Side One
1. The Keetniks: Bumble Boogie – 1965 *
2. If: Shadows and Echoes – 1970
3. Kensington Market: Looking Glass – 1968 *
4. Jefferson Airplane: Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil – 1967
5. The Kinks: Big Black Smoke – 1966
6. Lovin’ Spoonful: Bald Headed Lena – 1966
7. Sandy Nelson: Drum Party – 1959
8. Emmerson, Lake & Palmer: A Time And A Place – 1971
9. Flaming Groovies: There’s A Place – 1978
10. UFO: No Place To Run – 1980
11. Kate and Anna McGarrigle: A Place In Your Heart – 1985 *
12. Fearing And White: Another Time Another Place – 2014 *
13. Paul Brodie: Dizzy Fingers – 1983 *
14. Meatloaf: All Revved Up With No Place To Go – 1977
15. Moby Grape: The Place And The Time – 1968
16. The Animals: We Gotta Get Out of This Place – 1965
17. Berliner Philharmonker: Help – 1983
18. Vintage Voices w DJ Olga:
Ivan Rebroff: Ochi Chernye (Dark eyes) – 1975
Side Two
1. The Pyramids: Penetration – 1964
2. The Jam: Monday – 1980
3. The GoGos: Skidmarks On My Heart – 1981
4. Great Western Orchestra: Cowgirl’s Lament – 1989 *
5. Robyn Hitchcock: Glass Hotel – 1989
6. Fergus Hambleton: Slow Fade Into Black – 2019 *
7. Chris Barber Special: Sweet Savannah Sue – 1955
8. Dave Davies: Move Over – 1980
9. The Sadies with Kurt Vile: The Good Years – 2017 *
10. Jon Brooks: Safer Days – 2019 *
11. The Doors: People Are Strange – 1967
12. David Wilcox: Shake It Baby – 1983 *
13. Count Basie Orchestra: I Wanna Be Your Man – 1966
14. Manfred Mann: 5-4-3-2-1 – 1964
15. Nobby Clegg & The Civilians: I Wanna Be In Commercials – 1981 *
16. kd lang: Full Moon Full of Love – 1989 *
17. Painter: Going Home To Rock And Roll – 1973 *
18. Wendy Carlos: Brandenburg Concerto, 3rd Movement – 1968
19. Pat Travers: Rock And Roll Suzie - 1977 *
CanCon = 38%
And Now for The Particulars: Side One
1. The Keatniks: Bumble Boogie
(Jack Fina)
The Keatnicks, Melbourne, AMLP 4011
Labrador City NL
William Keating: (rhythm guitar) Conception Bay NL
Pierre LaJeuness (piano) Montreal QC
Maurice (Moe) Caines (lead guitar) Port Saunders NL
Basil Haire (drums) St. John’s NL
Produced in Montreal, 1965
The Keatniks were put together by Bill Keating who used to play guitar for Wilf Doyle’s famous Newfoundland orchestra. Taking jobs in Labrador City / Wabush – quite literally in the middle of nowhere – Keating decided to put a bar band together, playing the latest hits and writing a few of their own. Having no way to make a record in the Iron Ore mining towns, the band made their way down to Montreal and recorded the first Newfoundland and Labrador rock and roll album.
If only… is next with If, from If 2 from 1971:
2. If: Shadows and Echoes
(Grigson / Busby)
If2: Capitol Records EMI SW 676
London UK
John Mealing: keys
Terry Smith: guitars
Jim Richardson: bass
Dennis Elliot: drums
Dick Morrissey: reeds
JW Kodkinson: vocal, percussion
Dave Quincy: reeds
Produced by Lew Futterman, 1971
Recorded by John Child at The Hit Factory, NYC and by Frank Owen at Island Studios, London
These guys used to pack them in wherever they played but it never caught on with the record buying public. They released several albums between 1970 and 1975. Really groundbreaking at the time. Sophisticated rock music for those with discernable tastes is the way that I’d describe them, if asked, which I wasn’t, so…
3. Kensington Market: Looking Glass
(Keith McKie)
Avenue Road: Warner Brothers 1754
Toronto ON
Keith McKie: Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Alex Darou: Bass Guitar
Jimmy Watson: Drums, Percussion, Sitar
Eugene Martynec: Lead Guitar, Piano
Luke Gibson: Backup Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica
Produced by Felix Pappalardi, 1968
Recorded by Steve Scheafer at Century Sound Studio, NYC
The Market only put out two stellar albums before its leader, Luke Gibson, decided to go solo. They were so far ahead of their time, being the first rock band to utilize the services of a full time Moog Synthesizer player, that being John Mills-Cockell who would soon go on to form Syrinx. Eugene Martynec was later hired to produce records for the fledgling True North Records label, producing all Bruce Cockburn albums in the 70s. Avenue Road was produced by Felix Pappalardi who’d just produced the second Cream album, Disraeli Gears. He formed Mountain with Leslie West and had a huge hit with David Rae’s song, Mississippi Queen. See, things are all connected!
