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Product Code: FNE 18
Artist: Able Tasmans
Origin: Europe
Label: Flying Nun Europe (1986)
Format: LP
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Condition:
Cover: NM (M-)
Record: NM (M-)
Genre: U

A Cuppa Tea And A Lie Down

Stunning copy of this iconic album both vinyl and cover. Includes inner slip.

A Cuppa Tea and a Lie Down is the first album by New Zealand band Able Tasmans, released by Flying Nun Records in 1987. The CD release of the album contains bonus tracks taken from the Tired Sun EP and a remix of their previous single, "Buffaloes

 

Initially hailing from Whangarei, one of New Zealand's northernmost cities, the band released four albums and two EPs between 1985-1993, all filled with their own brand of sweet and crafty baroque pop. Plus they may be the only NZ band's to tastefully incorporate bagpipes into a song.


Named after the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman (who first discovered New Zealand in the 1642) the band themselves were avid explorers limited only by their imagination. Their song writing and arrangement crossed lines between baroque and indie pop integrating field recordings and bringing keyboards to the forefront of their music.