Sealed LP: Ian Thomas: Goodnight Mrs. Calabash

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Ian Thomas: Goodnight Mrs. Calabash

FACTORY SEALED LP

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Songs

• Mary Jane
• Right Before Your Eyes
• Don't Want to Love You
• Everyday
• Goodnight Mrs. Calabash
• Liars
• For What You Are
• Big Parade
• Nightmares and Dreams
• See Us When You Can
• Mick Oberle
• Josh Onderisin
• Hugh Syme
• Steve Hogg
• Mike O'Berle

Credits

• Ian Thomas: Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Main Performer

Album Review

• Not only did Ian Thomas score Canadian Top 4 hits with "Liars" and "Right Before Your Eyes," but he also gave the whole of the Goodnight Mrs. Calabash album enough strong material to make it his best album. The title track is a feel-good piece that represents Thomas' fondness for the old movies and their stars, while songs like "Don't Want to Love You" and "For What You Are" were never released but show a big improvement in his ability to create a moving melody with an ear-catching chorus. The angry guitar chug of "Liars" helps Thomas to reveal his outright displeasure with the music business and the people who run it, resulting in one of his meatiest rock songs, while "Right Before Your Eyes" is a wonderfully constructed ballad that was covered rather fittingly by America in 1983. With an equal balance of well-written love songs and favorable pop/rock, Goodnight Mrs. Calabash sold well in Canada and had helped to replenish Thomas' notoriety in his own country. ~ Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide

Biography

Ian Thomas biography by John Bush, All Music Guide

• The frontman for the folk group Tranquillity Base, Ian Thomas left that band in 1971 to work for the Canadian Broadcasting Company as a producer. He released his first single as a solo act in 1973, "Painted Ladies," which gained international popularity. His albums include Ian Thomas (1973), Delights (1975), Calabash (1976), Still Here (1978), The Runner (1981), Glider (1983), Riders on Dark Horses (1984), Add Water (1985) and Levity (1988). He formed a new band in the early '90s called the Boomers, with Bill Dillon, Peter Cardinali and Rick Gratton. That group released What We Do in 1991 and Art of Living two years later.

• This record came from a record store called "Phantasmagoria" which was located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Phantasmagoria went out of business in 1978. I purchased most of their unsold inventory some years later when I owned "Music Madness" - a new & used record store in Catasauqua.
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