Side A
1. Iron Butterfly: The Mirage - 1968
2. The Majestics: Shotgun Medley – 1968 *
3. Steve Earle: Copperhead Road – 1988
4. The Paupers: Southdown Road – 1968 *
5. King Crimson: Pictures Of A City – 1970
6. Mahavishnu Orchestra: Dawn – 1971
7. Queensrÿche: The Needle Lies – 1988
8. Syd Barrett: Baby Lemonade – 1970
9. Sopwith Camel: Postcard From Jamaica – 1967
10. Gregory Childs and Heart Lung: Blood Ties – 2020 *
11. Vanilla Fudge: You Keep Me Hanging On – 1967
12. Daniel Lanois: Still Water – 1987 *
Side B
1. The Sadies w Kurt Vile: It’s Easy (Like Walking) – 2017 *
2. Pink Floyd: Obscured By Clouds – 1972
3. Wilfred N & The Grown Men: Thunder on the Tundra – 1987 *
4. Frank Zappa: Transylvania Boogie – 1970
5. Horn: Things In Themselves – 1972 *
6. Plaid: Yu Mountain – 2016
7. UFO: Alpha Centauri – 1980
8. Ultravox: Time To Kill – 1986
9. 1977: A Change – 2007 *
10. Moondog: A Theme – 1969
11. Sunparlour Players: Lake Erie Moses – 2014 *
12. Skylark: The Writing’s On The Wall – 1972 *
13. Wild Man Fischer: Circle – 1968
14. Mo Kauffman: Mo-Mentum – 1987 *
15. Wishbone Ash: So Many Things To Say – 1973
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And Now for The ParticularsSide A
RIP Ron Bushy (1941–2021)
1. Iron Butterfly: The Mirage
(Doug Ingle)
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida: Atco Records SD 33-250
San Diego CA
Erik Brann: guitar
Ron Bushy: drums
Lee Dorman: bass
Doug Ingle: keys, vocal
Produced by Jim Hilton, 1968
Recorded by Don Casale at Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, CA
Ron Bushy b. December 23, 1941 Washington, D.C. / d. August 29, 2021 (79) Santa Monica, CA
Ron Bushy replaced the band’s original drummer before they recorded their first album, ‘Heavy’, in 1966 and is the only member of the band to be featured on all six of their official albums. He is the third member of the original lineup to have died, leaving keyboard player Doug Ingle as the only surviving member of the original group.The band’s biggest hit was In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Bushy claimed: “I came home late one night and Doug [Ingle] had been drinking a whole gallon of Red Mountain wine. I asked him what he had done and listened to him playing a slow ballad on his Vox keyboard. It was hard to understand him because he was so drunk … so I wrote it down on a napkin exactly how it sounded phonetically to me: ‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.’ It was supposed to be ‘In the Garden of Eden.'”
Bushy’s drumming would go on to influence many of his peers. “Ringo [Starr] and Paul [McCartney] came to see us at Royal Albert Hall,” Bushy told a Rolling Stone reporter last year. “Ringo took me out to dinner and drinks and said to me, ‘I hope you don’t mind I stole a part of your drum solo’ in ‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’ for the Abbey Road track “The End.” I told him not at all. ‘I take it as a compliment.'”
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2. The Majestics: Medley: Philly Dog, Night Train, Shot Gun
(Rufus Thomas / Oscar Washington - Lewis P. Simpkins - Jimmy Forrest / Autry DeWalt)
Instrumental R&B: Arc Records AS 732
Toronto ON
Fred Keeler: guitar
Wes Morris: drums
William Cudmore: bass
Eric Robertson: keys
Alto Saxophone: Russ Strathdee
Tenor Saxophone, Flute: Leo Trottier
Trombone: Orlando Guerrieri
Trumpet: Brian Lucrow
Produced by Tony DiMaria, 1968
Recorded at Bay Studio, Toronto by Gary Starr & Ray Lawrence
Formed in the early 1960s as Jay Smith and The Majestics, Smith shared lead vocals with Shawne Jackson (ex of The Silhouettes), and they soon became one of the leading big band groups around the Toronto area. After Smith left they became Shawne & Jay Jackson and The Majestics. The band were so good that Arc Records decided to record them performing instrumental soul and R&B hits. They put out three excellent albums.
