Alastair Riddell’s Space Waltz by Ian Chapman
Alastair Riddell’s band Space Waltz was a short-lived one-album New Zealand rock act who hit gold with a #1 hit single in October 1974 with the song ‘Out On The Street’ but thereafter failed to achieve anything even close to that feat. While relegated to one-hit-wonder status in the eyes of many, to this day Riddell and Space Waltz epitomize the mid-1970s heyday of glam rock in New Zealand. But in truth their impact went far beyond this. Their generationally divisive nation-wide debut on the hugely popular MOR television talent quest Studio One/New Faces demonstrated the power of mass media exposure – they were instantly signed to a record deal with industry giant EMI – while Riddell’s controversial gender-bending image provided a cultural crossroads that greatly impacted the wider youth culture of Aotearoa New Zealand. In addition, while the album’s most famous track, ‘Out On The Street,’ is rightly regarded as New Zealand’s glam rock anthem, the wider album demonstrates a compositional and musical depth that goes far beyond glam rock and into the realm of sophisticated progressive rock, ultimately providing an unlikely and highly unique musical amalgam.-
The Avalanches' Since I Left You
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Dick Diver's Calendar Days
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Tame Impalas Currents
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John Farnham's Whispering Jack
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The Church's Starfish
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Soundtrack from Saturday Night Fever
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silverchair's Frogstomp
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Liza Lim’s Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus
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Various Artists' Truckload of Sky: The Lost Songs of David McComb Vol. 1
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TISM's Machiavelli and the Four Seasons
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Robert Forster's Danger in the Past
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John Sangster's The Lord of the Rings, Vols. 1-3
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The Clean's Boodle Boodle Boodle
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Gary Shearston's Dingo
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The Three Out's Move
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The La De Da's The Happy Prince
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Crowded House's Together Alone
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Hilltop Hoods' The Calling
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The Front Lawn's Songs from the Front Lawn
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Ed Kuepper's Honey Steel's Gold
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Hunters & Collectors's Human Frailty
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Chain's Toward the Blues
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The Dead C's Clyma Est Mort
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Kylie Minogue's Kylie
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Regurgitator's Unit
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Eyeliner's Buy Now
A fun and detailed account of an ambitious album and band* Christchurch City Libraries Nga Kete Wananga o Otautahi *
A book that firmly places [Space Waltz] in the canon. * Witchdoctor *
Ian Chapman ... is a talented writer who knows and loves his topic – all this shines through in this wonderful book – a must for anybody interested in New Zealand music. * DustyShelves Book Reviews and BookBits *
There’s the combination of academia and fan with Chapman, and I think that might be the perfect vibe for 33 1/3 ... I found this book charming and compelling. Which is exactly the space I want to end up in when reading a 33 1/3. -- Simon Sweetman * Sounds Good! *
A book that firmly places [Space Waltz] in the canon. * Witchdoctor *
Ian Chapman ... is a talented writer who knows and loves his topic – all this shines through in this wonderful book – a must for anybody interested in New Zealand music. * DustyShelves Book Reviews and BookBits *
There’s the combination of academia and fan with Chapman, and I think that might be the perfect vibe for 33 1/3 ... I found this book charming and compelling. Which is exactly the space I want to end up in when reading a 33 1/3. -- Simon Sweetman * Sounds Good! *
Ian Chapman is an author, musician, and Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. His previous publications have included titles on Glam Rock, David Bowie, Alice Cooper, The Dunedin Sound and the arts and culture of New Zealand in the 1960s and 1970s.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781501389504 |
| ISBN 10 | 1501389505 |
| Title | Alastair Riddell’s Space Waltz |
| Author | Ian Chapman |
| Series | 33 1 3 Oceania |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Year published | 2023-03-09 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |