33.45.78 All Vinyl Radio Show
with Steve Fruitman
#349
October 12, 2020
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Motorcycles / Trains
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Hour One - Motorcycles

1.   Vince Taylor & The Playboys: Jet Black Machine – 1960
2.   The Shangri-Las: Leader of the Pack - 1964
3.   The Cheers: Black Leather Trousers & Motorcycle Boots – 1955
4.   Colter Wall: Motorcycle – 2017 *
5.   Arlo Guthrie: The Motorcycle Song – 1967
6.   Nazz: Rain Rider – 1969
7.   Malcolm Tomlinson: Cut Across Country Ride - 1977 *
8.   The Beachboys: Little Honda – 1964
9.   Guess Who: Two Wheel Freedom – 1967 *
10. Neil Young w Nicolette Larson: Motorcycle Mama – 1978 *
11. Stevedore Steve: Harley Steel – 1995 *
12. Mainline: Motorcycle – 1971 *
13. The James Gang: Funk #49 – 1970
14. Moby Grape: Motorcycle Irene – 1968
15. Steppenwolf: Born To Be Wild – 1968 *


Hour Two – Take The Train

1.   Bill Garrett: Northshore Train – 1979 *
2.   Steel River: Southbound Train – 1971 *
3.   Tim Harrison: Train Going East – 1978 *
4.   Alan Sherry: New Hamburg Train – 1961
5.   Laura Repo & The Blue Healers: The Train Never Stops At Kingston – 2004 *
6.   The Stump Jumpers: New River Train – 1967
7.   Brendan Nolan: The Train They Call The Ocean – 1984 *
8.   Jim Reeves: Waiting For A Train – 1968
9.   Chalk Circle: Trains – 1986 *
10. The Ugly Ducklings: 10:30 Train – 1966 *
11. Fleetwood Mac: First Train Home – 1971
12. Peter Green: Last Train To San Antone – 1981
13. Steve Fruitman: CRP Racing Through Bala – 1999 *
14. Motörhead: Train Kept A Rollin’ – 1977 


CanCon = 52%


And Now for The Particulars



Hour One – Motorcycles

Hi Steve, me and my wife really love your show.  We always listen to it and really enjoy the themes you have.  My wife Judy grew up in Timmins and recognizes the many places you speck of.  She received her masters from U of T and is now a patient care manager at Sunnybrook Hospital.  We go visit Timmins every year as the family still lives there (3 generations).  My brother in law used to play the music for the Mcintyre Arena during hockey games and do the announcing (he's a postie now).  I do have a special request for a show. I often bring my dual sport motorcycle to Timmins to ride the trails in the surrounding forest with local riders.  Would love to hear a show with all motorcycle theme songs like Arlo Guthrie motorcycle song etc.
Chris

Well, here it is: an hour of motorcycle madness.

1.   Vince Taylor & The Playboys: Jet Black Machine
(Clifford Adams)
45 single: Palette Records PG 9001
Isleworth UK

Vince Taylor: vocals
Bobbie Clarke: drums
Johnny Vance: bass
Alain Le Claire: piano
Tony Harvey: guitar
Produced 1960

Vince Taylor aka Brian Maurice Holden b. Isleworth, Middlesex UK July 14, 1939 / d. Lutry Switzerland Aug 28, 1991 (52)

According to David Bowie, Taylor was the main inspiration behind the Ziggy Stardust character.

Interestingly, the songwriter of ‘Jet Black Machine’, Clilfford Adams (aka Davis) went on to be the manager, in 1967, of a brand new band called Fleetwood Mac. (He changed his surname to Davis to avoid confusion with the British vocal group ‘The Cliff Adams Singers’.)  He would manage The Mac until 1974 when the band temporarily fell apart and Adams hired another band, Curved Air, to tour as ‘Fleetwood Mac’ in order to fulfill gig commitments.  He also claimed that he owned the group's name, which caused ill-feeling between him and the band. The members of the real Fleetwood Mac brought legal proceedings against Davis, and the subsequent court case lasted 4 years.


