Dave Miller Set : Hard Hard Year

"The Dave Miller Set is an important group in the history of Australasian music, and one that has been long overlooked for too long. They were one of the most popular and hardworking live bands on the east coast scene in the late '60s. They are still fondly remembered for their classic psychedelic single "Mr Guy Fawkes", which was Go-Set's Single of the Year for 1969, but they are significant for several other reasons, not least the emergence of guitarist and composer John Robinson, one of Sydney's original 'guitar heroes', who went on to further fame with Blackfeather and also became an influential guitar teacher. "Most importantly, the DMS was a key chapter the career of New Zealand-born singer-songwriter Dave Miller, a performer as remarkable in his own right as was his group. Dave is a crucial link between the formative music industries of Australia and New Zealand. He honed his craft in thriving Christchurch scene and since they were teenagers he has been a close friend and colleague of most of the top New Zealand acts of the era including Max Merritt, Ray Columbus and Dinah Lee. "The debut DMS single, released in October 1967, was "Why Why Why", a cover of a Paul Revere & The Raiders song, written by their bass player Philip Volk. The B-side, "Hard Hard Year" was the first official DMS recording, and was cut some time before the A-side. It was the only DMS recording not produced by Pat Aulton; the producer was Robert Iredale, Festival's long-serving house producer in the 50s and mid-60s, who worked on many famous early recordings for Festival including The Bee Gees, Col Joye, Johnny O'Keefe and Dig Richards & the R'Jays." (http://www.milesago.com/artists/dms.htm)