Mashmakhan

Trackimage Playbut Trackname Playbut Trackname
As The Years Go By 03:45 Tools
Afraid Of Losing You 00:00 Tools
Days When We Are Free 00:00 Tools
I Know I've Been Wrong 00:00 Tools
Happy You Should Be 00:00 Tools
Gladwin 00:00 Tools
As Years Go By 03:03 Tools
If I Tried 00:00 Tools
Shades Of Loneliness 00:00 Tools
Letter From Zambia 00:00 Tools
Nature's Love Song 00:00 Tools
Children Of The Sun 00:00 Tools
The Family 00:00 Tools
Children Laughing 00:00 Tools
Start All Over 00:00 Tools
Come Again 00:00 Tools
The Prince 00:00 Tools
Couldn't Find The Sun 00:00 Tools
One Night Stand 00:00 Tools
Dance A Little Step 00:00 Tools
Comin' Home Baby 00:00 Tools
Mr. Tree 00:00 Tools
Mr Tree 00:00 Tools
霧の中の二人 00:00 Tools
Gladwyn 00:00 Tools
02. I Know I've Been Wrong 00:00 Tools
As The Years Go By (stereo) 00:00 Tools
03. As The Years Go By 03:45 Tools
04. Shades Of Loneliness 00:00 Tools
05. Afraid Of Losing You 00:00 Tools
06. Gladwin 00:00 Tools
10. Letter From Zambia 00:00 Tools
08. Happy You Should Be 00:00 Tools
Natures Love Song 00:00 Tools
07. If I Tired 00:00 Tools
01.Days When Are Free 00:00 Tools
09. Nature's Love Song 00:00 Tools
As the Years Go By (single version) 00:00 Tools
Dance A Little Step (Montreal [Quebec] - Aquarius C4-5025 - 1972) 00:00 Tools
Days When We Are Free (single version) 00:00 Tools
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Mashmakhan was a Canadian (Montreal, Quebec) rock fusion band that was most active in the early 1970s, and is best known for their hit single "As The Years Go By." Pierre Senecal, Brian Edwards, and Rayburn Blake formed their first band in 1960 as teens and played local Montreal dance halls and perform on the local scene under the band names like the Phantoms, Ray Blake's Combo, and the Dominoes. In 1965 they were still playing together but with the addition of another Montrealer, Gerry Mercer, who stepped in to replace Edwards (who left the band for a short while). When Edwards returned to the band, Mercer stayed on to make it a quartet, and by now they were calling themselves the Triangle and backing up Montreal R&B singer Trevor Payne. They continued in this vein until 1969, when producer Bob Hahn recognized their talent and took them to Toronto, then the music capitol of Canada, and helped them get signed with Columbia Records. The name of the band was changed to Mashmakhan, after a type of drug being peddled by a local dealer, to become more hip with the young people, and the journey began. Pierre Senecal's "As Years Go By" was released as a single in an edited form, and became the group's first hit. The single sold 100,000 copies in Canada, 500,000 copies in the U.S., and over 1,000,000 copies in Japan, which led to a Beatlemania-like tour for the band in the latter country; it received much publicity and made Mashmakhan an international success story. The band followed the hit with two singles, "Gladwyn" and "Days When We Are Free." In 1970 Mashmakhan released its debut self-titled album, containing the three singles in alternate form, to international critical acclaim. Mashmakhan was one of two contributors to the musical score of the 1971 NFB film Epilogue/Fieve and recorded the song "Couldn't Find the Sun" for the movie. Then, for some unknown reason, the bottom fell out. Mashmakhan's second album, The Family, was released in 1971, and bombed; fan support was lost, and despite a couple of good singles, they did not have the right formula to make it back to the top. Although the album did sell well in Japan, the band split up shortly thereafter. ~ Keith Pettipas, All Music Guide For more info see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashmakhan. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.