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My Stompin’ Grounds

Boot Records: BOS 7103
Date of Release: 1971

Track Listing

  1. My Stompin’ Grounds
  2. The Bridge Came Tumblin’ Down
  3. Snowmobile Song
  4. “Wop” May
  5. Cross Canada
  6. Tillsonburg
  7. Tribute To Wilf Carter
  8. Song Of The Irish Moss
  9. Song Of The Peddler
  10. Bonnie Belinda
  11. Name The Capital
  12. Song Of The Cohoe

Notes About This Release

The first album on the newly created Boot Records, “My Stompin’ Grounds” was one of Tom’s best selling albums.

Love And Laughter

Boot Records: BOS 7107
Date of Release: 1971

Track Listing

  1. Oh, Laura
  2. The Isles Of Magdalen
  3. Fire In The Mine
  4. I Can Still Face The Moon
  5. The Bug Song
  6. The Moon-Man Newfie
  7. Roving All Over The Land
  8. Movin’ In (From Montreal By Train)
  9. Benny The Bum
  10. Twice As Blue
  11. Little Wawa
  12. Rubberhead

Notes About This Release

The back of this album jacket features an excellent shot of Tom performing at the Mariposa Folk Festival.

And The Hockey Song

Boot Records: BOS 7112
Date of Release: 1972

Track Listing

  1. The Consumer
  2. The Last Fatal Duel
  3. The Curse Of The Marc Guylaine
  4. Blue Spell
  5. Singin’ Away My Blues
  6. The Hockey Song
  7. The Maritime Waltz
  8. Gaspe Belle Faye
  9. Where Would I Be?
  10. True, True Love
  11. The Piggy Back Race
  12. Your Loving Smile
  13. Mr. Engineer

Notes About This Release

This album has the first mention of the “Stompin’ Tom Fan Club”, based out of the Boot Records headquarters in Mississauga.

Bud The Spud And Other Favourites

Boot Records: BOS 7114
Date of Release: 1972

Track Listing

  1. Bud The Spud
  2. The Ketchup Song
  3. Ben, In The Pen
  4. Rubberhead
  5. Luke’s Guitar (Twang Twang)
  6. My Brother Paul
  7. The Old Atlantic Shore
  8. My Little Eskimo
  9. Reversing Falls Darling
  10. She Don’t Speak English
  11. The Canadian Lumber Jack
  12. Sudbury Saturday Night
  13. T.T.C. Skidaddler
  14. (I’ll Be) Gone With The Wind

Notes About This Release

A re-release of the first Dominion album, this Boot release has a somewhat different cover than the original.

Meets Big Joe Mufferaw

Boot Records: BOS 7123
Date of Release: 1973

Track Listing

  1. Big Joe Mufferaw
  2. Sable Island
  3. Don’t Overlove Your Baby
  4. Log Train
  5. Roll On Saskatchewan
  6. Jenny Donnelly
  7. The Coal Boat Song
  8. Algoma Central #69
  9. The Night That I Cremated Sam McGee
  10. Poor, Poor Farmer
  11. My Last Farewell
  12. Rocky Mountain Love
  13. Around The Bay And Back Again

Notes About This Release

A re-release of the third Dominion album, this Boot release has a completely different cover, and different jacket notes than the original.

Merry Christmas Everybody

Boot Records: BOS 7126
Date of Release: 1973

Track Listing

  1. Merry Christmas Everybody
  2. Merry Bells
  3. Christmas Angel
  4. Down On Christmas
  5. Jingle Jangle Aeroplane
  6. Kiss Me The New Year In
  7. Mr. Snowflake
  8. Story Of Jesus
  9. An Orphan’s Christmas
  10. One Blue Light
  11. Gloria
  12. Our Father
  13. Greetings And Merry Christmas Everybody (Reprise)

Notes About This Release

A re-release of the fifth Dominion album.

To It And At It

Boot Records: BOS 7127
Date of Release: 1973

Track Listing

  1. Prince Edward Island, Happy Birthday
  2. To It And At It
  3. Keepin’ Nora Waitin’
  4. Marten Hartwell Story
  5. New Brunswick And Mary
  6. Moonlight Lady
  7. Muk Luk Shoo
  8. Manitoba
  9. Don Messer Story
  10. Alcan Run
  11. Pizza Pie Love
  12. Golden Gone Bye
  13. Cornflakes

Notes About This Release

This successful boot album features a poem on the back, written by Stompin’ Tom fan “Mary Denny”.

