Thursday 29 April 2021
Ultra Gash - Live Off The Floor (2018)
Tuesday 27 April 2021
Miss Molly - Every Cowboy Needs A Horse (1990)
Monday 26 April 2021
Bootleg - Queen of Hearts (1979)
Well, friends. This is the end of the Sundae Sound stack of singles, and we're ending at the opposite end of where we started. Wait, does that make sense? Anyways, we came in with Rob Bartlett, and that's who we're leaving with.
Bootleg was Bartlett's band, formed in Winnipeg in 1973 and relocated to Calgary in 1976. Bartlett has a brief history of Bootleg on his site, which features some great photos. We think this one appropriately sums up the feel of this record:
There are two versions of "Queen of Hearts" on this single, a shorter version and a more full version. Bartlett notes that trying to cram over 5 minutes of music onto a 7" is kind of disastrous for the audio quality, so he's also passed along a nice, remastered version.
That was a lot of singles, huh? Well, we've got more coming. But we're going to take a break and focus on tapes for a bit.
In the meantime, make sure you grab all three versions of the this tune.
Sunday 25 April 2021
Wendall Donovan and the Eastcoast Rider Band - Love Comes Easy (1986)
So many questions that aren't answered by either the country or country rock mix of this track. Get it here!
Saturday 24 April 2021
Tom Pearson - Talk To Your Daddy
Friday 23 April 2021
Tom Cole & Cole Cole Heart - Rhythm Of The Rain, Dangerous Lips/Mama Tried (1990), Dance Once Again (For Me Linda)/Dangerous Lips (1991)
Thursday 22 April 2021
Tim Welter - Dancing Too Close To The Flames
Here's another Starbright single from the Sundae Sound stack, but this one was recorded at the studio! Very exciting! We had a tape from Welter a few months ago - amazingly, this uptempo two-stepper isn't on that tape, so you get a fresh track!
In fact, you can get it right here!
Wednesday 21 April 2021
Rock 'N' Horse - Every Single Night (1990)
Here's another from the Sundae Sound box of 45's that doesn't seem to have a connection to Sundae Sound. We're guessing this is in there becuase it's on the same label as Rob Bartlett's two solo singles. Maybe? Anyways, for once, we actually have some content about this band, with an interview with frontman Duane Bjorklund from 1991:
Saturday 17 April 2021
Restless - Your Memory (Keeps Me Up All Night Long) (1987)
Friday 16 April 2021
Randy Poirier - I Can't See Through The Window (For The Pain) (1989)
Thursday 15 April 2021
Randy Owen Bishop - The Old Ring (1989), Oregon Sunsets (1991)
Wednesday 14 April 2021
Myrol & Myrol - Burned By An Old Flame (1990), Running Shoes (1990)
Friday 2 April 2021
Kunkel Brothers - No One's Ever Seen, Rain (1989)
Today's pair of Sundae Sound singles is a nice break - we can tell you something about 'em! Thankfully the name Kunkel rang a bell (or something) for Gene, and he correctly guessed a linkage to local 70's country act the Drylanders (if anyone has a copy of their Live at Spy Hill Jail LP, we want a copy!!). Trevor Kunkel is the son of Drylanders bassist Larry Kunkel - so these songs come from a proven lineage. And not just that - the Kunkel family business was legit: they ran local-ish attraction the Great Canadian Barn Dance.
Update: We found the sleeve for "No One's Every Seen" while digging at Recordland! Wooo!