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{{Short description|Australian rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = The Reels
| image =
| caption =
| background = group_or_band
| origin = [[Dubbo]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[indie pop]], [[New wave music|new wave]]
| years_active = 1976–1991, 2007–present
| label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]], [[RCA Records|RCA]], [[K-tel]], [[Regular Records|Regular]]
| current_members =
| past_members = [[Karen Ansel]]<br />[[Craig Hooper]]<br />Stefan Fidock<br />Colin "Polly" Newham<br />[[Dave Mason (Australian musician)|Dave Mason]]<br />John Bliss<br />[[Paul Abrahams (musician)|Paul Abrahams]]
}}
'''The Reels''' are an Australian [[rock music|rock]] band which formed in [[Dubbo]], [[New South Wales]] in 1976. It disbanded in 1991, and reformed in 2007. Its 1981 song "[[Quasimodo's Dream (song)|Quasimodo's Dream]]" was voted one of the [[APRA Top 30 Australian songs|top 10 Australian songs]] of all time by a 100-member panel from [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) in 2001. The Reels had top 10 Australian singles chart successes with [[cover versions|covers]] of [[Herb Alpert]]'s "[[This Guy's in Love with You]]" (No. 7, 1982) and [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]'s "[[Bad Moon Rising (song)|Bad Moon Rising]]" (No. 11, 1986). Rock [[music history|music historian]] [[Ian McFarlane]] described the group as "one of the most original and invigorating pop bands to emerge from the Australian [[New wave music|new wave]] movement of the late 1970s."<ref name="McF">McFarlane [https://web.archive.org/web/20040615213227/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=681 'The Reels'] entry. Retrieved 27 February 2010.</ref><ref name="SpencerReels1">[http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/PHPTracks.php?Band_ID=173600]{{Dead link|date=June 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=no}}</ref>
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===1976–1980: Early years===
Native Sons, consisting of John Bliss on [[drum kit|drums]], Craig Hooper on [[lead guitar]] and [[synthesizer|synthesiser]], and [[Dave Mason (Australian musician)|Dave Mason]] on [[singing|vocals]], formed in the regional centre of Dubbo, New South Wales in 1976.<ref name="SpencerNative">[http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/PHPTracks.php?Band_ID=146650] {{Dead link|date=June 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=no}}</ref> Mason is the son of [[Government of New South Wales|NSW parliamentarian]], [[John Mason (Australian politician)|John Mason]], who was the state's [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] leader during 1978–1981. Colin (Polly) Newham (keyboards/brass) from Orange, N.S.W. joined in 1977.
Native Sons played in the Dubbo/Orange/Newcastle area for two years, with a repertoire of cover versions and original songs. After moving to [[Sydney]] in 1978, the band added [[Paul Abrahams (musician)|Paul Abrahams]] on [[bass guitar]] and changed its name to The Brucelanders.<ref name="SpencerBruce">[http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/PHPTracks.php?Band_ID=28675] {{Dead link|date=June 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=no}}</ref> It developed an original repertoire of fast-paced, quirky pop and [[ska music|ska]], and its energetic performances gained it a following on the east coast live music scene. It was given support in Sydney by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC) rock radio station [[Triple J|Double J]], which continued when the station moved to the [[FM band]] in 1980 and became [[Triple J]].
By 1979, the Brucelanders had secured a recording contract with the Australian branch of [[Mercury Records]] and changed its name to the Reels, with the line-up of Abrahams, Bliss, Hooper, Mason and Newham. It released its debut single, "Love Will Find a Way" in October, which entered the top 40 of the Australian [[Kent Music Report]] Singles Chart.<ref name="Kent">{{cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]]|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book Ltd|___location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]]|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] created their own [[ARIA Charts|charts]] in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.</ref> The group's self-titled debut album was produced by [[Mark Opitz]] ([[The Angels (Australian band)|the Angels]], [[Cold Chisel]]) and appeared in November, as did a second single, "Prefab Heart". The group's distinctive image meant it gained increasing attention with [[music video]]s featured on the influential national ABC TV pop show ''[[Countdown (Australian TV series)|Countdown]]''.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="SpencerReels">[http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/PHPTracks.php?Band_ID=173600]{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref>
In July 1980, the Reels added
===1981: ''Quasimodo's Dream''===
In May 1981, The Reels released the single "[[Shout and Deliver]]" as a precursor to the album considered by many to be its best work, ''[[Quasimodo's Dream]]''. Here The Reels displayed an impressive maturity in song writing, backed with strong performances, inventive arrangements and top-class production. It peaked at No. 27 in June. The album's [[Quasimodo's Dream (song)|title track]] was released as a single but, although widely considered to be one of the best Australian singles of that period, it failed to chart. The band undertook the Kitchen Man Tour, which saw the stage dressed as a fully equipped Australian kitchen.
The Reels' lack of top 10 mainstream commercial success was at odds with their strong live following, but it was due in part to the restrictive programming on commercial radio at that time, which gave little exposure to local "new wave" acts. The group's deteriorating relationship with Mercury was also a factor, as evidenced by the
Internal
===1982–1985: ''Beautiful'' ===
In late 1982, having signed a new contract with the [[RCA Records]] label, The Reels recorded the ''Beautiful'' album, mainly covering [[Middle of the road (music)|middle of the road]] classics with a synthesiser feel. The Reels persuaded RCA to allow a ''Beautiful'' "Limited Collectors Edition"<ref>{{Citation |title=The Reels - Beautiful |date=1982-05-09 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5854275-The-Reels-Beautiful |access-date=2023-08-18 |language=en}}</ref> to be released by [[K-tel]], known for its licensed pop hit compilations and budget 'golden oldies'. At the time K-tel advertised extensively on Australian TV and was widely regarded as the antithesis of credible music. To emphasise the point, ''Beautiful'' was released with "bad taste" artwork that matched the K-tel aesthetic. Although the tracks on ''Beautiful'' walked a fine line between sincere tribute and gentle parody, it proved to be the biggest success of their career, selling in excess of 40,000 copies and reaching No. 32 on the album chart, as well as being certified gold. A single taken from it, a cover of the [[Burt Bacharach]]-[[Hal David]] song "[[This Guy's in Love With You]]" gave the Reels their biggest hit in Australia, peaking at number 7 around November 1982.<ref name="aus82">{{cite web|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1982 |publisher= [[Kent Music Report]] |via= [[Imgur]] |issue= 445 |date= January 3, 1983 |access-date= January 22, 2023 |url= https://i.imgur.com/iP7HHqt.jpg}}</ref> The album was later re-released through [[RCA Records|RCA]].
In 1983
By late 1985, Mason had recovered and the Reels was revived (with the line-up of Mason, Hooper, Bliss and Newham) and completed its commitments to RCA with a single, a cover version of [[Etta James]]'s "[[Something's Got a Hold on Me|It Must Be Love]]".
===1986–1988: Later years===
The band then signed with [[Regular Records]] and released a radically slowed-down, synthesiser-driven version of [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]'s "[[Bad Moon Rising (song)|Bad Moon Rising]]". It proved to be another hit, reaching No. 11 (October 1986); the arrangement featuring prominent use of the [[Vocoder]] voice synthesiser, which the band also used extensively on stage to augment Mason's vocals. However, at the end of 1986, Bliss left the band again.
In January 1987, their next single was a cover of the [[Edison Lighthouse]] hit "[[Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)]]". During that year, they embarked on the popular "Reels By Request" tour, where the audience was allowed to call out for the songs they wanted to hear, chosen from long printed lists.<ref>{{cite news|author=Stuart Coupe|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|title=Reels: The most unlikely pop stars |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zKpWAAAAIBAJ&pg=3076,7029692&dq=the-reels&hl=en |access-date=23 October 2013|date=24 August 1986}}</ref> This was followed by an 'all Australian songs' version of the same concept, which led to The Reels' next studio album, ''Neighbors'' - the name of which excluded the 'u' which would normally be contained in the [[Australian English]] spelling. This LP contained their idiosyncratic versions of thirteen Australian rock classics,<ref>{{cite news|author=Geoff Winestock|work=The Age|title=Reels put their own touch on cover songs|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eCNVAAAAIBAJ&pg=4122,4763971&dq=the-reels&hl=en |access-date=23 October 2013|date=22 December 1989}}</ref> including the singles "[[Are You Old Enough?|Are You Old Enough]]" (originally a hit for [[Dragon (band)|Dragon]]) and "[[Forever Now (Cold Chisel song)|Forever Now]]" (by [[Cold Chisel]]). Steve Prestwich, who wrote "Forever Now", played on the Reels' version. The album also featured a new version of the Reels' own song "Shout and Deliver".
===1989–1992: Breakup===
In 1989, Mason appeared in the acclaimed Australian feature film ''[[Ghosts... of the Civil Dead]]'', in which he co-starred with [[Nick Cave]]. In September 1991, The Reels issued its first original single in five years, "I Don't Love You Anymore", followed by what proved to be their last single, a remix by [[Filthy Lucre (music producer)|Filthy Lucre]] of "Bad Moon Rising". The group officially disbanded to coincide with the release of the compilation CD ''Requiem''.
===2007–present: Comeback===
In May 2007, Dave Mason released his first solo album, ''Reelsville'', an acoustic re-recording of Reels hits. In August 2007, ''Reel to Reel'' was also released, a compilation of the Reels classic tracks with new liner notes as written by Mason.
In May 2008, Dave Mason, John Bliss and Colin Newham reunited and played shows.
At a subsequent show (the Gaelic Club, Surry Hills; 27 September 2008), Mason announced that Newham was retiring from the band. Original bassist Abrahams then rejoined the band, after 23 years. Despite this, the Reels never got to reunite as a six-piece group.
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Hooper was also a member of [[The Church (band)|the Church]], the Mullanes (the original incarnation of [[Crowded House]]), and also recorded with [[Rockmelons]] and [[Ross Wilson (musician)|Ross Wilson]].
Karen Ansel retired from the music business and became a noted film and TV [[computer graphics]] specialist in the US.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030563/|title=Karen Ansel|website=IMDb.com|access-date=6 October 2021}}</ref>
Paul Abrahams also played bass in a band with Newham called Company of Strangers and was also a member of [[Peter Blakeley]]'s band, The Resurrection. In addition, he played bass for [[Wendy Matthews]], plus drums for Ya Ya Choral, Rat Tat Tat ([[Peter Blakeley]] and Jeff Stapleton) and The Bonerattlers who were regular buskers at [[Paddington Markets]].
Fidock joined the [[Sacred Cowboys]] in 1987. Around 2008, he established his company Fidock Drums, creating handcrafted snares and drumkits.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.moderndrummer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/md-342-cs.pdf|magazine=[[Modern Drummer]]|date=May 2008|title=Fidock Drums|access-date=6 October 2021}}</ref> He died from cancer in April 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://themusic.com.au/news/stephan-fidock-drummer-reels-sacred-cowboys-passes-away/vCCkrtHQ09I/29-04-20/ |title=Archived copy |website=themusic.com.au |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003093101/https://themusic.com.au/news/stephan-fidock-drummer-reels-sacred-cowboys-passes-away/vCCkrtHQ09I/29-04-20/ |archive-date=3 October 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
John Bliss co-authored the book ''The A to Zen of Lawn Bowls'' with John Salter in 1997.
David Mason appeared in the [[Countdown Spectacular]] 2 concert series in Australia between late-August and early-September 2007 as a solo performer. He sang only one song, "Quasimodo's Dream".<ref>{{cite news|author=Peter Lalor|work=The Australian|title=From the Reels to real-life depression |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/from-the-reels-to-real-life-depression/story-e6frg6nf-1111113600107 |access-date=23 October 2013|date=24 May 2007}}</ref>
In 2007, Mason released a new album, ''Reelsville'' on Liberation Blue. He performed one gig to launch the album at The Basement in Sydney on 16 May 2007. A further gig was booked for the Factory Enmore Theatre in Sydney on 24 May 2008. This show became a local cause celebre when police with sniffer dogs arrested two 60-year-old punters for smoking illegal drugs.
On 26 March 2011, Mason appeared on episode 114 of ''[[RocKwiz]]'' on [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS TV]]. He performed "Quasimodo's Dream" and ended the show in a duet with [[Sally Seltmann]] performing the [[Conway Twitty]] song "[[As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone]]".
