Ready Records was a small but influential

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based out of

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that signed a number of new wave and

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bands from the early to mid-1980s.About Ready Records
/ref> Focusing primarily on local Toronto-area talent, it released 7" and 12" singles, LPs, and cassettes. Founded in 1979 by Angus MacKay and Andy Crosbie, the label existed between

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, when it folded. Its best selling group was the

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, but other acts that had minor hits or received national attention included

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, and Manteca. As part of their 20th Century Masters series, Universal released two collections entitled ''Best of Ready Vol. 1'' and ''Best of Ready Vol. 2''.

Ready Records discography

The following partial discography is based upon information taken from existing Ready Records releases. Where two numbers appear in brackets beside a listing, the first denotes the LP release number, and the second the cassette release number. * Demics – ''Talk's Cheap'' 5-song EP (RR 001) * Steve Blimkie and the Reason - ''I Got This Feeling'' 7" single (BR 002) * Regulators - ''That's Right Nothing's Left'' 7" single (BR 003) * 102.1 Band - ''Working On The Radio'' 7" single (BR 004) *

- ''Test Patterns for Living'' 7-song EP (RR 005) * Steve Blimkie and the Reason - ''Blimkie'' (BR 006) * Battered Wives - ''Live on Mother's Day'' (LPBR 007) *

- ''

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'' (LPBR 009) * The Extras - ''Bit Parts'' (LR 010) *

- ''Live'' (LR 011) *

- ''

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'' (LR 012) * Santers - ''Shot Down in Flames'' (LR 014/LR4 014) * Steve Blimkie - ''Chasing Paper Tigers'' (LR 015/LR4 015) * Fergus Hambleton - ''She's on the Other Side'' 7" single (RR 016) * Manteca - ''Manteca'' (LR 017/LR4 017) *

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- ''Pointing the Finger'' (LR 019) * Spoons - ''Nova Heart/Symmetry'' 12" Single (SRB 020) * Spoons - ''Nova Heart'' 7" Single (SR 201) *

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- ''Hiding from Love'' 5-song EP (ER 012) * The Extras - ''Road to Zambando'' (LR 022/LR4 022) * Santers - ''Mayday'' 4-song EP (ER 023) * Fergus Hambleton - ''Steal This Girl'' 12" Single (SRB 024) *

- ''Up to You'' 6-song EP (ER 025) * Spoons - ''

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'' (LR 027/LR4 027) * Spoons - ''Arias & Symphonies'' 7" single (SR 271) * Santers - ''Racing Time'' (LR 028/LR4 028) * Spoons - ''Talkback'' 7" single (SR 393) *

- "Falling" (LR034) *

- "Don't Walk Past" 4-track 12" single *

- "Version" 4-song remix EP * Teenage Head - '' Teenage Head'' * Teenage Head - ''Top Down

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Picture My Face'' * Teenage Head - ''Endless Party (Live)'' (RR 046) * Spoons - ''Tell No Lies'' 12" Single (SRB 048) * Spoons - ''Romantic Traffic'' 7" Single (SR 482) *

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- ''Listen To The City OST'' (LR 053)

References

External links

* Sparks Music http://www.sparksmusic.com * Ready Records http://www.readyrecords.ca * Sparks Music on MySpace http://www.myspace.com/sparksmusiclabel * Ready Records discography https://web.archive.org/web/20061022124816/http://www.get-happy-records.com/labels-disco/labelsR.htm {{Authority control Canadian independent record labels Record labels established in 1980 Record labels disestablished in 1986 Indie rock record labels New wave record labels Defunct record labels of Canada

Ready Records discography

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