Trooper - Trooper

Trooper – Trooper

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The origins of Trooper are sourced from two Vancouver bands: Winter’s Green and Applejack. They became Trooper when they signed to Randy Bachman’s Legend record label in 1974.

Written by: gdmonline

ARTIST: Trooper
ALBUM: Trooper
LABEL: Legend Records, MCA
SERIAL: MCA-2149
YEAR: 1975
CD REISSUE: Discogs Reissue List

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

LINEUP: Ramon ‘Ra’ McGuire – lead vocals, harmonica * Brian Smith – guitars, backing vocals * Harry Kalensky – bass, backing vocals * Tommy Stewart – drums, backing vocals

Additional Musicians: Randy Bachman – lead guitar, production

TRACK LISTING: 01 I’m In Trouble Again * 02 General Hand Grenade * 03 All Of The Time * 04 Eddy Takes It Easy * 05 Roller Rink * 06 Baby Woncha Please Come Home * 07 Love Of My Life * 08 Don’t Stop Now

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Background

The origins of Trooper are sourced from a 60’s era Vancouver band called Winter’s Green which formed in 1967. They released a single in 1968, then morphed into the band Applejack (the band at this point included all the members listed above) but they changed their name to Trooper when they signed to Randy Bachman‘s Legend record label.

Trooper Band Pic 1975
L-R Kalensky, Stewart, Smith, McGuire

The Songs

Bachman, fresh from his stints with Bachman Turner Overdrive and The Guess Who would go on to produce this debut record. Though the record carried an MCA serial number, the Canadian version was also released on Legend Records.

The album featured two singles: ‘General Hand Grenade’ (with ‘Don’t Stop Now’ the flipside) along with ‘Baby Woncha Please Come Home’ (with ‘Roller Rink’ being the flipside). Both were minor hits in Canada, paving the way for Trooper to land one or two singles on each subsequent album. The band become more popular as time wore on.

In Summary

Though a popular band in Canada and signed to a significant label MCA throughout most of their career, trying to find their early albums on CD has proven to be a difficult exercise, as there has only been CD reissues of each album between 1990 and 1995, but this album was not included among them, probably due to Legend Records holding the original rights. During the 70’s Trooper were very active, releasing 10 albums between 1975 and 1991. You should do yourself a favour by investigating their back catalogue.

Video

Baby Woncha Please Come Home

Trooper Baby Woncha Please Come Home on Vinyl with Lyrics in Description

General Hand Grenade
Trooper General Hand Grenade on Vinyl with Lyrics in Description


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