Big Wreck/Thornley

HughFreakingDillon

***EDIT: I just bought a VERRRY expensive rare cassette tape (Big Wreck) that I currently can't listen to or convert. My cassette capture device is playing slow, and everything I see on Amazon and elsewhere has at least a few bad reviews with stuff not working. Anyone know of a reputable device that I could buy at a reasonable price to convert that (and all my old band jam tapes)?***

Many years ago, Ian Thornley (Big Wreck, Thornley) would post demos he was working on to his myspace account, allowing for them to be downloaded. They were honestly some of my favourite tracks by him. My PC crashed last year, and lost all of my digital music. I have been able to reclaim most of my catalogue, but these demos elude me. It was so long ago I don't even recall the track names. I know the demo of Good Times Roll was on there, which I was able to find by way of one of the old Thornley fansites (and it's MUCH better than the version Big Wreck recently released on iTunes). But the rest I can't find. Can anyone help a dude out?

Man it sucks loving Canadian music sometimes. So hard to find the hard-to-find stuff. 

edit: so, the songs I have that are not commercially available:

Thornley:
-Straight to Hell (Tiny Pictures bonus track)
-Fade Away (unreleased Tiny Pictures track)
-All Because of Me (Come Again bonus track)
-Mistake (Come Again bonus track)
-Piss It Away (Come Again bonus track)

Ian Thornley:
Myspace demos:
-Brit Pop
-Good Son
-Let The Good Times Roll (MUCH different version released on "Bag of Tricks" Big Wreck digital EP)
-Mama
-Might Be The End
-My Heart Is
-One of Those Days
-Stop and Think

Big Wreck:
-Ill Advice (from the Much @ Edgefest 99 compilation)

HughFreakingDillon

got em all from a buddy if anyone wants them. 

dudeman

Glad that you have been reunited with music you love. I have never listened to Thornley and I haven't heard anything from Big Wreck except for the first album. I've been meaning to rectify that. 

I love the first record, saw them at a tiny little bar in the late nineties and met and had beers with the band. They were all very nice and accommodating. 

MattRH

Hey, you wouldn't mind sharing these would you? Been looking everywhere and can't find anything! Never seen a record company so good at wiping something from the internet.

DC29940

HughFreakingDillon said:

got em all from a buddy if anyone wants them. 

If you wouldn’t mind sharing, I’d love to add them to my collection. HUGE fan of his. Still waiting for Big Wreck to do a wider US tour and come down Arizona way.

HughFreakingDillon

@DC29940 and @MattRH both of you pm me with your email addresses and I'll wetransfer them to you. 

HughFreakingDillon

DC29940 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

got em all from a buddy if anyone wants them. 

If you wouldn’t mind sharing, I’d love to add them to my collection. HUGE fan of his. Still waiting for Big Wreck to do a wider US tour and come down Arizona way.

do you have the Big Wreck song called Ill Advice? It was on a Canadian festival tour compilation cd released by MuchMusic, Edgefest 99. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Much_at_Edgefest_'99

HughFreakingDillon

bought Albatross and Grace Street last night. interesting how much work Ian has done with Alain Johannes. I wonder if Ian knew Chris. Ian would be a perfect to do a one-off in Cornell's shoes if they ever got into the hall of fame. 

MattRH

Hey, I have Ill Advice! I ripped it straight from the Much @ Edgefest '99 CD. Found it used in a local record shop here in Lethbridge; if you want any of the other stuff, I could share those as well. I also have Still Holding, another In Loving Memory Of... B-Side, but it's just a rip from youtube, as I've had no luck trying to find the 2 commercial singles that Ill Advice and Still holding were released on. That said, Still Holding is among the best songs they ever did.

HughFreakingDillon

Still Holding? Don't recall ever hearing that. I'll have to check that out tonight. 

HughFreakingDillon

MattRH said:

Hey, I have Ill Advice! I ripped it straight from the Much @ Edgefest '99 CD. Found it used in a local record shop here in Lethbridge; if you want any of the other stuff, I could share those as well. I also have Still Holding, another In Loving Memory Of... B-Side, but it's just a rip from youtube, as I've had no luck trying to find the 2 commercial singles that Ill Advice and Still holding were released on. That said, Still Holding is among the best songs they ever did.

what "other stuff" are you referring to?

MattRH

Other stuff as in the rare tracks from other bands that were part of the compilation. Fated by Matthew Good Band (edited version different than the one on iTunes), a remix of Surefire by Econoline Crush, Morphine by Moist, a different mix of Life Line by The Tea Party than what is on Tangents, Best Sunday Dress by Hole, and a few others from Can Rock bands of the late 90's. Granted, a lot of these tracks by the big name bands were later released in some form or another, but as a completionist I like everything.

MattRH

Actually just found a link to a download of what should be the source rip of the song with variable bitrate, and not a youtube rip according to the guy that posted it.

