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 The
allies' member line-up was changing and with it, their sound was evolving. Rick, the
bass player who split, had been replaced by Cecil Nurse in 1980. Cecil and drummer
Ed Goodine
began experimenting with reggae beats. Then guitarist Nick Mah left the
band to return to the world of classical music and without his distinctive
styling the band's sound changed radically.
They looked for another guitar player but never found the right
person so they carried on as a three piece.
They did another tape that year. The band got linked up with a producer who was a nice guy but it turned out to be a lesson in a poor match between producer and band.
The band was used to doing recordings in two or three takes. This time around it was more like 32 takes. For the band, it was like all of the life was beaten out of the music.
The producer worked very hard for the band in shopping the tape around (we told you he was a nice guy) but there was little or no interest within the Canadian music business for Canadian music at that time.
In the summer of 1981, the band did a short stint as the backing band for a
British reggae musician named Horace Faith. That was fun but the
band was restless and the Canadian record companies weren't interested in
them. Time for
another change.
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