Named after Canada's first Prime Minister, the Sir John A. Record Company existed from November 1966 to January 1969. Formed to celebrate Canada's centennial year in 1967 by local Ottawa personality John Pozer and musician/artist Ron Greene - the label tapped into some of the Ottawa area's hottest up and coming bands. The records issued were very limited pressings of 100 to 500 quantities.
Ottawa Rocks - The Sir John A. Years 1966-1968
As a '60s garage-rock afficionado, I'm prepared to stack Ottawa's 1966-68 teen-beat scene against the best stuff that regularly gets compiled on such American-focused series as Nuggets and Pebbles. The Sir John A. label was the scene's original indie home, and the long overdue Ottawa Rocks - The Sir John A. Years makes available for the first time all the songs that previously existed only as impossibly rare singles. Twenty-six adrenalin-firing slices of fuzzy pop, worth it for six brilliant inclusions by Don Norman & the Other Four alone (among them, the unsurpassed "Low Man"). With plenty more must-have selections from the Five D, Thee Deuces, the Eyes of Dawn, the Eastern Passage, the Heart, and Those Naughty Boys.
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01. Don Norman & The Other Four - Low Man (Mono Master) (2:08)
02. Don Norman & The Other Four - The Bounce (Alternate Mix) (2:57)
03. Don Norman & The Other Four - All Of My Life (Alternate Mix) (2:50)
04. The Five D - Good Time Music (Alternate Mix) (2:25)
05. Thee Deuces - You Gotta Try (Mono Master) (2:19)
06. Eyes Of Dawn - Time To Be Going (Alternate Mix) (2:10)
07. Those Naughty Boys - Tell Me Why (Mono Master) (2:36)
08. The Five D - Baby Boy (Alternate Mix) (2:01)
09. Thee Deuces - Hung Up On You (Mono Master) (1:58)
10. Don Norman & The Other Four - Your Place In My Heart (Mono Master) (2:11)
11. Don Norman & The Other Four - Fever (Practice Recording) (2:56)
12. The Five D - Running 'Round In Circles (Alternate Mix) (2:11)
13. The Eastern Passage - When You Ask About Love (Mono Master) (2:18)
14. The Heart - Treat Me Bad (2:23)
15. Eyes Of Dawn - Ignorance And Hardship (2:23)
16. The Five D - Get Out Of My Life Woman (Alternate Mix) (1:58)
17. Those Naughty Boys - Somebody Told My Girl (Mono Master) (2:05)
18. The Eastern Passage - Love Is Gone (Mono Master) (2:59)
19. The Paper Dream - My Mind's Eye (Mono Master) (1:53)
20. Don Norman & The Other Four - Nothing To Do, No Place To Go (1:51)
21. The Heart - Help Me Down (2:06)
22. The Eastern Passage - I Could Make You Fall In Love (Mono Master) (1:59)
23. The Five D - Things Go Better With Cokeâ„¢ (Radio Spot) (0:37)
24. The Five D - Dimentia (Instrumental) (2:46)
25. The Paper Dream - She's No Good (Mono Master) (2:40)
26. The Eastern Passage - I'm So Glad (Live) (2:24)
Thank you Dmitrich.
ReplyDeleteVery good comp. All titles are solid. Thank you.
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