Showing posts with label Alanis Morissette. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alanis Morissette. Show all posts

Saturday, December 30, 2023

Musify/Myzuka

Courtesy Round Hill Records

 By the cover art can be obtained from Round Hill Music / Zuma Rock Records., Fair useLink

    It seems like sister pirate mp3 sites Myzuka.club and Musify.club have lost the plot. After uploading dozens of albums to both simultaneously (it's a package deal) for over a decade, it seems they don't want anymore from me. I uploaded two albums they don't have yet, The Messenger from Pallas and Loaded: The Greatest Hits 1994-2023 by Bush (pictured). For the latter, I worked around it by going to an unofficial compilation by updating tracks that had a lower bit rate and adding ones not already there. I had downloaded the new official one legally from amazon since I got it free when I bought the CD from them around the time of Gavin Rossdales birthday and the bands most recent show in my area last fall. Pallas on the other hand are more limited by comparison. Had to go to another site for them. Can't afford Bandcamp too. To boot, band leader and manager Graeme Murray is also a barrister (albeit in criminal law rather than civil), so it may be karma for both bands; also considering neo-prog contemporaries' IQ and Jadis' Martin Orfords war or piracy. Since I can't access Pallas' new album on Musify or amazon at this stage, I had to put those mp3s on my Google drive to stream them from my phone. I would rather have the CD anyway, and I'll get it when it's available affordably. I may have invested heavily in Jadis and Denny Laine due to their catalogues' scarcity, but that's for another post.
    It's too easy to download or stream these days. Vinyl is back (like it never left, but again, for another day). It's like trading in something at the shop. Even if it's something they don't have and not on every corner, they still may not want it. I'm not going to waste time, money or data trying to upload them again. I tried contacting them, but have not heard back. Anyone looking for either of these albums on those site are on their own. File-sharing networks (Warez) like the old Napster, Limewire, BitTorrent, Kazaa and the Pirate Bay aren't as common anymore and can still cause damage to your devices. I actually don't upload or download as much as I used to nowadays. I don't even stream much TV. As for those sites, if I upload one more album and they don't do a thing, they'll never get another from me again. No one makes one ruble from it anyhow, which proves a point. Most of my old files have been wiped or disappeared over the years. Some are off of CDs I still have, but I can't rip them like I used to. Better to cut my losses and lossy files and just move on. (UPDATE: The Pallas one was uploaded by another person already, yet is not recognised in the bands discography.)

Friday, March 3, 2023

Katy Perry (née Hudson) 2001 début

Poor quality low res snap of CD for eBay listing

 Katy Perry was one of the first artists ever profiled on the blog.  After she made it, it became known that she recorded an album that Mary Whitehouse would have liked (maybe Katys UK ex-pat fiancé Orlando Bloom has heard of the late conservative activist, who was in her final days in a care home when the album was released in 2001).  Perry may now dismiss this CD as juvenilia as it's a far cry from "Hot 'n' Cold", "Roar", "Firework", and "Hey Hey Hey" just to name a few.  This is no "Teenage Dream".  Rather "The One That Got Away"!  I'm sure she'd probably just say it'll always be a "Part of Me"!  This one is more of a "Dark Horse" (not George Harrisons, of course).  Back then, it was "By the Grace of God".  I sound like Gene Shalit!  I started this "Last Friday Night"!  I could go on all day!

Before she was Katy Perry, before American Idol, she was Katy Hudson (not to be confused with Kate Hudson), who was brought up in a strict Christian home in Santa Barbara County.  At a young age, she was signed to an indie label in Multnomah County (chosen for the location as I took the zip code from the CD), recorded in Davidson County (the epicentre of country and Christian music), and could have been the next Stacie Orrico (a CCM Britney Spears at one time, perhaps), but the label closed down after the CD came out and it sold very few copies.  Katy Hudson changed her name to Katy Perry because of the unrelated new film star at the time, and tried for several years to launch a secular career before starting over the opposite of an Amy Grant (I know this sounds more like a mere review).  Once she was a household name, word got out about this early release, which is sought after, even though it contrasts the hits she's had since 2008s One of the Boys.  A right chancer can make a few bob off this one, God willing (since He is praised on there).  The price could "Rise".  This is "Never Really Over"!

