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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: Yet another version of The Hip’s Fully Completely

September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Box Set, Fully Completely, Tragically Hip, Vinyl

The most popular album in the Tragically Hip catalogue is Fully Completely from 1992. It’s sold well over a million

Hip fans, get ready to add to your vinyl libraries

August 14, 2022August 14, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Anniversary, Box Set, Canadian Walk of Fame, Chanie Wenjack, deluxe edition, Fully Completely, Gord Downie, Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund, Heksenketel, Lieve Prins, Radio Show, Reissue, So Hard Done By, The Hip, Tragically Hip

The next few years will be big ones for Tragically Hip fans, as the band announced this week not one,

David Milgaard, the subject of The Tragically Hip song “Wheat Kings,” has died

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment David Milgaard, Fully Completely, Gail Ann Miller, Tragically Hip, Wheat Kings, Wrongful Convictions

I grew up five miles from the Stoney Mountain Federal Prison in Manitoba. In fact, I used to play minor

Ongoing History of New Music

The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 701: The Tragically Hip’s Fully Completely Examined Fully and Completely

November 14, 2014November 17, 2014 Alan Cross 2 Comments Box Set, Fully Completely, Reissue, The Tragically Hip

Back in the summer, I was approached by Hip management with a proposal. “We’re planning a huge reissue of the

Deluxe Reissue of the Tragically Hip’s Fully Completely Due in November

October 6, 2014October 6, 2014 Alan Cross 2 Comments Fully Completely, Reissue, Tragically Hip

Full disclosure: I’ve been helping out with this project since sometime in late June [I compiled and wrote 99% of