Hour One
1. Fleetwood Mac: Albatross - 1968
2. John Mayall’s Blues Breakers: It Hurts Me Too - 1967
3. Eddie Boyd: Backslap - 1968
4. Fleetwood Mac: Madison Blues - 1969
5. Fleetwood Mac: Black Magic Woman - 1968
6. Fleetwood Mac: If You Be My Baby - 1967
7. Fleetwood Mac: Something Inside of Me - 1968
8. Peter Green: In The Skies - 1978
9. Peter Green: Loser Two Times - 1980
10. Fleetwood Mac: Oh Well - 1970
11. Fleetwood Mac: Green Manalishi - 1970
12. Peter Green: Hidden Depth - 1970
13. Fleetwood Mac: Rattlesnake Shake - 1970
Hour Two
1. Douglas Rankine & The Secrets: Here Comes Shack – 1966 *
2. Arlene King & The Portageurs: The Ballad of Louis Riel - 1966 *
3. Men Without Hats: Living In China - 1982 *
4. The Pointed Sticks: I’m Numb - 1979 *
5. Murray McLauchlan: Whispering Rain - 1979 *
6. Miss Emily: Fire, Fire, Fire – 2017 *
7. Mandala: Give And Take – 1967 *
8. Scott Merritt: Radio Home - 1989 *
9. Tex Konig: Sisters Of Mercy - 1984 *
10. The Woodshed Orchestra: Leonard Cohen - 2018 *
11. Samantha Martin: Chasing Dreams - 2018 *
12. Atom Division: Requiem For Red Smith - 2010 *
13. Kensington Market: Said I Could Be Happy - 1969 *
14. Klaatu: A Million Miles Away - 1981 *
15. Mike ‘Malahini’ Scott & His Hawaiianaires: Nani Waimea - 1971 *
*Cancon = 54%
And Now for The Particulars:
Hour One: RIP Peter Green1. Fleetwood Mac: Albatross
(Peter Green)
English Rose: Epic Records - BN 26446
London UK
Peter Green: guitar
Danny Kirwan: guitar
Jeremy Spencer: piano
Mick Fleetwood: drums
John McVie: bass
Produced by Mike Vernon, 1968
Peter Allen Greenbaum b. London England 29 October 1946 / d. 25 July 2020 (73) Canvey Island, England
I didn’t know who Fleetwood Mac were but I was intrigued by the covers of their first two North American LPs: Fleetwood Mac, featuring the great garbage can cover, and English Rose which had the ugliest cover featuring the face of Mick Fleetwood in drag. I bought them both on a trip down to Buffalo in the summer of 1968 and loved them both immediately. The first one featured to original Mac: Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie; the second one included recently added guitarist / songwriter Danny Kirwin. But it was the leadership and guitar work of Peter Green that really stood out for me. He was the heart and soul of the band. He had that touch of authenticity I found lacking in many of the other hard rockin’ blues bands. When I heard his singing, I immediately believed! Here’s what BB King had to say about Peter: “He has the sweetest tone I ever heard. He was the only one who gave me the cold sweats".
Here’s what BB wrote for the introduction to Peter’s biography: Peter Green – Founder of Fleetwood Mac by Martin Celmins:
Back in the 60s, Peter Green was one of the new breed of great guitar players – and during that time I spent a week touring with him and Fleetwood Mac. Sure, he was a very fine person: in fact he was the same person no matter who you were. Now that sort of guy is hard to find in this business.
It’s funny, but I kind of remember him more after he left Fleetwood Mac, like when he played on my London sessions album. It was around that time, I know, that he became disillusioned, but it was also then that our friendship grew.
I could sympathize with him because there had been times for me too when I felt the same – sometimes maybe it seems like everyone else is doing better than you…looks happier…got the best ideas. But then things change – it’s hard to know how, but they do. Years later when I played concerts in London Peter would still sometimes come backstage and say hello – and that meant something to me. It didn’t matter that he didn’t seem to want to say much – I was real glad that he bothered to come along.
