Side Aye
1. Fleetwood Mac: Jigsaw Puzzle Blues – 1968
2. Beatles: Getting Better – 1967
3. Tornado Warning: Better Days To Come – 1981 *
4. Yardbirds: You’re A Better Man Than I – 1967
5. Herman’s Hermits: Just A Little Bit Better – 1965
6. Hank Williams: You Better Keep It On Your Mind – 1952
7. Sultans Of String: Josie – 2017 *
8. Roger McGuinn: Better Change – 1974
9. Joel Krivy: My Baby Makes Me Feel Better (Live at CIUT) – 2007
10. Buffy Ste. Marie: Gonna Feel Much Better When You’re Gone – 1970
11. Joe King & Corrine Cee: Anything’s Better Than Nothing – 197? *
12. Mendelson Joe: Better Watch Out – 2013 *
13. Bob Ashley & The Reflections: Made In England - 1962 *
14. Smyle: Better Road Ahead – 1970 *
15. Big Sugar: Better Get Used To It – 1998 *
16. Mars Bonfire: Better Luck Next Time *
17. Jorgen Ingmann: Echo Boogie – 1961
Vintage Voices Segment w Laura Gillis and DJ Bill
18. Mark Dinning: Teen Angel – 1960
19. Paul Anka: Diana – 1957 *
20. Beatles: I Should Have Known Better – 1964
The Bee Side
21. Five D: Dimentia – 1967 *
22. The Newbeats: Bread and Butter – 1964
23. Johnny Dee: Can’t Stop Bop – 1982 The *
24. Flip and Skip: Cherry Pie – 1960
25. Lucassie Koperqualuk: Siilaaluujatuuk – 1975 *
26. The Ojays: Rich Get Richer – 1975
27. Los Xochimilcas: Tu Mentiroso Amor – 1968
28. The Fixx: Facing The Wind – 1984
29. Robert Fripp: Heptaparaparashinokh – 1981
30. Free: Remember – 1970
31. The Evaporators: Touch Wood – 2001 *
32. The Oh Sees: C – 2018
33. The Exceptions: Coffee Lady – 2002 *
34. John McLaughlin: Don’t Let The Dragon Eat Your Mother – 1972
35. Andy Shauf: The Magician – 2016 *
36. Mack: In the Limelight – 1973 *
37. Snake Corps: Miracle – 1986
38. Buck Clayton: Blue Goose Special – 1963 *
39. Stan McDonald: Ole Cod Fish – 1986 *
CanCon = 49%
Side Aye
1. Fleetwood Mac: Jigsaw Puzzle Blues
(Danny Kirwin)
45 single: Blue Horizon Records 57-3145
London UK
Peter Green - guitar
Danny Kirwan - guitar
Jeremy Spencer - piano
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Produced by Mike Vernon, 1968
Recorded at Decca Studios, London
Daniel David Langran (Kirwin)
b. 13 May 1950 Brixton, London, UK / d. 8 June 2018 (68) London
2. The Beatles: Getting Better
(Lennon / McCartney)
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band: Capitol Records Canada – 2653
Liverpool UK
Paul McCartney: double-tracked vocals, bass guitar, handclapping
John Lennon: backing vocals, rhythm guitar, handclapping
George Harrison: backing vocals, lead guitar, tambura, handclapping
Ringo Starr: drums, congas, handclapping
George Martin: piano, pianet
Produced by George Martin, Feb to March 1967
Recorded at EMI Studios, Abby Road by Geoff Emerick
3. Tornado Warning: Better Days To Come
(Kevin Barrett)
Saskatchewan Seeds: CHAB 800
Moose Jaw, SK
Ron Grace: guitar, pedal steel, vocal
Jeff Surtees: guitar, vocal
Kevin Barrett: keys, vocals
Jim Walker: drums
Ron Clemens: guitar, vocal
Mike Kraus: bass, vocal
Produced by Tim Thorney, 1981
Recorded by Gerry Galla at Studio West, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
CHAB has been broadcasting from Moose Jaw since 1922
4. Yardbirds: You’re A Better Man Than I
(Mike Hugg / Brian Hugg)
The Hits of The Yardbirds: Capitol Records of Canada 6000 Series – T 6229
London UK
Keith Relf: vocals, harmonica, acoustic guitar, percussion
Jeff Beck: lead guitar
Chris Dreja: rhythm guitar
Paul Samwell-Smith: bass, backing vocals, musical director
Jim McCarty: drums, backing vocals
Produced by Giorgio Gomelsky
First Published in Canada – October 2, 1967
This is just a great song in every respect. One of the most under-rated bands of the British Invasion. They formed in 1963 and saw the likes of Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck playing lead guitar for them. Not that shoddy a CV!
5. Herman’s Hermits: Just A Little Bit Better
(Kenny Young)
The Best Of Hermans Hermits: Quality Records V1783
Manchester UK
Peter Noone: vocals
Derek Leckenby: lead guitar
Keith Hopwood: rhythm guitar
Barry Whitwam: drums
Karl Green: vocals, bass
Produced by Mickie Most, 1965
Herman’s Hermits lead an impressive charge up the charts in 1965. Their barrage started with the release of “Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat” followed by “Silhouettes”, “Mr. Brown (You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter)”, “Wonderful World”, “I’m Henry The VIII, I Am” before releasing “Just A Little Bit Better” in August. (They would go on to release another great single, “A Must To Avoid” in December). All in all, not a bad year for The Hermits.
6. Hank Williams: You Better Keep It On Your Mind
(Hank Williams / Vic McAlpin)
45 single bw Low Down Blues: MGM Records K11675
Mount Olive, Alabama
Hank Williams: guitar, vocal
Jerry Rivers: fiddle
Don Helms: steel guitar
Chet Atkins: lead guitar
Chuck Wright or Ernie Newton: bass
Produced 1954
Recorded 1952
Hiram King Williams:
b. September 17, 1923 Mount Olive AB / d. January 1, 1953 somewhere in Ohio
The second voice on the recording is speculated to be Hank Snow.
7. Sultans of String: Josie
(Sultans of String)
Ten Years Of Music: Fiddlefire Records MKC 2070
Toronto ON
Kevin Laliberté: flamenco guitar
Chris McKhool: violin
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
8. Roger McGuinn: Better Change
(Dan Fogelberg)
Peace On You: Columbia Records KC 32956
Los Angeles CA
Roger McGuinn: 12 string guitars, vocals
Russ Kunkel: drums
Lee Sklar: keys
Paul Harris: guitars
Dan Fogelberg: acoustic guitar
Mark Volman & Howard Kaylan: bg vocals
Produced by Bill & Suzanne Halverson, 1974
Arranged and conducted by Al Kooper
Recorded at The Record Plant and Wally Heider’s, Los Angeles by Michael Verdick, Kurt Kinzel and Bill Dawes
Mastered by Artisan Sound Recorders
James Joseph McGuinn III
b. July 13, 1942 Chicago, Ill
Daniel Grayling Fogelberg
b. Aug 13, 1951 Peoria, IL / d. Dec 16, 2007 (56) Deer Isle, Maine of prostate cancer.After graduation, McGuinn performed solo at various coffeehouses on the folk music circuit where he was hired as a sideman by the Limeliters, the Chad Mitchell Trio. He also played guitar and sang backup harmonies for Bobby Darin. During 1963, just one year before he co-founded The Byrds, McGuinn worked as a studio musician in New York, recording with Judy Collins and Simon & Garfunkel. Because of Beatlemania in 1964, he decided to put a folk music group together to play rock music: thus The Byrds. This is off Roger’s second solo album after leaving The Byrds.
