The Collectors

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The Collectors was a rock band active in the 1960s. It debuted in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1961 as a house band (the C-FUN Classics) for CFUN-AM radio, and renamed itself as "The Collectors" in 1966. The band featured Howie Vickers on lead vocals, Bill Henderson on lead guitar, lead vocals, and keyboards, Claire Lawrence on saxophone, flute, keyboards, harmonica, and vocals, Glenn Miller on bass and vocals, and Ross Turney on drums. In 1968, the group released its first self-titled album on the Warner Brothers label, and over the next two years also provided soundtrack music to three Canadian films. As a Canadian west coast band, they rivaled the best that was coming out of San Francisco at the time. Very tight and progressive,they had no equal.

Howie Vickers left the group in 1969, and the remaining members of the band reconstructed themselves as Chilliwack, with Bill Henderson taking over lead vocals.

[edit] Discography

• 1967 The Collectors
• 1968 Grass & Wild Strawberries
• 1970 I Must Have Been Blind b/w The Beginning (single release, never compiled on album)