Greenfield - Blue Sky - Barry Greenfield - Larry Carlton - Canadian Folk Rock LP
LP

Greenfield - Blue Sky



Orig LP

Label: RCA

Canada Issue

Record Number: APL1-0264 Stereo



Vinyl Grade: VG+

Jacket Grade: VG+ ring wear tear top left front







Song List:


On the Road To Safety

Free The Lady

How Long Can You Give Love

Suicide

Honey, Honey, Honey, Treat Me Nice





New York Is Closed Tonight

Concert Fever

Milkman

Sweet America

Jack and Jill

My Last Blues




Barry Greenfield



Alternative / Country / Folk



It was May 1968 when John Lennon and Paul McCartney visited the NBC Tonight Show. They had a reason; tonight they would announce the arrival of the Beatles’ record label to North America. “Come to London! Come to Apple”, suggested the Liverpool duo. Well, one kid was listening, and the next day Barry flew from Vancouver to the UK, and went to 3 Saville Row, Apple Records.

Here he met John Lennon and was told that his songs were special. Barry called his mom that night from a London payphone to share his joy at the reaction from Apple. These meetings led to his first “covers”, two early songs “With This New Girl” and “Love is For the Young and Old”. Barry was offered a recording contract by EMI, but refused. He felt that stardom was not a journey he wanted to apply for. He happily returned to Vancouver, and headed for Law School. But soon the siren, music, called again.

Back in Manchester in early 1970, the 19 year old, Barry, met Harvey Lisberg, the manager of 10cc, Herman’s Hermits, and Andrew Lloyd Weber. Barry's first single was produced by Graham Gouldman (the composer of "Bus Stop", "Heart Full of Soul" and "I'm Not In Love"), and recorded with 10cc, and became Tony Blackburn's BBC Record of the Week.

Each morning at 8am, that week in October, the BBC trumpets would play to introduce Barry to the British audience. Quite an honour for the young Canadian songwriter.

In 1972 Barry wrote and recorded "New York Is Closed Tonight". This recording proved to be the first of three # 1 singles for Barry in a brief 18-month period. NEW YORK IS CLOSED TONIGHT won 1972 Certificate of Honour for Canadian Music, and was the most played song on Canadian radio in 1972.