with Steve Fruitman
#286
July 29, 2019
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Perfect Summer Music
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Hour One
1. Big Brother & The Holding Co.: Summertime (D Hayward / George Gershwin) 1968
2. The Grass Roots: Let’s Live For Today (Mogol / Shapiro / Julien) 1966
3. Music Explosion: Little Bit O’Soul (John Carter / Ken Lewis) 1967
4. (Stompin’) Tom Connors: Luke’s Guitar (TC Connors) 1965 *
5. Alan Sherman: Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah (Alan Sherman) 1963
6. Mac Beattie: Madawaska Valley (John McNab Beattie) 1969 *
7. Kevin Head: Everybody Needs A Backyard To Return To (Kevin Head) 1974*
8. The Fallen Leaves: Time Is Everything (J Parres / R Fournier) 1965 *
9. The Searchers: Ain’t That Just Like Me (Carrol / Guy) 1963
10. Earl Heywood: The Algonquin Waltz (E Heywood) circa 1955 *
11. Moby Grape: Hey Grandma (Jerry Miller / Don Stevenson) 1967
12. Sopwith Camel: Frantic Desolation (T MacNeil / P Kraemer) 1967
13. Sinkane: Warm Spell (Ahmed Abullahi Gallab) 2012
14. Don Freed: A Really Hot Day (D Freed) 1982 *
15. Joe Hall & Continental Drift: More Cold Drinks (Joe Hall) 1978 *
16. The High Tones: Arsenic (Harris) 1961 *Hour Two
1. Peter Frampton: Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) ( Wright / Garrett / Hardaway / Wonder) 1977
2. Mose Scarlett: Key To The Highway (Trad) 1981 *
3. Tim Harrison: Train Going East (Tim Harrison) 1978 *
4. Bruce Cockburn: Stab At Matter (B Cockburn) 2017 *
5. David Gon: The Loon Calling Me (D Gon) 1988 *
6. Frank Sinatra: Come Dance With Me (Sammy Cahn / Jimmy Van Heusen) 1959
7. Dick Nolan: Honky Tonk Girl (Chuck Harding / Hank Thompson) 1962 *
8. Mark Haines & The Zippers: Come On, Let’s Dance (M Haines) 1988 *
9. The GoGo’s: Vacation (Valentine / Caffey / Weidlin) 1982
10. The Specials: Holiday Fortnight (Byers) 1980
11. Fraser & DeBolt: Stoney Day (DM DeBolt) 1971 *
12. Mason Profit: Stoney River (John Talbot / Terry Talbot) 1973
13. Mock Turtles: No Use Trying (Syd Barrett) 1987
14. The Beatles: And Your Bird Can Sing (Lennon / McCartney) 1966CanCon = 50%
And Now for The Particulars:Hour One
1. Big Brother & The Holding Co.: Summertime (DuBose Hayward / George Gershwin)
Cheap Thrills: Columbia Records KCS 9700
San Francisco CA
Janis Joplin: vocals
Sam Andrew: lead guitar, vocals
James Gurley: guitar
Peter Albin: bass
Dave Getz: drums
Produced by John Simon, 1968
Recorded by David Diller and Fred Catero
Mixed and Mastered by Vic Anesini
Cover Art by Robert CrumbCheap Thrills reached number one on the charts for eight nonconsecutive weeks in 1968. It was the last Big Brother album to feature Janis Joplin.
2 The Grass Roots: Lets Live For Today (Mogol / Shapiro / Julien)
Single bw Depressed Feeling: RCA Victor D 4084
Los Angeles CA
Dusty Hanvey: guitar
Rob Grill: lead vocal
Larry Nelson: keys
Others
Produced by PF Sloan, 1967Originally the creation of Lou Adler and songwriting duo P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri. Weren’t actually a group. Various lineups of touring musicians were used. Probably none of the stage groups ever played on the recordings. Sloan & Barri usually used The Wrecking Crew. Let’s Live For Today was the first successful single and sold over a million copies.
