Hour One: Hello
1. Buffalo Springfield: Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say it: 1966
2. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders: The Game Of Love: 1965
3. Antique Ernie & The Hardwood Ramblers: Howdie Neighbour Howdie: 199? *
4. D.L. Menard: ‘Tit Gallop A Mamou: 1988
5. The Beachboys: Fun Fun Fun (Live Version): 1965
6. Jimmy Buffett: Cheeseburger In Paradise: 1978
7. April Wine: Say Hello – 1979 *
8. Sopwith Camel: Hello Hello: 1967
9. Hans Staymer Band: Hello Central: 1975 *
10. John Prine: Hello In There: 1971
11. The Easybeats: Hello, How Are You: 1968
12. Alan Sherman: Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah: 1963
13. Hotmud Family: Hello Stranger: 1973
14. The Doors: Hello I Love You: 1968
15. Silverhead: Hello New York: 1973
16. Willie P Bennett: Goodbye, So Long, Hello: 1989 *
Hour Two: Goodbye
1. The Cottonpickers: Goodbye: circa 1967 *
2. Gordon Lightfoot: Adios, Adios: 1962 *
3. The Dixie Flyers: Bye Bye Blues: 1978 *
4. Ray Charles: Bye Bye Love: 1962
5. Ron Sellwood: Bye Bye Boo Boo - 1980*
6. George Thorogood & The Destroyers: Goodbye Baby: 1980
7. Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Kiss And Say Goodbye: 1975 *
8. Brian Way: Say My Goodbyes To The Rain: 1976 *
9. The Deserters: Goodbye Forever: 1982 *
10. The Searchers: Goodbye My Love: 1964
11. Oscar Peterson Trio: Goodbye JD: 1965 *
12. Stephen Fearing: Just In Time To Say Goodbye: 2018 *
13. Ella Fitzgerald: Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye: 1984
14. Ralf Bendix: Auf Wiedersehn - 1959
15. The Beatles: Hello Goodbye: 1968
Bonus Track
16. Jerry Colonna – I Came To Say Goodbye: 1959
Cancon = 40%
And Now for The Particulars:
Hour One: Hello
1. Buffalo Springfield: Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say it
(Neil Young)
Buffalo Springfield: Atco Records Mono 33-200-A
Los Angeles CA / Ontario
Neil Young: piano, bg vocal
Steve Stills: guitar, bg vocal
Richie Furay: guitar: lead vocal
Dewey Martin: drums
Bruce Palmer: bass
Produced by Charles Greene, Brian Stone, 1966
Recorded July-September 1966 by Tom May, Doc Siegel, James Hilton, Stan Ross
Mixed by Buffalo Springfield, Charles Greene, Brian Stone
This band was 3/5 Canadian, the song was written by a Canadian but it's not Canadian Content accordiong to MAPL. Some things are very fucked up!
RIP Wayne Fontana 1945 - 2020
2. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders: The Game Of Love
(C Ballard Jr)
45 Single: Fontana Records F-1509X
Manchester UK
Wayne Fontana: vocals
Bob Lang: bass
Eric Stewart: guitars, vocals
Ric Rothwell: drums
Jimmy O'Neil: keyboards
Graham Foote: guitars
Produced by Wayne Fontana, 1965
Glyn Geoffrey Ellis b. Manchester UK 28 October 1945 / d. August 6, 2020 (74) Manchester
Fontana, who took his stage name from Elvis Presley’s drummer DJ Fontana and had nothing to do with Fontana records (a subsidiary of Philips). He formed The Mindbenders in 1963. After scoring a US No. 1 with Game of Love in 1965, Fontana dropped the Mindbenders and struck out on his own, never really amounting to much. The Mindbenders, however, struck gold on their own with Groovy Kind Of Love and Ashes to Ashes.
3. Antique Ernie & The Hardwood Ramblers: Howdie Neighbour
(James Morris)
Old Country Ain't Dead Yet!: ind. cassette no serial, no label
Saint John, NB
Ernie Blanchard: guitar, vocal
June Blanchard: piano
Pat Boulanger
Dr. Ken Rodger
Allison Inch: fiddle
Reg Gallant
Produced by Rick Gerrior, 1990s
Stevedore Steve introduced me to this guy in Saint John NB in a pool hall. His real names is Ernie Blanchard. He recorded a couple of cassettes in the mid 90s, not because he wanted to but because everyone else wanted him to. He was a part of a weekly get-together jam session, singing songs like Howdie Neighbour. Being shy, he would wear a wig onstage to hide. Not a bad pool player though!
