SPRING RARE CBC RADIO CANADA FOLK PSYCH PROG 7" LISTEN

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Dec 12, 2009 Sold Date

Dec 5, 2009 Start Date

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SPRING

SHINE - IT'S SO HARD b/w LONG, LONG WAY - YOU WERE BLIND

CBC RADIO CANADA - BROADCAST RECORDING LM 162

Very rare original Canadian 7" EP. CHECK SOUND SAMPLE BELOW.

"Led by smooth-as-silk guitarist Terry Frewer, this Vancouver, BC quartet scored a huge local hit in 1971 with "A Country Boy Named Willy" (b/w "Pressed Ham," London M-17401). Other group members were Bob Buckley (vocals, keyboard, sax, woodwinds); Pete McKinnon (bass); and Kat Hendrikse (drums). Spring's first recording, "Bring Yourself Down To Earth, Lovin' Blues Baby," was described by Vancouver deejay Michael Willmore as "a tasty funk rock number." It appeared on a various artists' charity compilation, the Cool Aid Benefit Album (Arthfor Special Products 4001D; 1969). "As Feelings Go," the group's debut single (Coast 1970), was felt by all concerned to be an inferior remake. The highly-regarded first master was lost when someone hit the wrong button during a replay session! Promo copies of Spring's second 45, "It's A New Day" (Coast 1971), went out, but the single was withdrawn due to general disinterest. A rare-as-hens'-teeth EP was cut for CBC Radio Canada, but it was "A Country Boy Named Willy" which endeared Spring to fans in the Canadian West. There is something of the Hollies' "Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress" in "Willy," with hints of the Small Faces and the countrified Byrds as well. Frewer's crisp, clean style is definitely to be admired. Progressive musicians, Spring actually performed in concert with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra-their show entitled, "Son Of Zonk." The wider recognition the band craved never materialized. Failing to secure a hoped-for album deal, Spring-disenchanted with drunken audiences and harrowing winter touring conditions-called it quits. "As Feelings Go" and "It's A New Day" resurfaced on the History Of Vancouver Rock, Volume 3 (Vancouver Record Collectors' Association VRCA 001, 1983); while "A Country Boy Named Willy" was reissued on the History Of Vancouver Rock, Volume 4 (Vancouver Record Collectors' Association VRCA 004, 1991). ~ Stansted Montfichet, All Music Guide"

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Record: G+ (surface keeps its gloss and shows many thin hairlines, there's a feelable scratch on B1 that causes some pops when played, record plays with some surface noise & crackles specially on the beginning of each side and on quieter passages, but this still allows an enjoyable listening, see picture below)

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