A doubtful one, on several counts. For a start off, I have had to use the catalogue number prefix 'M.W.B.' as an identifier for the label of the single shown above, 'Space Medley' b/w 'Maltese Calypso' by the Medium Waveband (M.W.B.-001), because there is no actual company name on the label; I don't suppose it was ever actually referred to as 'M.W.B.'. Secondly, there's no year on the label either; the material on the record was all around in the late '70s, so it could date from then, but it could just as easily be from the early '80s. And thirdly, it seems slightly odd for a song about the drawbacks of living in Malta - which is the subject matter of the 'B' side - to feature on a British single. Malta does not appear to have had any pressing plants, in the '70s at least, so this could easily be a British pressing for a cabaret group working in Malta. Be that as it may, I thought it was an unusual enough item to merit a page on the site, pending the arrival of any information that would positively disqualify it. 'Space Medley' is a long, mildly funky, mostly instrumental piece weaving together themes from 'Close Encounters', 'Star Trek', and other space films. Googling has failed to reveal the existence of any other Medium Waveband records.
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