Max Webster (CAN)

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Max Webster (CAN)

Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 04 Máj 2018, 11:49

Max Webster - A Million Vacations (1979) (Anthem Records 1995)

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Year : 1979 (Anthem Records 1995)
Style : Hard Rock , Classic Rock , Progressive Rock
Country : Canada
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 152 mb


Bio:

Max Webster was a Canadian hard rock band formed in 1973 in Toronto, Ontario.In the 1960s in Sarnia, the band went through names such as the Grass Company, the Quotations, Big Al's Band, and ZOOOM.They settled on "Max Webster" in 1973.The original members were guitarist and vocalist Kim Mitchell, keyboardist Terry Watkinson, bassist Mike Tilka and drummer Paul Kersey. Mitchell and lyricist Pye Dubois wrote the majority of their material. During his tenure with the band, Watkinson also wrote one to three songs per album.Kersey left the band after their 1976 self-titled debut album, and was replaced by Gary McCracken. After recording and touring for their second album, High Class in Borrowed Shoes (1977), Tilka would follow suit and leave the band, being replaced by Dave Myles. Myles had played with Mitchell in a series of pre-Max Webster bands, all based in Mitchell's and Myles' hometown of Sarnia, Ontario.Max Webster's third album, Mutiny Up My Sleeve (1978), was produced by the band and Terry Brown in collaboration with their ex-bassist Mike Tilka (who was then concentrating on a production career), and featured the Mitchell/Watkinson/McCracken/Myles line-up. This line-up would last through their fourth album, A Million Vacations, and a subsequent live album, Live Magnetic Air, both of which were issued in 1979.Though their albums had become FM radio staples in Canada, A Million Vacations was the first Max Webster album to generate hit singles that appeared in the Canadian top 100. The group's first hit was "Let Go the Line," written and sung by Terry Watkinson, and peaked at No. 41 on the Canadian charts. Follow-up single "A Million Vacations" was written by McCracken/Dubois, sung by McCracken, and peaked at No. 80 in Canada. The album's third and final single, "Paradise Skies" was a Mitchell/Dubois composition sung by Mitchell, and was a minor hit in both Canada (number 21) and the UK Singles Chart (number 43).With some international recognition having arrived, Max Webster then toured Europe to fairly large crowds in 1979. However, their career momentum was stalled when the band's label refused to finance a follow-up tour. By the time the band returned to Europe more than a year later, their single was no longer on the charts, and the tour had to be cancelled due to poor ticket sales.Prior to the recording of the band's fifth and final studio album, Universal Juveniles (1980), Watkinson exited. This left Max Webster a trio of Mitchell, McCracken and Myles (and left Mitchell as the band's sole original member). Universal Juveniles was recorded with the assistance of various session musicians; the song "Battle Scar" was recorded live with all three members of Rush playing alongside Max Webster.Myles left the band almost immediately after the album was recorded. Max Webster toured for a little while longer with a revised 'caretaker' line-up before Kim Mitchell decided to dissolve the band one night after playing a gig supporting Rush in Memphis Tennessee in April 1981.

Album:

