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New Vinyl Pressing Facility
A new vinyl pressing plant will be opening in Richmond, BC this spring according to the Vancouver Courier.
Clampdown Record Pressing will be pressing 7″, 10″, and 12″ records, the first to offer this service in the Vancouver area in 27 years.
Au Revoir MusiquePlus
Quebecois music video broadcaster MusiquePlus will go off air in August.
This is one the channels I use to watch alternatively with Much Music in the 80’s and 90’s, which introduced me to francophone rock and pop from Quebec/Canada, France and Belgium, through music videos and live performances.
Unfortunately, like most music channels they started diversifying their content in the late 90’s, slowly leaving music videos behind and i’ve stopped watching it because it had been flooded with “reality” programs.
When Youtube came along in 2005, this was the beginning of the end for these stations, the coup de grace being Vevo, which came online in December 2009.
I will miss it, especially Claude Rajote’s “Le Cimetière des CD”, one of the channel’s longest running music critique program.
Canadian Buys HMV
The Guardian reports that Doug Putman of Sunrise Records is the new owner of HMV and that 100 of the 127 stores will remain open in the United Kingdom, saving 1500 jobs.
Sunrise Records, a record store chain that was founded in Toronto in 1977, had taken over several HMV stores in Canada shortly after HMV Canada had closed their stores by April 30th, 2017.
Ultraviolet Closing
The UltraViolet digital locker service will be going offline on July 31st, 2019. And Canadians may encounter issues when attempting to download their library off this service.
I’ve personally tried to access my library via the Sony Picture Store and Flixster but was only able to access and view a few of my films. But the Official UltraViolet site states that “movies and TV shows will remain accessible at previously-linked retailers” after the cutoff date, “in the majority of cases“.
Yes, those last few words do make me nervous.
I’d seriously hate loosing access to my films, four of which I consider to be my very favourites. But I guess all we can do is wait as they work things out.
I will of course keep an eye on the issue and post updates, if need be.
Riddle
Who wears sunglasses at night and is being inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame this year?
Starting on May 31st, Corey Hart is will be touring Canada with Glass Tiger to promote their latest albums.