I saw Katy Hudson in the charity shop for pennies, and recognised it straight away, realising it was too good to be there, so I tried at first going to the local record shop to trade it in, but got a low-ball offer.  I get that it's a small business, and they know the story themselves, so I decided to sell it online.  Amazon wasn't feasible because I would have to had several items and pay to set up an account, so it's not on, so I turned to eBay, where some interest was there, and ultimately sold it to a fan in Clark County for much less than what others would.  He won the pools, and he's in Las Vegas, where Pezza has a residency and some Idol auditions to boot (also held in Nashville and [New] Orleans Parish).  I even told missus on Twitter that I found this from early days, even though she was a different girl back then whose initial phase is another animal like Alanis Morissette, Tiffany, and even Mr Conway Twitty, showing that we all must start off somewhere.  It is very unlikely Katy Perry will ever reissue this album herself because of just how far apart from her current career it is.  You have a better chance with early '90s Alanis and KLF at this rate.  Just something the diehards are willing to look and pay for.

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Warner Records

Not your parents' Warners!
After going the way of Glastonbury this past year, I'm back.
Warner Bros Records are no more, being reborn as just Warner Records. This was a surprise, although their licence from former sister company Warner Bros. ran out, a decade and a half after Warner Music Group spun off of Time Warner (since sold to AT&T), which was orchestrated by Edgar Bronfman Jnr, who also did the same for Universals purchase of PolyGram in 1999, only for them to separate from their former parent studio.  I have tagged artists with a tag who have been on Warner or Reprise, at least in the US and Canada if not worldwide.
The label moved across town from Burbank to downtown LA propers arts district.
There have been mixed reactions to this, but I think this is a new beginning.  I'm looking forward to seeing new releases on the new label, although Duran Duran and Liam Gallagher are the only ones I know so far confirmed to have one, and Fleetwood Mac have considered one with their newest lineup.   For back releases, I still have both (Duran mostly on sister label Parlophone) as well as a-ha, Black Sabbath and Depeche Mode (North America), Alanis Morissette, and related artists to get, mainly on LP.  For anything that has yet to be reissued, it could have the old logo on it to make it look accurate.  The Smiths were reissued on it as wea was retired as a label after the sale.
With all that's going on in the world these days, this is a mere change in strategy and we should embrace this.  Several catalogue releases have already been reissued with the new label.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

5 CD series


In the past few years a new kind of boxed set has been appearing in shops that contain 5 (sometimes just 3) CDs of the same artist (or theme in some cases) in a slipcase with "mini-LPs" but without liner notes or many details.  The price is decent for 5 CDs together.  Sometimes there are titles that have been rare for a long time, which was the case when I bought The Cars set which included Panorama (I'll have to find it by itself now).  All three majors have these.  Warners recent purchase of Parlophone from EMI is bringing out new
Combines solo Limahl and the band proper
Original Album Series
sets from Kajagoogoo/Limahl (just got this one), Cockney Rebel (a bit of a challenge but I have that too now), and UFO to name a few.  They already released those with Yes (which I bought), Alanis Morissette (I bought all 5 in hers one at a time, 3 from her old stomping ground) and Fleetwood Mac (which I'm holding out for) even though they'll all have titles I bought separately with bonus tracks (those without can be sold which I did with one old Yes CD).  Universal also have had these but with whole cases for Elton John and Rush but a sleeves only one with Bob Marley is available and I got it last week.  Sonys Original Album Classics (US and EU) have included Sarah MacLachlan (outside Canada), Elvis Presley, REO Speedwagon, Santana and Bob Dylan (he has a couple out now).  Don't think the indies would do this.  EMI UK before they were sold would reissue two at a time in a regular slimline double jewel box with Blondie, Gerry Rafferty and Talk Talk (I have this) to name a few but also without much information.  I wish there was a Kate Bush set but don't count on it so I bought them separately instead even though she had a more elaborate one of her own in 1990 which is scarce now.
This could be a way to get people to buy CDs again with all the downloading but there's always gonna be something new for collectors to spend their money on.  Warners also have trilogies.

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Commonwealth of Nations

Commonwealth flag
The Commonwealth of Nations are the successor to the British Empire which includes the flagship UK, as well as Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa (since 1994) to name a few.  While a tonne of my favourite artists are from Britain, some are from the ex-colonies too (full-time solo in parentheses).

UK:

Asia (John Wetton, Geoffrey Downes, Steve Howe, John Payne)
The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison)
Bandit (Jim Diamond)
Black Sabbath (Ozzy Osbourne)
Kate Bush
Cockney Rebel
Culture Club (Boy George)
Def Leppard
Depeche Mode (Martin Gore, Dave Gahan)
Duran Duran (Arcadia)
Emerson, Lake and Palmer (Greg Lake)
Eurythmics (Annie Lennox)
Fleetwood Mac (Christine McVie)
Genesis (Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Anthony Phillips, Steve Hackett, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford)
Gentle Giant
Geordie (Brian Johnsons band before AC/DC)
GTR (Hackett/Howe supergroup)
IQ (Martin Orford)
Elton John
Kajagoogoo (Limahl)
King Crimson (Greg Lake, John Wetton)
Marillion (Fish, h)
Marilyn (born in Jamaica)
Mike & the Mechanics (Mike Rutherford)
Modern English
The Moody Blues (Justin Hayward, Denny Laine, John Lodge, Ray Thomas, Mike Pinder)
Naked Eyes (Pete Byrne)
oasis (Beady Eye, Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds)
Pallas (Alan Reed)
PhD (Jim Diamond)
Pink Floyd (David Gilmour, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Syd Barrett)
Queen (Freddie Mercury [born in what is now Tanzania], Roger Taylor [including The Cross], Brian May)
Renaissance (Annie Haslam)
Supertramp (Roger Hodgson)
Tears for Fears (Curt Smith*)
Wham! (George Michael)
Wings (Paul McCartney, Denny Laine)
Yes (Jon Anderson*, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Trevor Rabin*, Rick Wakeman)

Canada:

Rush (Cancon kings)
Lawrence Gowan (born in Glasgow, raised in Toronto area)
Alanis Morissette* (favourite Cancon solo)
Mystery (Benoît David was also in Yes)

Australia:

AC/DC (with UK natives)
INXS (have had frontmen from the UK, Canada and New Zealand as well as the US)

South Africa:

Rabbitt (Trevor Rabin*)

*now naturalised US citizens

Friday, October 18, 2013

Vegetarians and Vegans

Morrissey Live at SXSW Austin in March 2006-9
Mr "Meat is Murder" himself, Morrissey.


Many of my favourite artists don't eat meat or in some cases even any dairy*.  Even St Francis de Assisi may not have been able to do this!

Alanis Morrissette*
Boy George (may be pescatarian)
The Beatles (even John Lennon was on a vegan type diet for most of the last decade of his life)
Kate Bush
Geezer Butler
Annie Haslam (Renaissance)
Roger Hodgson
JD Fortune (ex-INXS)
Morrissey* (I don't buy anything of his for myself but his devotion to animal rights is unparalleled)
Phil Collins
John Wetton
Steve Howe
Chris Squire
Lawrence Gowan
Jon Anderson (also pescatarian)
Alan White
Brian May
Paul and Linda McCartney (the second missus is also vegan but I'm not gonna put her here!)
Fiona Apple*
Frida
Limahl
Agnetha Fältskog*
Ozzy Osbourne

Monday, August 6, 2012

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

My Pirate Collection


The Eleventh Hour! by Magnum (not actual CD)

In the past decade, my collection of pirates has grown, especially in the past couple years. I just have to boast about how much I've acquired. CD-Rs don't count 'cos anyone can make those these days. MP3s; oh, please!
All courtesy Boris except * from a shop or elsewhere. Bootlegs will be on another list in future.


