33.45.78 All Vinyl Radio Show
with Steve Fruitman
#361
January 4, 2021
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Screamin' Loud
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      Hour One

1.  Pacific Gas And Electric Co.: Screamin’ – 1970
2.   Headpins: Turn It Loud – 1982 *
3.   Simply Saucer: Baby Nova – 2011 *
4.   Hugh Marsh: Purple Haze – 1987 *
5.   Martha & The Muffins: Teddy The Dink – 1980 *
6.   Pink Floyd: Ibiza Bar – 1969
7.   Mainline: She’s Alright – 1969 *
8.   Guess Who: 8:15 – 1970 *
9.   Mahogany Rush: Jive Baby – 1976 *
10. GoGos: Skidmarks On My Heart – 1981
11. James Brown: No, No, No – 1959
12. The Oh Sees: C – 2018
13. Mountain: Roll Over Beethoven – 1973

Hour Two

1.   Joe Walsh: Meadows - 1973
2.   Rockadrome: T.O. Town – 1969 *
3.   Crowbar: Dead Head Out Of St. John’s – 1972 *
4.   Kingbees: My Mistake – 1980 *
5.   Deep Purple: Speed King – 1970
6.   Jefferson Airplane: Crown of Creation - 1968
7.   Doors: Riders On The Storm – 1971
8.   Gord Downie & The Sadies: Los Angeles Times – 2014 *
9.   The Replacements: I’ll Buy – 1985
10. Dave Davies: Danger Zone – 1983
11. The Druids of Stonehenge: Pale Dream – 1967
12. Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation: Roamin’ And Ramblin’ – 1968
13. The Beatles: Everybody’s Got Something To Hide – 1968
14. Mack: In The Limelight - 1973

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And Now for The Particulars:


Hour One

1.   Pacific Gas And Electric: Screamin’
(Brent Block)
Are You Ready: Columbia Records CS 1017
Los Angeles CA
Charlie Allen: vocals
Glenn Schwartz: lead guitar
Tom Marshall: guitar
Brent Block: bass
Frank Cook: drums
Produced by John Hill, 1970
Recorded by Mark Friedman, Glen Kolotkin and Tim Geelan

A California based blues band that came together in 1967 and shared members with Canned Heat and The James Gang, went on to record 6 albums. Their leader Charlie Allen was their main lead vocalist; needing to place him front and centre on stage, they hired ex-Canned Heat drummer Frank Cook. Allen died in 1990 at the age 48. They never caught the world on fire but they were a good band who released several decent albums.

2.   The Headpins: Turn It Loud
(Brian MacLeod)
Turn It Loud: Solid Gold Records SGR 1010
Vancouver BC
Brian MacLeod: guitar
Ab Bryant: bass
Darby Mills: lead vocal
Bernie Aubin: drums
Produced by Bill Henderson & Brian MacLeod, 1982
Recorded and Mixed by David Slagter at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, NYC

The Headpins were founded as a side project in the late 1970s by then Chilliwack members Ab Bryant and Brian MacLeod. Darby Mills (the second lead vocalist for the band) was born on 1959 in Vernon, BC and joined the band in 1981. "Turn It Loud", quickly went platinum and topped the charts for six weeks. They toured Europe with Whitesnake and had several hit singles.


3.   Simply Saucer: Baby Nova
(Edgar Breau)
Baby Nova: Schizo Phrenic Records SCHIZ #79
Hamilton ON
Edgar Breau: vocals, guitars
Kevin Christoff: bass
Joe Csontos: drums
Steve Foster: guitar
Daniel Wintermans: guitar
McKinley Jackson: piano
Produced by Jeff Maier, 2011
Recorded by Jim Diamond at Ghetto Recorders, Detroit
Additional overdubs by Steve Foster at Napier Park Studio, Hamilton
Mixed at The Launch Pad, Detroit by Jeff Meier

Simply Saucer has been one of Hamilton’s great musical secrets. The band formed in the mid-1970s  and was heavily influenced by the Velvet Underground, early Pink Floyd, and the Stooges. The original band broke up in 1979 and leader Edgar Breau went solo but regrouped in 2006 and have gigged ever since.


4.   Hugh Marsh: Purple Haze
(Jimi Hendrix)
Shaking The Pumpkin: Duke St Records DSR 31043
Toronto ON 
Robert Palmer, vocal
Hugh Marsh, violin
Jon Goldsmith, keys
Rob Piltch, guitar
Kevan McKenzie, drums
BJ Nelson, bg vox
Rob Yale, fairlight
Produced by Jonathan Goldsmith & Kerry Crawford, 1987
Recorded by John Naslen at Manta Sound, Toronto

Hugh Marsh b. June 5, 1955 in Montreal, Quebec

Has been in Bruce Cockburn’s band, backed Loreena McKennitt, Don Ross and countless others. Marsh's collaboration with Robert Palmer on "Purple Haze" became a radio hit in Canada and the United States. He continues to record and back up others with his electric violin.


5.   Martha & The Muffins: Teddy The Dink
(Mark Gane / B Harvey)
Trance And Dance: Vindisc VL 2207
Toronto ON
Carl Finkle: bass
Mark Gane: guitar, synth
Tim Gane: drums
Andy Haas: sax
Martha Johnson: vocal, keys
Martha Ladly: vocal, keys, trombone
Produced by Mike Howlett, 1980
Recorded by Richard Manwaring at The Manor

Active from 1977 to the present, the band did its first gig at the Ontario College of Art and Design. A band with two women named Martha although Martha Johnson was the lead vocalist. Searching for a name, they decided to temporarily call the band Martha And The Muffins which seemed to stick. They had international success with their hit song Echo Beach. Trance And Dance was their second LP.


6.   Pink Floyd: Ibiza Bar
(Wright / Mason / Waters / Gilmore)
More: Capitol Records Canada ST 6318
Cambridge UK
Roger Waters: bass guitar, tape effects, percussion, backing vocals
Nick Mason: drums, percussion
Richard Wright: Farfisa organ, Hammond M-102 spinet organ, piano, vibraphone
David Gilmour: acoustic, electric, slide, flamenco guitars, percussion, lead vocals
Produced by Pink Floyd, 1969
Recorded at Pye Studios, London

This is one of the heaviest songs of the early Pink Floyd, recorded on the soundtrack for the film ‘More’. It was the band’s third LP and was the band's first album without the involvement of former Floyd leader, Syd Barrett. Coming close on the heels of “Saucerful of Secrets”, it was a Floyd side-project and worked out most of the music in only two weeks. It was the band’s thinking that this might provide them with a more solid foundation in case their records didn’t sell well. They were still very unsure of themselves after losing Syd.


7.   McKenna Mendelson Mainline: She’s Alright
(Joe Mendelson)
45 single bw Better Watch Out: Liberty Records F-56120
Toronto ON
Mike McKenna: lead guitar
Joe Mendelson aka Mendelson Joe: lead vocal, guitar
Tony Nolasco: drums
Michael Harrison: bass
Produced by Liberty Records House Staff, 1969

Still one of the best bands Canada has ever produced. This is from their single, produced in mono!

8.   Guess Who: 8:15
(Randy Bachman / Burton Cummings)
American Woman: RCA LSP 4266
Winnipeg MB
Randy Bachman: guitar
Burton Cummings: keys, vocals
Gary Peterson: drums
Jim Kale: bass
Produced by Jack Richardson, 1970
Recorded by Brian Christian at RCA Mid-America Recording Center, Studio B, Chicago

One of the greatest Canadian albums of 1970 had to be American Woman. Every song on this album represents the culmination of Bachman / Cummings and it’s by far, my favourite Guess Who album. Of course, Randy B would quit the band to form Brave Belt (aka BTO), cutting a big piece out of the heart of the band. In fact, it took the hiring of two guitar slingers to replace him!


9.   Mahogany Rush: Jive Baby
(Frank Marino)
Mahogany Rush IV: Columbia Records WPC 34190
Montreal QC
Frank Marino: guitar, vocal
Jim Ayoub: drums
Paul Harwood, bass
Produced by Frank Marino, 1976
Recorded by Billy Szawlowski and Ian Terry at Tempo Studios, Montreal

I remember standing in front of Fisherville Jr. High one day with Geddy, Alex and John (Rutsy) when they were discussing the fact that there was another Canadian band from Montreal using the name Rush. Geddy was certain that they had proof of being the first band to use that name. I don’t know what happened after that, but the end result was that neither band would challenge the other’s use of the name, as long as the Montreal band continued using Mahogany. As it turned out, both bands did quite well for themselves.


