The April Wine Collection
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The April Wine Collection is a compilation album by the Canadian rock
band
April Wine
, released in 1992. This album has the biggest selection of songs on one album by April Wine
, and is still in print.
unless otherwise noted.
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
April Wine
April Wine
April Wine is a Canadian rock band formed in 1969. According to the band, they chose the name 'April Wine' simply because members thought the two words sounded good together...
, released in 1992. This album has the biggest selection of songs on one album by April Wine
April Wine
April Wine is a Canadian rock band formed in 1969. According to the band, they chose the name 'April Wine' simply because members thought the two words sounded good together...
, and is still in print.
Vol 1 - The Singles
All tracks written by Myles GoodwynMyles Goodwyn
Myles Goodwyn is a record producer, guitarist, lead vocalist, main songwriter, founding member of the veteran Canadian hard rock band April Wine and father of the electronic artist Aaron Goodwyn...
unless otherwise noted.
- "Fast TrainFast Train"Fast Train" is the first single by the Canadian rock band April Wine, from their 1971 self-titled debut album . The song was a top 40 hit in Canada, peaking at #38 on the RPM 100 Singles Chart, Canada's then only national singles chart which measured hit singles across Canada...
" – 3:20 - "You Could Have Been a Lady" (Errol BrownErrol BrownErrol Brown MBE is a singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of Hot Chocolate. He has British citizenship by marriage to Ginette and they live in The Bahamas...
, Tony Wilson) – 3:20 - "Bad Side of the Moon" (Elton JohnElton JohnSir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
, Bernie TaupinBernie TaupinBernard John "Bernie" Taupin is an English lyricist, poet, and singer, best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John, writing the lyrics for the majority of the star's songs, making his lyrics some of the best known in pop-rock's history.In 1967, Taupin answered an advertisement in...
) – 3:14 - "Drop Your Guns" (D. Henman) – 3:35
- "Lady Run, Lady Hide" (M. Goodwyn, J. ClenchJim ClenchJim Clench , was a Canadian bassist best known for his roles in the Canadian rock bands April Wine and Bachman–Turner Overdrive.- With April Wine :...
) – 2:59 - "I'm on Fire for You Baby" (David Elliott) – 3:26
- "I Wouldn't Want to Lose Your Love" – 3:09
- "Tonite Is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love" – 3:36
- "Like a Lover, Like a Song" – 5:07
- "The Whole World's Goin' Crazy" – 2:42
- "You Won't Dance With Me" – 3:42
- "Roller" – 3:36
- "Rock n' Roll Is a Vicious Game" – 3:16
- "Say Hello" – 3:00
- "Just Between You and MeJust Between You and Me (April Wine song)"Just Between You and Me" is a single by April Wine, from their ninth studio album The Nature of the Beast, released in 1981...
" – 3:55 - "Sign of the Gypsy Queen" (Lorence Hud) – 4:16
- "Enough Is Enough" – 4:04
- "This Could Be the Right One" – 4:07
- "Rock Myself to Sleep" (Kimberley RewKimberley RewKimberley Rew is an English rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as a member of Katrina and the Waves 1981 to 1999 and of Robyn Hitchcock's Soft Boys 1978 to 1981...
, Vince de la CruzKatrina and the WavesKatrina and the Waves was an English pop rock band, best known for their 1985 hit "Walking on Sunshine" and their 1997 Eurovision Song Contest victory with the song "Love Shine a Light".-Pre-history: The Waves and Mama's Cookin' :...
) – 2:56
Vol 2 - The Rock Songs
- "Anything You Want, You Got It" – 4:44
- "I Like to Rock" – 4:27
- "Before the Dawn" (B. GreenwayBrian GreenwayBrian Greenway is a Canadian guitarist, vocalist, and harmonicist, most recognized for playing in the Canadian rock bands April Wine, Mashmakhan, and the Dudes...
) – 4:20 - "All Over Town" – 2:58
- "Hot on the Wheels of Love" (M. Goodwyn, S. LangSteve LangSteve Lang is a Canadian musician best known for his role as a bassist in the rock band April Wine from 1976 to 1984. Lang replaced then-bassist Jim Clench in 1976. When April Wine reformed in 1993, Steve Lang was not amongst the line-up.Steve Lang is also the father of Canadian musician Erin...
) – 3:12 - "Tonite" – 4:13
- "Future Tense" – 4:09
- "21st Century Schizoid Man" (R. FrippRobert FrippRobert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...
, M. GilesMichael GilesMichael Giles is an English drummer, best known as a co-founder of King Crimson in 1969...
, G. LakeGreg LakeGregory Stuart "Greg" Lake is an English musician, songwriter and producer, best known as a vocalist and bassist of King Crimson, and the bassist, guitarist, vocalist, and lyricist of Emerson, Lake & Palmer.-1960s: King Crimson:...
, I. McDonaldIan McDonald (musician)Ian McDonald is an English multi-instrumental musician, best known as a founding member of progressive rock group King Crimson, formed in 1969, and of the hard rock band Foreigner in 1976. He is well-known as a rock session musician, predominantly as a saxophonist...
, P. SinfieldPeter SinfieldPeter John Sinfield is an English poet, lyricist and artist, most famously known as the lyricist and co-founding member of early incarnations of King Crimson, whose debut album In the Court of the Crimson King has been regarded as one of the most influential progressive rock albums ever...
) – 6:25 - "Crash and Burn" – 2:36
- "Oowatanite" (J. Clench) – 3:50
- "Don't Push Me Around" – 3:13
- "Get Ready for Love" – 4:13
- "Tellin' Me Lies" – 3:03
- "Blood Money" – 5:23
- "Gimme Love" (M. Goodwyn, Hovaness "Johnny" Hagopian) – 3:58
- "Weeping Widow" (Robert Wright, AKA. Art La King) – 3:53
- "Victim for Your Love" – 4:19
Vol 3 - Vintage Wine
- "Cum Hear the Band" – 3:52
- "Slow Poke" – 3:45
- "Wings of Love" – 4:52
- "Mama Laye" – 4:17
- "Marjorie" – 3:45
- "Child's Garden" – 4:39
- "Lovin' You" – 3:35
- "It's a Pleasure to See You Again" – 2:47
- "Comin' Right Down on Top of Me" – 4:08
- "What If We Fall in Love" – 4:16
- "Tell Me Why" (John Lennon, Paul McCartneyLennon/McCartneyThe Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations in history...
) – 3:15 - "Doin' It Right" (Tom LavinTom LavinTom Lavin is a Chicago-born musician and record producer and founding member of the Juno Award winning Canadian group Powder Blues Band on Warner Brothers Records...
) – 3:36 - "Sons of the Pioneers" – 5:35
- "Love Has Remembered Me" – 4:07
- "Hold On" – 3:53
- "Electric Jewels" (M. Goodwyn, J. Clench) – 5:58
Vol 4 - Live
- "Anything You Want" – 4:10
- "I Like to Rock" – 3:59
- "All Over Town" – 3:30
- "Just Between You and Me" – 4:01
- "Enough Is Enough" – 4:05
- "This Could Be the Right One" – 4:51
- "Sign of the Gypsy Queen" (Lorence Hud) – 4:25
- "Like a Lover, Like a Song" – 5:06
- "Comin' Right Down on Top of Me" – 1:10
- "Rock n' Roll Is a Vicious Game" – 4:00
- "Roller" – 4:39
- "Don't Push Me Around" – 6:08
- "You Could Have Been a Lady" (Errol BrownErrol BrownErrol Brown MBE is a singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of Hot Chocolate. He has British citizenship by marriage to Ginette and they live in The Bahamas...
, Tony Wilson) – 3:50 - "(Mama) It's True" (M. Goodwyn, J. Clench) – 5:05
- "Just Like That" (M. Goodwyn, J. Clench) – 6:32
Personnel
- Myles GoodwynMyles GoodwynMyles Goodwyn is a record producer, guitarist, lead vocalist, main songwriter, founding member of the veteran Canadian hard rock band April Wine and father of the electronic artist Aaron Goodwyn...
– lead & background vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
, guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Jim Henman – vocals, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound... - Jim ClenchJim ClenchJim Clench , was a Canadian bassist best known for his roles in the Canadian rock bands April Wine and Bachman–Turner Overdrive.- With April Wine :...
– vocals, bass - Steve LangSteve LangSteve Lang is a Canadian musician best known for his role as a bassist in the rock band April Wine from 1976 to 1984. Lang replaced then-bassist Jim Clench in 1976. When April Wine reformed in 1993, Steve Lang was not amongst the line-up.Steve Lang is also the father of Canadian musician Erin...
– bass, background vocals - Jean Pellerin – bass (on "Rock Myself to Sleep" and "Love Has Remembered Me")
- Ritchie Henman – percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, keyboards - Jerry MercerJerry MercerJerry Mercer is a Canadian rock drummer, best known for his work with the groups Mashmakhan and April Wine.-Personal life:...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
& percussion, background vocals - Marty Simon – drums (on "Rock Myself to Sleep" and "Love Has Remembered Me")
- David Henman – guitar, vocals, sitarSitarThe 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...
- Gary Moffet – guitar, vocals
- Brian GreenwayBrian GreenwayBrian Greenway is a Canadian guitarist, vocalist, and harmonicist, most recognized for playing in the Canadian rock bands April Wine, Mashmakhan, and the Dudes...
– guitar, vocals, harmonicaHarmonicaThe harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes... - Daniel Barbe – keyboards (on "Rock Myself to Sleep" and "Love Has Remembered Me")
Various producers
- Bill Hill – producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
- Ralph MurphyRalph murphyRalph Murphy is a British-born Canadian musician, record producer, and songwriter.-Early life and career:Murphy was born in Saffron Walden, England during World War II. At the age of six, Murphy emigrated to Canada with his mother. An avid lover of music, Murphy taught himself to play guitar and...
– producer - Doug MorrisDoug MorrisDoug Morris is an American music executive. He is the current Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment. He previously served as Chairman and CEO of the Universal Music Group from 1995 to 2011.-Life and career:...
– producer - Gene CornishGene CornishGene Cornish is an American guitarist and harmonica player. He is an original member of the popular 1960s blue-eyed soul band the Rascals. From 1965–70, the band recorded eight albums and had thirteen singles that reached Billboard's Top 40 chart...
– producer - Dino DanelliDino DanelliDino Danelli is best known as an original member and the drummer in the rock group, The Rascals. He has been called "one of the great unappreciated rock drummers in history."...
– producer - Myles GoodwynMyles GoodwynMyles Goodwyn is a record producer, guitarist, lead vocalist, main songwriter, founding member of the veteran Canadian hard rock band April Wine and father of the electronic artist Aaron Goodwyn...
– producer - Nick Blagona – producer
- Mike Stone – producer
- Lance Quinn – producer
- Eddie KramerEddie KramerEdwin H. Kramer is an audio engineer and producer who has worked with, among others, Led Zeppelin, Triumph, Kiss , Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Spooky Tooth, Peter Frampton, Curtis Mayfield, Santana, Anthrax, Carly Simon, Loudness, and Robin Trower.-1960s:Eddie...
– producer