ABBA
ABBA (1975)** (Also on Polish LP released in Cold War era)
ABBA The Album (1977-78) (Also on Japanese LP)
Voulez-Vous** (also on UK and Mexican LPs)
ABBA Gold
Live at Wembley Arena
Agnetha Fältskog - A+ (2013)

AC/DC
High Voltage (Australia and international**)
Powerage/Blow Up Your Video*
Highway to Hell***
For Those About to Rock*/**
'74 Jailbreak
Flick of the Switch**
Fly on the Wall (cassette* and CD)
Who Made Who?
The Razors Edge
Ballbreaker
Stiff Upper Lip
Black Ice
Live at River Plate
Greatest Hells Hits (counts as a pirate since it has official tracks in a compilation that the band would never release themselves)*
Iron Man 2 soundtrack (closest thing to an official compilation to date)
No Bull
Back Home with Brian (although a bootleg anyway)
Rock or Bust/Backtracks*
Rarities (may be more of a bootleg compilation)
Volts (from the Bonfire boxed set)
Let There Be Rock (Australia)
Bon Scott & Fraternity - Complete Sessions 1971-72

Ace of Base
Flowers*

a-ha
Hunting High and Low**
Scoundrel Days**
Stay on These Roads*
East of the Sun, West of the Moon*
Memorial Beach
How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head?
Analogue*
Foot of the Mountain
(Used to have Minor Earth Major Sky until I received the EU promo, so I sold the pirate).
Morten Harket - Out of My Hands* and Brother*
Magne F - Past Perfect Future Tense and White Xmas Lies

Jon Anderson
Animation*/**
Deseo
Toltec
Survival and Other Stories
Anderson/(Roine) Stolt (Kaipa/The Flower Kings/Transatlantic/Agents of Mercy) - Invention of Knowledge
1,000 Hands Chapter One
True

The Theory of Molecular Inheritance

Asia
Astra**
Geoffrey Downes - The Light Programme and Evolution

Asia (featuring John Payne)
Aria (also on US tape)
Rare
Silent Nation

Tony Banks
Bankstatement*

The Beatles
Please Please Me/The Early Beatles**/***
with the beatles (1963)**/Meet the Beatles!*** (stereo original remaster and mono 1987 mixes)
Second Album (1964)***
A Hard Days Night (remaster)**/(stereo mini-LP)/Something New*/***
Beatles No. 5*
Beatles for Sale*/Beatles '65 (stereo and mono old mixes)/(new mix)**/***
Beatles VI*** (also on US and Japanese LPs)
The Beatles (self-titled West German compilations)
Beatles' Greatest (Israel and Japan LP covers)**
Help! (CD Maximum)*/(remaster)**/***
Rubber Soul*/**/***
Yesterday and Today***
Revolver**/***
A Collection of Beatles Oldies*/**
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band**/*** (original UK and US stereo and EU remastered mono LPs and original and remastered CDs)
Magical Mystery Tour (stereo* and mono original and stereo and mono*/** remasters)/***
The white album */**/*** (both stereo CD editions and Japanese LP w/o obi)
Yellow Submarine*/**/***/film DVD
Hey Jude***
Abbey Road*** (pictured above; copy of Japanese release, copy of 2009 EU remaster*, and CD Maximum 2-in-1 w/Hey Jude [The Beatles Again]*/**/***)
Let It Be*/*** (also on original Argentina CD)
Live at the Star Club (given a general release at first though technically a bootleg)*/**/***
Live at the Hollywood Bowl (rough mix not used on 1977 LP)*/**
Anthology 1* (only one from mainland China I've found, unless my copy of Let It Be... Naked is a pirate too)
1 (2000)*
The Early Tapes of the Beatles (with Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers)*/**
Mono Masters*
Love*

[Did get Ringo (1973) one year to sell online but I'm not as interested in Starrs solo stuff]

Black Sabbath
(Note: Power Sound 2001/Creative Sounds budget reissues are pretty much grey market, so they don't really count here.)
Sabotage*/**
Technical Ecstasy
Never Say Die!**
Heaven and Hell**
Live Evil
Born Again
Headless Cross*
Týr
Dehumanizer*
The Dio Years
Cross Purposes*
Forbidden
Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know*
13 (2013)
The End EP
Gathered in Their Masses
The End: Live in Birmingham

