Topic: Riff-In-A-Jiff
In the late 1970's, Canada was well represented in the progressive rock field by bands such as Rush, Saga, Klaatu, and FM. Sci-fi themes dominated FM's 1977 debut album Black Noise, as heard on tracks such as the space exploration epic "Aldebaran". Tabbed here is the Intro, which with its delay-laden electric mandolin is in some ways similar to the Intro of the album's opening track (and single) "Phasors On Stun".FM - "Aldebaran" (C. Hawkins/M. Deller/Nash the Slash)
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"I Will Still Love You" gave Vancouver's Stonebolt a major hit in the latter half of 1978. The single was drawn from the band's self-titled debut album (pictured). Released in mid-August, the song made a 15 week climb up the RPM 100 chart to peak at #19 on December 2. Success also came Stateside, with the single going Top 30 on Billboard.
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The TPOH song "Killed By Love" was originally released as a non-LP single and video in 1987, the follow-up to the Toronto band's first indie single "I'm An Adult Now". Both songs were re-recorded for the band's platinum selling (in Canada) 1988 debut album Love Junk. Due to the re-record, there are two slightly different versions of the Intro to "Killed By Love". Both are tabbed here.
The single "Make My Life A Little Bit Brighter" gave the band Chester a Top 10 hit in Canada in the summer of 1973. Together for only seven months when the single hit, the band released a few other singles, but ultimately didn't remain together long enough to record a full length LP. Members of the band went on to work with such artists as Chris DeBurgh and Ken Tobias. In 2008, a compilation CD entitled Chester, Mancel, Argue Collection was released. The disc brought together singles by Chester, as well as solo career tracks from some of the band members.
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