SCRA (50th Anniversary Remastered Edition)
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the release by Southern Contemporary Rock Assembly or SCRA, M7 Records is very proud to re-release this classic Australian album.
SCRA was an Australian jazz-rock group formed in mid-1971 by Sheryl Black on lead vocals, Ian Bloxsom on percussion, Russell Dunlop on drums (ex-Aesop’s Fable, Levi Smith’s Clefs), Dave Ellis on bass guitar, Greg Foster on trombone and harmonica (ex-Heart ‘n’ Soul), Mickey Leyton (aka Michael Puddyfoot) on lead vocals, Jim Kelly on lead guitar (ex-Affair, Levi Smith’s Clefs), Mike Kenny on trumpet (Levi Smith’s Clefs), Peter Martin on guitar and vocals (ex-Little Sammy and the in People) and Don Wright on tenor sax and flute (ex-Ram Jam Big Band).
In December 1971 the band issued the debut album, SCRA, which Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, compared to their regular “brash, commercial sound” when performing live – the album was “more restrained and slickly arranged.
It was produced by Allan Crawford
