33.45.78 All Vinyl Radio Show
with Steve Fruitman
#460
November 28, 2022
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Icy Door of Love Games
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The Aye Side

1.   Blues Project: Wake Me, Shake Me – 1967
2.   Lorne Lofsky & Ed Bickert: The Cupbearers – 1985 *
3.   Pukka Orchestra: Knocking On Open Doors – 1986 *
4.   Don Brose & The Chords: Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door – 1975 *
5.   The Razorbacks: Knock Knock Bim Bam – 1988 *
6.   John Mills-Cockell: See Stop Shuffle – 1973 *
7.   Johnny Winter: Back Door Friend – 1969
8.   The Doors: Back Door Man – 1967
9.   Mahogany Rush: Man At The Back Door – 1976 *
10. Soft Machine: A Door Opens And Closes - 1969
11. The Clash: Jail Guitar Doors – 1977
12. Pete Townsend: Let My Love Open The Door – 1980
13. Bruce Cockburn: Shipwrecked at The Stable Door – 1988 *
14. Emmerson, Lake & Palmer: Hoedown – 1972
15. Orval Prophet: Goodbye Katie, Bar The Door – 2009 *
16. Mac Beattie: The Stone Outside Dan Murphy’s Door – 1965 *
17. Jimmy Buffett: Door Number Three – 1974
18. The Beegees: Close Another Door – 1968
19. Rufus Guinchard & Kelly Russell: Flowers Of Edinburgh – 1995 *

The Bee Side

1.   Mainline: The Game of Love – 1972 *
2.   Wayne Fontana & Mindbenders: The Game of Love – 1965
3.   Amos Garrett: The Game of Love – 1980 *
4.   Frank Zappa: Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance – 1962
5.   Joni Mitchell: The Circle Game – 1970 *
6.   Brothers-In-Law: The Parliament Game – 1967 *
7.   Pied Pear: The Olympic Dream Game – 1971 *
8.   Buddy Holly: Learning The Game – 1959
9.   Electric Flag: Losing Game - 1967
10. Maynard Ferguson: Jet – 1974 *
11. Jethro Tull: Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day – 1985
12. Daniel Lanois: Ice – 1989 *
13. Frank Soda: Break The Ice – 1981 *
14. Atomic Rooster: Break The Ice – 1971
15. Moby Grape: Chinese Song – 1971
16. The Beatles: No Reply – 1964

CanCon = 54%


And Now for The Particulars:

The Aye Side

RIP Danny Kalb 1942-2022
   
1.   Blues Project: Wake Me, Shake Me
(Billy Guy / Arr by Al Kooper)
Projections: Verve Folkwaves FT 3008 mono
New York City
Danny Kalb: guitar, vocals
Al Kooper: keyboards, vocals
Steve Katz: guitar, harmonica, vocals
Andy Kulberg: bass, flute
Roy Blumenfeld: drums
Produced by Tom Wilson with Jerry Schoenbaum,  1966
Recorded by Val Valentin engineer

Danny Kalb b. September 9, 1942 Mount Vernon, New York / d. November 19, 2022 (80)

Kalb was a protégé of Dave Van Ronk and became a solo performer and a session musician, performing with such folk singers as Judy Collins, Phil Ochs, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan. At the age of 15 Kalb formed the band Gay Notes and performed with Bob Dylan on a WBAI-FM concert broadcast in 1961. In 1963 Kalb performed in the Ragtime Jug Stompers with his mentor Dave Van Ronk.

In 1965, Kalb formed the Blues Project who went on to record three great albums of New York City blues. They lasted until 1971.

Howard L. Solomon (Cafe au Go Go owner and promoter) wrote in a 1999 email to Kalb's Webmaster, "Danny Kalb ... is up there with the best of all blues legends ... His work for me at Cafe' au Go Go was amazing ... I've worked with the greatest of all time and he is at the top ... Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall, Zappa, all greats, but Danny will emerge in the top 5."

He stopped performing due to bad health after releasing his final album in 2013 called Moving in Blue.

2.   Lorne Lofsky & Ed Bickert: The Cupbearers
(Tom McIntosh)
The Quartet of Lorne Lofsky and Ed Bickert and Friends: Unisson Records DDA-1002
Toronto ON / Hochfeld, Manitoba
Lorne Lofsky: guitar (left channel)
Ed Bickert: guitar (right channel)
Neil Swainson: bass
Jerry Fuller: drums
Produced by Bill Hemmerick and Ted OReilly, 1985
Recorded by Ted OReilly, Phil Sheridan and Joe Finlan at McClear Place Studios, Toronto

3.   Pukka Orchestra: Knocking On Open Doors
(Graham Williamson / Pukka Orchestra)
The Palace of Memory: Major Lable Records 12PUK010
Toronto ON
Graham Williamson: vocal, keys
John Anderson: drums
Mike Kahn: bass
Tony Duggan-Smith: guitar
Neil Chapman: guitar
John Whynot: keys
David Morrow: keys
Ron Allen: emulator
OK Chorale: bg vocals
Gordon Phillips: jaw harp
Produced by Pukka Orchestra, 1986
Recorded at Enormus Sound Studios, Toronto by Tom Adam

Active years: 1979–1988

The band's name is derived from the Hindi word pukka, which in UK slang can mean "very good". The single, Rubber Girl, was their first recording, self-financed and produced. The band’s first album came out three years later, in 1984. The Toronto Police Service attempted to block radio airplay of their hit, "Cherry Beach Express",  due to its theme of opposition to police brutality. The Palace of Memory was their last record, a four song EP.

4.   Don Brose & The Chords: Knocking On Heavens Door
(Bob Dylan)
50th Anniversary Collectors Item: Ram Records C 137
North Bay ON
Bob Brose: vocals
John Ranger: keys
Bill Baines: bass, guitar
John Joe Vendetti: drums (d. August 4, 2012)
Produced by John Ranger, 1975
Recorded by Ken Fraser at Ram Studios, North Bay

Don Brose b. North Bay, ON 1937

Brose started The Chords in 1959 and claimed: "As a new band nobody would hire us in North Bay. We had to play in places like Trout Creek, South River, Sturgeon Falls and Lavigne. We used to do square dances." He smiles as he remembers. "We didn't get to play (the big time) in North Bay until 1962."

Don Brose is now President of the North Bay Musicians Hall of Fame. This is the only LP that I know of that Brose appeared on; he also recorded a 45 for Vintage Records in 1973. Don Brose from North Bay was inducted into the Northern Ontario Country Music Association's Hall of Fame on November 7th, 2015.

5.   Razorbacks: Knock Knock Bim Bam
(Bobby Carroll / C Connelly)
Go To Town: Other Peoples Music - TJD-2102
Toronto ON
Tony Kenny: guitar, vocals
Joe Myke: bass
Don Dekouchay: drums
Produced by Chris Spedding, 1988
Recorded at Wellesly Sound, Toronto by Tod Cutler

Rockabilly trio that I used to see busking on the streets of Toronto. Recorded two albums before disintegrating into the ether.
Active from 1986–1996.

6.   John Mills-Cockell: See Stop Shuffle
(John Mills-Cockell)
Heartbeat: True North Records TN12
Toronto ON
John Mills-Cockell, synths, keys, vocals
Wayne Smith, percussion
Malcolm Tomlinson, vocals, percussion
J.M.C. percussion
Alan Wells, percussion
Irv Copesteak, percussion
Tony Mendez, percussion
Sandy McDonald, percussion
Doug Pringle, sax
Produced by John Mills-Cockell, 1973
Recorded by Dave Stock, Chris Skene, Irv Copesteak, Larry Morey, Chris Tait, Nick Gurr, Phil Ross, Ron Gregory, Cliff Phelps, Gary Hill & Ken Fraser
Recorded at Eastern Sound, CBC 4-s, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Creative Electronics Lab
Mastered at RCA Victor, Toronto

John Mills-Cockell (born 19 May 1943) in Toronto. Was the first Canadian to purchase a full fledged Moog Synthesizer in 1967, joined Kensington Market then ran his own band, Syrinx. He currently lives on Vancouver Island, still composing

Says Mills-Cockell about the Moog: “We got wind of this instrument called a Moog synthesizer, and it seemed like a dream come true, as far as I was concerned. We had been making our own electronic instruments: playing with tape recorders, jerry-rigging things together. It turned out [Dr. Moog] was in upstate New York, which is not that far from Toronto, and we drove there in our Volkswagen psychedelic van to see him.”

