Category: TROOPER

RARE ALBUMS / TROOPER

TROOPER – Two For The Show ’76 [Canadian CD Reissue] HQ

As requested by many, here’s the not easy to find only CD version of cult Canadian rockers TROOPER album “Two For The Show“. Trooper is one of Canada’s best Seventies melodic rockers. From 1975 to 1980, the Vancouver quintet produced five albums and a dozen top 20 hits. And they’re still around, despite founding members Ra McGuire and Brian Smith announced their retirement last year – giving their encouragement and blessing to remaining members to continue.
In their early era Trooper was huge in Canada selling platinum, but due to MCA inept operations the band never made it big in America. There’s still a legal dispute and Trooper early albums only have been reissued on CD in Canada (and a couple in Japan), now out of print. This ”Two For The Show” CD – Trooper 2nd album – is being sold for $100, go figure.
It’s evident that Bachman’s focus was aimed at the merits of a strong hook and a gripping chorus, which in turn escalated Trooper into the same category as country mates like April Wine, Loverboy, and Prism.
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RARE ALBUMS / TROOPER

TROOPER – Trooper 1980 [Japan CD release] HQ

As requested by many, here’s the not easy to find only CD version of cult Canadian rockers TROOPER album “Trooper 1980“. Trooper is one of Canada’s best Seventies melodic rockers. From 1975 to 1980, the Vancouver quintet produced five albums and a dozen top 20 hits. And they’re still around, despite founding members Ra McGuire and Brian Smith announced their retirement last year – giving their encouragement and blessing to remaining members to continue.
In their early era Trooper was huge in Canada selling platinum, but due to MCA inept operations the band never made it big in America. There’s still a legal dispute and Trooper early albums only have been reissued on CD in Canada.
However, ”Trooper 1980” only was released on CD in Japan during the Nineties, and never re-pressed. Used CD’s are being sold for over $100.
This album, also known as ‘Untitled’ was the first produced by the band. Released at the end of 1980, TROOPER fully embraced the polished US sound here, mixing pop-rock with AOR. ”Trooper 1980” is some kind of a mix of Cheap Trick, and the upcoming The Tubes & Loverboy albums….

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TROOPER – Flying Colours ’79 [Canadian CD Reissue] HQ

As requested by many, here’s the not easy to find only CD version of cult Canadian rockers TROOPER album “Flying Colours“. Trooper is one of Canada’s best Seventies melodic rockers. From 1975 to 1980, the Vancouver quintet produced five albums and a dozen top 20 hits. And they’re still around, despite founding members Ra McGuire and Brian Smith announced their retirement last year – giving their encouragement and blessing to remaining members to continue.
In their early era Trooper was huge in Canada selling platinum, but due to MCA inept operations the band never made it big in America. There’s still a legal dispute and Trooper early albums only have been reissued on CD in Japan and Canada, now out of print. This ”Flying Colours” CD is being sold for $140, go figure.
Trooper’s fifth studio album ”Flying Colors” was released in 1979, and contained the hits “3 Dressed Up as a 9” and the band’s highest-charting single to date, “Janine”, which pushed the LP to attain Double-Platinum status. Steve Porcaro & Steve Lukather play here, so you know the sound to expect…

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TROOPER – Knock ‘Em Dead Kid ’77 [Canadian CD Reissue] HQ

As requested by many, here’s the not easy to find only CD version of cult Canadian rockers TROOPER album “Knock ‘Em Dead Kid“. Trooper is one of Canada’s best Seventies melodic rockers. From 1975 to 1980, the Vancouver quintet produced five albums and a dozen top 20 hits. And they’re still around, despite founding members Ra McGuire and Brian Smith announced their retirement last year – giving their encouragement and blessing to remaining members to continue.
In their early era Trooper was huge in Canada selling platinum, but due to MCA inept operations the band never made it big in America. There’s still a legal dispute and Trooper early albums only have been reissued  on CD once in Canada, now out of print. This ”Knock ‘Em Dead Kid” CD is being sold for $230, go figure…

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TROOPER – Thick As Thieves ’78 [Canadian CD Reissue] HQ

As requested by many, here’s the not easy to find only CD version of cult Canadian rockers TROOPER album “Thick As Thieves“. Trooper is one of Canada’s best Seventies melodic rockers. From 1975 to 1980, the Vancouver quintet produced five albums and a dozen top 20 hits. And they’re still around, despite founding members Ra McGuire and Brian Smith announced their retirement last year – giving their encouragement and blessing to remaining members to continue.
In their early era Trooper was huge in Canada selling platinum, but due to MCA inept operations the band never made it big in America. There’s still a legal dispute and Trooper early albums only have been reissued on CD in Canada, now out of print. This ”Thick As Thieves” CD is being sold for $90, go figure.
While this Vancouver-based band chalked up radio hits with their three previous albums, it wasn’t until 1978’s ”Thick As Thieves” that they hit pay dirt, scoring with their soon-to-be signature song “Raise a Little Hell”, also a successful single in the U.S…