Steel River - Ten Pound Note (stereo)

Issued in Canada July 1970 on Tuesday 110 and in the US on Evolution 1030.

The guys in Steel River earned their place in the history books when they issued this record as their debut. "Ten Pound Note," composed by Jay Telfer, is a Canadian classic, and among the very best songs of the period.

It is known and loved by millions north of the 49th parallel, but known and loved by only dozens south of it. When released in the US on the Evolution label, a division of the Longines-Wittnauer watch company, it missed out on the Hot 100 by nine places, and was scarcely heard by anyone, if at all. Back at home, "Ten Pound Note" entered the RPM Top 50 Canadian chart at #44 on July 25, 1970; it entered the RPM 100 chart on August 15th at #69 with a bullet, and spent two weeks at #5 in October.

For interested parties, there is a brief biography of Steel River under my post of "Mexican Lady."

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Category:

Music

Tags:

• Steel
• River
• Ten
• Pound
• Note
• stereo
• 1970
• Canadian
• pop
• rock

[coldplays179]

was this released in quad as well?

[mojofilter02]

@coldplays179

This song was recorded the year that quad was unveiled to the US market, so it's safe to say that the technology to record and issue records in quad had not been exported to Canada yet.

[tleparskas]

A mono version is on the BMG "Made In Canada" CD box.

[mojofilter02]

No, it's stereo. That's where I got this one.

[cindrellasunshine]

I saw Steel River with James Gang on June 19,1971, was on the 9th row here in Okla. City and I have love them ever since. Would like to know where I could get a Cd of there 70's albums.

[mojofilter02]

Cool! I saw them when I was in high school in Southern Ontario around the same time. I just looked, and there are Russian pirate CDs of two of their albums for sale. These would just be vinyl transfers, probably not declicked or denoised. The label they recorded for has not, to my knowledge, released an official CD of Steel River's music. They have only licensed a few tracks to compilation CDs. So, unfortunately, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for one to appear any time soon.

[rich56ca]

For the record I love this song and agree its one of the best of its time. Glad to see others agree.

[johnotronthe5th]

What a song. I don't know how it only has 237 views.

[emperoryu2000]

I have this song on a K-Tel album.

[GroomLeader]

What a fantastic song, just gets better and better sounding!

[8010cookie]

MAN this song gets soo much better with age... ILOVEIT

[allcanadianmusic]

Fantastic song, timeless gem.

Thank-you for posting :)

[LolaCrazy222]

Great song. To bad Steel River didn't get the recognition they deserved south of the border.

[oleole52]

@mojofilter02 Thanks so much for posting this absolute gem.The search for the perfect two and a half minute song will never end,but it definitely stopped for a bit when this came out.

[MrFlippyz]

another great song,johnny

[MrFlippyz]

@RedSiberianBluesman you should have been there Red,they were great times,when john was 14 before he was in the band he used to sing out loud on his way to the store,me and our friends ducted taped him to a pole in my parernts basement when we were around 16.

[CartoonCritter1985]

Great song, thanks for posting!