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:''Not to be confused with the American hip-hop group Ugly Duckling.'' The Ugly Ducklings were a five piece garage rock group based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, most notable during the mid 1960s. They released six singles in 1966 and 1967 on the Yorktown and Yorkville labels, and one album, ''Somewhere Outside'' in 1967. In the summer and fall of 1967, the band's fifth single "Gaslight" became a Top 40 hit across Canada, peaking at #17 on the RPM Chart, and reaching #1 on CHUM 1050 in Toronto on October 2 that year, displacing The Rolling Stones' 2-sided hit, "Dandelion" b/w "We Love You". Their first three singles also made the local 1050 CHUM AM charts in Toronto. ==Career== The group was formed in 1965 with Dave Bingham (lead vocals, harmonica), Glynn Bell (rhythm guitar), Roger Mayne (lead guitar), John Read (bass), and Robin Boers (drums). In their early days their music was partially influenced by The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds and The Kinks, however the band was still able to create a rough individual sound typified by their solid garage-punk original material and raw delivery. The Ugly Ducklings recordings have since been featured on several 1960s garage rock compilation albums, including the Garage Beat 66, Pebbles and Nuggets series. Perhaps in response to their wider recognition via these compilation albums, the band released an album in 1980 called ''Off the Wall'' (a year after the Michael Jackson album) that included new recordings of two of their 1960s songs "Nothin'" and "Hey Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut", and nine new original songs.〔The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music Colin Larkin - 1995 " Albums: Somewhere Outside (1966), Off The Wall (1980). Compilation: The Ugly Ducklings (1982)."〕〔Cesare Rizzi - Enciclopedia della musica rock: 1954-1969 -1996 Page 563 "UGLY DUCKLINGS (CAN) 1966 Massimi esponenti della scena garage punk di Toronto, iniziano a suonare con il nome di Strolling Bones ma dopo pochi concerti ... Ugly Ducklings originali pubblicano un onesto album rock, OFF THE WALL."〕 In 1998, three CDs of the band's material were released in a three-month period. The first release, ''Too Much Too Soon'', on Pacemaker featured all the material from "Somewhere Outside" with a couple single a-sides and an outtake. Unfortunately, this CD is marred by inferior sound, with poor tape transfers and some tracks in simulated stereo. Some tracks are true stereo (with narrow separation), some are original mono mixes and some are fake stereo. The Pacemaker release went out of print quickly due to licensing issues. Another Canadian label, Unidisc reissued both "Somewhere Outside" and the 1982 "The Ugly Ducklings" album. The Unidisc "Somewhere Outside" features 9 tracks in true stereo, and 2 tracks in the original mono mixes. As of 2015, the original mono mix of "Somewhere Outside" is still not widely available on CD. In 2006, an exact reproduction of the original mono ''Somewhere Outside'' LP was reissued by Sundazed Records featuring the original cover art, but was withdrawn from release due to licensing issues. A bootleg CD of the mono "Somewhere Outside" also appeared, featuring 7 bonus tracks. These bonus tracks include 3 tracks from the 1982 compilation LP, the single tracks "Gaslight" and "Rimb Nugget", as well as a unknown alternate mix of "Postman's Fancy" This bootleg CD was issued by a company called "Beat Records". This could possibly be a copy of lead singer David Byngham's private CD reissue of "Somwehere Outside" There's also been a vinyl reissue of "Somewhere Outside" that is in mono and on the "Yorktown" label. This issue is meant to be a direct reproduction of the original album, but is an unofficial reissue. A previously unreleased live version of "I'm a Man" (recorded in the band's spacious rehearsal hall in Scarborough, Ontario in November, 1966) was issued by Sundazed Records in 2004. In 2007, YouTube videos of the band, were posted; including a performance sporting a previously unreleased song, "Hangman", from early 1968 and a "live" performance of "Nothin'" at the Peel Pub in Toronto in 2000. In 2007, lead singer Dave Bingham made available five unreleased albums by the band on eBay, as well as up-dated versions of "Somewhere Outside", "Off The Wall" and "S.N.A.F.U." All of these releases were dedicated to the memory of Roger Mayne (a most prodigious progenitor of the fuzztone guitar), who died of a heart attack in September 2004. In 2007, East Coast CBC Radio Host & Journalist Bob Mersereau released his book, ''The Top 100 Canadian Albums''. The book was a Top 100 list assembled by polling 600 singers, songwriters, musicians, producers, journalists and collectors from across Canada. The Ugly Ducklings' "Somewhere Outside" came in at No. 72, right in there with the likes of Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, The Guess Who, April Wine, Bruce Cockburn and other big-name Canadian musical acts. Three years later, Mersereau released his ''The Top 100 Canadian Singles'' compiled using the same method; The Ugly Ducklings' "Nothin'", which was recorded for only $330, came in at No. 33. In July 2011, Pacemaker Records of Toronto released 2 CDs of Ugly Ducklings material. "Somewhere Inside" ( a "Live" radio show from Nov. 1966) & "Thump & Twang" a "Live" demo of the group from early 1968, featuring Mike McKenna on lead guitar. The disc featuring McKenna includes versions of "Hangman" & "You Can't Judge A Book" as heard on their respective videos on YouTube. The "Somewhere Inside" disc features a remastered version of the "Live recording of "I'm A Man" along with unreleased demos & "Live" performances from 1966. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Ugly Ducklings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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