7.   Johnny Winter: Back Door Friend
(Lightnin' Hopkins / Stan Lewis)
Johnny Winter: Columbia Records US - CS 9826
Beaumont TX
Johnny Winter: lead guitar, slide guitar, harmonica, vocals
"Uncle" John Turner – percussion

Produced by Johnny Winter and Steve Paul, 1969
Recorded in Nashville TN

The last song on Johnny’s debut LP for Columbia

8.   The Doors: Back Door Man
(Willie Dixon / Chester Burnett)
The Doors: Elektra Records EKS 74007
Los Angeles CA
Jim Morrison: Lead vocals, tambourine,
Robby Krieger: Gibson SG, backing vocals
Ray Manzarek: Vox Continental, Marxophone, Keyboard bass, backing vocals
John Densmore: Drums, backing vocals
Paul Rothchild: Backing vocals
Produced by Paul A Rothchild, 1967
Recorded by Bruce Botnick at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood

The Doors recorded "Back Door Man" for their 1967 self-titled debut album. Doors' guitarist Robby Krieger introduced the other members of the group to a blues rock adaptation of version of the song recorded by John Hammond Jr. for his 1964 album Big City Blues. It was written by blues legions Willie Dixon and Howlin’ Wolf.

9.   Mahogany Rush: Man At The Back Door
(Frank Marino)
Mahogany Rush IV: Kotai Records (Columbia) WBC 34190
Montreal QC
Frank Marino: guitars, vocals
Jim Ayoub: drums
Paul Harwood: bass
Produced by Frank Marino, 1976
Recorded at Tempo Studios, Montreal by Billy Szawlowski and Ian Terry

10. Soft Machine: A Door Opens And Closes
(Mike Ratledge)
The Soft Machine – Volume Two: ABC  – CPLP 4505 S
Canterbury UK
Mike Ratledge – keys
Hugh Hopper – bass guitar; alto saxophone
Robert Wyatt – drums, lead and backing vocals
Produced by Soft Machine, 1969
Recorded at Olympic Studios, London

11. The Clash: Jail Guitar Doors
(J Strummer / M Jones)
The Clash: Epic Records 36060
London UK
Mick Jones: guitars, vocals
Joe Strummer: guitars, vocals
Paul Simonon: bass
Nicky Headon: drums
Produced by The Clash & Bill Price, 1977
Recorded February 1977 at CBS Studios in London and National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, England

This was originally the B side of the bands fourth single Clash City Rockers. Subsequently it was left off the British version of this, their first album. The song actually originated with Strummer’s former band The 101ers as Lonely Mother’s Son with much the same chorus: “Clang clang go the jail guitar doors”. Interestingly, the song mentions three prominent musicians: Wayne Kramer of the MC5, Peter Green of the Fleetwood Mac, and Keith Richards.

12. Pete Townsend: Let My Love Open The Door
(Pete Townsend)
45 single bw And I Moved: Atco Records 7217
London
Pete Townsend: vocal, guitar, synth
Tony Butler: bass
Simon Phillips: drums
"Rabbit" Bundrick: keys
Pete Hope-Evans: harmonica
Produced by Chris Thomas, 1980
Recorded by Bill Price at  Eel Pie Studios
Mastered By TY, Timtom

13: Bruce Cockburn: Shipwrecked At The Stable Door
(Bruce Cockburn)
Big Circumstance: True North Records TN 70
Ottawa ON
Bruce Cockburn: vocals, guitar, harmonica
Fergus Jamison Marsh: bass, Chapman Stick
Hugh Marsh: violin
Jon Goldsmith: keyboards, autoharp
Michael Sloski: drums, percussion
Myron Schultz: clarinet
Judy Cade: background vocals
Mary Margaret O'Hara: bg vocals
Mose Scarlett: bg vocals
Produced by Jon Goldsmith, 1988
Recorded by John Naslen at Manta Sound, Toronto

14. Emerson Lake & Palmer: Hoedown
(Aaron Copeland / Carl Palmer / Keith Emerson / Greg Lake)
Trilogy: Cotillion ‎– SD 9903
London UK
Carl Palmer: percussion
Keith Emerson: keys
Greg Lake: bass
Produced by Greg Lake, 1972
Recorded at Advision Studios, London October 1971–January 1972 by Eddy Offord
Mastered by Barry Diament

What a great medley of fiddle tunes by Emmerson Lake and Palmer!

15. Orval Prophet: Goodbye Katie, Bar The Door
(Vic McAlpin)
Canadian Country vol 2: British Archive of Country Music – BACM CD D 273
Edwards ON
Orval ‘Rex’ Prophet: guitar, vocal
Others not listed
Produced for Decca, 1954
Compilation Produced by Lynn Russwurm, 2009

Originally billed as The Canadian Plowboy

16. Mac Beattie & Ottawa Valley Melodiers: The Stone Outside Dan Murphy’s Door
(Mac Beattie)
Sing A Song: Banff Rodeo – RBS 1243
Arnprior ON
Mac Beattie: vocal, drums
Reg Hill: fiddle, bass
Gaetan Fairfield: guitar
Bob Whitney: alto sax, drums
Allan Utronki: steel, spanish guitar, bass
Jimmy Mayhew: piano
Produced by George Taylor, 1965

John McNab Beattie, b Arnprior, ON 21 Dec 1916 / d 14 Jun 1982 Arnprior (65)

17. Jimmy Buffett: Door Number Three
(Jimmy Buffett / Steve Goodman)
A1A: ABC Dunhill Records – DSD 50183
Mobile Alabama
Jimmy Buffett: acoustic guitar, vocal
Roger Bartlett: guitar
Steve Goodman: acoustic lead guitar
Reggie Young: electric lead guitar
Doyle Gresham: steel
Greg Taylor: harmonica
Tommy Cogbill: bass
Mike Uttley: keysw
Ferrel Morris: percussion
Sammy Creason: drums
Buzz Cason, Bergen White, Don Grant: bg vocals
Produced by Don Grant, 1974
Recorded by Tommy Semmes, Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville

The songs for A1A, Buffett’s 5th album, were all written by him except for "Door Number Three," a novelty song about the game show Let's Make a Deal co-written with Steve Goodman

Monty Hall: Monte Halparin b. August 25, 1921 / d. Winnipeg September 30, 2017 (96), one of Canada’s trio of game-show exports to the US. Others were Art Linkletter b. Arthur Kelly July 17, 1912 Moose Jaw SK / d. May 26, 2010 (97) Los Angeles, was host of ‘People Are Funny’ and Alex Trebek, b. July 22, 1940, Sudbury ON / d. November 8, 2020 (aged 80) Los Angele . Hall became the host of the game show Let's Make a Deal, which he developed and produced with partner Stefan Hatos.

Backup vocalist Buzz Cason, a Nashville songwriter known for his composition Everlasting Love. His 1962 song, "Soldier of Love" – a co-write - was covered by The Beatles on their Live at the BBC sessions.

18. The Beegees: Close Another Door
(Barry Gibb / Robin Gibb / Maurice Gibb)
45 single bw To Love Somebody: Atco Records 6503
Isle of Man, UK / Redcliff, Australia
Robin Gibb: lead vocals
Barry Gibb: acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Maurice Gibb: bass and acoustic guitar
Colin Petersen: drums
Vince Melouney: lead guitar
Bill Shepherd: Accompaniment Director
Produced by Robert Stigwood, 1967
Recorded April, 1967 at Ryemuse Studios, London

Formed in 1958, The Beegees brothers moved to England from their native Australia in 1967. Their first hit song on this side of the ocean was the New York Mining Disaster 1941. To Love Somebody followed soon after and became one of their biggest all time hits. Close Another Door was on the B side. They followed this with a dozen other hits before going disco in the latter 1970s to resurrect their then faltering career.

19. Rufus Guinchard w Kelly Russell: Flowers of Edinburgh
(Trad)
Newfoundland Fiddler: Pigeon Inlet PIPCD 7333
Hawke's Bay, NL
Kelly Russell: guitar
Rufus Guinchard: violin
Produced by Kelly Russell, 1995
Recorded by Kelly Russell, Hawke's Bay NL 1981 and Jason Whelan at Sound Solution, St. John's

The Bee Side

1.   Mainline: Game of Love
(Mendelson Joe)
The Mainline Bump n Grind Revue: GRT Records 9230-1015
Toronto ON
Mendelson Joe: guitar, vocals
Michael McKenna: guitar
Tony Nolasco: drums
Ted Purdy: bass
Ronnie Jacobs: horns
Zeke Sheppard: harmonica, vocals
Adam Mitchel: harmonium
Daisy DeBolt: vocals
Leo Trotter: tenor sax
Rummy Bishop: Announcer
Produced by Adam Mitchell - 1972
Recorded by Jay Messina, Carmine Rubino, Jack Douglas & Frqank Huback w Record Plants Mobile, live at The Victory Burlesk theater, Toronto

Recorded live in Toronto’s evocative burlesque strip club, complete with performing strippers. Was one of Moses Znaimer’s first simulcasts, on CHUM-FM.

2.   Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders: The Game Of Love
(C Ballard Jr)
45 Single: Fontana Records F-1509X
Manchester UK
Wayne Fontana: vocals
Bob Lang: bass
Eric Stewart: guitars, vocals
Ric Rothwell: drums
Jimmy O'Neil: keyboards
Graham Foote: guitars

Produced by Wayne Fontana, 1965

Glyn Geoffrey Ellis b. Manchester UK 28 October 1945 / d. August 6, 2020 (74) Manchester

Fontana, who took his stage name from Elvis Presley’s drummer DJ Fontana and had nothing to do with Fontana records (a subsidiary of Philips). He formed The Mindbenders in 1963. After scoring a US No. 1 with Game of Love in 1965, Fontana dropped the Mindbenders and struck out on his own, never really amounting to much. The Mindbenders, however, struck gold on their own with Groovy Kind Of Love and Ashes to Ashes.

3.   Amos Garrett: Game Of Love
(Mendelson Joe)
Go Cat Go: Stony Plain Records SPL 1034
Turner Valley, AB
Amos Garrett: vocals, guitar
Phil Aaberg: keys
Mac Cridlin: bass
Scott Matthews: drums
Bill Slais: sax
Hiroshi Sato: synths
Michael Melford: mandolin
Dave Berger: harmonica
Daryl Coley, Larry Roberson, Kyle Wright: bg vocals
Produced by Michael Melford, 1980
Recorded by Allen Sudduth
Mastered by D.C. at Masterdisk, NYC

Amos Garrett b. Detroit Michigan, November 26,

From 1964 to 1967, Garrett played in the Toronto jug/string band, the Dirty Shames. It was during this period that Garrett took John Hammond Jr. to see Levon and the Hawks for the first time. The Hawks would later be recommended by Hammond to Bob Dylan.

After serving in other peoples’ bands (like Anne Murray, Maria Muldaur, Ian & Syvia’s Great Speckled Bird, Paul Butterfield’s Better Days), Garrett claimed: "I wanted to sing. I loved to sing, but there was no way I could do so being a hired gun for bands." He then signed with the small roots music label, Stony Plain Records and moved to Alberta and formed his band, The Eh Team.

4.   Frank Zappa: Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
(Frank Zappa)
The Lost Episodes: Rykodisc RCD 40573
Los Angeles CA
Frank Zappa: guitar
Chuck Grove: drums
Caronga Ward: bass
Tony Rodriguez: alto sax
Chuck Foster: trumpet
Danny Helferin: piano
Produced by Frank Zappa, 1961
Recorded by Paul Buff at Buff Studios, Cucamonga

This is the first of 3 different versions of the song Zappa recorded. He used hired jazz musicians. At the time, Zappa was playing in a jazz band, playing cocktail lounges performing standard jazz tunes and going crazy. The band was called Joe Perrino and The Mellotones. The owner of Pal Records and studio, Paul Buff, sold his lease to young Frank who got totally absorbed into production, renaming the place Studio Z. Police were skeptical about the place and sent an undercover cop in to commission a party tape which Zappa was able to provide (coz he was starving). The tape contained women having orgasms although there were no actual sex acts happening. But Zappa got busted for conspiracy to manufacture pornographic material and suspicion of sex perversion and spent ten days in jail and Studio Z was closed down. Frank later used the orgasm tape behind the last song on The Mothers’ second album, Absolutely Free, in a song called America Drinks And Goes Home, probably a satirical homage to Joe Perrino and The Mellotones.

His brief imprisonment left a permanent mark, and was central to the formation of his anti-authoritarian stance. Zappa lost several recordings made at Studio Z in the process, as the police only returned 30 out of 80 hours of tape seized. Eventually, he could no longer afford to pay the rent on the studio and was evicted. Zappa managed to recover some of his possessions before the studio was torn down in 1966.

5.   Joni Mitchell: The Circle Game
(Joni Mitchell)
Ladies of the Canyon: Reprise Records ¬ RS 6376
Fort MacLeod AB
Joni Mitchell: guitar, vocal
The Lookout Mountain United Downstairs Choir: David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash.
Produced by Joni Mitchell ¬ 1970
Recorded at A&M Studios, Los Angeles by Henry Lewy

6.   The Brothers-In-Law: The Parliament Game
(Alec Somerville)    
Exposé ’67: Arc records – 257
Windsor ON
Larry Reaume, guitar
Bob Lee, bass
Alex Somerville, banjo
Produced by Arc Records 1967

3 cops from Windsor, singing mostly spoofs on Canadian politics, surprisingly mostly from a left wing point of view, which, needless to say, is highly unusual when you consider the source. They recorded a number of topical albums for Arc Records, tackling issues like The Pill.

7.   Pied Pear: The Olympic Dream Game
(Joe Mock / Rick Scott)
The Pear of Pied Pumkin: Squash Records V#U3
Vancouver BC
Joe Mock: vocal, guitar, piano
Rick Scott: vocal, dulcimer, trombone, rubber clown
Geoff Eyre: drums
Tom Hazlitt: bass
Shari Ulrich: violin, flute, sax
Saint Albert: percussion
Produced by The Pied Pear 1971
Recorded at Pineway Studios, Vancouver by Geoff Turner and Mark McNair

From their first album before they turned themselves into Pied Pumkins by inviting young fiddler Shari Ulrich into their sphere. After she left they miraculously turned themselves back into Pears.

8.   Buddy Holly: Learning The Game
(Buddy Holly)
Buddy Holly's Greatest Hits: MCA Records – MCA 561
Lubbock TX
Buddy Holly: guitar, vocal
Jerry Allison: drums
Jack Hansen: Chorus & Orchestra Leader
Produced by Norman Petty, 1959
Compilation album Produced, 1980

9.   Electric Flag: Losing Game
(Electric Flag)
Groovin Is Easy: Aura Records A 1026
Chicago IL
Buddy Miles: drums
Nick Gravenites: guitar, vocal
Mike Bloomfield: guitar
Barry Goldberg: keys
Harvey Brooks: bass
Marcus Doubleday: trumpet, percussion
Peter Strazza: tenor sax
Herbie Rich: guitar, sax
Michael Fonfara: keys
Compilation Produced, 1982
Recorded live at the Whiskey Au Go-Go, San Francisco 1967

After leaving the Paul Butterfield Blues Band in 1966, Mike Bloomfield formed the Electric Flag who premiered in 1967. Buddy Miles, who would eventually lead the band, was recruited from Wilson Picket as a 19 year old drummer. He would go on to work in the Band of Gypsies with Jimi Hendrix.

10. Maynard Ferguson: Jet
(Paul McCartney)
Chameleon: Columbia Records KC 33007
Toronto
Maynard Ferguson: trumpet, superbone
Stan Mark, Dennis Noday, Lynn Nicholson, Bob Summers: trumpets, flugelhorn
Randy Purcell, Jerry Johnson: trombone
Andy MacKintosh: also sax, flute
Brian Smith: tenor sax, flute, tambourine
Bruce Johnstone: baritone sax
Rick PIetrone: bass
Alan Zavod: keys
Dan D’imperio: drums
Produced by Teo Macero, 1974
Recorded by Stan Tonkel
Mixed by John Guerriere and Tim Geelan
Mastered by Jack Ashkinazy

Walter Maynard Ferguson b. May 4, 1928 Verdun QC / d. Aug 23, 2006 (78) Ventura, California

Obviously, another of the Italian Wedding records Tony’s band used to spin at gigs. And it’s a real funky version of Paul McCartney’s ‘Jet’.

Ferguson came to prominence when he played in Stan Kenton's orchestra before forming his own big band in 1957. In 1959 he was a guest with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Leonard Bernstein, performing Symphony No. 2 by William Russo.  He moved his family to New York in November 1963 to live with Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, and their community from Harvard University. He and his wife Flo used LSD, psilocybin an other psychedelic drugs. They lived there for about three years, playing clubs and recording several albums. Ferguson was mentioned in Tom Wolf’s book, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, which detailed the psychedelic scene.

In 1967, as the Millbrook experiment was ending, Ferguson moved his family to India and taught at the Krishnamurti-based Rishi Valley School near Madras. He later moved to England and later to California.