People have told me that in his early years my guitar playing influenced Peter a lot. Now that’s something I take as a great compliment, but I have to tell you that I don’t get it myself. When I hear Peter Green…I hear Peter Green.
I’m happy to see Peter is back and playing, and I know his many friends back home are very happy about it too. Peter is the kind of guy who doesn’t say much and lets the guitar do all his talking for him. Well, it’s great to hear that voice again.
You know, I can understand his silence all these years: there are still many times for me too when I feel disgusted by the music I’m playing because I can’t find the right notes and play the way I really want to. But that’s a cancer I’ll have to live with for the rest of my life because if you want to punish me for anything…then take away my guitar. I don’t have to touch it, but let it sit in the room so that I can just look at it and daydream.
Peter is back with a guitar in his hands and is trying. That’s a big thing for me.
BB King, Glasgow Scotland, October 1997
On April 13, 2000 I did a special program on CIUT about Peter Green with legendary Toronto guitarist (and huge Peter fan) Mike McKenna as my guest. You’ll hear some of Mike’s thoughts about Peter from that interview interspersed throughout the hour.
2. John Mayall’s Blues Breakers: It Hurts Me Too
(Hudson Whittaker)
Looking Back: London Records – PS 562
London UK
John Mayall: vocal, organ, 9 string guitar
Peter Green: guitar
John McVie: bass
Mick Fleetwood: drums
Produced by Mike Vernon & John Mayall, 1969
Recorded at Decca Studios, London, April 19, 1967
In October 1965, before joining Peter Bardens' group, Green had the opportunity to fill in for Eric Clapton in John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers for four gigs. Soon afterwards, when Clapton left the Bluesbreakers, Green became a full-time member of Mayall's band from July 1966.
Mike Vernon, a producer at Decca Records recalls Green's début with the Bluesbreakers:.
“As the band walked in the studio I noticed an amplifier which I never saw before, so I said to John Mayall, "Where's Eric Clapton?" Mayall answered, "He's not with us anymore, he left us a few weeks ago." I was in a state of shock but Mayall said, "Don't worry, we got someone better." I said, "Wait a minute, hang on a second, this is ridiculous. You've got someone better Than Eric Clapton?" John said, "He might not be better now, but you wait, in a couple of years he's going to be the best." Then he introduced me to Peter Green.”
This is one of the earliest recordings of what would be the foundation of Fleetwood Mac. Peter, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood were all members of John Mayall’s Blue Breakers in the Spring of 1967. This was recorded just prior to Green and Fleetwood going out on their own (John McVie decided to stay with Mayall – he would join the band in September) with bass player Bob Brunning and slide guitarist Jeremy Spencer. A third guitarist, 17 year old Danny Kirwin, would join in early 1968.
3. Eddie Boyd: Backslap
(Eddie Boyd)
7936 South Rhodes: Epic BN 26409
Helsinki Finland
Eddie Boyd: vocal, piano
Peter Green: guitar
Mick Fleetwood: drums
John McVie: bass
Produced by Mike Vernon for Blue Horizon Records, January 1968
Producer and label owner (Blue Horizon Records) Mike Vernon utilized the talents of Fleetwood Mac to back up Eddie Boyd, an American blues perform who was over in England to do some gigs. Peter’s guitar never hogs the attention away from Boyd and his piano playing but acts as the glue holding the whole song together. Vernon also got them to back up Otis Spann in 1969 doing essentially the same thing.
4. Fleetwood Mac: Madison Blues
(Elmore James)
Fleetwood Mac in Chicago: Blue Horizon - 9 45238-2
London, UK
Jeremy Spencer: slide guitar, vocal
J T Brown: tenor sax
Danny Kirwin: guitar
Willie Dixon: string bass
Mick Fleetwood: drums
Produced by Mike Vernon & Marshall Chess, 1969
Released 1971
It must have been un-nerving for these young English blues players to walk into the heart of the Chicago blues world – Chess Studios in early 1969. There they were introduced to Willie Dixon, Buddy Guy (aka Guitar Buddy), Honeyboy Edwards, S.P. Leary, Shakey Horton, JT Brown and Otis Spann and recorded a double album there featuring the Mac jamming away with some of these blues heroes.