Mason, who now suffers from bipolar disorder, continues to play occasionally in three separate shows, an acoustic duo with [[Brendan Gallagher]] from [[Karma County]] and an electronic (one man show) 'Dark' with visuals by artist Libby Blainey, music by Scott Saunders from Dig; both these shows are mostly interpretations of Reels songs. 2017 saw the formation of the group Sandy Shores with Mason, Gallagher, Blainey together with [[Lindy Morrison]] and [[Amanda Brown (musician)|Amanda Brown]] from [[the Go-Betweens]] playing hits from past bands but mostly new original material.
==Members==
* [[Dave Mason (Australian musician)|Dave Mason]] – production, design, lead vocals (founding member Native Sons)
* Keith Greig – keyboards (founding member Native Sons)
* Tony Martin – bass (founding member Native Sons)
* Colin 'Polly' Newham – keyboards, vocoder, brass, production, songwriter, vocal
* [[Craig Hooper]] – guitars, keyboards, sax, production, songwriter, vocals (founding member Native Sons)
* [[Paul Abrahams (musician)|Paul Abrahams]] – bass, vocal
* John Bliss – drums (founding member Native Sons)
* [[Karen Ansel]] – keyboards, design, costumes, vocals
* Stefan Fidock – drums, vocals (deceased 26 April 2020)
'''Timeline'''
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==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of albums, with selected details and chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%"| [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|___location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=249}}</ref><ref name="aus2">{{cite web|url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2022/08/week-commencing-12-august-1991.html | title=Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 12 August 1991|access-date=12 August 2022}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Reels (album)|The Reels]]''
|
* Released: 1979
* Format: [[LP record|LP]], [[Compact cassette|cassette]]
* Label: Mercury (6357 926)
| 81
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Quasimodo's Dream]]''
|
* Released: May 1981
* Format: LP, cassette
* Label: Mercury (6437 139)
| 27
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Beautiful (The Reels album)|Beautiful]]''
|
* Released: October 1982
* Format: LP, cassette
* Label: RCA (VPL1 0413)
| 32
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Neighbors (album)|Neighbors]]''
|
* Released: December 1988
* Format: LP, cassette, [[Compact Disc|CD]]
* Label: [[Festival Records|Festival]] (L 38910)
| 92
|}
===Compilations===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of compilations, with selected details and chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="aus2"/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Unreel''
|
* Released: October 1983
* Format: [[LP record|LP]], [[Compact cassette|cassette]]
* Label: RCA (VPL1-0416)
| —
|-
! scope="row" | ''Requiem''
|
* Released: December 1992
* Format: [[Compact disc|CD]], VHS
* Label: Festival (RMD 93370)
| 131
|-
! scope="row" | ''Reel to Reel: 1978–1992''
|
* Released: 2007
* Format: CD, [[Music download|DD]]
* Label: Liberation Blue (BLUE153.2)
| —
|}
===EPs===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of EPs, with selected details and chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | EP details
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%"| [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref name=aus/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Five Great Gift Ideas from The Reels]]''
|
* Released: November 1980
* Format: LP, cassette
* Label: Mercury (6235 014)
| 12
|-
! scope="row" | ''Pitt Street Farmers''
|
* Released: September 1983
* Format: LP, cassette
* Label: RCA Australia (SP 246)
| —
|-
! scope="row" | ''The Reels 1979 EP''
|
* Released: 2019
* Format: Download
* Label: Bloodlines (BLOODLP48)
| —
|-
! scope="row" | ''6 Great Gift Ideas''
|
* Released: 2019
* Format: Download
* Label: Bloodlines (BLOODLP60)
| —
|}
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart<br />positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%"| [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref name=aus/><ref name="ARIA history pages">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/HykNQ1P|title=The Reels ARIA peaks (1988 to 2024), received from ARIA in October 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=2 November 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>
|-
| 1979
! scope="row" | "Love Will Find a Way" / "Spot the Ridge"
| 39
|rowspan="2" | ''The Reels''
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1980
! scope="row" | "Prefab Heart" / "Misused Abused"
| 52
|-
! scope="row" | "[[After the News]]" / "Media Themes"
| 65
| rowspan="4" | ''Quasimodo's Dream''
|-
! scope="row" | "According to My Heart" / "Love Will Find a Way"
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"According to My Heart" sales counted towards the sale of the EP ''5 Great Ideas''}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1981
! scope="row" | "[[Shout and Deliver]]" / "Depression"
| 43
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Quasimodo's Dream (song)|Quasimodo's Dream]]" / "(Love Is) Here Today"
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "No.3" / "[[1-2-3 (Len Barry song)|1, 2, 3]]" / "Haunted"
| 93
| {{Non-album single}}
|-
| 1982
! scope="row" | "[[This Guy's in Love with You]]" / "Cry"
| 7
| rowspan="2" | ''Beautiful''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1983
! scope="row" | "[[(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All]]" / "Science Is Golden"
| —
|-
! scope="row" |"Happiness" / "Comedy"
| —
| ''Pitt Street Farmers''
|-
| 1985
! scope="row" | "It Must Be Love" / "My Family"
| —
| rowspan="3" {{Non-album singles}}
|-
| 1986
! scope="row" | "[[Bad Moon Rising (song)|Bad Moon Rising]]" / "World's End"
| 11
|-
| 1987
! scope="row" | "[[Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)]]" / "Media Themes II"
| 70
|-
| 1988
! scope="row" | "[[Forever Now (Cold Chisel song)|Forever Now]]"
| 135
| rowspan="2" |''Neighbors''
|-
| 1989
! scope="row" | "[[Are You Old Enough?]]" / "[[What's My Scene?]]"
