About the Artist:  Nucleus morphed from The Lords of London, a teen-pop group from Canada.  Formed in 1966 in Toronto, Nucleus could not have been more different from the LOL.  Whereas Lords of London was teeny-bopper, bubblegum pop, Nucleus was progressive rock, and heavy psychedelic.  They certainly fit in the era.  Nucleus disbanded in 1971.

Polar Blair's Thoughts on the Artist:  I don't know as much about this group as I'd like.  If you can help, please click on the CONTACT ME link near the top of the page.  I like the band, but I think they're style was so deeply engrained in late 1960s psychedelia that it was only natural for them to fold up in 1971, when psychedelics was all over.  Musically, I don't know how they could have continued throughout the 70s without changing their formula, but then it would no longer have been "Nucleus".  Oddly enough, I think Nucleus would have had great success if they started playing again in the 1990s and 2000s.  People are leaning to that sound again because we've had roughly 30 years of solid crap on mainstream radio.  However, I don't know how likely it would be for the band to reunite, so we'll just have to settle on the past recordings.

Personnel:

Greg "Francis" Fitzpatrick- bass, piano, vocals.
Bob "Tonto" Horne- organ.
Hughie "C.H." Leggat- bass, backing vocals.
John "Screamin' Jr." Richardson- lead guitar.
Danny "Vince" Taylor- drums.

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Nucleus (1969)- Recorded for the Mainstream label.  At this time the group consisted of Greg "Francis" Fitzpatrick on bass, piano, and vocals.  He was also the songwriter for all the material on this album.  Danny "Vince" Taylor was on drums.  Bob "Tonto" Horne plays organ.  Hughie "C.H." Leggat plays bass and handles the backup vocals.  John "Screamin' Jr." Richardson is on lead guitar.  An advantage to this album is that the songs are long.  I'm the kind of person that believes if a song isn't at least 7 minutes long, it ain't nothin'.  There are still great songs in the world that are 2-3 minutes, but most of them could stand to be at least 7 minutes long.

Songs:

1. "Jenny Wake Up" -- This particular song is probably my least favorite on the LP.  It doesn't suck, but it gets on my nerves.  It sounds like three separate songs cut up and spliced together.  The way they fade in and out is equivalent to turning the knob on a radio to change the channel.  Musically, it's very good, but I wish it would've stayed at one song long enough to get into the groove.  I am very glad the whole album wasn't like this.
   
2. "All About me and the Spidery Bass" -- This is my favorite song on the whole album.  It moves and it's got an intriguing beat.
3. "Judgement Day"
4. "Lost and Found"
5. "Share Your Colour"
6. "Communication" -- I like this and the previous three songs all about the same.  It's a great album, very psychedelic.  You can lose yourself in this music.

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