‘LIVE’ At The Horseshoe

Dominion Records: BOS 7128
Date of Release: 1971

Track Listing

  1. Happy Rovin’ Cowboy
  2. Big Joe Mufferaw
  3. Come Where We’re At
  4. The Green Green Grass Of Home No. 2
  5. Spin, Spin
  6. Muleskinner Blues
  7. Horseshoe Hotel Song
  8. I’ve Been Everywhere
  9. Sudbury Saturday Night
  10. Bus Tour To Nashville
  11. Luke’s Guitar
  12. Bud The Spud

Notes About This Release

This re-release of the very successful Dominion live album remained a strong seller.

On Tragedy Trail

Boot Records: BOS 7134
Date of Release: 1973

Track Listing

  1. Tragedy Trail
  2. How The Mountain Came Down
  3. Shanty Town Sharon
  4. Fire In The Mine
  5. Somewhere, There’s Sorrow
  6. Don Valley Jail
  7. Benny The Bum
  8. Black Donnelly’s Massacre
  9. Battle Of Despair
  10. Reesor Crossing Tragedy
  11. The Little Boy’s Prayer
  12. Around The Bay And Back Again

Notes About This Release

“On Tragedy Trail” never did that well on Dominion or Rebel, but it remains a great example of Tom’s songwriting and performing abilities. The recording used is a different one than the earlier Rebel release, and the cover art is modified slightly.

Northlands Zone

Boot Records: BOS 7135
Date of Release: 1973

Track Listing

  1. The World Goes Round
  2. The Maritime Waltz
  3. The Northern Gentleman
  4. May, The Millwrights Daughter
  5. Algoma Central No. 69
  6. Streets Of Toronto
  7. Sudbury Saturday Night
  8. Movin On To Rouyn
  9. Emily The Maple Leaf
  10. My Home Cradled Out In The Waves
  11. The Peterborough Postman
  12. Goin’ Back Up North
  13. Little Wawa
  14. My Swisha Miss
  15. Carolyne
  16. The Flyin’ C.P.R.

Notes About This Release

This re-release of Tom’s first album had the words “Collectors Item” on the cover, despite the fact it was neither the same recording, nor cover art featured on the original Rebel release. It did, however, prove that Tom’s work has a timeless appeal.

Across This Land

Boot Records: BOS 2-7137
Date of Release: 1973

Track Listing

  1. Tribute To Stompin’ Tom – Fred Dixon
  2. Sudbury Saturday Night
  3. Luke’s Guitar
  4. The Ketchup Song
  5. Orange Blossom Special– Bobby Lalonde
  6. Ben In The Pen
  7. Bud The Spud
  8. Old Atlantic Shore
  9. God Made Me A Woman – Sharon Lowness
  10. Song Of The Irish Moss
  11. T.T.C. Skiddadler
  12. North Shore Yodel – Kent Brockwell
  13. The Hockey Song
  14. Bread & Gravy
  15. Snowmobile Song
  16. Green Green Grass Of Home #2
  17. Big Joe Mufferaw
  18. Canadian Lumberjack
  19. Roll On Saskatchewan
  20. Sit Down Mr. Music Man – Chris Scott
  21. Around The Bay And Back Again
  22. Moon Man Newfie
  23. Rubberhead
  24. Movin’ In (From Montreal By Train)
  25. Squid Jiggin’ Grounds
  26. Pa Pi Doo – Joey Tardif
  27. Muleskinner Blues
  28. My Stompin’ Grounds
  29. Take Me Back To Old Alberta

Notes About This Release

Tom’s second live album was a double album set, based on his movie “Across This Land”. The movie was basically a live recording of a concert at the Horseshoe Tavern, with videos added to some of his songs. His yodelling in this album is perhaps some of his best ever.

Meets Muk Tuk Annie

Boot Records: BOS 7146
Date of Release: 1974

Track Listing

  1. Streaker’s Dream
  2. My Home By The Fraser
  3. Bibles And Rifles
  4. Paddlewheeler
  5. Unfaithful Heart
  6. Ballad Of Tuk Muk Annie
  7. We’re Trading Hearts
  8. Oh Chihuahua
  9. Zakuska Polka
  10. I Saw A Teardrop
  11. Wishful Hummin’
  12. Renfrew Valley
  13. My Old Canadian Home

Notes About This Release

With more cover art by Tom’s friend “Stevedore” Steve Foote, this boot album features the song “We’re Trading Hearts” that Tom wrote for his own wedding to Lena in November 1973. This was Canada’s first ever televised wedding and was filmed during the popular Elwood Glover Show on CBC. This was also his 25th Album release and 11th of Original Material.

