Canrockers Feisty put their first EP online as free CC download


The Canadian indy band The Western Investor (formerly Feisty) have released their rare, out of print first EP as a remixable Creative Commons download (it's the band's tenth anniversary and they're celebrating). I've been listening to it for the past 20 minutes and there's plenty there to like -- some of these tracks appeared in the movie "Better Than Chocolate." Link (Thanks, Chris!)

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"it's the band's tenth anniversary and they're celebrating"

but, but the EP is from 1989....

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It's 1998 now - you spotted a temp typo (no prize to you.) For anyone interested, the two tracks from the better than chocolate soundtrack were Fantastic and Night. They're all great, but I love Hungry the most, I think.

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did they change their name due to the rise of Leslie Feist?

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#5 posted by Jeff , April 28, 2008 6:38 AM

I'm curious if there is any worth left in this first album? Why would they give the entire thing away when they could just give a few tracks away? Why not continue to sell the out-of-print CD on their own label? I think it's nice to give away a whole album; but does it increase the odds that their next CD will sell better? I think I would just continue to sell the old stuff and contribute the proceeds to charity. Why give it away when you could help out the needy? Fans would still pay a buck for an entire CD, right?

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Error - I read an interview (or maybe heard it when they were interviewed by the CBC) that said it was because the band was essentially a mix of two bands, the original Feisty, and another Vancouver band, The Mean Reds (not to be confused with the other, more recent band by the same name), so they decided to rename.

Jeff - mc chris gives away his first album free online, and it's been working out for him. Besides, they said it's a celebratory thing. It's their party, and all that...

ITH - The EP pre-dates Queens of the Stoneage by one year, proving that great minds think alike, or that graphic artists as a similarly lazy lot.

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