End of Canada's Originall Rock Museum
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10 - RPM - Monday July 15,1996 Incredible Records' Lipsin brings fourteen+ years to a close Coladas nationalWeekly1 End of Canada's originall rock museum altrviafive chart-- ,Record Distributor codes Anative of Montreal, Lipsin's first claim ReC(1rd Distributor Cbdes:- - sub MCA, --.1 by Rod Gudino to fame was as editor of the Underground BMG--34---- EMI -,F MCA Qua1itY,J/1 Polygram -,Q Sony HWarner- P Koch - K, \ Polygram - 9Sony - H warno Back in 1976, when a record was a record newspaper which ended when he was invited to New York city to work with Abby Hoffman TW LW WO - JULY 15, 1996 and a cassette was a record that had been TIN LW WO- JULY 15, 1996 put on tape, Jonathan Lipsin opened up a and Jerry Rubin for the Underground Press 1 1 19 THE FUGEES small used record store on Yonge St just Syndicate. Later, at seventeen, he left New 1 2 8 TRIPPIN. ON A HOLE... York for a peaceful time in California's hippy Stone Temple Pilots - Tny Music... Songs From... !he Score (Columbia) 67147-H south of Bloor. Little did he know that that Atlantic 82871-P in almost fifteen years the store would scene, ending up as gardener to a man by the 2 3 7 TONIGHT TONIGHT 2 2 51 ALAN'S MORISSETTE name of Jerry Garcia. He worked hard, spent Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite... Jagged Little Pill (Maverick) 45901-P become a music house of bohemianism and Virgin 40861-F a fond little while there and, in 1975, 11 TRACY CHAPMAN memorabilia, an aerie for nostalgic sorts and E X 7 8 YOU LEARN LE 5 a place to buy cheap stuff for everybody. And hitchhiked out of California with fifty bucks Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill New Beginning (Elektra) 610850-P Maverick 45901 (comp 2136)-P in his pocket and a vision of a children's 4 7 5 METALLICA we mean everybody. 4 1 11 PRETTY NOOSE Lipsin, who has come to refer to record in his head. Soundgarden - Down On The Upside Load (Elektra) 61923-P A&M 314 540 526 (promo CD( -Q Incredible Records as "The Sam's of used Son of the then owner of Almada 5 3 9 THE TRAGICALLY HIP E n 9 4 WAX ECSTATIC record stores," has spent the past fourteen Corporation in Canada, Lipsin took over the Sponge - Wax Ecstatic !rouble AtI he Henhouse (MCA) 8101 Columbia 67578 (promo CD) -H company's western section for a year and a 4 17 years catering his wares to everyone from 6 6 7 UNTIL IT SLEEPS 6 CELINE DION punk rockers to seventy-five year olds. But half, paying his dues until he realised that he Metallica - Load Falling Into You (Columbia) 331168-H that's just the half of it. The place has also had a knack for the job. Soon thereafter, the Elektra (promo OD) -F KR 15 4 THE GOOD IN EVERYONE 7 8 26 BUSH X become a touchstone for artists like Leonard dream of the children's record took centre Sloan - One Chord To Another Sixteen Stone finterscopel 90000-J Cohen, Bob Dylan, Santana and Cher who stage. Murderecords MURSD 8 16 3 WHERE IT'S AT 8 6 8 GEORGE MICHAEL have been dropping by on a regular basis ever "I found that people my age (I don't think Beck - Odelay Older (keamworks) 50000-J since day one. they were called yuppies then) were having DGC 24823-J 9 12 5 ALL I KNOW 9 9 5 BRYAN ADAMS Offering material covering over 250 kids. Because I was raised on good kid's Screaming Trees - Dust 18 IitI Die (ALM) 314 54 0552141 records like Pete Seger and The Weavers I Epic 64178 (promo CD( -H music formats, a 40,000 vinyl record 10 12 16 "WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC felt there was a market for it. I came to Toronto 10 10 6 STUPID GIRL selection, 8,000 CDs, 650 original posters Garbage - Garbage Bad Hair Day (Hock HolVScotti Bros. from the 60s, special interest books and and interviewed about thirty artists and then Almo Sounds 80004-J EN 16 37 OASIS met a group who gave me a tape and I said 11 4 11 PEPPER unique displays (like the mischevuously Butthole Surfers - Electriclarryland (What'sI he Story) Morning Glory (Epic maladjusted scribbles from Jim Morrison's `this is it.' I guaranteed them 10,000 records Capitol 29842 (comp 9)-F 12 11 2 SARAH MCLACHLAN which was a lot back then for a small 12 11 9 TAHITIAN MOON high school notebooks), Incredible Records Pomo For Pyros - Good Gods Urge Rarities, B -Sides And Other Stuff (Nen had enough going for it to withstand the rise company, not to mention that I was doing it Wamer Bros. 46126-P 13 13 7 SOUNDGARDEN totally on my own with no money." 13 5 9 COUNTING BLUE CARS of the competition from the mega chains of Dishwalla - Pet Your Friends Down Un the Upside (AbM) 314 540 ! HMV and Sunrise Records along Yonge The group was Sharon, Lois & Bram, but A&M 31454 0319 (comp 2)-Q 14 14 2 CHRIS SHEPPARD back then that might as well have referred to 14 8 7 PHOTOGRAPH Street. Verve Pipe - Villains Pirate Radio Vol. 5 (Pirate) 7005-M That notwithstanding (and Lipsin insists Sharon Stone, Lois Lane and Bram Stoker for RCA 66809 (comp 4)-N 15 15 11 all anyone knew. Back then the children's E n 19 6 SPIDERWEBS THE CRANBERRIES that the competition and the currently No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom to the Faithful Departed (Island) 3145 fledgling retail market is not an issue), market was so new it wasn't yet even in utero. lnterscope 90003-J 16 10 2 TONI BRAXTON Incredible Records will open its doors in Lipsin was forced to take drastic measures. 16 20 5 MORALE Treble Charger - Self =Title Secrets (La Face) 261120-N Toronto one last time at the end of this "I took that record and I went to Sam's Smokin' Worm (promo CD) -N month, and possibly re -open them in sunny and Sam's scoffed at it because no one thought 17 17 4 GIFT SHOP mu23 15 NOW! The Tragically Hip - Trouble At The Henhouse Various Artists (EMI) 37637-F California. that a children's record would do anything. MCA 81011-J 18 22 10 HIT ZONE "My wife and I are the kind of people They said 'give me fifty copies,' and that was 18 14 13 AHEAD BY A CENTURY The Tragically Flip - Trouble At The Henhouse Various Artists (Poly! el) 535 483-Q who believe we can do anything and that life for all of Canada which was an insult. So I MCA 81011 (promo CD( -J 19 31 5 is almost like a big experiment," says Lipsin. took that order, and I went next door to A&A 19 23 4 FREE TO DECIDE BONE THUGS N' HARMOD and I changed the fifty - I added another zero The Cranberries -To The Faithful Departed L1999 Eternal (Sony) LP91060-H "It's always been a dream for us to live by Island 314 524 234-Q the ocean and in the mountains, and - and showed A&A that Sam's ordered 500. 20 22 4 GOLD DUST WOMAN 20 20 2 CROWDED HOUSE At the time they were in competition with Hole - The Crow: City Of Angels 0.S.T. Recurring Dream: I he Very Best Of... (1 California is very cutting edge. So you could Hollywood 62047 (promo CD) -0 be in the country, you could be half an hour Sam's heavily and mightily. So they ordered 21 NEW DONT LOOK BACK IN ANGER 27 36 THE SMASHING PUMPKII from San Francisco, and you can still be Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? Mellon Collie And I he Infinite... (Virgin] LIPS/N continued on page 14 Epic 67351 (promo CD) -H involved in everything." 22 25 2 WHO WILL SAVE YOUR SOUL 22 19 3 BECK! Jewel - Pieces Of You Udelay (WC) 24823-J Atlantic 82700-P 23 13 7 BANDITOS 23 18 2 ROBERT MILES The Refreshments - Fizzy Fuzzy Big Er Buzzy Dreamland (Arista) 74321 39126-N Mercury (comp 447)-Q 24 29 2 POPULAR 24 17 11 HOOTIE Er THE BLOWFISH Nada Surf- high/low Fairweather Johnson (Atlantic) 82880- Elektra (comp 290)-P 25 27 2 MINT CAR 25 21 7 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 0. The Cure - Wild Mood Swings Various Artists (Mother/Island) 314 53 Elektra 61744 (comp 288)-P NEW 26 30 9 PASTE 26 NEIL YOUNG Pluto - Pluto Broken Arrow (Reprise) 46291-P Virgin 36883-F WALKING CONTRADICTION 27 NEW , BEST OF DANCE PARTY Green Day - Insomniac Various Artists (Quality) 2136-M Reprise (comp 269)-P 28 28 26 5 NOTHING TO BELIEVE IN 36 68 SHANIA TWAIN Cracker - The Golden Age I he Woman In Me (Mercury) 314 522 Virgin 41498-F BURDEN IN MY HAND 29 NEW PHENOMENON O.S.T. Soundgarden - Down On The Upside Various Artists (Reprise) 46360-P A&M 31454 0526 (promo CD) -Q CIGARETTE RELIGION 30 25 4 THE NUTTY PROFESSOR ( Fleshpaint - Imitate Yourself Various Artists (Sef Jam) 314 531 911 Sour Music Inc./Fox 3012 -Select 31 34 15 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS tiny Music... Songs From... (Atlantic) 8 32 32 4 SLOAN One Chord I o Another (Murderecords) 33 24 10 SISTERS WITH VOICES New Beginning (RCA) 66487-N 34 NEW KISS You Want the Best... (Mercury) 31453.