4. D.L. 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.
Listening to his band, there’s just a fiddle, guitar and accordion. I dedicate this to Peter Jellard of Swamperella, The Grievous Angels and the Cajun Ramblers who had tried to keep this music alive.
5. The Beachboys: Fun Fun Fun (Live Version)
(Brian Wilson / Mike Love)
Beach Boys Concert: Capitol Records Canda TAO 2198
Hawthorne CA
Brian Wilson: lead, harmony and backing vocals; bass guitar
Mike Love: lead, harmony and backing vocals
Al Jardine: rhythm guitar
Carl Wilson: harmony and backing vocals; lead guitar
Dennis Wilson: harmony and backing vocals; drums
Produced by Brian Wilson, 1964
Recorded at Civic Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento CA, Dec 21, 1963.
1963 and 64 were big years for The Beachboys. Recorded at the height of Beatlemania, a band that attracted the attention of teenage girls was asking for a screaming audience which is captured on this live LP. By then, Brian Wilson was taking his leave of the band but made sure to perform on bass on these live sessions spanning those two big years.
6. Jimmy Buffett: Cheeseburger In Paradise
(Jimmy Buffett)
Son of a Son of a Sailor: ABC Records 9022-1046
Mobile Alabama
Jimmy Buffett: acoustic guitar, vocal
Tim Krekel: guitar
Harry Dailey: bass
Jay Spell: piano
Kenneth Buttrey: drums, percussion
Fingers Taylor: harmonica
Deborah McColl, Penny Nichols, Lee Jane
Berinati, Janie Fricke, Ginger Holladay: bg vocals
Produced by Norbert Putnam, 1978
Recorded by Marty Lewis, Jimmy Stroud &
David Crowther at Bay Shore Recording, Coconut Grove FL & Quadrafonic Sound, Nashville
Mastered by Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics, Nashville
James William Buffett b. Pascagoula, Mississippi, December 25, 1946
This song comes from the post Margaritaville era and perfectly fits to Gulf of Mexico pirate perfectly. The Parrot too.
7. April Wine: Say Hello
(Myles Goodwyn)
45 Single: Aquarius Records AC 5087
Montreal QC
Myles Goodwyn-vocals: guitars, keyboards
Gary Moffet: guitars, background vocals
Steve Lang-bass: background vocals
Brian Greenway: vocals, guitars
Jerry Mercer: drums
Produced by Myles Goodwyn & Nick Blagona, 1979
Recorded at Le Studio, Morin Heights,Quebec
8. Sopwith Camel: Hello Hello
(MacNeil / Kraemer)
45 Single bw Treadin’: Kama-Sutra Records KA 217
San Francisco
Peter Kraemer: vocal, sax
Terry MacNeil: guitar
William "Truckaway" Sievers: guitar
Martin Beard: bass
Norman Mayell: drums
Produced by Erik Jacobsen, 1967
Recorded by Val Valentin
“would you like some of my tangerine”. These guys were the perfect psychedelic band with a jugband feel. Unfortunately they only released one ‘real’ album; they did another one in 1973, five years after the initial band broke up. Hello Hello was their first single, rag-timey with a bass solo and a very live feel. After buying the single I looked out for the album which I bought at Sam’s on Yonge St. Loved the cover and loved this band.
9. Hans Staymer Band: Hello Central
(Hans Staymer)
45 single bw Never Learned To Crawl: RCA Victor promotion record PB-50059
Vancouver BC
Hans Staymer: harmonica, vocal
Robbie King: keys
Doug Edwards: guitar
Wayne Kozac: sax
Paul Burton: drums
Produced by Don Hamilton, 1975
Staymer saw Louis Armstrong in the 1950s while still living in his native Germany. He also got into playing the music of Django Reinhardt. He moved to Canada in 1962, settling in Edmonton as a goldsmith. He began performing there, playing songs by blues legends like Leadbelly at local clubs which eventually saw him perform in bands. In 1968 he moved to Vancouver and formed a band called Django which lasted about four years. In 1972 he formed the Hans Staymer Band and recorded an album called “Dig A Hole” on GSF Records. In 1997 he formed a duo with another German ex-pat Andreas Schuld. Their first CD, recorded by Bill Bourne (Bourne & McLeod) received a 1997 Juno Award nomination for Best Blues Album. They still gig off and on.
10. John Prine: Hello In There
(John Prine)
John Prine: Atlantic Records SD 8296
Maywood, Illinois
John Prine: guitar, vocals
Reggie Young: lead guitar
Leo LeBlanc: pedal steel
John Christopher: guitar
Bobby Emmons: organ
Bobby Wood, piano
Mike Leach: bass
Gene Chrisman: drums
Bishop Heywood: percussion
Steve Goodman: guitar, bg vocals
Dave Prine: fiddle
Neil Rosengarden: bass
Produced by Arif Mardin, 1971
Recorded by Dale Smith at American Recording Studios, Memphis
Hello In There was one of the ‘great’ John Prine songs from his first album. There’s something about it that presses all the right buttons with his pal Steve Goodman providing the perfect vocal harmonies. It’s a song that has weathered the test of time beautifully. Through the backdoor screen.
11. The Easybeats: Hello, How Are You
(Vanda / Young)
45 single bw Falling Off The Edge Of The World: United Artists: UP 2209
Sydney, Australia
Dick Diamonde: bass guitar
Tony Cahill: drums
Harry Vanda: lead guitar
Stevie Wright: lead vocals
George Young: rhythm guitar
Alan Tew: orchestration
Produced by Mike Vaughan, 1968
Hello, How Are You was released as the A side to this single. Falling Off The Edge Of The World was on the B side but was the choice of most radio programmers. Disbanded 1969, this tight and progressive Australian band only had one real hit in North America: Friday On My Mind.
12. Alan Sherman: Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah
(Alan Sherman / Lou Bush)
My Son The Nut: Warner Bros Records 1501
Chicago IL
Alan Sherman: vocals
Produced by Jimmy Hilliard, 1963
Recorded by Lowell Frank
Allan Copelon b. Chicago IL November 30, 1924 / d. November 20, 1973 West Hollywood CA (48)
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.
13. 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. (The late return penalty was 25 cents).
14. The Doors: Hello I Love You
(Ray Davies (music) / Jim Morrison (words)
Waiting For The Sun: Elektra – 603497858996
Los Angeles
Jim Morrison: lead vocals
Ray Manzarek: keyboards, backing vocals
Robby Krieger: electric guitar
John Densmore: drums
Douglass Lubahn: bass
Produced by Paul A. Rothchild, 1968
Recorded by Bruce Botnick at TTG, Hollywood, California
What do The Kinks and The Doors have in common? If you were listening a couple of weeks ago when I played The Kinks song “All the Day and All of The Night”, you might remember that I spoke about a little law suit that claimed The Doors melody for Hello I Love You was lifted (most likely subconsciously) from All The Day. Eventually all royalties for The Doors song were paid to Ray Davies. So this is the song that he wrote for The Doors.
15. Silverhead: Hello New York
(Des Barres)
16 And Savaged: MCA Records MCA-391
London UK
Rod Davies: guitar, vocals, percussion
Michael Des Barres: vocals
Nigel Harrison: bass
Pete Thompson: drums, keyboards
Robbie Blunt: guitar, vocals
Produced by Silverhead with Alan Harris and Stuart Wicks, 1973
Recorded by Rhett at Island Studios, London
Mixed by Alan Harris at AIR London Studios
One of my listeners, Jim Roberts, turned me onto this band. Silverhead got together in England in 1972 and were signed by Deep Purple's label ‘Purple Records’. They recorded two studio albums, ‘Silverhead’ (1972) and ‘16 and Savaged’ (1973), and were a part of the British glam rock music scene. They did start recording a third album but broke up in ’74 before completing it.
16. Willie P Bennett: Goodbye, So Long, Hello
(Willie P Bennett / Russell DeCarle)
The Lucky Ones, Duke Street Records DSRC 31059
Peterborough ON
Willie P Bennett: vocals, guitar
Al Cross: drums
Danny Greenspoon: six string bass
Kit Johnson: bass
John Sheard: piano
Colin Linden: lead guitar
Colleen Peterson & Russell deCarle: bg vocals
Produced by Danny Greenspoon, 1989
Recorded by Jeff Wolpert and David Stinson at Inception Sound, Downsview
William Patrick Bennett b. 26 October 1951, Toronto / d. 15 February 2008 (56) Peterborough, ON
Bennett co-wrote the song "Goodbye, So Long, Hello" with Russell deCarle. The song was recorded by deCarle's band Prairie Oyster, released as a single in 1990 backed with another Willie P song, Take My Own Advice. It hit No. 3 on the RPM Country Chart and No. 62 on the US Hot Country Songs.
