The Winnipeg Scene 1964-1974

Created Jul 11, 2023 - Here is an overview of one of Canadas hottest music scenes ever, the vibrant rock music scene of Winnipeg, Manitoba circa 1964 - 1974. Around 140 records and 500 photos so far! Check back as more is added.....

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Fifth - Gotta Get Up b/w It Really Doesn't Matter

Gimli, Manitoba

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McCabe, Glen - My Dusty Walkin' Shoes

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Guess Who - Clap For the Wolfman b/w Road Food (picture sleeve)

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Gregorash, Joey - Tell The People

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

Shondels - Another Man b/w I Want to Dance With You

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

Mongrels - Do You Know Your Mother b/w Heartaches

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Andrews, Gary (see also Gary Cooper) - Rockin' the Blues b/w Blue Baby

Portage La Prairie, Manitoba

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Merryweather & Carey - Vacuum Cleaner

Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Electric Jug & Blues Band - You Don't Love Me b/w The Family Breakdown

Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Allan, Chad & Expressions (Allan Kowbel) - Hey Ho What You Do to Me!

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Blakewood Castle - Gimme Little Lovin' b/w Sweet Love

Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Guess Who - His Girl b/w It's My Pride

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Eternals, The - The Real World of Mary Ann b/w Window Pane

Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Shags - Smiling Fenceposts b/w Dr Feel-Good

Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Expedition to Earth - Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Allan, Chad & Expressions (Allan Kowbel) - Early Roots

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Blakewood Castle - Scarecrow b/w Face in the Crowd

Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Allan, Chad & Expressions (Allan Kowbel) - Guess Who

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Gibson, Reg - Sings Strange Songs

Carman, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Dublin Corporation - Melting Pot b/w Rollin' Common

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

Portland Street South - Baby Get Out b/w Love (I’ll Never Let You Go)

Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Heavy Cruiser - Lucky Dog

Winnipeg, Manitoba - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 - Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸

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Sugar 'N' Spice - Angeline b/w It's Been a Long Long Time

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Sugar 'N' Spice - Whisper Girl Shining b/w Judith and The Windswept

Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Guess Who - Pretty Blue Eyes b/w Pretty Blue Eyes

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Galaxies - Watch Your Step b/w That Makes it Tough

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Mongrels - Funny Day b/w Good Good Man

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Gregorash, Joey - My Love Sings b/w Sugar Ride

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Guess Who - American Woman (split with Christie, Cliff Richards & Arlene Harden)

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Ivar Avenue Reunion - ST

Winnipeg, Manitoba (Neil Merryweather); Toronto, Ontario (Robin Boers, John Richardson); Calgary, Alberta (JJ Velker)

Good Fortune - Ring in His Nose b/w After Glow

Compilation - Winnipeg Vol 1

Neil Merryweather - Word of Mouth: a Two Record Super Jam

Eternals promo

Guess Who - Clap For the Wolfman b/w Road Food (picture sleeve)

Brother - Second Time Around The Woodpile b/w Sending Money

Sugar n' Spice - Cruel War b/w Not To Return (picture sleeve)

Squires - The Sultan b/w Aurora

Neil Young - Oh, Lonesome Me b/w I've Been Waiting For You (picture sleeve)

Portland Street South - Baby Get Out b/w Love (I’ll Never Let You Go)

Guess Who - Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)

Guess Who - His Girl b/w It's My Pride (picture sleeve) vinyl

The Eternals - Born of Hate b/w Girl In The Window (picture sleeve)

Mongrels - My Woman b/w Sitting in the Station

Justin Tyme - Miss Felicity Grey b/w Nonsense Child (picture sleeve)

Fifth - Manitoba Centennial Song (split with Daniel MacIntyre School Choir) (picture sleeve)

Glenn Neale - Love & Life

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Neil Young - Harvest

Neil Young - After the Gold Rush

Mongrels - Do You Know Your Mother b/w Heartaches (picture sleeve)

Guess Who - Believe Me b/w Baby Feelin'

Baby Get Out b/w Love (I’ll Never Let You Go)