5. Fleetwood Mac: Black Magic Woman
(Peter Green)
English Rose: Epic Records - BN 26446
London UK
Peter Green: guitar
Danny Kirwan: guitar
Jeremy Spencer: piano
Mick Fleetwood: drums
John McVie: bass
Produced by Mike Vernon, 1968
Originally recorded by Fleetwood Mac in 1968, it became a mega-hit for Carlos Santana from the Abraxas album in 1970. The original recording by Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac featured guitars that were slightly below standard pitch, probably due to them being tuned to a piano or another guitar in the recording studio which makes them kind of unique. Like Albatross, the first instrumental hit by the band, Black Magic Woman was a big hit in the UK but didn’t really catch on this side of the Atlantic.
6. Fleetwood Mac: If You Be My Baby – 1968
( C. G. Adams / P. A. Green)
Mr. Wonderful: Blue Horizon – 7-63205
London
Vocals, Guitar: Peter Green
Bass: John McVie
Drums: Mick Fleetwood
Harmonica: Duster Bennett
Tenor Saxophone: Johnny Almond, Roland Vaughan
Alto Saxophone: Dave Howard, Steve Gregory
Piano: Christine Perfect
Produced by Mike Vernon, 1968
Recorded by Mike Ross at Decca Studios
The tone of Peter’s guitar was unique. Joining the band for this recording was One-Man-Band Duster Bennett and future Mac performer Christine Perfect (McVie), who at that time was still performing with Chicken Shack. She provided the artwork for Kiln House (the album after Peter left) and officially joined the band in 1971, first appearing on their Bare Trees album.
7. Fleetwood Mac: Something Inside of Me
(Danny Kirwan)
English Rose: Epic Records - BN 26446
London UK
Peter Green: guitar
Danny Kirwan: guitar
Jeremy Spencer: piano
Mick Fleetwood: drums
John McVie: bass
Produced by Mike Vernon, 1968
Recorded at Decca Studios, London
With the addition of Danny Kirwin, the band was complete. Peter really wanted another guitarist to play off of. While Jeremy Spencer was the other major side of the band, he wasn’t really a jammer but Kirwin was.
8. Peter Green: In The Skies
(Peter Green)
In The Skies: Salt Records / Attic Records Canada LAT 1077
London UK
Peter Green: vocal, electric guitar
Snowy White: lead guitar solo
Lennox Langton: conga
Kuma Herada: bass
Peter Bardens: Hammond organ
Reg Isidore: drums
Produced by Peter Vernon-Kell, 1979
After Peter Left the Mac in 1970 he suffered various mental health problems, resulting in electro-shock therapy and being institutionalized, power of attorney over his affairs being granted to his family. He hardly touched a guitar for most of the 1970s until he re-emerged out of the darkness in 1979 with the release of ‘In The Skies’.
In 1988 Green was quoted as saying: "I'm at present recuperating from treatment for taking drugs. It was drugs that influenced me a lot. I took more than I intended to. I took LSD eight or nine times. The effect of that stuff lasts so long ... I wanted to give away all my money ... I went kind of holy. I thought I could do it, I thought I was all right on drugs. My failing!
