and a Rest of the World Side Hear this show now!
Side One – The Canadian Side
1. Lloyd Hanson: The Other Planet – 1988
2. Walter Ostanek: La Ronda Polka – 1981
3. Claire Lawrence: Hungry For The Good – 1973
4. Hugh Marsh: Purple Haze – 1987
5. Barney Bentall & Legendary Hearts: Something To Live For - 1988
6. The Esquires: Rave – 1964
7. The Last Words: Give Me Time – 1967
8. Salome Bey: You’re Gonna Fall – 1980
9. Those Rogues: Girl – 1967
10. Royal Canoe: Show Me Your Eyes – 2015
11. Mariano Rego: Regresso A Portugal – 1981
12. Rodney Brown: When The Bay Turns Blue – 1980
13. Nucleus: Judgement Day – 1969
14. Joni Mitchell: This Flight Tonight – 1971
15. Ravin’: Funky Thang – C1980
16. Rush: Overture & The Temples of Syrinx – 1976
Side Two – The Rest of the World Side
1. Mamas & Papas: Monday, Monday – 1966
2. Muggsy Spanier & Dixieland Band: Blue Room – 1950
3. Wilson Pickett: 99 and a Half (Won’t Do) – 1955
4. Ricky Nelson: Poor Little Fool – 1958
5. The Marvellettes: Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead – 1965
6. John McLaughlin: Don’t Let The Dragon Eat Your Mother – 1972
7. Elvis Costello: Radio, Radio – 1985
8. The Clash: Washington Bullets – 1980
9. Left Banke: Barterers and Their Wives – 1966
10. The Who: Much Too Much – 1965
11. The Who: The Ox – 1965
12. International Submarine Band: Luxury Liner – 1968
13. Gram Parsons w Emmylou Harris: Brand New Heartache – 1973
14. Country Gazette: Still Feeling Blue – 1976
15. Gene Parsons: No Fire Here Tonight – 1979
16. Alan Parson’s Project: I Robot – 1977
17. Mahavishnu Orchestra: Dawn – 1971
18. The Beatles: I’ll Get You (45) – 1963
Cancon 47%
And Now for The Particulars:
Side One – The Canadian Side
1. Lloyd Hanson: The Other Planet
(L Hanson)
The Great Debate: DTK Records Kill006
Fredricton NB
Lloyd Hanson: bass, drum programming, guitar, synth
Produced by Lloyd Hanson & Mark Carmody, 1988
Hanson currently runs ReelNorth Recording Studios in Fredericton, NB. On the studio’s web site he states: “Lloyd doesn’t play on the internet, here’s a note he asked me to post here for you: “I do not and will not have e-mail because I work exclusively in the audio domain. I much prefer phone contact and resent the anonymity of e-mail.” As a performer, he’s worked with folk and rock acts. Son of country singer and New Brunswick Country Music Hall of Famer Aubrey Hanson.
2. Walter Ostanek Band: La Ronda Polka
(Arr by Walter Ostanek)
A Wonderful World of Polkas And Waltzes: World Renowned Sounds Inc WRP 10014
St Catherines ON
Walter Ostanek: piano accordion
Joey Miskulin: piano accordion, piano
Pig Robbins: piano
Murray McFadgen: vocals
Norm Kobal: sax, clarinet, flute
Ken Senko, Pete Wade or Chip Young: guitar, banjo
Richard Ostanek or Henry Strzelecki: bass
Mark Habat or Jerry Kadone: drums
Produced by Walter Ostanek 1981
Recorded at Rainbow Recording Studios, Niagara Falls ON by Brad Murphy or
Recorded at Marjon Recording Studios, Hermitage Pennsylvania by Johnny Krizancic
Recorded at Peppermint Recording Studios, Youngstown Ohio by Gary Rhamy
Mixed by Gary Rhamy
Honda Motorcycle by Roy C Duncan, Jr.
Canada’s Polka King: Ladislav John Ostanek b. 20 April 1935 Duparquet, QC
1983 – Inducted into the Polka Hall of Fame, Chicago
1992, 1993, 1994: winner, Grammy Award for Best Polka Album
1999: appointed Member of the Order of Canada[12]
2001: inductee, Canada's Walk of Fame
2007: SOCAN Lifetime Achievement Award
2016: Won a million dollars in the London Dream Lottery
2022: Still playing gigs
He has appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Phil Donahue, Tommy Hunter Show
3. Claire Lawrence: Hungry For The Good
(Claire Lawrence)
Leaving You Free: Haida Records HL-5103
Vancouver BC
Claire Lawrence: saxes, vocals
Jim Gordon: drums
Max Bennett: bass
Larry Carlton: guitar
Dean Parks: guitar
Brett Wade: guitar
Produced by Claire Lawrence and Clarence MacDonald, 1973
Recorded by Tom Vicari, Norm Kinney & Eric Potter at A&M Studios Hollywood CA
Mastered by Bernie Grundman
Claire Lawrence b. Elk Point, Alberta, 1939
Claire began performing in Vancouver band The Collectors. After they changed their name and image (to Chilliwack), Lawrence left after recording their first album and got into music production in a big way. In the 1970s he produced The Great Canadian Gold Rush for CBC Radio, hosted by Terry David Mulligan. From 1986 to 1990, he scored the music for the long-running CBC series, The Beachcombers. He’s also produced many other Canadian artists.
4. Hugh Marsh: Purple Haze
(Jimi Hendrix)
Shaking The Pumpkin: Duke St Records DSR 31043
Toronto ON
Robert Palmer, vocal
Hugh Marsh, violin
Jon Goldsmith, keys
Rob Piltch, guitar
Kevan McKenzie, drums
BJ Nelson, bg vox
Rob Yale, fairlight
Produced by Jonathan Goldsmith & Kerry Crawford, 1987
Recorded by John Naslen at Manta Sound, Toronto
Hugh Marsh b. June 5, 1955 in Montreal, Quebec
Has been in Bruce Cockburn’s band, backed Loreena McKennitt, Don Ross and countless others. Marsh's collaboration with Robert Palmer on "Purple Haze" became a radio hit in Canada and the United States. He continues to record and back up others with his electric violin.
5. Barney Bentall & Legendary Hearts: Something To Live For
(Barney Bentall / G Fraser)
Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts: Epic Records: BPEC 80131
Vancouver BC
Barney Bentall: guitar, vocal
Cam Bowman: keys, vocals
Jack Guppy: drums
Barry Muir: bass
Colin Naime: guitar
Produced by David Tickle, 1988
Recorded and mixed by David Tickle at Mushroom Studios, Vancouver
Just a great record that came out during the last few years of the vinyl era before crates of peoples’ records could be found out in the trash as CDs and Cassettes completely took over. It’s crazy now to think of how many great records, many worth a fortune today, were tossed into the rubbish heap. It was criminal and the record companies knew it. They just wanted you to buy your music back again in unfamiliar audio, claiming that it was better for you. I found a lot of great records that way.
6. The Esquires: Rave
(Blackwell)
Introducing The Esquires: Capitol Records - T-6075
Ottawa ON
Gary Comeau: lead guitar
Clint Hierlihy: bass
Paul Huot: guitar
Richie Patterson, drums
Produced by Clint Hierlihy
Recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Montreal
First Published in Canada August, 1964
One of the best rock bands in Canada at the time of the birth of the British Invasion was an Ottawa band called The Esquires. At first they loved covering Buddy Holy songs but when The Beatles hit, they were quick to adapt. Drummer Ritchie Patterson grew himself a Beatle haircut. They were signed to Capitol Records, thus in theory they were The Beatles’ label mates. They got to tour with the Dave Clark Five across Canada and released the first Canadian album by a rock band in August of 1964.
7. The Last Words: Give Me Time
(Graeme Box / Bill Dureen)
45 rpm: Columbia - C4 – 2726
Clarkson ON
Graeme Box (guitar, vocals)
Brad Campbell (bass, vocals)
Bill Dureen (keyboards, vocals)
Ron Guenther (drums, vocals)
Bill Meisner [aka Bill Marion] (vocals, guitar)
Neil Mattice (guitar)
Produced by Bill Meisner, 1967
If this had been recorded in the states and released on a major label, it woulda been a hit. No doubt. Great arrangements, harmonies, playing and sound. But it was Canadian when that meant that it wasn’t up to snuff. “We’d rather play good old American stuff, coz it’s better,” they told us but I never believed it.
Brad Campbell was drafted into The Paupers, got to play bass in Janus Joplin’s band. Bill Meisner had been the lead vocalist and guitar player in The Paupers but was replaced by Adam Mitchell. Bill Dureen continues to play music, mostly in folk clubs.
8. Salome Bey: You’re Gonna Fall
(Russ Little)
Salome Bey: Pickwick Records – PC 60001
Toronto ON
Salome Bey: vocals
Unknown band
Produced by Roy Smith 1980
Recorded by Roy Smith at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto
Did you hear about the new Salome Bay postage stamp that Canada Post just announced?
Salome Bey b. October 10, 1933 Newark, NJ / d. August 8, 2020 (86) Toronto
Bey began performing with her brother and sister in a group called Andy and the Bey Sisters.
Coming to Canada from New Jersey, Bey lived in Toronto since 1964. She wrote and starred in "Indigo," a cabaret about the history of Black music. The show, which won two Dora Mavor Moore Awards, was broadcast on CBC TV in 1984.
She also earned a Grammy nomination for her work on the cast album of the Broadway show, "Your Arms Too Short to Box with God."
She was known as "Canada's First Lady of Blues". In 2005, she was made an honorary Member of the Order of Canada. Beginning in her early sixties, Bey began showing signs of dementia. As of 2011 her illness had progressed to the point that she could no longer perform.
9. (Those) Rogues: Girl
(Bryan Primeau)
45 single bw I Could See You Again: Algoma Records ST 53
Sault Ste Marie ON
Bryan Primeau: organ, vocals
Mike Jargan: drums
Rick Rogers: guitar
Harvey Bell: bass
Produced by John Holt, 1967
Recorded by Marshall Shapiro at Arc Studios in Toronto on February 26, 1967
A lot of songs on this show today are about longing for love, whatever that meant to the musicians who played them at the time. It’s interesting looking back at my age, back to the primitive part of our lives when we were learning how to grow up as teens. Sexuality crept into our lives and for the first time, instead of watching cartoons, we were listening to sexual longing with the other sex. It became the nucleus for a lot of our lives. I found it particularly interesting listening to Those Rogues, a garage band of adolescents from Sault Saint Marie, Ontario.
Due to the fact that there was another band from Saskatchewan called The Rogues 5 as well as a Toronto banding calling themselves ‘The Rogues’, they used the bracketed (Those) Rogues changed their name to Great Flood. The Toronto Rouges changed their name to Mandala.
Debbie Lori Kaye, a New York born singer who was raised in The Soo, was looking for a backup band. Her father was a disc jockey at Soo radio station CKCY and asked a local group to allow her to sing in the band. She and the band toured around Southern Ontario for nearly a year before they broke up.
10. Royal Canoe: Show Me Your Eyes
(Royal Canoe)
Today We're Believers: Roll Call Records
Winnipeg Manitoba
Matt Peters: Vocals, keyboards, ac guitar
Bucky Driedger: Electric guitar, vocals
Matt Schellenberg: Keyboards, vocals
Brendan Berg: Bass, keyboard, vocals
Derek Allard: Drum kit
Michael Jordan: Electronic drums
Dan Ardies: baritone sax
Produced by Royal Canoe and John Paul Peters, 2013
Recorded and mixed by John Paul Peters, Matt Peters and Royal Canoe at Private Ear Recording and The Shithole, Winnipeg
Mastered by Joao Carvalho at Joao Carvalho Mastering, Toronto
Royal Canoe formed in 2010 merging members from different Manitoba bands: The Waking Eyes, The Liptonians and TELE. In 2014, Royal Canoe was nominated for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards for Today We’re Believers.
11. Mariano Rego: Regresso A Portugal – 1981
12. Rodney Brown: When The Bay Turns Blue
(Rick Hepditch / Rodney Brown)
When The Bay Turns Blue: North Track Records NT-03
Thunder Bay ON
Rodney Brown: vocal, guitar
Wendy Davis: vocals
Wayne Breiland: drums
Tom Sinkins: bass
Lauri Conger: keys
Sean Mundy: organ, harmonica, class guitar
Damon Dowbak: mandolin
Zeke Mazurek: violin
Kim Deschamps: pedal steel
Rene Fortier: percussion
Produced by Ian Tamblyn 1980
Recorded by Roger Grant at Studio Passeport, Hull QC
Rodney Brown’s from Thunder bay, home of the Sleeping Giant, part of an Ojibwe legend of Nanabijou, the Spirit of the Deep Sea Water. He infuses this April / May song with Nanabijou as the bay turns from winter to blue.
13. Nucleus: Judgement Day
(Greg Fitzpatrick)
Nucleus: Mainstream Records - S/6120
Toronto ON
Greg Fitzpatrick: bass, piano, vocal
Danny Taylor: drums
Rob Horne: organ
Hughie Leggat: bass, vocal
John Richardson: lead guitar
Producer not listed, 1969
A Toronto band! From 1969? Unfortunately, they only released the one album under that name. The band formed out of the teenage bopper band Lords of London and would go on to provide the nucleus for A Foot In Cold Water in 1970.
14. Joni Mitchell: This Flight Tonight
(Joni Mitchell)
45 single bw Carey: Reprise Records – R 1029
Fort McLeod AB
Joni Mitchell: vocal, guitar
Sneaky Pete Kleinow: pedal steel
Produced – 1971
Also recorded by Nazareth 1973 who claimed: We used to listen to Joni as we were travelling round in the van," recalls Nazareth's bass-player, Pete Agnew. "'This Flight Tonight' was a big favourite." Nazareth still play the song, loud and proud
15. Ravin: Funky Thang
(Rich Morrison)
Ravin / Road Song: CBC - LM469B
(Note: Side A: Sung by Louise Lambert)
Toronto ON
Rich Morrison: sax
Hugh Brockie: guitar
Peter Jeffrey: trumpet, flute
Dave James: drums
Peter Elias: bass
Jack Lenz: keys
Marty Morell: congas
Produced by Keith Duncan circa 1980
Recorded at Studio 4S, Toronto by David Dobbs and Tom Shipton
Mixed by Larry Morey
This was their only recording. Most members had successful careers backing others.
16. Rush: 2112 Overture & The Temples of Syrinx
(Geddy Lee / Alex Lifeson / Neil Peart)
2112: Anthem Records - 1004
Toronto ON
Geddy Lee: vocal, bass
Alex Lifeson: guitars
Neil Peart: drums
Hugh Syme ¬ ARP Synth
Produced by Terry Brown & Rush ¬ 1976
Recorded, engineered and mixed by Terry Brown February 1976 at
Toronto Sound Studios
Mastered by Brian Lee and Bob Ludwig
Side Two – The Other Side
1. Mamas & Papas: Monday, Monday
(John Phillips)
45 single bw Got A Feeling: RCA Victor D-4026 (Canada)
Los Angeles CA
Denny Doherty: vocals
Cass Elliott: vocals
John Phillips: guitar, vocals
Michelle Phillips: vocals
Wrecking Crew
Produced by Lou Adler
Recorded: December 16, 1965, Western Recorders, Los Angeles
Released March 1966
2 Muggsy Spanier & His Dixieland Band: The Blue Room
(Richard Rogers / Lorenz Hart)
Muggsy Spanier & His Dixieland Band: Mercury Wing Records – MGW 12165
New Orleans LA
Bass – Truck Parham
Clarinet – Darnell Howard
Drums – Barrett Deems
Piano – Floyd Bean
Trombone – Ralph Hutchinson
Trumpet – Muggsy Spanier
Produced - 1950
3. Wilson Pickett: Ninety-Nine And A Half Won’t Do
(W Pickett / S Cropper / E Floyd)
The Exciting Wilson Pickett: Atlantic Records SD 8129
Detroit MI
Wilson Pickett: vocals
Charles Packy Axton – tenor sax
Charles Chalmers – tenor sax
Tommy Cogbill – bass
Steve Cropper – guitar
Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass
Joe Hall – piano
Roger Hawkins – drums
Isaac Hayes – piano
Al Jackson, Jr. – drums
Wayne Jackson – trumpet
Jimmy Johnson – guitar
Andrew Love – tenor sax
Gene Miller – trumpet
Chips Moman – guitar
Floyd Newman – baritone sax
Spooner Oldham – piano
Produced by Jerry Wexler, Steve Cropper, Jim Stewart, Rick Hall, Tom Dowd, 1968
Recorded by Tom Dowd, May 12, 1965–May 8, 1966 Memphis, Tennessee and Muscle Shoals, Alabama
I mean: this is the epitome of Soul music. I can just see the glistening drops of sweat pouring off his face as he sings. It oozes off the vinyl.
Wilson Pickett (b. Prattville, Alabama March 18, 1941 – d. January 19, 2006 Reston, Virginia.
Pickett died from a heart attack. Pickett was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
4. Ricky Nelson: Poor Little Fool
(Sharon Sheeley)
45 single bw Don't Leave Me This Way: Imperial Records IM.5528
Tenafly NJ
Ricky Nelson: vocals, guitar
Produced by Ricky Nelson, Ozzie Nelson, Jimmie Haskell, 1958
Recorded April 17, 1958
Eric Hilliard Nelson b. Teaneck, NJ May 8, 1940 / d. December 31, 1985 (aged 45) De Kalb, TX
"Poor Little Fool" is a rock and roll song written by Sharon Sheeley and first recorded by Ricky Nelson in 1958. Sheeley wrote the song when she was fifteen years old. She had met Elvis Presley, and he encouraged her to write. It was based on her disappointment following a short-lived relationship with a member of a popular singing duo. Sheeley sought Ricky Nelson to record the tune. She drove to his house, and claimed her car had broken down. He came to her aid, and she sprang the song on him.
5. The Marvelettes: Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead
(Clarence Paul / Ivy Hunter / William Stevenson)
45 single bw Your Cheating Ways: Tamla (Motown) T-54120
Inkster Michigan
Wanda Rogers: lead vocal
Gladys Horton
Katherine Anderson
Georgeanna Tillman
Produced by Ivy Hunter and Clarence Paul, 1965
Recorded at Motown Studios, Detroit
They were the first successful act of Motown Records after the Miracles and its first significantly successful female group after the release of the 1961 number-one single, "Please Mr. Postman", one of the first cover numbers recorded by The Beatles.
6. John McLaughlin: Don’t Let The Dragon Eat Your Mother
(John McLaughlin)
Devotion: Douglas Records 4
Doncaster UK
John McLaughlin: guitar
Buddy Miles: drums
Harry Young: keys
Billy Rich; bass
Produced by Alan Douglas and Stefan Bright, 1970
4 January 1942 Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire
He played on Miles Davis' albums In A Silent Way, Bitches Brew as a member of Davis’ band. From 1971 – 76 fronted the Mahavishnu Orchestra. This was JM’s second album but he panned it: On his website he writes: “In 1969, I signed a contract in America for 2 records. First was 'Devotion' that was destroyed by producer Alan Douglas who mixed the recording in my absence.” However the album received great critical reviews. He has lived in Monaco since the late 1980s.
Alan Douglas Rubenstein (July 20, 1931 – June 7, 2014) was an American record producer from Boston, who worked with Jimi Hendrix (posthumous catalog), Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, Lenny Bruce and the Last Poets. He ran his own record label, Douglas Records.
7. Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Radio, Radio
(Elvis Costello)
The Best of Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Columbia Records FC 40101
London
Elvis Costello: guitar, vocals
Steve Nieve: keyboards and ukulele
Bruce Thomas: bass guitar
Pete Thomas: drums
Produced by Nick Lowe, 1978
Compilation ‘Best of’ Produced by Nick Lowe, Geoff Emerick, Clive Langer and alan Winstanley, 1985
Recorded Live At The El Mocambo, Toronto
"Live At El Mocambo" - Broadcast live from the El Mocambo, Toronto on CHUM-FM March 6, 1988 and later released, exclusively by CBS as a Demonstration Record For Radio Station Airplay Only.
8. The Clash: Washington Bullets
(Joe Strummer / Mick Jones, John Mellor)
Sandinista!: Epic – E3X 37037
London
Joe Strummer: vocal, guitar, keyboards
Mick Jones: guitar, keyboards, backing and lead vocals
Paul Simonon: bass guitar, backing vocals
Topper Headon: drums
Produced by Mikey Dread & The Clash, 1980
Recorded in London, New York & Kingston Jamaica by Bill Price, Jerry Green
Neil Young, George Harrison, The Band, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and…. The Clash! Some of the few artists who were allowed to release a triple vinyl record albums. The song incorporates a simplified version of imperialist history from the 1959 Cuban Revolution to the Nicaraguan Sandinistas of the 1980s, with mention of the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Dalai Lama, and Víctor Jara, referencing his death at the hands of the Chilean military dictatorship in the stadium that now bears his name.
9. The Left Banke: Barterers & Their Wives
(Mike Brown / T Feher)
Walk Away Rene / Pretty Ballerina: Smash Records SRS 67088
New York City, NY
Mike Brown: harpsichord, piano
Tom Finn: bass
George Cameron: drums
Steve Martin Caro: vocals
Rick Brand: guitar
Produced by Harry Lookofsky, 1966
Released February 1967
Recorded at World United Studios & Mercury Studios, New York City between 1965-66
I love every song on this album. I know them all by heart. But it was the only LP made by this band. I believe that all members of this band have passed, but they were great. Totally unique and original.
10. The Who: Much Too Much
(Pete Townsend)
My Generation: Decca Records DL 74664
London
Keith Moon: drums
John Entwhistle: bass, bg vocals
Pete Townsend: guitar, bg vocals
Roger Daltry: lead vocals
Nicky Hopkins: piano
Produced by Shel Talmy, 1965
Recorded at IBC Studios, London
An early Who cut that appeared on their first album, known as the song that comes before My Generation yet it has that pop sensibility and could have been released as a single but wasn’t. It would have made the perfect B side.
11. The Who: The Ox
(Pete Townshend / John Entwistle / Keith Moon / Nicky Hopkins)
My Generation: DL 74664
London UK
Keith Moon: drums
Pete Townsend: guitars
John Entwistle: bass
Nicky Hopkins: keys
Produced by Shel Talmy, 1965
An instrumental studio jam at the end of the album, this song was titled for The Who's bass player, John Entwistle, who was nicknamed "The Ox" for his strong constitution and ability to out-eat and out-drink the other band members. Being an instrumental, no Roger Daltry but session keyboard wiz Nicky Hopkins joined in on this jam from The Who’s first album in 1965. It was recorded at the end of the recording session for the LP.
12. The International Submarine Band: Luxury Liner
(Gram Parsons)
Safe At Home: LHI Records LHI-S-12001
Boston Mass
Gram Parsons: lead vocal, rhythm guitar
Bob Buchanan: guitar, harmony
Jon Corneal: drums, harmony
John Nuese: lead guitar
Earl Ball: piano
Jay Dee Maness: steel
Joe Osborn: bass
Produced by Suzi Jane Hokom
Recorded at Western Sound Studio B by Lee Hazelwood
Released March 1968
This is the Parson’s section of the program today where only Parson connection receive their pews. We get to hear from three Parsons: Gram, Gene and Alan.
The ISB was formed by Gram Parsons while attending Harvard University to study theology around 1965. After performing country-rock for a couple of years, the band were about to break up when Parsons and guitarist John Nuese got a proposal from Lee Hazelwood’s new independent label LHI Records signed them to an exclusive contract. That meant putting some kind of a band together to record. So this wasn’t really the ISB but it’s really, really good. After this album, the band officially broke up and Parsons wound up applying his chemistry as a member of The Byrds in California.
Luxury Liner was a hit for Emmylou Harris who recorded it and named an album after it in 1976, as a tribute to Gram Parsons. The Flying Burrito Brothers used to cover it too when he was at the helm of that band.
13. Gram Parson & Emmylou Harris: Brand New Heartache
(F&B Bryant)
Sleepless Nights: A&M Records SP 4578
Los Angeles CA
Gram Parsons: vocal
Emmylou Harris: duet vocal
James Burton: guitar
Bernie Leadon: guitar
Herb Pederson: acoustic guitar
Al Perkins: pedal steel
Emory Gordy: bass
Ronnie Tutt: drums
Byron Berline: mandolin, fiddle
Glen D Hardin: piano
Produced by Jim Dickson - 1973
Released - 1976
Recorded by Hugh Davies at Wally Heider’s Studio, LA
Mixed by Emmylou Harris & Hugh Davies
Mastered by Frank De Luna
Gram Parsons’ only appearance on a Byrds album was the groundbreaking Sweetheart of the Rodeo album, making The Byrds the first rock band to convert to country music which lead the way for others, like the Flying Burrito Brothers and The Eagles. He was introduced to a very young Emmylou Harris by Chris Hillman (The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers).
14. Country Gazette: Still Feeling Blue
(Gram Parsons)
Out To Lunch: Flying Fish Records FF027
California
Roger Bush: bass, vocals
Roland White: mandolin, guitar, vocals
Kenny Wertz: guitar, vocals
Alan Munde: banjo, guitar, dobro banjo
Al Perkins: steel
Dave Ferguson: fiddle
Produced and Mixed by Jim Dickson, 1976
Recorded by Donavan Cowart in the Enactron Truck
When the members of the country rock ensemble Dillard & Clark went their separate ways in 1971, bluegrass fiddler Byron Berline and guitarist/bass player Roger Bush formed the band Country Gazette. Here they play one of Gram Parsons’ Burrito Brothers song.
15. Gene Parsons: No Fire Here Tonight
(Gene Parsons)
Melodies: Sierra Briar Records – SRS 8703
Morongo Valley CA
Gene Parsons: vocal, string bender guitar, drums, bass
Greg Harris: acoustic rhythm
Louis Cabaza: keys
Joey Larsen: electric lead guitar
Produced by Gene Parsons – 1979
Recorded by Steve Zaretsky at Music Grinder Studio, Hollywood CA
Gene Victor Parsons (born September 4, 1944, in Morongo Valley, California)
Was in The Byrds 1968-72. Co-invented the B-Bender device with Clarence White of The Byrds. Later joined Flying Burrito Brothers till 1978. He was not related in any other way to Gram Parsons, contrary to what some people believe.
16. Alan Parsons Project: I Robot
(Eric Woolfson / Alan Parsons)
I Robot: Arista Records AL 7002
London UK
David Paton: bass
Stuart Tosh: percussion, drums
Ian Bairnson: electric guitars
Ian Bairnson, David Paton, Alan Parsons: acoustic guitars
Eric Woolfson, Duncan MacKay, Alan Parsons: keys
BJ Cold: steel
Eric Woolfson, Alan Parsons: Projectron and Vocoder
John Leach: Cimbalom and Kantele
Produced by Alan Parsons 1977
Recorded by Alan Parsons with Pat Stapley & Chris Blair at Abby Road Studios, December 1976 March 1977
Mastered by Chris Blair
Who’s that guy sitting in the chair? What Chair? Behind the Abby Road, Studio 2 console, recording The Beatles “Get Back”. That was recording engineer Alan Parsons who went on to form the Alan Parson’s Project with songwriter Eric Woofson. They recorded some pretty interesting albums together.
17. 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
18. The Beatles: I’ll Get You
(Lennon / McCartney)
45 single bw She Loves You: Capitol Records Canada 72125
Liverpool UK
John Lennon - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Paul McCartney - lead vocals, bass
George Harrison - harmony vocal, electric guitar
Ringo Starr - drums
Produced by George Martin, 1963
Recorded on 1 July 1963 at Abby Road EMI Studios, London
This was the first record I ever bought, for 66 cents at Eaton’s Yorkdale in Toronto probably around March, 1964. Actually, this song was the B-side for two Beatles' singles: She Loves You and its German counterpart, Sie Liebt Dich. One of the few Beatles songs without a lead guitar solo in it. It didn't appear on a Beatles album until the Rarities compilation of mostly B-sides was released in 1978.
Heard over:
CIUT FM 89.5 CHMR FM 93.5 FM
University of Toronto Radio Inc Memorial University, St. John's NL
Mondays 12 noon: 2pm Tuesdays 10-12 pm NT
Radio Bell Island 93.9 FM Radio VGR
Wabana, Bell Island NL London/Thetford UK
Tuesdays at 8-10 pm NT Tues 21:30: 23:30 GMT
Bluewater Radio CFBW 91.3 FM VOBB The Voice of Bonne Bay
Hanover / Grey Co. ON Rocky Harbour & Norris Point NL
Sundays 3-5 pm Tuesdays 8-10 pm ET Tuesdays 9-11 pm NT
BOIR Bay of Islands Radio Southern Shore Sounds
100.1 FM Internet Radio
Corner Brook, NL Ferryland NL
Thursdays 2-4 pm NT Sun 8:30-10:30 pm NT
Community Radio CIOE
97.5 FM
Lower Sackville NS
Sun 5-7 pm AT