Almost 45 years after its publication, crossingOffenbach’s album which looks like a compilation as the successes abound in it, will finally be reissued on vinyl.
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Launched in 1978, crossing marks the passage between the two main alignments that have shaped the history of the rock group. After the departure of the poet Pierre Harel in 1974, then those of bassist Michel Lamothe and drummer Roger Belval in 1977, the troops were decimated. But the arrival in 1978 of Ontarians John McGale (guitar) and Breen LeBœuf (bass and vocals) cheered up the band at Gerry.
The Beau Dommage lyricist Pierre Huet, another valiant recruit, put hand-stitched words into Boulet’s mouth, including those of I have the rock’n’roll bad you, I sing like a coyote and I know it well. It is also on crossing what are My blues could pass in the door (a very rare composition co-signed by Gerry and Breen) and Ayoyesong for eternity written by theater man André Saint-Denis from the point of view of a dying horse.
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The new edition of crossing
Reissued in 1983, crossing had never seen other versions since and remains to this day absent from streaming platforms. Thanks to Montreal label Return to Analog Records, the Félix-winning record for rock LP of the year will be back in stores on June 18 for Record Store Day Drops, an event where items whose production has been delayed by the pandemic will finally go on sale. Enough to uncap one or two other beers.