I'm Only Dreaming b/w Measles

After the Gold Rush

Diehl, Alden

Airplane b/w She Can't See What I See

Lover Lover b/w She

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Marklinger, Karen	All We Have Is Now	Colours of the Rainbow	02:59
McCabe, Glen	Every Time the Singer Starts to Sing	My Dusty Walkin' Shoes	02:31
Compilation	The Fifth - Tobacco Road	Winnipeg Vol 1	05:10
Mongrels	Sitting in the Station	Death of a Salesman b/w Sitting in the Station	02:21
Justin Tyme	Miss Felicity Grey	Miss Felicity Grey b/w Nonsense Child (picture sleeve)	02:09
Allan, Chad & Expressions (Allan Kowbel)	Made in England	Hey Ho What You Do to Me!	03:03
Gregorash, Joey	Night Ride to Memphis	North Country Funk	02:48
Allan, Chad & Expressions (Allan Kowbel)	Spending My Time	Sequel	02:50
Guess Who	Shot of Rhythm and Blues	ST	02:09
Guess Who	Mr. Nothin'	A Wild Pair (split with The Staccatos)	02:24
Marklinger, Karen	Long Way Home	It’s A Great Life/ Put a Memory Away b/w What A Little Love Can Do/ Long Way Home	02:47
Allan, Chad & Expressions (Allan Kowbel)	Shot of Rhythm N' Blues	Shakin' All Over Guess Who?	02:09
Heavy Cruiser	Mirrors in Your Eyes	Lucky Dog	03:58
Allan, Chad & Expressions (Allan Kowbel)	Inside Out	Hey Ho What You Do to Me!	02:07
Allan, Chad & Expressions (Allan Kowbel)	Bumble Boogie	Early Roots	02:09
Eternals, The	Hideaway	My Woman b/w Hideaway	02:39
Squires	The Sultan	The Sultan b/w Aurora	02:32
Satan & the D-Men	L-I-N-D-A	L-I-N-D-A b/w She’ll Lie	02:53
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Fifth	Wild Thing	Tears b/w Wild Thing	00:04
Marklinger, Karen	Put a Memory Away	It’s A Great Life/ Put a Memory Away b/w What A Little Love Can Do/ Long Way Home	02:59
Jamieson-Roberts Device	Devil With a Blue Dress On	Devil With a Blue Dress On b/w / I Don't Want To Discuss It	03:15
Landry, Diane	Havin' A Time Of My Life	Havin' a Time of My Life b/w Everyday Faces And Everyday People	02:43
Gettysbyrg Address	Come Back to Me (Baby)	Come Back to Me (Baby) b/w You've Got to Let Me Know	02:14
Wild Rice	Sin City	Together	03:52
Sugar 'N' Spice	Judith and the Windswept	Whisper Girl Shining b/w Judith and The Windswept	02:56
Metro-Gnomes	For Once in My Life	ST	01:57
Marklinger, Karen	What A Little Love Can Do	It’s A Great Life/ Put a Memory Away b/w What A Little Love Can Do/ Long Way Home	02:47
Guess Who	American Woman	American Woman/ Runnin' Down the Street b/w Hand Me Down World/ No Time (picture sleeve)	05:09
Allan, Chad & Expressions (Allan Kowbel)	(I Love You) More Than I Can Say	Early Roots	02:01
Compilation	Sugar 'N Spice - The Cruel War	Winnipeg Vol 1	04:06
Gregorash, Joey	Down by the River	Tell The People	03:35
Neale, Glenn	Going Across Canada	Love & Life	02:51
Cooper, Gary A.	Rockin' The Blues	Rockin' The Blues b/w Blue Baby	02:34
Mongrels	Death of a Salesman	Death of a Salesman b/w Sitting in the Station	02:20
Eternals, The	Girl In The Window	Born of Hate b/w Girl In The Window (picture sleeve)	02:47
Merryweather & Carey	Shop Around	Vacuum Cleaner	02:59
Wild Rice	When I Grow Up (Bill Iveniuk)	CBC Comp 406 comp	02:52
Guess Who	I Need Your company	A Wild Pair (split with The Staccatos)	02:59
Mongrels	Sitting in the Station	My Woman b/w Sitting in the Station	02:21
Sugar 'N' Spice	Cruel War (live)	La Guerre Se Dechaine b/w Cruel War (Live)	03:56
Manitoba Golden Boys	The Golden Boy - CKRC's Bob Bradburn	Wonderful Town b/w The Golden Boy	02:15
Wild Rice	Last, Lonely & Wretched	Together	04:39
Allan, Chad & Expressions (Allan Kowbel)	Love Needs a Solid Foundation	Looking Through Crystal Glass	02:40
Allan, Chad & Expressions (Allan Kowbel)	Goodnight Goodnight	Hey Ho What You Do to Me!	02:32
Dublin Corporation	Melting Pot	Melting Pot b/w Rollin' Common	03:13
Guess Who	Shakin' All Over	ST	02:44
Guess Who	Undun	Canned Wheat	03:43