2.   The Shangri-Las: Leader of the Pack
(Jeff Barry / Ellie Greenwich / George Morton)
45 single bw What Is Love: Red Bird Records 3294X
NYC

Mary Weiss: co-lead vocals
Elizabeth "Betty" Weiss: co-lead vocals
Marguerite "Marge" Ganser: bg vocals
Mary Ann Ganser: bg vocals
Roger Rossi: piano
Produced by George "Shadow" Morton, 1964
Vocals recorded at Ultrasonic Sound Studios, NYC
Music recorded at Ultrasonic Studios, Hempstead NY


The group was formed at Andrew Jackson High School in Cambria Heights, a neighborhood in Queens, New York , in 1963. They were two sets of sisters. The tune of "Leader of the Pack" is credited to pop impresario George "Shadow" Morton together with Jeff Barry and  Ellie Greenwich. According to Morton, he wrote the song for The Goodies but instead it was used as a follow-up to the first ‘Shangri-Las’ hit "Remember (Walking in the Sand)". He said that Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (Red Bird Records co-owners) asked him, "Hey, what do you want to do for the second record?" Morton said he "got a bottle of champagne, two cigars" and "went into the shower, sat down, drank the champagne, smoked the cigars, and wrote the song on a shirt cardboard with his kid's crayons."

Pianist Roger Rossi said, "I remember the date like it was yesterday, there were no written charts, so unfortunately, some musicians kept making mistakes. As I recall, it took 63 takes before Shadow Morton was satisfied." Rossi added, "By the end of the session, in take 62, I also messed up and Morton laughingly yelled out, 'Ohhhh, noooo. Not you, too!'"

And the motorcycle? To add the authentic sound of a motorcycle engine, one was reportedly driven through the lobby of the hotel and up to the floor of the recording studio. No one was arrested, but a ticket was issued. However, in an interview four decades later, Shangri-Las lead singer Mary Weiss said the motorcycle sound was taken from an effects record. Hugh Grundy, drummer for The Zombies, revved up a motorcycle backstage when the Shangri-Las performed on a US tour.


3.   The Cheers: Black Leather Trousers & Motorcycle Boots
(Leiber / Stoller)
Shut Down Compilation: Capitol Records T 1918
Los Angeles

Bert Convy
Susan (Sue) Allen
Gil Garfield
Recorded 1955
Compilation Produced 1963


The Cheers had a string of hits in the mid 1950s starting with "(Bazoom') I Need Your Lovin'", which hit number fifteen on the U.S. charts in 1954. This was the first hit written by the team of ‘Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller’ to chart on the Pop charts in the United States, and was one of the first rock and roll hits by a white group (after Crew Cuts and Bill Haley And His Comets). The following year, they followed it up with "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots", a song about a wild-living leather-jacketed motorcyclist, which went to number six on the charts. It was later covered by Matt Munroe, The Diamonds and even Chris Spedding.

The Shut Down Compilation album featured songs by The Beachboys, Robert Mitchum, Super Stocks and others and was released in  1963


4.   Colter Wall: Motorcycle
(Colter Wall)
Colter Wall: Young Mary’s Record Co. YMRC001-1
Swift Current SK

Colter Wall: acoustic guitar, vocal
Jason Simpson: bass
Dave Cobb: acoustic guitar
Produced by David Cobb, 2017
Recorded by Gena Johnson

Colter’s song refers to ‘The Motorcycle Song’ by Arlo Guthrie in the lyrics of the chorus.

Well, I figure I'll buy me a motorcycle
Wrap her pretty little frame around a telephone pole
Ride her off a mountain like old Arlo


5.   Arlo Guthrie: The Motorcycle Song
(Guthrie)
Alice’s Restaurant: Reprise Records 6267
Brooklyn NY

Arlo Guthrie: guitar, vocal
The unknown musicians who play the electric guitar, standup bass, and drums
Produced by Fred Hellerman, 1967

Arlo Davy Guthrie b. Brooklyn NY July 1947

Guthrie has been quoted as saying that after playing this song, live, for 45 years, that he’s still surprised that he gets away with (quote): ‘playing such a stupid song for such a long time!’ This is from his incredible first album, Alice’s Restaurant. Hard to know who backs him up; on the wiki page it says:  “The unknown musicians who play the electric guitar, standup bass, and drums."

6.   Nazz: Rain Rider
(Todd Rundgren)
Nazz Nazz: Atlantic Records Canada SD 5002
Philadelphia PA

Todd Rundgren: lead guitar
Carson Van Osten: bass
Thom Mooney: drums
Robert Antoni: keys, vocals
Produced by Nazz
Released April 7, 1969

Recorded by James Lowe

The Nazz took their name from the Yardbird’s song, The Nazz Are Blue who took it from Lord Buckley’s hip name for ‘Jesus of Nazareth’. Meanwhile another Nazz was playing down in Phoenix, lead by a young Vince Furnier who would later emerge as Alice Cooper. The Nazz put out three studio albums before calling it quits:  (Nazz, Nazz Nazz, and Nazz III).