Hour Two: Goodbye
1. The Cottonpickers: Goodbye
(John Lennon / Paul McCartney)
The Cottonpickers On TV: Barb Records: 6905
Saskatoon SK
Delores Bell:
Llew Bell: band leader
Bev Stewart:
Elaine Bartko: vocal
Produced by Jack Cennon – date unknown
Recorded at Hi-Fi Recording Services, Saskatoon and Bell’s Beach, Christopher Lake SK
Formed in 1957, in 1971 they started a regular Saturday television show on CFQC-TV, seen across Western Canada and into parts of Ontario. They were the first band in Saskatchewan to have a colour television series. They recorded eight albums in their career including one recorded in Toronto where they were able to visit the TV set of famed Canadian country performer Tommy Hunter. They were inducted into the Saskatchewan Country Music Hall of Fame in 1993.
Goodbye was written by Paul McCartney and intended for Mary Hopkin who had a major hit with it.
2. Gordon Lightfoot: Adios, Adios
(Gordon Lightfoot)
Early Lightfoot: AME Records: 7000
Toronto, ON
Gordon Lightfoot: vocals, guitar
Others not listed
Album Produced by Art Snider, 1971
Single produced by Chet Atkins, 1962
Recorded in Nashville TN
The album ‘Early Lightfoot’ was released just as Lightfoot signed a new deal with Reprise Records just after the release of ‘If You Could Read My Mind’. It was basically just a collection of singles recorded in Nashville in 1962. It was released by Art Snider who, in the early ‘60s, was Lightfoots’ agent, promoter and record company (Chateau Records who released Lightfoot’s first album when he was in the Two Tones with Terry Whelan). Apparently, Snider owned the original masters. The photo on the cover, taken at Mariposa Folk Festival 1970, made the album look like a new Lightfoot record. It wasn’t the first bootlegged Lightfoot album though; there were two others. In 1965 he was recorded performing live at a club in Cleveland resulting in a couple of albums: “Yellow Bird” and “Get Together” on Koala Records. I’ve never seen either of them but would love to get a hold of one.
3. The Dixie Flyers: Bye Bye Blues
( Hamm / Bennett / Lown / Gray)
Just Pickin’: Boot Records: BBG 6004
London ON
Bert Baumbach: guitar
Ken Palmer: mandolin (d. Oct 2013)
David Zdriluk: bass
Willie P Bennett: harp
Denis LePage: banjo
Produced by Denis LePage with Mitch LePage, 1978
Recorded by Eric Gordon at Thunder Sound, Toronto
One of the most progressive of the Canadian bluegrass bands of the 1970s, blending pop sensibilities into their banjo band. They played at the Carlisle Bluegrass Festival in 1975, where they met Bill Monroe, and were subsequently invited to play at Monroe's Bean Blossom Festival in Indiana. They released several really good albums (I’ve got 5 of them). The Flyers last gig was at the Elgin County international plowing match in the fall of 2010, after which Ken Palmer retired due to heart problems. The band played on briefly without him before going on indefinite hiatus. Founders were Bert Baumbach and Ken Palmer, who died of pneumonia following a heart transplant 2013.
4. Ray Charles: Bye Bye Love
(F Bryant / B Bryant)
Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music: Sparton / ABC Paramount: ABC-410
Greenville FLA
Ray Charles: vocal, piano
The Raelettes: Darlene McCrea, Margie
Hendricks, Patricia Lyles, and Gwendolyn Berry: bg vocals
Hank Crawford: alto saxophone
Gil Fuller, Gerald Wilson: arrangements (big band)
Marty Paich: arrangements (strings)
Produced by Ray Charles and Sid Feller, 1962
Recorded by Frank Abbey & Gene Thompson Feb 5-7, 1962 at Capitol Studios, New York City
Ray Charles Robinson b. Albany GA September 23, 1930 / d. June 10, 2004 Beverly Hills (73)
1947, Charles moved to Tampa where he had two jobs, one as a pianist for Charlie Brantley's
Honeydrippers, a seven-piece band, and another as a member of a white country band called The Florida Playboys. This first real cross-over from black to white genre was considered a major contribution to the civil rights movement. From then on, Charles was considered by whites to be a country musician while blacks still considered him to be a soul and blues man. He walked on the tip of the razor without cutting himself. Many country music artists such as Willie Nelson and Buck Owens have cited Charles's take on the genre with the album as a major influence
5. Ron Sellwood: Bye Bye Boo Boo
(Bryan Leckie / Ron Selwood)
Off Broadway: World WRC1-1267
Owen Sound ON
Ron Sellwood: vocals, keys, accordion, mandolin, percussion
Caitlan Hanford: vocals
Chris Whiteley: harmonica, trumpet
Al Walker: guitar
Bob Hewus: bass
Chuck Loriot: drums
Marc Smith: congas, bongos
Produced by Ron Sellwood, 1980
Recorded by Paul Bonishevsky at Kinck Sound, Toronto
Owen Sound native Sellwood was a good friend of singer/songwriter Tim Harrison. He only put out this one album of his own material before subsiding into obscurity. He emerged in 2012 backing rockabilly artist Alistair Christl.