A Million Vacations was the fourth album by Canadian rock band Max Webster. The record was released in 1979. The hit songs "A Million Vacations", "Let Go the Line", and "Paradise Skies" remain as Canadian Classic rock radio station staples. The album was certified platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association.Why are Max Webster still held in such high esteem by their devoted fanbase? Possibly because they concocted an ideal mixture of humour and incredible playing and composition. Much like Frank Zappa, Max Webster felt that humour does indeed belong in music. It’s “smart kid rock” but never taking itself too seriously. From playful musical sections to the words of lyricist Pye Dubois, Max could also be counted on to poke you in the ribs.A Million Vacations is certainly one of their best albums, if not their absolute magnum opus, but that’s all a matter of opinion. At this stage of the game, Max was really cooking. The 10 songs within represent some peak level songwriting, and several are still on the radio today. Through the airwaves, “Paradise Skies”, “Let Go the Line”, “A Million Vacations” and “Night Flights” might be speeding over Canada somewhere as you read this.“Paradise Skies” indeed! One of Max’s most immediate tracks is the party opener. Total mainstream Max: catchy hooks, insane playing, and a chorus that’s ready to blast off. Terry Watkinson’s “Charmonium” is more complex but no less catchy. The keyboardist wrote the song and does the lead vocals as well. Dig into those flurries of notes making up some tasty solo sections. Losing no momentum, “Night Flights” keeps a jaunty pace. Pye Dubois’ poem about the love of touring reminds us how important Pye was to the band. How many bands have a touring lyricist?Breaking the fun-loving character for just a moment, a day-dreamy “Sun Voices” has connections to the next songs, “Moon Voices” and “A Million Vacations”. “In my chair, chaise lounge…” and how many songs can you think of with a chaise lounge in the words?? “Sun Voices” is a meditative poolside view. Perhaps then the side-closing instrumental “Moon Voices” is the loud party, after the sun goes down?“A Million Vacations” (written by drummer Gary McCracken and Pye Dubois) on side two is a party-ready Canadian summer anthem. Part of being Canadian is hibernating for our cold, dark winters. Once we have endured the freeze, and life returns with the spring thaw, it is like a celebration. “A Million Vacations” has that feeling. “Throwin’ out all kinds of fishing line, Friday Friday is a good time to shine.” Yes indeed, hitting the outdoors is a Canadian weekend tradition in the summer time.“Look Out” is an often forgotten buried gem. The chorus is written around a catchy keyboard riff, which suddenly gives way to a conga jam. It’s Max as only Max can do, daring but never fearing. But side two’s centerpiece is undoubtedly the magnificent ballad “Let Go the Line”, with Watkinson back on lead vocals. Kim Mitchell orchestrates a guitar chorus for the main instrument hook and it’s instant love. For sheer smart pop songwriting, “Let Go the Line” is Max’s finest. The new 2017 remaster from the recommended box set The Party really reveals a lot of nuance in the back that were hard or impossible to hear on previous CD editions.Kim gets a little goofy with “Rascal Houdi”, an undeniable party rocker. “I’m switching out, I’m out to lunch,” and it’s a teenage blast. But the party finale, “Research (At Beach Resorts)” takes it to the max (pun intended). “Line up crowds at the pavilion, Max is playing ‘Vacations'”. It’s a beach party, and Max is “in Newport for research, to get abreast of things…” What about Wasaga Beach on Georgian Bay? Already taken care of, friends. “We’ve just researched Wasaga Beach, bonfire pits at midnight.” But what the heck are they “researching”? “What is it that we stare at? Is it the passports and campsite stars? Or the monogrammed bikinis and cars? Or maybe we just need some perspiration ’cause we’re frostbitten Canadian boys!” There are few bands better than Max Webster, folks, and Max’s A Million Vacation is an easy album to love, so flip it over and play it again like I’m about to.

Line Up:

Kim Mitchell – guitars and vocals
Gary McCracken – drums, percussion and vocals
Dave Myles – bass guitar
Terry Watkinson – keyboards and vocals

production:

Pressed By – Cinram
Published By – Mark-Cain Music
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Anthem Entertainment
Copyright (c) – Anthem Entertainment
Producer – John De Nottbeck, Max Webster

Tracklist:

01. Paradise Skies
02. Charmonium
03. Night Flights
04. Sun Voices
05. Moon Voices
06. A Million Vacations
07. Look Out
08. Let Go The Line
09. Rascal Houdi
10. Research (at Beach Resorts)

+ Video "Paradise Skies" (Live Video)


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Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 04 Máj 2018, 12:06

Max Webster - Universal Juveniles (1980) (Anthem Records 1990)

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Year : 1980 (Anthem Records 1990)
Style : Hard Rock , Classic Rock , Progressive Rock
Country : Canada
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 152 mb


Bio:

Max Webster was a Canadian hard rock band formed in 1973 in Toronto, Ontario.In the 1960s in Sarnia, the band went through names such as the Grass Company, the Quotations, Big Al's Band, and ZOOOM.They settled on "Max Webster" in 1973.The original members were guitarist and vocalist Kim Mitchell, keyboardist Terry Watkinson, bassist Mike Tilka and drummer Paul Kersey. Mitchell and lyricist Pye Dubois wrote the majority of their material. During his tenure with the band, Watkinson also wrote one to three songs per album.Kersey left the band after their 1976 self-titled debut album, and was replaced by Gary McCracken. After recording and touring for their second album, High Class in Borrowed Shoes (1977), Tilka would follow suit and leave the band, being replaced by Dave Myles. Myles had played with Mitchell in a series of pre-Max Webster bands, all based in Mitchell's and Myles' hometown of Sarnia, Ontario.Max Webster's third album, Mutiny Up My Sleeve (1978), was produced by the band and Terry Brown in collaboration with their ex-bassist Mike Tilka (who was then concentrating on a production career), and featured the Mitchell/Watkinson/McCracken/Myles line-up. This line-up would last through their fourth album, A Million Vacations, and a subsequent live album, Live Magnetic Air, both of which were issued in 1979.Though their albums had become FM radio staples in Canada, A Million Vacations was the first Max Webster album to generate hit singles that appeared in the Canadian top 100. The group's first hit was "Let Go the Line," written and sung by Terry Watkinson, and peaked at No. 41 on the Canadian charts. Follow-up single "A Million Vacations" was written by McCracken/Dubois, sung by McCracken, and peaked at No. 80 in Canada. The album's third and final single, "Paradise Skies" was a Mitchell/Dubois composition sung by Mitchell, and was a minor hit in both Canada (number 21) and the UK Singles Chart (number 43).With some international recognition having arrived, Max Webster then toured Europe to fairly large crowds in 1979. However, their career momentum was stalled when the band's label refused to finance a follow-up tour. By the time the band returned to Europe more than a year later, their single was no longer on the charts, and the tour had to be cancelled due to poor ticket sales.Prior to the recording of the band's fifth and final studio album, Universal Juveniles (1980), Watkinson exited. This left Max Webster a trio of Mitchell, McCracken and Myles (and left Mitchell as the band's sole original member). Universal Juveniles was recorded with the assistance of various session musicians; the song "Battle Scar" was recorded live with all three members of Rush playing alongside Max Webster.Myles left the band almost immediately after the album was recorded. Max Webster toured for a little while longer with a revised 'caretaker' line-up before Kim Mitchell decided to dissolve the band one night after playing a gig supporting Rush in Memphis Tennessee in April 1981.

Album:

Universal Juveniles was Max Webster's fifth and last album, released in 1980. The album features a guest appearance by friends and fellow Canadian rockers Rush on the song "Battle Scar". The album was certified Gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association.“1980 will be a year long remembered. It has seen the end of Max Webster, and will soon see the end of Led Zeppelin.” - Darth Vader.All good things must indeed come to an end. If there was one band — just one band! — out of the Great White North that truly deserved better things, it was Max Webster. Much like their soul mate, Frank Zappa, Max Webster had successfully inserted humour into complex progressive rock songs. The big difference was that Max tended to keep it to guitar-bass-keyboards-drums. Their musicianship was unimpeachable. Much like Bubbles shouted out “Geddy Lee! Neil Peart! Alex Lifeson!” to emphasize the awesomeness of Rush, I shout “Kim Mitchell! Terry Watkinson! Gary McCracken!”Maybe it was the skinny balding front man in the tights, the weird but deep lyrics, or the goofy keyboards. One way or another, Max Webster never saw the success that their friends Rush did, and Universal Juveniles would be the last Max record. Genius keyboardist Terry Watkinson was out of the band, although he did play on the album. Kim Mitchell folded the band mid-tour after the record, unable to hack it any longer.Kim’s smoking chops open “In The World of Giants”, perhaps the world that Rush occupied and Max failed to enter. Max sound stripped back, with minimal piano and keyboards. What a song though. Surely “In the World of Giants” is one of Max Webster’s most breakneck rock songs, albeit with the complexity of riff and licks that you would expect. At the same time, do I sense a certain amount of fatigue, between the grooves?There’s no detectable tiredness on “Check”, which will wake you right the fuck up! There’s nothing like a good, joyous, loaded-with-all-the-guitar-fixin’s Max Webster romp. Want some shredding? “Check this out!” At only 2 1/2 minutes, “Check” is all it needs to be — in and out, the mission of kicking ass all complete. Yet Max Webster was not about simply rocking, so “April in Toledo” brings some funk. The classic refrain of “I wanna run to Niagara, I’ll cry and cry in the dark” is joined by gleeful guitars, to create the picture perfect mixture of Max confection perfection. I’m still sitting here scratching my head wondering how Kim got that weird guitar sound in the solo so perfect, but I’m soon distracted by another awesome chorus.“Juveniles Don’t Stop” is a Max party anthem; not as memorable as “The Party” itself, but still good to crank with some cold ones. Don’t get too loaded though — you don’t want to miss the double barrelled blast that is “Battle Scar”. What could be more epic than a duet with Rush vocalist Geddy Lee? Oh, how about doing the whole song with Rush — a double trio! That’s two bass guitars opening the song. That’s Neil Peart and Gary McCracken providing the dual beats. (You sure can tell when it’s Neil doing a drum roll, that’s for sure!) That’s Alex Lifeson accompanying Kim Mitchell in a legendary guitar team-up. Geddy Lee, in peak voice, provides the vocal chills necessary to top off such an epic alignment. Truly, “Battle Scar” is not just an important song for Canadian rock, but a track that any serious rock fan should seek out and own. You simply owe it to yourself to do so.There’s some sneaky understated goodness in “Chalkers” but I find it to be one of the less memorable tracks. It’s notable for containing the phrase “universal juveniles” in the lyrics, lending it for the album title. “Drive and Desire” is a bigger song, a sizeable rocker with a nice bluesy vibe. McCracken’s drums on this one are purely delicious. Even better is the slow mournful “Blue River Liquor Shine”. It foreshadows some of the songs on Kim’s excellent solo EP, Kim Mitchell. A proud achievement, “Blue River Liquor” does indeed shine with Max classics of the past.“What Do You Do With the Urge” is a wreckless Max party rocker, just in time to set us up for the final Max Webster song — the last one ever, sadly. “Cry Out for Your Life” lurches like a wounded soldier crawling to the warmth of safety. Loads of Max class abound, but there does seem to be less glee, less shimmer. Perhaps the end was inevitable. Although Kim and the gang turned in another jaw dropping Max Webster record, something was wrong and it sounds somewhat forced at times.Kim Mitchell had tremendous success with his solo career in Canada. Anthems such as “Go For Soda” have been immortalized in our memories, and on our TV sets. Who can forget the moment in Season 7 of Trailer Park Boys, when Bubbles goes to “rock a piss”, and Ricky responds, “You go rock a piss, I’m gonna get ‘er going with the Mitchell!” Then: Bubbles peeing to the tune of “Go For Soda”, bopping his head in time with the music! Just classic. On the more sentimental side, Kim appealed to the adults in the crowd with “Patio Lanterns” and “Easy To Tame”. He really aimed to please everybody….…Except the fans of old, goofy Max progressive rock. Universal Juveniles is its capstone.

Line Up:

Kim Mitchell – guitar and vocals
Gary McCracken – drums
Dave Myles – bass
Pye Dubois – lyrics

Additional musicians:

Doug Riley
Neil Peart
Terry Watkinson
Alex Lifeson
David Stone
Geddy Lee

production:

Recorded at Phase One Studios, Scarborough, Canada.
Mixed at Soundstage, Toronto, Canada.
Mastered at Masterdisc, New York, U.S.A.

Track 5 - Recorded live July 28th 1980 together at Phase One Studios, Toronto,

Tracklist:

01. In The World Of Giants
02. Check
03. April In Toledo
04. Juveniles Don't Stop
05. Battle Scar (Featuring Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, And Neil Peart Of Rush)
06. Chalkers
07. Drive and Desire
08. Blue River Liquor Shine
09. What Do You Do With The Urge
10. Cry Out Your Life


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