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Audio Autopsy, 1999: What Drove Aussie Band Taxiride To a Grinding Halt?

We've all bought a record sound un-heard, and know the feeling of regretting our purchase. Here's my rare find from around the turn of the century that was pure gold.

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Brad Kyle
Dec 20, 2021
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The unassuming cover certainly didn’t do it. Maybe it was one name that appeared in the credits. I must’ve run across this CD in the cut-out bin of a local Texas record store in late 1999, and throwing caution (and a couple of bucks) to the wind, I bought the debut album by native Australians, Taxiride, Imaginate.

Taxiride – Imaginate (1999, CD) - Discogs

The Great Taxiride 2-Decade Artistic Thr…

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