4. Jefferson Airplane: The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil
(Paul Kantner)
45 Single bw Two Heads: RCA Victor – 47-9297
San Francisco CA
Marty Balin – vocals, rhythm guitar
Grace Slick – vocals, piano, organ
Paul Kantner – rhythm guitar, vocals
Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, electric chicken, vocals
Spencer Dryden – drums, piano, organ, steel balls, vocals
Jack Casady – bass
Produced by Al Schmitt – 1967
Recorded by Ritchie Schmitt at RCA Studios, Hollywood CA
Back in 1966 when I was teen, I loved feedback. Put a guitar by an amp and let it wail. But this record really blew my mind! I loved it, bought the 45 and enjoyed all 4 minutes and 44 seconds of it. The title of the song refers to Winnie the Pooh as well as folk singer Fred Neil: parts of the lyric are taken from A. A. Milne's first book of children's poetry When We Were Very Young.
5. The Kinks: Big Black Smoke
(R Davies)
45 single bw Dead End Street: Pye Records 813
London UK
Ray Davies, guitar
Dave Davies, guitar
Mick Avory, bass
Pete Quaife, drums
Produced by Shel Talmy
Recorded at Pye Studios (No. 2), London
Released 18 November 1966
Great song which ends with bedlam bells clanging all right. The A Side, Dead End Street was another great song from the head of Ray Davies.
6. The Lovin’ Spoonful: Bald Headed Lena
(Edward Sneed / Willie Perryman)
Daydream: Kama Sutra Records: KLP 8951 (Mono)
New York City
John Sebastian – guitar
Zal Yanovsky – lead guitar, electric gorgle, vocal
Steve Boone – bass
Joe Butler – drums
Produced by Eric Jacobsen, 1966
Recorded by Val Valentin
One of the few songs from the Lovin’ Spoonful with Zal Yanovsky on lead vocals and gorgling solo. They were such a greatly unpredictable band with roots in many places.
7. Sandy Nelson: Drum Party
(Sandy Nelson / Richard Podolor)
Sandy Nelson Plays Teen Beat: Imperial Records LP 12044
Los Angeles CA
Sandy Nelson: drums
Richard Podolor: guitar
Produced by Imperial Records Staff, 1960
While most drummers in the latter 1950s chose to play jazz, Sandy Nelson concentrated on making rock records. Beginning in 1959, he released Teen Beat followed by ‘Let There Be Drums’. His first California surf records were minimalistic: just drums and electric guitar, supplied by Richard Podolor.
He cracked the dance market by releasing a few dozen albums of instrumental, drum heavy rock hits. Many aspiring young rock drummers, myself included, would put these records on and drum to them, learning how to swing.
Now there’s a time and a place for everything, right? Here’s some songs to prove me partially right.
8. Emmerson, Lake & Palmer: A Time And A Place
(Keith Emmerson / Greg Lake / Carl Palmer)
Tarkus: Cotillion Records SD 9900
London UK
Keith Emmerson: keys
Greg Lake: guitar, bass
Carl Palmer: percussion
Produced by Greg Lake, 1971
Recorded by Eddy Offord at Advision Studios, London
I was never a big follower of ELP but I did love their first album. Still, they were three amazing musicians who helped define the prog old days of the 1970s.
9. Flamin’ Groovies: There’s A Place
(Lennon / McCartney)
Flamin’ Groovies Now: Sire – QSR 6059
San Francisco CA
Bass, Vocals: George Alexander
Drums: David Wright
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar: Mike Wilhelm
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Mellotron, Vocals: Cyril Jordan
Produced by Dave Edmunds, 1978
10. UFO: No Place To Run
(Paul Chapman / Phil Mogg)
No Place To Run: Chrysalis Records CHR 1239
London UK
Phil Mogg: vocals
Paul Chapman: lead guitar
Paul Raymond: keyboards, guitar, vocals
Pete Way: bass
Andy Parker: drums
Produced by George Martin 1980
Recorded and Mixed by Geoff Emerick at AIR Studios, London
11. Kate & Anna McGarrigle: A Place In Your Heart
(Kate McGarrigle / Pad Donaldson / Anna McGarrigle / Jane McGarrigle / Dane Lanken)
Feed The Folk: Polygram FTP01
Montreal QC
Kate McGarrigle
Anna McGarrigle
Jane McGarrigle
Pat Donaldson
Al DiBuono
Children’s Chorus: Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Sylvan Lanken, Lily Lanken
Produced by Kate & Anna McGarrigle, 1985
Recorded by Glen Robinson & Sean Olive at ADB & The Music Conservatory, McGill University, Montreal
Mixed at Studio Viktor by Glen Robinson
This was recorded for a British based folk compilation to raise attention to the Feed The Folk charity with tracks by Richard Thompson, Steeleye Span, The Roches, Loudon Wainwright III, Lindisfarne, Fairport Convention, Billy Connolly, The Chieftains, Martin Carthy, Paul Brandy, Billy Bragg and the Battlefield Band.
12. Fearing & White: Another Time Another Place
(Stephen Fearing / Andy White)
Tea & Confidences: LP Version
Victoria BC / Melbourne, Aust
Stephen Fearing: vocals, guitars
Andy White: vocals, guitars, bass, mandolin
Ray Farrugia: drums
Produced by Fearing & White, 2014
Recorded by Scott Merritt at The Cottage, Guelph ON
Mixed and Mastered by John Whynot at The Palm Door, Los Angeles
Vinyl Record made at DAS Record Automat, Fitzroy Australia
13. Paul Brodie: Dizzy Fingers
(Sez Confrey)
The golden Age Of The Saxophone: CBC Records – MVC 1005
Montreal QC
Paul Brody: sax
Myriam Shechter: piano
Produced by Srul Irving Glick, 1983
Recorded by David Burnham at CBC Studios, Toronto
Mastered at McClear Place, Toronto
Recorded over 25 albums featuring the sax & is considered to be one of the most recorded concert sax players in history of the instrument. Was featured playing on the sound track for Warren Beatty film Heaven Can Wait. Founded the World Saxophone Congress in 1969
The Sax: invented by Adolphe Sax in 1840. It came to North America in 1870s and began to appear in trad jazz recordings after 1908
Pianist Myriam Shechter: b. Romania. Moved to Canada after completing studies at Faculty of Music at Tel Aviv U in 1966
Since the pandemic began, I’ve noticed that sometimes I get all revved up with no place to go. Did you ever feel that way? Coz if you have I’m sure that you’ll connect with the next song by Meatloaf. Let’s go!
14. Meatloaf: All Revved Up With No Place To Go
(Jim Steinman)
Bat Out Of Hell: Epic / Cleveland Records Pe 34974
Dallas TX
Meat Loaf – lead vocals
Todd Rundgren – guitar
Kasim Sulton – bass guitar
Edgar Winter – saxophone
John "Willie" Wilcox – drums
Ellen Foley –backing vocals
Produced by Todd Rundgren, 1977
Mixed and recorded by Todd Rukndgren in Bearsville NY
Mastered by Joe Brescio at The Cutting Room
Meat Loaf aka Marvin Lee Aday b. Sept 27, 1947 Dallas TX / d. January 20, 2022 (74) Nashville
15. Moby Grape: The Place And The Time
(Jerry Miller / Don Stevenson)
Wow: Columbia Records - XSM 135372
San Francisco CA
Peter Lewis - rhythm guitar, vocals
Jerry Miller - lead guitar, vocals
Bob Mosley - bass, vocals
Skip Spence - rhythm guitar, vocals
Don Stevenson - drums, vocals
Produced by David Rubinson, 1968
Recorded by Don Puluse and Glen Kolotkin - August 30, 1967 - February 5, 1968
One of the great California bands of the later ‘60s that had managerial problems that lead to lifetimes of bitterness. But back in 1967 and ’68, I was totally into them.
Wow came as a double album with Wow on the first one and a live jam session called Grape Jam on the other. I purchased my copy from Woolworth’s in Timmins, Aug 2, 1968 for $5.49. It was my 100th album since purchasing Twist & Shout in March, 1964.
16. The Animals: We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
(Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil)
The Best of the Animals: Quality Records Canada V-1786
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne UK
John Steel, drums
Eric Burdon, vocals
Chas Chandler, bass
Alan Price, keys
Hilton Valentine, guitar
Produced by Mickey Most, 1965
Recorded by Val Valentin
A song written by the husband and wife team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, writers of "Only in America", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", "Kicks" by Paul Revere and The Raiders. We Gotta Get Out of This Place was really popular with US GIs during the Vietnam War. This was when The Animals were really hot, scoring several major hits making them one of the best selling acts of 1965.
17. The 12 Cellists of the Berliner Philharmonker: Help!
(Lennon / McCartney)
The Beatles In Classic: Teldec Digital: LC 3706
Berlin, GM
Werner Muller: Arranger
Produced 1983
18. Vintage Voices w DJ Olga:
Ivan Rebroff: Ochi Chernye (Dark Eyes)
(Yevgeny Grebyonka / Florian Hermann)
Ivan Rebroff, Tatiana Ivanov, Balalaika Ensemble – Ivan Rebroff Sings 25 Greatest Russian Melodies: Vanguard Records VSD 67/68
Berlin, Germany
Ivan Rebroff: vocal
Balalaika Ensemble
Produced by Vanguard Recording Society, 1975
Ivan Rebroff b. 31 July 1931 Berlin GM / d. 27 February 2008 (76) Frankfurt
Side Two
1. The Pyramids: Penetration
(Steve Leonard)
45 Single: Best Records 45 13002
Long Beach CA
Skip Mercier: lead guitar
Willie Glover: left handed rhythm guitar
Steve Leonard: bass guitar
Tom Pitman: saxophone
Ron McMullen: drums
Produced by John Hodge, 1963
Active between 1961 and 1965. Appeared in the American International Pictures' film Bikini Beach, coming onstage wearing Beatle wigs, which were lifted to reveal their shaved heads. Very cool cats for their time! Guitarist Will Glover played left handed rhythm guitar.
Okay, so here’s our Monday song which tells us just how Paul Weller sees it.
2. The Jam: Monday
(Paul Weller)
Sound Affects: Polydor Records PD-1-6315
Woking, UK
Paul Weller: vocal, guitar, bass, keys
Bruce Foxton: bass, rhythm guitar, vocals
Rick Buckler: drums
Produced by The Jam & Vic Coppersmith-Heaven, 1980
Recorded by Alan Douglas at The Town House, London
The Jam’s active years were from 1972–1982, and were one of the only punk bands who wore suits. They released 18 singles between 1977 and 82. The band launched the career of Paul Weller, who wrote and sang most of the Jam's original material. They modeled their sound after The Kinks and The Who, delving back into the Mod world and Detroit R&B.
3. The GoGos: Skidmarks On My Heart
(C Caffey / B Carlisle)
Beauty And The Beat: IRS Records SP 70021
Los Angeles CA
Belinda Carlisle: lead vocal
Charlotte Caffey: lead guitar, keys, bg vocal
Gina Schock: drums
Kathy Valentine: bass, bg vocal
Jane Weilin: rhythm guitar, bg vocal
Produced by Richard Gottherer and Rob Freeman, 1981
Mastered by Creg Calbi
The GoGo’s formed in Los Angeles in 1978, part of the emerging new wave bands who rose to fame during the early 1980s. The GoGos were the first all-female band to reach the top the Billboard album charts who wrote their own songs and played their own instruments. Beauty and The Beat sold over two million copies, making it one of the most successful debut albums of all time. Although they’ve gotten together now and then for re-unions, the band basically lasted until 1986.
4. Great Western Orchestra: Cowgirl’s Lullaby
(C Church)
GWO: Centerfire Records - BFZ 80137
Turner Valley, AB
Cindy Church: vocal
Nathan Tinkham: guitars, vocal
David Wilkie: mandolin, tenor guitar, vocal
John Hyde: bass
Thom Moon: drums
Stewart MacDougall: keys
Produced by The GWO - 1989
Recorded by Richard Harrow at Living Room Studios, Calgary
The Great Western Orchestra formed out of Ian Tyson’s Alberta-based band and they were excellent. Each member brought something particular and vital to the trio of Cindy Church, Nathan Tinkham and David Wilkie. On this album they were backed by other Tyson band members. They only ever put out an EP on CD before splitting up.
5. Robyn Hitchcock: Glass Hotel
(Robyn Hitchcock)
Eye: Twin Tone Records - TTR 89175-1
London UK
Robyn Hitchcock: guitar, vocals
Produced by Robyn Hitchcock, 1989
Recorded by Wendy Bardsley at Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco
Robyn Rowan Hitchcock b. 3 March 1953 Paddington, London
Eye is the eighth studio album and fourth solo album by Robyn Hitchcock.
6. Fergus Hambleton: Slow Fade Into Black
(Fergus Hambleton)
NeighbourHoods: Current Records 40391
Toronto
Tim Bovaconti: guitar
Neil Chapman: guitar
Eric St. Laurent: guitar
George Koller: bass
Bob Cohen: bass
Davide DiRenzo: drums
John Adames: drums
Michael Daquevado, Ed Hanley: percussion
Julie Long: piano
Lou Pomanti: organ
Kevin Fox: cello
Drew Jurecka: violin
Howard Moore: trumpet
Ryan Garbett: French horn
Hermina George, Julie Long, Emily Steinwall, Tim Bovaconti: bg vocals
Fergus Hambleton: vocals, guitar, piano, recorder, clarinet, sax
Produced by Fergus Hambleton, 2019
Recorded at Kensington Sound, Toronto by Vezi Tayyeb
Mastered by Joao Carvalho
One of the mainstays of the great Canadian reggae band The Sattalites, Fergus is a Juno Award winning singer-songwriter.
7. Chris Barber’s Jazz Band: Sweet Savannah Sue
(Fats Waller)
Chris Barber Special: Nika Jazz Today Series: NJE 1007
London UK
Chris Barber: trombone
Pat Halcox: trumpet
Monty Sunshine: clarinet
Lonnie Donegan: banjo
Ron Bowden: drums
Mickey Ashman: bass
Produced by Denis Preston, 1955
Recorded by Eric Tomlinson
Donald Christopher Barber b. 17 April 1930 Welwyn Garden City UK / d. 2 March 2021 (90)
Barber was an English jazz musician who scored a UK top twenty trad jazz hit with "Petite Fleur" in 1959 and helped begin the careers of many musicians. One of them was banjo player Lonnie Donegan, whose appearances with Barber triggered the skiffle craze of the mid-1950s with his first transatlantic hit, "Rock Island Line", that he recorded while still performing with Chris Barber's band. Alexis Korner came out of his band, and Barber sponsored African-American blues musicians to visit Britain, which makes him a significant figure in launching the British rhythm and blues and "beat boom" scenes that would eventually erupt as the British Invasion. He also briefly played with Ken Colyer’s band.
8. Dave Davies: Move Over
(Dave Davies)
AFL1 3603: RCA Victor AFL1-3603
London UK
Dave Davies: lead guitar, vocal, keys
Nick Trevisick: drums
Ron Lawrence: bass
Produced by Dave Davies 1980
Recorded at Konk Sound, London by John Rollo
Mastered at Masterdisc, NYC
David Russell Gordon Davies (born London UK 3 February 1947)
Davies has played a number of guitars over time, the most recognizable of which is his Gibson Flying V. Davies bought it in 1965, and soon began appearing live and on TV performances with it. Davies was one of the few guitarists who played Flying Vs at the time. It was, in that period, out of issue due to lack of interest upon its 1958 test release, and models were numbered. Guitarists like Lonnie Mack, Jimi Hendrix, Albert King and Davies himself helped stir interest in the instrument, and it would eventually become one of the signature guitars of the heavy metal era.
Davies commented on his Flying V:
“I used to play a Guild custom built guitar and the airline lost it on our first American tour in '64 or '65. ... I had to get a replacement quick. I went into a store and they didn't have anything I liked. I saw this dusty old guitar case and I said "What have you got in there?" he said "Oh, that's just some silly old guitar." He got it out and I bought it for about $60.”
9. The Sadies with Kurt Vile: The Good Years
(The Sadies)
Northern Passages: YepRoc Records YEP-2493
Ontario
Kurt Vile: lead vocals
Mike Belitsky: drums
Sean Dean: bass
Dallas Good: guitars, keys, banjo, vocals
Travis Good: guitars, mandolin, fiddle, vocals
Produced by Dallas Good, 2017
Recorded by Guillermo Subauste in Margaret Good’s Basement, Newmarket ON
Mixed at Pacha Sound
Mastered by Peter J Moore at The E Room, Toronto
10. Jon Brooks: Safer Days
(Jon Brooks)
Moth Nor Rust: Fallen Tree Records Test Pressing
Toronto ON
Jon Brooks: guitar, vocal
Joe Ernewein: electric guitar
John Showman: violin
Vivienne Wilder: double bass, vocals
Produced by Jason LaPrade and Neil Cruickshank, 2019
Only five of these records were ever made coz Jon gave me one of his test pressings. So mine doesn’t have a cover; it just sits in a white inner-sleave. This is a redo of his excellent 2009 CD of the same name. The running order is different on the new LP and a couple of songs were changed and it sounds amazing. He just thought that it would be a cool thing to update the album.
11. The Doors: People Are Strange
(The Doors)
Strange Days: Elektra EKS 74014
Los Angeles CA
Jim Morrison: vocals
Ray Manzarek: keys
Bobby Krieger: guitar
John Densmore: drums
Douglas Lubahn: bass
Produced by Paul A Rothchild, 1967
Recorded by Bruce Botnick at Sunset Sound, Hollywood
Arguably, this was the best Doors album Rothchild produced. After this they got too bogged down in arrangements. It wasn’t until the band forced their will on Rothchild and recorded Morrison Hotel, trying to bring back that old Doors magic. The following album, L.A. Woman, saw them break with Rothchild as engineer Bruce Botnick worked with the band, producing what many believe is their best album. Their final album with Jim Morrison.
12. David Wilcox: Shake It Baby
(Trad)
My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble: Capitol Records Canada (Re-Issue) SN 66171
Toronto
David Wilcox: guitar, vocals
Others not listed
Produced by Sadia, 1983
David Karl William Wilcox b. July 13, 1949 Montreal, QC
A Toronto ‘best kept keepsake’ – one of a kind, not to be confused with the U.S. folk musician with the same name.
13. Count Basie Orchestra: I Wanna Be Your Man
(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)
14. Manfred Mann: 5-4-3-2-1
(Jones / Hugg / Mann)
The Best of Manfred Mann: EMI Records M-11688
London UK
Manfred Mann keyboards
Mike Hugg drums, vibes
Dave Richmond bass
Mike Vickers guitar, alto sax, flute
Paul Jones vocals, harmonica
Produced by John Burgess, 1964
Compilation Produced 1977
In 1964 the group was asked to provide a new theme tune for the ITV pop music television program Ready Steady Go! They responded with "5-4-3-2-1" a song about the music charts which, with the help of weekly television exposure, rose to No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart
15. Nobby Clegg & The Civilians: I Wanna Be In Commercials
(Nobby Clegg Band)
Toronto Calling Sampler: El Mocambo Records ELMO 759
Toronto ON
Andrew Nicholls: guitars, keys, bg vocal
Darrell Vickers: vocals
Bill Telep: guitars, bg vocal
Bruce Haxton: bass
Brian Hamilton: drums
Produced by Andrew Nicholls and Darrell Vickers, 1981
Recorded by Paul Lachapelle
Little known Toronto indie band (1979-82) who’s songwriters, Andrew Nicholls and Darrell Vickers, went on to work with Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show as head writers. Both born in the UK, their families moved to Oshawa, Ontario around the same time. They met there in junior high. In 1983 they decided to move to California and worked on the Tonight Show (as head writers), earning themselves four Emmy Awards nominations. They have written for George Carlin, Rodney Dangerfield, Alan Thicke and Mickey Rooney, to name a few.