3. Music Explosion: Little Bit O Soul (John Carter Ken Lewis)
45 single bw I See The Light: Laurie Records L-3380X
Mansfield, Ohio
James "Jamie" Lyons (singer, percussion)
Donald (Tudor) Atkins (guitar)
Richard Nesta (guitar)
Burton Stahl (bass)
Robert Avery (drums)
Producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz, 1967One of the first (of many) hits produced by Kasenetz-Katz who were (in)famous for their bubble gum roster which included Ohio Express (Yummy Yummy Yummy I Got Love In My Tummy), The 1910 Fruitgum Company (Simon Says) and The Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus (Dong-Dong-Diki-Di-Ki-Dong). But this song is a good one.
4. (Stompin’) Tom Connors: Luke’s Guitar (TC Connors) 1965 *
45 single bw The Birth of the New Dragon Mine: CKGB: QC 122
Halton Hills ON
Tom Connors: guitar, boots, vocal
Produced at CKGB Radio, Timmins ON, 1965Connors didn’t use the Stompin’ Tom moniker until 1967. Before that, while living in Timmins where he really began his professional career (at the Maple Leaf Hotel), he recorded eight 45s, released independently through the local Timmins radio station CKGB (the first radio station owned by Roy Thompson) These were recorded at the station on reel to reel tapes, sent to Toronto to be manufactured. These were mostly sold at gigs although I knew of one record store in Timmins that did stock them: Eddy Office Supply on 3rd Avenue. This was the very first song of Tom’s that I ever heard; my friend Terry Koza played me his copy won in a contest by his older brother who had no use for it. The song on the b side was discarded by Tom after the mine changed it’s name to the Kidd Creek Mine but later re-recorded as ‘The Birth of the Kidd Creek Mine’ on his CD ‘The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom’ released in 2008 (at my urging, of course!).
5. Alan Sherman: Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah (Alan Sherman / Lou Bush)
My Son The Nut: Warner Bros Records 1501
Chicago ILL
Alan Sherman: vocals
Produced by Jimmy Hilliard 1963
Recorded by Lowell FrankAllan Copelon b. November 30, 1924 - d. November 20, 1973
I hated summer camp! I spent a few weeks in the summers of 1963-65 at a sleep-over camp before going to Timmins. I just wanted to be in Timmins! So this song resonated with me (as it did just about everybody) in the summer of ’64. The song won a 1964 Grammy Award for Best Comedy song. He produced TV game shows and wrote scripts until the 1960s but loved singing silly parodies beginning in 1951 when he recorded A Satchel and a Seck (A Bushel and a Peck) with singer Sylvia Froos. Living in Los Angeles beside Harpo Marx, he was often invited to Marx’s parties to sing some of his parodies. He was spotted by George Burns who phoned Warner Brothers who signed him to a contract resulting in his first album: My Son, The folk Singer in 1962.
6. Mac Beattie & Ottawa Valley Melodiers: Madawaska Valley (Mac Beattie)
In Stereo By Request: Banff Rodeo SBS 5312
Arnprior ON
Mac Beattie: vocal, drums
Gaetan Fairfield: guitar
Reg Hill: fiddle
Jimmy Mayhew: piano
Hubert Brisson: bass
Gordon Summers: electric guitar
Produced by George Taylor, 1969
Recorded by Gaetan Desbiens at Stereo Sound Studios, MontrealI just came back from Madawaska country so this song is perfect. The Madawaska flows from Algonquin Park to the Ottawa River at Arnprior, the home of Mac Beattie. Along the way it passes through the towns of Whitney, Griffith, Combermere, Palmer Rapids, Calabogie and Burnstown. This song captured it all! Madawaska comes from the Algonquin meaning People of the Shallows.