9. Peter Green: Loser Two Times
(Peter Green)
Little Dreamer: Attic Records Canada LAT 1088
London UK
Peter Green: lead guitar, vocals, harmonica
Ronnie Johnson: guitar
Paul Westwood or John Edwards or Kuma Harada: bass
Roy Shipston: organ
Dave Mattacks: drums
Morris Pert: percussion
Carol Ingram, Pam Douglas: bg vocals
Dave Wilkey or Peter Vernon: piano
Produced by Peter Vernon Kell, 1980
Recorded at Rock City Studios, Shepperton UK by Mike Cooper
Mixed at Utopia Studio, London
10. Fleetwood Mac: Oh Well
(Peter Green)
Black Magic Woman (3LP-Set): Hot Wax Productions 9043/3
London
Peter Green: guitar, vocals
Jeremy Spencer: guitar, vocals, piano, percussion
Danny Kirwan: guitar, vocals
John McVie: bass guitar
Mick Fleetwood: percussion, drums
Recorded by Dinky Dawson, February, 1970
Recorded live at The Boston Tea Party, 15 Lansdowne Street, Boston, MA
Mixed by Neil Slaven
Oh Well, here’s a live recording of the Mac live in Boston. These recordings were made for a proposed live album which was to have been released during 1970, but the project was shelved and the tapes remained unreleased until 1985. In 2005, when I was in Amsterdam, I bought a triple album LP set called “Black Magic Woman” which featured the Boston Tea Party tunes.
11. Fleetwood Mac: Green Manalishi – 1970
(Peter Green)
Black Magic Woman (3LP-Set): Hot Wax Productions 9043/3
London
Peter Green: guitar, vocals
Jeremy Spencer: guitar, vocals, piano, percussion
Danny Kirwan: guitar, vocals
John McVie: bass guitar
Mick Fleetwood: percussion, drums
Recorded by Dinky Dawson, February, 1970
Recorded live at The Boston Tea Party, 15 Lansdowne Street, Boston, MA
Mixed by Neil Slaven
Green formed the Peter Green Splinter Group in the late 1990s, with the assistance of Nigel Watson and Cozy Powell. The group released nine blues albums between 1997 and 2004.
Along with the other members of Fleetwood Mac, Green was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Said Mick Fleetwood after Peter died:
"For me, and every past and present member of Fleetwood Mac, losing Peter Green is monumental! Peter was the man who started the band Fleetwood Mac along with myself, John McVie, and Jeremy Spencer. No one has ever stepped into the ranks of Fleetwood Mac without a reverence for Peter Green and his talent, and to the fact that music should shine bright and always be delivered with uncompromising passion!"
Peter Frampton wrote: "Most sadly have lost one of the most tasteful guitar players ever. I have always been a huge admirer of the great Peter Green may he rest in peace."
12. Peter Green: Hidden Depth
(Peter Green)
The End of the Game: Reprise Records – RS 6436
London UK
Peter Green: guitar
Nick Buck: keys
Alex Dmochowski: bass
Zoot Money: grand piano
Godfrew Maclean: drums, percussion
Produced by Peter Green, 1970
Recorded by Martin Birch
Peter’s erratic behavior after an LSD trip in Germany became quite evident in 1970. He no longer wanted to play just blues; he was more into jamming, creating new music on the spot. He also got religious and decided that the band should give most of its money away, something that did not go over well with the others. Thus, he decided to leave the band, went into a studio and made The End of the Game which had virtually no commercial viability.
13. Fleetwood Mac: Rattlesnake Shake
(Peter Green)
Black Magic Woman (3LP-Set): Hot Wax Productions 9043/3
London
Peter Green: guitar, vocals
Jeremy Spencer: guitar, vocals, piano, percussion
Danny Kirwan: guitar, vocals
John McVie: bass guitar
Mick Fleetwood: percussion, drums
Recorded by Dinky Dawson, February, 1970
Recorded live at The Boston Tea Party, 15 Lansdowne Street, Boston, MA
Mixed by Neil Slaven
Hour Two
RIP Eddie Shack
1. Douglas Rankine & The Secrets: Here Comes Shack
(B McFarlane / W McCauley)
45 single: RCA Victor Canada International - 57-3384
Toronto, ON
Douglas Rankine: guitar, vocal
Bob Mark: guitar
Henry S. Thaler: keys
Mike Woodruff: bass
Rick Felstead: drums
Producer by Brian MacFarland, 1966
Edward Steven Phillip Shack b. Sudbury, ON Feb 11, 1937 / d. Toronto July 25, 2020 (83)
Originally known as The Bob Mark Six, this Toronto band was signed to Arc Records and became The Secrets. They released "Crying Over Her" on ARC Records which helped raise their profile and get them better live bookings.
