Topic: New Chords Postings
"Cousin Mary", one of Fludd's most famous songs, came from the band's most infamous album, 1972's oddly titled ... On! The intention had been to name the album "Cock On!", but the band's label (Daffodil Records) couldn't sell the idea to their distributor (Capitol Records). Rather than change the title altogether, they just reduced it. Also scrapped for being controversial was the photo for the inside gatefold sleeve, which showed the band naked but for coats. The album was eventually re-issued in 1996 with its originally planned title. The song wasn't intended as a single at all. Three singles were released from the album, then the band started recording its next album. When the recording of that album got continually stalled for various reasons, the record company reached back to the previous record, and released "Cousin Mary" as a single near the end of 1973. The result was a Canadian Top 20 hit.
When the band split in 1977, three of the members went on to form the progressive rock group Saga. Former Fludd member Greg Godovitz (who formed Goddo after leaving the band) later recorded a cover version of "Cousin Mary" with his band The Carpet Frogs.
I've made a note on the chord chart itself about the album name change, because if someone were to go looking for a CD named ... On!, they wouldn't find it. The song is, of course, available on a few different Fludd "best of" CDs, such as From the Attic: 1971-1977 (pictured).
The chord chart:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/crd/fludd-cousinmary.txt
And the audio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEuI2tdfGnY
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I hope everybody is enjoying the Labour Day holiday weekend. 
"Baby Ran" was the first 54-40 song I ever heard, and it continues to be among my favourites of theirs now. The song originally appeared on the band's 1986 self-titled album. I had that album on vinyl, but my vinyl collection has long since been retired. About a year ago I was putting together a variety playlist of songs by Canadian bands to burn onto a CD. So I went to an mp3 site in search of "Baby Ran". I had no problem finding it; it's on the band's greatest hits package Radio Love Songs: The Singles Collection (pictured). I was surprised, however, to discover that that CD had a re-recorded version of the song. I wanted the original. The site didn't have the album 54-40, though, so it seemed the original wasn't available.
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