The Headpins

I will be at the Chicagoland Vinyl Record Collectors show tomorrow.   The Headpins.  Not really sure who they are.  I've never played this record.  It is called Head Over Heals.  Nice title.  A first for me.  So, I had to cheat and look Headpins.this up:  "Headpins are a Canadian rock group, founded as a side project in the late 1970s by then Chilliwack members Ab Bryant and Brian MacLeod. Macleod was impressed by the vocal talents of Vancouver rock singer Denise McCann, and asked her to join his new venture. Originally, Matt Frenette played drums for The Headpins while Bernie Aubin played drums for fellow Vancouver band Loverboy but, within months, Aubin and Frenette swapped bands where each continues to play to the present. The Headpins began gigging around the Vancouver area throughout 1980, quickly building a fan base. McCann left at the end of that first year, and MacLeod brought in Darby Mills to provide lead vocals.  They achieved their height of popularity in 1982 and 1983, with songs such as "Don't It Make You Feel" (Sample "Don't It..." here) and "Just One More Time". Soon after, Darby Mills was replaced by Chrissy Steele. Later, Steele went on to make her own band with MacLeod and signed with Chrysalis Records, although the outfit was soon dropped by the label. She ended up having two hits, "Love You 'Til It Hurts" and the ballad, "Love Don't Last Forever."  They continue to perform live with Darby, Ab and Bernie from the 80's lineup.

The Jackson - Triumph

The Jacksons - Triumph.  This album is great.  It was some really great songs on it - like Time Waits for No One, Walk Right Now, and Lovely One.  Triumph is from 1980 - the year after Michael made the his epic, smash solo album Off the Wall.  Triumph went platinum in the U.S. and peaked at #10 on the Billboard top 200 list.   It initially sold over 3 million copies in its original run.  The brothers shared many of the vocal and solos on most of this album's songs, but Michael takes most of the lead.  Somewhat of the group's "comeback" record, this was their first album to reach number-one on Billboard's R&B album chart since Maybe Tomorrow, from 1971.  The Jackson brothers would not release another studio LP for four years after this release of Triumph.

The Everly Brothers - Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett

The Everyly Brothers - meet up with Delaney & Bonnie Bramlett and Friends.  This record is called Stories We Could Tell.  Wow - what a great list of players play on this record: to name just a few - John Sebastian, Waddy Watchell, Ry Cooder, Warren Zevon, Jim Gordon (of course Jim Gordon!), Russ Kunkle.  And singing vocals along are Bonnie Bramlett, Delaney, David Crosby, Graham Nash.

Bert Sommer - a holy grail album in my collection: He Played at Woodstock

Bert Sommer played at Woodstock.  According to multiple sources - Bert was the third act up on the first day.  Friday was acoustic and folk music day.   Based on the available daylight when he appeared in the film - he probably went on around 7 pm.  He likely played a :45 minute set that included these ten songs:  Jennifer, The Road to Travel, I Wondered Where You Be, She's Gone, Things Are Going My Way, And When It's Over, Jeanette, America, A Note That Read, and Smile.  He was joined on stage by Charlie Bilello on bass and Ira Stone on guitar, organ, and harmonica.  He played a ten-song set.  He followed the band Sweetwater, and Tim Hardin came on after Bert.