Courage Of Lassie - Sing Or Die (New Rip)

New rip for this masterpiece, see the original post here

Courage Of Lassie : The Temptation To Exist 1986

Originally based in Montreal , they moved to Toronto.

As the Band commented :

"The Temptation To Exist " was like a water-colour sketch of what we would become once we started working in good studios with good instruments.

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Members :

Acoustic Guitar : Scott Harding (tracks: B3)
Bass : Rachel Melas (tracks: A2)
Drums : Alex Philipedes (tracks: A2), Dave Pemberton (tracks: A3)
Electric Guitar [E-bowed],Acoustic Guitar : Alex Varty (tracks: B1)
Engineer : Andrew Butler(4) (tracks: A1 to B4)
Guitar, Lead Vocals, Percussion, Engineer, Synthesizer : Ron Nelson (tracks: A1 to B4)
Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Violin : Rod Booth (tracks: A1 to B4)
Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Violin, Guitar : Mady Schenkel (tracks: A1 to B4)
Saxophone : Terry Kaufenburg (tracks: A2)
Trumpet : Dean Scott (tracks: A2)
Producer : Courage Of Lassie

Tracks

A1 All That I Know
A2 Iron
A3 Hiroshima
A4 The Rose
B1 Hopes & Fears
B2 La Notte
B3 Sag Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind
B4 Air Du Temps




A4 and B1 are dedicated to Mr. Leonard Cohen.

Label : Di Di Music
Catalog# : Di Di 167
Format : Vinyl, LP, Album
Country : Greece
Released : 1986
Size : 85.2 MB
Bitrate : 320

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Courage Of Lassie - Sing Or Die [1989]

Courage
Of
Lassie


Sing
Or
Die




Label: Amok Records, DiDi [Gr]
Catalog#: DiDi 159
Format: Vinyl,Album
Country: Greece
Released: 1990
Genre: Rock
Style: Indie Rock,Folk

Tracklist
A1 Ami Dans Cette Vie
A2 Who'll Stop The Rain
A3 Bang Bang My Baby Shot Me Down
A4 Lonely Street
A5 Big Town
B1 Sing Or Die
B2 Ophelia
B3 Wild River
B4 Down By The Salley Gardens
B5 The Night Closes In

Credits
In the Canadian version there was a "city side" and a "country side" , but not in this one.

Line-up: Ron Nelson-vcls, Mady Schenkel-vcls, gtr, vln, Rachel Melas-bs, Rod Booth-vln, acdn
with:Edgar Bridwell, Pierre Gautier, Ray Condo, Chris Dean, Phil Bova, Domenique St.Pierre.

Mp3@320 & scans 102MB

 Update 05/29/2012

As i promised,  here is a new rip with a different turntable [Dual CS 630Q] You can try both and find out which one is the best.

  MP3  HERE

This folk-rock band was originally based in Montreal, Canada, though during the second phase of its career Courage Of Lassie moved to Toronto. Formed in 1986, the band comprises core members Ron Nelson (vocals), Mady Schenkel (b. Switzerland; vocals/multi-instrumentalist), Rachel Melas (bass/percussion) and Rob Booth (violin/accordion). More recently they have been joined by Andy Fraffiti (drums) and Chiyoko Szlavnics (saxophone/flute). Nelson and Schenkel had first begun to collaborate together on potential film soundtracks while in league with the Vancouver art punk scene. Later they relocated to Montreal and formed Courage Of Lassie. Singing in both French and English, they quickly earned their live reputation via their residencies at the Queen West music bar, Cameron House, proffering a compelling mix of ragged folk, rock and pop covers and originals. Two independently released albums ensured a loyal cult following throughout Canada and in parts of Europe. As they commented retrospectively: "Temptation was like a water-colour sketch of what we would become once we started working in good studios with good instruments. Sing Or Die was our first album in a big studio." It was on the latter that comparisons between Nelson's vocals and Leonard Cohen became prevalent, though two songs on their debut had already been dedicated to Montreal's most famous musical son. Then the group vanished as quickly as they had appeared, bar a 1992 tour of Canada. The silence was finally broken in 1994 when, after signing the first ever Anglo-Canadian deal with the UK's Beggars Banquet Records, Courage Of Lassie regrouped to release This Side Of Heaven. Specially premiered back at the Cameron Club, its recording saw guest appearances from a slew of local characters who had also grown up at that venue (Molly Johnson, Bob Wiseman, Al Cross). Critical reaction was again strong, with diverse music publications celebrating its arrival as a significant landmark in contemporary Canadian music.

DISCOGRAPHY:
Threshold Of Hearing cassette only (1985)***
The Temptation To Exist (AMOK 1986)**
Sing Or Die (AMOK 1989)***
This Side Of Heaven (Beggars Banquet 1994)***

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