Young and housed the release in an incredible package, complete with an informative 4-page booklet designed by Luke Fraser.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFun fact: Canberra resident and law student, Peter Garrett, was such a big fan of the band that he tried out as their singer (he didn't get the job, but subsequently did pretty well in other pursuits).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheme Of Discontent is a remarkable discovery for lovers of Australian rock of yore: completely unknown '70s music from the nation's capital ripe for listening in 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/00PCE82SuJY?si=vyPi3sl6ZNBX7lRD\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Eminent","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44280366039082,"sku":"SAMUEL D. RICH - Theme Of Discontent LP","price":43.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1273\/6111\/files\/samueld.rich-themes.jpg?v=1776923559","url":"https:\/\/www.strangeworldrecords.com.au\/products\/samuel-d-rich-theme-of-discontent-lp","provider":"Strangeworld Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}