TICKET

TICKET - "LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE" LP. DURING THE PERIOD OF 1972, TICKET WERE NEW ZEALAND'S ULTIMATE ACID BAND. WHILE IN AUSTRALIA, A SINGLE WAS RELEASED THERE, "AWAKE/"COUNTRY RADIO", ON ATLANTIC. ALSO WHILE IN MELBOURNE, THE GROUP RECORDED THEIR SECOND ALBUM , "LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE". THIS WAS SELF-PRODUCED AND RECORDED AT CHANNEL NINE'S 16 TRACK STUDIO. THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN LATE 1972. THEY MAINTAINED THE SAME SOUND AS "AWAKE" AND AN INTERESTING VOCAL PERFORMANCE ON REMEMBER TO UNDESTAND IS ALSO NICE.

THE ALBUM "AWAKE" BY TICKET WAS RELEASED IN 1972. THIS ALBUM IS AN OUT AN OUT ACID ROCK CLASSIC AND A TESTAMENT TO THE GREAT CHEMISTRY CREATED BETWEEN THE FOUR MEMBERS - VOCALIST TREVOR TOMLETON, GUITARIST EDDIE HANSEN, BASSIST PAUL WOOLRIGHT AND DRUMMER RICKY BALL. "AWAKE" SONGS THE RYTHMN SECTION WERE TIGHT AND POWERFUL, WITH JUST A HINT OF FUNK, WOOLRIGHT'S VOCALS AND STAGE PRESENCE WERE ARRESTING AND, IN CONJUNTION WITH HANSEN'S INCREDIBLE GUITAR PLAYING, PROVIDED A DUAL FOCUS FRONT OF STAGE.