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Although still in the Guess Who, [Randy Bachman] was looking to establish a separate career in music production and an outlet for his own songwriting. He and Mongrels' manager Lorne Saifer formed Sabalora Productions in early 1968 to handle both duties. Saifer also enlisted his partner to come up with songs for the Mongrels. The River Heights band's recording debut on Franklin was Bachman's Sitting in the Station (originally written in the U.K. during the Guess Who's ill-fated 1967 tour) and My Woman, both featuring Joey Gregorash on vocals. Bachman also wrote both sides of their followup single, Funny Day and Good Good Man. Gregorash was later replaced by Alan Schick for the band's final Franklin single, the Beatles-ish Do You Know Your Mother.
Popular with the university crowd, Electric Jug & Blues Band holds the distinction of opening for the Monkees in 1967 and representing Manitoba's music scene at Montreal's Expo 67. The CD compilation includes Family Breaksdown -- the B-side of the group's lone Franklin single -- which boasts the distinctive wailing harmonica of Don (Stork) MacGillivray and ex-Guess Who guitarist Bruce Decker."I didn't do what I should have done with the Franklin label," muses [Frank Weiner], who now lives in Vancouver. "But it's all hindsight now. I got a lot of enjoyment and mileage out of Franklin Records."See the full content of this document
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Swingin' Singles
New compilation of 45s originally on local label Franklin Records documents Winnipeg's '60s music scene
In June, Canadian music legend Randy Bachman's popular CBC radio series Vinyl Tap featured an exclusive two-hour Winnipeg '60s music extravaganza. Response from listeners was overwhelming, and it became one of the most popular episodes of the season.And what were fans asking the big guy? They w...See the full content of this document
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