Abdullahs’ Regime on Ode

Abdullahs' Regime Ode 45 Sally I DoAbdullahs’ Regime:

Mark Dalley – vocals, guitar, keyboards
Robert Coulter – rhythm guitar
Greg Cobb – bass
Mark Hansen – drums

“Sally I Do” is a great New Zealand freakbeat single and rare too, I would think. The flip is a good ballad, “Silver Ship”, which they dedicate to “those Services active in Vietnam” (New Zealand sent nearly 4,000 troops there).

Both sides were written and produced by Mark Dalley. I was a little disappointed to find out this was a studio band, from New Zealand Music of the 60’s and 70’s:

Abdullah’s Regime was a Wellington group, put together only to record the first single for the launching of the newly formed independent label, Ode Records in November 1968. It was one of the first independent labels to challenge the monopoly that the major labels had on the local recording scene. They never played or recorded together again. Robert Coulter later played in Risk in 1973 and Mark Hansen was in the original Mammal line-up in 1970.

Vietnam info from Wikipedia.

Abdullahs' Regime Ode 45 Silver Ship

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