with Steve Fruitman
#229
June 25, 2018
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Waiting For The Man
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Hour One – RIP George Semkiw1. Ritchie Knight & The Midnights: Charlena (Manuel Chavez / Herman Chaney) 1963 *
2. Carlton Showband: Off To Dublin / Merry Ploughboy (D. Behan) 1966 *
3. Mandala: Lovitis (H Scales / A Vance) 1968 *
4. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Bud The Spud (TC Connors) 1969 *
5. Syrinx: Melina’s Torch (John Mills-Cockell) 1970 *
6. Simon Caine: Brown Paper Dream (Simon Caine) 1970 *
7. Stevedore Steve: I’m A Truck Driver (Stephen J Foote) 1971 *
8. Humphrey and The Dumptrucks: Calgary Song (Graeme Card) 1971 *
9. Creamcheeze Goodtime Band: Cherie’s Wedding Song (Billy Kell) 1971 *
10. John Arpin: Same Damn Song (Gene MacLellan) 1971 *
11. Roy Payne: DJ (Roy Payne) 1973 *
12. Keith Hampshire: Think (Bill Misener) 1973 *
13. Lou Reed: I’m Waiting For The Man (Lou Reed) 1975
14. Triumph: Rocky Mountain Way (Joe Walsh) 1977 *
15. Goddo: Am I Crazy, Crazy (Greg Godovitz) 1981 *
16. Ritchie Knight & The Midnights: The Joke (Reg Hall) 1964 *Hour Two – RIP Matt Guitar Murphy and Jim Milne
1. The Hotmud Family: Hello Stranger (Carter Family) 1974
2. The Blues Brothers: (I’ve Got Everything I Need) Almost (Don Walsh) 1978 *
3. Downchild Blues Band: Going Dancing (Don Walsh) 1974 *
4. Howlin’ Wolf: Evil (Willie Dixon) 1954
5. Dinah Washington: All of Me (Simons / Marks) 1956
6. Al Kooper: Going Quietly Mad (Al Kooper) 1971
7. Silver Apples: Program (Dan Taylor / Simeon Coxe) 1968
8. The Kinks: Waterloo Sunset (Ray Davies) 1967
9. Fearing and White: Eighth Wonder (Stephen Fearing / Andy White) 2014 *
10. Gene Kelly: Moonlight Bay (Percy Wenirich / Edward Madden) 1947
11. Mac Beattie & Ottawa Valley Melodiers: Moonlight Memories (John MacNab Beattie) 1960 *
12. The Fallen Leaves: Little Liar (J Parres / R Fournier) 1966*
13. Frank Zappa: Transylvania Boogie (Frank Zappa) 1970
14. Henry Vogel Trio: Peanuts (Unknown) 1974 *CanCon = 70%
Hour One - RIP George Semkiw
George Semkiw b. Weston ON, April 18, 1944 / d. June 14, 2018 St. Catherines ON
Ritchie Knight & The Mid-Knights guitarist realized that the band would have great difficulty repeating the glory of their first hit song, Charlena so in the mid-1960s he took a job cutting lacquers. Eventually that took him into the studio as an engineer and producer. He worked with the likes of Duke Ellington, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Lou Reed, Harry Belafonte, Funkadelic, Moe Koffman, Trooper, Johnny Nash, THP Orchestra, Triumph, Streetheart, Michel Pagliaro, Colin Linden, and Daniel Lanois, among many others.
In 1981, Semkiw was awarded a Juno for Producer of the Year for the album ‘Hot Spikes, What Am I To Do’ by Fist.
1.
Ritchie Knight & The Mid-Knights: Charlena (Manuel Chavez / Herman
Chaney)
45
single bw You’ve Got The Power: Arc Records – 1028
Toronto
ON
Mike
Brough, sax
Doug
Chappel, bass
Richie
Knight (Hubbard), vocal
Barry
Stein, drums
George
Simkiw, guitar
Barry
Lloyd, piano
John
McCanliss, guitar
Produced
by Bill Gilliland, 1963
Recorded
at Arc Sound
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/K/Knight_Richie_And_The_MidKnights.html
This was the beginning: Charlena was the first pop song by a Canadian group to hit No. 1 on the country’s most respectable radio station, 1050 CHUM where it topped the chart for two weeks. It was recorded in the offices of Arc Records before they had their own studio.
Claims Semkiw (to Bill King): “That was a real coup because up till then, CHUM would not play Canadian records.”
With metal garbage pails lifted off the floor and stuffed with rags to stifle any sound the band started recording. There were no overdubs. Everything was laid down on a mono tape recorder. The process took a few hours, stopping each time there was any error or to move microphones. One take was ruined with a passing train roared behind the building.
The band was so successful in the Toronto area that they were asked to open for the Rolling Stones on their first visit, in 1965.
2.
The Carlton Showband: The Merry Ploughboy (Off To Dublin in the Green)
(D. Behan)
The
Carlton Showband: Casal Recording CL 904
Toronto
ON
Chris
OToole, drums, spoons
Seamus
Grew, piano accordion
Sean
McManus, lead guitar
Fred
White, bass, banjo
Christie
McLaughlin, accordion, harmonica
Mike
Feeney, tambourine
Arlene
King, vocal & whistling
Produced
by Peter Houston 1966
Recorded
by George Semkiw at Arc Sound, Toronto
http://www.carltonshowband.com/
Semkiw, being a recording artist himself, couldn’t believe how bad his records sounded compared to their live sound. Most Canadian made records sounded horrible to him. When he tood a day job with RCA, they put him into their mastering department. Since American records sounded brighter, louder than Canadian versions, he figured out what needed to be done to correct this. One of the first big hits that he worked on was The Merry Ploughboy by the Carlton Showband which, unexpectedly, went to No 2 on the CHUM Chart (blocked from the top spot by Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby).
3.
Mandala: Loveitis (H Scales / A Vance)
Classics:
WEA - 25 23291
Toronto,
ON
Domenic
Troiano – guitar
George
Olliver – vocal
Penti
'Whitey' Glan – drums
Don
Elliot – bass
Joey
Chirowski – keys
The
Atlantic Horns
Produced
by Arif Mardin & Jerry Greenberg - 1968
Recorded
by Adrian Barber, George Semkiw, Ivan Bradley at Sound Canada Recording
Centre
Uncertain as to which engineer worked on Loveitis, but the album had three engineers. It was around this time that Semkiw began hanging around with Jack Richardson (producer of the Guess Who), learning the ropes.
4.
Stompin Tom Connors: Bud The Spud (TC Connors)
50th
Anniversary: Ole / Antham Legacy Records OLE81
Saint
John NB
Tom
Connors, guitar, foot
Gerry
Hall, guitar
Ronald
McDonald, bass
Mickey
Andrews, steel, drums
Produced
by Dr. Tom Connors – 1969
Recorded
by George Semkiw at RCA Studios, Toronto
Compilation
Album Produced by Andy Curren 2017
Mastered
by Harry Hess at Hbomb Mastering
Semkiw engineered a half dozen Stompin’ Tom albums. However, Tom was in control of the mastering process and wanted his records to sound good thru 3 inch car speakers, resulting in shitty sound for anyone listening to his records on better equipment. This newly remastered version, sounds like it always should have.
5.
Syrinx: Melinas Torch (John Mills-Cockell)
Syrinx:
True North Records TN2
Toronto
ON
John
Mills-Cockell, moog synthesizer, piano, organ
Doug
Pringle, sax
Alan
Wells, hand drums, percussion
Produced
by John Mills-Cockell, 1970
Recorded
by Rollin Newton & Frank Bertin at Baroka Studios, Vancouver &
Bay Recording, Toronto
Mixed
at RCA Toronto by George Simkew
6.
Simon Caine: Brown Paper Dream (Simon Caine)
Simon
Caine: RCA Victor - LSP 4410
Toronto
ON
Pat
Godfrey piano
Bruce
Pennycook winds
Dennis
Pendrith bass
Bill
Palmer guitar
John
Savage drums
Simon
Caine (Peter Shields) - vocals
Produced
by George Semkiw - 1970
Recorded
by George Semkiw at RCA Recording Studios, Toronto
This was the first album that I’ve got that was produced by Semkiw. Recording country, rock, music by Syrinx, all sorts of music, molded Semkiw into a uniquely qualified recording engineer. Around this time he was also making inroads mixing, which is an art unto itself. With the move from mono to four track, 8 track and beyond, mixing became a lot more complicated. He had to learn by the seat of his pants since there was nobody to teach or mentor him.
