33.45.78 All Vinyl Radio Show
with Steve Fruitman
#243
October 1, 2018

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Hour One

1.   The Beau-Marks: Clap Your Hands (Beau-Marks) 1959 *
2.   Wednesday: Fly Away (G Stellaard) 1975 *
3.   Gene MacLellan: The Call (Gene MacLellan) 1971 *
4.   Shannon Two-Feathers: The Prisoner (Shannon Two-Feathers) 1973 *
5.   Dolly Parton: Coat of Many Colours (Dolly Parton) 1971
6.   Stevedore Steve: Saint John Loyalist Days (Stephen J Foote) 1972 *
7.   Jane Morgan: Le jour ou la pluie viendra (Becaud / Delance) 1958
8.   DL Menard: Tit’ Gallop A Mamou (Trad) 1988
9.   Gilles Losier: Mrs Calder’s (G Losier) 1983 *
10. Gary Lewis & The Playboys: Little Miss Go-Go (Thomas Leslie / Lyon Russell / Louis Yule Brown) 1965
11. Gordon Lightfoot: Go-Go Round (G Lightfoot) 1967 *
12. The Michigan Polka-tels: Go-Go Musicians 1966
13. UB40: Nkomo A Go-Go (UB40) 1984
14. The Stranglers: Shah Shah A Go-Go (The Stranglers) 1979
15. David Gogo: Coulda Shoulda Woulda (David Gogo) 2015 *
16. Johnny & The Hurricanes: Buckeye (Conaster / King) 1959

Hour Two

1.   The James Gang: Funk #49 (Fox / Peters / Walsh) 1970
2.   The James Gang: Asshtonpark (Fox / Peters / Walsh) 1970
3.   The James Gang: Woman (Fox / Peters / Walsh) 1970
4.   The James Gang: The Bomber (Fox / Peters / Walsh / Gauraldi) 1970
5.   Andy Shauf: The Magician (Andy Shauf) 2016 *
6.   Whitehorse: Lipstick (Luke Doucet / Melissa McClelland) 2013 *
7.   Carnival: Out Of My Life (Wells / Brownscombe / Eberle) 1968 *
8.   Deserters: Innervisions (C Bigg / K MacLean) 1981 *
9.   Ella Fitzgerald: Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye (Cole Porter) 1956
10. Bunk Johnson & His New Orleans Band: Tishomingo Blues (Spencer Williams) 1945
11. Just Us: I Don’t Love You (Bill Ross / Bob Neilson) 1965 *
12. Peter & Gordon: Nobody I Know (Lennon / McCartney) 1964
13. Don Freed: Wheelbarrow (Don Freed) 1981 *
14. Tornados: Globetrotter (Joe Meek) 1962

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And Now for The Particulars:

Hour One

1.   The Beau-Marks: Clap Your Hands (Beau-Marks)
45 single bw Billy, Billy Went A Walking: Quality (Golden Treaures) Records QGT 014X
Montreal QC
Ray Hutchinson - guitar
Mike Robitaille - bass
Joey Frechette - piano
Gilles Tailleur - drums
Produced 1959

Formed in the late 1950s, their first release, the April 1959 single "Rockin' Blues" b/w "Midnight Party", came out under the name The Del-Tones, but the group changed their name soon afterward in a nod to the Bomarc missile. "Clap Your Hands," hit #1 in Canada and Australia and peaked at #45 on the US Billboard chart.  They appeared on American Bandstand and at a charity concert at Carnegie Hall soon afterwards. Two more albums followed before the group broke up in 1963.

2.   Wednesday: Fly Away (G Stellaard)
45 single bw Good Time Girl: Ampex Records AC1365
Oshawa ON
Mike O'Neil (lead vocals, acoustic & electric guitars)
Paul Andrew Smith (guitar, keyboards, vocals)
John (Jose) Dufek (bass, vocals)
Randy Begg (drums, percussion, vocals)
Produced by John Dee Driscoll, 1975

Wednesday was formed in Oshawa in 1971 by high school mates Mike O'Neil and Paul Andrew Smith. They originally played the Ontario circuit playing covers of contemporary hits and 1950's standards. By the time they'd honed their live chops in 1973 they had remade the Wayne Cochran song "Last Kiss". This time Driscoll hand delivered the single to radio stations where CFTR-AM played it immediately and indefinitely. Influential 1050 CHUM-AM jumped on the track and the song went to No.2, giving way to an avalanche of Canadian radio support.

This buzz spilled over into the US market and the record made Billboard's 'Hot 100'. The song would go on to sell well over 200,000 copies. The band was awarded a 'RPM Maple Leaf Award' for outstanding sales (1973), and were nominated for several Junos as well.  "Fly Away" made it to a respectable No. 21 on the charts.

3.   Gene MacLellan: The Call (Gene MacLellan)
45 single bw Snowbird: Capitol Records Canada 72607
Val d’Or QC / PEI
Gene MacLellan: vocal
Fred Carter Jr, Bill Sanford, Brian Ahern, Tommy Graham, Kelso Herston: guitars
Pig Robbins, BG Cruiser: piano
Wally Ackerman: drums
Norbert Putnam: bass
Charley McCoy, Jimmy Riddle: harmonica
Bobby Thompson: banjo
Lloyd Green: steel
Produced by Brian & Trish Ahern - 1970
Executive Producer: Paul White
Recorded by Les Ladd, Lee Hazen, Rick Horton, Gene Eichelburger and / or
Bill Connor at Woodland Sound Studio, Nashville TN

4.   Shannon Two-Feathers: The Prisoner (Shannon Two-Feathers)
45 single bw Sweet Gypsy Hair: RCA Victor KPBO-0005
Sandy Bay MB
Shannon Two-Feathers: guitar, vocal
Produced by Jack Feeney, 1973

Shannon Roulette: b. Sandy Bay MB September 16, 1936 - ?? but is deceased

Got to release several singles and a couple of obscure albums in the early 1970s.
Inducted into the Manitoba Aboriginal Music Hall of Fame in 2008.

5.   Dolly Parton: Coat of Many Colours (Dolly Parton)
3 song EP: Jolene & Love Is Like A Butterfly: RCA Victor 2675
Nashville TN
Dolly Parton – vocals, guitar
Billy Sanford – guitar
Dave Kirby – guitar
Jerry Shook – guitar
George McCormick – guitar
Pete Drake – pedal steel guitar
Bobby Dyson – bass
Jerry Carrigan – drums
Buck Trent – banjo
Mack Magaha – fiddle
Johnny Gimble – fiddle
Buddy Spicher – fiddle
Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
David Briggs – piano
Background vocals – The Nashville Edition
Produced by Bob Ferguson, April 27, 1971
Recorded at RCA Studio B, Nashville

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946 Sevier County, Tennessee)

She composed this song, about a real coat, while traveling with Porter Wagoner on a tour bus in 1969.

6.   Stevedore Steve: Saint John Loyalist Days (Stephen J Foote)
45 single bw Lester The Lobster: Boot Records BT 040
Saint John NB
Stevedore Steve Foote: guitar, vocal
Studio musicians unknown
Produced by Fred McKenna, 1972

Stephen J Foote b. Saint John NB January 3, 1938 – d. October 2016

7.   Jane Morgan: Le jour ou la pluie viendra (Gilbert Becaud / Carl Delance)
45 single bw w The Day The Rains Came: London Records HL-R-8751
Newton Mass
Jane Morgan: vocals
Vic Schoen Orchestra
Produced 1958

Florence Catherine Currier b. May 3, 1924 (age 90) Newton, Massachusetts

8.   DL Menard: Tit’ Gallop A Mamou (Trad)
No Matter Where You At, There You Are: Rounder Records - 6021
Erath Louisiana
DL Menard: guitar, vocal
Ken Smith: fiddle
Blackie Forestier: accordion
Produced by Ken Irwin and DL Menard - 1988
Recorded by Rex Hertert at La Lousianne Recording Studios, Lafayette LA
Mixed by Bill McElroy at Bias Recorders, Springfield VA
Mastered by Tom Coyne at Frankford/Wayne, NY

Doris Leon Menard b. Erath, LA  April 14, 1932 / d. July 27, 2017 Scott, LA

He has been called the "Cajun Hank Williams." In 1993, his album Le Trio Cadien was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best traditional folk album category. In 2009, he was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame along with Jo-El Sonnier, Doug Kershaw, and Jimmy C. Newman.

9.   Gilles Losier: Mrs Calder’s (G Losier)
Salut, Belle Acadie: Amical Records AMI-2001
Tracadie-Sheila NB
Gilles Losier: violin, bass, piano
Produced by Gilles Losier, 1983
Recorded by Maurice Patton at Studio 1913, Montreal

b. Tracadie NB, 1936

10. Gary Lewis & The Playboys: Little Miss Go-Go
(Thomas Leslie / Lyon Russell / Louis Yule Brown)
45 single bw Count Me In: Liberty Records F-55778
Los Angeles CA
Gary Lewis – vocals, drums
David Walker - Guitar
Allan Ramsay - Bass
David Costell - Guitar
John West - "Cordovox" (electronic accordion)
Hal Blaine: percussion
Produced by Snuff Garrett 1965
Recorded by Dave Hassinger, Bones Howe, Henry Lewy
Arranged by Leon Russell

11. Gordon Lightfoot: Go-Go Round (G Lightfoot)
The Way I Feel: United Artists Records UAL 3587
Toronto ON
Gordon Lightfoot: guitar, vocal
Red Shea: lead guitar
John Stockfish: bass
Ken Buttrey: drums
Charlie McCoy: 3rd guitar, harmonica, celeste, bells
Produced by John Court, 1967

From Lightfoot’s second album

12. The Michigan Polka-tels: Go Go Musicians
Flying High: Don-Joe Polkas Records DJLP 1009
Detroit MI
Gene Szalankiewicz: clarinet, sax
John Chzasz: trumpet, vocal
Ben Valvona: accordion
Rich Jarosinski: sax
Max Wolski: drums
Produced by Don Martin circa 1966
Recorded by Paul Stanczyk at Bellaire Studios, Chicago
 

13. UB40: Nkomo A Go Go (UB40)
45 single bw If It Happens Again: DEP International DEP11a
Birmingham UK
Astro: vocal, trumpet
Jim Brown, vocal, drums
Ali Campbell: vocal, guitar
Robin Campbell: vocal, guitar
Earl Falconer: bass
Michael Virtue: keys
Norman Hassan: trombone, synth drums, vocals
Brian Travers: also tenor sax
Produced by UB40 and Howard Gray, 1984
Recorded at The Abattoir, Birmingham by John Shaw

14. The Stranglers: Shah Shah A Go Go (The Stranglers)
The Raven: United Artists Records UAG 30262
Guildford, Surry UK
Hugh Cornwell: guitar, vocals
Dave Greenfield: keys, vocals
Jean Jacques Burnel: bass, vocals
Jet Black (Brian Duffy): drums
Produced by The Stranglers and Alan Winstanley, June 1979
Recorded by Alan Winstanley at Pathe Marconi Studios, Paris FR

15. David Gogo: Coulda Shoulda Woulda (David Gogo)
Vicksburg Call: Cordova Bay Records CBR 1322
Nanaimo BC
David Gogo: guitar, vocal
Jay Stevens: bass, piano, harmony vocal
Bill Hicks: drums
Marisha Devoin: acoustic bass
Rick Hopkins: Hammond
Produced by The Perignon Partnership, 2015
Recorded by Rick Salt

David Gogo (born Nanaimo BC, March 18, 1969)

NOT ON VINYL but…. He’s a GoGo guy so it makes it.

16. Johnny & The Hurricanes: Buckeye (Conaster / King)
45 single bw Red River rock: London Records HL 8948
Toledo OH
Dave Yorko: guitar
Johnny Paris: sax
Paul Tesluk: organ
Lionel "Butch" Mattice: bass
Bill "Little Bo" Savich: drums
Produced by T King and I Mack,  July 1959
Recorded at Warwick Studios, NYC
Mastered at Columbia Recording Studios, Bridgeport

Johnny & The Hurricans began as the Orbits in Toledo, Ohio in 1957

They toured the Midwest, around the United States and internationally, and appeared on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand several times. Yorko was among the first to leave the Hurricanes, claiming “He got tired of being on the road and wanted a normal life.” The people credited with having written this song were actually Harry Balk and Irving Micahnik, the band’s managers. In 1962, they played at the Star-Club in Hamburg, where the Beatles, then a little-known band, served as an opening act.

Hour Two

1.   The James Gang: Funk #49 (Fox / Peters / Walsh) 1970
2.   The James Gang: Asshtonpark (Fox / Peters / Walsh) 1970
3.   The James Gang: Woman (Fox / Peters / Walsh) 1970
4.   The James Gang: The Bomber (Fox / Peters / Walsh / Gauraldi) 1970
James Gang Rides Again: ABC Dunhill Records ABC S-711
Cleveland OH
Joe Walsh: guitars, keys, vocals
Jim Fox: drums, percussion
Dale Peters: bass
Produced by Bill Szymczyk and “Made to be played loud”, 1970
Recorded by Bill Szymczyk and Liyllianne Duma, Mike Stone, Stan Agol at The Record Plant & East-West Studios, NYC.
Mastered by Artisan Sound Recorders

Probably my favourite half album! Side two just brings me down. I’ve tried to like it but….

On the initial pressings of James Gang Rides Again, a rendition of Maurice Ravel's "Boléro" is mixed into "The Bomber." Ravel's estate threatened suit against both the James Gang and ABC Records for its unauthorized use. As a result, the track was edited, the "Boléro" section was removed on most subsequent pressings of the album.

5.   Andy Shauf: The Magician (Andy Shauf)
The Party: A&C Records AUC117
Regina SK
Colin Neelis: strings
Andy Shauf: all other instruments, vocals
Produced by Andy Shauf, 2016
Recorded by Andy Shauf at Studio One, Regina
Mixed by Nesh Georgeson at Banner Mountain Studios, LA
Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova at Bova Lab, Ottawa
Illistrations: Meghan Fenske

Shauf was born in Estevan, SK. This album was shortlisted for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize.

6.   Whitehorse: Lipstick (Luke Doucet / Melissa McClelland)
45 single bw Devil’s Got A Gun (Live): Six Shooter Records SIX076
Toronto ON
Luke Doucet: guitar, vocal
Melissa McLelland: guitar, vocal
Produced by Whitehorse 2013
Recorded by moon:&:6 at Catherine North Studio
Mastered by Phil Demetro at the Lacquer Channel, Toronto
http://www.whitehorsemusic.ca

7.   Carnival: Out Of My Life (Wells / Brownscombe / Eberle)
45 single bw Four Seasons: Columbia Records - C4 2789
Kitchener ON
Tim Hallman (piano)
Don Pellow (organ)
Bill Wells (bass)
Bob Brownscombe (guitar/vocals)
Mike Oberle (drums)
Produced by Chelsea Sound 1968

Where are they now?
-Tim Hallman enrolled at Queen's University where he earned his Bachelor of Music degree and taught music in -school. He now plays around Kingston, Ontario
-Don Pellow became an architect and lives near Milton, Ontario and sticks mainly to church organ
-Bill Wells was last known to work at the Bruce Nuclear Plant near Southampton
-Mike Oberle recorded and toured around the Ontario bar circuit with Ian Thomas for many years and become leader and manager of The Lulu's Roadhouse House Band in Kitchener.

8.   Deserters: Innervisions (C Bigg / K MacLean)
45 single bw Alien: Capitol Records 72856
Ajax ON
Chris Gibb (synthesizer, bass, vocals)
Kenny MacLean (synthesizer, guitar, vocals)
Henry Diclemente (percussion, drums)
Greg Stephens (synthesizer, vocals)
Produced by Carter, 1981

Originally known as The Suspects, a Toronto punk band. After signing with Capitol Records they did a make-over, lots of hair spray, and became The Deserters, a new wave band. They released two albums before calling it a day in 1983.