Spice (2)	Sweet Talkin' Woman	Strawberry Wine b/w Sweet Talking Woman	02:46
Marklinger, Karen	Colours Of The Rainbow	Colours of the Rainbow	02:16
Merryweather Richardson & Boers	Flat Black	ST	04:15
Guess Who	If You Don't Want Me	Flying on the Ground is Wrong b/w If You Don't Want Me	03:05
Compilation	Chopping Block - Goin' Back Home	Winnipeg Vol 1	02:22
Allan, Chad & Expressions (Allan Kowbel)	Looking Through Looking Glass	Looking Through Crystal Glass	02:48
Guess Who	Baby's Birthday	Hey Ho What You Do to Me/ Use Your Imagination b/w Baby's Birthday/ Goodnight, Goodnight (picture sleeve)	01:57
Gregorash, Joey	Sugar Ride	North Country Funk	03:13
Luvin' Kind (aka The Lovin' Kynd)	It's Not Always That Way	That Jungle Sun b/w It's Not Always That Way	02:03
Shondels	Shake a Tail Feather	Shake a Tail Feather b/w Don’t Put Me Down	02:51
Merryweather, Neil	What It's All About	ST	02:47
Blakewood Castle	Scarecrow	Scarecrow b/w Face in the Crowd	03:01
Gregorash, Joey	Bye Bye Baby	North Country Funk	03:35
Fifth	Tobacco Road	Tobacco Road b/w You Don't Seem to Care	05:07
Sugar 'N' Spice	Sugar 'N' Spice - Manitoba 100 (Rock Version)	Manitoba 100 Rock Version b/w Manitoba 100	03:09
Merryweather & Carey	If I Were You	Vacuum Cleaner	02:38
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Luvin' Kind (aka The Lovin' Kynd)	That Jungle Sun	That Jungle Sun b/w It's Not Always That Way	02:11
Allan, Chad & Expressions (Allan Kowbel)	Curtains	Looking Through Crystal Glass	02:13
Burlap, Melvin D.	Fields of Glass	Let Me Love You b/w Fields Of Glass	02:08
Guess Who	Somewhere Up High	A Wild Pair (split with The Staccatos)	02:05
Chopping Block	Goin' Back Home	How Can I Be Right b/w Goin' Back Home	02:21
Blakewood Castle	Lynnie Lynnie	Lynnie Lynnie b/w Going Back	02:00
Gettysbyrg Address	My Girl	Be My Baby b/w My Girl	00:16
Allan, Chad & Expressions (Allan Kowbel)	Studio Dialogue (1962)	Early Roots	00:08
Guess Who	Hand Me Down World	American Woman/ Runnin' Down the Street b/w Hand Me Down World/ No Time (picture sleeve)	03:27
Gregorash, Joey	Bye Bye Love	Tell The People	02:59
Merryweather, Neil	Feeling of Freedom	ST	03:21
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Gregorash, Joey	The Key	North Country Funk	03:07
Gregorash, Joey	You've Been Wrong	You've Been Wrong b/w Take the Blindness	03:07
Allan, Chad & Expressions (Allan Kowbel)	I Should Have Realized	Hey Ho What You Do to Me!	02:07
Ivar Avenue Reunion	My Daddy Was a Jockey	ST	02:45
Metro-Gnomes	Looking Through Crystal Glass	ST	02:48
Secrets (Douglas Rankine, Douglas with the Secrets)	Warming the Bench	Clear the Track Here Comes Shack b/w Warming the Bench	01:59
Overland Stage	She Can't See What I See	Airplane b/w She Can't See What I See	03:11
Merryweather, Neil	Anny Don’t Let Me Down	ST	02:24
Breau, Lenny	Bluesette	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:46
Gregorash, Joey	Liza	Freedom Means Love b/w Liza	03:02
Breau, Lenny	Tuning Time	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	01:49
Merryweather & Carey	Five Days On The Trail	Vacuum Cleaner	04:05
Triad	Border Line	The Only Way To Fly b/w Border Line	02:23
Allan, Chad & Expressions (Allan Kowbel)	Hurting Each Other	Hey Ho What You Do to Me!	02:18
Compilation	Good Fortune - Ring in His Nose	Winnipeg Vol 1	03:22
Tradewinds "5" Inc.	Be Sure	Be Sure b/w I Gotta Love You All The Time	02:48
Love Cyrcle	Never Leave Me Never	Never Leave Me Never b/w Wind, Rain And the Seashore	02:29
Gregorash, Joey	Stay	Stay b/w I'm Easy Come Easy Go	02:39
Compilation	The Fifth - You Don't Seem to Care	Winnipeg Vol 1	02:55
Wild Rice	Crying	Together	02:56
Udow, Len	Sweet Baby's Arms	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:50
Guess Who	Key	Canned Wheat	11:27

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