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I'm not a member of the oldies board and can't reply there but Lorne posted about a track that has driven the internet crazy for a few years. I found the link yesterday and my first guess was the mid western country rock band Heartsfield but I was wrong .The mystery was finally solved at the Steve Hoffman Forum which was a great place to send the mystery to as they usually come through.
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Last edited by Fitz (January 3, 2021 12:18 am)
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The folks at Steve Hoffman can be counted on and they have solved a number of such mysteries for me that I have found on air checks.
Here's one they got last month. A bit of Cacon that made it to number 74 on RPM. Can anyone guess what it is. Had me stumped as I thought it was Iron Butterfly. I know the answer now but did not know or remember the track.
There is one unresolved air check mystery track that even those folks could not resolve and I have included it here. I think it was taken from a Canadian station around 1973/4. That's why I am posting this thread here.
Mystery 1
Unresolved Mystery
Last edited by Fitz (January 3, 2021 7:09 am)
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Thanks very much, Fitz. As you may have already seen by now, I've passed along the answer to the mystery track by Jim Dawson to the oldies forum. I gave both of the other tracks you posted a listen, but I'm not familiar with either of them. Looking forward to finding out what the first one is (and the second one as well if you find out).
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Regarding the first track I posted. Here is a clue. The song is on the RPM chart pictured below though not in it's peak position. Regarding the second track it sounds a bit like early Blue Oyster Cult at least lyrically and seems to reference Marilyn Chambers.
The first track was played on CFAJ recently and the second is from a much older tape from I think around 1973/4 but I have reason to believe that the broadcast had Canadian origins but track-wise I am not sure. I seem to have misplaced the original tape which I rarely do with air checks but I know it was not ID'd on the tape and that is why I sent it to the Steve Hoffman forum years ago.