The North Atlantic Squadron

Dominion Records: BOS 7153
Date of Release: 1975

Track Listing

  1. The North Atlantic Squadron
  2. Red River Jane
  3. High, Dry And Blue
  4. Blue Nose
  5. Back Yardin’
  6. Jack Of Many Trades
  7. Unity
  8. Fleur De Lis
  9. I’ll Love You All Over Again
  10. (Too Late To Hurry) When Snow Flurries Fall
  11. Take Me Down The River
  12. Gypsy Chant

Notes About This Release

The jacket notes on this album make the only mention of Tom’s band, the “Rovin’ Cowboys”. The cover art is drawn by Tom’s friend “Stevedore” Steve Foote.

The Unpopular Stompin’ Tom Connors

Boot Records: BOS 7171
Date of Release: 1976

Track Listing

  1. Good Morning Mr. Sunshine
  2. Where The Chinooks Blow
  3. Zephyrs In The Maple
  4. My Door’s Always Open To You
  5. Blue Misery
  6. The Pole And The Hole (Money Pole)
  7. A Damn Good Song For A Miner (Muckin’ Slushers)
  8. Cowboy, Johnny Ware
  9. Ghost Of Bras D’Or
  10. Don Valley Jail
  11. Big And Friendly Waiter John
  12. The Olympic Song

Notes About This Release

The cover art on this album features a hat, vest and boots clad skeleton, leaning on Tom’s trademark Gibson guitar. Also showing an unlucky #13. This was all a part of Toms protest of the Canadian Music Industry as Canadian Radio continued to refuse to play his music. So he thought calling himself “Unpopular” seemed fitting!

At The Gumboot Cloggeroo

Boot Records: BOS 7180
Date of Release: 1977

Track Listing

  1. Legend Of Marty And Joe
  2. Jacqueline
  3. The I Don’t Know How To Fix The Damned Thing Blues
  4. Man From The Land
  5. Farewell To Nova Scotia
  6. Ripped Off Winkle
  7. Gumboot Cloggeroo
  8. The Happy Hooker
  9. We Doubt Each Others Love
  10. Little Old Forgetful Me
  11. The Singer
  12. Isle Of Newfoundland
  13. Roses In The Snow
  14. Home On The Island

Notes About This Release

Tom’s last album on Boot was “Gumboot Cloggeroo”. One of the many excuses Tom was told by Radio why he wasn’t being played was that his songs did not have enough instrumentation and were too “simple”. So Tom decided to hire a big band in the studio for this album, as you may have noticed, and yet Radio still refused to play any of the songs. So we all wonder what was the real reason Radio would not play Stompin’ Tom songs in regular rotation as they did with many other Canadian Artists who had much lower sales than Tom in Canada…. Shortly after this album was released, Tom entered into a self-imposed exile from the music industry, to later re-emerge in the mid 1980’s with his ACT label. Boot Records continued operating until the mid 1980’s.

Sings 60 Old Time Favorites

Boot Records: STC 1
Date of Release: 1971

Track Listing

Album 1

  1. Sammy Morgan’s Gin
  2. That Little Shirt My Mother Made For Me
  3. Out Behind The Barn
  4. Hallelujah! I’m A Bum
  5. The Big Rock Candy Mountain
  6. Mule Skinner Blues
  7. Blue Velvet Band
  8. The Last Letter
  9. Soldier’s Last Letter
  10. Missing In Action
  11. Sunny Side Of The Mountain
  12. Thunder Road

Album 2

  1. Wabash Cannonball
  2. Hobo Bill’s Last Ride
  3. Wreck Of The Number Nine
  4. The Engineer’s Child
  5. Casey Jones
  6. Waiting For A Train
  7. New River Train
  8. Tragic Romance
  9. Sioux City Sue
  10. The Calgary Kid
  11. Nobody’s Darling But Mine
  12. Remember Me

Album 3

  1. PEI Is Heaven To Me
  2. Roamin’ In the Gloamin’
  3. Rescue From The Moose River Gold Mine
  4. The Capture Of Albert Johnson
  5. My Old Brown Coat And Me
  6. Apple Blossom Time in Annapolis Valley
  7. The Letter Edged In Black
  8. Death Of Hank Williams
  9. Wedding Bells
  10. Never Again
  11. Two Different Worlds
  12. It Makes No Difference