7. Kevin Head: Everybody Needs A Backyard To Return To (Kevin Head)
No Frills: Shellout Records 50-101
Kingston ON / Ketch Harbour NS
Kevin Head: guitar, vocals
Bruce Chapman: piano
Jinx O’Neil: bass
Ron Doug Parks, drums
Ken Pearson: organ
Kate McGarrigle: banjo, accordion
Louis Benoit: mandolin
Gordon Stobbe: fiddle
Chaim Tannenbaum: harmonica
Dick Snook: sax
Scott MacMillan, Dave MacIssac, Wade Brown: guitar
Produced by Kevin Head, 1974
Recorded by Al Feeny and Lindsay Kidd at Audio Atlantic Studios, Halifax
Mixed by Kevin Head & Ken PearsonOriginally from Nova Scotia, he was first billed as The Original Salt Cod Cowboy. Currently Kevin lives in the Kingston area, writing, performing and teaching, living rurally, planting trees, collecting old Volvos, and howling at the moon. According to him. His last output was a CD called Kevin Head LIVE! in 2013.
8. The Fallen Leaves: Time Is Everything (J Parres / R Fournier)
45 Single be Little Liar: Dominion Records 84
Timmins ON
Bob Francis: vocals
Ray Fournier: guitar
Dan Crocini: bass
Barry "Fingers" Lewis
Jim Parres: keys
Dave Van Leeuwen: drums
Produced 1965This Timmins Ontario band were big in Town in 1966 after releasing two singles on the Dominion Records label. Oddly enough, Stompin’ Tom would eventually sign a contract with this label in 1967, re-releasing his first two Tom Connors albums which were originally released on Rebel Records. He, and his partners, would later buy up some of the Dominion catalogue and released a lot of it on their Boot Records label circa 1971.
9. The Searchers: Aint That Just Like Me (Carrol / Guy)
Sugar & Spice: Pye Records NPL-30044
Liverpool UK
Tony Jackson: lead vocals, bass
Chris Curtis: drums
Michael Pender: lead guitar
John McNally: rhythm guitar
Produced by Tony Hatch, 1963The summer of 1964 was a magical one for me. I was in Northern Ontario, staying with my grand-parents in Timmins. I had all my albums with me: about ten of them: Beatles, Dave Clark 5 but I had yet to hear about The Searchers. I went with my uncle to a logging camp in the bush where I met a young man who had a few albums and a battery-powered record player. He chose to play me this album and I was hooked. What a great new name to look for! The Searchers.
10. Earl Heywood: The Algonquin Waltz (Earl Heywood)
Canada's Number 1 Singing Cowboy: British Archives of Country Music - BACM-CD-212
Wingham ON
Earl Heywood: guitar, vocals
Martha Heywood: organ
Produced by Lynn Russwurm - 2007
Originally recorded for RCA Victor in early 1950s
British Archives of Country Music, 451 Folkstone Road, Dover, Kent, CT17 9JX, UKEarl Carlyle Heywood b near Exeter ON 12 Mar 1917 / d Brussels ON 17 Sep 2006)
Billed as Canada’s No. 1 Singing Cowboy, Earl began singing on Doc Cruickshank’s CKNX radio program “It’s A Saturday Night Barn Dance” in 1941 and eventually became its star performer. He continued doing radio programs over CKNX till the mid-1980s. He also founded the Barn Dance Historical Society & Entertainment Museum in Wingham, ON in the mid-90s.
Earl recorded one of Canada’s first concept albums: Tales of the Donnelly Feud in 1970. He wrote 14 songs for the album about the area around Lucan ON where, in the 1870s a feud raged between the Donnelly family and some of the locals until a fateful night of Feb 3, 1880 ended in the massacre of most of the Donnelly clan by a drunken mob. Stompin’ Tom recorded two songs about them: Black Donnelly Massacre and Jenny Donnelly.
11. Moby Grape: Hey Grandma (Jerry Miller / Don Stevenson)
Moby Grape: Columbia Records: CL 2698
San Francisco CA
Peter Lewis: rhythm guitar, vocals
Jerry Miller: lead guitar, vocals
Bob Mosley: bass, vocals
Skip Spence: rhythm guitar, vocals
Don Stevenson: drums, vocals
Produced by David Rubinson, 1967
Recorded at CBS Studios, Hollywood, CA; March 11: April 25, 1967This was my 66th purchased album from a store in Timmins ON during the summer of 1967. I knew it was going to be an excellent album just from the cover.
