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This auction is in support of CJUM 101.5 UMFM campus & community radio in Winnipeg, Manitoba. All proceeds from this sale will go to UMFM’s Pledge-O-Rama! For more information, visit: http://tellthebandtogohome.com/music-angels/ or http://www.umfm.com/pledge/
Have you read “Have Not Been the Same: The Canrock Renaissance 1985-1995,” by Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack, and Jason Schneider? Well, you should, because it’ll get you excited about the music contained on this collection. During those years, Canadian music was experiencing a boom and leading the world with some of the most inventive and amazing independent artists and labels in the world. Things were brilliant and creative and mind-blowing. The music and artists on this 2 disc compilation could serve as a soundtrack to the book and the time period, with many artists that would go on to bigger and better things, and some that have remained cult classics.
This compilation, released on the Intrepid label, pulls together 18 diverse tracks from 18 divergent artists. All of the bases are covered here, from folk to rock to weirdo, and everything in between. Enjoy an early take of “The Bereft Man’s Song,” later rerecorded and re-released on Crash Test Dummies’ debut album “The Ghosts that Haunt Me.” How about Winnipeg’s The Watchmen who had a hugely successful rock career in the 90s, but before that, they were a folky pop outfit who recorded “One Man Gone,” found here – still an unreleased classic. Sook-Yin Lee now hosts CBC Radio’s DNTO and does controversial and acclaimed film and TV acting, but back in the day, she led Bob’s Your Uncle, here performing “Purple Steps.” Then there’s the brilliant and bombastic Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, one of Canada’s most legendary live bands, found here doing “Just Can’t Seem to Get My Poor Self Together.”
There’s plenty to love here, and plenty to laugh about, of course. You’d be buying a hard to find collectors’ item of classic Canadian music AND supporting a hard-working campus & community radio station supporting great independent music like this. In short, you can’t go wrong.
a 2-disc set of 36 tracks from new indie artists from 1989
packaged in a “fat” case
Disc 1
01 – Steal Away – Monuments Galore – 03:44
02 – Seven Minutes To Midnight – Mantye – 04:13
03 – All To You – Chris Brett – 03:46
04 – The Bereft Man’s Song – Crash Test Dummies – 04:18
05 – Remember Me – Melwood Cutlery – 04:13
06 – Purple Steps – Bob’s Your Uncle – 03:18
07 – Tell Me Why – The Wisconsin Johnsins – 03:48
08 – Feels Like Sunday – Daniel Weaver – 04:02
09 – Watch Me Fall – The Touchstones – 03:04
10 – Carry Me – Ray Lyell and The Storm – 03:48
11 – Love Is All You Get – The Johns – 03:04
12 – One Man Gone – The Watchmen – 04:20
13 – Captivated – The Ramblers – 03:04
14 – Cruisin’ With Susan – Paul Wild & The Style – 03:59
15 – Runnin’ Outta Green – Pig farm – 03:53
16 – Where You Leave Off – Thick As Thieves – 02:43
17 – White Heat – White Heat – 03:55
18 – Utviklingssang – Jane Bunnett – 03:47
Disc 2
01 – Bye Bye Mon Cowboy – Mitsou – 04:03
02 – Cross My Heart – Picture Comes To Life – 04:00
03 – Swet Treat – B-Funn – 04:36
04 – Master Of Love – Bambi – 04:22
05 – Shewild – Stunt Chimps – 03:56
06 – Who Loves You – Pop Junk – 02:41
07 – Carried Away – Say Please – 03:43
08 – Just Can’t Seem To Get My Poor Self Together – The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir – 03:36
09 – Shoulda Been Me – The Kings – 02:58
10 – Do You Believe In The Fantastic? – Miving Targetz – 04:44
11 – 40 Days – terraced Garden – 04:06
12 – Dreaming Is Real Life – Rayo Taxi – 03:58
13 – Lola – Toyo – 03:33
14 – Undercover lover – Sonia Papp – 03:58
15 – Roll Me Over – I Want – 04:18
16 – Scary Monsters – I.T. – 04:36
17 – Cold Comfort – Kris Purdy – 03:35
18 – Lovers of the Nite – Kumari – 06:39
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All CD’s come with front/rear inserts and a clean jewel case in working condition unless otherwise noted.
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Sometimes Facebook can be a good thing, because it really is a good way to keep informed, but sometimes you learn things that really bring you down. Such was the case when I read that one of our great, underappreciated songwriters, John Bottomley has died. There isn’t much real info to be found, but we’ll update you if we hear more. I have to pay some small tribute on the radio tomorrow. I only wish that he could be on the show to speak for himself. I meant to book an interview, it’s been on my list for weeks, but never got around to it. I’m not feeling good about that at all.
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