10. 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.


11. James Brown & The Famous Flames: No, No, No
(James Brown)
Please Please Please: King / Regency Records 909
Barnwell, SC
James Brown:  lead vocals
Bobby Byrd:  bg vocals
Johnny Terry:  bg vocals
Sylvester Keels: bg vocals
Bill Hollings:  bg vocals
Louis Madison:  bg vocals
Nafloyd Scott:  guitar
Clifford Scott:  tenor saxophone
Kenny Burrell:  guitar
Edwyn Conley:  bass
George Dorsey:  alto sax
John Faire:  guitar
David "Panama" Francis:  drums
Reginald Hall:  drums
Edison Gore:  drums
Ernie Hayes:  piano
Clarence Mack:  bass
Carl Pruitt:  bass
Wilbert Smith:  tenor sax
Ray Felder:  tenor sax
Alvin "Fats" Gonder:  piano
Eddie Freeman:  guitar
Produced by Ralph Bass, 1959
Recorded February 24, 1956-September 18, 1958

James Joseph Brown b. May 3, 1933, Barnwell, South Carolina / d. December 25, 2006, Atlanta, Georgia

12. The Oh Sees: C
(Oh Sees)
Mojo Magazine free flexi-disc: Mojo August 2018
San Francisco CA
John Dwyer: guitar
Tim Hellman: bass
Dan Rincon: drums
Paul Quattrone: drums
Produced by John Dwyer, Eric Bauer and Enrique Tena Padilla, 2018

A track taken from their album ‘Smote Reverser’, which was released August 17, 2018. It was their 21st album since 2003! The version I have came out on a flexi-disc in the August 2018 edition of Mojo Magazine. And it sounds mighty fine!

RIP Leslie West

13. Mountain: Roll Over Beethoven
(Chuck Berry)
The Best of Mountain: Columbia (Windfall) Records WKC 32079
Long Island, NY
Leslie West: guitars, vocals
Felix Pappalardi: bass, vocals
Corky Laing: drums
Steve Knight: keys
Produced by Felix Pappalardi, 1973
Recorded by Bob d’Orleans

Leslie Weinstein b. New York City October 22, 1945/ d. December 23, 2020 (75) Palm Coast, FL

Leslie West was playing his heavy rocking blues around New York for a few years, always disappointed in how his band was perceived by the music biz. He met Cream’s producer Felix Pappalardi who was impressed with West but decided that he needed a new bass player, so Felix decided to play in West’s Mountain. Cream’s influence on Mountain was undeniable. Their biggest hit song, ‘Mississippi Queen’, was a creative adaptation of folk singer David Rae’s original song. After Mountain broke up in ‘72, West formed another band with Corky Liang (formerly from Montreal) and ex-Cream bassist Jack Bruce:  West, Bruce and Laing. Their first gig was at Carnegie Hall. He went into cardiac arrest on Monday, December 21, 2020[2] and was rushed to a hospital in nearby Palm Coast where he never regained consciousness.

Hour Two

1.   Joe Walsh: Meadows
(Joe Walsh)
The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get: ABC Dunhill – DSX 50140
Wichita KS
Joe Walsh: guitars, vocals
Joe Vitale: drums, ARP Synth
Kenny Passerelli: bass
Rocke Grace: piano
Produced by Joe Walsh & Bill Szymczyk, 1973
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC by Ted Bensen

Joseph Fidler Walsh b. November 20, 1947 Wichita, Kansas

Started out playing in Cleveland band The James Gang and recorded three albums before leaving to have a solo career. He joined The Eagles in 1975, just in time for Hotel California and later played with Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band. As a member of the Eagles, Walsh was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Some say that his guitar solo on Hotel California is one of the greatest ever.

2.   Rockadrome: T.O. Town
(Rockadrome)
Royal American 20th Century Blues: Sound Canada SC-7701
Richmond Hill, ON
R J Dove - lead guitar
Michael R Clancy - guitar
Rick Vallieres - drums
Paul Lachapelle - bass
Produced by Art Snider, 1969
Recorded by Art Snider at Sounds Canada Studios, Toronto

Psychedelic performers, Rockadrome formed in Toronto in 1968 – were given free studio time by Art Snider (one of Canada’s recording pioneers); in exchange, the band had to back his wife on her syrupy album The Allen Sisters. Everything comes with a price!