7.   Malcolm Tomlinson: Cut Across Country Ride
(Malcolm Tomlinson)
Coming Outta Nowhere: A&M - SP-4649
Toronto ON

Malcolm Tomlinson: guitars, vocals
Danny Marks: guitar
Scott Cushnie: keys
Rick Birkett: bass
Frank LoRusso: drums
Produced by Jack & Cub Richardson, 1977
Recorded by Jim Frank at Soundstage, Toronto, April 1977
Mastered by Cub Richardson at JAMF, Toronto


Malcolm Tomlinson (b. London UK 16 June 1946 – d. Toronto 2 April 2016)

Malcom was a neighbour of mine for many years, until he passed away in 2016. He started out in the early 1960s playing drums in London in a band called ‘The Panthers’. In January 1963, he joined Jeff Curtis & The Flames. The group recorded a five-track acetate with legendary producer Joe Meek before Tomlinson left (in mid-1964) to join ‘The Del Mar Trio’. In February 1965, the group recorded 4 tracks for EMI at Abbey Road. Two months later, they changed their name to ‘James Deane & The London Cats’. In June 1966, Tomlinson joined forces with two members of ‘The Noblemen’ which changed its name to ‘The Motivation’.

By the end of the 60s Tomlinson moved to Toronto  with his former colleague from ‘Jeff Curtis & The Flames’, guitarist Louis McKelvey. They formed the group called ‘Milkwood’ which performed at the legendary ‘Toronto Rock and Roll Revival’ at Varsity Stadium on 13 September 1969. The band also recorded an unreleased LP for Polydor Records. The pair also appeared on another unreleased LP, this time by Toronto singer Jay Telfer. McKelvey and Tomlinson then formed another new band based out of Toronto, Damage, but this was short-lived. Tomlinson played in a succession of local bands, including Syrinx, and a latter day version of Rhinoceros.

In 1973, Tomlinson appeared on (CIUT host) Bill King's album 'Goodbye Superdad' as well as on John Mills Cockell's first solo shot, 'Heartbeat'. He then joined Rick James' ‘Stone City Band’ and appeared on another LP that was never released. He later recorded with the ‘Bearfoot’ and then formed the Malcolm Tomlinson Band.


8.   The Beachboys: Little Honda – 1964
(Brian Wilson / Mike Love)
All Summer Long: Capitol Records ‎– ST-2110
Hawthorne CA

Al Jardine: backing vocals, electric rhythm guitars, electric bass guitar
Brian Wilson: backing vocals, upright or grand piano, Hammond B3 organ
Carl Wilson: backing vocals, electric lead guitars, electric rhythm guitars
Dennis Wilson: opening voice, backing vocals, drums
Mike Love: lead vocal
Ray Pohlman: 6-string electric bass guitars
Produced by Brian Wilson, 1964
Recorded by Chuck Britz April 2 / 10, 1964, United Western Recorders, Hollywood

The song pays tribute to the small Honda motorcycle and its ease of operation, specifically the Honda 50. The song was also covered by The Hondells to help advertising the Honda motorcycle advertising campaign. The Hondells were basically studio musicians paid to record this song as ‘a band’. They included Glen Campbell, Al DeLory, Tommy Tedesco, and Richie Podolor. Honda sold around 90,000 bikes in 1963 and after the Little Honda campaign, those numbers just went through the roof.


9.   The Guess Who: Two Wheel Freedom
(Randy Bachman / (?) Bryan)
45 rpm bw same song: RCA Victor - T-55829
Winnipeg MB

Randy Bachman: guitar
Burton Cummings: keys, vocals
Gary Peterson: drums
Jim Kale: bass
Produced for Hondo Motorcycles, 1968

A very rare single sided 7” recording for the Honda Motorcycle Co. If you check out the Guess Who’s discography, you won’t find mention of this release. In the 1960s, the Honda Motor Corporation of Japan launched their light weight, four-stroke motorcycles in North America. In Canada they combined with Pepsi-Cola to launch a ‘Pepsi Win A Honda’ Contest. Prizes were hidden under the cork of the bottle caps.

