So Long, Bannatyne

So Long, Bannatyne
Studio album by The Guess Who
Released	July 1971
Genre	Rock
Label	RCA
Producer	Jack Richardson
The Guess Who chronology
Share the Land (1970) So Long, Bannatyne (1971) Rockin' (1972)

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So Long, Bannatyne is an album released in 1971 by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who.

Story

The album covers and the title track illustrate a transition in band member Kurt Winter's life.

Bannatyne Avenue is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the home city of The Guess Who. The front of the album cover for the vinyl LP has the words "So Long, Bannatyne" above a red Chevy with a Manitoba licence plate. In the background there is a building labelled "Bannatyne Apartments". On the back of the album cover is the red Chevy again, but in a residential neighbourhood. The song lyrics include the line:

So long Bannatyne, hello my Chevrier home.

Track listing

All songs written Burton Cummings and Kurt Winter except noted.

Vinyl

Side 1

1. "Rain Dance" - 2:45
2. "She Might Have Been a Nice Girl" (Cummings) - 3:13
3. "Goin' a Little Crazy" - 6:59
4. "Fiddlin'" - 1:06
5. "Pain Train" - 3:45
6. "One Divided" (Greg Leskiw) - 2:38

Side 2

1. "Grey Day" (Leskiw) - 4:16
2. "Life in the Bloodstream" (Cummings) - 3:10
3. "One Man Army" - 3:55
4. "Sour Suite" (Cummings) - 4:08
5. "So Long, Bannatyne" - 5:55

CD

1. "Rain Dance" - 2:45
2. "She Might Have Been a Nice Girl" (Cummings) - 3:13
3. "Goin' a Little Crazy" - 6:59
4. "Fiddlin'" - 1:06
5. "Pain Train" - 3:45
6. "One Divided" (Greg Leskiw) - 2:38
7. "Grey Day" (Leskiw) - 4:16
8. "Life in the Bloodstream" (Cummings) - 3:10
9. "One Man Army" - 3:55
10. "Sour Suite" (Cummings) - 4:08
11. "So Long, Bannatyne" - 5:55

The 8-track release featured a different ordering of tracks:

• Life In The Bloodstream
• Fiddlin'
• So Long, Bannatyne
• Rain Dance
• Sour Suite
• Pain Train
• One Divided
• One Man Army
• Grey Day
• She Might Have Been A Nice Girl
• Goin' A Little Crazy

Singles

1. "Rain Dance" (#3 Can., #19 U.S.)
2. "Sour Suite" (#12 Can., #50 U.S.)
3. "Life In The Bloodstream" (#39 Can.)