This site is dedicated to the trading and acquiring of great Canadian classic rock music recordings!

I am a big fan of almost every Canadian act from the 70s & 80s! From the most well-known and popular bands like the Guess Who, Rush and Triumph to amazing, but obscure bar bands like Zon, Moxy, Santers, Teaze, Hellfield and more!

I have spent many years listening to the bands and building a collection of rare recordings! Many of which I taped myself. I am always looking to expand my collection. If you have some concerts, interviews or various recordings which you think I would be interested in, definitely be sure to email me at:

[email protected]

Here is what I am mainly interested in collecting/acquiring:

 

Yeah, I know Rod Stewart and the Sweet aren’t Canadian, but I’m a big fan of both, and try to collect as much of both as I can find.  In fact, for most of the above bands, I would venture to say that my collection of recordings would be the largest of any out there… and I’m always looking to find more!  I never have, and never would pass up any bootlegs of the above bands, so if I’ve seen it (and I’ve done a lot of research on the net looking for boots) I have it!

My overall #1 interest is TRIUMPH and their now solo guitarist RIK EMMETT (my all-time favorite band and musician). And, as you can see by my list, I have the largest collection of stuff out there! So if you have something that you recorded yourself, or that is really rare, and its not on my list, I definitely am interested!  I even collect non-recordings stuff of Rik/Triumph, like old articles, photos, ticket stubs, posters, etc. So email me with whatever you have!

 

 

I am also interested in the following other bands, to a somewhat smaller degree, but they are still bands I like and am always interested  in acquiring rare recordings/concerts:

 

 

 

AS WELL… I am killer interested in ANY and ALL recordings made in OTTAWA, ONTARIO at any time by any band!!!

 

I’m big in to Ottawa bar bands! Any time period, right up to the current bands! Love checking out current bands working their way up through the clubs. Ottawa has a great amount of local bands right now, and I often bring along a recorder to the show. Would love to get older stuff right back to the 60’s and 70’s as well as 80’s and 90’s stuff.

 

ABOUT ME!!!!

I am THE GUY who does concert recordings in the Ottawa/eastern Ontario/western Quebec area. I love concerts and love recording them! I go to sometimes 5 a week! If you know of an upcoming concert anywhere in the Ottawa/Montreal/ Kingston/Toronto area and would like to get it taped, I am probably your man!  Email me and we can sort out the details! I have only recently started taping things regularly, but plan on keeping this up as a very regular thing!!! I record VIDEO or AUDIO.

Current equipment

Video recording: I have a Hi-8 camcorder, but am getting a mini-dv within the next 2 months. My camcorder is a Hitachi VM-H665LA. I have extended-life batteries for long concerts/festivals. I also have 2 back-up 8mm camcorders for ‘just in case’ situations. For dubbing, I have three VCRs which I use. All are RCA stereo VCRs. Never had a problem yet with any of them.

Audio recording: I have many set-ups for this. I have a Sony MZR-70 minidisc (yeah, slightly ancient, but still does the job perfectly). I use Giant Squid Audio Lab mics with battery box, but also have a little Sony T-mic (I can’t remember the item #). I also have a small Panasonic audio cassette recorder (not micro cassette, regular sized) that I always keep in the car, just in case. It is top-of-the-line as far as audio recorders go, and the built-in mic is amazing on this thing. I also have a micro-cassette recorder (don’t worry.. I don’t use it for recording concerts or anything! Just to transfer old shows/interviews that people send me on micro-cassette).

How cool is that! That’s me and former Danger Danger frontman TED POLEY in Clifton, New Jersey in December/02. By far one of the nicest guys ever, and a phenomenal vocalist. Check out Ted at www.tedpoley.com to see what he’s currently up to.

 

The important thing to remember about my lists is the following:

-         show information is definitely not complete (I’m just working on this list now… maybe one day it will be perfect!) I have tried to put in quality ratings, time lengths, comments, etc. wherever possible. But if there is no info, please ask me, or else sometimes your guess is as good as mine and I can either find out or we can research more info about it elsewhere on the internet.

-         I am right now working on creating an accessible database of all track listings for all the CDs, starting with my favorite bands like Triumph, Rik Emmett, April Wine, Honeymoon Suite, Zon, Rod Stewart and The Sweet. I am almost done all of these, now it is just a matter of entering the information somewhere. Other bands beyond these will take time. Some of the bands that yeah, I have CDs of but do not like as much… you can probably count on it never happening.

-         In my video and audio lists, where I say ‘8mm’ or ‘MD’ or ‘cass’ that is just the format it was in when I entered it on the list. I have since transferred everything audio to CDR and everything video to VHS. So what is listed there is the original media it is on. However, there are many cases where I have updated the list for certain shows, and so the original media is not listed. Assume any masters of mine are cassette (pre-Sep/01) or minidisc (Sep/01 and after) and all video masters are 8mm or VHS if taped off of TV (of course).

-         -         Any questions please ask me J

 

JUNE 18, 2003  UPDATE!!!! 

 

Hi! Sorry about the long delay in updating my site. I am now in the process of updating my lists and fixing everything up! New lists should be up soon. Lists that are below (audio list & video list) are current only to Dec 9/02. Man, how time flies. Email me if you’d like my new updated list with all new shows. Mostly my new additions have been Rik Emmett & Triumph stuff. Some other stuff, but mainly them. I’ll also update the other stuff, like upcoming tapings, and good/bad traders. Thanks for checking out my site. Email me at [email protected] and we’ll set something up!!! I haven’t done any trades for 6 months now and I’m anxious to get a few going again…

 

 

 

 

HERE ARE MY LISTS!!!

 

AUDIO LIST

 

VIDEO LIST

 

(coming soon: list of master recordings, list of just Triumph/Rik, list of just April Wine, etc.)

 

 

 

Click to email me

 

 

 

UPCOMING TAPINGS

 

Click HERE to check out what shows I plan to go to/tape in the near future

 

 

 

 

GOOD & BAD TRADERS LIST

 

Click HERE to see my complete list of all good and bad traders!

 

 

 

 

TRADING RULES

 

Click HERE to see my rules for trading

 

 

 

 

STUFF FOR SALE

 

Click HERE to see what extra items like ticket stubs, magazines, passes, posters, etc. that I have to sell.

 

 

 

 

 

LAST UPDATED : DECEMBER 9^th 2002

 

 

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