Moxy (legendary Canadian hard rock) Ridin' High remix 12" single NEAR MINT RARE

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Moxy

Ridin' High (remix)
b/w
Change In My Life (remix)

Ahed Records A12-1 1978 12" 45rpm (Canada)

Moxy is a Canadian hard rock and heavy metal band, formed in Toronto, Ontario, in 1974, from previous members of the rock group Leigh Ashford — which included singer Douglas "Buzz" Shearman (former teen singer of Sherman & Peabody), alongside Greg Godovitz of Fludd & Goddo, and Gil Moore (later of Triumph), Earl Johnson (former member of King Biscuit Boy), Bill Wade (former member of Outlaw Music and Brutus under the alias Hally Hunter that also included Gino Scarpelli of Goddo) and Terry Juric, (former member of Outlaw Music) as Leigh Ashford. The group changed its name to Moxy in late 1974. This name change was accompanied by a change in the group's sound. Buddy Caine, a former band mate of Earl Johnson, was added to the group in 1975.

March 1977, after touring non-stop since the release of Moxy II, Moxy went back to the studio in Toronto to record another album with Jack Douglas producing again. The result was Ridin' High which once more contained all-original material written by the band members with an even harder/heavy sound than the first two albums. The album received good reviews, with nomination of a Juno Award in 1977 for most promising group of the year. However airplay was limited as FM radio stations in Canada and northern U.S. shifted to softer rock. Nevertheless, in the southern U.S and Europe, "Are You Ready", "Ridin' High" and "I'll Set You on Fire" received heavy radio support.
“  I remember going in doing radio interviews and 'Ridin' High' was the single and they would put it on and all the needles would just go tilt over right into the red and the station engineer would be freaking out." Earl Johnson 

July 27, 1977, Joe Anthony brought Moxy to Texas for their first headline appearance in the US in Austin at Armadillo World Headquarters. The next night in San Antonio at the Municipal Auditorium and on July 29 in Corpus Christi, Texas, at Ritz Music Hall, with AC/DC as the opening act for all three dates. Moxy went on to tour throughout California, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan with bands like Styx, The Ramones, Hall & Oates, Rainbow, The Runaways and Trooper, ending the tour headlined Massey Hall in Toronto.

The hard touring and rigorous schedule was beginning to take its toll on the band by late 1977. Most of the band members had been touring since the late 1960s in other bands before Moxy was formed. Living a life filled with sex, drugs and rock and roll, the band had been slowly self-destructing for years. Buzz Shearman had developed vocal cord problems and singer/soundman Brian Maxim (singer on Moxy V) had to be called in to hit the high notes off stage. Shearman decided to leave in late 1977 after the Ridin' High tour, due to personality conflicts and in order to seek medical attention for his vocal cords and drinking problem.

 Tracklist
A  Ridin' High (Remix)  
B  Change In My Life (Remix)

Condition:  12" single is NEAR MINT, in a plastic inner sleeve in a picture sleeve in EXCELLENT condition (very minor ring impressions). 

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