Thank You!

Soundscapes will be closing permanently on September 30th, 2021.

Open every day between Spetember 22nd-30th

We'd like to thank all of our loyal customers over the years, you have made it all worthwhile! The last 20 years have seen a golden age in access to the world's recorded music history both in physical media and online. We were happy to be a part of sharing our knowledge of some of that great music with you. We hope you enjoyed most of what we sold & recommended to you over the years and hope you will continue to seek out the music that matters.

In the meantime we'll be selling our remaining inventory, including thousands of play copies, many of which are rare and/or out-of-print, never to be seen again. Over the next few weeks the discounts will increase and the price of play copies will decrease. Here are the details:

New CDs, LPs, DVDs, Blu-ray, Books 60% off 15% off

Rare & out-of-print new CDs 60% off 50% off

Rare/Premium/Out-of-print play copies $4.99 $14.99

Other play copies $2.99 $8.99

Magazine back issues $1 $2/each or 10 for $5 $15

Adjusted Hours & Ticket Refunds

We will be resuming our closing sale beginning Friday, June 11. Our hours will be as follows:

Wednesday-Saturday 12pm-7pm
Sunday 11am-6pm

Open every day between September 22nd-30th

We will no longer be providing ticket refunds for tickets purchased from the shop, however, you will be able to obtain refunds directly from the promoters of the shows. Please refer to the top of your ticket to determine the promoter. Here is the contact info for the promoters:

Collective Concerts/Horseshoe Tavern Presents/Lee's Palace Presents: shows@collectiveconcerts.com
Embrace Presents: info@embracepresents.com
MRG Concerts: ticketing@themrggroup.com
Live Nation: infotoronto@livenation.com
Venus Fest: venusfesttoronto@gmail.com

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you for your understanding.

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Tuesday
Mar302010

VA - The T.A.M.I. Show: Collector's Edition DVD

Legal issues or superstar egos have kept some holy grails of the classic rock era in endless limbo over the years (see Let It Be, or Cocksucker Blues). The release of The T.A.M.I. Show (an acronym for Teenage Awards Music International) after decades of only being available on bootleg is a monumental event, and, guaranteed, after watching it, you will believe in the power of music once again.

Here’s the context: it’s October 1964, only eight months after the Beatles’ first trip to America. Three months before, the U.S. signed the Civil Rights Act. It was in this period of cultural and historical upheaval that thousands of high school teens rammed the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for two days of screaming at a line-up that crossed key lines of race, sex, America/England, past/present. Twelve acts, including James Brown (in what he himself believed to be his greatest performance), The Rolling Stones (who foolishly followed Brown to close the set), Chuck Berry (who opened in a strange match-up with Gerry and the Pacemakers), Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, The Supremes, The Beach Boys (whose performance was removed after the initial run, leading to much of the legal headache over the years), and surprisingly smashing sets by The Barbarians and Lesley Gore all add up to one of the greatest package concerts there ever was. 

Anyone who has ever even liked one of these artists owes it to him/herself to check this one out, if only for the mind-boggling James Brown set. Or the quick glimpses of Jack Nitzsche leading the orchestra, or Teri Garr and Toni Basil as some of the irrepressible go-go dancers—seriously, the whiplash-inducing moves of the dancers is reason enough to grab this one. Combined with the exciting commentary and  collector’s edition package, this is truly foundational and mandatory viewing. Can I be any more clear about this?

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