While playing at the Toronto Pressmen's Club, CBC TV's Brian MacFarland (b. August 10, 1931 New Liskeard, ON – was on Hockey Night in Canada from 1964 - 91) introduced himself to the band and wanted the band to record a song he'd written for the Toronto Maple Leafs' winger Eddie Shack called "Clear The Track (Here Comes Shack)". The band agreed under the assumption that the recording was a gift for McFarland's hockey playing friend. However, much to their surprise, and that of their label ARC Records, the song was released nationally under the name Douglas Rankine With The Secrets on RCA's Canadian International label. The band was embarrassed by the release and tried to distance themselves from it despite reaching #1 on the CHUM Chart in February 1966 and managing No.56 on the national charts by April of 1966 for total run of nine weeks radio play.
Now signed to Arc's Yorkville Records imprint, the Secrets wanted to distance themselves from being pigeon-holed as a "novelty act" and soon changed their name to The Quiet Jungle.
Their first single, "Ship Of Dreams", was released in early 1967, and reached #31 on the CHUM chart (and No.43 nationally) by February. The record achieved the desired effect in leaving the previous single a memory and gave the band a renewed spirit.
During the 1966 season Shack broke out, scoring a career high 26 goals on a line with Ron Ellis and Bob Pulford.
2. Arlene King & The Portageurs: The Ballad of Louis Riel
(Eamonn Martin / Arlene King)
45 rpm Single bw The Ballad of Louis Riel (French): Casl Records CH-101
Toronto
Produced 1966
Arlene King was briefly included in The Carlton Showband as a back up singer; she can be heard on their version of The Merry PIoughboy (Off To Dublin in the Green). Casl Records was her own creation.
3. Men Without Hats: Living In China
(Ivan Doroschuk)
Rhythm of Youth: Statik Records STAT 10
Montreal QC
Ivan Doroschuk: vocal, electronics, guitar, percussion, keys
Stefan Doroschuk: guitar, violin
Allan McCarthy: electronics, piano, percussion
Produced by Marc Durrand, 1982
Recorded by Dixon Van Winkle at Listen Audio, Montreal
Recorded January March 1982
They achieved their greatest popularity in the 1980s with "The Safety Dance", a worldwide Top Ten hit. The Doroschuk brothers, who were born in Champaign, Illinois, had moved to Montreal with their parents as young children. They formed MWOH in 1977. Chose their name from refusing to wear hats during Montreal's cold winters, calling themselves "the men without hats." They disbanded in 1991.
4. The Pointed Sticks: I’m Numb
(Nick Jones)
45 single bw Lies: Quintessence Records QS104
Vancouver BC
Nick Jones: vocals
Bill Napier-Hemy: guitar
Tony Bardach: bass
Dimwit: drums
Gord Nicholl: keys
Produced by Bob Rock and The Pointed Sticks, 1979
Recorded at Little Mountain Sound, Vancouver
Active in the Vancouver area (as were The Payola$) from 1978 to 1981. They were the first Canadian band signed to Stiff Records but their record never came out as Stiff Records went financially stiff. They put out four singles before releasing their first LP in 1980. Were quite popular live band in Japan. They took their name from the Monty Python sketch: Self Defence Against Fresh Fruit” attacks. They were originally called Ernie Dick and The Pointed Sticks.
5. Murray McLauchlan: Whispering Rain
(Murray McLauchlan)
Live At The Orpheum: Columbia / True North Records 2DJTN 38
Toronto ON
Murray McLauchlan: piano, vocal
Dennis Pendrith: bass
Produced by Frank Gigliotti 1979
Recorded by CFOX-FM at the Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver
Mastered at CBS Studios, Toronto by Phil Joiner and Andy Condon
Never commercially available, this was meant to promote the 1980 Whispering Rain tour, trying to break into the US market. It’s easy to forget just how successful Murray’s career was at the time! He won 10 Juno Awards and been nominated for a total of 23. Murray hosted the highly rated CBC Radio roots music program ‘Swinging On a Star’ from 1989 to 1994. In 1986 he starred in a television special called Floating over Canada, in which he piloted a Cessna 185 float plane across Canada. This special was broadcast on U.S. public television as well as in Canada on CBC.