16. kd lang: Full Moon Full of Love
(Jeannie Smith / Leroy Preston)
Absolute Torch and Twang: Sire Records 92 58771
Consort AB
Ed Thigpen: drums
David Piltch: upright bass
Michael Creber: piano
Greg Leisz: lap steel
Gordie Matthews: electric guitar
Ben Mink: violin, guitar
Produced by Greg Panny, Ben Mink & kd lang, 1989
Recorded by Joe Seta and Greg Penny at Vancouver Studios, Vancouver BC
Kathryn Dawn Lang b. November 2, 1961 (age 59) Edmonton, Alberta
Sweet Marie – remember the chocolate covered candy bar of that name? But the song ‘Sweet Marie has the distinction of being the first woman to make a recording: Ada Jones (1873 - 1922) who was recorded on Edison cylinder discs as early as 1893. It was a song called Sweet Marie. Ada Jones died 100 years ago
17. Painter: Going Home To Rock and Roll
(Painter)
Painter: Elektra Records EKS 75071
Edmonton AB
Dan Lowe (guitar)
Doran ‘Dorn’ Beattie (vocals)
Bob ‘Herb’ Ego
Royden ‘Wayne’ Morice (bass)
Barry Allen (vocals, Rhythm guitar)
Produced by Dan Lowe, 1973
Recorded by Jim Gaines at Kaye-Smith Studios, Seattle WA
Barry Allen Rasmussen b. Edmonton AB July 29, 1945 / d. April 4, 2020
Edmonton band Painter, featuring the vocals of the late Barry Allen, recorded an album and released a few singles, one of which charted as a hit: "West Coast Woman". Before being transformed into Hammersmith, Allen left the band. When his solo career fizzled, he teamed up with a few other bands in the '70s, before opening up a recording studio of his own, ‘Homestead Recorders’ in Edmonton. Allen went on to record dozens of Alberta artists including Corb Lund, Wide Mouth Mason, Captain Tractor. Towards the end of his life he decided to get back into the studio himself and record a few songs for his friends and grandchildren to hear. He came down with cancer a few years ago and finally succumbed.
18. Walter Carlos: Brandenburg Concerto, 3rd Movement
(JS Bach)
Switched-On Bach: Columbia Records – MS 7194
Pawtucket RI
Wendy (Walter) Carlos: Moog Synthesizer
Benjamin Folkman: programmer
Robert Moog: technical advisor
Produced by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind for Trans-electronic Music Productions, Inc, 1968
Recorded in New York City
Wendy Carlos b. November 14, 1939 Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Switched-On Bach peaked on the Billboard chart at number 10 and topped its Classical Albums chart from 1969 to 1972. The album sold over one million copies by June 1974 and in 1986 became the second classical album in history to be certified Platinum by the RIAA. The album was recorded using a custom-built 8-track recording machine constructed by Carlos from components built by Ampex. At the time of release, the album was met with massive negative response from classical music purists, but appealed to the younger ‘hip’ audience. Canadian pianist Glenn Gould spoke highly of Switched-On Bach, saying: "The whole record, in fact, is one of the most startling achievements of the recording industry in this generation and certainly one of the great feats in the history of 'keyboard' performance".
In 1970, the album won three Grammy Awards: Best Classical Album, Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (With or Without Orchestra), and Best Engineered Classical Recording.
19. Pat Travers: Rock ‘N’ Roll Suzie
(Pat Travers)
Makin’ Magic: Polygram Records MIP-1-9336
Toronto ON
Pat Travers: guitar, vocals
Nico McBrain: drums
Pete Cowling: bass guitar
Produced by Emil Zoghby & Pat Travers, 1977
Recorded by Gary Edwards at Wessex Studios, London UK
Patrick Henry Travers b. Toronto April 12, 1954
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