(Isn't Love Unkind) In My Life - A Foot in Coldwater, 1973
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A Foot in Coldwater (AFIC) was formed in 1971, rising out of two Toronto bands. Nucleus supplied keyboard player Bob Horne, bassist Hughie Leggat, and drummer Danny Taylor. The failing band Island provided Alex Machin's vocals, and Paul Naumann's guitar. Leggat, Taylor and Horne, by the way, were also local teen idols in 1966 after forming a band in high school called The Lords of London. They had a hit with a 1967 release, Cornflakes and Ice Cream. It went to number one on the CHUM Charts... In 1972, AFIC released their debut, self-titled album through an independent label called Daffodil Records. They had an immediate hit with their first single, (Make Me Do) Anything You Want. It is also the one song that most people associate with the band. In 1973, they followed up with (Isn't Love Unkind) In My Life, although it wasn't as big a hit. As self described on the band's official website, AFIC were "...a cult favorite of legions of biker gangs yet mixed with their powerful 'heavy' rock stylings reminiscent of Deep Purple and Zeppelin was their unique approach to rock ballads which combined power with strings and other acoustic elements." I guess that sounds about right. Unfortuately, the Daffodil label folded in 1975. Although the band was picked up by the Anthem label in 1977, AFIC was already fading. Members of the band moved on to other projects, including Private Eye, with a 1979 single release Your Place Or Mine. |
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