7.
Stevedore Steve: Im A Truck Driver (Stephen J Foote)
Hard
Workin' Men - Boot Records BOS 7102
Saint
John, NB
Steve
Foote: guitar, vocal
Fred
McKenna: steel
Others
unknown
Produced
by Jury Krytiuk - 1971
Recorded
at RCA Limited Studio, Toronto
Recording
& Mixing Engineer: George Semkiw
Recording
Technician: "Cub" Richardson
http://www.backtothesugarcamp.com/steveindex.htm
Semkiw recorded this record around the same time as he was working on Stompin’ Tom’s but Steve’s sounded great compared to Tom’s.
8.
Humphrey and The Dumptrucks: Calgary Song (Graeme Card)
Six
Days of Paper Ladies: Boot Records BOS 7101
Saskatoon
SK
Gary
Walsh aka Humphrey Dumptruck: banjo, dobro, tambourine, vocals
Michael
Millar: bss, jug, piano, vocals
Graeme
Card: guitar, mandolin, concertina, tambourine, jaw harp, kazoo, vocals
Michael
Taylor: guitar, autoharp, tambourine, kazoo, vocals
Produced
by Jury Krytiuk and Mark Altman, 1971
Recorded
by Chris Skene at Eastern Sound, Toronto and George Semkiw at RCA
Studios, Toronto
Mixed
by George Semkiw at RCA Studios, Toronto
9.
Creamcheeze Goodtime Band: Cherie’s Wedding Song (Billy Kell)
Perth
County Green: Dominion Records - LPS 21022
Gadshill
ON
Billy
Kell: guitars, vocals
Dave
Harwood: bass
Pat
Kell: mandolin, tambourine, kazoo, washboard
Barb
Payne: fiddle
James
Kell: drums
Produced
by Terry Regan - 1971
Recorded
by George Semkiew
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/C/Cream_Cheeze_Goodtime_Band.html
10.
John Arpin: Same Damn Song (Gene MacLellan)
Barroom
To Baroque: Canadian Talent Library: 477-5148
Toronto
ON
John
Arpin: piano
Art
Devilliers: acoustic guitar
Neville
Barnes: electric guitar, banjo
Paul
Fortier: bass
Willie
Cantu: drums
Bill
Richards, Gerard Kantarjian, Isidore Desser: violins
Walter
Babiak: viola
Ron
Laurie: cello
Produced
by John Arpin 1971
Recorded
by George Semkiw & Hayward Parrott at RCA Studios, Toronto
b. 3 December 1936 Port McNicoll ON d. 8 November 2007 (aged 70)
Toronto
recorded more than sixty albums, mostly of ragtime, Broadway music, pop
music, and classical music. In June 1998, he won the Scott Joplin Award
from the Scott Joplin Foundation of Sedalia, Missouri.
Ragtime
great Eubie Blake pronounced John Arpin "the Chopin of Ragtime. He also
composed the theme for TVOntario's children's show, The Polka Dot Door
11.
Roy Payne: DJ (Roy Payne)
One
Step Forward: RCA KLP1 0047
Trout
River NL
Roy
Payne: guitar, vocal
Produced
by George Semkiw 1973
Recorded
at RCAs Toronto Studio by Craig Richardson & Alan Moy
Roy Absalom Payne b. April 3, 1939 - Trout River, Newfoundland
There’s a lot of urban myths associated with Roy Payne. One of them claims that during a recording session at RCA, he flipped out for some reason, picked up an amp and tossed it through the glass into the production booth which, apparently, ended his relationship with RCA. Was George in there then?
12.
