Re: [F_minor] GG tourist sites in Toronto?

[Brad Lehman <bpl@umich.edu>]

A month ago I asked:
> Anybody have a short list of the essential GG things to see/visit in 
> Toronto?  (Up to date, not the old "Glenn Gould's Toronto" film...)

Thanks again to those who responded.  We had a great time in the 
city, and saw as many of those sites as seemed reasonably feasible 
(while getting around with only subway and buses).

Also as feared, I left too much money in the till of Sam the Record 
Man, and several other shops!  :)

At a couple of places I saw a new commemorative edition of GG's 1955 
Goldbergs: a deluxe set with extra thick booklet, outtakes, etc etc, 
enough that they could justify charging about $45 CDN for it.  It 
looked like maybe a Canada-only issue.  I didn't buy it, already 
having multiple copies of this recording....that seemed like too much 
to pay for just a few new bonus features.

The CBC's gift shop didn't have any new GG archive issues either, but 
they did have a nice rack of other productions of theirs, going for 
$5 per disc in what looked like an overstock sale.  I picked up some 
of those, by other fine Canadian musicians.  Here's the web version 
of their boutique:
http://www.cbcshop.ca/CBC/shopping/home.aspx?CatalogName=CBCBase&lang=en-CA

The "Glenn Gould Gathering" is still carved into Glenn's outdoor bench.

What year did Eaton's turn into a big Sears?


Brad Lehman 

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