The Taite Music Prize's ''Independent Music NZ Classic Record'' award - which, according to the judges, acknowledges records that continue to ''inspire us and define who we are'' - will be presented in Auckland next month.
Previous recipients include.- 2013: Gordons, Gordons; 2014: Various Artists, AK79; 2015: Herbs, What's Be Happen?; 2016: Upper Hutt Posse, ETu.
Formed in 1978 by brothers David and Hamish Kilgour, and joined by keyboardist-bassist Robert Scott in 1980, The Clean released single Tally Ho in 1981, which reached No19 in the New Zealand charts.
The group's subsequent EP, Boodle Boodle Boodle, which included the single Anything Could Happen, spent 19 weeks in the New Zealand Top 40, peaking at No5.
David Kilgour, awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2001 in recognition of his contributions to the arts, said of the prize: ''Boodle was a really important recording for The Clean and all involved in many ways. I have nothing but joyous memories of making it.
''I'm reminded almost weekly about the work we did in those short few years in the late '70s, early '80s.
''It never ceases to amaze me how far the recordings have travelled,'' he said.
''The work we did back then pretty much propelled me into a life in music.
''In some ways, everything I've done since this period has been in the shadow of this work really, but I'm lucky I got a shadow.''
Recorded over three days in an inner-city hall in Auckland, Boodle was produced by Chris Knox and Doug Hood.
The latter will present the award to The Clean at a ceremony at The Civic, Auckland, on April 18.
The main award, the 2017 Taite Music Prize, named in honour of the late music journalist Dylan Taite, will be announced at the event.
