Jury Krytiuk was probably best-known as the manager of Canuck country music icon Stompin' Tom Connors, but he was also a record producer and the owner of Boot and Cynda Records. Krytiuk originally started up Boot Records in 1971 as an outlet for Stompin' Tom's records, having tried and failed to persuade a number of Canadian labels to release them, and soon added other Canadian country artists to the roster, including Con Archer, The Emeralds, Humphrey and The Dumptrucks, Sharon Lowness, Dick Nolan, Stevedore Steve and Ted Wesley. Throughout the rest of the decade and into the '80s, Boot and Cynda (Boot's budget label) expanded beyond country and bluegrass, releasing LPs by artists of a variety of ethnic backgrounds, as well as classical music by musicians such as guitarist Liona Boyd and pianist Monica Gaylord. Beyond that I don't know much about Mr. Krytiuk, but in 1972 he did produce and release this Burt Bacharach tribute LP under his own name.

A Portrait of Burt Bacharach consists of 12 pretty faithful versions of some of Bacharach's best-known compositions. The album is almost entirely instrumental, with backup singers adding some "ba-ba-ba"'s and "do-do-do"'s here and there. Unfortunately, none of the musicians are identified and, apart from identifying Krytiuk as the producer, there isn't any information about the recording of the LP. All four of the songs I've posted here are light and breezy but highly enjoyable takes on the classic Bacharach sound.

As Long As There's An Apple Tree
I Say A Little Prayer
Nikki
Walkin' Backwards Down The Road