Keith Hampshire: Think (Bill Misener)
The
First Cut: A&M Records SP-9006
Toronto
ON
Keith
Hampshire: vocal
Jim
Morgan: bass
Brian
Russell: guitar
Bill
Misener: guitars
Gordon
Fleming: keys
Barry
McMullen: piano
David
Brown: drums
Dick
Smith: congas
Jack
zaza: winds
Laurie
Bower, Russ Little: trombone
Bob
Livingston: bass trombone
Produced
by Bill Misener, 1973
Recorded
by George Semkiw at RCA Studios, Toronto
b. 23 November 1945, Dulwich, London, England
Between July 1966 and mid-August 1967, he was a DJ for the offshore pirate radio station Radio Caroline South. His show was called "Keefer's Commotions", and later "Keefer's Uprising".
In 1983, Hampshire released a song (as 'Bat Boys') entitled "OK Blue Jays", which became an anthem for the Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball team.
Bill Misener: was an original member of Toronto band The Paupers as Bill Marion. B. Hamilton ON – d. June 26, 2014. His voice can be heard backing up Gordon Lightfoot, Alice Cooper, Ann Murray, Keith Hampshire, Christopher Plummer, Roger Whittaker and a host of others.
13.
Lou Reed: I’m Waiting For The Man (Lou Reed)
Lou
Reed Live: RCA Records AYL1-3752
NYC
Lou
Reed – vocals
Pentti
"Whitey" Glan – drums, percussion
Steve
Hunter – guitars
Prakash
John – bass, vocals
Dick
Wagner – guitar, vocal
Ray
Colcord - keyboards
Produced
by Steve Katz and Lou Reed,1975
Recorded
by Gus Mossler at Howard Slein's Acadamey Of Music, N.Y.C.
Production
assistance and mixing by Bruce Somerfeld and George Semkiw
Mastered
by George Semkiw
Semkiw was in the lab, cutting masters and was to cut one for “Lou Reed Live”. “I put the recording on and it sounded dull, no life to it, no top end.” He thought the tape might have been a bad one so he phoned the record company and told them what he discovered. The company said “Do what you can to make it sound good.” So he did some extensive EQing on it and got it to a point where he felt it sounded pretty good and he cut it, sent a test-pressing to the company and the loved it. Then he got a phone call from Lou Reed:
“He said: ‘I don’t know what you did but you made that record sound so much better than the American version. I’m talkin’ to RCA in the States and I’m trying to talk them into re-releasing the American version.’ You know, you can’t get a better compliment than that.”
14.
Triumph: Rocky Mountain Way (Joe Walsh / Joe Vitale / Kenny Passarelli
/ Rocke Grace)
Rock
& Roll Machine: Attic Records LATX 1036
Mississauga
ON
Rik
Emmett – guitars, vocals
Gil
Moore – drums, lead vocals
Michael
Levine – bass, keyboards
Laurie
Delgrande – keyboards
Mike
Danna – keyboards
Produced
by Mike Levine and Doug Hill, 1977
Recorded
by Mike Jones
Recorded
at Phase One Studios, Toronto by George Semkiw
Mastered
by Jack Adelman at RCA Studios, Toronto
Mixed
by George Semkiw
The album was originally released only in Canada, but when the band signed an international deal with RCA Records in 1977, the international edition of the album was re-sequenced to include some of the tracks from their self-titled Triumph (1976) album. The album was released for a second time in Canada, with a different cover.
15.
Goddo: Am I Crazy, Crazy (Greg Godovitz)
Pretty
Bad Boys: Attic Records LAT 1120
Scarborough
(Toronto) ON
Greg
Godovitz: bass, lead vocal
Doug
Inglis: drums, vocal
Gino
Scarpelli: guitars, vocals
George
Semkiw: piano
Produced
by Thomas Morley-Turner and Bob Segarini 1981
Recorded
by Brian Mitchell, Bob Cobban and Dave Rose at Studio 306, Toronto
Mixed
at Amber Studio, Toronto by George Semkiw, Ed Stone and Paul
Bonish
Having been a member of successful Canadian band Fludd, Greg Godovitz decided that it was time to form his own band Goddo in 1975. He used Gino Scarpelli from Brutus and Doug Inglis. This was their best received album but due to financial difficulties, Attic Records dropped them.
16.
Ritchie Knight & The Midnights: The Joke (Reg Hall)
45
Single: Arc Records 1037
Toronto
ON
Mike
Brough sax
Richie
Knight vocal
Barry
Stein drums
George
Semkiw guitar
Doug
Chappell bass
Barry
Lloyd keys
Produced
by Bill Gilliland 1964
Producer, Bill Gilliland, was VP of Arc Records, founded in 1958. He was nominated for Producer of the Year award at the Juno’s in 1975.
Richie Knight (Rich Hubbard) –studied Finance and Marketing at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and in 1968 went on to manage Yorkville Records and Yorkville Talent Mgt., which was a part of ARC Records, The Mid-Knights original label. Presently owns a magazine publishing company.
Barry Lloyd retired from the insurance industry and now resides in Calgary and winters in Mazatlan, Mexico where he occasionally plays keyboards in a local bar called The Canucks.
After
many years in mens apparel industry, Mike Brough now teaches business at
Seneca College in Toronto; Doug Chappell retired after years in the music
industry (A&M Records, Island Records, Virgin Records, Mercury Records).
Barry Stein runs own accounting firm.
Hour Two – RIP Matt Guitar Murphy and Jim Milne
1.
The Hotmud Family: Hello Stranger (Carter Family)
…Til
We Meet Here Again, Or Above: Vetko Records LP 501
Spring
Valley, OH
Rick
Good: lead vocal, banjo
Suzanne
Edmundson: vocal, autoharp
Dave
Edmundson: vocal, guitar
Produced
by Lou Ukelson, 1974
Recorded
and mixed by Rusty York
Based in Dayton Ohio, the Hotmuds were active between 1970 and 1984, during which time they recorded 6 albums of old-timey songs. My copy, bought second hand, once belonged to the Willowdale branch of the North York Public Library. It has a Date Due card dated April 5, 1980. (Penalty was 25 cents).
RIP Matt “Guitar” Murphy
Matthew
Tyler Murphy (b. Sunflower, Miss. December 29, 1929 / d. June 15, 2018
Miami FL)
In 1948, Murphy migrated north to Chicago, where he joined the fledgling Howlin' Wolf Band. He worked with Memphis Slim, Chuck Berry and was also featured in works by Koko Taylor, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Buddy Guy, Etta James, and Otis Rush. He also performed with Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters and BB King.
In the 1970s, Murphy was associated with harmonica player James Cotton, recording several albums. Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi attended one of their shows and asked Murphy to join the Blues Brothers touring band. He got to appear in the films The Blues Brothers (1980) and Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), playing the husband of Aretha Franklin. Murphy recorded four solo albums.
2.
The Blues Brothers: (I Got Everything I Need) Almost (Don Walsh)
45
single bw Hey Bartender: Atlantic Records – AT 3576
US
/ CA
John
Belushi – Lead vocals
Dan
Aykroyd – Backing vocals, harmonica, lead vocals on "Rubbeer Biscuit"
Matt
"Guitar" Murphy – Lead guitar
Steve
"The Colonel" Cropper – Guitar
Donald
"Duck" Dunn – Bass guitar
Paul
"The Shiv" Shaffer – Keyboards, backing vocals
Steve
"Getdwa" Jordan – Drums, backing vocals
Lou
"Blue Lou" Marini – Tenor & alto saxophones
Tom
"Triple Scale" Scott – Tenor & alto saxophones
Tom
"Bones" Malone – Tenor & baritone saxophones, trombone, trumpet, backing
vocals
Alan
"Mr. Fabulous" Rubin – Trumpet, backing vocals
Produced
by Bob Tischler – 1978
'Almost' was written by Toronto’s Donnie Walsh and recorded in 1974 by his Downchild Blues Band. In fact, it was Donnie and his brother, Hock, who became the models for Aykroyd and Belushi’s characters in The Blues Brothers.
RIP Jim Milne
James Douglas Milne (b. June 6, 1948 Stoney Creek ON/ d. June 16, 2018 Vancouver BC)
Milne was a founding member of Downchild in 1969 and appeared on their first four albums. In 1977 he moved to Vancouver and played with several local blues bands there. He also got to back up BB King and Lowell Fulson. He returned to Toronto in the 80s, joining the Morgan Davis Band.
3.
Downchild Blues Band: Going Dancing (Don Walsh)
Dancing:
Special Records / GRT 9230-1049
Toronto
ON
Donnie
Walsh: guitar, harmonica
Jim
Milne: bass
Tony
Flaim: vocal
Jane
Vasey: piano
Dave
Woodward: tenor sax
Nat
Abraham: tenor sax
Cash
Wall: drums
Produced
by Alan Duffy and Billy Bryans, 1974
Recorded
by Terry Brown at Toronto Sound
4.
Howlin’ Wolf: Evil (Willie Dixon)
Chester
Burnet AKA Howlin’ Wolf: Chess Records – CH 60016-2
Chicago
IL
Howlin’
Wolf: vocal, harp
Hubert
Sumlin and Jody Williams (guitars)
Otis
Spann (piano)
Willie
Dixon (double-bass)
Earl
Phillips (drums)
Produced
by Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Willie Dixon, 1954
Compilation
Produced by Chess Records -1981
Recorded
at Chess Studios, Chicago
Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 White Station, Mi – d. January 10, 1976 Hines, IL)
5.
Dinah Washington: All of Me (Simons / Marks)
Music
To Live By (Demonstration Record) Mercury PJA-1A
Tuscaloosa,
Alabama
Dinah
Washington: vocal
Herb
Geller, Alto Sax
Produced
1956
Ruth Lee Jones: August 29, 1924 / December 14, 1963, born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Made her first records in 1944 backed by the Lionel Hampton band. Between 1948 and 1955, she had 27 R&B top ten hits, making her one of the most popular and successful singers of the period.
All Of Me was first performed by Belle Baker over the radio and recorded in December 1931 by Ruth Etting. It was later covered by Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, the Count Basie Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Laine and Willie Nelson. Michael Bublé covered it in 2012, as did Ani Defranco. It is also recorded by Eric Clapton on his 2013 album Old Sock with Paul McCartney.
6.
Al Kooper: Going Quietly Mad (Al Kooper)
New
York City (You’re A Woman): Columbia Records C30506
NYC
Al
Kooper: lead guitar (treble), keys
Caleb
Quaye: lead guitar (bass)
Herbie
Flowers: bass
Roger
Pope: drums
Produced
by Al Kooper, 1971
Recorded
at Trident Studios, London; Columbia Studios, LA
Engineered
by Ken Scott, Robert Gratz, Mark Friedman, Sy Mitchell, Frank Laico and
Doug Pomeroy
Mixed
by Ken Scott and Doug Pomeroy
Mastered
by Mike Ruschach
7.
Silver Apples: Program (Dan Taylor / Simeon Coxe)
Silver
Apples: Kapp Records KS 3562
New
York City
Danny
Taylor: drums, vocals
Simeon:
the thing (the simeon), vocals
Produced
by Barry Bryant, 1968
Recorded
by Don Van Gorden, New York City
Both
players were in the (NYC) house band The Overland Stage Electric Band and
quit to form Silver Apples.
Taylor
was a drummer whose previous experience included playing with Jimi Hendrix
Their
first gig as SA was before 30,000 fans in NY's Central Park Taylors
drumset included thirteen drums, five cymbals and other percussion instruments.
Danny Taylor died on March 10, 2005 Kingston, NY of heart attack.
Simeon keeps doing Silver Apples gigs using original drum tracks of Taylor.
8.
The Kinks: Waterloo Sunset (Ray Davies)
45
Single bw Act Nice And Gentle: Pye Records - PYE 821
London
UK
Mick
Avory drums, percussion
John
Dalton bass guitar, background vocals
Dave
Davies lead guitar, background vocals
Ray
Davies lead and background vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards (harpsichord
and piano)
Produced
by Shel Talmy, 1967
Recorded
April 1966 – May 1967 at Pye Studios, London
Released
5 May 1967
To celebrate Ray Davies 74th birthdate: June 21
9.
Fearing & White: Eighth Wonder (of the World) (Stephen Fearing / Andy
White)
Tea
& Confidences: LP Version - limited edition of 3 copies in the whole
wide world
Halifax
NS / Melbourne, Aust
Stephen
Fearing: vocals, guitars
Andy
White: vocals, guitars, bass, mandolin
Ray
Farrugia: drums
Produced
by Fearing & White - 2014
Recorded
by Scott Merritt at The Cottage, Guelph ON
Mixed
and Mastered by John Whynot at The Palm Door, Los Angeles
Vinyl
Record made at DAS Record Automat, Fitzroy Australia
http://www.fearingandwhite.com
Yep, on vinyl
10.
Gene Kelly: Moonlight Bay (Percy Wenirich / Edward Madden)
Celebrities:
Lion Records L70108
Beverly
Hills CA
Gene
Kelly: vocal
Carman
Dragon Orchestra
Recorded
November 13, 1947
Compilation
LP produced 1958
Eugene Curran Kelly (b. Pittsburgh, P August 23, 1912 / d. February 2, 1996, Beverly Hills CA)
Lion Records: Originally created by MGM Records in the mid-1950s as a budget label, it was shut down in 1960. Its albums mainly consisted of compilations of new-to-LP singles and previously unreleased material.
This particular compilation includes cuts (from 1947 – 1956) by artists such as Danny Thomas, Desi Arnez, Debbie Reynolds, Ava Gardner, Red Skelton, Susan Hayward, Van Johnson and others.
11.
Mac Beattie & Ottawa Valley Melodiers: Moonlight Memories (John McNab
Beattie)
A
Visit To The Ottawa Valley: Banff - RBS 1170
Arnprior,
ON
Reg
Hill: fiddle
Bob
Price: piano
Garney
Scheel: bass
Gaetan
Fairfield: guitar
Mac
Beattie: vocal, drums
Produced
by Ralph Carlson - June 1, 1960
http://www.backtothesugarcamp.com/macbeattie.html
John McNab ‘Mac’ Beattie (b. Arnprior ON, 21 Dec 1916 / d 14 June 1982, Arnprior)
This was one of the first songs Mac Beattie ever wrote. It’s a great transposition from winter to summer memories of moonlighting to the sound of a soft guitar at Norway Bay, along the Ottawa River. It holds a great 1950s romantic feel.
12.
The Fallen Leaves: Little Liar (J Parres / R Fournier)
45
Single: Dominion 84
Timmins
ON
Ray
Fournier: vocals. guitar
Dan
Crocini: bass
Barry
"Fingers" Lewis: lead guitar
Jim
Parres: keys
Dave
Van Leeuwen: drums
Produced
1966
Timmins, Ontario band who most likely came down to Toronto to record this. They made two 45s for the Dominion label. Most likely the only Timmins band of the time to make it to vinyl.
13.
Frank Zappa: Transylvania Boogie (Frank Zappa)
Chungas
Revenge: Reprise / Bizarre 2030
Los
Angeles CA
Frank
Zappa: vocal, guitar
Ian
Underwood: organ
Max
Bennett: bass, vocal
Aynsley
Dunbar: drums
Produced
by Frank Zappa - 1970
Recorded
by Dick Kunc, Stan Agol & Roy Baker at The Record Plant,
Hollywood;
Trident Studios, London: TTG, Hollywood & Whitney Studios, Glendale
Cover:
Cal Schenkel
“A Gypsy mutant industrial vacuum cleaner dances about a mysterious night time camp fire. Festoons. Dozens of imported castanets, clutched by the horrible suction of its heavy duty hose, waving with marginal erotic abandon in the midnight autumn air.”
14.
Henry Vogel Trio: Peanuts Polka (Trad) *
Variety
In Rhythm: Vintage Records SCV 107
Kichener
ON
Henry
Vogel: Cordovox, trumpet
Don
Reinhart: guitar
Fred
Schoenherr: drums, trumpet, vibes
Produced
by Art Snider circa 1974
Recorded
by Glen Clarke at Sound Canada Recording Centre, Toronto
This
traditional Mexican polka has been recorded by dozens of polka bands, including
Myron Floren’s
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Hanover / Grey Co. ON
Bonne Bay, Newfoundland
Corner Brook, Newfoundlan
Sundays 3-5 pm ET
Tuesdays 9-11 pm NT
Thursdays 2-4 pm NT
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Lower Sackville NS
Sun 8:30-10:30 pm NT
Sun 5-7 pm AT
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