tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26721642.post114815933949133874..comments2024-03-06T13:02:38.924+00:00Comments on PUREPOP: MoonquakeRobin Willshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668576789847507897noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26721642.post-9415336177762547792019-11-10T15:57:05.113+00:002019-11-10T15:57:05.113+00:00Fun to read your post. I just "re-discovered&...Fun to read your post. I just "re-discovered" my copy of Moonquake and love your musician's view on the tunes. I recall buying it used at Cheap Thrills in Montreal in the mid-1980s, mostly for its look but also because I recalled a somewhat older Hovaness Hagopian hanging out at Charlie's American Pub in Montreal - he still looked the part - around the same time. It's a picture for me of the early 1970s Montreal music scene, something I didn't live. I grew up north of Montreal but was a pre-teen when this kind of thing was going on. The city produced so much good music (including Pagliaro) and has since. Eastons Corners Centre Icehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121932331245890725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26721642.post-50825166127110515642019-06-29T23:59:28.303+01:002019-06-29T23:59:28.303+01:00Moonquake is one of my all time favorite band. Tho...Moonquake is one of my all time favorite band. Though I had move to Ontario from Montreal in 73, I had heard of their first album through a musician I knew in Montreal (I'm also a guitar player). Their first album had it all: great songs with good lyrics complemented by excellent musicianship. As far as I am concerned, the first album contains some of the best Fender Telecaster sounds ever recorded. And one of the secret pertains to the amplifier. I saw them during the early Summer of 74 on a Toronto based TV show. Unfortunately, I can't remember the show's name (it ran for a Summer only if I remember well). Moonquake played "Remember" and "Tomorrow". April Wine also performed on another show "You Could Have Been a Lady". I wonder if the shows were recorded by the station CTV? Coming back to the amp, Johnny used an Ampeg SVT with its 8X10 cab. It's still made but beware! It's a 300 Watts tube head. He also used a (collector's today and very pricey) Fender Telecaster sunburst from the mid-sixties. The Canadian price (discounted) equals the US MRSP.<br /><br /><br />https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SVT810AV--ampeg-svt-810av-8x10-inch-800-watt-classic-bass-cabinet<br /><br />https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SVTVR--ampeg-svt-vr-300-watt-vintage-reissue-tube-bass-head<br /><br />Many versions of the Telecaster exists. However, the best match will have a maple fretboard with as close as possible to other specs matching the original mid sixties.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07438896250780270746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26721642.post-87757538720025339052019-04-01T00:52:04.062+01:002019-04-01T00:52:04.062+01:00Good day Robin, I was going through some old vinyl...Good day Robin, I was going through some old vinyls and came across the 1973 (which happens to be the year I was born) album by Moonquake & decided to look it up. I hadn't the slightest clue who they were and found your blog looking them up while the LP played out on my '72 Linn Sondek LP12. I have to say I was quite impressed for a first listening yet also can't quite understand how I've never heard of them having lived my whole life in Montreal which as you know is where the trio formed and backed Pag in those days. It's stunning how many true musicians/bands barely get a mention over time let alone actual radio airtime & the airwaves nowadays are just flooded with umpteen so called musicians/bands that are next to impossible to differentiate one from another all the while being referred to as musicians or even better "artists" (in their own minds certainly) that wouldn't know which end of a flute is to be blown into if their lives depended on it! I'll soon be taking a listen to The Barracudas & in the event you'd like to fire back a message my email is christopherdufresnemontreal@outlook.com - In the meantime, from this side of the pond to yours take care laddy!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09697216739664262062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26721642.post-48832297361011548372011-12-29T16:28:58.875+00:002011-12-29T16:28:58.875+00:00I know them by heart and even covered Remember as ...I know them by heart and even covered Remember as a B side back in 1990 (B side of I Thought You Sounded That Way Yesterday. I can't be bothered to type them all out , but if you send me what you have I can make the corrections (my email on profile page) BTW be sure to use the LP version as there is an extra verse.Robin Willshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00668576789847507897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26721642.post-75304207234791196882011-12-29T12:14:20.095+00:002011-12-29T12:14:20.095+00:00Does anyone have the rest of the lyrics for Rememb...Does anyone have the rest of the lyrics for Remember? I have the vinyl but could not interpret all the lyrics.Ola from Swedennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26721642.post-45929402711317314162009-08-07T14:11:38.229+01:002009-08-07T14:11:38.229+01:00Hey Don
Can you contact me via email (on the profi...Hey Don<br />Can you contact me via email (on the profile page). I am coming to Montreal in 4 weeks time. A good time to track down Mr. Haggopian and Jack August?<br />BTW, Do you know The Crescent Street Stompers (2 singles on Aquarius) I believe this must be Moonquake<br />All the best<br />RobinRobin Willshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00668576789847507897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26721642.post-50922636137840573072009-08-07T12:41:36.534+01:002009-08-07T12:41:36.534+01:00Hey Rob...
I think I have the same attitude towar...Hey Rob...<br /><br />I think I have the same attitude towards these guys as you did. Seems very few people recognize true talent. I was probably 15 in Montreal when that came out and was equally stunned that no one caught on to these guys especially in their home town. Go figure. <br /><br />I remember (no pun intended) what it was like when I even saw a TV add for the Moonquake LP while watching Don Kirshner's Rock Concert series (USA) back in 70's. They marketed that LP. <br /><br />Still... noteriety seemed to evade this group despite the fact that they were a staple as musicians in the Montreal music scene. I believe I caught a short post by Johhny Hagopian on the April Wine Message Board about 2 years ago, and replied to it to no avail.<br /><br />Then recently, I believe I spotted him on FaceBook as friend of Steve Segal (formerly of April Wine), also a Mtl pro musician (Pagliaro, etc). So I am summizing that it is Hovaness Hagopian. Would be a coicidence if it wasn't. <br /><br />I subsequently researched the www and found your site and am now posting this reply. Contact me on FB (Don Marco) if you wish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26721642.post-1149969538775293552006-06-10T20:58:00.000+01:002006-06-10T20:58:00.000+01:00Hi Collin American Girls (1965) is indeed a great ...Hi Collin American Girls (1965) is indeed a great song. There's another version of it on the Cd reissue, but haven't heard this yet. About the dates...I bought the first one in 74 (a German pressing with a doll on the cover) and bought Starstruck (on Fantasy)on release in 75. I think someone has been messing with the old spece/ time continuum again...Robin Willshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00668576789847507897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26721642.post-1149963169264473292006-06-10T19:12:00.000+01:002006-06-10T19:12:00.000+01:00Love Moonquake (and Pag as well). However, I must...Love Moonquake (and Pag as well). However, I must defend 'Starstruck' - 'American Girls' is a perfectly enjoyable lil sap-sucker of a tune. And also, the self-titled was the second LP - 'Star Struck' was first in '75, with the self-titled in '76.Collinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473204825708813791noreply@blogger.com