| —
|-
| 1991
! scope="row" |"I Don't Love You Anymore"
| 125
| rowspan="2" | ''Requiem''
|-
| 1992
! scope="row" |"Bad Moon Rising"
| 125
|}
'''Notes'''
{{notelist-ua}}
==Awards and nominations==
===Countdown Music Awards===
''[[Countdown (Australian TV series)|Countdown]]'' was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster [[ABC Television (Australian TV network)|ABC-TV]] from 1974–1987, it presented music awards from 1979–1987, initially in conjunction with magazine ''[[TV Week]]''. The TV Week / Countdown Awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards.<ref name="CountdownMarch1987">{{Cite web | url = http://www.countdownmemories.com/magazines/pdfs/1987_03.pdf | title = Countdown to the Awards | work = Countdown Magazine |date=March 1987 | publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC) | format = [[Portable document format]] (PDF) | access-date = 16 December 2010 }}</ref><ref name="1987noms&wins">{{cite web|url=http://1970scountdown.atspace.com/1987.html|title=Final episode of Countdown|website=1970scountdown|access-date=23 October 2020}}</ref>
{{awards table}}
|-
|1982
| "[[This Guy's in Love with You]]"
| Best Australian Single
| {{nom}}
|-
{{end}}
==Legacy==
The song "Quasimodo's Dream" is regarded as an Australian rock classic and has been covered by [[Kate Ceberano]], [[Rob Snarski (musician)|Rob Snarski]], [[Mick Harvey]] and [[Jimmy Little]]. In 2001, it was voted one of the top 10 Australian songs of all time by [[Australasian Performing Right Association|APRA]].
==References==
{{refbegin}}
;General
* {{cite encyclopedia |last=McFarlane |first=Ian |author-link=Ian McFarlane |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] |title=Whammo Homepage |url=http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp |access-date=27 February 2010 |year=1999 |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |___location=[[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards, NSW]] |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp |archive-date=5 April 2004}} Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
* {{cite book|title=The Who's Who of Australian Rock|last=Spencer|first=Chris|author2=Zbig Nowara |author3=Paul McHenry |orig-year=1987|year=2002|publisher=Five Mile Press|___location=[[Noble Park, Victoria|Noble Park]], Vic.|isbn=1-86503-891-1}}<ref>{{cite book|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2090055|title=Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry|work=catalogue|year=2002|publisher=[[National Library of Australia]]|isbn=9781865038919|access-date=27 February 2010}}</ref> Note: [on-line] version established at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120229232852/http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/aboutww.htm White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd] in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
;Specific
{{refend}}
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120401032440/http://thereels.info/ Official website]
*[https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120726191200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/14231/20120727-0512/www.howlspace.com.au/en2/reels/reels.htm Entry on HowlSpace]{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070215222131/http://www.memorabletv.com/musicworld/ozrock/qtor.htm The Reels - Memorable TV]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100717111621/http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/music/reels.htm The Reels - Nostalgia Central]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080302073631/http://www.acousticseries.com.au/DaveMason.htm Liberation Blue]
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[[Category:Mercury Records artists]]
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