hand. The band flew to New York, played several shows at The Bitter End, recorded their debut album and went back to Canada to play more gigs, including opening for Jefferson Airplane at McMaster University. Avenue Road In 1968, Warner Bros. re-released "I Would be the One" and a new single, "Speaking of Dreams". Both songs would appear on their debut album, Avenue Road, which was released at the Warner Bros. annual convention in Honolulu. The album garnered rave reviews. Australian music journalist Ritchie Yorke, writing for The Globe and Mail, called it “probably the finest album ever cut by a Canadian group”. In August 1968, the band began a US tour and "I Would Be The One" reached #59 on the national RPM chart. The tour included a show at San Francisco's Fillmore West, with Chuck Berry and the Steve Miller Band. For Kensington Market, the concert was a disaster, with McKie saying that they played like amateurs. The incident so demoralized the band that they never recovered. Drugs were now involved. In addition, the expected sales of Avenue Road did not materialize. Warner Bros, having reportedly taken issue with the cover (a picture of the band grouped in the snow), did little to promote it. Aardvark In the winter of 1968, Kensington Market began recording its second album, now with the addition of keyboardist John Mills-Cockell. Their second album, Aardvark, again produced by Pappalardi, was released in 1969; Warner Brothers issued the singles "Witches Stone" and "Help Me". But the band had lost its creative direction. Finkelstein dropped them and, by the spring of 1969, they had broken up. Post break-up Alex Darou, according to the band's lawyer, became a recluse and starved himself to death in the early 1970s. Watson retired from the world of music. Mills-Cockell formed the band Syrinx. Martynec went on with a successful solo career, playing with Lou Reed and winning the Juno Award for Producer of the Year in 1981 for Bruce Cockburn's "Tokyo" and Rough Trade's "High School Confidential". Gibson made the 1972 LP Another Perfect Day and McKie, who became a boat-builder, released Rumours at the Newsstand in 1981. Discography Studio albums Avenue Road, 1968, Warner Bros. (Re-issued CD 2008, Pacemaker Entertainment) Aardvark, 1969, Warner Bros. Singles "Bobby's Birthday", 1967, Stone Records "I Would be the One", 1967, Stone Records "Mr. John", 1967, Stone Records "Kensington Market", 1967, Stone Records