10. Neil Young w Nicolette Larson: Motorcycle Mama
(Neil Young)
Comes A Time: Reprise Records M5-2266
Toronto

Neil Young: guitar, harmonica, vocals, production
Nicolette Larson: harmony / lead vocals
Tim Mulligan: saxophone
Ben Keith: steel guitar
Karl Himmel: drums
Tim Drummond: bass
Spooner Oldham: piano
Rufus Thibodeaux: fiddle
Joe Osborn: bass
Larrie Londin: drums
J. J. Cale: electric guitar
Farrell Morris: percussion
Rita Fey: autoharp
Bucky Barrett, Grant Boatwright, Johnny Christopher, Jerry Shook, Vic Jordan, Steve Gibson, Dale Sellers, Ray Edenton: acoustic guitars
Produced by Ben Keith, Neil Young & Tim Mulligan, 1978
Recorded Nov 28, 1975 to Nov 21, 1977

11. Stevedore Steve: Harley Steel
(Stephen J Foote)
New Brunswick Spirit Vol 1: Epcom Records RDRCD-1757
Saint John NB

Stevedore Steve: guitar, vocals
Paul Dujon: flat top guitar, harmony
Paul Nagle: harmonica
Carl Elliott: fiddle
Mike Elliott: bass
Bill Elliott: electric guitar
Produced by Gary Chase, 1995
Recorded by Jim Stewart at Epcom Studios,  Rothsay, New Brunswick

Not from an LP but still an excellent Motorcycle song that demands to be heard. Stevedore Steve didn’t ride a motorcycle but he certainly captured the essence of riding one in this song. By the way he drove cars I think it’s a good thing that he didn’t ride a bike!

12. Mainline: Motorcycle
(Mendelson Joe)
Canada Our Home And Native Land: GRT Records 9230-1011
Toronto Ontario Canada

Zeke sheppard: bass
Tony Nolasco: drums
Mike McKenna: lead guitar
Joe Mendelson: guitar, harmonica, vocal
Produced by Adam Mitchell, 1971
Recorded by Fred Catero at Pacific Recording Studio, San Mateo CA
Recorded April – May, 1971
Cover Art: David Andoff


After the 1969 debut album (on Liberty Records), the band broke up with Mike McKenna re-joining Luke And The Apostles. However, several months later they reformed as ‘Mainline’ to record two more albums: ‘Our Home And Native Land’ and the live ‘Bump n’ Grind Revue’. Mendelson Joe was a well-known entity in Toronto, driving his big bike down Ossington Avenue (usually with a guitar hanging off his back). I’m not too sure who’s motorcycle was recorded to accompany this song.

13. James Gang: Funk #49
(Fox / Peters / Walsh)
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


Just look at the back of the album cover: it features all three members sitting on two bikes, black and white in the snow. This whole side of the album is like one big motorcycle ride.


14. Moby Grape: Motorcycle Irene
(Skip Spence)
Wow: Columbia Records – XSM 135372
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, 1968
Recorded by Don Puluse and Glen Kolotkin - August 30, 1967 - February 5, 1968

Windsor, Ontario born Skip Spence wrote this cycling song with a frightful ending!

15. Steppenwolf: Born To Be Wild
(Mars Bonfire)
Steppenwolf: RCA Victor DS-50029
Los Angeles CA

John Kay: lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica
Michael Monarch: lead guitar, backing vocals
Rushton Moreve: bass, backing vocals
Goldy McJohn: keyboards, backing vocals
Jerry Edmonton: drums, backing vocals
Produced by Gabriel Mekler, 1968
Recorded by Richard Polodor and Bill Cooper at American Recording Co

Written by Oshawa, Ontario native Dennis Edmonton, who went by the name of Mars Bonfire after moving to California. He was an original member of ‘The Sparrow’ before they transformed themselves into Steppenwolf. It was their third single and first big hit after moving to the USA. Born To Be Wild and The Pusher were used in the 1969 counterculture film Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda). Because of that, Born To Be Wild became a song of choice for motorcycle gangs.

