Roddus Album Of The Day
01. Signs (4:01)
02. Safe And Sound With Jesus (3:28)
03. Dance Of The Swamp Woman (3:56)
04. Butterfly (4:53)
05. Hello Melinda Goodbye (3:15)
06. Moonshine (2:06)
07. Forever Together (2:29)
08. Mama's Baby Child (3:28)
09. Man With The Horse And Wagon (4:44)
10. All Is Right With The World Tonight (3:43)
11. Variations On A Theme Of Lepidoptera (2:44)
02. Safe And Sound With Jesus (3:28)
03. Dance Of The Swamp Woman (3:56)
04. Butterfly (4:53)
05. Hello Melinda Goodbye (3:15)
06. Moonshine (2:06)
07. Forever Together (2:29)
08. Mama's Baby Child (3:28)
09. Man With The Horse And Wagon (4:44)
10. All Is Right With The World Tonight (3:43)
11. Variations On A Theme Of Lepidoptera (2:44)
Continuing on with the slew of rare posts I have obtained from my buddy over at Rare MP3 blog, on the Ipod today first up is this good Pop/Rock outing from this one hit Canadian band from Ottawa. The Opening tracks "Signs" was their moderate hit with is opening lyric "And The Sign Said Long Haired Freaky People Need Not Apply", which was sampled directly on a Fat Boy Slim song a few years ago Called "Don't let The Man Get You Down ".Plenty of other catchy tunes to enjoy here with some nice guitaring on some tracks to give it that rock edge. I especially enjoyed the groovy organ sound on "Hello Melinda..." and "Dance Of The Swamp Woman" rocks out with that guitar I mentioned.Certainly a typical quality 70s pop album with plenty of variation of styles if you listen carefully and of course a touch of Blood, Sweat & Tears and The Guess Who is apparent and of course the ever present Beatles. nothing here to set the world on fire though and also nothing here that is bad, so my rating for this platter is 3/5.
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I was at a benefit a couple of months ago at a local pub in Ottawa and the feature performer was Les Emmerson of the Five Man Electrical Band. As he was entering the pub I stopped him and had a real nice conversation with him about my memories of the Staccatos and Five Man Electrical Band and how they played at our high school in Perth ON before fame and fortune. I took down this album for him to sign and he was pretty excited to see this version. He told me that it was a rare edition. The album had Signs on it but it was before Signs was a hit. When the song became a hit the publishing co. forced them to re-release the album but with a different album cover. Reason was this original Canadian album artwork had a marijuana plant on the cover. Les was great singing and playing acoustic guitar.
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