''Electric Jewels'' is the third studio album by Canadian

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April Wine April Wine is a Canadian rock band formed in 1969 and based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, led by singer-guitarist-songwriter Myles Goodwyn until his death in 2023. April Wine first experienced success with their second album, ' ...

, released in November 1973 by Aquarius Records. In a 2007 publication by

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, ''Electric Jewels'' ranked number 73 in

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''.canada.com – Neil Young, Joni Mitchell top best 100 Canadian albums
''Electric Jewels'' marked significant membership changes within April Wine as the founding Henman brothers left the band, and were replaced by guitarist Gary Moffet and drummer

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Track listing

All tracks written by Myles Goodwyn and

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unless noted otherwise. # "Weeping Widow" ( Robert Wright, a.k.a. Art La King) – 3:54 # "Just Like That" – 3:09 # "Electric Jewels" – 5:59 # "You Opened Up My Eyes" – 4:50 # "Come on Along" – 4:29 # "Lady Run, Lady Hide" – 2:57 # "I Can Hear You Callin'" – 3:25 # "Cat's Claw" – 4:46 # "The Band Has Just Begun" – 4:12

Personnel

April Wine

* Myles Goodwyn – lead vocals, guitars,

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, piano,

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– vocals, bass, arp, lead vocals on "Weeping Widow", "You Opened Up My Eyes", & "Cats Claw" * Gary Moffet – guitars, vocals *

– percussion, vocals

Production

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– producer * Terry Brown – engineer * Dave Halbert –

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Additional personnel

* David Henman – guitar * Ritchie Henman – drums * Richard Newell –

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* Pierre Senecal – organ * Al Nicholls – background vocals * Pam Marsh – background vocals * Bhen Lazaroni –

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Charts

References

April Wine albums 1973 albums Aquarius Records (Canada) albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub