RPM: Indispensable Canadian Albums

There are few things that a certain breed of music person likes to jaw over more than Desert Island/Most Essential/Top 10 List recordings. (See 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before...).

But it makes it a slightly more manageable proposition when you narrow the field, as the host and producer of a new series starting up on Inside The Music have.

It's called Revolutions Per Minute: Indispensable Canadian Albums, and you can hear it this weekend -- broadcast details at end of post.

The aforementioned host, Kevin Courrier (who has written books about Zappa and Randy Newman) and producer/archivist John Corcelli, have created striking portraits of some of the most important LPs in Canada’s rock, pop and folk history.

The series focuses on The Band’s Music From Big Pink, Joni Mitchell’s Blue, Bruce Cockburn’s Inner City Front, Daniel Lanois’ Acadie, and You Forgot It In People by Broken Social Scene.

They wanted to present recordings that pushed boundaries, challenged listeners and represented turning points in the artists’ careers. (Of course there are others too, but this is a five-part series and given that, some great choices.)

This weekend the series begins with The Band's Music From Big Pink, from 1968. And here's when you can hear the programme:

Saturday, October 18 on Radio Two at 12 noon in Ontario, Quebec, Central, Mountain and Pacific; 1 p.m. in Maritimes; 1:30 p.m. in Nfld.

And it will also be broadcast on Radio One on Sunday, October 19 at 8 p.m. in Ontario, Quebec, Central, Mountain and Pacific; 9 p.m. in Maritimes; 9:30 p.m. in Nfld.