Side A
1. The Rajko Band: Lightning Csardas – 1983
Featured Side: In The Skies S1
2. Peter Green: In The Skies – 19793. Peter Green: Slabo Day – 1979
4. Peter Green: A Fool No More – 1979
5. Peter Green: Tribal Dance – 1979
6. Allan Erikssons Kvintett: Grandebergar’n – circa 1960
Featured Side: Stubborn Ghost S1
7. Norm Hacking: Midnight Road – 1987 *
8. Norm Hacking: Once Was Enough – 1987 *
9. Norm Hacking: Stubborn Ghost – 1987 *
10. Norm Hacking: Thunder And Lightning – 1987 *
11. Norm Hacking: Richer For The Time – 1987 *
12. Norm Hacking: In A Child’s Room – 1987 *
Side B
1. Steve Hancoff: Carolina Shout – 1985
Featured Side: The Kick Inside S1
2. Kate Bush: Moving - 1978
3. Kate Bush: The Saxophone Song – 1978
4. Kate Bush: Strange Phenomena – 1978
5. Kate Bush: Kite – 1978
6. Kate Bush: The Man With A Child In His Eyes – 1978
7. Kate Bush: Wuthering Heights – 1978
8. The Astronauts: Surf Party – 1964
Featured Side: Almost Crazy S2
9. Paul James Band: Good Old Rock And Roll – 1984 *
10. Paul James Band: Mary Ann – 1984 *
11. Paul James Band: Joint Out Back – 1984 *
12. Paul James Band: Lazy Crazy Blues – 1984 *
13. Paul James Band: Paul’s Shuffle – 1984 *
14. Paul James Band: Crazy Little Baby – 1984 *
15. Paul James Band: Hot Tamales – 1984 *
16. Mike Malahini Scott: Rhythm of the Islands *
Featured Side: Tour de Force – “Live” S1
17. Al DiMeola: Elegant Gypsy Suite – 1982
18. Al DiMeola: Nena – 1982
19. Oscar Peterson Trio: Ill Wind – 1961 *
20. Al DiMeola: Advantage – 1982
CanCon = 44%
Side A
1. The Rajkó Band of the Hungarian Youth Association: Lightning Csàrdàs
(annon)
Rajkó : Qualiton Digital Recording – 10180
Budapest, Hungary
Károly Puka
János Sándor
Béla Bangó
Produced by Zenei Rendazo, Janos Matyas, 1983
Recorded in Budapest by Endre Radenyi
2. Peter Green: In The Skies, Side One
Attic Records / Sail records LAT 1077
London UK
Produced by Peter Vernon-Kell, 1979
Recorded at Lansdowne, Morgan, Vinyard, Rampart and Advision Studios, London
Peter Allen Greenbaum b. London UK Oct 29, 1946 / d. 25 July 2020 (73) Canvey Island, Essex
Peter Green’s career as one of the best proponents of British blues, began by replacing Eric Clapton in John Mayall’s Blues Breakers. By 1967 he decided to form his own blues band and named it after Mick Fleetwood and John McVie: Fleetwood Mac. He quit playing with them in 1970 and spent a decade facing mental illness. By the latter part of the 70 he began recording again, with Snowy White: they recorded four albums and In The Skies is the first.
1. In The Skies (PA Green / J Green)3. Allan Erikssons Kvintett: Grandebergar’n
Peter Green: guitars, vocals
Snowy White: lead guitar solo
Lennox Langton: congas, percussion
Kuma Harada: bass
Peter Bardens: Hammond organ
Reg Isidore: drums
2. Slabo Day (PA Green)
Peter Green: rhythm guitar
Snowy White: lead guitar
Peter Bardens: organ
Lennox Langton: bongos
Reg Isidore: drums
Kuma Harada: bass
3. A Fool No More (PA Green)
Peter Green: lead guitars, vocals
Snowy White: rhythm guitar
Reg Isidore: drums
Kuma Harada: bass
4. Tribal Dance (PA Green)
Peter Green: lead guitar
Reg Isidore: drums
Peter Bardens: electric piano
Lennox Langton: congas
Snowy White: rhythm guitar
Kuma Harada: bass
(John Welland)
Gösta Westerlunds Kapell, Gunnar Lundgrens Kapell, Allan Erikssons Kvintett – Accordion Music From Sweden: London Records EB.21
Norastad Sweden
Produced circa 1960
Recorded in Barben, Sweden
b. Norastad Sweden in 1911 / d. 1993 Södermalm Sweden
Erikssons’s band first got together in 1945 as a quintet and played on their own radio shows for fourteen years.
7. Norm Hacking with Kevin Bell: Stubborn Ghost Side 1
Rosedale Records RDR 800N
Toronto
Norm Hacking: acoustic guitar, vocals
Kevin Bell: electric guitars
Kirk Elliott: violin, mandolin, acoustic guitar, accordion, recorders
John Arpin: piano
Doug McClement: bass
David Woodhead: bass
Kid Carson: drums
Matt Zimbel: percussion
Chris Whiteley: horn
John Adames: drums
Paul Corby: guitar
John Sheard: synth, keys
David Whitten: cello
Voices: Kevin Bell, Ron Nigrini, Dyan Maracle, Michael Smith, Caroly Larson, Tim Harrison, Jim Layeux, Loren Hacking, Jennifer Bell
Produced by Norm Hacking and Kevin Bell, 1987
Recorded by Steve Traub at Comfort Sound Studios, Toronto
Mixed by John Sheard
All Songs by Norm Hacking
Norm Hacking b. Scarborough ON August 1, 1950 / d. Toronto November 25, 2007 (52)
After attending Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute, Hacking started performing while a student at Scarborough College (a campus of the University of Toronto), where he graduated as an English major. His career as a musician began when a representative from the student council, who had heard him play, asked him to perform at a concert. "I said, 'You're crazy, are you out of your mind.' And he said '50 bucks, six songs...' You got me. I got up and nobody threw anything. In fact, several women who wouldn't normally speak to me came up after the gig and were cluttering about how they liked the music. And I said, 'Wow, this is good.'"
I couldn’t believe it when Stubborn Ghost was released back in 1987. Here was a Toronto singer-songwriter, running open stages here in Toronto, releasing an album that was too good to be true! Until then, most aspiring Canadian singer-songwriters released low-budget albums. This one was different! From the LP cover to the grooves inside, everything was done with charm, class and enthusiasm. His long time accomplices, guitarist Kevin Bell and singer Dyan Maracle add excellence to Hacking’s songs and an impressive list of performers helped round things out without drawing attention away from the main character. By far, in my opinion, the best of several Norm Hacking albums. It’s an album that should have been taken up by a major record label but….. didn’t.
1. Midnight Road *Side B
2. Once Was Enough *
3. Stubborn Ghost *
4. Thunder And Lightning *
5. Richer For The Time *
6. In A Child’s Room *
1. Steve Hancoff: Carolina Shout
(James P Johnson)
Steel String Guitar: Out Of Time….Music Co OUT-920
Silver Spring, Maryland
Steve Hancoff: steel stringed guitar
Produced by Sharon Hancoff, 1985
Recorded at Sheffield Audio Productions, Phoenix Maryland by Bill Mueller
Mastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley CA
2. Kate Bush: The Kick Inside Side 1
Harvest Records: SW 11761
London
Produced by Andrew Powell, 1978
David Gilmour. executive producer
Recorded by John Kelly at AIR London Studios
Wally Traugott – mastering
All Songs by Kate Bush
Catherine Bush b. 30 July 1958 Bexleyheath, England
Having written songs since the age of 11, Kate Bush recorded demos with the assistance of her musician brothers. A friend of theirs brought some of these tapes to various record companies in 1972, when Bush was 13. The tapes were initially passed over, but were eventually played for Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour. He was immediately impressed and asked to meet with the Bush family. He offered to finance some better quality demos and while Pink Floyd were recording their ‘Wish You Were Here’ (1975) at Abbey Road studios, Gilmour played the tapes for record company executives. EMI Records was impressed and agreed to sign her
The Kick Inside is her debut studio album. Recording began when she was only 17 and took two years, completed in August 1977. Six different varieties of the album's cover are known: the regular UK cover, a variant UK cover, the US cover, the Canadian cover, the Yugoslavian cover, the Japanese cover, and the Uruguayan cover.
1. Moving3. The Astronauts: Surf Party
Kate Bush: piano, vocals
Stuart Elliott: drums
David Paton: bass
Ian Biarnson: guitars
Duncan Mackay: electric piano
2. The Saxophone Song
Kate Bush: vocals, piano
Barry de Souza: drums
Bruce Lynch: bass
Paul Keogh: guitar
Alan Parker: guitar
Andrew Powell: keys
Alan Skidmore: sax
3. Strange Phenomena
Kate Bush: vocals, piano
Stuart Elliott: drums
David Paton: bass
Ian Biarnson: guitars
Duncan Mackay: synth
Andrew Powell: electric piano
Morris Pert: percussion
4. Kite
Kate Bush: vocals, piano
Stuart Elliott: drums
David Paton: bass
Ian Biarnson: guitars
Duncan Mackay: organ, clavinet
Morris Pert: percussion
5. The Man With A Child In His Eyes
6. Wuthering Heights
Kate Bush: piano, vocals
Stuart Elliott: drums
Andrew Powell: bass
David Paton: acoustic guitars
Ian Biarnson: electric guitars
Duncan Mackay: organ
Morris Pert: percussion
(By Dunham / Bobby Beverly)
45 single bw What’d I Say: RCA Victor 45N 1392
Boulder CO
Rich Fifield: guitar
Dennis Lindsey: guitar
Bob Demmon: guitar
Stormy Patterson: bass
Jim Gallagher: drums
Produced 1964
Another great inland surf band. Like The Trashmen in Minnisota, or the Echo Tones out of Calgary, The Astronauts were from Boulder, Colorado. They formed in 1960 as the Stormtroopers and were signed to RCA in an effort to compete with the Beach Boys who were on Capitol. When the Beatles came along, everything changed and the Beachboys changed with it; the Astronauts didn’t get past Project Mercury.
4. Paul James Band: Almost Crazy Side 2
Lick n’ Stick Records: CSPS 2340
Toronto
Paul James: guitar, vocals
Gary Gray: keys, bg vocal
Brian Kipping: basses, vocals
Adrian Vecchiola: drums
Rod Ramsay: harmonica (Lazy Crazy Blues)
Rob Hancock: percussion (Lazy Crazy Blues)
Produced by Paul James, 1984
Recorded at Comfort Sound and Kensington Sound, Toronto by Doug Mcclement, Blair Packham and Gabe Lee and Vezi
Paul James Vigna b. Toronto January 18, 1951
James began performing around Toronto in the late 1960s, forming a band called Lick n’ Stick who released one single. After that he went solo, backing up performers such as Bo Diddley when they were up here in Toronto and needed a backup band. He then formed the Paul James Band, featured on this album, who basically stayed together for over 20 years.
In 1986, James met Bob Dylan at one of James' Toronto club performances. Dylan decided to play with James that night, and backed James for two hours, without being identified, instead being introduced by James as "some hitchhiker from Vancouver".[3] The two maintained a friendship over the years with Paul James being invited to open for Bob Dylan at Canada's Wonderland in 1989, then a couple years later Dylan called Paul up on stage from out of the audience to sit in with him. James joined Dylan in 1999 at the Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York. Dylan invited James to sit in at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, in 2001. James almost joined Dylan's touring band after sitting a couple more times in London, Ontario, and Oshawa in 2008.
James was also influenced by John Hammond Jr., who befriended James after he backed Hammond at a Toronto performance. It was Hammond who encouraged James to explore acoustic blues. Paul was asked to play on Hammond’s Canadian album, Nobody But You, produced by Ken Whiteley in Toronto in 1987. Now there’s an album I should feature on a future edition of 33.45.78 Album Sides!
1. Good Old Rock And Roll *
2. Mary Ann *
3. Joint Out Back *
4. Lazy Crazy Blues *
5. Paul’s Shuffle *
6. Paul James Band: Crazy Little Baby *
7. Paul James Band: Hot Tamales *
5. Mike Malahini Scott & His Hawaiianaires Rhythm of the Islands
(Leon Belasco)
Live At The Waikiki: Maple Records MA 1014
Toronto
Jamie Nolan, guitar
Al Gardner, drums, uk
Paul Butler, keys
Mike Scott, Hawaiian steel
Produced by Mike Scott & Jamie Nolan, 1983
Recorded at Fiesta Studios, Toronto
Mike Scott took to the electric Hawaiian guitar in the late 1940s. He was born in Wiltshire, England and learned to play properly before emigrating to Toronto in 1954. Within days of his arrival he joined the musicians’ union and was out working with local bands. He was given the nickname Malihini ...a Hawaiian word meaning 'a newcomer' to Hawaii. His Hawaiianaires were frequent musical guests at the infamous Bali Hai room in the Ports of Call restaurant where CHUM DJ’s used to hang out.
This album claims that it was recorded before a live audience, but the shoddy production shows how the audience was dubbed in before and after every song.
6. Al Di Meola: Tour De Force – “Live” Side 1
Columbia Records FC 38373
Jersey City, NJ
Al Di Meola: guitar
Jan Hammer: keys
Steve Gadd: drums
Anthony Jackson: bass
Mingo Lewis: percussion
Victor Godsey: keys
Phillippe Saisse: keys
Sammy Figueroa: percussion
Produced by Al Di Meola, 1982
Recorded live at the Tower Theatre, Philadelphia by The Record Plant Mobile by Dennis MacKay
Mixed at Wizard Recording, Briacliff Manor, NYC
Al Laurence Di Meola b. July 22, 1954, Jersey City, NJ
When he was eight years old, he was inspired by Elvis Presley and the Ventures to start playing guitar. His teacher directed him toward jazz standards. He cites as influences jazz guitarists George Benson and Kenny Burrell and bluegrass and country guitarists Clarence White and Doc Watson. He attended Berklee College of Music in 1971. At nineteen, he was hired by Chick Corea to replace Bill Connors in the pioneering jazz fusion band Return to Forever. After that band broke up in 1976, he began his solo career. His early albums were influential among rock and jazz guitarists.
1. Elegant Gypsy Suite (Meola)19. Oscar Peterson Trio: Ill Wind
2. Nena (Meola)
(Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler)
The Sound of the Trio: Verve – V 8480
Montreal QC
Oscar Peterson: piano
Ray Brown: bass
Ed Thigpen: drums
Produced by Jim Davis, 1961
Recorded live at the London House in Chicago, July 28-9, 1961
20. Al Di Meola: Advantage (Jan Hammer)
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