6. George Thorogood & The Destroyers: Goodbye Baby
(Elmore James)
45 single bw Bottom Of The Sea: Attic Records AT 235
Wilmington Delaware
George Thorogood: lead vocals and lead guitar
Jeff Simon: drums, percussion
Billy Blough: bass guitar
Hank "Hurricane" Carter: saxophone
Produced by George Thorogood, Ken Irwin and John Nagy, 1980
George Lawrence Thorogood b. February 24, 1950 Wilmington, Delaware
Thorogood was so impressed after seeing John Hammond Jr. Because of this he started out as a solo performer, covering songs by early bluesmen Robert Johnson and Elmore James. He put the Destroyers together a year later and started covering traditional material in a hard rocking way. He was friends with Jimmy Thackery of the Washington, D.C.-based blues band, The Nighthawks. Sometime in the 1970s, the Destroyers and the Nighthawks were playing shows at venues across the street from each other. The Destroyers were engaged at The Cellar Door and the Nighthawks at Desperados. At midnight, while both bands played Elmore James' "Madison Blues" in the same key, Thorogood and Thackery left their clubs with their guitars using extra-long guitar cables. They met in the middle of the street, exchanged guitar patch cords and went on to playing with the opposite band in the other club. And nobody knew!
7. Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Kiss And Say Goodbye
(Kate McGarrigle)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Warner Brothers BS 2862
Montreal QC
Kate McGarrigle: piano, vocal
Anna McGarrigle: vocal
Tony Levin: bass
Stephen Gadd: drums
David Spinoza: guitar
Greg Pretopino: guitar
Lowell George: guitar
Hugh McCracken: guitar
Trevor Lawrence: horns
Bobby Keys: tenor sax
Produced by Joe Boyd and Greg Prestopino, 1975
Recorded by John Wood at A&R Studios, NYC and Sunwest Studios, Hollywood
Mixed by John Wood, Dennis Dragon and Roger Mayer
Mastered at Kendun Recorders, Burbank CA
Front Cover Photo: Gail Kenney
8. Brian Way: Say My Goodbyes To The Rain
(Brian Way)
Where Do You Go: Quality Records SV 1927
St John’s NL / Toronto
John Capek: melodica, percussion
Dennis Pendrith: bass
Barry Keane: drums
Bryan Way: guitar, vocals
Brian Russell: guitar
Milan Kymlicka: strings
Ann Capek, Bev D’Angelo, Cathy Young: bg vocals
Produced by John Capek, 1976
Recorded by Alan Thorne & Don Geppert at Thunder Sound, Toronto
Mixed by Alan Throne
Music prof at Memorial. This album was panned in The Varsity, UofT newspaper 1977
9. The Deserters: Goodbye Forever
(MacLean / Gibb)
Deserters: Capitol EMI ST 12257
Ajax ON
Chris Gibb: synthesizer, bass, vocals
Kenny MacLean: synthesizer, guitar, vocals
Henry Diclemente: percussion, drums
Greg Stephens: synthesizer, vocals
Produced by Carter, 1982
Recorded by David Cole and Gene Wooley at Capitol Studios, Hollywood CA
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.
10. The Searchers: Goodbye My Love
(Moseley / Swearingen / Simmington)
45 single bw Till I Met You: Pye Records PYE 770
Liverpool UK
Frank Allen: bass, lead vocals
John McNally: guitar, vocals
Mike Pender: lead vocals, guitar
Chris Curtis: drums, lead vocals
Produced by Tony Hatch, 1965
Released February, 1965
A cover of a song by an American soul singer, Jimmy Hughes, who first recorded it in 1963. First song that I’m aware of that used a 13 syllable way of saying the word “Goodbye”. It came on the heels of two huge Searchers’ hits, Love Potion Number 9, and Bumble Bee.
