Most of the tunes mentioned so far I have heard at one time or another, my brother owned Battlescar. Did grow up with a very solid local fm station, 92CITI in Winnipeg, so would have heard most (at the very beginning of me and fm) of them when they were new now that I think about it. Thought there might be some earlier catalogue to explore but Wiki tells me not much. Still think will make some my next music purchase, though 2 locations of Sunrise don’t have any, yes I am still buying probably half my music in physical form these days and think this would be worthy of that.
EDIT just bought an 8 CD box set for $71 on amazon. Ain’t the internet great?
Always did like most of their radio stuff, just not well enough to buy in my early formative years, then they fell off my radar in any real way for years.
When I saw them in 79, Let Go The Line was at probably radio peak, and I wasn’t a big fan but...walking away from the show they were easily my favourite. Harlequin were a rough bar band getting a break, nothing like their later commercial sound. Eddie Money had a good band, but he’d already had his big hit. Burton was meh for me, he was sorta Elton John ish at the time, feather boa, full white jumpsuit. I’d have paid to see EJ do it, not so much BC.
Thanks for all the input all, and feel free to chime in with more.
