Stompin Tom Connors - 9 Albums 1970 - 2008 [FLAC] [h33t] - Kitlopeseeders: 11
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Stompin Tom Connors - 9 Albums 1970 - 2008 [FLAC] [h33t] - Kitlope (Size: 2.16 GB)
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File Type: FLAC Compression 6 Optical Drive Hardware: Samsung SH-S223L Optical Drive Firmware: SB04 Cd Software: Exact Audio Copy V1.0 Beta 3 (Secure Mode) EAC Log: Yes EAC Cue Sheet: Yes M3U Playlist: Yes Tracker(s): http://fr33dom.h33t.com:3310/announce; http://tracker.openbittorrent.com/announce; Torrent Hash: 9A90D95F8B36F536FB83EB7B1A2FE8BB237A6872 File Size: 2.16 GB Labels: EMI, Boot, Rebel, Dominion, Cynda, ACT Albums, Years & Catalog # in This Torrent: Live At The Horseshoe 1970 (2009) 5 09992-29393-2-6 * My Stompin' Grounds 1971 (2009) * Bud The Spud 1972 (1998) 7243 495591 2 7 * Merry Christmas Everybody 1973 C2 93046 * Fiddle & Song 1988 (2009) 5-09992-29392-2-7 * A Proud Canadian 1990 (2009) 5-09996-94007-2-8 * Believe In Your Country 1992 (1998) 7243 495596 2 2 * Hockey Mom Tribute 2004 07243 864316 2 2 * The Ballad Of 2008 5-09992-42779-2-1 * * Denotes My Rip Some of these rips are from "The Collector Series" (albums with "2009" in brackets) which are probably remastered (brickwalled) but it's the best I could do. If anybody has anymore Stompin' Tom please do make available in lossless! Kit Please help seed these FLACs! From Wiki: Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC (born February 9, 1936) is one of Canada's most prolific and well-known country and folk singers. Focusing his career exclusively on his native Canada, Connors is credited with writing more than 300 songs and has released four dozen albums, with total sales of nearly 4 million copies. He was born Charles Thomas Connors (known as Tommy Messer) in Saint John, New Brunswick to the teenaged Isabel Connors and her boyfriend Thomas Sullivan. He was a cousin of New Brunswick fiddling sensation, Ned Landry. He spent a short time living with his mother in a low-security women's penitentiary before he was seized by Children's Aid Society and was later adopted by the Aylward family in Skinners Pond, Prince Edward Island. At the age of 15 he left his adoptive family to hitchhike across Canada, a journey that consumed the next 13 years of his life as he travelled between various part-time jobs while writing songs on his guitar. At his last stop in Timmins, Ontario, which may also have been his big "break", he found himself a nickel short of a beer at the city's Maple Leaf Hotel. The bartender, Gaet Lepine, agreed to give Tom a beer if he would play a few songs. These few songs turned into a 13-month contract to play at the hotel, a weekly spot on the CKGB radio station in Timmins, eight 45-RPM recordings, and the end of the beginning for Tom Connors. During the mid-1970s, Connors wrote and recorded "The Consumer", an ode to bill-paying that became the theme song for the popular Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) consumer affairs program, Marketplace. For the first few seasons, Connors appeared in the opening credits of the program, before "The Consumer" was replaced as the theme — initially by an instrumental background version and ultimately by another piece of music entirely. In 1974 Tom had a mini-series running on CBC Television in which he met and exchanged with folks from all across Canada. The series called "Stompin Tom's Canada" was co-produced with the help of CBC and ran for 26 episodes of 30 minutes each. Typically writing about Canadian lore and history, some of Connors' better-known songs include "Bud the Spud", "Big Joe Mufferaw", "The Black Donnellys", "The Martin Hartwell Story", "Reesor Crossing Tragedy", "Sudbury Saturday Night" and "The Hockey Song" (also called "The Good Old Hockey Game"); the last is frequently played over sound systems at National Hockey League (NHL) games. Interestingly, Tom has never lost touch with Gaet Lepine, the bartender he befriended in Timmins. In fact, over the years, the two have co-written many songs together. These songs are featured in Stompin' Tom's 250 Songs songbook. The song that Tom wrote the fastest was Maritime Waltz; time, 12 minutes.[2] Connors' habit of stomping the heel of his left boot to keep rhythm earned him the nickname "that stompin' guy", or "Stomper". It wasn't until Canada's 100th birthday, July 1, 1967, that the name Stompin' Tom Connors was first used, when Boyd MacDonald, a waiter at the King George Tavern in Peterborough, Ontario introduced Tom on stage.[3] Based on an enthused audience reaction to it, Tom had it officially registered in Ontario as Stompin' Tom Ltd. the following week. Various stories have circulated about the origin of the foot stomping, but it's generally accepted that he did this to keep a strong tempo for his guitar playing — especially in the noisy bars and beer joints where he frequently performed. After numerous complaints about damaged stage floors, Tom began to carry a piece of plywood that he stomped even more vigorously than before. The "stompin' " board has since become one of his trademarks. After stomping a hole in the wood, he would pick it up and show it to the audience (accompanied by a joke about the quality of the local lumber) before calling for a new one. It was reported that when asked about his "stompin' board", Tom replied, "it's just a stage I'm going through". Stompin' Tom periodically auctions off his "stompin' boards" for charity with the latest board selling for $15,000 As the 1970s progressed, he retired to his farm in Norval, near Georgetown, Ontario, to protest the lack of support given to Canadian stories by the policies of the Federal government, particularly the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). He also boycotted the Juno Awards in protest of the qualification guidelines set by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) for possible nominees who were being consistently nominated and awarded outside of their musical genre. He strongly opposed artists who conducted most of their business in the United States being nominated for Junos in Canada. Connors, who referred to these particular artists as "turncoat Canadians", felt that in view of the fact that they had chosen to live and work in the U.S., it was only fair that they competed with Americans for Grammy Awards, and left the Juno competition to those who lived and conducted business in Canada. His protest caught national attention when he sent back his six Junos accompanied by a letter to the board of directors. "Gentlemen:I am returning herewith the six Juno awards that I once felt honoured to have received and which, I am no longer proud to have in my possession. As far as I am concerned you can give them to the border jumpers who didn't receive an award this year and maybe you can have them presented by Charley Pride. I feel that the Junos should be for people who are living in Canada, whose main base of business operations is in Canada, who are working toward the recognition of Canadian talent in this country and who are trying to further the export of such talent from this country to the world with a view to proudly showing off what this country can contribute to the world market. Until the academy appears to comply more closely with aspirations of this kind, I will no longer stand for any nominations, nor will I accept any award given. Yours very truly, Stompin' Tom Connors[citation needed] He remained in retirement for 12 years. In 1986, Tim Vesely and Dave Bidini of Rheostatics crashed his 50th birthday party and published an article about it in a Toronto newspaper,[5] initiating