Thanks for all the information, Jaimie. What do we Americans know? LOL....Yes, I am going to purchase the J. B. and the Playboys CD from Shawn at SuperOldies as soon as it comes out. I've gotten to know him. He seems to be a really nice guy. I just love J. B. and the Playboys' sound. I have a lot of Willie and the Walkers songs that Shawn put on CD for me, too. I love My Friend, Diamonds and Gold and so many others. Thanks again. I will check out all the links that you provided. Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jaimie Vernon" To: Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 12:14 PM Subject: Re: Canadian groups... > At Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 11:16:39 Judy (HeyJude) wrote: > > >Does anyone on this list know anything about the older Canadian groups? I > >love Chad Allan and the Expressions and know they were called that before > >they became Guess Who. I have a few of their songs, too. One band I just > >absolutely love is Willie and the Walkers. I have a bunch of their songs, > >too. Also, I like J. B. and the Playboys but can't find any CD's by them. > >I love that older Brit sound...and a lot of the Canadian groups had that. > >Are there any others that are worth buying or looking into? I like Bobby > >Curtola, too...I'm not sure if this is the right list to ask these > >questions, but there were some great Canadian groups in the '60s and we > >didn't hear many of the songs here on the left coast. > > Fortunately you've got some Canucks on this list....Gary Pig Gold is a great > resource...for now you might want to familiarize yourself with my Canadian > Pop Music Encyclopedia at: > http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicPopEncycloPages > > ALSO quite reliable friends of mine: > http://www.autofacts.ca/classicrock > http://www.canadianbands.com > http://www.felinefrenzy.com > > ALSO these thorough psychedelic sites: > Vernon Joynson's > http://www.borderlinebooks.com/canada/canada_f.html > Nick Wharburton's > http://www.classicrockpage.com/ > > As per your specific enquiries...there are 3 early Chad Allan related CDs > out on Ranbach/True North Records (these are all the pre-Burton albums that > were released on Quality Records). > > 1965 Shakin' All Over > 1965 Hey Ho (What You Do To Me) > 1966 It's Time (Quality) > > Available from http://www.randybachman.com > > If you're at all interested in the transitional period (1967-1968 after Chad > left but before Jack Richardson signed them to RCA), my label has a 2 CD > rarities package which covers all their rogue singles and TV > appearances...they do some interesting covers of songs by Buffalo > Springfield, The Troggs, Cream, The Doors, et al. > > Chad Allan and Randy Bachman reunited in 1971 as Brave Belt to do a country > pop thing -- their chart success was "Dunrobin's Gone". The band eventually > changed their name to BTO once Chad left and Fred Turner joined. > > Check out the Guess Who and Brave Belt anthologies at: > http://www.bullseyecanada.com > > Alas, your other interests are grossly under-represented on CD....a sad, but > true part of Canada's musical legacy is that it's nearly been lost forever > due to poor handling by the music biz here. The Willie And The Walkers > material is not on disc. JB and The Playboys is due to have a retrospective > come out this summer....more on that at: http://www.superoldies.com > > EMI, Unidisc and my own label are pursuing re-issues of 1960s through 1980s > material... > > http://www.emimusic.ca > http://www.unidisc.ca > > For purchasing some of this older stuff there's several online retailers I > recommend. > http://www.angelicrecords.com > http://www.newworldcds.com > http://www.gemm.com > http://www.hmv.com > http://www.musicstack.com > > Jaimie Vernon, > President Bullseye Records > Author Canadian Music Encyclopedia > http://www.bullseyecanada.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > Watch LIVE baseball games on your computer with MLB.TV, included with MSN > Premium! > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/mlb&pgmarket=en-us/go/onm00200439ave/direct/01/ > >