Arts & Culture

You know how many great bands have played Toronto over the years? ALL OF THEM. Well, maybe not all of them, but a lot. And the Toronto Star Photographic Archive, located in the Baldwin Collection of Canadiana on the 5th floor of the Toronto Reference Library, includes a huge collection of vintage photos of classic groups. The TPL has been adding a lot of these images to our Digital Archive, which makes the library a great place to learn more about the look as well as the sound of your favourite bands (and there are plenty of books and DVDs, too!).

Cypress Hill, 1993 

• Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill (CD)
• Rise Up – Cypress Hill (Hoopla Digital)
• 101 artists to listen to before you die – Ricardo Cavolo

Blondie, 1982

• Blondie – Blondie (CD)
• Parallel Lines – Blondie (CD)
• Greatest Hits – Blondie (CD)
• Blondie: unseen, 1976-1980 – Roberta Bayley
• Blondie: parallel lives – Dick Porter 

Cheap Trick, 1980

• At Budokan – Cheap Trick (CD)
• In color – Cheap Trick (CD)
• The very best of – Cheap Trick (CD)

Jackie Mittoo, 1976

• Wishbone – Jackie Mittoo (CD)
• Jamaica To Toronto: soul, funk & reggae 1967-1974 – Various Artists (CD)
• 100% Dynamite!: ska, soul, rocksteady & funk in Jamaica – Various Artists (CD)
• Jackie Mittoo at home and abroad: the cultural and musical negotiations of a Jamaican Canadian – Karen Antia Eloise Cyrus

Joni Mitchell, 1970

• Blue – Joni Mitchell (CD)
• The hissing of summer lawns – Joni Mitchell (CD)
• Court and spark – Joni Mitchell (CD)
• The creative odyssey of Joni Mitchell – Katherine Monk
• Will you take me as I am: Joni Mitchell's Blue period – Michelle Mercer
• The complete poems and lyrics – Joni Mitchell

 
Kiss, 1983

• Alive! – Kiss (CD)
• 40 Years: decades of decibels – Kiss (CD)
• Kiss: behind the mask: the official authorized biography – David Leaf and Ken Sharp
• Kiss: the early years – Waring Abbott
• Nothin' to lose: the making of Kiss (1972-1975) – Paul Stanley

Siouxsie Sioux, 1988

• Peepshow – Siouxsie and The Banshees (CD)
• The scream – Siouxsie and The Banshees (CD)
• The best of – Siouxsie and The Banshees (CD)

Rush, 1978

• Moving Pictures – Rush (CD)
• R40 Live – Rush (CD)
• Rush: beyond the lighted stage (DVD)
• Rush: the illustrated history – Martin Popoff
• Experiencing Rush: a listener's companion – Durrell Bowman
• Ghost rider: travels on the healing road – Neil Peart

The Spinners, 1981

• Love train: the sound of Philadelphia – Various Artists (CD)
• The incredible soul collection – Various Artists (CD)
• Soul power (DVD)