{"id":5694,"date":"2020-05-28T08:45:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T12:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/?p=5694"},"modified":"2020-05-28T08:45:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T12:45:27","slug":"canadian-80s-rock-classics-re-issued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/?p=5694","title":{"rendered":"Canadian &#8217;80s Rock Classics Re-Issued"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Alien-Shores-Vinyl-Platinum-Blonde\/dp\/B0857B5BJR\/ref=as_li_ss_il?_encoding=UTF8&#038;qid=&#038;sr=&#038;linkCode=li3&#038;tag=musicbymailca-20&#038;linkId=f7541f3e3c644a2f0289d055569fc64b&#038;language=en_CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&#038;ASIN=B0857B5BJR&#038;Format=_SL250_&#038;ID=AsinImage&#038;MarketPlace=CA&#038;ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;WS=1&#038;tag=musicbymailca-20&#038;language=en_CA\" ><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-ca.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=musicbymailca-20&#038;language=en_CA&#038;l=li3&#038;o=15&#038;a=B0857B5BJR\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Platinum Blonde&#8217;s quadruple platinum certified &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TN8Tjd\" target=\"_blank\">Alien Shores<\/a>&#8221; album and subsequent platinum certified release, &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2X9OyXB\" target=\"_blank\">Contact<\/a>&#8220;, will be re-released on vinyl on August 14th, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TN8Tjd\" target=\"_blank\">Alien Shores<\/a>&#8221; was one of my very favourite Canadian rock albums from the &#8217;80s, along with &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3dc3UQT\" target=\"_blank\">Standing In The Dark<\/a>&#8220;, the band&#8217;s double platinum debut LP (which was re-issued in mid-2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Eddy Offord and Mark Holmes production features the platinum-selling single &#8220;Crying Over You&#8221; and other singles &#8220;Situation Critical&#8221;, &#8220;Somebody Somewhere&#8221; and &#8220;Hungry Eyes&#8221;, whose music videos are available on the band&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzBkZxuUo1BIT3FtkfJj41w\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Official Youtube Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another prominent album of the period, Luba&#8217;s &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/geo.music.apple.com\/ca\/album\/secrets-sins\/1492336202?app=itunes&amp;at=11lmXh\" target=\"_blank\">Secrets and Sins<\/a>&#8220;, has also just been issued on <a href=\"https:\/\/geo.music.apple.com\/ca\/album\/secrets-sins\/1492336202?app=itunes&amp;at=11lmXh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iTunes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/music\/album\/Luba_Secrets_Sins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Play<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although this 1984 Daniel Lanois production featured hits &#8220;Let It Go&#8221;, &#8220;Everytime I See Your Picture&#8221;, &#8220;Storm Before Calm&#8221; and the title track, it only had a limited release on compact disc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her label at the time preferred releasing a now out of print best-of compilation entitled &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/36O6WZj\" target=\"_blank\">Over 60 Minutes With<\/a>&#8221; in 1987, which was excellent. But now fans will be able to download this album, her first full-length release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqzyfj.com\/click-1702705-12814560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.awltovhc.com\/image-1702705-12814560\" width=\"270\" height=\"90\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Platinum Blonde&#8217;s quadruple platinum certified &#8220;Alien Shores&#8221; album and subsequent platinum certified release, &#8220;Contact&#8220;, will be re-released on vinyl on August 14th, 2020. &#8220;Alien Shores&#8221; was one of my very favourite Canadian rock albums from the &#8217;80s, along with &#8220;Standing In The Dark&#8220;, the band&#8217;s double platinum debut LP (which was re-issued in mid-2018). 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