Kate Bush
Lionheart**
The Red Shoes**
Live at Hammersmith '79 (practically a bootleg, but there was once an official full-length release)*

Crowded House
Intriguer*

Def Leppard
Retro Active*
Slang
Def Leppard (2015)
Down 'n' Outz - This is How We Roll (Joe Elliotts side project)
Retromania (compilation of B-sides, bonus tracks, covers, live and other rare tracks)

Depeche Mode
Black Celebration**
Music for the Masses**
Violator**
Songs of Faith and Devotion**
Ultra
Martin L. Gore - Counterfeit² and The Third Chimpanzee EP
Playing the Angel
The Best of Depeche Mode Vol 1
Sounds of the Universe
Delta Machine
Mode: M, O, D, and E

Holy Diver remaster**
The Last in Line**
Sacred Heart
Dream Evil
Strange Highways
Angry Machines
Magica
Killing the Dragon**
Master of the Moon
The Elves - ...And Before Elf, There Were Elves (Ronnie James Dios early band)

Duran Duran
Sing Blue Silver
Red Carpet Massacre
Future Past**

Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)**
Tarkus**
Pictures at an Exhibition**
Works Vol 1 and 2**
Love Beach (also on Canadian and South Korean LPs)**
Black Moon
In the Hot Seat

Fish
Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors**
Internal Exile
Sunsets on Empire
Fellini Days
13th Star
A Feast of Consequences
A Parley with Angels
Weltschmerz

Fleetwood Mac
Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac (1968)**
The Pious Bird of Good Omen**
Penguin
Buckingham Nicks (1973)***
Stevie Nicks - The Other Side of the Mirror
Mick Fleetwood & Friends Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac

Peter Gabriel
Scratch My Back
New Blood
Rated PG
Flotsam and Jetsam
i/o

Dave Gahan
Paper Monsters
Hourglass
Angels & Ghosts and Imposter (with Soulsavers)

Genesis
Live (1973)*/**
Selling England by the Pound**
...and then there were three...**
Three Sides Live*/**
We Can't Dance**
The Last Domino
Extra Tracks 1970-1975, 1976-1982, 1983-1998
Phil Collins - No Jacket Required** and Going Back**

Gentle Giant
Octopus**
In a Glass House**
Free Hand**
The Missing Piece**
Giant for a Day!**
Three Piece Suite

Geordie
Hope You Like It
Don't Be Fooled by the Name
Save the World
No Good Woman
The Singles Collection
Keep on Rockin'
Unreleased Tapes

Rattle That Lock
Yes I Have Ghosts**
Live in Pompeii (solo version)

Steve Hackett
Defector**
Blues with a Feeling
Till We Have Faces**
Feedback '86
Genesis Files/Revisited 1*
Squackett - Life Within a Day
Genesis Revisited II: Selection and full album with various artists
Under a Mediterranean Sky
Surrender of Silence
Genesis Revisited Live: Seconds Out & More
The Circus and the Nightwhale
Live Magic at Trading Boundaries

George Harrison
Electronic Sound
Living in the Material World (also on South African LP)
Dark Horse** (also on UK and Argentina LPs)
Extra Texture* (also on Barbados LP)
Thirty Three & 1/3*/**
George Harrison (1979)**
Gone Troppo**
Cloud Nine*/**
Songs by George Harrison
The Best of Dark Horse*/**
Live in Japan
Early Takes Vol 1

Steve Howe
Beginnings
The Steve Howe Album (1979)**
Turbulence
Not Necessarily Acoustic
Homebrew 5
Nexus w/Virgil Howe
Love Is**
Guitarscape

Tony Iommi
Iommi (2000) (with various artists including Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward on non-Sabbath track, Skin, Billy Idol, Billy Corgan, Henry Rollins, and more)
Fused (with Glenn Highes)
The DEP Sessions (with Glenn Hughes)
WhoCares (charity compilation with Ian Gillan and various artists)

IQ
Ever (don't ever tell Martin Orford!)*
Subterranea
The Seventh House
Tales from a Dark Christmas (for obvious reasons, I must wait until November to have a listen)

