To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Iconic Australian label Mushroom Records, Warner Music Australia is proud to present new editions of some classic Mushroom albums. With a roll-out set to take place over the next 9-12 months, we begin with the release of three classic titles from early Mushroom bands Chain, Madder Lake and Sid Rumpo, all remastered and featuring bonus tracks.

Chain of course are THE great Australian blues/blues-rock band, best known for their unforgettable 1971 hit single ‘Black & Blue’. This collection, originally released on Mushroom as a 2LP set in 1974 and now expanded to a DOUBLE CD, is a perfect companion piece to their classic never-out-of-print Infinity/Festival Records first studio album ‘Towards the Blues’, bringing together as it does the best tracks from their other early albums as well as rare singles and a as well as three truly primal live tracks (including an early performance of “Black And Blue”, introduced by Matt as ‘Groaning”) featuring the classic line-up of Matt Taylor, Phil Manning and Barry’s Harvey and Sullivan. For this new edition we’ve also added the single version of “Black And Blue” (how could we not!), together with two songs that originally appeared on Mushroom’s Garrison: The Final Blow Unit 2, recorded live at the legendary Garrison nightspot in High St, Prahran in 1973. These last two tracks have been out of print for forty years!

The album has been beautifully remastered from original tapes by Aztec Records’ audio guru (and former Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs drummer) Gil Matthews and it sounds better than ever. The new package is rounded out by Melbourne Oz Rock guru Billy Pinnell.