Big Sugar - Four Albums 1993 - 2011 [FLAC] - Kitlope
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PC Software: Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7600 File Type: FLAC Compression 6 Optical Drive Hardware: Samsung SH-S223L Optical Drive Firmware: SB04 Cd Software: Exact Audio Copy V1.0 Beta 1 (Secure Mode) EAC Log: Yes EAC Cue Sheet: Yes M3U Playlist: Yes Tracker(s):http://tracker.openbittorrent.com/announce; Torrent Hash: F592E5E2E8522DE9E3BBE5CE3B029A369FC6C7AC File Size: 1.57 GB Label: Hypnotic Albums, Years & Catalog # in This Torrent: Dear M.F. 1995 31458-1205-2 (E.P.) * Five Hundred Pounds 1993 713561014-2 * Hemi-Vision 1996 A&M 314 540 600 2 * Heated 1998 31454 0955 2 * Revolution Per Minute 2011 BWCD0611 * * Denotes My Rip If anybody has anymore Big Sugar please do make available in lossless! Please help seed these FLACs! From Wiki: Big Sugar is a Canadian blues-rock band, they were active from 1991 to 2004 and again since April 2010. The band has sold more than half a million albums in Canada. Big Sugar officially formed in 1988 in Toronto, Ontario, consisting of vocalist and guitarist Gordie Johnson, bassist Terry Wilkins, and drummer Al Cross, though the three musicians had already played together for several years as an informal jam band with members of the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, and as a supporting band for Molly Johnson's jazz performances. After Molly Johnson returned to rock music with Infidels, she helped her former bandmates to secure a record deal; their eponymous debut album was released in 1991 on Hypnotic Records. After Wilkins left the band in 1993, Big Sugar recorded the album Five Hundred Pounds with the help of guest musicians; including harmonica and tenor saxophonist Kelly Hoppe, also known as Mr. Chill. Hoppe brought a blues and old-school r'n'b influence into the band's sound. Hoppe would become an official member of the band in September 1994. He would later add keyboards and melodica to his sideman responsibilities. In July 1994, bassist Garry Lowe joined the band. Lowe had moved to Canada in the mid-1970s from Kingston, Jamaica. Soon after arriving in Toronto, he became an in-demand bass player for touring reggae recording artists. He often accompanied them at Toronto's famed Bamboo club on Queen St.W., among other venues. Lowe was a founding member of "Culture Shock", a popular Toronto reggae band. Johnson, an avid reggae maven (and one-time bass player), had been a fan of Lowe's and was pleasantly surprised when he agreed to join Big Sugar as a full-time member. Also in 1994, Al Cross left the band and was replaced by Stich Wynston, formerly of The Shuffle Demons. Big Sugar had slowly built a reputation as an outstanding live band, and Five Hundred Pounds consolidated it; the album sold 10,000 copies in Canada on the strength of their live shows without any real publicity or radio airplay. During this time, Gordie Johnson also recorded an album as Don't Talk Dance, with Tyler Stewart of Barenaked Ladies and Chris Brown of the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir. In 1995, the band released two EPs; Dear M.F., which featured a cover version of Traffic's "Dear Mr. Fantasy"; and Ride Like Hell. Following the release of these EPs, Stich Wynston left the band and was replaced by Walter "Crash" Morgan. During the band's tour that year, however, Morgan suffered a heart attack, collapsed, and died on stage during a show in Iowa. Longtime band associate Raffa Dean was enlisted to finish the tour, and former Odds member Paul Brennan subsequently joined as the band's new drummer, appearing on one of their most commercially successful albums, 1996's Hemi-Vision. Hemi-Vision's single "Opem Up Baby" was a notable first for the band, who recorded a French version of that song, "Ouvres-Toi Bébé", for radio stations in Quebec. The song gained widespread airplay in the province, and for their next album, 1998's Platinum-selling Heated, the band recorded a French version of each single they released; the French songs were collected on the 1999 EP Chauffe à bloc. Also that year, Johnson and Hoppe performed several acoustic shows as a duo under the names "Little Sugar" or "Two Fools on Stools". Cross returned as drummer in 1999. The band also added a new rhythm guitarist, Mojah. In July of that year the band performed at Woodstock 1999. In 2000, the band released a dub album, Extra Long Life, under the name Alkaline. In 2001, Big Sugar released Brothers and Sisters, Are You Ready? Taking their interest in writing and performing French material to its logical conclusion, a complete track-for-track French version, Brothers and Sisters, Êtes Vous