Magentalane

Magentalane
Studio album by Klaatu
Released	October 1981
Recorded	ESP Studios, Buttonville, Canada, April–July 1981[1]
Genre	Psychedelic pop[2] pop rock[3]
Length	34:11
Label	Daffodil
Producer	Klaatu
Klaatu chronology
Endangered Species (1980)Endangered Species1980 Magentalane (1981) Klaatu Sampler (1981)Klaatu Sampler1981

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Magentalane was the fifth and final album of new material by the Canadian progressive rock group Klaatu.

The album was not released in the United States, since Capitol Records had terminated Klaatu, following the commercial failure Endangered Species. As such, Magentalane was only originally released exclusively in Canada and Mexico, although it was reissued worldwide in 1995 on Compact Disc by Permanent Press Records.

The mouse squeak from Klaatu's first and second album was present here, followed by the sound of a springing mousetrap. However, there is the sound of a mouse running away. According to John Woloschuk, this was intended to allow Klaatu's fanbase to know that Magentalane was likely to be Klaatu's last studio album.

The advance budget for the Magentalane album helped make E.S.P. Studios of Buttonville, Ontario, a professional studio in 1980. ESP was owned by Klaatu member Dee Long and partner John Jones, who both went on to George Martin's AIR Studios in London in 1985.

Track listing

The album ends with the sound of a mouse squeaking and a mousetrap, followed by the sound of something running away.

Personnel

Klaatu^[4]

• John Woloschuk - vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, vibraphone, electric sitar, ocarina, glockenspiel
• Dee Long - vocals, electric guitar, mandolin, slide guitar, Korg synthesizer
• Terry Draper - drums, percussion, Polymoog synthesizer, trombone, tambourine, vocals

Additional musicians^[5]

• John Johnson - saxophone solo on "The Love of a Woman"
• Memo Acevedo - conga on "The Love of a Woman"
• Adele, Paul and Dick Armin - strings on "The Love of a Woman", "December Dream" and "Maybe I'll Move to Mars"
• George Bertok - piano on "Blue Smoke"
• Lorne Grossman - tympani and chimes on "December Dream" and "Maybe I'll Move to Mars"
• Paul Irvine - trumpet and trombone on "December Dream" and "Maybe I'll Move to Mars
• Jill Vogel, Anna Draper and Linda Davies - backing vocals on "Mrs. Toad's Cookies"
• Frank Watt (drums), Ken Wannamaker (bass), Dave Kennedy (guitar) on At The End of the Rainbow.

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