The grade one Toronto Police Pipe Band will again be hosting a show at  Toronto’s iconic el Mocambo club, 464 Spadina Avenue, Toronto. The Saturday, May 21, show is slated to begin at 8:00 pm.   

Elvis Costello’s “Live at the El Mocambo” and the Rolling Stones’ “Love You Live” records are two of the most famous albums to be recorded off the floor of the “el Mo”.  The Toronto Police Pipe Band recorded a live show at the venue last May.  The recording went on to receive the pipes | drums award for 2010 “Album of the Year”.

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The grade one band’s “Live at the el Mocambo: Raw and Off the Floor” project was yesterday named Recording of the Year by pipes|drums, the world’s most read piping and pipe band-related website.  

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The Toronto Police Pipe Band’s new recording, “Live at the el Mocambo”, is now available for downloading from iTunes. Over the coming days other major international download sites including puretracks.com, napster.com, etc will also host the record.

The band’s recording of their May 15, 2010 show at the el Mocambo club in Toronto is ready for sale now and officially released July 14, 2010. 

New music, old music, good music; there’s something on Live at the el Mocambo for everyone.  The crowd’s a big part of the production; have a listen, it’ll be like you were there on the night!  

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