3. Steve Earle: Copperhead Road
(Steve Earle)
Copperhead Road: Uni Records UNI-7
San Antonio TX
Steve Earle: vocals, guitars, harmonica, 6-string bass, mandolin
Donny Roberts: guitars, 6-string bass
Bill Lloyd: acoustic guitar
Michael McAdam: 12-string electric guitar
Bucky Baxter: pedal steel, lap steel, Dobro
Ken Moore: synthesizer and organ
John Barlow Jarvis: piano
Kelly Looney: bass
Kurt Custer: drums
Sam Bush: mandolin
Jerry Douglas: dobro
Mark O'Connor: violin
Edgar Meyer: bass violin
Produced by Tony Brown & Steve Earle, 1988
Stephen Fain Earle born January 17, 1955 Ft. Monroe, Virginia
Copperhead Road was an actual road near Mountain City, Tennessee, in an area known to locals as "Big Dry Run" although it has since been renamed Copperhead Hollow Road, owing to theft of road signs bearing the song's name. The album Copperhead Road was a break-through album for Earle, barely played on country music radio but becoming a favourite of the ‘Outlaw’ country rock crowd.
4. The Paupers: Southdown Road
(Adam Mitchell / Skip Prokop)
Ellis Island: Verve Forecast FTS-3051
Toronto ON
Adam Mitchell Guitar, Vocals
Brad Campbell Bass
Chuck Beal Lead Guitar
Skip Prokop Drums
Al Kooper Keys
Produced by Elliot Mazer, 1968
Recorded by Fred Catero
Ellis Island was the sophomore release by this Yorkville (Toronto) band featuring their new bass player, Brad Campbell, recruited from local Toronto band, The Last Words, after replacing Denny Gerrard. This was right after the band’s disastrous performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 when ‘everything that could go wrong, did go wrong’. Somehow I found this album to be a little a little disjointed, never finding that magical groove that had driven the band from Toronto to New York and Los Angeles, only to crash in debt and flames. The album was produced by Elliot Mazer who would later go on to work with Neil Young.
5. King Crimson: Pictures Of A City
(Robert Fripp / Pete Sinfield)
In The Wake of Poseidon: Atlantic Records SD 8266
Winbourn - Bournemouth , Dorset UK
Robert Fripp: mellotron, guitar, devices
Greg Lake: vocals
Michael Giles: drums
Peter Giles: bass
Keith Tippet: piano
Mel Collins: saxes, flute
Pete Sinfield: words
Produced by Robert Fripp & Pete Sinfield, 1970
Recorded by Jeff & Tony at Studio Wessex Sound, London
After the great success of their first album, In The Court of the Crimson King, singer / bass player Greg Lake left the band to join Emmerson, Lake & Palmer but not before he laid down his vocals for In The Wake of Poseidon. To replace him, Fripp and drummer Michael Giles asked Michael’s brother Peter to play bass. He had been the original bass player in Giles, Giles & Fripp just prior to the establishment of King Crimson.
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6. Mahavishnu Orchestra: Dawn
(John McLaughlin)
The Inner Mounting Flame: Columbia Records – KC 31067
NYC
John McLaughlin: guitar
Billy Cobham: drums
Rick Laird: bass
Jan Hammer: piano
Jerry Goodman: violin
Produced by John McLaughlin, 1971
Recorded by Don Puluse and Robert Honablue
7. Queensrÿche: The Needle Lies
(Geoff Tate / Michael Wilton)
Operation: Mindcrime: EMI-Manhattan Records E4 48640
Bellevue, Washington
Geoff Tate: lead vocals, keyboard, whistles and blurbs
Chris DeGarmo: acoustic guitars, lap steel guitar, guitar synth
Michael Wilton: guitar
Eddie Jackson: bass
Scott Rockenfield: drums, percussion
Produced by Peter Collins, 1988
Recorded at Kajem/Victory Studios, Gladwyne, Pennsylvania & Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec by Paul Northfield
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, New York
The name "Queensrÿche" is written with a metal umlaut over the letter 'Y'. As the band later joked: "The umlaut over the 'y' has haunted us for years. We spent eleven years trying to explain how to pronounce it." The umlaut is used on all of Queensrÿche's releases, except for their 2011 album, Dedicated to Chaos.
8. Syd Barrett: Baby Lemonade
(Syd Barrett)
Barrett: EMI / Harvest 43346-02821
Cambridge UK
Syd Barrett: guitar, vocals
Jerry Shirley: drums
David Gilmour: bass, 12 String guitar
Richard Wright: keys
Produced by David Gilmour - Richard Wright, 1970
Recorded by Peter Brown at Abby Road Studios, London
Roger Keith Barrett b. 6 January 1946 Cambridg UK / d. 7 July 2006 (60) Cambridge
It was nearly impossible for the original producers to make Syd Barrett’s two solo albums. It took David Gilmour and Rick Wright to pull this thing together with drummer Jerry Shirley. They would just let Syd sing and play his acoustic guitar and then try to add backup later and it sort of worked. The timing was all over the place, as were Syd’s chords and changes but it somehow worked, like on this song.
9. Sopwith Camel: Postcard From Jamaica
(T MacNeil / P Kraemer)
Sopwith Camel: Kama Sutra Records KLP 8060
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
The Sopwith Camel was a British First World War single-seat biplane fighter aircraft introduced on the Western Front in 1917. The Sopwith Camel band formed in California in 1965. They were like a psychedelic jug band who scored one big hit song ‘Hello, Hello’ and were unable to follow up the success of their first album and disbanded later in 1967. They were label mates with the Lovin’ Spoonful and were produced by the same guys: Erik Jacobsen and Val Valentin.
10. Gregory Childs and Heart Lung: Blood Ties
(Gregory Childs)
45 single bw Blood Ties: ind / no serial
Toronto
Nick Cousins: lead guitar, harmonica
Brent Kervin: bass
Zachary Moloci: drums
Gregory Childs: guitar, vocals
Produced by Gregory Childs, 2020
Recorded by Steve Aylward at Frederick House Audio
Mastered by Phil Demetro at Lacquer Channel, Toronto
Toronto-based “Gregory Childs & Heart Lung” came to life in late 2019 as an alt-country outfit focused on taking pop-country to a gnarlier place. Self-described as “emotionally confused Willie Nelson”, the band was actively playing The Cameron House, Monarch Tavern and other Toronto staples before COVID forced them to focus exclusively on recording.
Gregory Childs claimed in an interview: “As a group we’re all drawn to raw storytelling. While we respect the pop elements of both classic and contemporary country we want our songs to feel like the mics just happened to be there, with the imperfections, throat pulls and chair squeaks included. We definitely aren’t perfect and we like it that way.”
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11. Vanilla Fudge: You Keep Me Hanging On
(B Holland / L Dozier / E Holland)
Vanilla Fudge: Atco Records SD 33-224
Long Island NY
Tim Bogert bass, vocals
Mark Stein lead vocals, keyboards
Vince Martell guitar, vocals
Carmine Appice drums, vocals
Produced by Shadow Morton, 1967
Recorded by Joe Veneri & Bill Stahl
They recorded five albums during the years 1967–69, before disbanding inn 1970. Originally called The Electric Pigeons, they changed their name to The Pigeons. Ahmet Ertegun, their label's founder and president, didn't like that name and told them to change it.