MattRH

http://www.mediafire.com/file/x1u6br6q77tqfwn/Big+Wreck+-+Still+Holding.mp3

MattRH

You wouldn't happen to also have the Come Again demos would you? I hear a lot about how different the title track was, and how much better Beautiful was but I still can't find anything on them.

HughFreakingDillon

MattRH said:

Other stuff as in the rare tracks from other bands that were part of the compilation. Fated by Matthew Good Band (edited version different than the one on iTunes), a remix of Surefire by Econoline Crush, Morphine by Moist, a different mix of Life Line by The Tea Party than what is on Tangents, Best Sunday Dress by Hole, and a few others from Can Rock bands of the late 90's. Granted, a lot of these tracks by the big name bands were later released in some form or another, but as a completionist I like everything.

oh, got it.No, I have that cd actually. but thanks!

HughFreakingDillon

MattRH said:

You wouldn't happen to also have the Come Again demos would you? I hear a lot about how different the title track was, and how much better Beautiful was but I still can't find anything on them.

no come again demos. didn't know they were out there! 

DC29940

HughFreakingDillon said:

DC29940 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

got em all from a buddy if anyone wants them. 

If you wouldn’t mind sharing, I’d love to add them to my collection. HUGE fan of his. Still waiting for Big Wreck to do a wider US tour and come down Arizona way.

do you have the Big Wreck song called Ill Advice? It was on a Canadian festival tour compilation cd released by MuchMusic, Edgefest 99. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Much_at_Edgefest_'99

Yes I do, actually!

HughFreakingDillon

wow. how odd that just in the last week or so that I've been listening to Big Wreck again. Bought two of their most recent albums last friday. And BOOM, they announce this In Loving Memory Of anniversary tour. Just bought front row centre VIP complete with signed ILMO vinyl and soundcheck/meet and greet. SICK. 

MattRH

I know! Sucks that they skipped Calgary and Medicine Hat for the tour. Left most of southern Alberta out to dry.

HughFreakingDillon

MattRH said:

I know! Sucks that they skipped Calgary and Medicine Hat for the tour. Left most of southern Alberta out to dry.

got my laptop back last night. Should be able to get you Piss it Away and Straight To Hell over the weekend. 

Rygar

Just got VIP tix for Halifax, woot!

DC29940

I really wish they were coming to AZ. LA is the closest and I can't make it out there then. I did, however, preorder ILMO on vinyl. That album is easily in my top ten 90s albums. So stoked to finally be getting a vinyl copy!

DC29940

I'm spinning the 20th Anniversary edition of "In Loving Memory of" on vinyl right now and it sounds great! This is probably in my top 20 albums of all time and I'm beyond stoked to have it on vinyl.

DC29940

DC29940 said:

I'm spinning the 20th Anniversary edition of "In Loving Memory of" on vinyl right now and it sounds great! This is probably in my top 20 albums of all time and I'm beyond stoked to have it on vinyl.

And while they aren't on the vinyl, the download card included Ill Advice and Still Holding which was a nice surprise.

HughFreakingDillon

Brian Doherty, guitarist for Big Wreck, has terminal cancer. There is a gofundme set up for his expenses:

https://www.gofundme.com/brian-doherty-cancer-care-fund

HughFreakingDillon

also, new single Locomotive is on digital services, and is the lead single for upcoming album But For The Sun. Not sure how Brian's diagnosis will affect upcoming touring and the release of the record. They have some dates lined up this summer, and they are already talking like the end is near for Brian. 

willbarclay

that's really too bad.

RoeDawg13

HughFreakingDillon said:

also, new single Locomotive is on digital services, and is the lead single for upcoming album But For The Sun. Not sure how Brian's diagnosis will affect upcoming touring and the release of the record. They have some dates lined up this summer, and they are already talking like the end is near for Brian. 

It sucks for sure. As for the touring, probably as a trio since they were doing that over the past year anyways.

HughFreakingDillon

RoeDawg13 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

also, new single Locomotive is on digital services, and is the lead single for upcoming album But For The Sun. Not sure how Brian's diagnosis will affect upcoming touring and the release of the record. They have some dates lined up this summer, and they are already talking like the end is near for Brian. 

It sucks for sure. As for the touring, probably as a trio since they were doing that over the past year anyways.

they were? I didn't realize they did any dates since the ILMO anniversary tour. 

RoeDawg13

HughFreakingDillon said:

RoeDawg13 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

also, new single Locomotive is on digital services, and is the lead single for upcoming album But For The Sun. Not sure how Brian's diagnosis will affect upcoming touring and the release of the record. They have some dates lined up this summer, and they are already talking like the end is near for Brian. 

It sucks for sure. As for the touring, probably as a trio since they were doing that over the past year anyways.

they were? I didn't realize they did any dates since the ILMO anniversary tour. 

A few one offs and festival shows. They mentioned that Brian would not be there due to illness but didn't go any further than that.