| Title
of Work: |
Dear Christine |
Words
By:
|
John Woloschuk
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Music
By:
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John Woloschuk and Dino Tome
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Lead
Vocal:
|
John Woloschuk |
Backup
Vocals:
|
John Woloschuk |
Instrumentation:
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John:
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Piano, organ, bass guitar,
acoustic guitar, bells
|
Dee:
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Electric and acoustic
guitars |
Terry:
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Tambourine, drum overdubs
(in fade ending)
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Recorded
At:
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Sounds Interchange, Toronto
Canada
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Recording
Period:
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November 1977 to May 1978 (mixed
in early June 1978)
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Initial
Release Date:
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August 1978 ("Sir Army Suit"
album)
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Remarks:
|
From Klaatu's inception in
January 1973 and continuing on through May 1977, one important factor
in making possible the production of the group's recordings had been
access to studio time at Toronto Sound Studios made available by
producer Terry Brown (who was then part-owner of that studio). But by
the autumn of 1977, TSS had ceased operations and was in the process of
being dissolved. When recording of Klaatu's third album ("Sir Army
Suit") got underway in November 1977, the group was booked into another
of Toronto's leading studios, Sounds Interchange, under the pseudonym
"The Plastic Mosquitoes".
The first song recorded by Klaatu at Sounds Interchange was "Dear
Christine". The basic rhythm section (consisting of piano, electric
guitar, and drums) was recorded "live" off the floor on November 28,
1977 with Terry Brown producing and Mike Jones engineering. (The
"distorted" electric guitar track recorded on that first session was
subsequently replaced with a "clean" electric 12-string guitar.)
The sound of a Bosun's whistle which appears briefly midway through
this track was provided courtesy of Frank Davies, who was then
president of Daffodil Records (the record label that released Klaatu's
recordings in Canada at the time).
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