Carmine Appice: We tried to think up a new name but were getting nowhere until we played a gig at the Page 2 club on Long Island and ended up talking to a chick named Dee Dee who worked there. She told us how her grandfather used to call her Vanilla Fudge. Then she looked at us and added 'Maybe you guys should call yourselves that---you're like white soul music'. We liked it. We told our manager, Phil Basile. He liked it. We told Atlantic and they liked it, too. So Vanilla Fudge it was".
According to Ritchie Blackmore and Jon Lord, Vanilla Fudge's organ-heavy sound was a large influence on the British band Deep Purple, with Blackmore even stating that his band wanted to be a "Vanilla Fudge clone" in its early years.
On March 14, 1970, Vanilla Fudge played a farewell concert at the Phil Basile's Action House. After that, Bogert & Appice departed to go ahead with another group, Cactus, that they'd been planning since late 1969. In 1972 they left Cactus and formed Beck, Bogert & Appice with guitarist Jeff Beck.
12. Daniel Lanois: Still Water
(Daniel Lanois)
Acadie: Opal / WB - 92 59691
Hamilton, ON
Daniel Lanois guitar (steel, electric and acoustic), bass, vocals, omnichord
Malcolm Burn keyboards, guitars, backing vocals
Brian Eno keyboards, vocals
Adam Clayton bass
Larry Mullen, Jr. drums
Produced by Daniel Lanois, 1989
Recorded by Malcolm Burn and Mark Howard, New Orleans LA
Additional Recording at Brian Enos Wilderness Studio, UK
Mixed by Malcolm Burn & Daniel Lanois w Mark Howard
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC
Daniel Roland Lanois b. September 19, 1951 (69) Hull QC
Daniel Lanois and his brother Bob set up their own recording studio in their mother’s basement in Hamilton in the 1970s producing mostly folk and bluegrass recordings. Then when punk blew in, they got a call from Brian Eno who wanted to book time in their studio; Daniel didn’t know who he was. It turned out to be an epiphany moment for both Eno and Lanois, totally changing Daniel’s attitude, resulting in co-productions of U2 and Bob Dylan. It wasn’t until 1989, however, that Daniel decided to make a solo record. On this track, Brian Eno did the haunting keys and backing vocals at his studio in UK
Lanois was invested in the Order of Canada in 2018.
Side B
1. The Sadies w Kurt Vile: It’s Easy (Like Walking)
(The Sadies)
Northern Passages: YepRoc Records YEP-2493
Ontario
Kurt Vile: lead vocals
Mike Belitsky: drums
Sean Dean: bass
Dallas Good: guitars, keys, banjo, vocals
Travis Good: guitars, mandolin, fiddle, vocals
Produced by Dallas Good, 2017
Recorded by Guillermo Subauste in Margaret Good’s Basement, Newmarket ON
Mixed at Pacha Sound
Mastered by Peter J Moore at The E Room, Toronto
Over the years The Sadies have put out records with other artists: Buffy St. Marie for one! Here’s a collaboration between Philadelphia’s Kurt Vile and the band which appears on their latest album, Northern Passages (vinyl!). The Sadies have since toured with Vile, performing all around the US.
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2. Pink Floyd: Obscured By Clouds
(Roger Waters / Dave Gilmore)
Obscurred by Clouds: Harvest Records ST 11078
London UK
Roger Waters: bass
Dave Gilmore: guitars
Rick Wright: keys
Nick Mason: drums
Produced by Pink Floyd, 1972
Recorded at Strawberry Studios, UK and Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France
3. Wilfred N & The Grown Men: Thunder on the Tundra
(Wilfred Kazub)
Thunder On The Tundra: Zonik Records ZNK 08701
Edmonton AB
Wilfred Zakub: vocal, keys, guitar
Jamie Simmonds: drums
Les Eversham: bg vocals
Produced by Wilfred Kozub & Jamie Philp, 1987
Wilfred Zakub Born December 17, 1947, Edmonton AB
Originally influenced by bands like Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club, David Bowie, Talking Heads, and Elvis Costello, Wilfred and his drummer Jamie used their basement Edmonton studios to self-produce their first album of original songs in 1986. They have since gone on to produce a dozen albums.