9.   Ella Fitzgerald: Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye (Cole Porter)
45 single bw David Rose Orch: The Stripper: Old Gold Records OG 9451
Newport News, VA
Ella Fitzgerald: vocals
Buddy Bregman Orchestra
Produced by Norman Granz, 1956
Old Gold copy released in 1984

Ella Jane Fitzgerald  (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996)

10. Bunk Johnson & His New Orleans Band: Tishomingo Blues (Spencer Williams)
4 Song EP: Brunswick Records OE 9357
New Orleans LA
Bunk Johnson: cornet
George Lewis: clarinet
Jim Robinson: trombone
Alcide Pavageau: bass
Baby Dodds: drums
Alton Purnell: piano
Song Produced 1945
EP released 1956

Willie Gary "Bunk" Johnson (b New Orleans December 27, 1879 / d. July 7, 1949)

This Spencer Williams song was first published in 1917. The title refers to Tishomingo, Mississippi. It was first recorded by Duke Ellington’s band in 1928

11. Just Us: I Don’t Love You (Bill Ross / Bob Neilson)
45 single bw I Can Tell: Quality Records 1738
Toronto ON
Jimmy Livingston: vocal
Neil Lillie (aka Merryweather): bass
Wayne Davis: guitar
Ed Roth: keys
Stan Endersby: guitar
Bob Ablack: drums
Produced by Weiner and Steiner, 1965

The band formed around late 1964 after guitarist Wayne Davis left the Spellbinders. The new band was quick on the scene and were fortunate enough to get a recording contract. In 1966 they were forced to change their name after an American band claimed it, so they became The Tripp. In 1967 they changed names again, this time to Livingston’s Journey after Merryweather left to join Bruce Cockburn in John Q Public.

12. Peter & Gordon: Nobody I Know (Lennon / McCartney)
45 single bw You Don’t Have To Tell Me: Columbia Records (EMI) DB 7292
London UK
Peter Asher: vocal
Gordon Waller: vocal
Session musicians
Produced by Norman Newell, April 1964
Recorded at Abby Road Studios

Nobody I Know was a throw away song, written by Paul McCartney. P & G’s recording sold over a million copies. Petula Clark recorded a French version, "Partir, il nous faut", released in 1965.

13. Don Freed: Wheelbarrow (Don Freed) 198 *
Off In All Directions: Bushleage Records - BLR 00001
Saskatoon, SK
Don Freed: guitar, harmonica, vocal
Doug Boomhower: electric guitar
Skip Kutz: bass
Hans Van Norren: drums
Rod Salloum: keys
Mike Devlin: steel
Gary 'Humphrey Dumptruck' Walsh: banjo
Calvin Cairns: concertina, fiddle
Steve Bengtson: mandolin
Alan Kellogg: harmony vocal
Produced by Dale Russell - 1981
http://www.donfreed.com/ or mailto:don@donfreed.com

born in New Westminster BC & raised in Saskatoon

He came to Toronto, pennyless, and called up an old friend, Juri Krytiuk, a producer at Dominion Records. Juri got him a quick sessioin backing up Stevedore Steve on his first album, Songs of the Stevedore, in 1968. It made him fifty bucks! In 1969 appeared with Johnny Cash in the documentary Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music. In the film, Freed is shown visiting Cash backstage where he performs two songs, after which Cash promises to get the singer an audition with Columbia Records. He was subsequently signed by Capitol and recorded an album for them in 1972, which was never released.

Hung around Toronto for twenty years, releasing a few albums of his songs. He was romantically linked with Joni Mitchell and collaborated with her on her album ‘Taming the Tiger’.

14. Tornados: Globetrotter (Joe Meek)
45 single bw Locomotion With Me: Decca Records 11562
London UK
Clem Cattini - drums (1960-1965)
Heinz Burt - bass guitar (1960-1963)
George Bellamy - rhythm guitar (1962-1965)
Alan Caddy - lead guitar (1962-1965)
Norman Hale - keyboards (1962)
Produced by Joe Meek, 1962
Recorded at R.G.M. Sound

A UK Number 5, released just after their hit version of Telstar.


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