

To celebrate the album's 20th anniversary, Arts & Crafts have given fans this expanded triple-vinyl version featuring Songwriters' Cabal: a bonus disc of unreleased tracks, alternate takes, demos, and kitchen table recordings from 1999-2000. The record is an ambitious, singular, highly collaborative collection of songs that showcases the iconic frontman's peerless lyricism, vivid storytelling, and irrepressible knack for melody. It is available for pre-order via Gordieland, Arts & Crafts and Penguin Random House Canada.Originally released in 2001, Coke Machine Glow was Gord Downie's first solo album away from The Tragically Hip.

The book is included in the triple album and will be available via digital audiobook retailers.
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The special album reissue features the original 16 tracks plus a bonus record of 12 unreleased demos, alternate versions and outtakes. The reissue marks the record's 20th anniversary.īy questioning Canada's past, Gord Downie fought for a better future The album was released with an accompanying book of poetry of the same name that featured poems about his work, life and music.


He died at age 53 in 2017.ĭownie's music album Coke Machine Glow was originally released in 2001, in between the ninth and tenth albums by his band The Tragically Hip. He was a singer-songwriter, poet, actor, philanthropist and activist. A new reissue will expand the project into a triple album and accompanying poetry audiobook entitled Coke Machine Glow: Songwriters' Cabal.Ĭoke Machine Glow: Songwriters' Cabal will be released on Aug. 27, 2021.ĭownie was the lead singer of the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. Coke Machine Glow, the first solo project by Canadian rock musician Gord Downie, celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2021.
