Electric Jewels

Electric Jewels
Studio album by April Wine
Released	November 1973 (1973-11)
Studio	Toronto Sound (Toronto, Canada)
Genre	Hard rock heavy metal
Length	37:41
Label	Aquarius
Producer	Ralph Murphy
April Wine chronology
On Record (1972) Electric Jewels (1973) Live! (1974)

Professional ratings

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Electric Jewels is the third studio album by Canadian rock band April Wine, released in November 1973 by Aquarius Records. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} In a 2007 publication by Goose Lane Editions, Electric Jewels ranked number 73 in Bob Mersereau's 2007 book The Top 100 Canadian Albums . ^[5]

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 Jerry Mercer. ^[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Myles Goodwyn and Jim Clench unless noted otherwise.

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

Personnel

April Wine

• Myles Goodwyn – lead vocals, guitars, mandolin, piano, mellotron
• Jim Clench – vocals, bass, arp, lead vocals on "Weeping Widow", "You Opened Up My Eyes", & "Cats Claw"
• Gary Moffet – guitars, vocals
• Jerry Mercer – percussion, vocals

Production

• Ralph Murphy – producer
• Terry Brown – engineer ^[6]
• Dave Halbert – mixing engineer

Additional personnel

• David Henman – guitar
• Ritchie Henman – drums
• Richard Newell – harmonica ^[6]
• Pierre Senecal – organ ^[6]
• Al Nicholls – background vocals
• Pam Marsh – background vocals
• Bhen Lazaroni – string arrangements

Charts

Chart (1973–1974)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [7]	75

References

1. "Electric Jewels overview at AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
2. Strong, Martin C. "The Great Metal Discography". Canongate Books Ltd. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1998. p. 19.
3. "Electric Jewels | April Wine - Official Website" . Retrieved 28 February 2022.
4. "April Wine - Electric Jewels". Unidisc Music. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
5. canada.com – Neil Young, Joni Mitchell top best 100 Canadian albums Archived 22 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
6. "Electric Jewels credits at AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
7. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5012b". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 8, 2023.