Various - Rocky Mountain Magic (1981), Up From The Basement (1984)

We've got a pair of compilation LPs today, one from Calgary (from XL radio) and one from Edmonton (from that city's K-97 station). We'll speak to the inclusion of the Edmonton comp first - Discogs suggests that the Tickets that kick off the A side with two songs is the same as the one that put out a 1980 single via Doug Wong Music. But Discogs' quality control can be downright non-existent, so we're taking that with a grain of salt. So we're also using the third track on this, Voice's "Lime," as a reason for posting - it's great early 80's new wave that we quite enjoy.

So the Calgary-focused Rocky Mountain Magic is the real reason for this post - we're not familiar with most of the artists on here, except for country rockers Sidewinder and keyboardist Ted Alexander (who played with Prototype, Qwest, the Sailcats and 20-20). As you might expect, this compilation covers a lot of genres in terms of genres, from soft rock to country to hard rockers. Singles' "She Don't Make Me" is the standout track for us - though we have no idea who was in the band, thanks to the lack of credits on the sleeve.

Get some Magic or head into the Basement.