Side A
1. The Majestics: Respect – 1968 *
2. David Clayton Thomas & The Shays: Walk That Walk – 1965 *
3. David Clayton Thomas & The Shays: Take Me Back – 1965 *
4. David Clayton Thomas & The Shays: Stormy Monday – 1965 *
5. David Clayton Thomas & The Shays: Howlin’ (For My Darlin’) – 1965 *
6. David Clayton Thomas & The Shays: Barbie Lee – 1965 *
7. Bill Bruford’s Earthworks: My Heart Declares A Holiday – 1987
8. Bruce Cockburn: After The Rain – 1979 *
9. Bruce Cockburn: Wondering where The Lions Are – 1979 *
10. Bruce Cockburn: Incandescent Blue – 1979 *
11. Bruce Cockburn: No Footprints – 1979 *
12. Manteca: Ouagadougou – 1987 *
13. Francis Vincent Zappa: Lumpy Gravy Pt. 1 – 1968
Side B
1. The Dave Clark Five: On The Move – 1965
2. Vashti Bunyan: Diamond Day - 1970
3. Vashti Bunyan: Glow Worms - 1970
4. Vashti Bunyan: Timothy Grub - 1970
5. Vashti Bunyan: Where I Like To Stand - 1970
6. Vashti Bunyan: Swallow Song - 1970
7. Vashti Bunyan: Window Over the Bay – 1970
8. Ken Stanley: Crazy Rhythm – 1962 *
9. Waylon Jennings & The Waylors: Walk On Out Of My Mind - 1968
10. Waylon Jennings & The Waylors: Kentucky Woman - 1968
11. Waylon Jennings & The Waylors: Long Gone - 1968
12. Waylon Jennings & The Waylors: You’ll think Of Me - 1968
13. Waylon Jennings & The Waylors: Wave Goodbye to Me - 1968
14. Waylon Jennings & The Waylors: Too Far Gone - 1968
15. Louis Bellson’s ‘Just Jazz All Stars’: Punkin’ – 1952
16. Canned Heat: Refried Boogie Pt 1 – 1968
CanCon = 41%
And Now for The Particulars: Side A
The Majestics: Respect
(Otis Redding)
Soul King Otis Redding – A Tribute: Arc Records 770
Toronto ON
Fred Keeler (guitar)
John Crone (saxophone)
Orlando Guierri (trombone)
Brian Lucrow (trumpet)
Wes Morris (drums)
Eric Robertson (keyboards)
Bobby Starr (guitar)
Russ Strathdee (saxophone)
Chris Vickery (bass)
Dave Konvalenko (guitar)
William Cudmore (saxophone)
Produced by Tony DiMaria, 1968
Recorded by Gary Starr at Bay Studios, Toronto
We begin the show today with some excellent guitar playing by Fred Keeler. Freddie died June 14, 2020. He began his professional career with Ronnie Hawkins band The Shays who, like so many other Hawkins alumni, went out on their own in 1963. Their new lead singer was David Clayton Thomas. The Shays released several singles and one album before calling it a day. He then joined The Majestics for a couple of years before applying to be the lead guitarist for Toronto band The Sparrow who were, at that time, transforming into Steppenwolf. In 1975 he was a founding member of Triumph but left after the release of their first album to be replaced by Rik Emmett. Having lost his hearing Freddie stopped playing and apparently became reclusive for the last few years of his life.
1. David Clayton Thomas & The Shays: à Go-Go Side 1
Walk That Walk (DC Thomas / G Fleming)
Take Me Back (DC Thomas / G Fleming)
Stormy Monday (T Bone Walker)
Howlin’ (For My Darlin’) (W Dixon / C Burnet)
Barbie Lee (DC Thomas)
Roman Records DRL 101 High Fidelity
Toronto
David Clayton Thomas: vocals
Fred Keeler: lead guitar
Scott Richards: bass
John Wetherell: drums
Gord Fleming: keys
Produced by Duff Roman, 1965
In the spring of 1964, I knew a kid who played the guitar and we decided to form a band. His name was Shelly Katz and he lived on Invermay Ave in North York and we were both Beatles’ heads in our Grade 6 class. We would practice (I played drums on bushel baskets) in Shelly’s basement furnace room; in the back there was a bedroom apartment. Shelly’s mother used to tell us to be quiet coz David was still asleep at 4 in the afternoon. That was David Clayton Thomas.
He was playing in the Fabulous Shays, gigging up and down Yonge Street in Toronto. The album, produced by CHUM DJ Duff Roman on his Roman Records label, featured some stellar guitar playing from Fred Keeler. The front cover claims that this was “Album One”. The back cover states that David Clayton Thomas & The Shays…booking and fan club information can be obtained by writing David Mostoway Productions Ltd., 511A Yonge St, Toronto 5, Ont. Phone 927-3275.
Bill Bruford’s Earthworks: My Heart Declares A Holiday
(Bill Bruford / Iain Bellamy / Django Bates)
Earthworks: EG Records EGED 48
London UK
Bill Bruford: drums
Iain Bellamy: sax
Django Bates: keys, horns
Mick Hutton: bass
Produced by Dave Stewart and Bill Bruford, 1987
Recorded by Martin Rex at Terminal 24 Studios, London, October 1986
Mixed by Owen Morris and Jim Abbiss at Spaceward Studios, Cambridge UK
William Scott Bruford (b. Sevenoaks Kent, May 17, 1949)
Original drummer of Yes (1968 – 72). Better known for his playing with King Crimson. He’s currently one of four drummers playing with the band. He also performed with Gong, UK and Earthworks.
2. Bruce Cockburn: Dancing In The Dragon’s Jaws S2
After The Rain (Cockburn)
Wondering Where The Lions Are (Cockburn)
Incandescent Blue (Cockburn)
No Footprints (Cockburn)
True North Records TN 37
Ottawa
Bruce Cockburn: guitar, synth, vocals
Robert Boucher: bass
Larry Silvera: bass on Wondering Where The Lions Are
Bob DiSalle: drums
Ben Bowe: drums on Wondering Where The Lions Are
Pat Godfrey: piano, marimba, bg vocals
Produced by Gene Martynec. 1979
Recorded at Manta Sound, Toronto by Gary Gray and Frank Kilson
What a remarkable album! Dancing in the Dragon’s Jaws was Cockburn’s 10th album released since his solo debut in 1970. Up till then, he had difficulty breaking onto the international scene. His previous albums did rather okay on the domestic market but he remained one of Canada’s best kept secrets till this release in 1979. The single "Wondering Where the Lions Are" reached No. 21 in the United States, and spent 17 weeks on the Billboard chart. Subsequent Bruce Cockburn releases in the early 1980s cemented this position and he became a darling of the US College circuit with songs like “If I Had A Rocket Launcher”. So Dancing in the Dragon’s Jaws was definitely a game changer, not just for Bruce but for manager Bernie Finkelstein’s True North Records label as well.
Manteca: Ouagadougou
(Henry Heillig / Rick Tait)
Fire Me Up: Manteca in Concert: Duke Street Records DSR 31038
Toronto
Matt Zimbel: congas, percussion
Henry Heillig: bass
Aaron Davis: keys
Herb Koffman: horns
John Johnson: sax, piccolo
Rick Tait: horns, keys
Art Avalos: percussion
Charlie Cooley: drums
Gary Boigon: sax, flute
Produced by Matt Zimbel, 1987
Recorded live at Bathurst St. Theatre, Toronto by Comfort Sound Mobile
Recorded by Peter Lee with Scott Campbell
Mastered by George Graves at Lacquer Channel, Toronto
3. Francis Vincent Zappa: Lumpy Gravy S1
Lumpy Gravy Pt. 1 (Frank Zappa)
Verve Records VN6 8741
Los Angeles
Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony orchestra & Chorus
Arnold Belnick – strings
Harold Bemko – strings
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Jimmy Carl Black – chorus
Jimmy Bond – bass
Monica Boscia – chorus
Dennis Budimir – guitar
Frank Capp – drums
Donald Christlieb – woodwind
Gene Cipriano – woodwind
Vincent DeRosa – french horn
Joseph DiFiore – strings
Jesse Ehrlich – strings
Alan Estes – percussion, drums
Gene Estes – percussion
Louis "Louie the Turkey" Cuneo – chorus
Roy Estrada – bass, chorus
Larry Fanoga (Euclid James "Motorhead" Sherwood) – vocals, chorus
Victor Feldman – percussion, drums
Bunk Gardner – woodwind
James Getzoff – strings
Philip Goldberg – strings
John Guerin – drums
Bruce Hampton – chorus
Jimmy "Senyah" Haynes – guitar
Harry Hyams – strings
Jules Jacob – woodwind
Pete Jolly – piano, celeste, harpsichord
Harold Kelling - vocals
Ray Kelly – strings
Jerome Kessler – strings
Alexander Koltun – strings
Bernard Kundell – strings
William Kurasch – strings
Michael Lang – piano, celeste, harpsichord
Arthur Maebe – French horn
Leonard Malarsky – strings
Shelly Manne – drums
Lincoln Mayorga – piano, celeste, harpsichord
Ted Nash – woodwind
Richard Parissi – French horn
Glenn Phillips - vocals
Don Randi – piano
Jerome Reisler – strings
Emil Richards – percussion
Tony Rizzi – guitar
John Rotella – percussion, woodwind
Joseph Saxon – strings
Ralph Schaeffer – strings
Leonard Selic – strings
Kenny Shroyer – trombone
Paul Smith – piano, celeste, harpsichord
Tommy Tedesco – guitar
Al Viola – guitar
Bob West – bass
Tibor Zelig – strings
Jimmy Zito – trumpet
Produced by Nick Venet, 1968
Recorded Feb. 1967
A most interesting album by a most interesting artist. Frank Zappa was still busy trying to establish his Mothers of Invention when he recorded this incredible montage of music and spoken word. The concept album was two tracks long: side A and side B. But the album was originally released as an instrumental album a year before it’s celebrated release on Verve in 1968. It was commissioned and briefly released, on August 7, 1967, by Capitol Records and then withdrawn due to a lawsuit from MGM Records. MGM claimed that the album violated Zappa's contract with their subsidiary, Verve Records. In 1968 it was reedited and released by on May 13, 1968. (I bought my copy at A&A’s Yonge Street September 2, 1968). Zappa expanded and significantly edited the album for the Verve release, adding spoken word and musique concrète interludes, as well as some pieces of music from his pre-Mothers archives like Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance. The original Lumpy Gravy was not re-released until 2009, as The Lumpy Money Project/Object. So, you know Barry, this is gonna be a very dynamite show!
Side 2
The Dave Clark Five: On The Move
(Dave Clark / Denis Payton)
Having A Wild Weekend: Capitol Records Canada: T-6137
London
Dave Clark: drums
Denis Payton: sax
Rick Huxley: bass
Lenny Davidson: guitar
Mike Smith: organ
Produced by Dave Clark, 1965
1. Vashti Bunyan: Just Another Diamond Day S1
Mystic Diva Records – MD-071
Newcastle upon Tyne
Diamond Day (Vashti Bunyan)
Glow Worms (Vashti Bunyan)
Timothy Grub (Vashti Bunyan)
Where I Like To Stand (Vashti Bunyan / John James)
Swallow Song (Vashti Bunyan)
Window Over the Bay (Vashti Bunyan / Robert Lewis)
Vashti Bunyan: guitar, vocals
John James: keys, dulcitone
Christopher Sykes: piano, organ
Robin Williamson: fiddle, whistle, Irish harp
Simon Nicol: banjo
Dave Swarbrick: fiddle, mandolin
Robert Kirby: string arrangements, recorder
Produced by Joe Boyd, 1970
Recorded by Jerry Boys at Sound Techniques, London
Jennifer Vashti Bunyan b. 20 December 1945 (76) Newcastle upon Tyne
The bulk of the songs on this debut album, recorded by the celebrated producer, Joe Boyd, were written in 1968 when Bunyan and travelling partner Robert Lewis's experiences while travelling by horse and wagon through Scotland. After nearly two years she had enough songs to record her first album. She went into the studio with Joe Boyd in the Fall of ’69 and spent three days putting her songs down. As you know, timing is everything in this risky business of pop stardom and for some reason the album was delayed, showing up over a year after it was recorded. That might be why it didn’t sell very well. This demoralized Vashti and she began a self-imposed exile from the music industry which lasted nearly 40 years. But during that time, the status of the album gained strength and today Just Another Diamond Day is now considered to be one of the best works in recorded British folk music.
Ken Stanley Orchestra: Crazy Rhythm
(Irving Caesar / Joseph Meyer / Roger Wolfe Kahn)
Ken Stanley at the Piccadilly Club: Everybody Dance! – Arc Records – 524
Toronto ON
Ken Stanley: piano
Jack Bond: trumpet
Danny Stevenson: also sax, clarinet
Gordon Stewart: tenor sax
Bill Pomfret: bass
Roy Edmunds: drums
Produced by Dan Bass, 1962
Kenneth Warriner b. Liverpool UK 1924 / d. Toronto 1993
2. Waylon Jennings & The Waylors: Only The Greatest S2
RCA Victor Dynagroove Recording: LSP 4023
Littlefield, TX
Walk On Out Of My Mind (Land)
Kentucky Woman (N Diamond)
Long Gone (Reed)
You’ll think Of Me (Cochran)
Wave Goodbye to Me (King / Bowman)
Too Far Gone (Sherrill)
Waylon Jennings: guitar, vocal
Jerry Gropp: guitar
Richie Albright: drums
Others not listed
Produced by Chet Atkins, 1968
Recorded at RCA ‘Nashville Sound’ Studios by Jim Malloy, Bill Vandevort, Al Pachucki
Wayland Arnold Jennings b. June 15, 1937 Littlefield, TX / d. February 13, 2002 (64) Chandler, Arizona
In 1958, Buddy Holly arranged Jennings's first recording session, and hired him to play bass. Jennings gave up his seat on the ill-fated flight in 1959 that crashed and killed Holly, J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens.
Jennings then formed a rockabilly club band, The Waylors He recorded for independent label Trend Records and A&M Records, but did not achieve success until moving to RCA Victor where he recorded several great albums with Chet Atkins producing. His choice of material was always straying into different musical territories, unlike most of his country music compatriots who were stuck-in-the-mud. It wasn’t unusual for Jennings to record in various styles with songs by writers like Neil Diamond, Johnny Cash and Lennon and McCartney. In the 1970s he relocated down to the American southwest and founded the ‘Outlaw Country’ movement based in Austin, Texas with Willie Nelson and some other anti-Nashvillists. So here we go back to 1968 with All The Greatest which lives up to expectations.
Louis Bellson’s ‘Just Jazz All Stars’: Punkin’
(Shorty Rogers)
Part 1: Capitol Records EAP l-348
NYC
Louis Bellson: drums
Willie Smith: alto sax
Harry Carney: baritone sax
Juan Tizol: trombone
Clark Terry: trumpet
Wardell Gray: tenor sax
Billy Strayhorn: piano
Wendell Marshall: bass
John Graas: french horn
Produced by Gene Norman 1952
Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni
b. Rock Falls IL July 6, 1924 / d. February 14, 2009 Los Angeles (89)
3. Canned Heat: Living The Blues S3
Refried Boogie Pt 1 (Canned Heat)
Liberty Records: LST 27200
Los Angeles
Bob Hite – vocals
Alan Wilson – slide guitar, vocals, harmonica, jaw-harp (tracks 2.I, 2.II, 2.IX), chromatic harp (track 2.VIII)
Henry Vestine – lead guitar
Larry Taylor – bass
Adolfo de la Parra – drums
Produced by Canned Heat & Skip Taylor, 1968
Recorded LIVE at Kaleidoscope, Hollywood CA by Richard Moore & Ivan Fisher
Mastered at Artisan Sound, Pasadena
What would you say if I told you that I’m just going to play a half a song for you? In most cases you’d be within your rights to be outraged and take to the streets! But consider this: in 1968 Canned Heat were the biggest names in Boogie music (which they helped to define) and they recorded a double album which features a song called Boogie Music on side two. But there’s four sides to this album and sides 3 and 4, recorded live in Hollywood, is just one 40 minute song called Refried Boogie. So I’ll play an entire side of it, thus: ½ a song, but I’m sure you’ll be satisfied. If not, take to the streets!
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