Condition: Used
Barry Newman - Noon Tide
Label: Studio 3 Production Ltd.
RR166306
From Vancouver Island pressed up privately in small numbers.
Format: Vinyl, LP
Record VG++
Cover VG++
Country: Canada
Released: 1974
Genre: Funk / Soul, Rock
Style:
Tracks :
1) On A Lifeline - (5:15)
2) Such A Sunny Day - (6:29)
3) Juan de Fuca Funk (Newman/Richardson) - (5:09)
4) Another No-Party - (5:00)
5) Burnin' Wolf's Beef - (8:45)
6) Our Code Has a Long Way to Go - (6:07)
This jazz / rock LP was written and recorded by Barry Newman (publisher, Cosmic Debris Musicians Magazine) at Studio One, Vancouver, BC, in August, 1974. It is one of the province's first "indie" recordings. Newman, who had previously performed in Victoria-based bands Pastime, As Sheriff and Buckeye, plays electric guitar, 12-string acoustic and sings most of the lead vocals on this vintage album.
The 4 members of Noontide, aged 18 to 21, packed a rented car with as much gear as they could squeeze in, and took the ferry to Vancouver to record the project in five days. During the evenings that week, Bryan Adams and John Booth were recording Sweeny Todd in the same studio.
Some of the studio's commercial accounts (large department stores) kept interrupting Noontide's allotted daily sessions to fix up their radio jingles, etc. So, by late Friday afternoon, instead of having 40 hours to produce the album, only 17 hours had gone into recording... leaving only 90 minutes left to mix the entire album. Considering the multi-tracking of Dave Richardson's sax (x4...at times sounding like a blend of Glenn Miller & Blodwyn Pig), this was quite a feat! Single songs often take over 100 hours to produce.
Newman was a complex, thoughtful being. He was a habitual writer/composer of poetry, prose, lyrics, essays & political comment. He left hundreds of smoky scrawled pages of his work dating back to the early 70's, to collate & catalogue.
It is a massive task.
Barry's empathy with humanity was truly heartfelt & he was terribly affected by the ongoing strife in the world
BARRY NEWMAN - noon tide - loner/downer private canada west coast needledrop - 1974 pt1
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