FIVE MAN ELECTRICAL BAND goodbyes butterflies RARE COV

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Original 1971Canada stereo press of LP on Polydor label
FIVE MAN ELECTRICAL BAND titled "Goodbyes And Butterflies"
CONDITION:
cover: Excellent
clean & sharp ~ still has original shrink ( small shrink tear lower right)
cover has just tiny fray to corners
vinyl: VG++ to Excellent
clean & glossy~1 long thin lite multi-track surface mark across Side 1~ a few small
faint lite needlemarks & a couple lite fingerprints per side ~ all superficial
plays excellent,but, with an occasional odd lite click & minimal
occasional lite low level surface noise/soft crackle here & there
PERSONNEL:
Les Emmerson ~ guitar, vocals
Ted Gerow ~ keyboards
Brian Rading ~ bass
Mike Belanger ~ drums, vocals
Rick Belanger ~ percussion, vocals
SELECTIONS:
Signs ~ Safe And Sound (With Jesus) ~ Dance Of The Swamp Woman
Butterfly ~ Hello melinda Goodbye ~ Moonshine ( Friend Of Mine)
Forever Together ~ Mama's Baby Child ~ Man With The Horse And Wagon
All Is Right (With The World Tonight)
Variations On A Theme Of Lepidoptera
here's some background / bio information & album discography from JAM (Thanks, JAM!)
The Staccatos had emerged from the Ottawa scene in the mid-'60's with financial backing from journalist Sandy Gardiner. He helped launch their first release to gain any prominence called "Moved To California". They began to receive more notice with gigs in Toronto's Yorkville Village after the release of "Half Past Midnight" (1967) which became a national hit. Around this time they hooked up with Coca-Cola Company to share half an LP recorded at Hallmark Studios with The Guess Who called 'A Wild Pair' on Jack Richardson's Nimbus Records. The album was a big seller prompting the band's U.S. label to release "Half Past Midnight" along with a commitment to record new material in L.A. Though they received a lot of hype in California from the record label, the group was seen as being 'too Beach Boy sounding' and The Staccatos records failed. Taking a cue from their own 1968 2nd album, they soon changed their name to The Five Man Electrical Band in 1969 and commuted back and forth to Los Angeles recording sides for Capitol Records. The first single from this batch was "It Never Rains On Maple Lane". When their deal with Capitol ended they signed to MGM Records who released "Moonshine (Friend Of Mine)" from the movie 'Moonshine War'. The record did little as did its follow-up "Hello Melinda Goodbye" which featured a b-side called "Signs" which garnered some interest on LA radio. MGM flipped the record over and re-issued it but nothing happened. In 1971 Five Man Electrical band signed with a little label owned by writer Jimmy Webb and producer Dallas Smith called Lion Records. They re-issued "Signs" from the band's first full album Goodbyes & Butterflies (shortly after changing some cover art) and the single went to No.3 in the U.S. and No.4 in Canada selling more than 2 million copies worldwide. Later in 1971 they released "Absolutely Right" which went to No.3 in Canada and Top-20 in the U.S. By 1973 they were exhausted and called it quits, though Emmerson continued recording as Five Man Electrical Band until 1975. After this, he remained in California and started a faltering label called Perfect Records. Following this he returned to Ottawa, resumed a solo career (with a brief stint in The Cooper Brothers). In 1986 the band reformed for a one-off benefit concert which has lead into a fun Eastern Canada tour every year with no business pressures. The song "Signs" was even revived by hairspray band Tesla in 1990. Emmerson would later buy back the rights to the entire Five Man Electrical Band catalogue (having invested wisely in computer technology) and issued a 'best of' CD in the '90's.
Album Discography
1971 Goodbyes And Butterflies (MGM)
1972 Coming Of Age (Polydor)
1973 Sweet Paradise (Polydor)
1974 The Power Of The Five Man Electrical Band (Polydor)
1995 Absolutely Right The Best Of Five Man Electrical Band (Polygram/Universal)

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