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Now defunct Canadian label. Founded in 1962 by , it had originally issued Australian folk, country and pop music as an American subsidiary of Australian . In 1965 it began to evolve into a modern classical music label, and was acquired by in 1973, who sold it to Waterloo Music Co. Ltd in 1977.
In its final years the New Music Series featured Canadian composers, including Harry Somers' The Fool, R. Murray Schafer's Loving and Threnody, and electroacoustic music by Jean Piché, Barry Truax, as performed by the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, the Orford String Quartet, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, the York Winds, Antonin Kubálek, piano duo Leslie Kinton and James Anagnoson, Robert Bauer, Davis Joachim, William Kuinka, Christopher Weait, and David Zafer. Its final production, Piché's Heliograms, was released in 1982. Its catalogue was sold to the Canadian Music Centre in 1986.
Now defunct Canadian label. Founded in 1962 by , it had originally issued Australian folk, country and pop music as an American subsidiary of Australian . In 1965 it began to evolve into a modern classical music label, and was acquired by in 1973, who sold it to Waterloo Music Co. Ltd in 1977.
In its final years the New Music Series featured Canadian composers, including Harry Somers' The Fool, R. Murray Schafer's Loving and Threnody, and electroacoustic music by Jean Piché, Barry Truax, as performed by the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, the Orford String Quartet, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, the York Winds, Antonin Kubálek, piano duo Leslie Kinton and James Anagnoson, Robert Bauer, Davis Joachim, William Kuinka, Christopher Weait, and David Zafer. Its final production, Piché's Heliograms, was released in 1982. Its catalogue was sold to the Canadian Music Centre in 1986.
Catalog
209 releasesDigital Soundscapes
Barry Truax · 1988
Pacific Rim
Barry Truax · 1991
Heliograms
Jean Piché · 1982
Wild Weekend
Johnny Chester And The Thunderbirds
Sex, Chugs & Rock 'N' Roll
Heaven The Axe · 2011
The Orford String Quartet
The Orford String Quartet* · 1980
Canadian Music For Classical Guitar
Davis Joachim · 1980
Don't Bother To Knock (Riley's Brew)
Carmel Quinn
I'll Run To You / New Hampshire (With My Love)
Paul Guay
Depression
The Specters · 1966
Australia Goes Country & Western
Various · 1963
Miss Dorothy Baker
Dorothy Baker · 1964
Jillianne Harris Sings Folk
Jillianne Harris · 1964
Folksongs Of Life's Quandaries
Jim Murray
Sings The Helen Creighton Collection Of Traditional Folk Songs Of Nova Scotia
Diane Oxner · 1964
Once Again For Newfoundland
Omar Blondahl · 1964
Sings Folk
Carol Isaac · 1964
The Exciting Do-Ray-Me Trio
The Exciting Do-Ray-Me Trio*
The Seekers
The Seekers · 1965
The Keatniks
The Keatniks · 1965
at The Royal Embassy Hotel, Montréal, Canada
Armando's Continental Orchestra
Dance To....
Armando's Continental Orchestra
Jillianne Harris Sings Folk
Jillianne Harris · 1964
Give Me Just A Little Lovin
Hugh Scott · 1974
Crosswalk
The Stampeders · 1969
Magic Caravan/Zenacat #1
The Metro Stompers · 1969
The Shelfish Song
The Cotter Folk · 1969
I'm Not Running After You (Anymore)
Jack Hardin & The Silhouettes · 1969
Thank You
The Singing Parson & Sharon · 1969
Travelling Tim (The Tipperary Tinker)
The Cotter Folk · 1969
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