Well, back to some garage rock. Following up on our Stampeders megapost from back in July, we've relented and added "Sweet City Woman" to that original post - but we think this single warrants its own little mention. It's not the Stampeders' first single - but it's their first on Mel Shaw's Music World Creations label (though not their first appearance on MWC - but more about that later!). We're not clear on the timeline of the Stampeders' move from Calgary to Toronto - this single probably came out just as they were making that move.
This is also a nice foreshadowing of the Stampeders' recorded output, with two very different feels to the sides. The A side is a breezy bit of folk rock, which the second side (which we much prefer) is a great slice of garage rock (which is obviously why we like it). Oh, and a note on the download: our copy, which we pulled out of a box in a record store this summer, has an unfortunate chunk missing from the outer edge - which means the A side fades up after the literal break. That cherished B side is unaffected, though.
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