Harvest
Tully : Loving is Hard (AUS,1972)**°' (not reissued yet)
This is the only album I have heard from the group, but I was told it was the best of the lot for my pallet. So I trust that might be true. With this group having a pop foundation, it's obvious that you cannot expect another Extradition. Never the less I wanted to add some remarks about it here, because there are some parallels, like the rearrangement of the Extradition's "Ice" song.
One of my preferred songs is "Loving is hard", a pop song with some organ, piano, and a bit a rocky edge. The song after that, "Song for Shanya" still has a certain folk flavour, at the same time it is basically build into a more acceptable form and sound. Side B starts with the previously mentioned track, "Ice", this time rearranged by Carlos, a member who was not with Extradition. Here it is still sung by Shayna. Starting with some melodic organ colouring, and high pitch violins, and some background banjo ? it rearranged the more experimental approach to something different. With additional orchestral and some other arrangements, it created again a more popular, but a very nice interpretation of it, that is Tully's version. "Rest beloved" followed hereafter is a sober song, a bit composed and performed like a Robert Wyatt song, but not with his voice. Also "Sunshine Blues again" I appreciate on this album. It's a very nice folk-tuned song. The album has enough qualities to make tracing it worthwhile.
Just to clear out any confusion : this Tully album has not been reissued yet.
