Obscure and short-lived alternative rock band from the Montreal area who won runner-up honours at CHOM radio's 1997 edition "l'Esprit" contest (a perennial event showcasing both local and regional un-signed & up & coming artists). The foursome, "Victor Shifter", "Twin Shifter", "Pink Shifter" & "Atomic Shifter" (real names un-credited), subsequently recorded their only long play later the same year at the legendary Le Studio in Morin Heights, and released it on Tommy Mack's indie label Big Ray Records. All songs are co-written by the band with help from a couple of former members of Simon Says (9).
Without a doubt, this is one of (if not 'the') rarest releases ever recorded at the famed "Le Studio".

Telesphere

Not Today

From the out-of-print self-titled debut LP "Marie-Claire Seguin" featuring Harmonium (1978, CBS PFS-90452) 

Marie-Claire Seguin - Chanson d'amour pudique

From the out-of-print Guy Trepanier vinyl LP, "Fragile" (1978, Disques Solo, SO-1781)

Guy Trepanier - Rever Un Peu

From the out-of-print Jacques Michel vinyl LP "Dieu Ne Se Mange Plus" (1973, Zodiaque ZOX-6009)

Dieu Ne Se Mange Plus...

Jacques Michel - Requiem Pour Un Oiseau

From the out-of-print Claude Lafrance vinyl LP " Une Belle Soiree" (1976, Disques Bleu  DB-1006)

Une belle soir�e

Claude Lafrance - Troubadour

From the out-of-print Daniel Barbe vinyl LP "Distination" (1978, Bobinason  LB-1907)

Destination

Le Sphinx

From the out-of-print Bertrand Gosselin vinyl album DAME MUSIQUE (1978, Kebec-Disc  KD-943)

Integrale de Ses 2 Premiers

Bertrand Gosselin - San Cristobal

vinyl rip from the Privately released Self-titled LP from Legitime Defense (1984, LD-1)

Legitime Defense

Legitime Defense - B.S.

vinyl rip from the out-of-print LP "Mandeville" (1981, RCA KKL1-0426)

Les Annees folk

Gaston Mandeville - Le bonheur est tranquille

From the First Nations (Quebec Innu)private release Ashukan (Le Pont Entre Les Peuples)

Bertrand Gosselin - San Cristobal

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