Thursday, 29 April 2021
Ultra Gash - Live Off The Floor (2018)
Wednesday, 28 April 2021
Substance - Infectious (1993)
Huge thanks to Jody Alexander for getting in touch with us to (a) give us a better quality version of the Discatch tape he played on and (b) pass us this tape from the project that came after that. He also passed along a bit of background on the bands:
As you know, Discatch was different from everything else coming out of Calgary in the early 90s: danceable electronica. The hilarious part to me was that our 1992 album, "Mind the Gap," was recorded and produced by Richard Harrow at Living Room Studios (looking back, we were quite a departure for Richard, whose engineering credits included Gordon Lightfoot, Ry Cooder, and Ian Tyson).A year after "Mind the Gap" came out, we added a guitarist to the mix and the band changed its name to Substance. Our first album, "Infectious", came out in 1993. Whie it was a bit heavier than our last one, we managed to do a few shows, and were played at places like The Warehouse and Venom.Substance was me (Jody Alexander) on vocals and keyboards, Chris Wiebe on drums and programming, and Lock Fulton on guitars. Like the previous album, it was recorded and mixed at Richard Harrow's studio. All of the songs were written and programmed by us, except for "Puppets", which is an old Depeche Mode cover.
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)
Tuesday, 13 April 2021
Monika With A "K" - Fantasy (1986), Until Tonight, I Forgot To Tell My Heart/Jack Daniels
Monday, 12 April 2021
Moment - My Woman/Gonna Get Me A Girl (1985)
Sunday, 11 April 2021
Michael Paul - Just Friends/I've Got A Feeling (1987)
Whoops! We feel asleep after the long weekend, and forgot to keep up with our posting. Back into the Sundae Sound singles with this one from Michael Paul, who thankfully has given us a bio on the back of this sleeve.
Monday, 5 April 2021
Men Without Saddles - Men Without Saddles (1985)
Alright! Let's get back into some substance! This next Sundae Sound single (also on a Doug Wong Music sublabel) is from Stew Tarrant and his Men Without Saddles. Rob Bartlett tells us that Tarrant's father was a former big wig in the Calgary Police Service, which makes this off-colour ode to the Stampede all the better. At some point in the coming year, we're going to do a feature on songs of the Stampede - honestly, they're not usually as entertaining as this one. Don't believe us? Here's what the great James Muretich had to say about it:
Oh, and Tarrant was also manager of the great Kelly's Electronic World. We'll maybe forgive him for singing the CD's praises in this article: