Bad Manors: Golden Hits, Vol. 1 [Import]

Crowbar (70's) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 24, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Unidisc
• ASIN: B00002DD61
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,077 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Frenchman's Filler #1

2. Too True Mama

3. Let The Four Winds Blow

4. House Of Blue Lights

5. Frenchman's Cherokee Boog

6. Train Keep Rollin

7. Baby Let's Play House

8. On Never Be A Dodo

9. On What A Feeling

10. Frenchman's Filler #2

11. Frenchman's Filler #3

12. Murder In The First Degre

13. In The Dancing Hold

14. Mountain Fire

15. Prince Of Peach

16. Frenchman's Filler #1

Editorial Reviews

Stony Plain. 1995. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars On cd at last, July 23, 2000

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alastair mcleod (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bad Manors: Golden Hits, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

This over due release on cd of bad manors Crowbars 1970 vinyl album is a minor classic. Not much known outside Canada the original vinyl album sides opened and closed with the sort snip the Frenchmans filler also on the cd but not used in the same way.Tracks included are Fats Domino's classic Let the four winds blow and Arthur Gunters Baby lets play House,and Crowbars outstanding Prince of Peace.GET IT NOW.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Boogie done right, November 27, 2006

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James D. Morrow "Hey Now!" (Omaha,NE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bad Manors: Golden Hits, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

These guys played occasional backup for King Biscuit Boy (Richard Newell)which is way more blues oriented than this little gem. One of those great albums that make you wonder how they got missed. Could be because they were from Canada and recorded for Paramount, a label not exactly known for creative promotion back in the 70s. If it's boogie with the woogie beat you're looking for, you found the right address. This baby just steams. Guitarists Rheal Lanthier and John Gibbard goose each other all the way through the first five tunes but best on the "Let the Four Winds Blow-House of Blue Lights-Train Kept a Rollin-Baby, Let's Play House" hippie smackdown freakout. It really flies. Unfortunately, depending on your position on such things, the only thing that anybody might recognize from these guys is "Oh What a Feeling"(What a Rush) that was purloined by Mr. Tactful himself, Rush Limbaugh. Don't judge them from that (either good or bad) because it has nothing to do with the musical vibe throughout this splendid little disc. Oh yeah, at the end is a version of the John Rutter song "The Prince of Peace." These guys obviously got around a bit. Did I mention that this is a party record? This is a party record. Now go buy it and have a party. You needed an excuse so I gave you one.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars canadian rock, September 30, 2000

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Robert Ronyack "bob308" (Bethlehem, Pa USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bad Manors: Golden Hits 1 (Audio CD)

AHHH!! nostalgia. Recorded in Toronto in 1970. A great mix of boogie and blues. Kelly Jays' gritty vocals are at his best on "Too True Mamma" and "Murder in the First Degree". Excellent slide work from the "Ghetto"(I don't know his real name). Lead guitar from Rheal Lanthier. This is Crowbars' best work. Also noteworthy,this album introduces the work of the "King Biscuit Boy", Richard Newell. Newell is one of the outstanding harp players to ever have recorded music. Check out his work if you can find it.