Elton John
Empty Sky**
Tumbleweed Connection**
Madman Across the Water**
Honky Château**
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player!**
Here and There**
A Single Man**
Victim of Love**
Rare Masters (includes Friends soundtrack**)
Peachtree Road
The Captain and the Kid**
The Diving Board**
Good Morning to the Night (w/P-Nau)
Diamonds**
Regimental Sgt Zippo**

King Crimson
In the Court of the Crimson King***
Larks' Tongues in Aspic*/** (signed by Bill Bruford without him knowing the truth!)
Starless and Bible Black**
Red**
USA

John Lennon
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)/Jams & Demos**
Imagine**
Sometime in New York City***
Mind Games (2010 and 2024 editions) */**
Walls and Bridges*/**
Rock 'n' Roll**
Double Fantasy** (also on Canadian and Mexican LPs)
Acoustic
The US vs John Lennon

Jon and Vangelis
Short Stories**
Page of Life

Duncan Mackay
Chimera
Score
The Bletchley Park Project (with Georg Voros)
Kintsugi

Kingdom of Madness
Magnum II (1979)
Chase the Dragon
The Eleventh Hour!
On a Storytellers Night
Vigilante
Wings of Heaven
Goodnight LA
Sleepwalking
Rock Art
Sacred Blood "Divine" Lies
The Monster Roars
Here Comes the Rain

Marillion
Real to Reel**/Brief Encounter
Early Stages (complete and highlights)
Sounds That Can't Be Made
With Friends from the Orchestra
Mark Kellys Marathon (2020)
With Friends at St Davids
An Hour Before It's Dark

Brian May
Back to the Light
Resurrection
Another World**

Paul McCartney (and Wings+)
Ram (Paul and Linda McCartney)**/***
Wild Life*/**/+/***
Red Rose Speedway*/**/+/***
Back to the Egg**
McCartney II (1980)**
Tug of War**
Pipes of Peace**
Give My Regards to Broad Street (also on Méxicana LP)*
Снова в СССР (also on LP from there)*
Flowers in the Dirt Original B-Sides, Remixes, Single Mixes and Cassette Demos
Tripping the Live Fantastic!*
MTV Unplugged: The Official Bootleg*
Flaming Pie*
Driving Rain
Electric Arguments (Fireman)*
Back in the US (DVD)* (CD**)
New (regular edition)**
McCartney III (2020)**
7" Singles
Band on the Run Unmixed

Freddie Mercury
Mr Bad Guy
Barcelona (with Montserrat Caballé) original edition and remaster (also on US LP)
The Great Pretender
Original Version/Single Version/Rarities (practically a bootleg)

George Michael
Older

Moody Blues
The Present**

Alanis Morissette
So-Called Chaos
Such Pretty Forks in the Road

Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds
Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds (2011)

Ozzy Osbourne
Blizzard of Ozz**
Diary of a Madman**
Tribute
No Rest for the Wicked**
No More Tears
Down to Earth
Black Rain
Scream

Pink Floyd
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn**
Music from the Motion Picture More
Ummagumma***
Atom Heart Mother*/**
Meddle**
Live at Pompeii (unofficial and official CDs; also on official DVD)
Dark Side of the Moon Live (also on bootleg)
Animals (2018 remix)**
The Wall**
The Final Cut**
A Momentary Lapse of Reason**
Delicate Sound of Thunder (also on USSR LP and original Brasil CDs)
P*U*L*S*E*
Richard Wright - Wet Dream**, Broken China and Identity (Zee)
The Australian Pink Floyd Show - Everything Under the Sun
Cre/ation (from The Early Years)
The Later Years: Unreleased Live and Studio/Knebworth Concert 1990 (also on separate CD)

Queen
Queen I (1973)** (also on Mexican LP and UK cassette)
Flash Gordon***
Live Killers*/**
Hot Space**
The Works** (also on UK LP and South Korean cassette)
A Kind of Magic**
The Miracle LP* and CD**
At the Beeb*
Innuendo**
Made in Heaven**
Return of the Champions (Queen + Paul Rodgers)
On Fire: Live at the Bowl
The Cosmos Rocks (Queen + Paul Rodgers)
Deep Cuts Vol 1-2
Queen Forever
A Night at the Odeon
On Air
Roger Taylor - Strange Frontier
The Cross - Mad, Fab and Dangerous to Know (Taylors side project)

Trevor Rabin
Wolf

Richie Blackmores Rainbow (1975)
Rainbow Rising (1976)
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
On Stage

Renaissance
A Song for All Seasons**
Azure d'Or
Camera Camera**
Tuscany
In the Land of the Rising Sun
Grandine il Vento/Symphony of Light
de Lane Lea Studios 1973

REO Speedwagon
REO (1976)
You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish
Nine Lives**
Good Trouble**

Rush
Rush (1974)**
(I have bootlegs of the boys too, but that's for another day and a different animal)

Supertramp
Indelibly Stamped**
Crisis? What Crisis?**
Breakfast in America*/**
Famous Last Words*/**
Paris (also on Japan LPs)

Nad Sylvan
Courting the Widow
The Bride Said No
Monumentata

The Tipping Point

Traveling Wilburys
Volume 1 & 3*

UK
UK (1978)**
Danger Money**
Night After Night** (All three albums on 2 CDs)

Rick Wakeman
The Six Wives of Henry VIII**/Silent Nights*/**
The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table**
No Earthly Connection**
1984 (1981)**
Phantom Power*
Softsword
Out There
Lisztomania soundtrack (with Roger Daltrey)
Rhapsodies**
The Living Tree: In Concert Vol 1 and Studio (w/Jon Anderson)
The Red Planet

Roger Waters
The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking
Radio KAOS
In the Flesh
The Wall (2015)
Comfortably Numb
The Lockdown Sessions

John Wetton
Caught in the Crossfire (also on Australian LP)
Arkangel** (also on EU compilation with Asia proper with missing tracks)
Sinister/Welcome to Heaven*
Rock of Faith
Raised in Captivity
Icon Zero w/Geoff Downes (formerly self-titled with alternate tracks)
An Extraordinary Life: The Rarities Vol. 1 & 2

Ray Wilson
Makes Me Think of Home
Upon My Life
Propaganda Man
Chasing Rainbows

World Trade
World Trade (1989)
Euphoria
Unify
Billy Sherwood - Citizen: In the Next Life

Yes
Yes (1969)*/**
The Yes Album (1971)**
Close to the Edge**
Tales from Topographic Oceans**
Going for the One**
Tormato*/**
Drama**
Big Generator**
Talk*
Keys to Ascension Vol 1-2
The Ultimate Yes
The Quest
Tony Kaye - End of Innocence
Mirror to the Sky

**Also on official import from the UK, EU or Canada.
***Also on original US LP.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Canada, Eh?!

The famous maple leaf!
Canada has a unique position in the music world.  They have their own plethora of talent, and their own way of doing things. I try to get there at least once a year.
For their own artists (chiefly Anglophone), we've seen Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray, Bryan Adams, Alanis Morissette, and Justin Bieber to name a few.  In order for them to be heard at home, the CRTC have laws that make sure TV and radio have a certain amount of homegrown programming.
Bands like Rush and Nickelback are now signed to one label in their backyard, and another everywhere else.  This was part of the CanCon regulations, but some get signed through the States such as Drake and Avril Lavigne.  French speakers initially had Céline Dion to themselves, and they still do with GarouOctobre and Mylène Farmer.  Montréals The Musical BoxMystery and Simple Plan are Francophones but perform in English.
For releases from international artists, they're usually analogous to US editions across the lake.  It varies by album. Sometimes they match everyone but the States.
Releases from both sides of the St Lawrence/Great Lakes Seaway cross-pollinate.  I see Canadian releases as far as 250 km from the border, while some US releases can be seen across the 49th.
Another thing is that Canadian releases can have the same sleeve or disc as the US.  Also, some US releases have inserts or discs/tapes made in Canada.  Thats NAFTA for ya!
Our neighbour to the north has a lot to offer everyone. Be sure to get something from there sometime.