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| From | "Gary Littleton" <gary@garylittleton.com> |
| Subject | Re: Thundermug? |
| Date | Fri, 26 May 2006 00:03:16 -0400 |
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A buddy of mine would freak to have the first 3 on CD... Personally they
were just kinda there for me. Not bad at all, but nothing that special. I
remember someone telling me how much they sounded like early grin in the
70s, so maybe that was why I was disapointed. I was expecting 1+1 or
something.
Anyway, Somebody has digitized a few tracks. You can find a few from their 3
seventies albums, and many tracks from the two releases from the 90s at
chrwradio.com. An easier way is to go to singingfish.com (one of my favorite
places to preview mp3s), deselect everything except mp3, and then search for
thundermug. You'll get links to the mp3s on chrwradio.com and can download
them.
Cheers,
Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
Jaimie Vernon
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 8:46 PM
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: Thundermug?
AT Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 14:02:48 Aaron wrote:
>>I am specifically interested in their 1973 LP Orbit.
>
>I have no idea if any of their music is on CD, but I should point out
>that "Orbit," which is their only power pop song (and one of my
>favorite songs of all time) is actually superior in its single edit
>(which is also on the US LP, which is a compilation of two of their
>Canadian LPs.)
>
>The opriginal LP version has a wanky guitar break in the middle that
>ruins the whole song. This is a rare case where the shorter version is
>better.
None of Thundermug's first three Axe Records LPs have made it onto CD though
you can find their two late '90s reunion releases on www.musicstack.com or
www.gemm.com
Their only Top40 hit "Africa" was released on a series of comps in the early
'90s called 'Made In Canada' (they appear on Volume 3 with Klaatu and fellow
Axe Records artist Major Hoople's Boarding House).
I am currently in talks with a former Axe Records honcho about getting this
stuff released....maybe next year.
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
"Not Infecting Our Customers' Computers Since 1985!!"
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
http://www.bullseyerecords.com
Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/
http://www.myspace.com/jaimievernonsmovingtargetz
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