The ''Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia'' is a two volume encyclopedia of Canadian pop music, available in
hardcover
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and
online
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, detailing Canadian music from 1949 onwards.
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History
The ''Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia'' was started by Jaimie Vernon on July 1, 1998, as an online service of the ''Toronto Sun
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'' newspaper website CANOE. Vernon had been advised by music journalist John Sakamoto that the ''Toronto Sun'' had licensed a music encyclopedia, but that the company was not satisfied with it. They hired Vernon to write a new online edition in 1998.Lenny Stoute
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* Lenny (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Lennie (surname), a list of people
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The encyclopedia was originally based on Vernon's association with independent Canadian label Bullseye Records
Bullseye or Bull's Eye may refer to:
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* ◎ (Unicode U+25CE BULLSEYE), in the Geometric Shapes Unicode block
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, established by Vernon in 1985,[Bob Segarini]
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Segarini: Don't Believe A Word I Say, September 22, 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-18. where Vernon began to collect information about notable Canadian bands. This led to the publication of a music magazine, ''Great White Noise
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'', which became the blueprint for the eventual hardcover version of the Encyclopedia.[
Volume One of the Encyclopedia was released in hardcover March 1, 2012. Volume Two of the Encyclopedia was released in hardcover November 14, 2012. A double sized single edition was released to Long & McQuade Music stores in Canada in 2013 but has since been discontinued. A Volume One e-Book was released in 2013. A Volume Two e-Book was also released in 2013.
The primary criteria for inclusion in the encyclopedia is that a band has been in existence for at least a year and has released music in a commercial format or as a commercially released solo act.][ Many Canadian music photographers have contributed material to the encyclopedia, including John Rowlands, Andrew MacNaughton, John Fraser and Allison Janzen.][
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References
External links
Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
Canoe.com
Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedias of music
Canadian music websites
Canadian online encyclopedias