So Long, Bannatyne is an album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 released in 1971

1971 in music

-Events:*February 1 – after months of feuding in the press, Ginger Baker and Elvin Jones hold a "drum battle" at The Lyceum.*February 8 – Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, is premièred at New York's Academy of Music...

 by the Canadian

Canada

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 rock band The Guess Who

The Guess Who

The Guess Who are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Initially gaining recognition in Canada, they also found international success from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s with numerous hit singles, including "American Woman", "These Eyes" and "Share the Land"...

.

Story

The album covers and the title track illustrate a transition in band member Kurt Winter

Kurt Winter

Kurt Winter was a Canadian guitarist and songwriter, best known as a member of The Guess Who.After starting his career with Winnipeg bands The Fifth, Gettysbyrg Address, and Brother, Winter joined The Guess Who in May 1970, along with co-guitarist Greg Leskiw, replacing Randy Bachman...

's life.
Bannatyne Avenue is located in Winnipeg

Winnipeg

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, Manitoba

Manitoba

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, the home city of The Guess Who. The front of the album cover

Album cover

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 for the vinyl LP

Gramophone record

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 has the words "So Long, Bannatyne" above a red Chevy

Chevrolet

Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...

 with a Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

 license plate. In the background there is a building labeled "Bannatyne Apartments". On the back of the album cover is the red Chevy again, but in a residential neighbourhood. The song lyrics include the line:

So long Bannatyne, hello my Chevrier home.

Vinyl

Side 1

1. "Rain Dance" - 2:45
2. "She Might Have Been a Nice Girl" (Cummings) - 3:13
3. "Goin' a Little Crazy" - 6:59
4. "Fiddlin'" - 1:06
5. "Pain Train" - 3:45
6. "One Divided" (Greg Leskiw) - 2:38

Side 2

1. "Grey Day" (Leskiw) - 4:16
2. "Life in the Bloodstream" (Cummings) - 3:10
3. "One Man Army" - 3:55
4. "Sour Suite" (Cummings) - 4:08
5. "So Long, Bannatyne" - 5:55

CD

1. "Rain Dance" - 2:45
2. "She Might Have Been a Nice Girl" (Cummings) - 3:13
3. "Goin' a Little Crazy" - 6:59
4. "Fiddlin'" - 1:06
5. "Pain Train" - 3:45
6. "One Divided" (Greg Leskiw) - 2:38
7. "Grey Day" (Leskiw) - 4:16
8. "Life in the Bloodstream" (Cummings) - 3:10
9. "One Man Army" - 3:55
10. "Sour Suite" (Cummings) - 4:08
11. "So Long, Bannatyne" - 5:55

The 8-track release featured a different ordering of tracks:

• Life In The Bloodstream
• Fiddlin'
• So Long, Bannatyne
• Rain Dance
• Sour Suite
• Pain Train
• One Divided
• One Man Army
• Grey Day
• She Might Have Been A Nice Girl
• Goin' A Little Crazy

Singles

1. "Rain Dance" (#3 Can., #19 U.S.)
2. "Sour Suite" (#12 Can., #50 U.S.)
3. "Life In The Bloodstream" (#39 Can.)