Mother Goose "Stuffed" 1977

Mother Goose were a rock and roll band from Dunedin who had significant success in the late 1970s in Australia. Their unique and quite hilarious video for the 1977 single 'Baked Beans' was amongst the most played clips across the Tasman that decade.
The band got started in November 1975 when students Craig Johnston and Steve Young completed their university studies and decided to form a new group. They had both played in the band Biggles. Steve asked old friends from school days, Peter Dickson and Dennis Gibbons from the popular local band Argus, to join the group and they brought the Argus drummer Marcel Rodeka with them. Completing the six-piece line-up was Kevin Collings...
...After three weeks of rehearsal they were playing to the public in December that year. They were well received on the pub circuit, playing the Shoreline in Dunedin and the Aranui in Christchurch. In early 1976 they headed for Auckland where the highlight of their stay was playing a free Radio Hauraki concert in Albert Park.
In October 1976, they boarded a plane for Australia, where their press release said that they "drove too far north of Auckland and arrived in Brisbane.” Their Aussie posters read "Deported direct from New Zealand and now we're stuck with them."
The band had an eccentric live act that involved each band member having his own costume and persona: Kevin Collings (bee), Peter Dickson (baby), Denis Gibbins (mouse), Craig Johnston (sailor), Marcel Rodeka (pixie) and Steve Young (ballerina). Like Split Enz, they owned a debt to the English tradition of theatrical rock, rather than the commercial rock traditions of the USA.
Mother Goose were an immediate hit on the Australian live circuit and got themselves an ambitious Australian manager Garry Spry (aka Father Goose). On April Fools Day 1977, the band were signed to Melbourne independent label Mushroom Records. The novelty single 'Baked Beans' and its memorable video would make them and break them. The single was released in July 1977, and the album Stuffed in August 1977. The single went to No.23 on the Australian sales charts but was Top 20 in many cities, going to No.4 in Adelaide. The band became even more popular on the live circuit but in the long term they were not dressed for success. It would be very hard for the band to be taken seriously in the future...to be continued... - Murray Cammick & audioculture
trax:
01 Moonshine Lady 02 Somebody Broke My Heart 03 Last Of The Fools 04 (One Day You'll Be Sorry) Anne-Marie 05 Land Ho! 06 See If I Care 07 Only You 08 Only A Phonecall Away 09 Baked Beans
…served by Gaius…