Dreams Fantasies & Nightmares:
This Toronto, Ontario, band's album is one of the rarest to come out of Canada. Musically, it's a mixture of psychedelia, blues and rock. Some tracks like Inside Out, Inside In and Royal American Twentieth Century Blues Reprise sound strongly influenced by The Beatles circa Sergeant Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour. There's some nice guitar work on Thirteen Miles Down and a nice chimey intro to Good Dream. The remaining tracks are frankly rather ordinary. There was a repress in the late eighties, buy this before forking out for an original.
Shortly after recording this album, they also acted as session musicians for Hyde. Mike Clancy recalls:- "We had finished recording Royal American 20th Century Blues by Feb.'69. Art Snider, our exec. producer and owner of Sound Canada Studios - asked us if we would provide the back-ing music for this folk singer named Hyde. We were not really in a position to refuse, since Art had given Rockadrome so much free studio time. So we did it in two or three weeks. There was no real input from us, except to learn each tune and record it. After it was all over, we each received a copy of the album, and I don't think any of us ever saw him again."
Ron Dove, Paul LaChapelle and Mike Clancy also recorded a further album in 1969, backing The Allan Sisters, The Allan Sisters, Jackie and Coralie (Sound Canada SC-7704) 1969. This too was produced by Art Snider.
Mike Clancy had previously played drums in late 1962/3 with Jack Bailey and The Naturals, (from Peterborough, Ontario) and Jerry Warren and The Tremblers, (from Hamilton, Ontario). Both bands had recordings. ~ (Vernon Joynson w/thanks to Mike Clancy and Ken Dove)
01. R.A.T.C.B. Teaser 1:09
02. Very Strange 3:15
03. Thirteen Miles Down 2:21
04. Royal American 20th Century Blues 4:52
05. Live And Love Child 1:38
06. There You Go Again 3:23
07. Inside Out, Inside In 3:47
08. T.O. Town 2:13
09. Ain't It A Shame 3:14
10. Good Dream 3:39
11. R.A.T.C.B. Reprise 5:23
R.J. DOVE lead gtr, vcls
MICHAEL R. CLANCY gtr
RICK VALLIERES drms
PAUL LACHAPELLE bs
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