Newfoundland musicians who recorded on the Audat label in the early 1970s.

Program Title: NewFound Records - Ep.379 - Audat Records Pt. 2
Description: Between 1972 and 1976, Newfoundland recordings artists released two dozen or so LPs on the Audat label. Audat, short for Audio Atlantic, was based in Halifax Nova Scotia. That's where some Newfoundlanders travelled to record their albums. In search of the next Harry Hibbs, Dick Nolan, or Joan Morrissey, Audio Atlantic made it easier for Newfoundlanders to record. They brought their mobile equipment to MUN Radio studios in St. John's.

For the St. John's 'Audat Sessions', they sought advice from local musician and businesmman Lew Skinner. And they used Lew's top-rated band, The Country Ducats, as backing musicans.

In the conclusion of this two-part series, NewFound Records shines a light on many of the albums which came out of the Audio Atlantic sessions. Tune in and you'll hear tracks by Minnie White, Ray Johnson, Borealis, Art Scammel, Frank Qinlan, Ron Hynes & loads more!

Host(s): Wayne Tucker
Featured Speakers/Guests:

Credits: 1. ROY PENNEY: Camp Town Races
2. MINNIE WHITE: Daughter’s Wedding Reel
3. RAY JOHNSON: Four Strings and I
4. RAY JOHNSON: Macnabs Hornpipe
5. GORD TRACEY & The Constellations: I’m Loving You
6. BOREALIS: Lucky Day
7. RON HYNES: Loves Refrain
8. PETER FRANCIS QUINLAN: Just As Nice
9. REX HEMEON & THE COUNTRY ORITS: Window Up Above
10. ED ROWSELL: Excuse Me
11. LITTLE JOHNNY CAMERON: Forty Shades of Green
12. RYAN’S FANCY: Cape Breton Lullaby
13. DICK NOLAN: Fiddler’s Green
14. SCOTT ROWSELL AND AQUARIUS: Newfoundland Bound
15. ART SCAMMELL: Long May Your Big Jib Draw
16. RAY WALSH: Medley-Bonnie Dundee/Hundred Pipers

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