Ready?, was released the same year. Both albums concluded with a blistering rendition of "O Canada". Towards the end of this tour, Al Cross again left the band to pursue percussion studies in New York state. He was replaced by Eric "Speedstick" Paul. The two-CD compilation Hit & Run, featuring a greatest hits disc and a live concert performance disc, was released in 2003. Big Sugar, known for its loud rock shows played without set lists, had their last concert December 31, 2003, at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. The millionaire recluse Gordie "Grady" Johnson can now be found in the Austin, Texas-based band Grady. Kelly Hoppe performs with Mr. Chill & The Witnesses, a roots music group. Mojah and Garry Lowe went on to form Truth and Rights Revue, a reggae band, and have released one album to date. Eric Paul played with Truth and Rights Thornley but has left music to work for Bell Canada. The band reformed, playing their first show since 2003, at Telus World Ski & Snowboard Festival in Whistler, B.C. on April 23, 2010 [2] with tour dates through summer 2010. The band released a new studio album in June 2011, titled Revolution Per Minute. Gordie Johnson is also an acclaimed producer and session musician. To date, he has produced albums and tracks for Joel Plaskett Emergency, Gov't Mule, Warren Haynes, Taj Mahal, Wide Mouth Mason, The Trews, The Respectables, Tim Chaisson, Len, Reel Big Fish, Chris Duarte, John Ford, Chris Kirby and Meredith Shaw, as well as playing and/or recording with Chris Robinson, Rich Robinson, Default, Honky, Len, Molly Johnson, Jonny Lang and Double Trouble, Ashley MacIsaac, the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, Big Rude Jake and many others. He is also the songwriter/ cowriter of numerous hit songs. Five Hundred Pounds 1993 Five Hundred Pounds is an album by Canadian blues-rock band Big Sugar, released in 1993 on Hypnotic Records. Based on Big Sugar's burgeoning reputation as a live band, the album sold 10,000 copies solely by word of mouth before it garnered any significant radio airplay. In 1995 the album was released in the United States as 500 Pounds, with an alternate album cover. Tracks: 1. "Ride Like Hell" – 4:48 2. "Standing Around Crying" – 3:56 3. "I'm a Ram" – 3:31 4. "Sugar in My Coffee" – 5:12 5. "All Over Now" – 3:41 6. "AAA Aardvark Hotel" – 2:13 7. "How Many Times" – 4:05 8. "Deliver Me" – 4:16 9. "Still Waitin'" – 5:31 10. "Wild Ox Moan" – 5:41 11. "Ride On" – 6:49 Hemi-Vision 1996 Hemi-Vision is an album by Canadian blues-rock band Big Sugar, released in 1996. The album was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 1997 Juno Awards. The primary singles from the album were "Diggin' a Hole", "If I Had My Way" and "Opem Up Baby". The band also recorded a French language version of "Opem Up Baby", entitled "Ouvres-toi Bébé", for radio airplay in Quebec (see also Chauffe à bloc). Tracks: 1. "Diggin' a Hole" – 4:37 2. "Gone for Good" – 4:43 3. "If I Had My Way" – 5:13 4. "Skull Ring" – 4:25 5. "Joe Louis / Judgement Day" – 8:58 6. "Tommy Johnson" – 4:12 7. "La Stralla" – 4:17 8. "Tired All the Time" – 4:27 9. "Empty Head" – 5:13 10. "Opem Up Baby"1 – 5:13 11. "Rolling Pin" – 6:46 12. "Tobacco Hand" – 8:55 Heated 1998 Heated is a 1998 album by Canadian rock band Big Sugar, released on the A&M Records label. It was released in the United States in 1999 on Capricorn Records with an alternate album cover. The US release also includes the track "Diggin' a Hole" from Hemi-Vision, which was not released in the US. The album was certified Platinum in Canada, selling over 100,000 copies. The album features a cover of Bachman–Turner Overdrive's "Let it Ride". Tracks: 1. "Where I Stand" – 5:58 2. "Better Get Used to It" – 2:55 3. "The Scene" – 4:15 4. "Cop a Plea" – 4:55 5. "Girl Watcher" – 4:09 6. "Round & Round" – 4:43 7. "Kickin' Stones" – 5:14 8. "Hammer In My Hand" - 4:23 9. "100 Cigarettes" – 4:03 10. "Turn the Lights On" – 3:54 11. "Let it Ride" – 5:49 12. "Heart Refuse to Pound (For Alex)" – 5:27 Revolution Per Minute 2011 Revolution Per Minute is the sixth studio album by Big Sugar. It was released on June 28, 2011. Tracks: Roads Ahead Come A Little Closer... Now Come! Little Bit A All Right It's All I Know If I Were Heaven (Tonight) Done So Much In The Dark Work It Now! Un-Employed Expert Counterfeit Wings (Are Some Jive Ass Wings) There's No Tellin' Me True Believers A Revolution Per Minute Dear M.F. 1995 Dear MF is an EP album by Canadian blues-rock band Big Sugar. It was released in 1995 on Hypnotic Records. Tracks: "Dear Mr. Fantasy" – 5:05 "Goodbye Train" – 4:45 "Motherless Children" – 4:18 "A Night in Tunisia" – 4:02 "Leadbelly" – 7:36 Enjoy :)