The Wonderful Grand Band (album)

The Wonderful Grand Band
Studio album by The Wonderful Grand Band
Released 1978
Recorded May 1978
Studio Clode Sound Studio, Stephenville, Newfoundland
Genre Rock/Folk
Length 35:57
Label Clode Sound CS 014
Producer The Wonderful Grand Band
The Wonderful Grand Band chronology
The Wonderful Grand Band Living in a Fog
(1981)Living in a Fog1981

The Wonderful Grand Band is an eponymous debut album release by The Wonderful Grand Band. The album was inspired by music the band played during a six-part television mini-series on the CBC called The Root Seller. The songs on the album are a mix of traditional music and folk-rock. The album comprises music composed by Emile Benoit and songs written by Ron Hynes.[1] This album features some of Emile's first recorded music, specifically Emile's Dream which later, in 1980, the album of the same name was released by Emile featuring titles that also appear on The Wonderful Grand Band. The album also features the first and original version of the widely covered Sonny's Dream which also appears re-recorded on their second album, Living in a Fog. The album was only available on LP until 2010 when it was reissued for CD.[2]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "The Budgell's Jigs" (Trad.) – 2:42
  2. "Sonny's Dream" (Ron Hynes) – 3:14
  3. "Just Like a Movie Scene" (R. Hynes) – 3:39
  4. "a) The Washroom Reel b)Joe Smallwood's Reel c) The Humours Of Lissadel" (Emile Benoit) – 3:36
  5. "One Last Lover" (R. Hynes) – 2:59
  6. "Maid In France a) Rufus' Tune b) St. Laurent c) The Maid I Ne'er Forgot" – 3:04

Side two

  1. "Take a Chance On Love" (R. Hynes)- 2:21
  2. "For You And Me" (R. Hynes) – 3:27
  3. "a) Piccadilly Sand b) Emile's Dream c) The Long Point Reel" (E. Benoit & Trad.)- 3:26
  4. "Home On The Island" (R. Hynes) – 3:16
  5. "Don't Wake Me Up Too Early" (R. Hynes) – 2:36
  6. "The Jig Is Up" (Trad.) – 1:57

Personnel

Band

  • Ron Hynes – lead vocals, acoustic guitars, mandolin, banjo
  • Kelly Russell – fiddle, mandolin, dulcimer
  • Sandy Morris – acoustic & electric lead guitars
  • Bryan Hennessey – electric bass, harmonica on 'Take a Chance'
  • Bawnie Oulton – vocal harmony
  • Glenn Simmons – acoustic & electric guitars, vocal harmony

Rocky Wiseman – drums

Production

  • Neil Bishop – engineer
  • Manny Bucheit – photography
  • Claude Caines – engineer, punchmaster general,
  • The Wonderful Grand Band – producers, cover design & arrangements

References

  1. ↑ http://citizenfreak.com/artists/105428-wonderful-grand-band
  2. ↑ https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/36237_139608552722748_530924_n.jpg?oh=fe0f89b17a8cf9d53ce902ab9d4d6d00&oe=56FA2184
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