I'm looking to download songs that can't be found in the itunes store. Songs like "40 Pounder Blues" by the Purple Toads or "Refrigerator Door" by the Human Switchboard. What sites would have obscure tracks like those?

 

Try this link, it's done by a member of this forum (nope, it's not me)... http://ocanadarm.blogspot.com/ There's usually a fair bit of Canadian stuff on this one.

Brian T. Kirchner said:

I have the first Purple Toads album on cassette and the second one on vinyl. I have a pretty decent collection of Canadian punk. I was hoping there was a website that had hard-to-find songs available to download.

I have the first Purple Toads album on cassette and the second one on vinyl. I have a pretty decent collection of Canadian punk. I was hoping there was a website that had hard-to-find songs available to download.

Yeah, it's not like it's impossible to find reissues or legit comps that have obscure songs on them. Check out the Norton Records catalog, Bear Family, Crypt, Sundazed, Bomp/AIP, Rhino, etc. Hell, just do a google search for them and you're bound to find something.

stoneageromeo said:

Downloading's alright but, concerning the Purple Toads, they put out two albums that are absolutely fantastic so I suggest you buy them instead ...

And those 2 LP's are still around...Star Records in Oshawa Ontario Canada (just outside Toronto) put out those 2 LP's and still has them listed in their current email catalogue, here's an email for Star Records: starrecordscanada@netzero.net

stoneageromeo said:

Downloading's alright but, concerning the Purple Toads, they put out two albums that are absolutely fantastic so I suggest you buy them instead ...

Downloading's alright but, concerning the Purple Toads, they put out two albums that are absolutely fantastic so I suggest you buy them instead ...

Thanks guys. I appreciate the input.

Here's 40 Pounder Blues by The Purple Toads....plus a bunch of other songs that were on a cassette comp called Wave From The Grave that we gave away with What Wave zine back in 1986... http://chrwradio.com/lma/1986/What%20Wave%20-%20Wave%20From%20The%20Grave/ww3.htm There's other cool stuff on that site as well. It's run by local university radio station CHRW and the site is called The London Music Archives (referring to London Ontario Canada)...and i have a radio show on CHRW called Radio What Wave (every thursday 7 to 8:30PM plug plug...). And Rob Toad (guitarist vocalist of Purple Toads) has a new band called Crummy Stuff which will be playing in London Ontario on 11/5/10 with Gord Lewis of Teenage Head for an evening of Teenage Head tunes.