Ferguson was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2003

11. Jethro Tull: Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day
(Ian Anderson)
Original Masters: Chrysalis Records CHS 41515
London UK
Ian Anderson: flutes, vocals
Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond: bass
Barriemore Barlow: drums, Marimba, Percussion
Martin Barre: Electric Guitar, Guitar
Produced by Ian Anderson and Terry Ellis, 1985

(Originally released on War Child, 1974)

12. Daniel Lanois: Ice
(Daniel Lanois)
Acadie: Opal / WB - 92 59691
Hamilton, ON
Daniel Lanois guitar (steel, electric and acoustic), bass, vocals, omnichord
Malcolm Burn keyboards, guitars, backing vocals
Brian Eno keyboards, vocals
Adam Clayton bass
Larry Mullen, Jr. drums
Produced by Daniel Lanois, 1989
Recorded by Malcolm Burn and Mark Howard, New Orleans LA
Additional Recording at Brian Eno’s Wilderness Studio, UK
Mixed by Malcolm Burn & Daniel Lanois w Mark Howard
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC

13. Frank Soda: Break The Ice
(Frank Soda)
Saturday Night Getaway: Quality Records SV 2093
Toronto ON
Frank Soda: guitars, vocals
Glen Gratto: drums
Peter Crolly: bass
Produced by Michael Tilka 1981
Recorded by Mark Wright at Phase One, Toronto
Half Speed Mastering by George Graves at Lacquer Channel, Toronto

Francesco Soda born in Mangone, Calabria, Italy. Emigrated with his family to Canada in 1957. Grew up in Kitimat, BC where he started playing guitar in the early '60s. His first band The Roots of Innocence went on to win the BC Northwest Battle of the Bands in 1969. After moving to Toronto in 1980 signed a record deal with Quality. Moved back to BC in 1988 and worked with a number of artists including Aerosmith, Loverboy, Bryan Adams, Randy Bachman, and Trooper.

14. Atomic Rooster: Break The Ice
(John Cann)
In Hearing Of Atomic Rooster: Elektra Records EKS 74109
London
Vincent Crane: organ
Paul Hammond: drums
Pete French: vocals
John Cann: guitar
Produced by Vincent Crane & Atomic Rooster, 1971

Vincent Rodney Cheesman b. 21 May 1943 Redding UK / d 14 February 1989 (45) London

Crane co-wrote "Fire", the 1968 hit single by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Influenced by blues organist Graham Bond, Crane took up playing Hammond organ. In late 1966 he formed the Vincent Crane Combo. From there he migrated into The Crazy World of Arthur Brown whose only album was produced by Pete Townsend. During their first tour of the United States in 1968, Crane suffered a nervous breakdown and returned to England where he spent 3 or 4 months in the mental hospital. After that he rejoined the band until it disintegrated in June 1969 when Arthur Brown temporarily disappeared to live in a commune. He and Crane, along with drummer Carl Palmer, soon left to form Atomic Rooster. After releasing their first album, Atomic Rooster drummer Carl Palmer left to form Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Suffering bi-polar disorders, Crane took his own life by ODing on Anadin tablets in 1989 at the age of 45.

15. Moby Grape: Chinese Song
(Skip Spence)
20 Granite Creek: Reprise Records – K-44152 (UK version)
San Francisco CA
Peter Lewis - rhythm guitar, vocals
Jerry Miller - lead guitar, vocals
James R Mosley - bass, vocals
Alex ‘Skip’ Spence - rhythm guitar, koto, vocals
Don Stevenson - drums, guitar, vocals
Andy Narell: steel drums
David Rubinson: electric piano, congas
Produced by David Rubinson & Moby Grape Productions - 1971
Recorded at Moby Grape’s House by Quadra-Centric Sound Systems by Ed Bannon; Pacific Recording Studios,
San Mateo by Ed Bannon, David Rubinson and Jerry Zatkin
Mixed at Pacific Recording Studios by David Rubinson

   
16. The Beatles: No Reply
(Lennon / McCartney)
Beatles '65: Capitol Records Canada - T 2228
Liverpool UK
John Lennon: double-tracked lead vocal, acoustic guitar, handclaps
Paul McCartney: harmony vocal, bass guitar, handclaps
George Harrison: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, handclaps
Ringo Starr: drums, handclaps
George Martin: piano
Produced by George Martin, 1964
Recorded by Norman Smith at EMI Studio 2, Abby Road, London

After the music of A Hard Day’s Night, the Beatles began working on the songs for Beatles ’65. From She Loves You to I Should Have Known Better in their second year, their went way beyond the boyish hype with this album. It begins with No Reply and features I’m A Loser, Honey Don’t, She’s A Woman and I Feel Fine, way beyond the way we digested music. It brought us all into another universe that was defined by The Beatles. 


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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 6-8 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