Album 4

  1. Silver Bell
  2. Clementine
  3. Oh, Susannah!
  4. Rub-A-Dub-Dub!
  5. If You’ve Got The Money, I’ve Got The Time
  6. Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
  7. Blackbird Of My Heart
  8. Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
  9. Cowboy Jack
  10. Mary Of The Wild Moor
  11. I Never Will Marry
  12. Walkin’ The Floor Over You

Album 5

  1. Frankie And Johnny
  2. Playin’ Dominoes And Shootin’ Dice
  3. Old Zip Coon
  4. Hot Rod Race
  5. There’s A Hole In The Bottom Of The Sea
  6. The Thing
  7. Roses Are Blooming
  8. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
  9. The Drunkard’s Son
  10. A Tramp On The Street
  11. Back Street Affair
  12. Are You Teasing Me?

Notes About This Release

Toms first 5 Vinyl LP Box set featuring cover art by his old hitch-hiking buddy “Stevedore Steve”. Tom recorded these 60 old country songs to help keep them known even though he did not write them but had performed them for years while on the road as a single on stage in bars.

Sings 60 More Old Time Favorites

Boot Records: STC 2
Date of Release: 1972

Track Listing

Album 1

  1. Squaws Along the Yukon
  2. When The Inchworm Nests Again
  3. When It’s Springtime In Alaska
  4. Wolverton Mountain
  5. Honky Tonk Girl
  6. Restless One
  7. Brand On My Heart
  8. Columbus Stockade Blues
  9. Willy Roy
  10. Me And Bobby McGee
  11. My Son Calls Another Man Daddy
  12. I’m Movin’ On

Album 2

  1. Squid Jiggin’ Grounds
  2. Wildwood Flower
  3. Kevin Barry
  4. Long Gone Lonesome Blues
  5. Waltz Of The Bride
  6. I’Se Da B’Ye
  7. The Golden Rocket
  8. Bouquet Of Roses
  9. Red River Valley
  10. Geisha Girl
  11. The Dying Mother’s Prayer
  12. My Nova Scotia Home

Album 3

  1. Rockin’ Alone In The Old Rocking Chair
  2. Wild Colonial Boy
  3. Spanish Two Step
  4. Twenty One Years
  5. Green Grows The Laurel
  6. Wreck Of The Old ’97
  7. Hula Love
  8. On The Banks Of The Old Ponchar Train
  9. Rhumba Boogie
  10. Wasted Love
  11. Jamaica Farewell
  12. Sweeter Than The Flowers

Album 4

  1. Waterloo
  2. Wild Side Of Life
  3. Heartaches By The Number!
  4. You’re The Only Star
  5. Teenage Queen
  6. Pistol Packin’ Mama
  7. Mom And Dad’s Waltz
  8. My Mother
  9. You’re The Nearest Thing To Heaven
  10. Yellow Rose Of Texas
  11. Waltz Of The Wind
  12. Bluebird On Your Windowsill

Album 5

  1. The Cat Came Back
  2. Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
  3. Beautiful Girl Of The Prairie
  4. Even Tho’
  5. Bread And Gravy
  6. King John And The Abbott
  7. You Are My Sunshine
  8. Lili Marlene
  9. My Filipino Rose
  10. Fraulein
  11. Wooden Heart
  12. Bonaparte’s Retreat

Notes About This Release

This was Tom’s 2nd box set, with more great country songs he didn’t write, as he attempted to record many older songs to help keep them known and not forgotten. Many choices are songs Tom used to sing when he first started performing as a single in bars in the 50’s and 60’s.

BOOT RECORDS INC. (Released in the US and British Isles)

Songs Of Canada

Boot Records: BOS 7103
Date of Release: 1971

Track Listing

  1. My Stompin Grounds
  2. The Bridge Came Tumblin’ Down
  3. Snowmobile Song
  4. “Wop” May
  5. Cross Canada
  6. Tillsonburg
  7. Tribute to Wilf Carter
  8. Song of the Irish Moss
  9. Song of the Peddler
  10. Bonnie Belinda
  11. Name The Capital
  12. Song of the Cohoe

Notes About This Release

The first album on the newly created Boot Records was also released as “Songs of Canada” in the USA British Isles. It was one of Tom’s best selling albums.

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