"Canada Rocks" is the most comprehensive study of the history of Canadian music that has ever been created. It is an album by album, artist by artist, year by year record of the history of LP and EP releases from the early 1940's up until 1989, when the compact disc medium took over and left vinyl behind for a time. This is the third volume (1980-1989) and includes all of the established artists and genres from the 1940's through the seventies, as well as all of the new artists and genres of the eighties, such as the classical and jazz greats John Arpin, Ed Bickert, Paul Bley, Liona Boyd, Paul Brodie, Maynard Ferguson, Andre Gagnon, Glenn Gould, Moe Koffman, Manteca, Rob McConnell, and Oscar Peterson, the country artists Blue Rodeo, Edith Butler, Canadian Zephyr, Carroll Baker, Keath Barrie, Figgy Duff, Good Brothers, Ray Griff, K.D. Lang, Rita MacNeil, Ronnie Prophet, and Ian Tyson, folk musicians Bruce Cockburn, Leonard Cohen, The Irish Rovers, Gordon Lightfoot, Murray McLauchlan, Joni Mitchell, Ian Tamblyn, Valdy, and Neil Young, electronic artists Bruce Haack, Nash The Slash and Skinny Puppy, the classic rock, pop rock and blues standouts Bryan Adams, April Wine, The Arrows, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Brighton Rock, The Climax Jazz Band, Tom Cochrane and Red Rider, Terry Crawford Band, Burton Cummings, Downchild Blues Band, Frozen Ghost, Nick Gilder, The Guess Who, Harlequin, Haywire, Headpins, Jeff Healey Band, Honeymoon Suite, Colin James, The Kings, Loverboy, Mendelson Joe, Kim Mitchell, Alannah Myles, Offenbach, Powder Blues, Prism, Rough Trade, Santers, Spitfire Band, Streetheart, Ian Thomas, Toronto, Pat Travers, and Wrabit, punk rockers Battered Wives, Art Bergmann, I Braineater, Dayglo Abortions, D.O.A., L'Etranger, Forgotton Rebels, The Gruesomes, The Imps, The Subhumans, Teenage Head, and The Viletones, the post punk, new wave and synth pop crew Dalbello, Doug And The Slugs, Front Line Assembly, Glass Tiger, Gowen, Corey Hart, Images In Vogue, Leyden Zar, Lime, Lisa Lougheed, Luba, Martha And The Muffins, Men Without Hats, Mitsou, The Parachute Club, Payolas, Platinum Blonde, Rare Air, Rational Youth, Spoons, Strange Advance, Trans X, Vanity, and Zappacosta, pop stars Paul Anka, Celine Dion, Jean-Pierre Ferland, David Foster, Fernand Gignac, Dan Hill, Pauline Julien, Connie Kaldor, Daniel Lanois, Plume Latraverse, Daniel Lavoie, Michel Louvain, Rene Lussier, Ann Mortifee, Anne Murray, The Nylons, Michel Pagliaro, Nathalie Simard, Rene Simard, and Roch Voisine, prog rockers Aerial, Beau Dommage, FM, Klaatu, Leggat, Maneige, Rush, Saga, and Terraced Garden, hard rock and heavy metalheads Lee Aaron, Annihilator, Anvil, Coney Hatch, Exciter, Hanover Fist, Helix, Kick Axe, Mahogany Rush, Aldo Nova, Razor, Thor, Triumph, Voivod, and White Wolf, and the new indie and alternative bands and musicians 54.40, The Box, Chalk Circle, Cowboy Junkies, Crash Vegas, Deja Voodoo, Doughboys, Grapes Of Wrath, Sarah McLachlan, Northern Pikes, Prairie Oyster, The Pursuit Of Happiness, Jane Siberry, and The Tragicaly Hip, and the emerging reggae and rap stars Maestro Fresh-Wes, Messenjah, and Sattalites, and so many, many more. One album wonders or artists like Oscar Peterson, who have recorded more than two hundred records. They are all in here, each and every studio album by most all of the Canadian artists and musicians from the early forties to 1971. You'll never find a more comprehensive source of information on the history of Canadian music than in this three volume set. Be sure to get parts I and II as well, and discover all of Canada's greatest, right up until 1989.