Side A
1. Murray McLauchlan: Hard Rock Town – 1977 *
2. Russ Conway: I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles – 1959
3. Slim Harpo: I’m A King Bee – 1957
4. Big Dee Irwin: Swing on a Star – 1963
5. Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels: CC Rider / Jenny Take A Ride – 1965
6. Charanga Orchestra: Pachanga Barsilera - 1961
7. Ish & Lenny: I’ve Got A Hole In My Umbrella – 1986 *
8. Mickey Sheppard: Cajun Mini Skirt – latter 1960s *
9. New Vaudeville Band: Oh, Donna Clara – 1966
10. Flying Circus: Jabber Jabber – 1973 *
11. Dennis Coffee & Detroit Guitar Band: Scorpio – 1971
12. Ugly Ducklings: She Ain’t No Use To Me – 1966 *
13. The Paupers: It’s Your Mind – 1967 *
14. Mandala: Lovitis – 1968 *
15. It’s All Meat: Self Confessed Lover – 1970 *
16. Mahogany Rush: Magic Man – 1972 *
17. De Dannan: Two Jewish Reels – 1987
18. Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Oh My Heart – 1978 *
Side B
1. Jim Vining: Pound One Out - *
2. Bill Connors: Crunchy – 1987
3. The James Gang: Funk #49 – 1970
4. The James Gang: Asshtonpark – 1970
5. The James Gang: Woman – 1970
6. The James Gang: The Bomber – 1970
7. Mike Malahini Scott: Nani Waimea – 1971 *
8. Raffi: Octopus’s Garden – 1985 *
9. Syd Barrett: Octopus – 1969
10. Hank Snow: Squid Jiggin’ Grounds – 1957 *
11. Count Basie Orchestra: All My Lovin’ – 1966
12. The Beatles: If I Needed Someone – 1965
13. Ella Fitzgerald: Savoy Truffle – 1970
14. Siouxsie & Banshees: Dear Prudence – 1983
15. Todd Rundgren: Rain – 1976
16. Flaming Groovies: Please Please Please – 1979
17. Ry Cooder w Flaco Jimenez: Viva Sequin / Do Re Mi – 1977
18. Chris Youlden: One October Day – 1973
CanCon = 39%
And Now for The Particulars:Side A
1. Murray McLauchlan: Hard Rock Town
(Murray McLauchlan)
Hard Rock Town: True North Records TN-29
Toronto ON
Dennis Pendrith: bass
Jørn Andersen: drums
Ben Mink: fiddle
Gene Martynec: guitar
Murray McLauchlan: vocal, guitar
Produced by Murray McLauchlan & Bernie Finkelstein, 1977
Compilation Produced by Graham Stairs and Bernie Finkelstein 2007
Recorded by Ken Friesen at Eastern Sound, Toronto
Murray McLauchlan b. June 30, 1948 in Paisley, Scotland
Murray was Bruce Cockburn’s main label mate for True North Records in the 1970s (he even drew the logo), in fact, he had more major hits than Bruce that decade. His hits included ‘Farmer’s Song’ (1973), "Hurricane of Change" (also 1973), "Do You Dream of Being Somebody" (1975), and "Whispering Rain" (1979). He holds 11 Juno Awards, is a pilot, a painter and a Member of the Order of Canada, and also plays occasionally with Toronto act ‘Lunch At Allens’.
2. Russ Conway: I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles
(Kenbrovin / Kellett)
Songs To Sing In Your Bath: Columbia UK 1149
Bristol UK
Russ Conway: piano
Produced by Geoff Love, 1959
Trevor Herbert Stanford b. 2 Sept 1925 Bristol / d. 16 Nov 2000 (75) Eastbourne, Sussex
Russ Conway is the epitome of the term, Recording Artist. He recorded three albums in 1959 and made a slew of them throughout the ‘60s and continued at that output until well into the 1980s. People that made good, dependable, dancing music for hairdos and suits.
