Artist: Ariel Album: A Strange Fantastic Dream Label: EMI – EMC 2508 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Australia Released: 1973 Genre: Prog Rock Audio codec: FLAC | lossless

Tracklist: A1. Jamaican Farewell A2. No Encores A3 Confessions Of A Psycopathic Cowpoke A4. And I'm Blue A5. Garden Of The Frenzied Cortinas B1. Miracle Man B2. Chicken Shit B3. Worm Turning Blues B4. Wheezer Grunter Module Threadaboy B4. Harry V. Dirchy B5. Hard Way To Go B6. And If It Wasn't For You 12 - Red Hot Momma [Bonus] 13 - Worm Turning Blues [Bonus - Live At The Continental Cafe] 14 - Hard Way To Go [Bonus - Castle Hill Show Ground, N.S.W]

Personnel: Mike Rudd - guitar, harmonica, vocals Bill Putt - bass Tim Gaze - acoustic & electric guitar, celeste, vocals John Mills - piano, Hohner electric piano, Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer Nigel Macara - drums, percussion, vocals

The debut album by Melbourne band Mike Rudd and Bill Putt, formed in 1973 after their previous band Spectrum broke up. The band released three studio albums and two live albums between 1973 and 1977, during which time there were several line-up changes, with Mike Rudd and Bill Putt being the only constant members. Their debut album, A Strange Fantastic Dream, produced by Peter Dawkins, was released in Australia on EMI and in the UK on the progressive Harvest label in 1974, and reached number 17 in the Australian charts in February 1974