Five Man Electrical Band - Five Man Electrical Band (1969)

The Staccatos had emerged from the Ottawa scene in the mid-’60’s with financial backing from journalist Sandy Gardiner. He helped launch their first release to gain any prominence called “Moved To California“. They began to receive more notice with gigs in Toronto’s Yorkville Village after the release of “Half Past Midnight“ (1967) which became a national hit. Around this time they hooked up with Coca-Cola Company to share half an LP recorded at Hallmark Studios with The Guess Who called ’A Wild Pair’ on Jack Richardson’s Nimbus Records. The album was a big seller prompting the band’s U.S. label to release “Half Past Midnight“ along with a commitment to record new material in L.A. Though they received a lot of hype in California from the record label, the group was seen as being ’too Beach Boy sounding’ and The Staccatos records failed. Taking a cue from their own 1968 2nd album, they soon changed their name to The Five Man Elec