Pack It In
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| A-side = Pack It In
| B-side = You're Still Feelin' Better
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| released = 1969
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| label = Apex 77098
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| producer = A Meatworm Production
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Pack It In was a hit for Canadian rock group Buckstone Hardware in 1969. It made it into both the RPM 100 and the Canadian Content charts.
Background
A fertile ground for the release of the single had been prepared with the group's recent appearances on CBC-TV's Sunday Morning Show and a week run at Electric Circus. This was also complemented with the band's appearances local and further afield.
The single, "Pack it In" backed with "You're Still Feelin' Better" was recorded by Greg Hambleton for Meatworm Productions.,The Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia - [https://canpopencyclopedia.home.blog/b/#Buckstone_Hardware BUCKSTONE HARDWARE]RPM Weekly, Volume 11 No. 18 Week of June 30th. 1969 - [https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/60s/1969/RPM-1969-06-30.pdf Page 11 PACK IT IN BY BUCKSTONE HARDWARE] and was cut at Sound Canada Studios. It was released on the Apex label (Cat no. 77098).RPM Weekly, Volume 11 No. 8 Week of April 21st. 1969 - [https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/60s/1969/RPM-1969-04-21.pdf Page 6 YES! BUCKSTONE HARDWARE ARE ON APEX!]RPM Weekly, Volume 11 No. 8 Week of April 21st. 1969 - [https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/60s/1969/RPM-1969-04-21.pdf Page 6 APEX RELEASE FOR BUCKSTONE]
Chart info
"Pack It In" made its debut on the RPM Canadian Content Chart at #9 on the week of May 19, 1969.RPM Weekly, Volume 11 No. 12 Week of May 19th. 1969 - [https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/60s/1969/RPM-1969-05-19.pdf Page 4 RPM WEEKLY Canadian Content Chart] The following week (week of May 26, 1969) it debuted on the RPM 100 chart at #99.RPM Weekly, Volume 11 No. 13 May 26, 1969 - [https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/60s/1969/RPM-1969-05-26.pdf Page 19 RPM100]
By June 9, the single got to #2 on the Canadian Content Chart.RPM Weekly, Volume 11 No. 15 Week of June 9th, 1969 - [https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/60s/1969/RPM-1969-06-09.pdf Page 10 RPM WEEKLY Canadian Content Chart] On June 20, the single was in the "Hit Bound category on the CKLG Boss 30 chart.Vancouver Top 40 Radio - [http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CKLG/1969/cklg062069.html CKLG 73 B O S S 30, Vancouver's Official Radio Record Survey, CKLG BOSS 30 - JUNE 20, 1969] It was still holding the Canadian Content position of #2 until June 23.RPM Weekly, Volume 11 No. 17 Week Of June 23rd. 1969 - [https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/60s/1969/RPM-1969-06-23.pdf Page 4 RPM WEEKLY Canadian Content Chart]RPM Weekly, Volume 11 No. 18 Week of June 30th. 1969 - [https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/60s/1969/RPM-1969-06-30.pdf Page 4 RPM WEEKLY Canadian Content Chart] That week the CHUM report had the record as the third voted for simultaneous play by the Maple Leaf System.RPM Weekly, Volume 11 No. 17 Week Of June 23rd. 1969 - [https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/60s/1969/RPM-1969-06-23.pdf Page 9 LAST MINUTE REPORT]
Its peak position of #33 on the RPM 100 chart was reached on July 21.RPM Weekly, Volume 11 No. 2 July 28, 1969 - [https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/60s/1969/RPM-1969-07-28.pdf Page 5 RPM100]