49th Parallel - (the Best Of) The 49th Parallel 1967-69

(The Best Of) 49th Parallel 1995 Legendary Canadian band who delivered some seriously good psychedelic rock/pop gems such as "Close The Barn Door" (on 'Endless Journey') and the classic all time psych / punk top ten hit "Citizen Freak". 19 tracks with the entire album, all the singles and more! [IMG]http://img321.imageshack.us/img321/2262/small3ec.jpg[/IMG] size: 115 mb bitrate: 320 49th Parallel # Dennis Abbott (vocals) # Dan Lowe (guitar) # Bob Carlson (guitar) # Dave Petch (organ) # Mick Woodhouse (bass) # Terry Bare (drums) # Dave Downey (bass; replaced Woodhouse) # Alf Cook (bass; replaced Downey) # Dennis Mundy (organ; replaced Petch) # Jack Velker (organ; replaced Mundy) # Dorn (Doran) Beattie (vocals; replaced Abbott) Calgary, Alberta's 49th Parallel were originally known in the mid-60's as a popular bar band by the name of The Shades Of Blond. With a stifling and musically limiting Calgary club scene they were never able to get farther than having one single -- 1966's "All Your Love". The tune would eventually pop up on a (now rare) 4 song EP next to an early incarnation of The Stampeders. As members came and went a name change was introduced as 49th Parallel and over the course of a year a solid line-up developed featuring Abbott, Lowe, Carlson, Petch, Woodhouse and Bare. The group released three singles on Gaeity Records between mid-1967 and late spring of 1968, at which time Petch and Woodhouse left and Dave Downey was added as bassist (Petch was not replaced). Throughout 1968 and parts of 1969 they toured throughout North America with an ever fluctuating roster. Despite these shake ups, they did hit and run recording sessions which bore several singles for Venture Records including "Twilight Woman" that managed seven weeks on the CHUM charts with a peak position of #16 in April 1969, and its follow-up, "Now That I'm A Man", in September 1969 which managed a modest 3 week ride on the CHUM charts and a peak position of #22. A full-length album was hastily assembled from singles and studio outtakes because the line-up was continually fluctuating and new recordings were impossible to conduct. This would be compounded by the immediate departure of singer Dennis Abbott following the album's released. Enter Dorn Beattie, who, along with Lowe, Velker, Downey and Bare began working on another album in 1970 which was never completed, though the single, "I Need You", did surface (and failed to chart). Eventually the band changed its name to Painter and released one album before mutating into the hard rock act Hammersmith who would finally succumb in the late '70's after two albums on Mercury Records. Beattie went on to create All The Rage In Paris, but that too faltered when co-founding keyboardist Doug Johnson quit to form Loverboy. Beattie, in recent years, is now a successful country singer; Lowe continued on with a new version of Painter, 451 Degrees, and Prototype (who also recorded an album). He produced albums by Qwest, Whitewolf, George Fox, Amin Bhatia, and would also be responsible for the invention of the studio production technique called Q-Sound (used by such luminaries as Pink Floyd, Bob Ezrin and Madonna) 49th Parallel found a mild revival in the mid-90's on classic rock radio in the prairies, prompting Pacemaker Records to issue a 'best of' collection. Singles as SHADES OF BLOND 1966 All Your Love as 49th PARALLEL 1967 Labourer/You Do Things (Gaiety) 1968 She Says/Citizen Freak (Gaiety) 1968 Blue Bonnie Blue/Missouri (Gaiety) 1969 Twilight Woman (Venture) 1969 Now That I'm A Man (Venture) 1970 I Need You/Goodtime Baby (Venture) Albums/CDs 1969 49th Parallel (Gaiety) 1995 The Best Of 49th Parallel (Pacemaker) Compilations 1999 "Citizen Freak" on 'Best Of Gaeity Records' (Pacemaker) 49th Parallel / (The Best Of) 49th Parallel 1995 Track Title 1.Labourer 2.You Do Things 3.Citizen Freak 4.She Says 5.Blue Bonnie Blue 6.Up To No Good 7.Now That I'm A Man 8.Get Away 9.Eye To Eye 10.Missouri 11.Lazerander Filcny 12.(Come On Little Child) Talk To Me 13.Magician 14.Twilight Woman 15.Close The Barn Door 16.The People 17.Good Time Baby 18.I Need You 19.Shades Of Blond/All Your Love Pacemaker PACE019

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