The Hoax Is Over

The Hoax Is Over is an album by Australian blues-rock band, The Aztecs.

The Hoax Is Over
Studio album by The Aztecs
Released	January 1971 (1971)
Recorded	September 1970
Studio	Festival Studios, Armstrong Studios[1]
Genre	Blues
Length	51:50
Label	Infinity
Producer	The Aztecs

Background and recording

Billy Thorpe, the leader of the Aztecs, renewed the band in late 1968. Guitarist Lobby Loyde joined the band, and they turned to a more bluesy, heavier style. The new band's debut album was recorded in September 1970, and was released at the beginning of the following year.^[2]

Release

"The Hoax Is Over" was released in January 1971 by Infinity.^[3] All of four tracks of the album also released on the 3-CD compilation in 1994, but "Gangster of Love" and "Mississippi" (renamed to "Born in Mississippi") in a shortened version.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Gangster of Love"
2. "Goodbye Baby"
3. "Mississippi"
4. "Truth"

Personnel

• Billy Thorpe – vocals, harmonica, rhythm guitar
• Lobby Loyde – lead guitar
• Warren Morgan – keyboards
• Paul Wheeler – bass
• Kevin Murphy – drums