Australian folk SSW Graham Lowndes in 2 album (Survival's a Song (in FLAC), Mouth Music, plus incomplete opera)

 

Wow the train derailment photo in the middle for the rock opera sure is wild, as is the graphic for Mouth Music.

Graham Lowndes:

Australian singer-songwriter who started out in the early 70s.

He recorded two albums in Melbourne.

He combined personal and social commentary to his songs.

Graham now lives in Fremantle, WA.

Of interest he was involved with the wonderful Aussie female SSW Jeannie Lewis, who made an incredible one-off prog epic in the 1976 LP, Tears of Steel-- f you recall I posted it back here, and what a great discovery from my friend the gem-sniffer-out that was.  

Jennie and Lowndes earlier collaborated for the somewhat disappointing rock opera, Terry and Frank (1974) from which I posted a few sample tracks.

As you might expect from the top cover, this is mostly acoustic folk or country music, with the occasional huge radio hit song thrown in, I say that of course completely ironically, but the great songs really are great.  Without a doubt we can agree the gorgeous Visions from the Gallery is the best song on his first, a gatefold LP, it's pretty stunning, and should've been a hit back in the day, or even today:

Also lovely is To Rosalind:

From the second album with the great graphic, Mouth Music (1975), the closer, Sails of Sadness absolutely makes me want to cry every time I hear its full-throated, open-hearted emotion: