Side One
1. Reg Hill: Pembroke Centennial Breakdown *
2. The Byrds: Hungry Planet – 1970
3. Bob Dylan: Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat – 1966
4. 1977: Get The Feeling – 2009 *
5. Suckerpunch: Zap O Hell - 1994 *
6. The Echo Tones: Inland Surfer – 1963 *
7. Bill Deal & The Rhondels: May I – 1969
8. The Staccatos: Tell Her For Me – 1968 *
9. Plastic Cloud: Shadows of Your Mind – 1968 *
10. Pink Floyd: Vegetable Man – 1967
11. Solomon Burke: Cry To Me – 1962
12. Plaid: Dilatone – 2016
13. The Who: The Good’s Gone – 1966
14. The Who: I’m A Boy – 1966
15. The Who: Cobwebs And Strange – 1966
16. Sultans of String: Josie – 2017 *
Vintage Voices with DJ Lena
17. Fats Domino: Blueberry Hill
18. Neil Young: Harvest Moon -
Side Two
1. Fleetwood Mac: Green Manalishi – 1969
2. Robert Fripp & League of Gentlemen: Eye Needles – 1981
3. Dave Clark Five: Bits And Pieces – 1964
4. Dave Clark Five: All Of The Time – 1964
5. The Flares: Foot Stomping Pt 1 – 1961
6. Jackie Shane: Sticks And Stones – 1962 *
7. Brian Eno: Here Come The Warm Jets – 1974
8. The Five Sounds: Peanut Butter – 1965 *
9. It’s All Meat: Feel It – 1969 *
10. Five Americans: Western Union – 1966
11. The Druids of Stonehenge: Pale Dream – 1968
12. Bill Connors: Crunchy – 1987
13. Snow Axe: Workin’ On The Line – 1978 *
14. Goddo: Am I Crazy, Crazy – 1981 *
15. The Evaporators: Touch Wood – 2001 *
16. Whitehorse: Lipstick – 2013 *
17. The Trews: Tired of Waiting – 2004 *
18. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band: Sky High – 1974
19. Notting Hillbillies: Run Me Down – 1990
CanCon – 41%
And Now for The Particulars:
Side One
1. Reg Hill & The Melodiers: Pembroke Centennial Breakdown
(Reg Hill)
Canadian Country Classics: Rodeo – RCCD 7103
Braeside, ON
Reg Hill: fiddle
Mac Beattie: washboard
Gaetan Fairfield: guitar
Jimmy Mayhew: piano
George Courschene: bass
Produced by Ralph Carlson circa 1966
Born in Brockville, Ontario (1927 – 1979)
At 16 became a regular member of the “Rock Mountain Rangers” formed his own group, Reg Hill’s Swingsters. In 1950, Reg married Mona and moved to Oshawa where he worked at GM. 1954, he received a letter from Mac Beattie inviting him to join the “Ottawa Valley Melodiers”. He moved to Braeside and would spend 25 years with Mac’s band before retiring, due to poor health, in 1978. He was a 1981 Inductee into Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame
2. The Byrds: Hungry Planet
(Skip Batten / Kim Fowley / Roger McGuinn)
Untitled: Columbia Records – G 30127
Los Angeles CA
Roger McGuinn: Lead guitar, vocals, moog
Clarence White: slide guitar
Skip Batton: bass
Gene Parsons: drums
Produced by Terry Melcher – 1970
Studio LP recorded at Columbia Studios, Hollywood CA by Terry Melcher
This was the most stable and longest lived of any configuration of The Byrds, lasting 3 years without personnel changes.The band still had not made up their minds regarding an album title when Terry Melcher, while filling out record company documentation for the album sessions, wrote the placeholder "(Untitled)" in a box specifying the album's title. A misunderstanding ensued and before anyone associated with the band had realized, Columbia Records had pressed up the album with that title, including the parentheses. In February and March 1970, two consecutive New York concert appearances were recorded for the live disc.
3. Bob Dylan: Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat
(Bob Dylan)
Blonde On Blonde: Columbia Records C2S 841
Duluth MN
Bob Dylan: electric guitar, harmonica, vocal
Kenny Buttrey: drums
Henry Strzelecki: bass,
Robbie Robertson: lead guitar
Produced by Bob Johnson 1966
Jerry Schatzberg cover photographer
Recorded at Columbia Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Dylan played lead guitar on the intro. The pillbox hat was a fashionable ladies' hat in the United States in the early to mid-1960s, most famously worn by Jacqueline Kennedy.
4. 1977: Get The Feeling
(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, 2009
Recorded by them in their apartment
Mixed at Gay Studio, Parkdale by Alphonse Lanza
Mastered by Noah Mintz at The Lacquer Channel, Toronto
Kendall and Brent Hough (Bellevue, Music Maul, Purple Hill) recorded the songs on Nineteen Seventy-Seven, during the winter of 2007 in her Toronto apartment, and rehearsal space. Released in 2009, Nineteen Seventy-Seven was nominated for a Juno Award in the category Adult Alternative Album of the Year.
5. Suckerpunch: Zap O Hell
(Suckerpunch)
Carols From The Canyon: Chemical Sound Recordings CHEMLP1
Toronto
Christopher Dignan: guitar, vocals
Cindy Beattie: bass
Sean Dignan: drums
Produced by Suckerpunch, 1994
Recorded and mixed by Daryl Smith and Alistair Miller at Chemical Sound recordings, Toronto
Mastered by Brett Zilahi at F-X Studios, Toronto
My copy is 978/1000, delivered (sealed) the other day by none other than Sean Dignan, a 334578 listener.
I’ve got a 45 with The Heatseekers on one side and The Shuttlecocks on the other, a short lived project that Sean Dignam was involved with after the demise of Suckerpunch. The two songs by The Heatseekers on side A were the only ones I could find by them so I was overjoyed to meet Sean and receive my numbered copy of Suckerpunch’s 1994 album, recorded in mono and released on vinyl.
6. Echo Tones: Inland Surfer
(Mel Shaw)
45 single bw Low Down Guitar: Sotan Records S-1003
Calgary AB
Cornelius Van Sprang aka Ronnie King: guitar
Emile Van Sprang aka Van Louis: bass
Floyd Sneed: drums
Produced by Mel Shaw, 1963
Recorded at a TV studio in Calgary
Producer Mel Shaw was the guy who managed and produced award winning records by The Stampeders, but it all started here with this 1963 recording of a band that 'later-to-be-Stampeder' Ronnie King was involved with. A surf band from landlocked Calgary, Alberta!
7. Bill Deal & The Rhondels: May I
(M Williams)
45 single bw Day By Day My Love Grows Stronger: Heritage Records – HE 803X
Portsmouth, VA
Bill Deal - vocals, keys
Ammon Tharp - lead vocals, drums
Ken Dawson – trumpet
Rollie Ligart - trumpet
Don Quisenberry – bass
Mike Kerwin - guitar, trumpet
Tom Pittman - saxophone
Ronny Rosenbaum – trombone
Produced by Bill Deal - 1969
Recorded in Bell Sound Studio, NYC
Bill Deal (born July 8, 1944, died December 10, 2003)
Originally formed his band in 1959 and continued until 1983 but only delivered one album, called Vintage Rock in 1969, and seven singles. May I being the first. Although Bill Deal died back in 2003, the original Rhondels have kept on playing gigs in his memory.
8. The Staccatos: Tell Her For Me
(Lee Emmerson)
A Wild Pair: Nimbus 9 – NNE 100
Ottawa ON
Vern Craig: guitar
Lee Emmerson: guitar, vocals
Brian Rading: bass
Rick Bell: drums
Mike Bell: drums
Produced by Jack Richardson, 1968
Recorded by Phil Ramone at Hallmark Studios, Toronto
One of the best known commercial rock bands in Canada in the early 70s was The Five Man Electrical Band. Previous to that they were known as The Staccatos, also a successful money making enterprise. Based out of Ottawa, they, along with The Guess Who, were the big Canadian names in the latter part of the 1960s. In fact, they even put out an album together: Staccatos on one side and The Guess Who on the other.
9. Plastic Cloud: Shadows Of Your Mind
(Don Brewer)
45 rpm Single: Allied Records 6357
Bay Ridge ON
Don Brewer (guitar, vocals)
Brian Madill (bass)
Michael Cadieux (guitar)
Randy Umphrey (drums)
Produced by Bill Bessy and Jack Boswell, 1968
From Bay Ridges, Ontario, this band made one of the best and most sought-after albums of the Canadian psychedelic era. All of the tracks were written by guitarist Don Brewer and it's one of the most consistently good Canadian albums of this era. There's lots of fuzz guitar on tracks like Shadows Of Your Mind. They were compared with American bands like Chocolate Watchband and the Strawberry Alarm Clock.
10. Pink Floyd: Vegetable Man
(Syd Barrett)
Downloaded
London UK
Syd Barrett: guitar, lead vocals
Richard Wright: keyboards, backing vocals
Roger Waters: bass guitar, backing vocals
Nick Mason: drums, percussion, backing vocals
Produced by Norman Smith
Recorded at Abby Road Studio 3 by Peter Brown 9–11 October 1967
Vegetable man was considered for the band's third single or for inclusion on A Saucerful of Secrets. Recording began in the fall of 1967 to be considered for the B side of Scream Thy Last Scream (also unreleased) and it was never actually finished or mastered. However, the band decided to keep the song unreleased for various reasons and it wasn’t until Nick Mason uploaded a copy online as an mp3. It wasn’t officially released until it appeared on The Early Years 1965–1972 box set. It was performed live for the first time by Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets on his 2018 European Tour.
11. Solomon Burke: Cry To Me
(Burt “Russell” Burns)
45 single bw I Almost Lost My Mind: Atlantic Records 2131
Philadelphia PA
Solomon Burke: vocal
Leon Cohen: Alto Sax
Jesse Powell: Tenor sax
Hank Jones: Piano
Robert Mosely: Organ
Don Arnone, Al Caiola, Bucky Pizzarelli and Everett Barksdale: Guitars
Art Davis: Bass
Gary Chester: Drums
Produced by Burt Burns, 1962
Arranged by Klaus Ogermann
Recorded December 1961 at Atlantic Studios, NYC
James Solomon McDonald, b Philadelphia, PA March 21, 1940 / d October 10, 2010 Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands (70)
Songwriter Burt Burns also wrote "Hang on Sloopy" for Burke but he rejected the song. It was later covered by The McCoys who hit the top of the charts with it in 1965. It was also recorded by the Yardbirds, Little Caesar and the Consuls, The Lettermen, Ramsay Lewis Trio, The Sandpipers. It later became the official rock song of the state of Ohio.
12. Plaid: Dilatone
(Plaid)
The Digging Remedy: Warp Records - LP277B
London UK
Andy Turner and Ed Handley: electronics
Benet Walsh: flute, guitar
Produced by Plaid 2016
Mastered by Noel Summerville
Three Who tracks from 1966:
13. The Who: The Good’s Gone
(Pete Townsend)
My Generation: Brunswick Records / Polydor 5372747
London UK
Roger Daltry: vocals, harmonica
John Entwistle: bass, bg vocal
Keith Moon: drums, percussion
Pete Townsend: guitars, vocals
Nicky Hopkins: piano
Produced by Shel Talmy, 1966
Recorded by Glyn Johns at IBC Studios, London, Apr 1965 – Jan 1966
Remastered by Jon Astley at Close To The Edge, 2016
14. The Who: I’m A Boy
(Pete Townsend)
45 Single: Decca Records 32058
London UK
Pete Townsend: guitar, vocals
Roger Daltry: vocals
John Entwistle: bass, french horn
Keith Moon: drums
Produced by Kit Lambert 1966
Recorded at IBC Studios in London, UK 31 July - 1 August 1966
The song was originally intended to be a part of a rock opera called 'Quads' which was to be set in the future where parents can choose the sex of their children. The idea was later scrapped, but this song survived and was later released as a single. The song is about a family who "order" four girls, but a mistake is made and three girls and one boy are delivered instead.
15. The Who: Cobwebs & Strange
(Keith Moon)
A Quick One / Sell Out: Decca MCA2-4067
London UK
John Entwistle: Bass Guitar, Horns
Keith Moon: Drums, screems
Pete Townshend: Guitar
Produced by Kit Lambert – 1966
Keith John Moon (23 August 1946 – 7 September 1978)
On The Who’s second album, A Quick One, their manager Chris Lambert threw them an idea so that the individual members of the group could make a bit of cash. Why not all four members go home and write some songs for the album? So Daltry wrote one, Entwistle a couple and so did Keith Moon.
Moon joined his local Sea Cadet Corps as a bugler but changed to drums. Quit school at 14 & took drum lessons as a teen. Moon's early style was influenced by jazz, American surf music and rhythm and blues, exemplified by noted Los Angeles studio drummer Hal Blaine. His favourite musicians were jazz artists, particularly Gene Krupa. His first band was The Escourts. After playing with a local London band, the Beachcombers, he joined the Who in 1964 before they recorded their first single. He was posthumously inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1982, becoming only the second rock drummer to be chosen, and in 2011, Moon was voted the second-greatest drummer in history by a Rolling Stone readers' poll.
16. Sultans of String: Josie
(Sultans of String)
Ten Years Of Music: Fiddlefire Records MKC 2070
Toronto ON
Chris McKhool: violin
Kevin Laliberté: flamenco guitar
Eddie Paton: guitar
Drew Birston: bass
Rosendo León: drums
Anwar Khurshid: sitar
Produced by Chris McKhool 2017
Edited for Vinyl by John “Beetle” Bailey at The Drive Shed Recording Studios, Toronto
Mastered by Peter Letros at Wreckhouse Mastering and Paul Gold at Salt Mastering
Violinist Chris McKhool was putting out some pretty interesting solo albums in the early 2000s when he met up with flamenco jazz guitarist Kevin Laliberté and that’s when everything began to click. Fusing their wild sounds with world music, they formed the basis of the Sultans of String. Since then they’ve released several well received albums that have generated a lot of interest. What a treat to finally hear them on vinyl!! It’s a totally different experience. Ten Years of Music is a compilation album of earlier works but it sure works to my liking.
Vintage Voices with DJ Lena
17. Fats Domino: Blueberry Hill
(Vincent Rose / Al Lewis / Larry Stock)
45 single bw Honey Chile: Imperial Records 4507
New Orleans LA
Produced 1956
First published in 1940, the song was covered by various big band artists but the biggest bang came from Fats Domino’s version recorded in 1956
18. Neil Young: Harvest Moon
(Neil Young)
Harvest Moon: Reprise Records – 7-18685
Toronto / Winnipeg / US
Neil Young: guitar, vocal
Linda Ronstadt: bg vocal
The Stray Gators:
Ben Keith – pedal steel guitar, Dobro, bass marimba, backing vocals
Spooner Oldham – piano, pump organ, keyboards
Tim Drummond – bass, marimba, broom
Kenny Buttrey – drums
Spooner Oldham: keys
Tim Drummond: bass
Produced by Ben Keith, Neil Young, 1992
Recorded at Redwood Digital, Woodside, by Ruth Happel
Side Two
1. Fleetwood Mac: Green Manalishi
(Peter Green)
Black Magic Woman (3LP-Set): Hot Wax Productions 9043/3
London
Mick Fleetwood: percussion, drums
Peter Green: guitar, vocals
Jeremy Spencer: guitar, vocals, piano, percussion
Danny Kirwan: guitar, vocals
John McVie: bass guitar
Recorded by Dinky Dawson, February, 1970
Recorded live at The Boston Tea Party, 15 Lansdowne Street, Boston, MA
Mixed by Neil Slaven
One of the last big songs of the Peter Green era of the Fleetwood Mac, taken from this 3LP box set I purchased in Amsterdam of previously released material. The live version of the Green Manalishi was recorded by the soundman, Dinky Dawson at a Boston Tea Party gig, February 1970, just before Green left the band.
2. Robert Fripp & League of Gentlemen: Eye Needles
(R Fripp)
League of Gentlemen: Polydor PD 1-6317
London UK
Barry Andrews, organ
Robert Fripp, guitar
Sara Lee, bass
Johnny Toobad, drums
Produced by Robert Fripp - 1981
Recorded by Tony Arnold at Arny's Shack, Parkstone, Dorset UK
Interestingly, my copy of this album has the wrong label on side one. It reads 'Difficult to Cure' by Rainbow with the serial PD 1-6316 - one number before League of Gentlemen, the label for side two. All the songs on the record though are by the League.
NEXT: a new feature – the A and B sides of singles. This week features the second record, doubling my record collection to 2 (She Loves You was the first thing I ever bought).
Heard over:
3. Dave Clark Five: Bits And Pieces – 1964
(Dave Clark / Mike Smith)
45 single: Epic Records 5-9671
London
Dave Clark: drums, vocals
Rick Huxley: bass, vocals
Lenny Davidson: guitar, vocals
Mike Clark: lead vocals, organ
Dennis Payton: sax
Produced by Ardian Clark, 1964
Just after the Beatles took over the world following their New York appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964, we started hearing about other British bands, like the Searchers, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Billy J Kramer & the Dakotas. But the first band to come on The Beatles heels were the Dave Clark Five. Their UK hit ‘Glad All Over’ was well received in Canada but it was their follow-up, Bits And Pieces, that made them a serious contender.
My aunt went down to Florida in March, 1964 and brought me back the US Epic Records version of the Bits and Pieces new single. The boot stomping percussion was supplied by an exercise board, which two of the band members (reportedly quite intoxicated at the time) stamped on, not always perfectly in time to the music. On the B side was a rather good song, All of the Time.
4. Dave Clark Five: All Of The Time – 1964
(Ron Ryan / Mike Smith)
45 single: Epic Records 5-9671
London
Dave Clark: drums, vocals
Rick Huxley: bass, vocals
Lenny Davidson: guitar, vocals
Mike Clark: lead vocals, organ
Dennis Payton: sax
Produced by Ardian Clark, 1964
5. The Flares: Foot Stomping Pt 1
(Aaron Collins)
45 single bw Hotcha Cha-Cha Brown ?: Felsted Records 45-8624
Los Angeles CA
Aaron Collins
Thomas Miller
Eddie King
Betty Collins
George Hollis
Plas Johnson: sax
Ray Johnson
Earl Palmer: drums
Produced by Buck Ram 1961
The Flares were a vocal group put together and managed by producer Buck Ram. They were built around their central figure, singer Aaron Collins. Many of their many members were also, at times, members of The Platters. (Aaron Collins September 3, 1930 – March 27, 1997). His sisters, Betty and Rose Collins, had a hit in 1956 called "Eddie My Love" as the Teen Queens.
Later in life, Collins had a ladies' shoe store in Los Angeles, California, located on the corner of Manchester and Vermont, and named Collins Shoe Closet, which was burned down in the Rodney King riots April 29, 1992.
The Flares biggest hit was the 1961 release "Foot Stompin' Part 1", which hit #20 on the Black Singles chart and #25 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was used on the soundtrack to the film ‘Hairspray’. Foot Stompin’ Pt 2 was an instrument by the same band but listed as The Ramrocks.
Plas John Johnson Jr. (born July 21, 1931)[1] is an American soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist, probably most widely known as the tenor saxophone soloist on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme".
6. Jackie Shane: Sticks and Stones
(Titus Turner)
45 single bw Any Other Way: SuE Records 776
Toronto ON
Jackie Shane: vocals
Frank Motley And His Crew
Produced 1962
Released 1963
Jackie Shane b. Nashville TN May 15, 1940 / d. Feb 21, 2019 Nashville
Jackie Shane came to Toronto in 1959 and, like Lonnie Johnson, decided that Canada was to be her new home. She said: “One cannot choose where one is born, but you can choose your home.” She went on to release some fabulous records but decided, in 1971, to leave it all behind her. She returned to the States to look after her mother, who lived in Nashville. In 2017 an anthology album of Shane’s works was issued by the Numero Group label and was nominated for a Grammy Award. The liner notes were written by Toronto’s Rob Bowman who claimed that Shane’s life “story is so remarkable, that even Hollywood couldn’t dream it up.”
7. Brian Eno: Here Come The Warm Jets
(Brian Eno)
Here Come The Warm Jets: Editions EG ENO1
Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK
Paul Rudolph: guitar, bass
Simon King: drums
Brian Eno: occasional keys, vocals, guitar, synths
Produced by Brian Eno, 1974
Recorded at Majestic Studios, London by Derek Chandler
Mixed by Brian Eno & Chris Thomas at AIR & Olympic Studios, London
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno b. May 15, 1948, Melton, Suffolk UK
1969 At the Winchester School of Art, Eno attended a lecture by Pete Townsend of The Who about the use of tape machines by non-musicians, citing the lecture as the moment he realized he could make music even though he was not a musician at that point. In school, he used a tape recorder as a musical instrument and experimented with his first, sometimes improvisational, bands Eno's professional career began in London, a member of Roxy Music.
Collaborated with Phil Manzanera & Phil Collins before getting seriously into production
Created the Frippertronics idea with Robert Fripp on 1973 for LP No Pussyfooting
Created the Ambient Music series of LPs eg Plateau of Mirrors & Music for Airports
Came to Hamilton ON and worked w/ Daniel Lanois, teaching him some of his original production techniques
‘Here Come The Warm Jets’ was recorded in 1974, shortly after Eno left the confines of Roxy Music.
8. The Five Sounds: Peanut Butter
(Bill Barnum / Martin Cooper / Cliff Goldsmith / Fred Smith)
45 single bw Miss Ann: Epic 10016
Halifax, NS
Keith Jollimore (Reeds)
Bruce Cassidy (Trumpet)
Ritchie Oakley (Bass)
Jim White (Guitar)
Jack S. Lilly (Drums)
Doug Billard (Vocals)
Joe Sealy (Keyboards)
Produced by Bob Morgan and Manny Kellem, 1965
The Five Sounds released two singles in 1965 and 1966 on Epic which charted on Halifax radio station CHNS (and probably recorded there). In 1968 the "Five Sounds" were the house band on CBC television's "Where It's At" (the local segment of the national series) which was hosted by Frank Cameron and produced in Halifax. Changed their name to Central Nervous System in 1968. Various players went onto to perform with Lighthouse and Peppertree.
9. It’s All Meat: Feel It
(Jed 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
Producer not listed - 1969
Digital Remastering: Bruce Ley, Toronto
Another underground Toronto based garage punk band from the latter ‘60s. Unfortunately, this band was mismanaged and only released a solitary single and album before splitting up. Their album was later picked up by an American label who were into releasing unknown psychedelic and garage rock bands of the past in the early 2000s.
10. The Five Americans: Western Union
(Mike Rabon / John Durrill / Norman Ezell)
45 Single bw Now That It’s Over: Abnak 118
Durant, Oklahoma USA
Mike Rabon: guitar
John Durrill: keyboard
Norm Ezell: guitar
Jim Grant: bass
Jimmy Wright: drums
Produced by Dale Hawkins, 1967
This band started off as The Mutineers formed in Durant, Oklahoma in 1962. After changing their act following the British Invasion, they released five singles, including this one but Western Union was their only real hits song.
Norman Ezell, guitarist for the group, explained how they came up with "Western Union." "Mike Rabon, our lead guitar player, was just fooling around with his guitar when he came up with a unique sound," Norman said. "It sort of reminded us of a telegraph key. That's when we decided to write 'Western Union.'"
They broke up in 1969 as ‘One Hit Wonders’.
11. Druids of Stonehenge: Pale Dream
(C Hauser)
Creation: Uni Records 3004
NYC
Tom Paine: bass
Steven Tindall: drums, keys
Billy Tracy: guitar
Carl Hauser: lead guitar, harpsichord, vocals
David Budge: lead vocals
Produced by Jerry Goldstein, 1968
Recorded by Ami Hadami and Neil Cepos
Just one real album by this NYC based band who were right in there with their psychedelic sound well established. A bit Jagger-esque with an R& B base to a lot of their songs adds to the completeness of this band who never set foot in the UK.
12. 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!
13. Snow Axe: Working On The Line
(Ed McDonald)
45 Single bw All I Want To Do: From The Vortex WRC-5 529
Toronto
Ed McDonald: guitar, vocal
Ian Nishio: bass
Paul Yanuziello: drums
Produced by Snow Axe and Rich Dodson, 1978
Also known as Snowaxe. A short lived heavy metal band lead by guitarist Ed McDonald that featured the late Ian Nishio, who was b. 1956 and died November 2, 2008, on bass. They only put out this one single and an album before disbanding. According to drummer Paul Yanuziello: “I got invited to sit in with a fantastic guitarist in my neighbourhood, Ed McDonald. "I was fourteen years old. A year later they were known as Snow Axe." He claims that they played a lot, went through a series of bass players and felt like they were in Spinal Tap until they came across Ian Nishio.
14. Goddo: Am I Crazy, Crazy
(Greg Godovitz)
Pretty Bad Boys: Attic Records LAT 1120
Scarborough (Toronto) ON
Greg Godovitz: bass, lead vocal
Doug Inglis: drums, vocal
Gino Scarpelli: guitars, vocals
George Semkiw: piano
Produced by Thomas Morley-Turner and Bob Segarini 1981
Recorded by Brian Mitchell, Bob Cobban and Dave Rose at Studio 306, Toronto
Mixed at Amber Studio, Toronto by George Semkiw, Ed Stone and Paul Bonish
Having been a member of successful Canadian band Fludd, Greg Godovitz decided that it was time to form his own band Goddo in 1975. He used Gino Scarpelli from Brutus and Doug Inglis. This was their best received album but due to financial difficulties, Attic Records dropped them.
15. The Evaporators: Touch Wood
(Evaporators)
Honk The Horn EP: NardWuar Records Cleo II / Mint Records MRS048
Vancouver BC
John Collins: bass, guitar, organ, percussion
Scott Livingstone: drums
Nardwuar the Human Serviette aka John Ruskin: organ, vocal
David Carswell: guitar, vocals
Produced by The Evaporators, 2001
Recorded at JC/DC studios by John Collins & David Carswell
Formed in 1986 in Vancouver, their latest album, Ogopogo Punk, was released last year, 2016. Lead by eccentric local DJ Nardwuar The Human Serviette (aka John Ruskin b. Vancouver July 5, 1968) who was recently honoured by the Mayor of Vancouver who proclaimed September 29, 2019 as Nardwuar Day.
16. Whitehorse: Lipstick
(Luke Doucet / Melissa McClelland)
45 single bw Devil’s Got A Gun (Live): Six Shooter Records SIX076
Toronto ON
Luke Doucet: guitar, vocal
Melissa McLelland: guitar, vocal
Produced by Whitehorse 2013
Recorded by moon:&:6 at Catherine North Studio
Mastered by Phil Demetro at the Lacquer Channel, Toronto
17. The Trews: Tired of Waiting
(Coilin MacDonald, Jack Syperek, J-A. MacDonald, Sean Dalton, Eric Paul)
House Of Ill Fame: Nettwerk – 0 6700 31030 1 5
Antigonish NS
Colin MacDonald - rhythm guitar, lead vocals
John-Angus MacDonald - lead guitar, backing vocals
Jack Syperek - bass guitar, backing vocals
Sean Dalton - drums
Produced by Gordie Johnson, 2004
This album, The Trews first, went gold in Canada and did respectably well in the US. The band started their career with the name One I'd Trouser, a line taken from a song in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. They changed their name to Trouser and eventually The Trews. The release of their first full-length CD House of Ill Fame followed in 2003. Produced by Big Sugar's Gordie Johnson, the album contained the 5 singles. Their big one, "Not Ready to Go", hit number one on Canadian rock radio and was the most played song of 2004. Since then they’ve released several studio albums, three live ones and a number of EPs. They eventually relocated to Hamilton ON.
18. Manfred Man’s Earth Band: Sky High
(M Mann / M Rogers)
The Good Earth: Warner Bros Records BS 2826
London UK
Manfred Mann – keyboards
Mick Rogers – guitars, vocals
Chris Slade – drums
Colin Pattenden – bass guitar
Produced by Manfred Mann and The Earth Band 1974
Recorded by John Pantry and Laurence Latham at The Workhouse, Old Kent Road, London
Manfred Sepse Lubowitz b. 21 October 1940 Johannesburg, South Africa
Between 1959 and 1961 he and his childhood friend Saul Ozynski recorded two albums as the Vikings – South Africa's first rock and roll band.Opposed the South African government’s apartheid system, he moved to the UK in 1961 and began to write for "Jazz News" under the pseudonym Manfred Manne (after jazz drummer Shelly Manne). His first UK band was called The Mann-Hugg Blues Brothers and were soon signed to EMI. They were urged to change their name to Manfred Mann. They recorded massive hits throughout the rest of the 60s before evolving into the jazz-fusion Earth Band. They’ve continued to perform and made their last record in 2006.
Early owners of each copy of The Good Earth were entitled to rights over 1 square foot of the earth situated at Llanerchyrfa in the County of Brecon, in Wales. The inner sleeve included a coupon that had to be sent for registration. This was part of the promotion activities linked to the album that had ecological inspirations. There was no swindle and thousands of fans were registered. Registration could be done on or before 31 December 1975
19. The Notting Hillbillies: Run Me Down
(Trad)
Missing: Warner Brothers Records 92 61471
UK / US
Mark Knopfler: guitars, vocals
Steve Phillips: guitars, vocals
Guy Fletcher: keys, vocals
Brenan Croker: guitars, vocals
Paul Franklin: steel
Marcus Cliffe: bass
Ed Bicknell: drums
Produced by Mark Knopfler and Guy Fletcher 1990
Mixed by Bill Schnee
This was the only album they released.
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