Hour Two – Take The Train

1.   Bill Garrett: Northshore Train
(Bill Garrett)
Bill Garrett: Posterity / Woodshed Records PWS 014
Montreal QC

Bill Garrett: guitars, vocals
Curly Boy Stubbs: guitar
Pepe Francis: electric guitars, dobro
David Essig: mandolin
Ron Dann: pedal steel, dobro
Kim Brandt: bass
Dave Lewis: drums
Produced by Paul Mills, 1979
Recorded by Danial Lanois at Grant Avenue Studios, Hamilton ON
Cover by Ian Bell


Bill Garrett was a CBC radio producer / engineer who was right into folk music. He eventually teamed up with a CBC contemporary, Paul Mills who went by the stage name of Curly Boy Stubbs. Together they played gigs for over 20 years and helped form the nucleus of Borealis Records with Grit Laskin and Ken Whiteley. This is the only solo vinyl  output by Garrett.

2.   Steel River: Southbound Train
(Steel River)
A Better Road: Tuesday GHL 1003
Toronto ON

Ray Angrove:  drums
Rob Cockell:  bass
John Dudgeon:  guitar
Tony Dunning:  lead guitar
Robert Forrester:  keys
Produced by Greg Hambleton, 1971
Recorded by Terry Brown at Toronto Sound Studios
Mixed by Bob Lifton


Starting in 1965 originally as a part-time Toronto R & B club band called The Toronto Shotgun, Steel River decided to become full-time musicians in 1969. They were signed to the Tuesday Record label and their first single was the Jay Telfer (A Passing Fancy) song called "Ten Pound Note" which became an international hit. They continued until 1974 at which time they called it quits.


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, Toronto


For 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.   Allan Sherry: New Hamburg Train
CN-Northern Sunset: Allan Sherry Recordings - AS-3
Northern Locomotive 6162
ON
Produced by Allan Sherry, 1962

Recorded by Andrew M Spieker & Allan Sherry, 1961

This is an album of recorded trains operated by Canadian National Railways

5.   Laura Repo & The Blue Healers: The Trains Never Stop At Kingston
(Roy Payne)
A Charmed Life: Repogirl Records - RGRCD102
Toronto, ON

Conny Nowe: guitar
Rachel Melas: bass
David Baxter: mandolin, slide guitar
Adam Faux w/ Steve Briggs – guitars
Bob Davis: bg vocal
Produced by John Switzer, 2004
Recorded by James Paul at The Roque, Toronto
Mixed by John Switzer
Mastered by James Paul at The Rogue


Also from a CD but this song, written by Newfoundland songwriter Roy Payne, is performed flawlessly here by Repo and her band. Her father, Bob Davis (who also sings harmony) loved songs and collected lyrics into songbooks. He was a huge inspiration for many young, up and coming folk singers, including his daughter.

6.   The Stump Jumpers: New River Train
(Trad)
Pickin’ Grinnin’ N’ Singin’: Rural Rhythm – RRBE 180
Springfield, Missouri

Ginny Ensign: Autoharp, Rhythm Guitar
John Wynn: Banjo
Betty Wynn: Doghouse bass
Bob Ensign: Mandolin, Fiddle, Guitar
Mike Davis: Resonator Guitar
Produced by Uncle Jim O’Neal, 1967

A band made up of two husband & wife teams plus a dobro player. Not to be confused with Newfoundland band The Stump Jumpers. The Name is meant to be an insult for rednecks: meaning inbred.

7.   Brendan Nolan: The Train They Call The Ocean
(Ken Saunders / Brendan Nolan)
45 single bw Mental Taxation: Primordial Records C 550
Montreal QC / St. Pete Beach FL

Brendan Nolan: guitar, vocals
Produced 1984

Brendan Nolan b. Dublin, IR

A native of Ireland, Nolan moved to Montreal in 1979 where he was the "House Performer" for a 14 year run at the Old Dublin Pub. He moved down to Florida, where he resides, in 1993 and has continued to record and perform Irish based songs.

"Nolan has been blessed with a rich Irish voice and an Irish way with words. In his singing and his musical arrangements he helps his listeners to feel the pain, the joy, the humour, the triumph, the sadness, the longing, as deeply as did the old songs of the tradition."
     -- Ron Duffy, Canadian Folk Music Bulletin, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.


8.   Jim Reeves: Waiting For A Train
(Jimmy Rodgers)
When The Evening Shadows Fall: RCA LSP-4073
Galloway, Texas

Jim Reeves: vocals
Produced by Chet Atkins, 1956
Compilation produced 1968

Recorded by Bill Porter in Nashville, Nov 13, 1956

James Travis Reeves b. Galloway TX Aug 20, 1923 / d. July 31, 1964 (40) Davidson County, TN

Jim Reeves died in the same plane crash as Patsy Cline. Known as "Gentleman Jim", his songs continued to chart for years after his death. He started playing baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals "farm" team during 1944 season as a right-handed pitcher. He played for the minor leagues for three years before severing his sciatic nerve while pitching, which ended his athletic career. Reeves began to work as a radio announcer and sang live between songs.  That’s what got him started in music. His first hit was with the song "Mexican Joe" in 1953, recorded for Abbott Records. Other hits followed, such as "Bimbo" which reached Number 1 on the U.S. Country Charts in 1954.

The next few years felt very uncomfortable for Reeves; he didn’t like the way he was singing and being recorded. He wanted to sing in a lower register with the mic touching his lips as he sang. Finally, in 1957, he recorded his way, much to the chagrin of the recording company. "Four Walls" not only scored Number 1 on the country music charts but scored Number 11 on the popular music charts as well. This recording marked his transition from novelty songs to serious country-pop music


9.   Chalk Circle: Trains
(Chalk Circle)
The Great Lake: Duke Street Records DSR 41024
Newcastle ON

Chris Tait, guitars
Brad Hopkins, bass
Derrick Murphy, drums
Tad Winklarz, keys, sax
Chris Wardman, guitars
Produced by Chris Wardman, 1986
Recorded by Ron Searles and Paul Lachapelle at Manta Sound, Toronto
Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk, NYC


Active between 1982 - 1990
They were located right along the railway tracks of Newcastle, Ontario.


10. The Ugly Ducklings: 10:30 Train
(Dave Byngham / Robin Boers)
Somewhere Outside: Yorktown Records - YT 50,001
Toronto ON

Dave Bingham (vocals)
Glynn Bell (guitar)
Roger Mayne (guitar)
John Read (bass)
Robin Boers (drums)
Produced by Bill Huard, 1966
Recorded by Dave Leonard, Ray Lawrence, Gary Youngblood & Terry Vollum at Stea Phillips, NYC - Hallmark Sound, Toronto - Bay Recording, Toronto

One of the first Toronto bands to have commercial success without caving in to demands to appeal to 12 year old girls. Their first four singles were powered by airplay on CHUM 1050 in Toronto (something almost unheard of in the pre-CanCon days): Nothin’, She Ain’t No Use To Me (10:30 Train was on the B Side of that), and Just In Case You Wonder and finally Gaslight.

11. Fleetwood Mac: First Train Home
(Peter Green)
The Original Fleetwood Mac: Original Masters – 156072
London UK

Peter Green: guitar
Jeremy Spencer: slide
Mick Fleetwood: drums
John McVie: bass
Produced by Mike Vernon, 1971


Two train songs featuring the late, great Peter Green.

12. Peter Green: Last Train To San Antone
(MD Green)
Whatcha Gonna Do?: PVK Records PET-1
London UK

Peter Green: lead guitar, vocals
Ronnie Johnson: rhythm guitar
Paul Westland or Mo Foster: bass
Roy Shipston: keys
Dave Mattacks: drums
Lennox Langton: percussion
Jeff Daly: sax
Produced by Peter Vernon-Kell, 1981
Recorded by Mike Cooper at either Rock City, Shepperton or Matrix Studios

Turn This Way Up (when the train comes)

13. Steve Fruitman: CRP Racing Through Bala
Recorded by Steve Fruitman beside the train tracks in Bala, Ontario, 1999 on a Sony Walkman Pro tape recorder with a standard stereo mic behind Paul Lyon’s cottage.

I was about a foot away from the tracks! And that’s not a snake on my back; it’s a pigtail. I did several recordings of trains there but this one, the first one, was the only one that really worked out well. I used it to end my Back To The Sugarcamp shows at CIUT for several years.


14. Motörhead: Train Kept A Rollin’
(Howie Kay / Lois Mann / Tiny Bradshaw)
Motörhead: Attic Records CAT1109
London UK
Lemmy Kilmister: lead vocals, bass
"Fast" Eddie Clarke: guitar, backing vocals
Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor: drums
Produced by John ‘Speedy’ Keen, 1977
Recorded by John Burns at Escape Studios, Kent, England
Mastered by Adam Skeaping


And as well all know, Lemmy end up forming Motörhead who were originally called The Bastards. After being informed that there were other Bastards out there, Lemmy renamed the band after a song he had written while still in Hawkwind. Producer, Speedy Keen, was the lead vocalist and songwriter for Thunderclap Newman. He also composed Armenia, City In The Sky for The Who.

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