3.   Crowbar: Dead Head Out Of St. John’s
(Kelly Jay)
Crowbar Classics: Daffodil Records SBA 16030
Ancaster ON
Sonnie Bernardi: percussion
Josef Chirowski: piano, organ
John Gibbard: guitars
Roly Greenway: bass
Kelly Jay: piano, vocals
Rheal Lanthier: guitars
Produced by Love, 1972
Overdubbed at Thunder Sound, Toronto
Recorded by Bill Seddon and Mike Bourne
Mixed by Vinny Triana
Remastering by Robert Ludwig at Sterling Sound, NYC

Henry Blake Fordham (Kelly Jay) b. Toronto d. Calgary AB June 21, 2019 (77)

Crowbar came together in 1970 after the band had been fired as Ronnie Hawkins’ backup band. Fordham was the band’s lead singing keyboard player and was the heart of the band. He co-wrote “Oh What a Feeling” which was inducted into the Canadian Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 2011. Margaret Trudeau (the Prime Minister’s mother), was a Crowbar fan and the band performed at many of Trudeau’s election campaign rallies in 1972. Kelly Jay also became good friends with John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen.


4.   The Kingbees: My Mistake
(Jamie James)
The Kingbees: RSO Records RS-1-3075
Toronto / Los Angeles
Jamie James: guitar, lead vocal
Michael Rummans: bass, bg vocal
Rex Roberts: drums, bg vocal
Produced by David J Holman and Rich Fitzgerald, 1980
Recorded by David J Holman and Mark Ettel

Jamie James b. August 4, 1953, Toronto, ON

The Kingbees was formed by Jamie James (vocals, guitar) in 1979. James started playing guitar at the age of 13. He relocated to London, England in the '70s and released the single "Hello Little Girl." In 1973, he joined an R&B group in Detroit. By the late '70s, James had moved to Southern California and became part of the area's rockabilly scene.

The Kingbees signed with RSO, and their self-titled debut LP appeared in 1980. The album was initially a commercial bust until the track "My Mistake" hit number one in Detroit. RSO went defunct just when their follow-up, The Big Rock, came out. That was it for the band.

In 2000 James went on to form the rock and roll band "DQ and The Sharks" featuring actor/musician Dennis Quaid.


5.   Deep Purple: Speed King
(Blackmore / Gillan / Glover / Lord / Paice)
Deep Purple In Rock: Warner Brothers WS 1877
London UK
Ritchie Blackmore guitar
Jon Lord keyboards: organ
Ian Paice left handed drums, percussion
Ian Gillan: lead vocals
Roger Glover: bass
Produced by Deep Purple, 1970
Recorded by Martin Birch at De Lane Lea Studios October 14, 1969 April 13, 1970
Mastered by Peter Mew

After three good selling albums and several hit songs, Deep Purple decided to re-invent themselves. After hearing what Led Zeppelin were doing, they decided to replace their lead vocalist and bass player and Deep Purple In Rock was the result; one of their best-selling albums world-wide.


6.   Jefferson Airplane: Crown of Creation
(Paul Kantner)
The Worst of Jefferson Airplane: RCA Victor LSP 4459
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, 1968
Recorded at RCA Studios, Hollywood CA by Ritchie Schmitt
Originally on LP Crown of Creation
Compilation album put together by: Jefferson Airplane, Bill Thompson, Pat Ierac

Originally released on the album of the same name, the theme being commercialism, which probably didn’t help the band in the singles game. While the album went on to sell well, the two singles the album produced failed to light up the charts, including Crown of Creation.


7.   The Doors: Riders On The Storm
(The Doors)
L. A. Woman: Elektra Records EKS-25011
Los Angeles CA
Jim Morrison: vocals
Ray Manzarek: Rhodes piano
Bobby Krieger: guitar
John Densmore: drums
Jerry Scheff: bass
Produced and Recorded by Bruce Botnick and The Doors, 1971
Recorded at The Doors Workshop, LA
Mastered by Doug Sax

This was the last song by The Doors featuring Jim Morrison as well as his last recorded song to be released in his lifetime. The single was released in 1971, shortly before Morrison's death. The song was only ever performed live “in concert” twice. It was inspired by the country classic “Ghost Riders In The Sky”. In November 2009, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Jim Morrison recorded his main vocals and then whispered the lyrics over them to create the echo effect.


