# Greg Hambleton

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**Greg Hambleton** is a Canadian music industry entrepreneur living in [Hamilton, Ontario](/source/Hamilton,_Ontario). Over the years he has been a record producer, recording engineer, songwriter and music label executive with [Axe Records](/source/Axe_Records).

## Career

Hambleton was the recording engineer when in 1968, Canadian music icon [Stompin' Tom Connors](/source/Stompin'_Tom_Connors), then an aspiring country-folk singer/songwriter, recorded at Toronto's Sound Canada studio to make his debut album, *[Tragedy Trail](/source/Tragedy_Trail)*, and single, *[Sudbury Saturday Night](/source/Sudbury_Saturday_Night)*.[1] Hambleton heard a loud tapping from around Connors' foot; he found a piece of plywood and had Connors stand on it as he recorded. The board became Connors' legendary trademark. He also helped record Connors' second album *Tragedy Train*.[2]

After working for a number of recording studios, including RCS and Sound Canada, Hambleton started his own record label, AXE Records. Through this label he produced the first album of the band [Thundermug](/source/Thundermug_(band)).

He was involved with the careers of Rain, a Kitchener pop-rock group featuring [Charity Brown](/source/Charity_Brown) which had a Canadian No. 22 hit in 1971 with the Hambleton-written *Out Of My Mind*; [Major Hoople's Boarding House](/source/Major_Hoople's_Boarding_House), a pop-rock band that earned Canadian Top 20 in 1975 with *I'm Running After You*, with Hambleton's production; [Gary and Dave](/source/Gary_and_Dave), who had a Canadian No. 1 with *Could You Ever Love Me Again*; *Madrigal*, [The Irish Rovers](/source/The_Irish_Rovers), [Steel River](/source/Steel_River_(band)), and [The Stampeders](/source/The_Stampeders).[3]

## Record labels

### Tuesday Records

Tuesday Records was owned by Greg Hambleton. He also owned Tuesday Music Productions.[4] An article appeared in the June 27, 1970 issue of *Billboard* that Hambleton had signed an agreement with Quality Records for the distribution of his emerging label. At that time, Toronto band [Steel River](/source/Steel_River_(band)) had released a single "Ten Pound Note" which was the first in the label's catalogue. Hambleton was due to make a trip to Western Canada to coordinate the promotional arrangement with Quality distributors for the label's roster. He was also meeting with the press and radio people.[5]

A group on the Tuesday label, [Antique Fair](/source/Antique_Fair_(band)) had a hit with "[Fuddle-Duddle](/source/Fuddle-Duddle)" in 1971. Hambleton had produced it. Quality Records' George Struth the assistant to the VP of the label had set up a deal for US distribution on the Bang Records label.[6]

## References

1. [Bidini, Dave. ["Greg Hambleton helped bring Canadian music industry to life, and now Canadian music has returned the favour"](https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/greg-hambleton-helped-bring-canadian-music-industry-to-life-and-now-canadian-music-has-returned-the-favour). *National Post*. November 9, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2016.

1. Carter, Adam. ["Classic Canadian record label resurrected in Hamilton"](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/classic-canadian-record-label-resurrected-in-hamilton-1.1387007). *CBC News*. July 29, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2016.

1. ["Hamilton music impresario revisits Kitchener past"](http://www.therecord.com/whatson-story/4581690-hamilton-music-impresario-revisits-kitchener-past/). therecord.com. Retrieved 2014-06-17.

1. Music Metason - [ArtistInfo Greg Hambleton](https://music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=Greg%20Hambleton)

1. *Billboard*, June 27, 1970 - [Page 59 Canadian News Report, Quality Deal With Tuesday](https://books.google.com/books?id=eikEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Greg+Hambleton+Tuesday+Records&pg=PA59)

1. *Billboard*, April 24, 1971 - [Page 50 Canadian News Report, Bang Deal on 'Fuddle-Duddle'](https://books.google.com/books?id=VAgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Greg+Hambleton+Tuesday+Records&pg=PA50)

## External links

- [Official website](http://greghambleton.ca/)

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