Monday, April 02, 2018

Mendelson Joe [Joe Mendelson]: Not Homogenized (1979)

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Mendelson Joe? Joe Mendelson? If you lived in Toronto during a certain period of time, this man's name -- in whatever the arrangement -- was often seen in the letters-to-editors sections of various newspapers. These letters partly expressed his outspoken political activism. In addition, he is a painter, singer, songwriter, and guitarist, His birth name was Birrel Josef Mendelson, later shortened to Joe Mendelson, and then rearranged as it stands now. I put it under M, just because. This is the same Mendelson who co-founded the band McKenna Mendelson Mainline, which many Canadians will know.

The engineer on this record is none other than Daniel Lanois. Amazing.

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