12. Sopwith Camel: Frantic Desolation (T MacNeil / P Kraemer)
Sopwith Camel: Kama Sutra Records KLP 8060
San Francisco
Peter Kraemer, vocal, sax
Terry MacNeil and William "Truckaway" Sievers, guitars
Martin Beard, bass (died 10 November 2015)
Norman Mayell, drums
Produced by Erik Jacobsen, 1967
Recorded by Val ValentinThis album of psychedelic folk rock was part of my musical wallpaper in the summer of 68. I purchased it on December 23, 1967 from Sam The Record Man.
13. Sinkane: Warm Spell (Ahmed Abullahi Gallab) 2012
Mars: Ind No Serial NO.
Brooklyn NY
John Paul Frank: bass
Jason Trammell: drums, percussion
Ahmed Abdullahi Gallab: all other instruments, vocals
Produced by Ahmed and Greg Lofaro, 2012
Mixed by Albert Di Fiore at The Rumpus Room
Mastered by Stephanie Villa at Marsh MasteringSinkane b. Sudan, came to US as a lad, brought up in Ohio
14. Don Freed: A Really Hot Day (D Freed)
Pith and Pathos: Bushleague Records – no serial number
Saskatoon SK
Don Freed: guitar, vocal
Glen Hendrickson
Blaine Dunaway
Tom Hazlitt
Joe Mock: guitar
Rick Scott
Connie Kaldor - Jane Mortifee - Cyndi Melon: bg vocals
Produced by Joe Mock, 1982
Recorded by Paul Mcdonald at Pacific Coast Sound, Burnaby BC
Mastered by Geoff Turner at Pinewood Studios, VancouverThis is for the fuck-heads who leave babies and pets in parked furnaces. (I still can’t believe that people do that!) Don recorded this album nearly 40 years ago and still the message doesn’t seem to penetrate deeply enough.
I played a Don Freed cut a couple of weeks back on my look at Saskatchewan and got an inquiry: where can I find this guy’s albums? Only in second hand bins, I’m afraid. Never released on CD. But remember that the fun is in the search and you’ll be alright.
15. Joe Hall & The Continental Drift: More Cold Drinks (Joe Hall) *
On The Avenue: Posterity Records PTR 13009
Toronto / Peterborough ON
Joe Hall: lead vocals, guitars, percussion, harmonica, noise, exploding bombs
Tony Quarrington: lead guitar, guitars, percussion, dobro, moog, phony steel drum
George Dobo: piano, organ, guitar, recorder
Paul Quarrington: bass
Martin Worthy: drums
Produced by Tony Quarrington, 1978
Recorded by Bob Lanois at Grant Ave Studios, Hamilton ON October 1978His stage patter appears spontaneous: otherwise one might guess that it was co-scripted by Woody Allen and the Marquis de Sade. His band, the Continental Drift, consisted of Hall's long time accomplice, Juno nominated producer Tony Quarrington along with the late the Governor General Award-winning author of 'Whale Music' Paul Quarrington (bass) and Martin Worthy (drums).
16. The Hi-Tones: Arsenic (Hi-Tones)
45 single bw Do What You Did: Montaigne's Limited Edition 45: 1001
Pembroke ON
Lionel Vachon: organ
Don Billows: guitar
Bill Billows: sax
Drummer unknown
Produced by W J Montagne, 1961
Recorded at Glennwood Bowling AlleyNot too much is known about this band; this was their only single on this small label. Also on the label were John T-Bone Little’s band The Hot Toddies (of Niagara Falls, ON) and The Viscounts. Surprisingly, The Staccatos of Ottawa (later the Five Man Electrical Band) released a single on this label called Mess of Blues bw Sick and Tired.
