Heat Exchange was a Canadian

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band who had evolved out of a late 1960s, blues quartet. They had a hit in Canada in 1972 with "Can You Tell Me". Nearly five decades later they would finally have their album released.

Background

They started out as Cloud, a four-man blues group that Neil Chapman had founded in the late 1960s. The lineup then was Neil Chapman on guitar, Marty Morin on Drums, Gord McKinnon on keyboards and Ralph Smith on bass. They later expanded the group by inviting in Craig Carmody on sax and flute and Mike Landford on vocals. Later they had to change their name due to another band with the similar name, The Clouds who had released an album. Thinking that the names were too similar, the name chosen was Heat exchange. They were almost signed to the

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label but Yorkville Records gave them a better offer. Subsequently, the group were signed to the label.

Career

1972

In 1972, the group released the single, "Can You Tell Me" bw "Inferno" on Yorkville YVM-45052. By May 6, "Can You Tell Me" had entered the RPM100 Singles chart at #96. By May 27, it had moved down from the previous week's position from #87 to #92. They followed up with another single, " Scorpio Lady" bw "Reminiscence" on Yorkville YVM-45063. There was supposed to be an album released that year but in spite of enough material having been recorded, a release deal fell through.

1973

That year they released "She Made Me All Alone" bw "Philosophy " on Yorkville YVM-45069.

Post Heat Exchange

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, and were appearing at the Abbey Road Pub in Toronto from December 17 through to the 22nd.

Later years

In 2015, Craig Carmody got together Heat Exchange's original recordings. Travelling to Kelowna, he met recording engineer Bob Gablehouse. Gablehouse remastered the album ''Reminiscence'' which was released on both CD and vinyl on February 15, 2017. Around 2021, some of the original members were in the process of getting together via

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to talk about what had been taking place for them over the years as well as the celebration of their hit single's anniversary.University Of Regina School Of Journalism
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Discography

External links

* Discogs
Heat Exchange
Canadian progressive rock groups Yorkville (record label) artists