History
The Allusions were one of the most stylish and inventive of Sydney's 1960s beat pop bands. The band issued six singles `Gypsy Woman'/`Fever (Burns in my Brain)' (March 1966), `The Dancer'/`Roller Coaster Man' (July), `Looks Like Trouble'/`97 Cigarettes' (October), `Roundabout'/ `I'll Be Home' (February 1967), `Seven Days Of Rain'/`Two Of A Kind' (July) and `Mr Love'/`And She's Mine' (January 1968), `The Dancer' EP (April 1967), plus one rare and excellent self-titled album (January 1967) for EMI/Parlophone. Bruce Davis (ex-Dennis Williams and The Delawares) replaced Terry Chapman on bass in July 1966, in time to appear on the album. Chapman went on to join one of Australia's first psychedelic trios, The Knack, with drummer Craig Collinge (ex-Librettos and pre-Procession).

`Gypsy Woman' and the Michael Morris-penned `The Dancer' were Top 10 hits in Sydney (#8 and #9 respectively), and are rightly regarded as Australian 1960s classics. `The Dancer' owed a debt to The Beatles' arrangement of `I'm Happy Just To Dance With You'. The Allusions also included a tough cover of The Kinks' R&B; stomper `I Gotta Move' on their album. Chris Bailey recorded a version of `Gypsy Woman' with The Saints in 1981. Morris left in late 1967 to be replaced briefly by John Spence. The Allusions continued on as a four-piece until October 1968, when Terry Hearne joined Digger Revell's backing band. Morris returned but, having failed to adapt to the prevailing winds of psychedelia, the band finally split in 1969.