Hour Two
1. Peter Frampton: Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) (Syreeta Wright / Lee Garrett / Lula Mae Hardaway / Stevie Wonder)
I’m In You: A&M Records – SP 4704
London UK
Peter Frampton: drums, guitar, vocal
Mike Finnegan: bg vocal
Bob Mayo: clavinet
Stanley Seldon: bass
John Shiomos: drums
Produced by Peter Frampton – 1977
Recorded by Chris Kimsey, Frankie D’Augusta & Peter Frampton at Electric Lady Studios, NYC, The Record Plant, NYC and The Hit Factory, NYC
Mastered at Sterling Sound NYC by George MarinoPeter Kenneth Frampton b. 22 April 1950
By the age of 12, Frampton played in a band called The Little Ravens. Both he and David Bowie, who was three years older, were pupils at Bromley Technical School. The Little Ravens played on the same bill at school as Bowie's band, George and the Dragons. Peter and David would spend time together at lunch breaks, playing Buddy Holly songs. in 1966 he became a member of The Herd. He was the lead guitarist and singer. In early 1969, when Frampton was 18 years old, he joined with Steve Marriott of Small Faces to form Humble Pie. After a solo career his star began to fall by the end of the 70s. His star began to rise again in the 2000s and he continued to record and gig. He announced that his current tour called Peter Frampton Finale—Farewell Tour will be his curtain call due to suffering a progressive muscle disorder myositis. His recent album, 2019s All Blues debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Blues charts.
2. Mose Scarlett: Key To The Highway (Trad) 1981 *
The Best of Touch The Earth: CBC Records: LM 473
Toronto ON
Mose Scarlett: guitar, vocal
Jim McLean: washboard
Produced by Doug Lennox and Paul Mills, 1981Mosely Stephen Scarlett d. Toronto May 30, 2019
This was from a compilation album released by the CBC featuring live in-studio performances on Sylvia Tyson’s national folk radio program Touch The Earth (1974-1980). I believe that this performance by Mose was recorded around 1978, which would probably make it one of his earliest recordings to make it to the platter. In 1979, Mose recorded two songs live at the Nervous Breakdown folk club that were included on a compilation album of the same name. He was backed on those tracks by Mendelson Joe.
Mose’s first album was the Bruce Cockburn produced Stalling For Time recorded in 1981. The executive producer of that album was Tim Harrison, founder of Summerfolk festival in Owen Sound.
There will be a tribute to Mose at the Tranzac Club in Toronto Wednesday, August 7.
3. Tim Harrison: Train Going East (T Harrison)
Train Going East: Second Avenue Songs - SAS-1001
Owen Sound ON
Tim Harrison: acoustic guitar, vocal
Kevin Dandeno: bass
Kim Deschamps: dobro
Bill Garrett: electric guitar
Ross Gibbons: drums, percussion
Jude Johnson: bg vocal
Garnet Rogers: fiddle, bg vocal
Stan Rogers: bg vocal
Ron Sellwood: keys
Produced by Stan Rogers, 1978
Recorded by Dan Lanois at Grant Avenue Studios, Hamilton ON
Mastered at The Lacquer Channel, TorontoFor many years singer-songwriter Tim Harrison was a major force on the Canadian Folk Music scene, having served as founder and artistic director of Summerfolk in Owen Sound (1976). He also founded The Northwind Festival at Toronto Islands (which featured a young knew up-and-coming star, kd lang before anyone else would), and served as AD for Mariposa Folk Festival and The Eaglewood Folk Fest. He also hosted a great radio show in Toronto at CKLN called Acoustic Espionage in the 1980s. He also founded his own record company, Second Avenue Songs and has worked in the production side of the business as well.
Now living and working out of Nanaimo BC.
