Fresh at twenty [the oral history of Mint Records]

Summary: A tribute to an independent record label and the people who helped build it, this story encapsulates the zeitgeist in popular music that washed through Vancouver in the 1990s and 2000s. As a label, Mint Records helped launch the careers of the New Pornographers, Neko Case, the Evaporators, the Smugglers, the Sadies, the Pack A. D., and countless other acts and in doing so, not only shaped the sound of Vancouver at the end of the 20th century, but helped usher in a golden age of Canadian popular music that still thrives today. Filled with rare and never-before-seen memorabilia from Mint bands a

Record details

ISBN: 9781770900530 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1770900535 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781770900523 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1770900527 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xiii, 385 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Toronto : ECW Press, c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-383).
Formatted Contents Note:	Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword, by Nardwuar the Human Serviette; Introduction: Let's Wreck the Party: 1980-1986; Part 1: This Band Probably Won't Be Your Life: 1986-1991; Part 2: cub Pop: 1992-1997; Part 3: Lookout! Below: 1994-1997; Part 4: All the Wheels Fall Off Except for One: 1997-2000; Part 5: Mass Romantic: 2000-2005; Part 6: Oh Be Joyful: 2005-2010; Epitaph; Discography; Acknowledgements; Sources; Photo Credits; Back Cover;
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.