THE RAPHAELS SOMEDAY SUPER RARE CANADIAN GARAGE PUNK ROCK 45 RPM

$

590

You are bidding on THE RAPHAELS SOMEDAY / I CHANGE MY MIND.

Private release QC272 Canadian issue with only 200 copies pressed and who knows how many have survived

Visually shellac is near mint – collector piece.

BIO:

 Until now, this 45 by the Raphaels has been unknown outside of Ottawa collectors circles. Both songs are well-written mid-tempo numbers with harmonies.There’s not much info on the label other than Ottawa, Canada 1965 and the matrix number QC 272. The QC prefix indicates a Quality label custom pressing.The songs are “Someday” by Peter Christensen and “I Change My Mind” by Dave Leroux

The Raphaels, like The Beaux Geste, were among the most promising garage bands from the Ottawa-Gatineau scene, and that too this day, remain the least known. Their single was cut at HH Bloom studios on Bank Street in Ottawa (the QC prefix was Bloom’s own). This was the same place that Don Norman & The Other Four had cut “Mustang Sally” and where Those Naughty Boys made their first demos too. Only a couple hundred copies of The Raphaels single exists (the single was custom pressed in Toronto by Quality Records). As for The Raphaels, they fell apart at the close of 1966, right around the same time The Skaliwags were breaking apart. The Skaliwags are best remembered for their double-sided masterpiece “Turn Him Down / “365 Days” which was a surprise chart-topper in Ottawa. In early 1967, Raphael members Pete Christenssen & Dave Leroux joined up with the remaining Skaliwags for a second stab at fame! This new Skaliwags formation cut one final pop single (“Broken Man (I Am)” / “Me Minus More” also on Excellent Records) before breaking up for good later on that year.

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