Hooray for Canada!

Some of the time, living in Canada can be kind of annoying.

Mail order from the States is usually about double the cost once you figure in the exchange rate and shipping, (though the rate has been pretty good lately...) and everyone thinks we live in igloos and say "eh" all the time.

But sometimes, we flat-out rule.

Mainly when it comes to Canadian-only coloured vinyl pressings. (Yep, there's a 'U' in colour)

So in honour of Canada Day, (which was three days ago, whoops) let's check a couple of them out.

The two I've come across are of the Who - Who are you on Red vinyl (I got lucky and found this one for only one Canadian dollar, roughly 67 cents US, ha) and DEVO - Q. Are we not Men? on super-sweet marble grey vinyl. Unfortunately this one cost me a bit more than a dollar, but I was able to trade some stuff and offset the cost a bit.

The one Canadian colour pressing I haven't been able to get yet is the Beatles -Sgt. Pepper's on grey marble vinyl. I've seen that one, but never for less than $40, and dude, It's just not in the budget, sadly.

Anyway, I guess I don't really know why these were Canadian exclusives. Maybe we latched onto the colour vinyl trend more heartily than other countries and were rewarded in kind, who knows, I'm just glad we did.

I do know there were a lot of different pressings of the DEVO album, picture discs, alternate cover, etc. I guess this was just another variation.

And on a completely different note, I heard on the radio that today is Mitch Miller, the 'Sing Along with Mitch' guy's 95th birthday.

Now, if you've spent any time going through thrift store vinyl sections, you'll have seen about five thousand of this guy's records. Judging from the sheer volume I've come across, he was selling 'em by the truckload. Happy 95th, Mitch.