The Payolas - The Best Of (2002) Mp3 320 vtwin88cube

The Payolas
The Best Of The Payolas
Millennium Collection (2002)

Format: Mp3
Genre: Rock
Release Date: June 18, 2002
Label: Universal Int'l
Size: 107 MB
Source: World Wide Web

Channels: 2 (Stereo)
Sample Rate: 44.1 Khz
Sample Size: 16 Bit
Bit Rate: 320 kbps
M3U File: Yes

Audio Quality: Very High (Lossy)
Encoder: LAME3.82U
Encoder Settings: Constant Bit Rate 320 kbps (Insane)
Contains: Album Art, ID Tag ID3v2.3 (ANSI) & ID3v1.1


The Payolas (or Payola$) were part of Vancouver's new wave of bands and active in the Canadian music scene for a decade from the late 1970s, recording several albums and singles that were Canadian chart hits. They disbanded in 1988, but reformed again from 2003 to 2008, issuing a new EP in 2007.

The band's name is a reference to the payola scandal in the United States in the early 1960s. The group was based in Vancouver,Columbia, and recorded mostly at Vancouver's Little Mountain Sound Studios. Through several lineup changes and name changes (the band also played as The Payolas, Paul Hyde and the Payolas and Rock and Hyde), the Payolas core members remained Paul Hyde and Bob Rock, who together wrote virtually all of the band's songs. As well, Rock engineered and mixed virtually every Payolas recording.

Although in the 1980s the Payolas always seemed poised for a big international breakthrough, the band never quite broke out despite their artistic growth and popular success in Canada. They were, however, one of the most prominent and successful platinum-selling Canadian bands of the early 1980s.


Vocalists Paul Hyde and Bob Rock formed the Payolas with drummer Chris Taylor and bassist Larry Wilkins. After "China Boys" was released on their own Slophouse Records, A&M signed the band and released four albums from 1979 to 1985 -- No Stranger to Danger (1982), Hammer on a Drum (1983), In a Place like This (1984) and Here's the World for Ya (1985). After breaking up in 1985, Rock and Hyde continued on, releasing a popular single in 1987 called "Dirty Water." Paul Hyde left for a solo career in 1989; Bob Rock later joined the band Rockhead.


Track List:

01.Eyes Of A Stranger
02.Never Said I Love You
03.Stuck In The Rain
04.Soldier
05.China Boys
06.I'll Find Another (Who Can Do It Right)
07.It Must Be Love
08.Here's The World
09.Where Is This Love
10.You're The Only Love
11.Dirty Water (Rock & Hyde)

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