4. Bruce Cockburn: Stab At Matter (B Cockburn) 2017 *
Bone On Bone: True North Records TND 678V
Ottawa ON
John Dymond: bass
Gary Craig: drums, percussion
Colin Linden: slide guitar
John Aaron Cockburn: accordion
Ruby Amanfu and The San Francisco Lighthouse Chorus: bg vocals
Produced by Colin Linden, 2017
Recorded by Matthew Wright with Jaycob Bellochi
Mixed by Colin Linden at Pinhead Recorders, Nashville TN
Recorded by Matthew Wright, Jaycob Bellochio, Ben Bacey & Nate Neusada Fantasy Studio, Berkeley CA
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYCGreat to have Colin Linden back producing Cockburn again. Using the Rodeo King’s rhythm section, the album showcases a spiritual exposure of where they’re at today. From one of Canada’s best poet songwriters. And it was released on vinyl!
5. David Gon: The Loon Calling Me (David Gon)
Island Miles Away: CBC Northern Services WRC1 5676
Yellowknife NT
David Gon: guitar, vocal
Eddie Bimm: keys
Ron Prescott: drums
Gary Spicer: guitar
Peter Fredette: bass
Randall Prescott: harmonica
Produced by Les McLaughlin
Recorded at Snowcan Studios, Ottawa by Marc Lajoie January 1988David Gon b. Yellowknife NT 1953
A member of the Dog Rib First Nation, he had a good career as a singer-songwriter playing across the northern reaches of Canada. He got hired to perform at the Northwest Territories Arctic Show at Expo ’86 in Vancouver as well as the Canada Winter Games in Cape Breton in 1987, all of which lead to the recording of this album in Ottawa the following year.
6. Frank Sinatra: Come Dance With Me (Sammy Cahn / Jimmy Van Heusen)
Come Dance With Me: Capitol Records W 1069
Hoboken NJ
Frank Sinatra: vocals
Billy May Orchestra
Produced by Dave Cavanaugh
Recorded at Capitol Studio A, Hollywood CA December 1958
Released January 5, 1959This album was Sinatra’s best seller, spending over 2 yrs on the Billboard charts. It won Album of the Year at the Grammy’s in 1960 as well as providing Sinatra with a Grammy for Best Vocal Performance for a Male and Billy May for Best Arrangement.
7. Dick Nolan: Honky Tonk Girl (Chuck Harding / Hank Thompson)
I Walk The Line: Arc Records A543
Corner Brook NL
Dick Nolan: guitar, vocal
Golden Valley Boys: probable back up band
Produced 1962
http://www.dicknolancountry.caOriginally recorded by Hank Thompson in 1954, it was also covered by one of Dick Nolan’s musical heroes Johnny Cash as the B side to Second Honeymoon in 1960.
8. Mark Haines & The Zippers: Come On, Lets Dance (Mark Haines)
In The City: Stony Plain Records SPL 1121
Kingston ON / Souris PEI
John Sheard, Keyboards
Mathew Gerard, Bass
Ashley Mumford, Electric Guitar
Kevin MacKenzie, Drums
Brian Leonard, Vocals
David Blamire,s Vocals
Mark Haines, Vocal
Produced by Declan O’doherty, 1988
Recorded at Phase One Studios, Toronto by Randy Staub, Joe Primeau, Earl Torno and Darren MillarMark Haines played in Spriggs and Bringle (with Colleen Petersen) in Kingston, Ont, in the early 1970s. Late 70s, played in bluegrass band Black Creek based in Toronto with Steve Goldberger. Formed Mark Haines & The Zippers in the early 80s and released two good albums on Holgar Petersen’s Stony Plains Records. Mark formed the Haines & Leighton duo with Tom Leighton late 80s and went on to release albums for Borealis Records. They basically stopped functioning when Mark moved with his family to Prince Edward Island around 2000.
9. The GoGo’s: Vacation (Valentine / Caffey / Weidlin)
Vacation: IRS Records SP 70031
Los Angeles CA
Belinda Carlisle: lead vocal
Charlotte Caffee: lead guitar, keys, bg vocal
Gina Shock: drums
Kathy Valentine: bass, bg vocal
Jane Weilin: rhythm guitar, bg vocal
Produced by Richard Gottehrer, 1982
Recorded and Mixed by Thom Panunzio Hollywood at Sunset Sound, Studio 55 & Indigo Ranch, Malibu CA
Mixed at The Record Plant, NYC
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC10. The Specials: Holiday Fortnight (Byers)
More Specials: Chrysalis Records CHR 1303
Coventry UK
John Bradbury: drums
Terry Hall: vocal
Neville Staples: percussion, vocal
Lynval Golding: guitar
Roddy Radiation: guitar
Jerry Dammers: organ, piano
Horace Gentleman: bass
Rico Rodrigues: trombone
Dick Cuthell: flugel horn, coronet
Kix Thompson: sax
Paul Heskatt: sax
Rhoda Dakar: vocals
Belinda Charlotte & Jane: bg vocals
Produced by Jerry Dammers and Dave Jordan, 1980
Recorded by Dave Jordan & Jeremy Allom at Horizon Studios, Coventry
Mixed at Wessex Studios, London11. Fraser & DeBolt: Stoney Day (DM DeBolt)
Fraser & DeBolt (with Ian Guenther): Columbia Records C 30381
Montreal QC
Alan Fraser: guitar, vocal
Daisy DeBolt: guitar, vocal
Ian Guenther: violin
Produced by Craig Allen, 1971
Recorded by Mark Smith and Allan MoySigned to Columbia Records, this album wasn’t pushed enough to make a major mark, but it could have. A revue of the album in High Fidelity magazine in 1971 claimed this “one of the best pop albums I have ever heard.” They did record second album called With Pleasure but it also flopped as a seller. A third album was attempted but never finished or released. Their albums have never been reissued on CD.
12. Mason Profit: Stoney River (John Talbot / Terry Talbot)
Bareback Rider: WB BS2704
Champaign IL
Terry Talbot: guitar, banjo, mandolin, kazoo, vocals
John Talbot: guitars, mandolin, steel, vocal
The Creeper Furnow: piano
Bill Cunningham: fiddle, mandolin, guitars, steel drum
Tim Ayres: bass
Art Nash: drums
Kink Schnitzner: electric guitar
Tom Radtke: percussion
Produced by Bill Halverson, 1973
Recorded by Bill Halverson at Paragon Studios, Chicago & The Record Plant, Los AngelesOne of the first rock bands to play country-rock along with The Byrds, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and The Flying Burrito Brothers. They were born in Chicago from the ashes of Sounds Unlimited in 1969 and recorded six albums. I think Bareback Rider was the best of them. The two Talbot brothers later released an album in 1974 under the name Talbot Brothers. They later got into releasing Christian themed albums.
13. Mock Turtles: No Use Trying (Syd Barrett)
Beyond The Wild Wood: A Tribute To Syd Barrett: Illusion Records 001
Manchester UK
Martin Coogan: vocal, guitar
Martin Murray: lead guitar
Kryzysztof Korab: keys
Steve Green: bass
Steve Cowan: drums
Compilation Produced by Alan Duffy, 1987Formed in 1985, this was one of their first released recordings. The band had some success in the early 90s but by 1991 suffered a steep decline in sales and were dropped by their label. They never recovered. Except for the instrumentation, this song sounds it could be Syd Barrett singing and playing guitar. It comes off a Syd tribute album by several indie bands, mostly from the UK.
14. The Beatles: And Your Bird Can Sing (Lennon / McCartney)
Yesterday And Today: Capitol records of Canada T 2553
Liverpool UK
John Lennon: lead vocal, rhythm guitar, handclaps
Paul McCartney: harmony vocal, bass, lead guitar, handclaps
George Harrison: harmony vocal, lead guitar, handclaps
Ringo Starr: drums, tambourine, handclaps
Produced by George Martin, 1966
Recorded by Geoff Emerick April 26, 1966 at EMI Studios, LondonIn Canada we got this song on the album Yesterday and Today; most of the rest of the world got it from Revolver. John called this “another of my throwaways… fancy paper around an empty box.” It was actually written about Frank Sinatra after reading an article in Esquire Magazine which called Sinatra “the fully emancipated male…the man who can have anything he wants.” Dual lead guitars by George and Paul are really cool!
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