3. Slim Harpo: I’m A King Bee
(James Moore a.k.a. Slim Harpo)
45 single bw I Got Love If You Want It: Excello Records 2113
Baton Rouge, LA
Slim Harpo: vocals
Gabriel "Guitar Gable" Perrodin: guitar
John "Fats" Perrodin: bass
Clarence "Jockey" Etienne: drums
Produced by J.D. Miller, 1957
James Isaac Moore aka Slim Harpo b. Lobdell, Louisiana January 11, 1924 / d. January 31, 1970 Baton Rouge, LA (46)
Slim Harpo’s first solo release, for Excello Records in 1957, based in Nashville, was "I'm a King Bee", backed with "I Got Love If You Want It". (The Rolling Stones later released a live album called “I Got Live If You Want It”). Harpo played guitar in his live shows, but he usually used other guitarists when recording. The Moody Blues reportedly took their name from an instrumental track of Slim's called "Moody Blues". The Slim Harpo Music Awards are awarded annually in Baton Rouge, named in his honor. Proceeds from the awards benefit the "Music in the Schools" outreach program. Never a full-time musician, Harpo owned a trucking business during the 1960s.
The Rolling Stones recorded "I'm a King Bee" for their 1964 debut album. Mick Jagger has since commented "What's the point in listening to us doing 'I'm a King Bee' when you can hear Slim Harpo do it?" A London group called The Tea Set, which was soon to be renamed Pink Floyd, recorded "I'm a King Bee" in December 1964. John Belushi performed it on a 1976 broadcast of Saturday Night Live. In 2008, Slim Harpo's original version of "I'm a King Bee" received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award
4. Big Dee Irwin: Swinging on a Star
(Jimmy Van Heusen / Johnny Burke)
45 Single: Dimension Records D-1010X
NYC
DiFosco "Dee" T. Ervin Jr: vocal
Little Eva: duet vocal
Produced 1963
Big Dee Irwin: born: July 6, 1932, Harlem, NYC / Died: August 27, 1995
It was introduced by Bing Crosby in the 1944 film Going My Way, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song
1947: The song was featured in the Little Lulu cartoon, ‘Bout with a Trout’.
The cartoon's voice actors sang the song while Bing Crosby recorded bits of it with Bob Hope and Jerry Colonna
1959: Shari Lewis and her puppets on her album Hi Kids.
1964: Frank Sinatra on his album Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses
1968: Dave Van Ronk on his album Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters.
1991: Bruce Willis and Danny Aiello sing it in the film Hudson Hawk
5. Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels: Jenny Take A Ride
(Crewe / Johnson / Penniman)
Greatest Hits: Roulette Records SR 59020
Detroit MI
Mitch Ryder: vocals
Jim McAllister: bass
Mark Manko: lead guitar
Jim McCarty: lead guitar
Joe Kubert: rhythm guitar
John Badanjek on drums
Produced by Bob Crewe 1965
William Sherille Levise Jr b. Hamtramck, Michigan February 26, 1945
As a teenager, Ryder sang backup with a black soul-music group known as the Peps, but racial tensions interfered and he had to quit the group. He then formed his first band, Tempest, when he was still at High School, and played at a Detroit soul music club called The Village. Ryder next appeared fronting a band named Billy Lee & The Rivieras, which had limited success until they met songwriter / record producer Bob Crewe. Crewe renamed the group Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels who had hits like ‘Devil With The Blue Dress On’, ‘Jenny Take A Ride’ and ‘Sock It To Me.’ Ryder was the last person to perform with Otis Redding, singing "Knock On Wood", on December 9, 1967, in Cleveland, Ohio, on a local TV show called Upbeat. Redding and four members of his touring band, The Bar-Kays, died in a plane crash the following day, December 10, 1967.
6. Charanga Orchestra: Pachanga Brasilera
(Trad)
La Pachanga!!: Somerset Records – S 142
Havana, Cuba
Rafael Seijo: director
Produced 1961
Indigenous to Cuba, a Charanga orchestra is based around a five key wooden flute with violins, piano, double bass, timbales and guiro (a percussive wooden fish). The Charanga can also include singers and congas. In the Charanga the violins play riffs that lock into the rhythm section and give the music a real driving nature
7. Ish & Lenny - The Musican Clowns: I’ve Got A Hole In My Umbrella
(Loren Bagelman)
45 single bw Why Not Colour Us In: Orange Bus Records – CCR 9169
Lake Cowichan BC / Hope, BC
Ish: vocal, various instruments
Lenny: vocal, various instruments
Jack Herman: drums
Michaelk Danso, Eria Fachin: bg vocals
Produced by Jack Herman, 1986
Recorded at Triton Sound Studios, Toronto by Jody Ellis
Loren Bagelman aka Ish is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, performer, comedian and clown based in British Columbia. He also uses the name “Ishdafish” and has performed across Canada at over 4,000 Schools, Libraries, Daycares, Festivals, Fairs, Senior’s Centers, and at other Special Events. n had his own Children’s show on a CBC affiliate in the mid-eighties “The Bee Bop and Bubble Gum Show” where he hosted and wrote the soundtrack and provided two songs per show.
The other member was Lenny Graff who seems to have no presence. Even on Ish’s own website, there is no mention of Ish & Lenny, Lenny Graff or the two songs that they recorded together for this only 45.
8. Mickey Sheppard: Cajun Mini Skirt
(Krysko)
Mickey Sings Ukrainian English Beer Parlour Songs Original Uncensored: V Records VLP 3064
Winnipeg MB
Mickey Sheppard: fiddle, vocal
Others not listed
Produced by Mickey Sheppard at Studio Star, Winnipeg
Modest William Theodore Sklepowich (Mickey Sheppard) b. Ethelbert, Man, 27 Mar 1932
Mickey began his recording career as part of the Ukrainian musical comedy team, Mickey & Bunny. Mickey was a pharmacist and his wife, Bunny, was a substitute school teacher. They released over a dozen albums on the V Records label.
On this particular album, Mickey’s first solo shot, Producer and label owner Alec Groshak on the back cover claims:
“This album was begged, compiled, decorated, revived, doctored, updated, collected, assembled, amassed, scraped together, dredged up, loused up, and buggered up by Mickey at the insistence of thousands of fans and myself. You have in your hands one of the finest English-Ukrainian albums available today. Play it at your next party and see action begin. Sing-a-long with it and make up your own verses. (Sorry…but Mickey didn’t dare put in some of the better verses that he knows)”.
V Records issued, what is possibly the most sought after Canadian collectible 45, The Squires doing ‘The Sultan’ bw ‘Aurora’, issued in 1963. This was Neil Young's first 45 released when he was 17. Only a few hundred of them were ever pressed and only a dozen or so are said to have survived. The Squires single is the only rock n' roll record V Records released.
9. The New Vaudeville Band: Oh Donna Clara
(Petersburski / Caesar / Loehner)
Winchester Catherdral: Fontana Records / London MGF 27560
London, UK
Alan Klein: vocals
Henri Harrison: drums
Stan Haywood: keys
Neil Korner: bass
Mick Wilsher: guitar
Hugh Watts: trombone
Bob Kerr: trombone, sax
Produced by Geoff Stephens, 1966
Oh Donna Clara was first recorded by Al Jolson in 1931 from the Broadway musical The Wonder Bar. According to composer Irving Caesar: “Although mostly forgotten now, Oh Donna Clara was one of the most famous songs of the vaudeville circuit, performed comically in English, Russian and German Yiddish. “Jolson had no trouble with it,” Caesar remembered. “He was a Litvak; he talked Litvak Yiddish. But neither of us could read Yiddish. I had to learn it by ear from a folk singer… I taught it to Al, and it was one of the greatest things he ever did.”
10. Flying Circus: Jabber Jabber
(S See / Al Reid)
Summer Canadian Singles Festival: Capitol Promotion 103
Sydney Australia / Toronto ON
Doug Rowe: lead guitar
Greg Grace: lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Terry Wilkins: bass, vocals
Colin Walker: drums
Sam See: keys
Produced by Capitol Records of Canada, 1973
The Flying Circus was a pioneering Australian pop music and country rock band who had a number of pop hits in Australia from 1968 to 1971 and then re-located to Canada from 1971 to 1974 before calling it quits in 75. A connection with McKenna Mendlesohn Mainline (who they had met in Australia) made Toronto a destination since they were refused a US work visa. Sam See and Terry Wilkins later joined Toronto band, Lighthouse.
11. Dennis Coffee & The Detroit Guitar Band: Scorpio
(Dennis Coffee)
Sussex label SUX-266
Detroit MI
Uriel Jones: drums
Richard "Pistol" Allen: drums
Bob Babbitt, bass
Eddie Brown: congas
Jack Ashford: tamourine
Earl Van Dyke: piano
Dennis Coffee, rhythm guitar
Ray Monette: lead guitar (Rare Earth)
Joe Podorsic: lead guitar
Produced Mike Theodore, 1971
Recorded by Jim Burzzese at GM Recording Studios in East Detroit
Mixed by Ray Hall in RCA Recording Studios in New York.
Single sold over a million.
12. The Ugly Ducklings: She Ain’t No Use To Me
(Dave Byngham / Roger Mayne)
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
The Ducks were really the first local band we thought of as Stars. They got together in 1965 as a Rolling Stones attitude band with one of them in a Brian Jones haircut and the lead vocals approximating Mick Jagger. After releasing their first hit, “Nothin’”, they were one of many bands who got to open for the Stones at Maple Leaf Gardens before 15,000 fans.
She Ain’t No Use To Me was a good follow-up but it wasn’t until they released Gaslight in 1967 that they hit the number one spot in Canada. In 1968 Yorkville Records released the band's debut album, 'Somewhere Outside', and Mick Jagger proclaimed The Ugly Ducklings as "my favourite Canadian band". The trouble was, they had already disbanded.
13. The Paupers: It’s Your Mind
(Skip Prokop / Adam Mitchell)
Magic People: Verve Forecast - FTS 3026
Toronto ON
Adam Mitchell, guitar, vocals
Skip Prokop, drums, vocals
Dennis Gerrard, bass
Chuck Beal, guitar
Produced by Rick Shorter, 1967
The Paupers were, I think, the most psychedelic band in Toronto at the time. They got to open for Jimi Hendrix Experience and The Soft Machine at Toronto’s CNE Coliseum. They played Monterray Pop Festival but played poorly due to their bass player getting totally stoned and, thus, were not used in the movie.
14. Mandala: Lovitis
(H Scales / A Vance)
Classics: WEA: 25 23291
Toronto, ON
Domenic Troiano: guitar
Roy Kenner: vocal
Pentii 'Whitey' Glan: drums
Don Elliot: bass
Hugh Sullivan: organ
The Atlantic Horns
Produced by Arif Mardin & Jerry Greenberg, 1968
Recorded by Adrian Barber, George Semkiw, Ivan Bradley at Sound Canada Recording Centre
Uncertain as to which engineer worked on Loveitis, but the album had three engineers. It was around this time that Semkiw began hanging around with Jack Richardson (producer of the Guess Who), learning the ropes.
Bush were signed to the ABC label and thus were label-mates with The James Gang. After Joe Walsh left them they looked to the Bush lads to take Joe’s place. He sang on four James Gang album, the first two with Troiano on guitar. After a year playing in the James Gang, Troiano left and came back home to Toronto where he began working with The Guess Who and his girlfriend, whom he later married, Shawne Jackson. He also released a string of solo albums, ending with 1981 release of Black Market. He continued working with Kenner, who returned to Toronto after his stint with the James Gang, for many years.
15. It’s All Meat: Self Confessed Lover
(Ted MacKay / Rick McKim)
It's All Meat: Hallucination - HCD02
Richmond Hill, ON
Rick Aston bass
Jed MacKay keys
Rick McKim drums
Wayne Roworth guitar, lead vocal
Chas White lead guitar
Produced by Bill Misener, 1970
Recorded by Mark Smith, RCA Studios, Toronto April 1970
When I was in my teens, I played drums in a short-lived band featuring guitarist / singer Wayne Rowarth. He lent me and the bass player his own recording of this album to learn our parts so that we could do this live. That was where I first learned of the band called It’s All Meat, from Richmond Hill.
16. Mahogany Rush: Magic Man
(Frank Marino)
Maxoom: Kot’ai Records KOT-3001
Montreal QC
Frank Marino: guitar, vocals
Paul Harwood: Fender bass
James Ayoub: drums
Produced by Frank Marino, 1972
Recorded by Hubert Liesker
Mastered by Yvon Caron
An album dedicated to the late Jimi Hendrix! And it sounds it. A power trio from Montreal doing a great job of sounding just like Hendrix. This is from their first raw release when their influences were showing the most. They did go on to have a successful career once they got their own voice. Marino is an incredible guitar player.
17. De Dannan: Two Jewish Reels: A Shepherd's Dream (trad) / Onga Bucharesti (trad)
Ballroom: Green Linnet Records – STF 3040
Galway IR
Martin O'Connor: Accordion
Alec Finn: Bouzouki
Caroline Lavelle: Cello
Frankie Gavin: Fiddle
Produced by De Dannon, 1987
Recorded by Andrew Boland
18. Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Oh My Heart
(Anna McGarrigle / Dane Lanken)
Pronto Monto: Warner Brothers - BSK 3248
Montreal QC
Kate McGarrigle: vocal,
Anna McGarrigle: lead vocal, piano
Stephen Gadd: drums
Tony Levin: bass
David Spinozza: electric guitar
Jeff Mironov: electric guitar
Kenny Pearson: Organ
George Devens: marimba
Susan Evans: percussion
Produced by David Nichtern, 1978
Recorded by Elliot Scheiner, Arthur Friedman, Tony Sciarotta & Tom Seufert
Recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders, LA; A&R Studios, NYC; Automated Sound, NYC; Redwing Sound LA
Mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab, LA
Side B
1. Jim Vining: Pound One Out
(Jim Vining)
Pound One Out: EP Fervor Records – FVR06349
Victoria BC
Produced by Jim Vining, 2019
James Vining began song writing in 1972 when his first single on Concept Records ,”I Need Song”, received airplay across Canada starting with CHUM radio in Toronto. In 1979 he graduated from Evergreen State College in Olympia Washington with a BA in music. During the 1980’s he began song writing again, including jingle writing for Sea Coast Sound in his home town of Victoria, British Columbia.
2. Bill Connors: Crunchy
(Bill Connors)
Assembler: Pathfinder Records PTF 8707
Los Angeles CA
Bill Connors: guitar
Tom Kennedy: electric bass
Kim Plainfield: drums
Produced by Bill Connors & Doug Epstein, 1987
Recorded by Doug Epstein at RPM Studios, NYC June 1987
Mastered by Creg Calbi at Sterling Sound NYC
It’s either a chocolate candy bar called a Crunchy or it’s crunchy peanut butter. I tend to believe the latter. I was given three excellent Bill Connors records from my late friend John McCann who died a couple of years ago. So this is to remember him!
Special Feature: My Favourite 16 minutes of The James Gang
This is one of my favorite half-albums of all times. The second side has never done anything for me though, which I find bizarre – it’s so totally different. Where side one is a completely integrated set, the second side is like a totally different kind of album. Acoustic, quiet, without the guts and drive of side one.
The James Gang of Cleveland, Ohio, originated in 1966. The name was thought up by drummer Jim Fox. Fox first played with the Cleveland-area band The Outsiders but left them in 1965 to attend college and thus, was NOT featured on their big hit song, Time Won't Let Me.
At first the band was a five piece but by 1968 had devolved into a power trio of bass, drums and guitar. Joe Walsh, recruited from the band called The Measles, was new lead vocalist and guitar player. In March 1969 the band, consisting of drummer Fox, Tom Kriss on bass and Walsh released its debut album. After that, Kriss left and was replaced by Dale Peters in time to record James Gang Rides Again. Joe Walsh left in 1972, replaced by two Torontonians: Domenic Troiano and Roy Kenner (lead vocals). Walsh formed the Barnstorm band and went on to work with The Eagles. He currently plays with Ringo Starr’s All-Star Band.
So here’s my favourite sixteen minutes of The James Gang as they rode again, in 1970. As it says on the album cover: “Made to be played loud”. So turn it up.
3. The 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, 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
4. The James Gang: Asshtonpark
(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, 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
5. James Gang: Woman: 1970
(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, 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
6. The James Gang: The Bomber
(Fox / Peters / Walsh)
Featuring Closet Queen (Carel Werber), Bolero (Maurice Ravel), Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Vince Guaraldi)
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, 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
7. 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
Toronto based Hawaiian guitarist who learned from the best. He’s been performing Hawaiian music since the late 1940s. I’ve got one album and a few 45s released in the 1970s.
8. Raffi: Octopus’s Garden
(Lennon / McCartney)
One Light, One Sun: Troubadour Records TR-0028
Vancouver BC
Acoustic Bass: David Piltch
Bass: Dennis Pendrith
Cello: Peter Schenkman
Drums: Bucky Berger
Fiddle: Lenny Solomon
French Horn: Fred Rizner
Harmonica, Trumpet: Chris Whiteley
Harp: Erica Goodman
Lead Vocals, Guitar: Raffi
Pedal Steel Guitar: Ron Dann
Percussion: Matt Zimbel
Percussion, Vibraphone: Brian Leonard
Piano: John Arpin
Steel Drums: Earl LaPierre
Synthesizer: Eric Robertson
Trombone: Bill Beecroft
Tuba: Scott Irvine
Viola: Kent Teeple
Violin: Fujiko Imajishi, Leslie Knowles, Moshe Hammer, Paul Meyer
Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Tenor Banjo, 5-String Banjo, Mandolin, Organ, Synthesizer, Celesta, Piano, Ukulele: Ken Whiteley
Produced by Ken Whiteley, 1985
Raffi Cavoukian b. Cairo, Egypt, July 8, 1948
This is actually a really good recording of this famous Beatles’ song. Never one of my favourite Beatles’ songs, Raffi’s version sounds just fine to my ears.
9. Syd Barrett: Octopus
(Syd Barrett)
The Madcap Laughs: EMI / Harvest 064-1042611
Cambridge UK
Syd Barrett: guitar, vocal
Jerry Shirley: bass
Willie Wilson: drums
Produced by Syd Barrett and Dave Gilmour, 1969
Recorded June 12. Overdubs added June 13
This is considered to be one of Syd’s best post-Floyd songs, originally called "Clowns and Jugglers". The album's title, The Madcap Laughs, came as a result of co-producer David Gilmour mishearing a line from this song ("Well, the mad cat laughed at the man on the border...")
10. Hank Snow: Squid Jiggin’ Grounds
(Arthur Scammel)
The Singing Ranger: Bear Family Records - BCD 15476-3
Nashville, USA
Hank Snow: guitar, vocals
Produced by Steve Sholes and Chet Atkins for RCA, 1957Clarence Eugene Snow aka The singing Ranger b. Brooklyn NS May 9, 1914 / d. December 20, 1999 (85) Madison, Tennessee
Written by a young 15 year old lad out on the Squid Jiggin’ Grounds in 1928, he just wrote about what he saw and heard. Arthur Reginald Scammel (b. Change Islands NL February 12, 1913 / d. August 28, 1995 St. John’s NL) was from the Change Islands in Newfoundland. His widely successful 1943 recording of the song is regarded as the first commercial recording of a Newfoundland folk song and one of the first Newfoundlanders to record.,
The song has been covered by various artists including Stompin’ Tom Connors. It obviously hit some kind of nerve for Hank Snow to record it in 1957 at the peak of his popularity.
11. Count Basie Orchestra: All My Lovin’
(Lennon / McCartney)
Basie’s Beatle Bag: Verve Records V6-8659
Hollywood CA
Count Basie: piano
Count Basie’s Orchestra
Produced by Peter Spargo and Teddy Reig, 1966
Recorded by Val Valentin and Ami Hadim at TTG Sunset Recorders, Hollywood
Arranged by Chico O’Farrill
William James Basie b Red Bank NJ Aug 21, 1904 / d. Apr 26, 1984 Hollywood (79)
12. The Beatles: If I Needed Someone
(George Harrison)
Yesterday And Today: Capitol Records Canada T2553
Liverpool UK
George Harrison: double-tracked lead vocal, lead guitar
John Lennon: harmony vocal, rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney: harmony vocal, bass guitar
Ringo Starr: drums, tambourine
George Martin: harmonium
Produced by George Martin 1965
Recorded 16 and 18 October 1965 EMI Studios, London
Harrison wrote "If I Needed Someone" as a love song to Pattie Boyd, the English model whom he married in January 1966. Following its inclusion in the set list for the Beatles' 1965 UK tour, the song became the only Harrison composition performed live by the group during their years of international fame.
13. Ella Fitzgerald: Savoy Truffle
(George Harrison)
Ella: Reprise Records – 6354
Newport News, Virginia
Ella Fitzgerald: vocals
Nicky Hopkins: keys
Orchestral backing
Produced by Richard Perry, 1970
Recorded live at Olympic Sound Studios, London
Mastered by Darrell Johnson
There’s a great bio-doc of Ella’s life that’s currently on Netflix that I beseech you to watch. You will not be disappointed.
14. Siouxsie & The Banshees: Dear Prudcene
(Lennon / McCartney)
12 Inch Single: Wonderland POLSX 102
London UK
Siouxsie Sioux: vocals
Steven Severin: bass, keys
Budgie: drums, percussion, keys
John Valentine Carruthers: guitar
Produced by Siouxsie & The Banshees with Mike Hedges, 1983
This was one Siouxsie's biggest hits, peaking at No. 3 in the UK singles chart.
15. Todd Rundgren: Rain
(Lennon / McCartney)
Faithful: Bearsville Records BR 6963
NYC
Todd Rundgren: guitar, vocals
Roger Powell: trumpet, keyboards
John Siegler: bass, cello
John Wilcox: drums
Produced by Todd Rundgren, 1976
Originally the guitar player for progressive rock band The Nazz, named after Lord Buckley’s nickname for Jesus of Nazareth. At one time, Alice Cooper’s band were called The Nazz but had to change it. Rundgren claims that the name came from the Yardbird’s song, The Nazz R Blue.
16. The Flaming Groovies: Please, Please Me
(Lennon / McCartney)
Jumpin’ In The Night: Sire Records SRK 6067
San Francisco CA
Cyril Jordan: guitar, vocals
Chris Wilson: guitar, vocals
Mike Wilhelm: guitar
George Alexander: bass
David Wright: drums
Produced by Cyril Jordan and Roger Bechirian, 1979
Recorded by Roger Becheirian at Eden Studios and Advision Studios, London
The Groovies began in 1965 by school friends and went from playing Kingston Trio songs to a Rolling Stones style band. They were signed to Epic Records in 1969 and got to open for The Stooges and Alice Cooper. Eventually they discovered what they called “power-pop” after working in the UK in the mid-70s. They were linked to the punk rock movement and took The Ramones over to England. One of the things that lead to the band’s break-up was covering Beatles’ songs but they covered them really well. John Lennon claimed: "Please Please Me is my song completely. It was my attempt at writing a Roy Orbison song, would you believe it? I wrote it in the bedroom in my house at Menlove Avenue, which was my auntie's place". It was The Beatles second single.
17. Ry Cooder Chicken Skin Revue: Viva Sequin / Do Re Mi
(Santiago Jimenez) (Woody Guthrie)
Show Time: Warner Brothers BS 3059
Los Angeles CA
Flaco Jimenez accordion
Ry Cooder guitars, vocals
Henry Ojeda bass
Isaac Garcia Drums
Jesse Ponce bajo sexto
Frank Villarreal alto sax
Produced by Ry Cooder, 1977
Recorded by Wally Heider at The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco Dec 14, 15, 1976
Mixed and Mastered by Lee Herschberg at
Warner Brothers Recording Studios, North Hollywood CA
18. Chris Youlden: One October Day
(C Youlden)
Nowhere Road: London Records - XPS 633
Dagenham UK
Chris Spedding - guitar
Danny Kirwin - guitar
Ray Fewick - guitar
Foggy Lyttle - acoustic guitar
Mike McNaught - keyboards
Pete Wingfield - keyboards
Roy Babbington - bass
Andy Sylvester - bass
Bruce Rowland - drums
Produced by Barry Murray for Murray -- Simmonds Productions, 1973
Recorded by Terry Evennett
Christopher Thomas "Chris" Youlden (born 1943, Dagenham, England)
Former lead vocalist with the Savoy Brown Blues Band