In 1993, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
In 2001, was the recipient of the National Achievement Award at the annual SOCAN Awards.
He was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in September 2016.
6. Miss Emily: Fire, Fire, Fire
(Emily Fennell)
In Between: Featuring Gord Sinclair & Rob Baker: indie
Kingston ON
Miss Emily: vocal
Gord Sinclair: bass
Rob Baker: guitar
Rob Radford: drums
Kelly Prescott: bg vocals
Produced by Gord Sinclair, 2017
Emily Fennell b. Picton ON circa 1982
Miss Emily aka Emily Fennell, started performing in Prince Edward County in Suzanne Pasternak’s folk opera, Minerva. The 12 year old singer played to role of the youngster, Minerva, and eventually grew into the role of adult Minerva. Her voice was powerful, even then! It was always her aim to be a musician and this lead her into the blues. Her latest album (which she says she hopes to release on vinyl one day) was co-written and produced by two members of Tragically Hip.
7. Mandala: Give And Take
(Victor Chambers)
Classics: WEA - 25 23291
Toronto, ON
Domenic Troiano: guitar
George Olliver: vocals
Penti 'Whitey' Glan: drums
Don Elliot: bass
Joey Chirowski: keys
Produced by Kopppleman and Rubin, 1967
Compilation produced 1985
Recorded at RCA Studios, Toronto by George Simkew
In 1967, two versions of this song were being aired: Mandala’s and the other by Jimmy Cliff. This was the second single released by Mandala and it struggled to climb the charts.
8. Scott Merritt: Radio Home
(Scott Merritt)
Violet and Black: Duke St. Records DSR 31057
Brantford ON
Scott Merritt: Guitars, banjos, sitar, vocals
Bob DiSalle: drums
David Woodhead: bass
Doug Wilde: keys
Matt Zimbel: percussion
Willie P Bennett: harmonica
Robert Arthur Williams: percussion
Arthur Barrow: keys, bass, percussion
Greg Roberts: keys
Doug Baynham: bg vocals
Rob Gusevs: hammond, Heys
Brian Leonard: percussion
Mike Sloski: percussion
Produced by Arthur Barrow, 1989
Mastered at Precision Lacquer by Stephen Marcussen
Recorded at Manta Sound Toronto by Ron Searles with Brad Haebnel and Trax Recording, Hollywood & Santa Monica CA by Eric Westfail
9. Tex Konig: Sisters of Mercy
(Leonard Cohen)
Konigsblende: Music Cellar Records – MC-01
Brooklyn NY / Toronto
Tex Konig: guitar, vocals
Produced by Bill Garrett, 1984
Recorded by Chad Irschik at Inception Sound, Toronto, Spring 1984
b. NYC September 10, 1940 / d. July 3, 1999, Toronto
Tex was one of the first to introduce a young Bob Dylan to hoot-night audiences in Greenwich Village. He has been cooper, gunsmith, photographer, coffee house manager and actor. But has always been folksinger and storyteller. Good friends with Phil Oches, Ritchie Havens, Fred Neil. He moved to Montreal in the late 1960s and eventually to Toronto which became his real home. He was influenced by Lord Richard Buckley and Ken Nordine.
10. The Woodshed Orchestra & Friendly Rich: Leonard Cohen
(Rich Marsella / Dave Clark)
45 rpm EP: The Leonard Cohen Sweet: Ind / No label or serial no.
