The Omega Limited

Discography:

Compilation Albums

• Super Groups Vol 2, Polydor BPD 2029/2, 1970
  
  
  
  Track: Tchaikovsky 1
  
  
• 24 South African Smash Hits, Satbel BELD 23007, 1975
  
  
  
  Track: If I were a carpenter
  
  
• Compilation CD
  
  The Best Of South African Pop, 3CD Box Set
  (CD Two), GALLO CDSAPOP 2, 1993
  
  
  
  Track: Tchaikovsky 1
  
  The Best Of South African Pop, Volume 2,
  (1st Edition), GALLO CDGMP 40486 Z, 1994
  
  
  
  Track: Tchaikovsky 1
  
  The Best Of South African Pop,Volume 2
  (2nd Edition), GALLO CDGMP 40486 V, 1997
  
  
  
  Track: Tchaikovsky 1
  
  
  Astral Daze Psychedelic South African Rock 1968-1972
  RetroFresh, freshcd148, January 2006
  
  
  
  Track: The Boy And The Bee
  
  

  Seven Singles

• Omega Ltd: Tchaikovsky 1/ The boy and the bee, Polydor PS 37, 1970
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The Second City Sound: Tckaikovsky one, Decca FM 7219, 1966
  #22 Hit on UK charts in 1966
  
  
  
  
• The Defcons: Tchaikovski one, Meteor PR 1117
  The Defcons were also a Cape Town band
  
  
  
  
• Omega Ltd: Grieg one/ ???? (No details)
  
  
• The Second City Sound: Grieg one, Decca FM 7263, 1966
  
  
  
  
• Omega Ltd: If I were a carpenter/ Mother loves her son, Jo'Burg TJS 13, 1974
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Omega Ltd: Taking it easy/ I love my life,
  Epic EN 1603, 1977
  
  
  
  
  

Musicians:

Original band:


• Louis Greeff: guitar
• Alan Weinberg: bass
• Mike Brand: drums
• Derek Gordon: keyboards, guitars, vocals
  
  Subsequent band members included at various times:
  
  
• Peter Grallman: keyboards
• Barry Irwin: bass see Freedom's Children
• Dave Maloney: vocals
• Geoff Goode: vocals
• Pete Hunt: keyboards
• André Fourie: guitar (died 21 March 2000)
• Saverio "Savvy" Grande: drums played in Suck in 1970
• Dave Gommersall: guitar later in Sudan (the band, not the country)

Omega Limited were formed in Cape Town in 1966. Heavily influenced by Psychedelia and the Hendrix-sound, they won the "Battle Of The Bands" in 1967 and 1968! 'Tchaikovsky 1' reached #3 on the Springbok Hit Parade in May 1970.

I remember seeing Omega Limited playing live at the Clifton Hotel in the late 70s... great stuff.
-- Brian Currin, June 2000

Tertius Louw, October 2001