4. Frank Zappa: Transylvania Boogie
(Frank Zappa)
Chungas Revenge: Reprise / Bizarre 2030
Los Angeles CA
Frank Zappa: vocal, guitar
Ian Underwood: organ
Max Bennett: bass, vocal
Aynsley Dunbar: drums
Produced by Frank Zappa, 1970
Recorded by Dick Kunc, Stan Agol & Roy Baker at The Record Plant,
Hollywood; Trident Studios, London: TTG, Hollywood & Whitney Studios, Glendale
Cover: Cal Schenkel
“A Gypsy mutant industrial vacuum cleaner dances about a mysterious night time camp fire. Festoons. Dozens of imported castanets, clutched by the horrible suction of its heavy duty hose, waving with marginal erotic abandon in the midnight autumn air.”
5. Horn: Things In Themselves
(Bruce Burron / David deLaunay)
On The People’s Side: Special Records 9230-1028
Toronto
Les Clackett: vocals
Bruce Burron: guitar
Gary Hynes: guitar
Alan Duffy: bass
David deLaunay: keys
Wayne Jackson: trumpet
Bill Bryans: drums
Produced by Alan Duffy, Bill Bryans and Horn, 1972
Recorded & Mixed by Brock Fricker at Thunder Sound, Toronto
Special Thanks: Moses Znaimer
This was one of the most progressive bands in Toronto in 1972, partly inspired by Frank Zappa. You can hear that influence in many of the tracks on this, their only album. Partly produced by Bill Bryans who would go on to play with Parachute Club and Downchild Blues Band.
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6. Plaid: Yu Mountain
(Plaid)
The Digging Remedy: Warp Records: LP277B
London / Ludlow UK
Andy Turner and Ed Handley: electronics
Benet Walsh: flute, guitar
Produced by Plaid, 2016
Mastered by Noel Summerville
Released their first album in 1991. This is their 11th LP. It was given to me by Benet Walsh whom a met in a Ludlow pub. Walsh plays several instruments in various different bands, like Thistletown where he played bass. Also in an old time country band where he plays banjo. Check him out on twitter @TheBeeDrones
7. UFO: Alpha Centauri
(Chapman)
UFO: Lettin’ Go
(Chapman / Way / Mogg)
No Place To Run: Chrysalis Records CHR 1239
London UK
Phil Mogg: vocals
Paul Chapman: lead guitar
Paul Raymond: keyboards, guitar, vocals
Pete Way: bass
Andy Parker: drums
Produced by George Martin, 1980
Recorded and Mixed by Geoff Emerick at AIR Studios, London
Peter Frederick Way b. 7 August 1951 Enfield UK / d. 14 August 2020 (69)
Paul William Chapman b.Cardiff Wales 9 June 1954 / d. 9 June 2020 (66)
Paul Martin Raymond b. 16 Nov 1945 St Albans UK / d. 13 April 2019 (73)
Two tracks by UFO that sort of blend into each other. UFO formed in London in August 1969.
Over a career spanning 49 years, UFO have released 22 studio albums, 14 live recordings, 16 compilation albums and one album of cover songs.
Peter Way was bass guitarist for the heavy metal band UFO from 1968 to 1982 and was also associated with Ozzy Osbourne. Pete Way began his career as a studio musician before becoming a founding member of UFO. He died following life-threatening injuries he had sustained in an car accident. Way died just ten weeks after his former UFO bandmate and guitarist Paul Chapman, and one year after UFO keyboardist Paul Raymond.