8.   Gord Downie & The Sadies: Los Angeles Times
(Gord Downie & The Sadies)
And The Conquering Sun: A & C Records – A&C090
Kingston ON / Toronto Area
Mike Belitsky: drums
Sean Dean: bass
Travis Good: vocal, guitar, mandolin
Dallas Good: guitar, keys
Gord Downie: vocals
Produced by Gord Downie & The Sadies, 2014
Recorded by Ken Friesen at The Bath House, Bath ON
Mixed by Bob Rock at Warehouse Studios, Vancouver BC
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC


9.   The Replacements: I’ll Buy
(Paul Westerberg)
Tim: Sire ‎– 92 53304
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tommy Stinson: Bass
Chris Mars: Drums Backing Vocals
Bob Stinson: Guitar
Paul Westerberg: Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Produced by Steven Fjelstad and Tommy Erdelyi, 1985
Recorded by Steve Fjelstad at Nicollet Studios
Mastered By Jack Skinner at Sterling Sound, NYC

The Replacements' history began in Minneapolis in 1978 and lasted until 1999 and have since done some re-union work. They first called themselves "Dogbreath" and began covering songs by Aerosmith, Ted Nugent and Yes without a singer. One day as Paul Westerberg, a janitor in Senator David Durenberger's office, was walking home from work, he heard a band playing in the Stinson brother’s house.

"They didn't even know what punk was. They didn't like punk. Chris had hair down to his shoulders," Westerberg told an interviewer. But after the band members discovered bands like the Clash, the Jam, the Damned and the Buzzcocks, Dogbreath changed its name to the Impediments and played a drunken performance at a church hall gig in June 1980.  After being banned from the venue for disorderly behavior, they changed the name to the Replacements.


10. Dave Davies: Danger Zone
(Dave Davies)
Chosen People: warner Bros Records 1-23927
London UK
Dave Davies: guitar, keys, vocals
Chris Parrin: keys
Robert Henrit: drums
Dave Wintour: bass
Produced by Dave Davies, 1983
Recorded at Konk Sound, London by Steve Churchyard
Mastered by Robert Ludwig at Masterdisk, NYC

David Russell Gordon Davies b. 3 February 1947 Fortis Green, London, England

Brother of Ray Davies, and a life-long member of The Kinks. This is from his third solo album, recorded at The Kinks’ home studio in London called Konk Sound.

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. Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation: Roamin’ An Ramblin’
(Victor Brox)
The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation: Blue Thumb Records BTS 4
London UK
Alex Dmochowski: guitar
Aynsley Dunbar: drums
Keith Tillman: bass
Victor Brox: keys, vocal
Produced by Ian Samwell, 1968
Recorded by Victor Gann

Aynsley Thomas Dunbar (born Liverpool UK, 10 January 1946)

Though he was only 21 when he formed the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, the drummer had already played with several bands of note in both his native Liverpool and London. He did his stint with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (replaced by Mick Fleetwood), after which he played for a few months in the Jeff Beck Group before forming Retaliation.

After Retaliation he formed Blue Whale, releasing one album, he joined Frank Zappa’s newly reformed Mothers of Invention. He later went on to play or record with David Bowie, Lou Reed, Herbie Mann, Mick Ronson, Jefferson Starship, White Snake, UFO, Leslie West, Pat Travers.
Dunbar was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Journey in 2017.

13. The Beatles: Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except For Me and My Monkey
(Lennon / McCartney)
The Beatles: Apple Records SWBO 101
Liverpool
John Lennon: lead vocals, rhythm guitar, percussion, handclaps
Paul McCartney: backing vocals, bass guitar, bell, percussion, handclaps
George Harrison: backing vocals, lead guitar, percussion, handclaps
Ringo Starr: drums, percussion, handclaps
Produced by George Martin, 1968
Recorded at EMI Studios on 27 June 1968, and an overdub session on 1 July

14. Mack: In The Limelight
(A Deguire)
Rock & Becs: Zodiaque Records ZOX-6021
Quebec QC
Andre Deguire: guitar, lead vocals
Luc Giroux: bass, lead vocals
Nicky Catalano: drums
With
Tony Pietroniro: rhythm guitar
Michael Kryton: piano
Gayle Mezo: bg vocal
Produced by Mack, 1973
Recorded by Billy Szawiowski at Tempos Studios, Montreal

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