Oshawa, Ontario native Glen Johansen is a songwriter/vocalist/multi-instrumentalist who had played keyboards for Ronnie Hawkins before becoming primarily known for his production work with reggae acts Truths & Rights, Otis Gayle, Glen Ricketts, Carl Harvey, Carlene Davis, and Joe Isaacs, plus Martha & The Muffins, Nash The Slash, FM and Tom Treumuth's studio project Fictions. While operating Integrated Sound in Toronto, Johansen would spend as much free time recording his own songs for possible release in the future.

Having worked with Eddy Grant in the past, Johansen was invited to Barbados to record in Grant's Blue Wave Studios which was smack dab in the middle of a 200 year-old sugar plantation. Johansen's one and only studio album entitles 'Walkin' A Fine Line' would be completed there.

The album spawned the Canadian Contemporary hit "Here We Go Again" and the flip side of the single, Eddy Grant's "Killer on the Rampage" became a sizable dance hit in Europe.

On the album track, 'War (We Don't Want It)", Johansen utilized 16 kids, aged 12-15, from the local Harrison College to record the backing vocals. The kids would later go on to work with Mick Jagger on his "Let's Work" single during which time Johansen also recorded the demos for Jagger's 'Primitive Cool' LP.




Singles
1987 Walkin' A Fine Line/Walkin' A Fine Line (Short Club Version) (Coach House/Trend) CH45-87021
1988 Here We Go Again/Killer on the Rampage (Coach House/Trend) CH45-88025
1988 You (You're Everything I Need/You Can't Go Back) CH45-88026
1988 Killer On The Rampage [Short Version]/Killer On The Rampage [Long Version] (Matra) 7MT-017

Albums
1988 Walkin' A Fine Line (Coach House/Trend) CHLP-21188

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