New Wave band the B-52'S had a huge hit single with Rock Lobster before this LP was released in 1979. The version on this album is different that the original single but, along with Planet Claire and Dance This Mess Around, lead to an really great album.  I would bet that Rock Lobster still fills the dance floor at clubs; such a great dance song.

Bachman Turner Overdrive (BTO) made up of three Bachman brothers and Fred Turner, was formed shortly after Randy Bachman left the Guess Who.  This is their self titled debut album, released in 1973 on Mercury Label SRM 1-673.  My copy is the second issue of this album with the Chicago Skyline label issued in 1974. This is a hard rockin' album and a certainly a change from Guess Who, with Gimme Your Money Please, Hold Back The Water, Stayed Awake All Night, and the bluesy almost soul Blue Collar, which is my favourite on this album; great lead guitar.

 Bachman Turner Overdrive II also released in '73 has what are probably their two best known hits Takin' Care of Business and Let It Ride.  In early '74 Mercury changed their labels from bright red with the Mercury logo circling the perimeter of the label (which this copy is, so 1st pressing) to the Chicago Skyline label as on my copy of the debut album.  I saw BTO in Windsor at the U of Windsor outdoor stadium right around the time this LP was released.


The final BTO album in my collection is actually the first one I bought back in '75.

The hit song Hey You, according to Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap Stories, is a bit of gloating over BTO's success, directed at the Guess Who, after mud slinging by Burton Cummings for Randy leaving the Guess Who.
On Mercury SRM 1-1027, released in 1975.