Toronto ON
Bruce Mackinnon: baritone sax
Dave Clark: drums, lead vocal
Ed Reifel: pitched percussion
Gregory Oh: harpsichord, melodica
Henry Muth: recorders
Jay Burr: tuba
Julia Hambleton: clarinet
Matthew Fong: double bass
Philip Miles: electric guitar
Rich Marsella: classical guitar, lead vocals
Rebecca Hennessy: trumpet, lead vocals
Steve Ward: trombone
Tania Gill: synth, piano
Tom Richards: trombone
Nick Teehan: tenor sax, lead vocals
Produced by Rich Marsella and Dave Clark, 2018
Recorded and mixed at Wow! by Joe Lapinski, St. Catherines ON
Mastered by Fedge
A mini-LP with 5 songs on it by two bands – The Woodshed Orchestra and Friendly Rich – merging into one. Dave Clark is the composer of the 33.45.78 theme song. The original and current drummer of the Rheostatics!
11. Samantha Martin: Chasing Dreams
(Samantha Martin)
Run To Me: Gypsy Soul Records GSR008G
Toronto ON
Samantha Martin: lead vocal
Sherie Marshall: co-vocals
Mwansa Mwansa: co-vocals
Darcy Yates: bass
Dani Nash: drums, percussion, co-vocals
Steve Marriner: keys
Shamus Currie: trombone
Michael McCallum: guitar
Andrew Muljgun: sax
Curtis Chaffey: guitar
Thomas Moffett: trumpet
Produced by Darcy Yates, 2018
Recorded by Aaron Goldstein at Baltwin Street Sound, Toronto
Mixed by Stew Crookes at Stewdio, Toronto
Mastered by Peter J Moore at The E-Room, Toronto
Graphic Design by Roberta Landreth
Executive Producers: Rob Bowman, The Unicorn Project, The Conspiracy to Promote Artists - PJ Bel and Mark Aquilla.
One of the albums CIUT’s John Valenteyne chose as one to watch. Samantha Martin is an incredibly strong vocalist surrounded by a great fun band who weave in and around her vocals. Released in 2018 on vinyl, it sounds good and fat in the grooves. One of Grammy Award winning Professor Rob Bowmans pet projects as Executive Producer.
12. Atom Division: Requiem For Red Smith
(Smith / Feschuk / Atom Division)
45 Single bw Dictionary Waltz: Royal Mountain Records RMR002
St Catherines / Toronto ON
Dave Feschuk: guitar, vocal
Vince Rice: drums
Dean Baxter: bass
Dylan Green: ?
Produced by James Bunton & Scott Remila, 2010
Recorded by James Bunton & Scott Remila at 99 Armstrong, Toronto
Mastered by Bryan Martin at Sonosphere
Originally known as The Sweater Girls in St. Catherines, Atom Division were named as an homage to sports and science. Dave Feschuk has been a sports columnist at the Toronto Star since 2003, mostly concentrating on the Zamboni losers, Toronto Maple Leafs.
13. Kensington Market: Said I Could Be Happy
(Keith McKie)
Aardvark: Warner Brothers – 1780
Toronto
Gene Martynec: keys, guitar, vocals
Keith McKie: guitar, lead vocals
Luke Gibson: guitar, vocals
Alex Darou: bass
Jimmy Watson: drums
John Mills-Cockell: Moog
Produced by Felix Pappalardi, 1969
Recorded by Bob d’Orleans at Eastern Sound,
Toronto and Allegro Sound & Mira Sound, NYC
14. Klaatu: A Million Miles Away
(John Woloschuk)
Magentalane: Capitol Records of Canada 6000 Series ST 6487
Toronto ON
John Woloschuk: vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, vibraphone, sitar, vibes, piano
Dee Long: vocals, electric guitar, mandolin, slide guitar, Korg synthesizer
Terry Draper: drums, percussion, Polymoog synthesizer, trombone, tambourine, vocals
George Bertok: piano
Produced by Klaatu, 1981
Recorded at ESP Studios, Buttonville ON
15. Mike ‘Malahini’ Scott & His Hawaiianaires: Nani Waimea
(Sam Koki)
45 single bw I’ll Remember You: M.A.S. Records 1001
Toronto ON
Mike Malahini Scott: Hawaiian steel
Also featuring Don Paishon and his Trio
Produced circa 1971
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