*Note: Tracks 2, 8 and 17 are available for streaming now. Full album releases April 19, 2019.
Tracks: 1. Dacron Sweaters - Surfin' to Liverpool 2. Biff Harooba & The Dacron Sweaters - (Theme from) The Biff Harooba Show 01:49 3. Biff Harooba & The Dacron Sweaters - Jumping Around a Lot 4. Biff Harooba & The Dacron Sweaters - Hula Hoopin' Hot Bitch 5. Biff Harooba & The Dacron Sweaters - Jumping Around Again 6. Porkpie Hats and you That Yes Feeling Theme 7. The Electric Cows - Stampede! 8. Frenzy! 02:44 9. The Electric Cows - Prisoner of Your Own Mind 10. The Electric Cows - Cowabunga 11. The Electric Cows - Shattered Glass 12. The Electric Cows - Change It 13. The Electric Cows - Desparationtoxication 14. The Electric Cows - End of the Middle 15. The Electric Cows - Wild Clambake Weekend on Venus 16. The Electric Cows - Cragmont Cola Radio Ad 17. Trick or Treating Cycle Mama 02:18 18. The Electric Cows - Mainliner Amp Radio Ad 19. The Electric Cows - Into Stephanie's Room 20. The Electric Cows - Missing Files 21. The Electric Cows - Bernice Says 22. The Electric Cows - I Hear Blue
about: The Electric Cows were among a plethora of 1960s beat bands in Western Canada that never got their 15 minutes of fame, whether due to poor management decisions, lack of musical talent, or simply never having their number drawn in the era's rock'n'roll lottery. More popular Winnipeg acts like The Guess Who, The Quid, Crescendos, and Buddy Knox took the limelight but whatever the Cows lacked in popularity, professionalism, and actual talent they made up for with gumption, grit, horse sense, and occasional bursts of raw garage band energy. Their only claim to any semblance of fame might have been their close association with a North Dakota TV celebrity named Biff Harooba. Harooba had his own morning children's TV show and hired the band (then performing as The Dacron Sweaters) for several musical projects in 1964 and 1965, including the theme song for his show, some novelty singles, and a failed attempt at a TV variety special about the evils of teenagers wearing porkpie hats. Apart from their better known work with Harooba, the Cows also released three singles, recorded some radio commercials, and submitted demos for American International Pictures B-movies before splitting up in 1967. Chief songwriters Wayne Rizzuto and Barry Hipp moved on to Tacoma, Washington and achieved minor success with their new group The First National Jugband.
Anyway, in 2017 a box of reel to reel tapes was discovered in a Grosvenor Avenue house that was once a popular Winnipeg recording studio. The box looked like it had been used as a foot stool for decades, but many of the tapes were still playable. They included incomplete solo recordings from dozens of forgotten 1960s and 1970s artists, along with more than 30 Electric Cows recordings in various states of completion. This compilation includes all three of the bands singles (including 1964's "Surfin' To Liverpool" when they were still known as the Dacron Sweaters) as well as 19 of these newly discovered reel to reel recordings. Besides the rare singles the only song ever heard before outside of the studio is a different version of "Shattered Glass" which was included in 1987s Rock-a-lanche garage band compilation.
"Doc" Sigurdson = KQWB Radio (Fargo) 2019
The Electric Cows were:
Wayne Rizzuto: Lead vocals, harmonica, percussion. Barry Hipp: Lead guitar, electric saw, slide banjo, backup vocals. Vernon Friesen: Rythym guitar, backup vocals. Buddy Grant: Bass guitar, backup vocals. Bob Rodgers: Drums, backup vocals.
*Note: Tracks 2, 8 and 17 are available for streaming now. Full album releases April 19, 2019.
ReplyDeleteTracks:
1.
Dacron Sweaters - Surfin' to Liverpool
2.
Biff Harooba & The Dacron Sweaters - (Theme from) The Biff Harooba Show 01:49
3.
Biff Harooba & The Dacron Sweaters - Jumping Around a Lot
4.
Biff Harooba & The Dacron Sweaters - Hula Hoopin' Hot Bitch
5.
Biff Harooba & The Dacron Sweaters - Jumping Around Again
6.
Porkpie Hats and you That Yes Feeling Theme
7.
The Electric Cows - Stampede!
8.
Frenzy! 02:44
9.
The Electric Cows - Prisoner of Your Own Mind
10.
The Electric Cows - Cowabunga
11.
The Electric Cows - Shattered Glass
12.
The Electric Cows - Change It
13.
The Electric Cows - Desparationtoxication
14.
The Electric Cows - End of the Middle
15.
The Electric Cows - Wild Clambake Weekend on Venus
16.
The Electric Cows - Cragmont Cola Radio Ad
17.
Trick or Treating Cycle Mama 02:18
18.
The Electric Cows - Mainliner Amp Radio Ad
19.
The Electric Cows - Into Stephanie's Room
20.
The Electric Cows - Missing Files
21.
The Electric Cows - Bernice Says
22.
The Electric Cows - I Hear Blue
about:
The Electric Cows were among a plethora of 1960s beat bands in Western Canada that never got their 15 minutes of fame, whether due to poor management decisions, lack of musical talent, or simply never having their number drawn in the era's rock'n'roll lottery. More popular Winnipeg acts like The Guess Who, The Quid, Crescendos, and Buddy Knox took the limelight but whatever the Cows lacked in popularity, professionalism, and actual talent they made up for with gumption, grit, horse sense, and occasional bursts of raw garage band energy. Their only claim to any semblance of fame might have been their close association with a North Dakota TV celebrity named Biff Harooba. Harooba had his own morning children's TV show and hired the band (then performing as The Dacron Sweaters) for several musical projects in 1964 and 1965, including the theme song for his show, some novelty singles, and a failed attempt at a TV variety special about the evils of teenagers wearing porkpie hats. Apart from their better known work with Harooba, the Cows also released three singles, recorded some radio commercials, and submitted demos for American International Pictures B-movies before splitting up in 1967. Chief songwriters Wayne Rizzuto and Barry Hipp moved on to Tacoma, Washington and achieved minor success with their new group The First National Jugband.
Anyway, in 2017 a box of reel to reel tapes was discovered in a Grosvenor Avenue house that was once a popular Winnipeg recording studio. The box looked like it had been used as a foot stool for decades, but many of the tapes were still playable. They included incomplete solo recordings from dozens of forgotten 1960s and 1970s artists, along with more than 30 Electric Cows recordings in various states of completion. This compilation includes all three of the bands singles (including 1964's "Surfin' To Liverpool" when they were still known as the Dacron Sweaters) as well as 19 of these newly discovered reel to reel recordings. Besides the rare singles the only song ever heard before outside of the studio is a different version of "Shattered Glass" which was included in 1987s Rock-a-lanche garage band compilation.
"Doc" Sigurdson = KQWB Radio (Fargo) 2019
The Electric Cows were:
Wayne Rizzuto: Lead vocals, harmonica, percussion.
Barry Hipp: Lead guitar, electric saw, slide banjo, backup vocals.
Vernon Friesen: Rythym guitar, backup vocals.
Buddy Grant: Bass guitar, backup vocals.
Bob Rodgers: Drums, backup vocals.
releases April 19, 2019