a resurgence of public and record label interest in his work which resulted in the release in 1988 of Fiddle and Song, his first new album since 1977. To this day, Stompin' Tom's performances remain popular, and he remains one of Canada's more prolific recording artists. His songs often pay tribute to Canadian newsmakers or personalities, and can be topical, referring to news events of the day. Live At The Horseshoe 1970 Tracks: 01. Happy Rovin' Cowboy 02. Big Joe Mufferaw 03. Come Where We're At 04. The Green, Green Grass Of Home No.2 05. Spin, Spin 06. Muleskinner Blues 07. Horseshoe Hotel Song 08. I've Been Everywhere 09. Sudbury Saturday Night 10. Bus Tour To Nashville 11. Luke's Guitar 12. Bud The Spud My Stompin' Grounds 1971 Tracks: My Stompin' Grounds The Bridge Came Tumblin' Down Snowmobile Song Wop May Cross Canada Tillsonburg Tribute To Wilf Carter Song of The Irish Moss Song of The Peddler Bonnie Belinda Name The Capital Song of The Cohoe Bud The Spud 1972 Tracks: Bud The Spud The Ketchup Song Ben, in The Pen Rubberhead Luke's Guitar (Twang, Twang) My Brother Paul The old Atlantic Shore My Little Eskimo Reversing Falls Darling She Don't Speak English The Canadian Lumber Jack Sudbury Saturday Night T.T.C. Skidaddler (I'll Be) Gone With The Wind Merry Christmas Everybody 1973 Tracks: Merry Christmas Everybody Merry Bells Christmas Angel Down On Christmas Jingle Jangle Aeroplane Kiss Me The New Year In Mr. Snowflake Story of Jesus An Orphan's Christmas One Blue Light Gloria Our Father Christmas Greetings Fiddle And Song 1988 Tracks: 01. Lady.K.D.Lang 02. Fiddler's Folly 03. It's All Over Now, Anyhow 04. The French Song 05. I Never Want To See The World Again 06. Hillside Hayride 07. Morning & Evening & Always 08. Return of the Sea Quean 09. Canada Day, Up Canada Way 10. Jolly Joe MacFarland 11. Skinner's Pond Teapot 12. Teardrop Waltz 13. Entry Island Home 14. I Am The Wind 15. Wreck of the Tammy Anne A Proud Canadian 1990 Tracks: Bud The Spud The Hockey Song (2008 version) Snowmobile Song Roll on Saskatchewan Manitoba Sudbury Saturday Night To It and At It Tillsonburg Roving All Over The Land New Brunswick and Mary Big Joe Mufferaw Gumboot Cloggeroo (Gumboot Cloggin’) The Old Atlantic Shore Blue Nose Fleur De Lis Margo’s Cargo The Ketchup Song Tribute to Wilf Carter The Bridge Came Tumblin’ Down Marten Hartwell Story I am the Wind The Singer (voice of the people) Canada Day, Up Canada Way The Olympic Song (new 2008 version) Believe In Your Country 1992 Tracks: 01. Johnny Maple 02. My Home Cradled Out in the Waves 03. Prairie Moon 04. She Called From Montreal 05. Lover's Lake 06. Lena Kathleen 07. Believe In Your Country 08. Alberta Rose 09. Sunshine & Teardrops 10. My Sleeping Carmello 11. Looking For Someone To Hold 12. Paper Smile 13. Smile Away Your Memory 14. The Ballinafad Ball Hockey Mom Tribute 2004 Tracks: 01. Hockey Mom Tribute aka (My Hockey Mom) 02. The Whale And The Rex-n-Dale 03. Black Velvet Band 04. Just An Old Train 05. North Of Old Lake Erie 06. Maggie (when you and I were young) 07. Down Nova Scotia Way 08. My Silver Bell 09. If I Hurt Any More 10. You Struck Me Out 11. Sam McGee 12. I Belong To Glasgow 13. That ''Awful'' Thing aka (The Thing) 14. Mirazha aka (Good Night Mirazha) The Ballad of 2008 Tracks: 01. The Olympic Song (2008 version) 02. The Hockey Song (2008 version) 03. My Hockey Mom (2008 version) 04. Bride & Groom Waltz 05. Lady Slipper 06. The Cowboy's Broken Ring (aka Broken Wedding Ring) 07. Rose Of Silver Falls 08. My British Columbian Home 09. Kevin Barry 10. Birth Of The Texas Gulf Mine 11. Chickee Pooh 12. Bush Of Buctoche (aka the ''DOOT'' Song) 13. Chase Me, Charley 14. Ottawa Lures 15. Ballad Of Stompin' Tom 16. Take Me Back To Old Alberta Enjoy Stompin' Tom :) Sharing Widget |
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