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Max Webster - A Million Vacations

Max Webster was a pretty big deal here in Canada once upon a time. Between 1976 and 1981 the band would release five studio albums, one live album and a greatest hits package. All of them gold, with the exception of A Million Vacations that went platinum. They had some killer tunes, but to me they were that band Kim Mitchell was in before he went solo. Which is sort of code for I never had any of their albums back in the day. A Million Vacations is the album that contained "Let Go the Line" and the title track that have become classics over the years. True fans know that Kim Mitchell was not the singer on those songs. Well, I know that too because I they didn't sound like Kim, and now that I have the album I can read the credits.  "Let Go the Line" was one of two songs sung by Terry Watkinson. The other was "Charmonium" which is also pretty good. "A Million Vacations" had drummer Gary McCracken step out from behind the kit and considering it...