8. Ultravox: Time To Kill
(Ure / Currie / Cross)
U-Vox: Chrisalis Records – CHS 46004
London UK
Mark Brzezicki - drums
Chris Cross - bass, synthesizer, backing vocals
Billy Currie - keyboards, violin, synthesizer
Midge Ure - guitar, lead vocals
Produced by Conny Plank and Ultravox, 1986
Recorded by Stuart Barry at Conny Plank’s Studio, Cologne GM; Hot Food Studios, London; by Rik Walton at West Side Studio, London and Windmill Lane Studio, Dublin; Air Studio, London
Mixed at AIR Studios, Montserrat by Karl Lever
9. Julie Kendall 1977: A Change
(Julie Kendall)
Nineteen Seventy-Seven: JK001
Toronto ON
Julie Kendall: keys, vocals
Brent Hough: guitar, bass, tambourine
Jordan Bruce: drums
Produced by Julie Kendall & Brent Hough, 2007
Recorded by them in their apartment
Mixed at Gay Studio, Parkdale by Alphonse Lanza
Mastered by Noah Mintz at The Lacquer Channel, Toronto
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10. Moondog: A Theme
(Louis Hardin)
Moondog: Columbia Records – MS 7335
Marysville Kansas
Louis Hardin - bass
Harold Bennet, Andrew Lolya - flutes
Harold Jones, Hubert Laws - piccolos
Henry Shuman, Irving Horowitz - cors anglais
Jimmy Abato, George Silfies, Phil Bodner - clarinets
Ernie Bright - bass clarinet
Jack Knitzer, Don Macourt, Ryohei Nakagawa,
George Berg, Joyce Kelly - bassoons
Wally Kane - bassoon, baritone saxophone
Teddy Weiss, Mel Broiles, Alan Dean - trumpets
Joe Wilder - trumpet, flugelhorn
Danny Repole - bass trumpet
James Buffington, Richard Berg, Ray Alonge,
Brooks Tillotson - French horns
Don Butterfield - tuba
Bill Stanley - tuba, tenor tuba
Bill Elton, John Swallow, Phil Giardina - tenor tuba
Tony Studd, Charles Small, Buddy Morrow - tenor trombone
Paul Faulise - bass trombone
Jack Jennings, Dave Carey, Elayne Jones, Bob Rosengarden - percussion
Paul Gershman, Aaron Rosand - violins
Emanuel Vardi, David Schwartz, Eugene Becker, Raoul Poliakin - violas
George Ricci, Charles McCracken - celli
Joe Tekula - contrabass cello
Raoul Poliakin, Eugene Becker - tenore
George Duvivier, Ron Carter, Alfred Brown, bass
Produced by James William Guercio, 1969
Recorded by Fred Plaut & Arthur Kendy
This piece was originally recorded in 1952 on Epic ‘Moondog & His Friends’, 1953
Louis Thomas Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999)
From the late 1940s until he left in NYC 1972, he could often be found on 6th Avenue
between 52nd and 55th Street wearing a cloak and Viking-style helmet, sometimes busking or selling music, but often just standing silent and still. He was widely recognized as "the Viking of 6th Avenue"
Residents who had no idea that this seemingly homeless eccentric standing on
"Moondog's corner" was a respected and recorded composer and musician.