9. Joel Krivy: My Baby Makes Me Feel Better
(Joel Krivy)
Live on Back To The Sugar Camp
King City
Joel Krivy: guitar, vocal
Produced by Steve Fruitman, 2007
Recorded Live at CIUT
10. Buffy Ste-Marie: Gonna Feel Much Better When You’re Gone
(B Ste-Marie)
I’m Gonna Be A Country Girl Again: Vanguard Records VSD 79280
Boston MASS
Buffy Sainte-Marie: guitar, vocals
Grady Martin: electric guitar
Ray Edenton, Velma Smith: guitar
Harald Rugg, Lloyd Green: steel
Wayne Moss, Jerry Shook: bass guitar
Junior Huskey: standup bass
Floyd Cramer: piano
Grover Lavender: fiddle
Sonny Osborne: banjo
Buddy Harman, Bill Ackerman: drums
The Jordanaires: bg vocals
Produced by Bob Lurie & Maynard Solomon 1968
11. Joe King & Corrine Cee: Anything’s Better Than Nothing
(Joe King)
Anything’s Better Than Nothing: Star: STS 70 LP
Cheticamp / Grand Etang, Cape Breton Isle, NS
Joe King: guitar, vocals
Corinne Cee: vocals
Rod McMullen: electric guitar
Ernie Parker: drums
Albert Poirier, rhythm
John Cadeau: steel
Leopold Chaisson: fiddle
Cecil Grainger: bass
Produced by Joe King, circa 1970
12. Mendelson Joe: Better Watch Out
(Mendelson Joe)
Art Is The Healer: Indie – no serial
Emsdale ON
Mendelson Joe: acoustic guitar, bass, drums, lead vocal
Ben Mink: violin, mandolin
Bob Wiseman: keys
Marion Linton: vocals
Produced by Mendelson Joe with Andre Wahl, 2013
Mastered by Brock Fricker
Mendelson Joe aka Birrel Josef Mendelson
b. July 30, 1944 Maple, Ontario / d. February 7, 2023 Ontario
Musician / Painter / Writer / Thinker / Truth Sayer
13. Bob Ashley & The Reflections: Made In England
(Randy Bachman)
Single: Reo Records 8735X
Winnipeg MB
Chad Allan (vocals/guitar)
Bob Ashley (keyboards)
Randy Bachman (guitars)
Jim Kale (bass)
Garry Peterson (drums)
Produced by Dave A. Johnson, 1962
Recorded at Kay Bank Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota by Dave A. Johnson
The early Guess Who. Released on Quality Records Reo subsidiary, deliberately mis-credited to Bob Ashley & The Reflections. By 1965, the group was forced to change its name to Chad Allan & the Expressions after a U.S. group called The Reflections had scored a hit with "Just Like Romeo & Juliet".
14. Smyle: Better Road Ahead
(Don Demmans / Ray Durritt / Pete Rihbany)
Smyle: Columbia Records ES-90017
Burlington ON
Ron Demanns: guitar
Peter Rihbany: bass
Ray Durritt: guitar
Tim Regan: drums
Produced by John Williams, 1970
Recorded by Terry Brown at Toronto Sound Studio
Smyle got together in Hamilton ON in 1967. In 1969 they moved to Toronto after touring the teen circuit for a couple of years. In Toronto they recorded a single "Glory, Glory" which became a hit and secured them a recording contract with Columbia Records. Unfortunately for them, there were no Canadian content laws back then and their 1970 album received little or no airplay. Columbia dropped them and they called it quits after releasing two more 45s independently.
15. Big Sugar: Better Get Used To It
(Dan Gallagher / Gord Johnson / Dave Wall / Gavin Brown)
Heated: A&M Records – 31454 0955-2
Toronto
Backing Vocals – Chris Johnson, Dave Wall, Jeff Ireland, Patrick Ballantyne
Bass, Vocals – Garry Lowe
Design – Garnet Armstrong
Drums – Gavin "Griswald" Brown*
Guitar, Vocals – Gordie Johnson
Harmonica, Melodica, Keyboards, Saxophone
Producered by Gordie Johnson, 1998
Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk
Recorded at The Opium Den, Hardcore Productions, Phase One, Toronto
16. Mars Bonfire: Better Luck Next Time
(Michael McGraw)
MB2: off Spotify
Oshawa ON
Mars Bonfire: lead vocals
Keyboardist Paul Taylor
Vocalist Jacob Bunton
Drummer Ray Luzier (of Korn)
Bassist Chris Collier
Produced by David Minehan, 2018
Recorded at Woolly Mammoth Sound, Waltham, Maine
Dennis Eugene McCrohan aka Dennis Edmonton aka Mars Bonfire
b. Oshawa ON April 21, 1943
This guy was in the Toronto band called The Sparrow(s) who, after leaving the service of original lead vocalist who called himself Jack London (with a fake UK accent) recruited John Kay, went to Los Angeles and became Steppenwolf. Bonfire wrote Born To Be Wild and other songs recorded by Steppenwolf even though he went solo and left the band.
17. Jørgen Ingmann & His Guitar: Echo Boogie
(Jørgen Ingmann)
45 Single bw Apache: Atco Records 6184
Copenhagen DK
Jørgen Ingmann: all instruments
Produced 1961
Jørgen Ingmann
b. April 16, 1925 Copenhagen / d. March 21, 2015 Holte DK (89)
Vintage Voices Segment w Laura Gillis and DJ Bill
18. Mark Dinning: Teen Angel
(J. and R. Surrey)
45 single bw Bye Now Baby: MGM Records 12845X
Drury OK
Produced by Billy Mernit, 1959Mark Dinning
b. August 17, 1933, in Drury, Oklahoma.
19. Paul Anka: Diana
(Paul Anka)
45 single bw Don’t Gamble With Love: Columbia – SCMQ 1080
Ottawa
Paul Anka: vocal
Guitar: George Barnes
Bass: Joe Basso or Milt
Drums: Buddy Salazar
Produced by Herman "Herb" Abramson, 1957
Paul Albert Anka
b. July 30, 1941 Ottawa
20. The Beatles: I Should Have Known Better
(Lennon / McCartney)
A Hard Day’s Night Soundtrack: United Artists Records UAL 3366
Liverpool UK
John Lennon: double-tracked vocal, acoustic rhythm guitar, harmonica
Paul McCartney: bass
George Harrison: twelve-string lead guitar
Ringo Starr: drums
Produced by George Martin
Recorded at Abby Road Studio 2, London UK by Norman Smith 25-26 February 1964
FIRST PUBLISHED IN CANADA JULY, 1964
"I Should Have Known Better" was one of several songs written and recorded specifically for the Beatles' debut movie, "A Hard Day's Night". The harmonica-driven arrangement by the group was similar to that heard on Frank Ifield's recording of "The Wayward Wind", a hit on the UK Singles Chart in March 1963. The Beatles were fans of Ifield and his music, and had covered his hit song "I Remember You" in their Hamburg days in 1962.
The Bee Side
21. Five D: Dimentia
(Five D)
Five D – Ottawa Rocks, Sir John A Years: Sound Investment Enterpirises D-11101
Ottawa ON
Jack Arsenault: rhythm guitar
Brian Bradfield: drums
Brad Campbell: bass, vocal
Dave Poulin: lead vocal
John Miron: guitar
Produced by John Pozer, 1967
Another great Ottawa pop band that came together in 1963. When the Beatles hit the scene a year later, they decided to go Mersey Beat by changing their name from The Decades to B.C. And The Cavemen, and The Quotations. In 1966 they became the Fifth Dimension but just as they were about to release their first record, they were informed about the ‘Up, Up and Away’ band using the same name. So they shortened it to Five D, the same way that the Byrds did with their song Fifth Dimension.
The band were part of the televised 1967 Centennial Celebrations on Parliament Hill where Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were in attendance. Her Majesty, an ardent rock critic, later commented: "They are good, but loud!"
They toured, opening for the likes of The Who, The Troggs, Wilson Pickett and Ohio Express amongst many others but broke up in 1970. Dimentia was most likely recorded in 1967 but never released. I got this off a 1995 compilation CD called ‘Ottawa Rocks, the Sir John A. Years’ (Sir John A. being the name of an Ottawa based record company).
22. The Newbeats: Bread and Butter
(Larry Parks / Jay Tunbow)
45 Single: Hickory Records – H 1269X
US
Dean Mathis: piano, lead vocals
Mark Mathis: bass
Larry Henley: guitar, drums
Produced 1964
Maggie, my wife, was born and raised in England. She remembers going to a teen drop-in centre with a friend. They had a few records and Bread and Butter was blaring regularly. She claims that no-one danced to it. Together between 1964–1974, The Newbeats sold over one million copies of Bread and Butter in the U.S. Their only other hit song was Run, Baby Run.
Hickroy Records was a US label formed by Roy Acuff and his partner in the Acuff Rose Music publishing firm Fred Rose around 1955.
23. Johnny Dee Fury: Can’t Stop The Bop
(Johnny Dee)
Born To Bop: Orient Records OLP 005
Campbellford ON
Johnny Dee Fury: vocals, guitars
Kit Johnson: bass, bg vocals
Bodan Hluszko (now Michelle Josef): drums
Produced by Johnny Dee Fury, 1982
Recorded and Mixed at Amber Studios, Toronto by Paul Bonish
After serving in local bands around his home town, Fury moved to Toronto and signed with Orient Records, releasing several singles and this album. They toured across Canada and even did gigs in NYC. Fury has since focused on songwriting and is currently living in Nashville.
24. Skip & Flip: Cherry Pie
(Joe Josea)
45 single bw It Was I: Paradise Records P 1003
Gallipolis OH / Coffeeville KS
Skip Battin: bass
Flip Paxton: guitar
Produced 1960
Clyde ‘Skip’ Battin b. Gallipolis OH Feb 18, 1934 / d. July 6, 2003 Silverton OR (69)
Larry Wayne Stevens aka Gary S Paxton b May 18, 1939 / d. July 17, 2016 Branson Missouri (77)
I had no idea who these two guys were when I bought the single. Lo and behold: Skip Batten who would later go on to perform with The Byrds, The New Riders of the Purple Sage and The Flying Burrito Brothers. Flip aka Gary S Paxton (born as Larry Wayne Stevens) got into music production and was responsible for producing Alley Oop and The Monster Mash. He also worked with The Association, Paul Revere and The Raiders, The Four Freshmen and Tommy Rowe. As Skip and Flip, they released two singles.
25. Lucassie Koperqualuk: Siilaaluujatuuk (Light Showers)
(L Koperqualuk)
45 Single: CBC Northern Services – CBC-005
Povungnituk QC
Lucassie Koperqualuk: vocal
N Dube: guitar
D Labrosse: guitar
Produced by Jean Pierre Desjardins, 1975?
Recorded by M Bernard at CBC Studios, Ottawa
Played in a band with Charlie Adams called Sikumiut based out of Povungnituk, northern Quebec. That’s about all I can find out about him.
26. The Ojays: Rich Get Richer
(K Gamble / L Huff)
Survival: Columbia Records KZ 33150
Canton OH
Walter Williams: vocal
William Powell: vocal
Leon Huff keyboards
Anthony Jackson bass
Eddie Levert vocals
Produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff 1975
Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia PA by Joe Tarsia
Mastered at Frankford / Wane Recording Labs
27. Los Xochimilcas: Tu Mentiroso Amor
(Francisco Gomez)
Variedad: Eco Records 905
Mexico City
Francisco ‘Paco’ Gomez Garcia: sax, bass
Francisco Martin Armenta Tornero: trumpet
Cesar Sosa: accordion
Antonio Caudillo: drums
Produced around 1968
First Mexican band to play rock n’ roll with Beatle haircuts before the Beatles did, in the late 1950s. In fact, they recorded a spicy version of She Loves You in 1964.
28. The Fixx: Facing The Wind
(The Fixx)
Phantoms: MCA Records MCA 5507
London UK
Cy Curnin: vocals
Jamie West-Oram: guitar
Adam Woods: drums
Rupert Greenall: keys
Dan K Brown: bass
Produced by Rupert Hine and The Fixx, 1984
Recorded and mixed by Stephen We Tayler and Andrew Scarth at Farmyard Studios, Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, England
Sounds a bit like The Police. The band formed in 1979 initially calling themselves The Portraits. As The Fix (with 1 X), they signed with MCA in 1981. Execs at MCA, worried about the potential drug-user implication of the band's name, insisted on a name change before signing them to the label. So they compromised and were allowed to be The Fixx with two Xs.
29. Robert Fripp: Heptaparaparashinokh
(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.
The back cover of the album features all their gigs from the album release tour of 1980. It says they played two gigs at the El Mocambo in Toronto June 17 and 18.
30. Free: Remember
(Fraser / Rogers)
Fire & Water: Polydor 2310 040
London UK
Paul Rodgers – vocals
Paul Kossoff – guitars
Andy Fraser – bass guitar, piano
Simon Kirke – drums
Produced by Free & John Kelly, 1970
Recorded by Roy Baker
Released June 26, 1970
Paul Kossoff – b. 14 September 1950 – d. 19 March 1976
on a flight from Los Angeles to New York. Kossoff died from Heroin-related heart problems.
Andy Fraser – b. 3 July 1952
Simon Kirke – b. 28 July 1949 – Also in Bad Co.
Paul Rodgers – b. December 1949 – was also in Bad Company & The Firm
Free were active between 1968 and 1973
31. 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
Nardwuar The Human Serviette aka John
b. Vancouver July 5, 1968
Nardwuar was honoured by the Mayor of Vancouver who proclaimed September 29, 2019 as Nardwuar Day.
32. 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!
33. The Exceptions: Coffee Lady
(R McWade / Exceptions)
60 Second Songs: DROG 100
Guelph ON
Steve Potter: bass
Ian Patterson: drums
Ron Brecher: guitar, vocals
Mike Payne: guitar, vocals
Rob McWade: sax, vocals
Bob Woodburn: percussion
Produced by Exceptions, 2002
Recorded by Grant Hallett
34. John McLaughlin: Don’t Let The Dragon Eat Your Mother
(John McLaughlin)
Devotion: Douglas Records 4
Doncaster UK
John McLaughlin: guitar
Buddy Miles: drums
Harry Young: keys
Billy Rich; bass
Produced by Alan Douglas and Stefan Bright, 1970
John McLaughlin
b. 4 January 1942 Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire
He played on Miles Davis' albums In A Silent Way, Bitches Brew as a member of Davis’ band. From 1971 – 76 fronted the Mahavishnu Orchestra. This was JM’s second album but he panned it: On his website he writes: “In 1969, I signed a contract in America for 2 records. First was 'Devotion' that was destroyed by producer Alan Douglas who mixed the recording in my absence.” However the album received great critical reviews. He has lived in Monaco since the late 1980s.
Alan Douglas Rubenstein
July 20, 1931 – June 7, 2014
He was an American record producer from Boston, who worked with Jimi Hendrix (posthumous catalog), Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, Lenny Bruce and the Last Poets. He ran his own record label, Douglas Records.
35. Andy Shauf: The Magician
(Andy Shauf)
The Party: A&C Records AUC117
Regina SK
Andy Shauf: all other instruments, vocals
Colin Neelis: strings
Produced by Andy Shauf, 2016
Recorded by Andy Shauf at Studio One, Regina
Mixed by Nesh Georgeson at Banner Mountain Studios, LA
Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova at Bova Lab, Ottawa
Illistrations: Meghan Fenske
Shauf was born in Estevan, SK. This album was shortlisted for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize.
Hailing from rural Saskatchewan, Shauf was a drummer in the Christian pop punk band Captain until 2006. He started releasing solo albums starting in 2009. He moved to Toronto in 2016 and released The Party that same year. He had trouble finding musicians who could play what was in his head so he ended up playing all the instruments on the album. He just released his 7th album, Wilds, in September 2021.
36. 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
37. Snake Corps: Miracle
(Garel- Funk / Lewis)
Between Today And Tomorrow: Midnight Music CHIME 00.17 L
London UK
Liam McGuinness: guitar
Marc Lewis: vocals, keys
Jim Blanchard: bass
Tristan Garel-Funk: guitar
Jon Greville: drums
Compilation Produced 1986
Produced by Nick Ralph & The Snake Corps, 1985
Recorded At Alaska Sound by Iain O'Higgins, Pat Collier, Paul Gadd
Mastered By JoNZ
Formed in 1984, from the ashes of a couple of post-punk bands by Tristan Garel-Funk . Vocalist Marc Lewis responded to an advert in Melody Maker for a singer and the pair then recruited Liam McGuinness on Bass and John Greville on drums. The band were focused on creating dreamy rock anthems. Consequently, they found that the European market was more aligned to their musical style and they toured abroad extensively. They broke up after the release of their third album in 1993 but have regrouped since 2010.
38. Buck Clayton & Count Basie All-Stars: Blue Goose Special
(Jack Hutton)
Buck Clayton's Canadian Caper: Vibra Records D5-MM-63/2
Los Angeles CA
Buck Clayton: trumpet
Earle Warren: sax
Jackie Williams: drums
Sir Charles Thompson: piano
Tommy Potter: bass
Produced by Fred Edge, Mike Cassidy and Ewd Ingraham, 1963
Recorded by Bill Dowding live at the Colonial Tavern, Toronto, July 1963
Wilbur Dorsey "Buck" Clayton
b. November 12, 1911 Parsons, Kansas / d. December 8, 1991 NYC (80)
Trumpeter Buck Clayton played briefly in Basie's band before going to Shanghai in the 1930s to play jazz. The Chinese influence on his music never left him! He came back to the States at the beginning of the Sino-Japanese war (1937) and worked as an arranger for numerous jazz outfits. He then toured Europe with Mezz Mezzrow. In the 1950s he recorded the bulk of his output before somehow bringing his band to Toronto where they were recorded this "Canadian themed" album live at the Colonial Tavern in Toronto. Songs included Squid Jiggin' Ground, Allouette, North Atlantic Squadron, Canadian Sunset, Thousand Islands Song, Saskatchewan and Canadian Capers.
The Colonial Tavern on Yonge St. in Toronto had an amazing history. Artists from Gene Krupa to Jeff Healey, Thelonius Monk to BB King, Earl Hines to Oscar Peterson, Big Mama Thornton to Bo Diddley and literally hundreds of others performed there. It operated as a jazz and blues venue from the 1950s through the 70s when it was ripped down. A vacant lot is all that's left.
39. Stan McDonald: Ole Cod Fish
(S McDonald)
Sailor Boy: SWC Records: MD-8601
Ramea, NL
Stan McDonald: vocal, 12 String
Sim Savory: accordion, lead guitar, bass
Howard Bailey: lap steel, lead guitar
Bud Davidge: guitar
Pious Hickey: guitar
Hughie Poole: bg vocal
Produced by Sim Savory, 1986
Recorded by Sim Savory and Neil Bishop at Sim's Studio, Belleoram, NL
The town of Ramea was incorporated in 1951 after residents of The Five Islands (which included Ramea Island) were re-located there. It was most likely named for Le Ramée, a street in Saint Peter Port, the capital of Guernsey.
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