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Artist:	SOULS OF INSPYRATION, THE
Title:	The Sould of Inspyration
Label:	PACEMAKER (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	PACE 037CD

"Winners of the 1970 musical competition at Quebec's 'Man And His World' (former site of Expo '67), this quartet subsequently played for two weeks at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan and upon their return recorded this, their sole LP release, for the Canadian branch of Columbia Records. As with labelmates Jarvis Street Revue and It's All Meat, press runs for these LP's numbered in the four-digit range at best, nowhere near the quantities US counterparts The Byrds or Mitch Miller (or heck, even Hampton Grease Band) commanded, and all have become sought-after psychedelic arty-facts. So, what about the music you ask? A melodic bridge betwixt late psych and early prog, with a solid foundation of organ and driving rhythm, well-placed stinging guitar leads, and forceful vocals saying everything and nothing simultaneously. 33 minutes, seven tracks and not a loser in the bunch. From the mastertape, original cover artwork and liner notes preserved for the ages."

Artist:	VA
Title:	The Gaiety Records Story II
Label:	PACEMAKER (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	PACE 044CD

"At last, a second collection of rare singles from the label that produced the cream of the mid-sixties crop of Canadian garage, punk, and psychedelic music! The Gaiety roster was rich in talent (the 49th Parallel, Jarvis Street Revue, and Souls of Inspyration, not to mention the Checkerlads, White Knights, Dewline, Tomorrow's Keepsake, NRG, Merriday Park, and Portland Street South) -- but it was not rich in resources, which is why these singles are so incredibly rare. This second Gaiety Records volume has twenty-four tracks in all, ranging from the ferocious punk psych of Solid Reputation's 'Lies' to The Dewline's wonderfully druggy (and truly demented) 'Ode to a Cucumber, A Berry, and A Flower,' a song that deserves to be in the pantheon of weird psychedelia right alongside the Mothers Of Invention's 'Help, I'm a Rock.' NRG's UK psych-inspired 'Magic Man,' much in demand in collector's circles, is here in all its glory -- along with six other tracks by this underrated band, including the psychedelic groover 'Withcraft.' Other highlights are four more terrific beat/pop songs from The Plague and Lexington Avenue (bands who would become better known later as Jarvis Street Revue). Tracks by the Checkerlads, Tomorrow's Keepsake, Flying Colours, Portland Street South, round out the disc, and (we hope) bring pleasure to everyone."

Artist:	PRITCHARD, DAVID
Title:	Nocturnal Earthworm Stew
Label:	PACEMAKER (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	PACE 044LN-CD

"An incredible pioneering electronic album recorded in the early 1970's, from the first Canadian artist signed to Island Records. Serious headphone music made under the influence of Stockhausen, John Cage, Ornette Coleman, Stravinsky, Frank Zappa, Weather Report, Charles Ives and others -- and with a sound that's often compared to that of early Eno and the first two Kraftwerk albums. Indefinable compositions integrate the earliest of portable synthesizers (ARP 2600 and EMS AKS) with acoustic instruments (violin, cello, dulcimer, electric violin, electric guitar), found sounds (short-wave radio transmissions and a summer thunderstorm) and random objects (instant coffee jar, scissors, chopsticks, among others) -- they also have special contributions from Nash the Slash (a.k.a. Jeff Plewman) and Martin Deller of famed Canadian band FM. Sixteen-page booklet has an abundance of photos, track by track information, and the odd history of these seminal recordings told by David Pritchard himself. Includes four bonus tracks not on the original 1976 Island LP release."

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