PAUPERS
2009. The Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967 should have been The Paupers launch pad to international fame. Only four months earlier, the Canadian folk-rock band had seemed destined for the top when Bo..
MCKENNA MENDELSON MAINLINE
2006. The mid-sixties music scene in Toronto was incredible. Great live music & bands that were ahead of their time in terms of musical styles, use of a variety of instruments other than bass guitar & drums,..
FOLKLORDS
2005. Fourteen perfect examples of dreamy, sunshine-infused pop psychedelia with a folk bent, originally released by independent Canadian label Allied Records in 1968. When the album was first issued on CD many year..
BLACKSTONE
2009. Band that evolved from Rhinoceros when band members returned to Toronto and released this one rare album on GRT records. Blackstone (featuring Finley, Fonfara, Hodgson and Leishman from the final Rhinoceros li..
PAUPERS
2009. By early 1968, The Paupers were heading towards meltdown. The group had lost its inspirational bass player Denny Gerrard, its debut album had been a commercial failure and debts were mounting. Against all odds..
ESQUIRES
1990. The complete Esquires singles collection: their seven A sides, seven B side plus 15 bonus tracks consisting of live and demo recordings. "About a dozen years ago a CD series was launched by EMI Music Cana..
CHURLS
2012. The chord-crunching blues-rock on the Churls' self-titled debut was hardly a million-seller for A&M. Still, that didn't stop Herb Alpert from issuing a second set of songs for the lads later that very same..
MANDALA
2016. Former Ronnie Lane's The Disciples guitarist Domenic Troiano formed his first group, The Rogues, who evolved into Mandala, in 1966. By the spring of 1968, Atlantic Records released "Soul Crusade". He..
INFLUENCE
2014. A reissue of an interesting album from 1968, originally out on ABC Records. The Influence was one of the most fascinating bands to emerge from Canada during the '60s. The group's rich diversity of styles (from..
MCKENNA MENDELSON BLUES
2017. Another great album from Canada's legendary Paragon label, a set of super bluesy psych demo tapes from 1968. Lead guitarist Mike McKenna had spent time ('67-'68) in the Ugly Ducklings, and had already develope..
INDIO
2013. A lost classic. Contains the original version of "Hard Sun", later recorded by Pearl Jam leader Eddie Vedder for the soundtrack to Sean Penn's film, Into The Wild. Indio is the stage name for Canadia..