4 Rare 80s Albums [Part 28] Canadian New Wave Bands

The Great White North produced some of the best new wave/synthpop music of the 80s which unfortunately remained obscured even south of the border. Here are four rare records from four great Canadian bands. Boys Brigade - Boys Brigade [1983] Platinum Blonde - Alien Shores [1985] Spoons - Arias & Symphonies [1982] The Parachute Club - At The Feet Of The Moon [1984]

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mountainvinyl (2008-11-22)

Thanks 80z. You must be using a good rig to record as the sound is great. Maybe I'm crazy and it's just a USB turntable but the sound is stellar. More Canadian if you have it... Drivers, Teddy Boys, earlier Platinum Blonde. Great stuff.

 80zforever (2008-11-23)

A quick note, most of these records I am sharing are mostly very hard to find or expensive to purchase. I must say I get discouraged seeing over 300 hundred downloads completed and noone cares to leave a short thank you note, except for some downloaders who are always kind enough to leave a note. It's discouraging to any uploader. So the general rule is that if you like what you grab, thank the uploader (any uploader in general).

wildwilly56 (2008-11-23)

great stuff,have not heard these albums in ages. glad someone is resurrecting these albums as record companies don't seem to want to. Have seen several of these bands live, but then I am from the Great White North

wildwilly56 (2008-11-23)

As a further comment, these and other great bands from Canada should not be so obscure as they are, a bunch of artists are hard to find even in Canada, one of my favourite bands: Lighthouse is next to impossible to find in any great quantity,except for 3 albums, they recorded over 10!

miguimau (2008-11-29)

My then girlfriend, now wife, has an Arias & Symphonies vinyl. I rember to have listened it in 1985. It was an interesting record.
Thanks for sharing

comradebasa (2008-11-29)

Hey, I haven't even downloaded this, but I understand how hard it is to come by Platinum Blonde - so, good work on gettin it out, wicked band; they played in my town a few years back

idobe (2008-12-30)

Thank you for this I've been looking everywhere for The Parachute Club.

Estlin (2009-01-10)

Hi 80zforever:
Thanks for these amazing uploads. I am especially happy to see the likes of Boys Brigade, Blue Peter and The Spoons available (never thought I would). Ever heard of another 80s Canadian artist called Ohama? He put out, among others, a great single called "Julie is a TV Set".

 80zforever (2009-01-12)

Estlin, glad you liked them. These great canucks bands are not posted on torrents (unfortunately) I am familiar with Ohama. I've got two records of this band "I Fear What I Might Hear" and "Midnite News" EP. I don't know if people will be interested but will give "I Fear What I Might Hear" a chance. cheers

Estlin (2009-01-13)

Thank. I, for one, would be interested in those Ohama uploads. If you have the 12" of Julie is a TV Set, I would be thrilled. I'm a Canuck, so getting music from these bands is a special treat.

Estlin (2009-01-13)

Thanks. I, for one, would be interested in those Ohama uploads. If you have the 12" of Julie is a TV Set, I would be thrilled. I'm a Canuck, so getting music from these bands is a special treat.

laughingbob (2009-01-24)

wow 80z you amaze me again. what a fountain of mouldy oldies ! and I love them because I'm mouldy oldy too.
one of my favs is Blue Peter, my brother went to school with Paul Humphries. Also knew some of the spoons.
I'm lucky and picked up some of the 12inch stuff at the time. mostly pop though, not the deep rabbit hole stuff that you have collected.
do you have First Last Everything ? I have the version by Catch 22 but not the original, would love to hear that. or Twisted and Evil by The Mode Guns ?? very obscure.
I must say that my guiding light in the 80s was CFNY. nothing normal about those folks.
I agree, as gratitude, downloaders could at least say Tack. but you will have to be content with knowing that you are doing a good thing.
from me - Thank You.

Stinkmitt (2009-03-08)

Thanks a bundle! Standing in the Dark if you've got it! Thanks a thousand times!

Joe6-Pack (2009-10-01)

Hey 80z! When I was in college the only station I got on my TV aside from the big 3 was Canada's MuchMusic. I fell in love with the groups you have here, as well as Frozen Ghost, Colin James, Luba, Tom Cochrane & Red Rider, etc. Too much great stuff lost just north of the border; thanks for bringing it back!

jimmy19856 (2009-11-27)

Hi 80zforever, this stuff is amazing, so many forgotten classics and so much I had never heard before. The Spoons Arias and symphonies title track sounds like Muse about 20 years before the fact to me, which is a good thing, I'm seeding all the collections as I get them by the way. I'm looking for the Durutti Column/Vini Reilly album from 1989 but I dont know if it comes under "rare".

platypode (2010-06-25)

Oh, wow. I don't know (or don't remember) Boy's Brigade but I've been specifically looking for all three of the others. Good choices!
Now if someone could seed this more actively that would be fantastic (I'm getting a trickle periodically but it will take upwards of a month at the current rate...)

platypode (2010-06-26)

Thanks, whoever is seeding now. At this rate I'll have the whole thing inside a day.

platypode (2010-06-27)

DONE. I will seed to about 250% just to make sure others have a chance to hear this stuff too, as there seems to suddenly be plenty of people interested besides me.

smurphyzeke (2010-08-01)

Thanks, love these packs

sansnom (2011-09-02)

Thank you for an excellent compilation.