In 1947 Hardin had adopted the pen name "Moondog" in honor of a dog "who used to howl at the moon In 1954, he won a case in the New York State Supreme Court against disc jockey Alan Freed, who had branded his radio show, "The Moondog Rock and Roll Matinee", musicians such as Benny Goodman and Arturo Toscanini, testified that he was a serious composer. He moved to Germany in 1972. Invented many of the instruments he used in his recordings
11. Sunparlour Players: Lake Erie Moses
(Andrew Penner)
The Living Proof: Sunparlour Players– SPP004
Toronto ON
Andrew Penner: vocals, guitars, banjo, bass, vibes, keys, percussion etc
Michael Rosenthal: drums
Chris Stringer: synths, ukulele, guitars
Hugh Oliver: recipe reading
Nadia Baer: trumpet
Produced by Chris Stringer & Sunparlour Players, 2014
Recorded by Chris Stringer & John Dinsmore at The Lincoln County Social Club
Mixed by Chris Stringer
Mastered by Fedge
12. Skylark: The Writing’s On The Wall
(Domenic Troiano)
45 single bw Wildflower: Capitol Records Canada 3511
Vancouver BC
Bonny .J. Cook (vocals)
Donny Gerrard (vocals)
Norman McPherson (guitar)
Steven Pugsley (bass)
David Foster (keyboards)
Carl Graves (percussion)
Duris Maxwell (drums)
Produced by Eirik The Norwegian, 1972
Skylark formed from the ashes of one of Ronnie Hawkins' many back-up groups. The Writing’s On The Wall was actually the B side of Wildflower which went to No. 1 in Canada and made Billboard magazine's Top-10. The single would go on to sell over a million copies. The band featured some prime players including David Foster and Donny Gerrard who did backing vocal work for Elton John, John Fogerty and Donna Summer. Bonny Cook was married to Foster for several years and went on to write the lyrics to theme songs for the TV shows like 'Night Heat'
13. Wild Man Fischer: Circle (Larry's first psychedelic hit)
(Larry Fischer / Frank Zappa)
An Evening With Wild Man Fisher: Bizarre Records / Reprise 6332
Los Angeles CA
Larry Fischer: vocals, guitar sounds
Frank Zappa: all other instruments
Produced by Frank Zappa, 1968
Recorded by Jerry Hansen at Sunset Sound Studios, LA
Larry Wayne Fischer b. Los Angeles November 6, 1944 / d. June 16, 2011 (65) LA
Another Zappa produced double album that was issued on Zappa’s earlier imprint, Bizarre Records (issued by Reprise) was this one. Fischer was institutionalized at age 16 for attacking his mother with a knife. He was later diagnosed with two mental disorders, severe paranoid schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Following his escape from the hospital, Fischer hung around Sunset Strip singing his songs, a cappella, for a dime. Discovered on the street by Frank Zappa, Fischer became an underground concert favorite. Some of the songs on the album were actually recorded live, on the streets. It’s an amazing look into the mind of this confused, unstable yet passionate songwriter.
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14. Mo Kauffman: Mo-Mentum
(Moe Koffman)
Moe-Mentum: Duke Street Records DSR 31036
Toronto
Moe Koffman: flute, alto & soprano sax
Ed Bickert: guitar
Bernie Senensky: keys
Kieran Overs: bass
Barry Elmes: drums
Produced by Andrw S Hermant and Moe Koffman 1987
Recorded by Andrew S Hermant at Manta Sound, Toronto
Mastered by Bill Kipper at Mastering Studio, Masterdisk, NYC
Morris "Moe" Koffman, OC b Toronto 28 December 1928 – d. Orangeville ON 28 March 2001
During a career spanning from the 1950s to the 2000s, Koffman was one of Canada's most prolific musicians, working variously in clubs and sessions. With his 1957 record Cool and Hot Sax on the New York-based Jubilee label, Koffman became one of the first Canadian jazz musicians to record a full-length album. He recorded Swinging Shepherd Blues in 1957 which helped establish his reputation as a flautist and ranked him alongside Herbie Mann and other great influential jazz flute players. "Swinging Shepherd Blues" was a hit in the United States, reaching #23 on the Billboard pop chart.
He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1993 and inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1997.
15. Wishbone Ash: So Many Things To Say
(Martin Turner / Wishbone Ash)
Wishbone Four: MCA Records MCA 327
Torquay, Devon UK
Ted Turner: steel, guitars, vocals
Andy Powell: guitars, vocals
Martin Turner: bass, vocals
Steve Upton: drums
Produced by Wishbone Ash, 1973
Recorded at Olympic and Apple Studios, London by Keith Harwood
The duel lead guitar driven band were extremely popular in Europe in the early 70s. They were and inspiration to members of Iron Maiden and Thin Lizzy. While the band have continued to perform as an entity, only Andy Powell remains
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