11. Oscar Peterson Trio: Goodbye JD
(Oscar Peterson)
We Get Requests: Verve Records MIJ-1-5321
Montreal QC
Oscar Peterson: piano
Ray Brown: bass
Ed Thigpen: drums
Produced by Jim Davis, 1965
Recorded by Rob Simpson and Val Valentin
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson b. Montreal Aug 15, 1925 / d. Dec 23, 2007 Mississauga ON (82)
Goodbye J.D. is dedicated to producer, Jim Davis
12. Stephen Fearing: Just In Time To Say Goodbye
(Stephen Fearing / Erin Costelo)
The Secret of Climbing: Rega Records ENS 004
Victoria, BC
Stephen Fearing: guitar, vocal
Produced by Roy Gandy, Gary Bennett and Stephen Fearing, 2018
Recorded on Analogue tape by Roy Gandy and Gary Bennett at Roy's Place, Essex
Vinyl Cutting by Ray Staff at AIR Studios, London
Pressed by Pallas Group GmbH
A fabulous, new record recorded for vinyl on analogue tape, no overdubs, live off the floor. The way things used to be. Just Stephen and his guitar! And believe me: he doesn’t need anyone else backing him up!
13. Ella Fitzgerald: Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye
(Cole Porter)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book: Verve
Beverly Hills CA
Ella Fitzgerald: vocal
Buddy Bregman Orchestra
Produced by Norman Ganz
Recorded Feb to March 1956
Written by Cole Porter in 1944 and first recorded by Ella Fitzgerald in 1956 on her album of Cole Porter songs. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000. It was added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry in 2003. After it was recorded, Norman Ganz took the album to Porter’s suit at the Waldorf-Astoria and played it for him. Porter’s reaction: “My, what marvelous diction that girl has.”
14. Ralf Bendix: Auf Wiedersehn
(Storch)
Auf Wiedersehn: Capitol Records: T 10197
Dortmund-Wellinghofen, Germany
Ralf Bendix: vocal, guitar
Produced 1959
Recorded in West Germany
Karlheinz Schwab b. Dortmund 16th August 1924 / d. 1 September 2014 in Stansstad, Fürigen, Switzerland (90)
Began working for TWA in 1952. Was in Pittsburgh PA for work. “there was a party of mainly airline people and I played guitar and sang a song or two. Some of the TWA folk took him to the local TV station where he performed live with “absolutely no ambition. This resulted in a recording contract.
As for the name Bendix: “I remembered the name of an immense aircraft factory in the USA and so I chose the name Bendix. Front cover shot at Dusseldorf Airport.
15. The Beatles: Hello Goodbye
(Lennon / McCartney)
Magical Mystery Tour: Capitol Records Canada 2835
Liverpool UK
Paul McCartney: double-tracked lead vocal, backing vocal, piano, bass, bongos, conga
John Lennon: backing vocal, lead guitar, Hammond organ
George Harrison: backing vocal, lead guitar
Ringo Starr: drums, maracas, tambourine, backing vocal
Kenneth Essex: viola
Leo Birnbaum: viola
Produced by George Martin, 1968
Recorded by Geoff Emerick and Ken Scott, EMI Studios London
Bonus Track of The Week
16. Jerry Colonna: I Came To Say Goodbye
(Jerry Colonna)
Entertains at Your Party: Design Records – DLP78
Boston Mass
Jerry Colonna: vocal, trombone
Matty Matlock: clarinet, flute
Manny Klein: trumpet
Eddie Miller: sax
Morty Corb: bass
Johnny Williams: drums
Paul Sells: keys
Produced 1959
Gerardo Luigi Colonna b. September 17, 1904 Boston d. November 21, 1986
(aged 82) Woodland Hills, California, kidney failure
Began his career in the ‘20s recording for Edison. As a trombonist, he performed on radio in major orchestras. Frequently got into trouble for his humorous pranks which got the attention of Bob Hope who used him in various roles in his ‘Road’ movies. Starred in dozens of movies & TV shows. Guested on McHale’s Navy and The Monkees. After his guest shot on
The Monkees, Colonna suffered a stroke, thus ending his career. As far as I know, this was his only album.
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