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Vinyl records by Newfoundland & Labrador's pioneer recording artists.
29 Jun, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
For this episode we once again roll back the clock 50 years to 1972. We’re off to the record bins to see what’s new. And there’s lots of great Newfoundland vinyl to choose from. We fill our bags and come home with gems like RYAN’S FANCY’s first real studio album. We also score another nugget... RON HYNES’ LP Discovery. Ron...
29 Jun, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
For this episode we once again roll back the clock 50 years to 1972. We’re off to the record bins to see what’s new. And there’s lots of great Newfoundland vinyl to choose from. We fill our bags and come home with gems like RYAN’S FANCY’s first real studio album. We also score another nugget... RON HYNES’ LP Discovery. Ron...

23 Jun, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
For this episode we rewind 60 years to 1962 and head for the record bins to see what’s new in NL vinyl. Pickings are slim compared to today, but we do score a few gems. Included in our stash is a super rare LP by DICK NOLAN, plus a cover of a Johnny Burke song by OMAR BLONDAHL, and a...

16 Jun, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
NFR salutes Newfoundland & Labrador’s recording artists of yesteryear who were recognized for their lifetime achievements in 2021. Jim Payne topped the list with two awards: The NL Folk Arts Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and MusicNL’s Denis Parker Industry Builder Award. Other recipients include Wayne Chaulk, Ray Johnson, and Kevin Blackmore better known as Buddy Wasisname & The Other Fellers....

10 Jun, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
What's your pick for the greatest Newfoundland & Labrador oldies album? Throughout 2014, Newfoundland's classic rock radio station, K-Rock 97.5 FM, counted down the Province's Top 50 Greatest Albums. K-Rock said the final list was... "...tabulated from your votes! It’s important to note that this is a fun countdown and is by no means definitive. Just a vehicle to get...

03 Jun, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
Throughout 2014, Newfoundland's classic rock radio station, K-Rock 97.5 FM, counted down the Province's Top 50 Greatest Albums. On their website K-Rock said the final list was... "...tabulated from your votes! It’s important to note that this is a fun countdown and is by no means definitive. Just a vehicle to get people talking about local music and have some...

27 May, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
Unless you’ve buried your head in the sand, you know that 2022 is Come Home Year in Newfoundland & Labrador. With the dreadful pandemic on the ropes, we’ve rolled out the welcome mat to Newfoundlanders & Labradorians and other tourists who’ve been stuck in their homes up-along for the past two years. But, did you know that this is not...

20 May, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
Do you like country music... REAL country music? If so, you’ll LOVE this episode of New Found Records because we’ve stacked out turntable high with great country singles from the 60s, 70s & 80s. But you haven’t heard these records on mainstream radio. That’s because they aren’t the classic country hits that commercial radio plays over and over and over...

12 May, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
What’s your state of mind these days? Worries and woes making you gloomy? Global warming, wars, Covid-19, political unrest, financial uncertainty driving you nuts. Are your days grey and foggy? Well there’s none of that on today’s episode of New Found Records. Join us and escape to the sunny side of life. Our skies are blue. The birds are singing...

05 May, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
We’re all about the younger generation for this episode. We’ll roll back the clock some 65 years for a delightful track by a young-un who went on to be come one of NL’s most successful entertainers. Plus, did you know that the brilliant singer-songwriter RON HYNES once cut a children’s album? We’ve got a track in the queue. Also on...

29 Apr, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
For this episode we check out some of Newfoundland’s greatest hits from the vinyl era… sort of! We’ll gab about nuggets like Dick Nolan’s Aunt Martha’s Sheep, Rex Hemeon’s Bingo & Another World, Art Scammell’s The Squid Jiggin’ Ground, and Dave Nicol’s Good-bye Mama. But we’ll spin nary-a-one of those! What will we spin? We’ll flip those hit singles over...

22 Apr, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
Vinylthon is an annual event for radio stations throughout the world who want to celebrate the format of vinyl. To participate, a station simply plays at least one hour of vinyl-only music on April 23, and this year my mother station CHMR is a participant. The New Found Records Radio Hour has been spinning Newfoundland & Labrador oldies on CHMR...

14 Apr, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
For this episode, New Found Records presents music with an Easter theme. Tune in and you'll hear a mix of hymns, country gospel, plus a delightful secular track by Mary Lou Collins, Newfoundland & Labrador's first child to cut a record! The program also features Ged Blackmore's production, Resurrexit. In this six-part suite, Blackmore portrays the dramatic events following Christ's...

08 Apr, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
New Found Records comes to you each week from Canada’s windiest city, St. John’s Newfoundland. For this episode we embrace the wind! We’ve wound up our phonograph and stacked it high with a dandy selection of breezy vinyl! Tune in and treat your ears to BARRY CANNING’s ultra-rare 45 rpm single... his only vinyl record. You’ll also hear a track...

31 Mar, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
If you’re like most people you have a music collection. And chances are you cherish it. You probably remember the first record you bought. If you’re a young-un, your first music purchase was likely a compact disc. If a little older, it may have been a cassette tape, or perhaps an 8-track cartridge. If you’re thinning hair is gray or...

25 Mar, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
For this episode we welcome Spring. Join us for tales about driving logs, boiling lobsters, swilin’ and troutin’. Plus you’ll even hear a ditty about those pesky black flies! Of course the music is served up by Newfoundland’s pioneer recording artists. You won’t want to miss this great mix of vintage vinyl that you won’t hear anywhere else! (Edited encore...

18 Mar, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
We’re still toasting St. Patrick on NFR this week. Celebrations began in local watering holes on March 10. When will they end? Who knows as we slowly break free from the shackles of COVID-19? Stacked on our platter... great greenery from DICK NOLAN, JOHN WHITE, and THE McNULTY FAMILY. Most spins have never been released digitally. So tune in and...

11 Mar, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
Join us as we honour St. Patrick with a platter that’s loaded with vintage green vinyl. Musical treats are served up by Newfoundland & Labrador's favourite recording artists like John White, Lew Murphy, The McNulty Family, The Newfoundland Showband, Olive Bayle, Ray Walsh, Ryan’s Fancy, and more. Tune in and treat yourself to a unique brew of Newfoundland-Irish music “that’s...

04 Mar, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
The conclusion of our three-part series on NL music from 1982. On the platter... Memorial University education professor Dr. WAYNE NESBIT struts his stuff as a singer-songwriter-recording artist; RYAN’S FANCY release their final studio LP; MARGO ST. JOHN records an album but keeps it under wraps for 30 years!; THE BUSINESS arise from the ashes of The Wonderful Grand Band;...

25 Feb, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
Once again we flashback 40 years and check out Newfoundland vinyl that dropped in 1982. On the platter... a few tracks from the rather obscure final LP by “Newfoundland’s Favourite Son’... Ottawa’s “Singing Policeman” sings a light-hearted ditty about Newfoundland & Labrador’s new found oil wealth... “The Flying Fiddler” lays down his fiddle and goes country, and “The Accordion Playing...

17 Feb, 2022 | 0:55:00 |
EN | CHMR FM Music Department | NewFound Records
Forty years ago on February 15 on the Newfoundland Grand Banks the world’s mightiest oil rig, the Ocean Ranger succumbed to the mightier Atlantic Ocean. All 84 crew perished – 56 of them from Newfoundland. It was Canada's worst tragedy at sea since the Second World War. The aftermath of the disaster spawned many musical tributes including the popular masterpieces...
