Lords Of London - Time Waits For No One - 1967 video free download

Greg Fitzpatrick (bass, vocals)

Gary Elliott (keyboards)

Hughie Leggat (guitar)

John Richardson (guitar, vocals)

Danny Taylor (drums)

Sebastian Agnello (bass, then keyboards; replaced Elliott)

In 1964, twelve year-old guitarist Sebastian Agnello started a rock band with fellow classmates Danny Taylor and John Richardson at Earl Grey Public School in Toronto, and called themselves D.T. & The Phantoms. They played a few Tea Dances and Sock Hops until Agnello left to play with "older guys" from East York Collegiate.

Meanwhile Taylor and Richardson recruited Hughie Leggat, Greg Fitzpatrick and Gary Elliott to gig under the handle The Lords Of London. In the summer of 1966, bassist Greg Fitzpatrick went on a family vacation to the east Coast and Sebastian was called in to play bass for the whole summer. Organist Elliott left the band when Fitzpatrick returned and Sebastian was asked to become the keyboard player. Having never played keyboards before, and with only a meagre knowledge of the piano keyboard, Agnello made his debut as The Lords' keyboard player less then a month later playing "two finger chords: one finger from each hand."

Late in 1966 the Lords went to RCA studios in Toronto to record four songs - "Cornflakes And Ice Cream", "Time Waits For No One", "21,000 Dreams" and "The Popcorn Man" on the studios 4 track machine.

The psychedelic bubble gum flavoured nursery rhyme "Cornflakes and Ice Cream", written and produced by sixteen year-old Greg Fitzpatrick attracted the attention of Al Mair at Apex Records who licensed it and "Time Waits For No One" for release. They scored a Canadian hit with "Cornflakes And Ice Cream" in 1967 and became teen sensations when the song went #1 on CHUM radio stations across Canada and appearances on CTV's 'After Four' and 'It's Happening' TV shows among others. After making friends with a CTV cameraman, the band managed to archive footage for a "Cornflakes And Ice Cream" video that would finally see the light of day nearly 30 years later.

A follow up single in the summer of 1967 was issued by Apex in the form of "The Popcorn Man" b/w "21,000 Dreams" but lightning failed to strike twice. By this time the boys were a little older and were playing the Yorkville clubs in Toronto. Eventually, they managed to get a showcase at Ronnie Hawkins' Hawks Nest, where the Ugly Ducklings had a residency. The performances were recorded but never released.

With music a full-time concern, the freshly-out-of-school musicians needed a rehearsal space. They moved into what would be known as 'The House Of Soul' which was an old house on Danforth Road in Toronto run as a drum teaching school by an ex-jazz drummer named Bill Mathews. The Lords' road manager Greg Sleigh approached him to rent the main floor to the band as a rehearsal studio by the month. Rooms were fixed up and it became home to many Toronto acts through 1969.

Meanwhile, because of the Canadian chart success of "Cornflakes", Apex's American parent company, Decca, decided to release it in the US. They backed up the release with a large-scale promotional campaign, including a full page ad in the Billboard magazine. The Lords of London were also booked for a guest spot on the music show 'Upbeat' which was produced at the WEWS studios in Cleveland and syndicated to more than 50 cities in the US. The show would also air in Canada in November of 1967.

Unfortunately, Decca had mislabeled the single, and marked "Cornflakes and Ice Cream" as the B side, and the flipside - "Time Waits For No One" as the A side. This limited any success it would have seen in America as magazine and newspaper reviewers focused their articles on the wrong song.

More work was done on the tracks at Eastern Sound when the band returned to Toronto, but were abandoned - "Be My Baby" included - when they realized Agnello was not returning to the group. "Candy Rainbow" was released as planned in March 1968 but lacked the familiarity that might have swayed American audiences and was a commercial flop. Ironically, a remake of "Be My Baby" would become a hit for fellow Canadian Andy Kim in 1970.

Agnello was replaced by Bob Horne whose photo was manipulated on the artwork for the single and the promotional campaign to look like Agnello in an effort not to upset dedicated Lords of London fans. But, when the Lords attempted to fulfill their obligations live, Horne was unfairly attacked by some fans.

Leggat, Taylor and Horne would go on to form A Foot In Coldwater in the early 1970's.

More info @ http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/L/Lords_Of_London.html

Singles

1967 Cornflakes and Ice Cream/Time Waits For No One (Apex/Compo) 77054

1967 The Popcorn Man/21,000 Dreams (Apex/Compo) 77068

1968 Candy Rainbow/Within Your Mind (Apex) 77074