Recordings
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- Fogarty's Cove
- Turnaround
- Between the Breaks...Live!
- Northwest Passage
- For the Family
- From Fresh Water
- Home in Halifax
- Poetic Justice
- From Coffeehouse to Concert Hall
- A Matter of Heart
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Fogarty's Cove (1976)
Recorded at Sprinfield Sound in 1976, this was Stan's first full-length album.
Fogarty's Cove
Plenty of Hornpipe
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- Watching the Apples Grow
- Forty-Five Years
- Fogarty's Cove
- Maid On The Shore
- Barrett's Privateers
- Fisherman's Wharf
- Giant
- The Rawdon Hills
- Plenty Of Hornpipe
- The Wreck Of The Athens Queen
- Make And Break Harbour
- Finch's Complaint/Giant: Reprise
Turnaround (1978)
This album includes many of Stan's contemporary songs as well as two cover songs, showing his versatile style and range.
The Jeannie C.
Turnaround
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- Dark Eyed Molly
- Oh No, Not I
- Second Effort
- Bluenose
- The Jeannie C.
- So Blue
- Front Runner
- Song Of The Candle
- Try Like The Devil
- Turnaround
Between the Breaks...Live (1979)
Recorded in Toronto in 1978, this live album captures the energy of Stan's live performances and includes songs premiered in this live session.
The Mary Ellen Carter
Rolling Down to Old Maui
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- The Witch Of The Westmoreland
- Barrett's Privateers
- First Christmas
- The Mary Ellen Carter
- The White Collar Holler
- The Flowers Of Bermuda
- Rolling Down To Old Maui
- Harris and The Mare
- Delivery Delayed
Northwest Passage (1981)
Recorded in 1980 and an outstanding example of the 'mature songwriter' Stan had become.
Canol Road
The Field Behind the Plow
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- Northwest Passage
- Field Behind The Plow
- Night Guard
- Working Joe
- You Can't Stay Here
- The Idiot
- Lies
- Canol Road
- Free In The Harbour
- California
For the Family (1983)
The only album that doesn't have any songs composed by Stan himself. They're the songs he grew up with, including one composed by his uncle and another Garnet wrote the music for.
Cliffs of Baccalieu
Cape St. Mary's
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- Lookout Hill
- Cliffs of Baccalieu
- Strings & Dory Plug
- The Badger Drive
- Cape St. Mary's
- Two Bit Cayuse
- Scarborough Settler's Lament
- Yeastcake Jones
- Up in Fox Island
- Three Fishers
From Fresh Water (1984)
This album was released just months after Stan's passing in 1983. The songs were inspired by the history, people, and geography of the Ontario Great Lakes Region.
Tiny Fish for Japan
House of Orange
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- White Squall
- The Nancy
- Man With Blue Dolphin
- Tiny Fish for Japan
- The Lock-Keeper
- Half of A Heart
- MacDonnell on The Heights
- Flying
- The Last Watch
- House of Orange
Home in Halifax (1994)
Recorded at the Rebecca Cohn Audotorium, this live album includes some off-the-cuff wit and banter between the band and a selection of fan favourites.
Forty-Five Years
Lies
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- Bluenose
- Make & Break Harbour
- Field Behind The Plow
- Shriner Cows (Dial.)
- Night Guard
- Morris Dancers (Dial.)
- The Idiot
- Lies
- Free In The Harbour
- Band Introduction (Dial.)
- Workin' Joe
- The Legend Of Fingal (Dial.)
- Giant
- 45 Years
- Mary Ellen Carter Intro (Dial.)
- The Mary Ellen Carter
- Barrett's Privateers
- Sailor's Rest Intro (Dial.)
- Sailors's Rest
Poetic Justice (1996)
Two radio plays broadcast on the CBC.
Harris & the Mare (1982)
(By John Gavin Douglas, inspired by Stan's song)
The Sisters (1979)
(By Silver Donald Cameron, music composed by Stan)
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- Harris & the Mare
- Harris & the Mare (studio recording)
- The Sisters
From Coffee House to Concert Hall (2000)
A selection of studio and live performances throught Stan's career, all previously unreleased.
Acadian Saturday Night
The Puddler's Tale
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- Guysborough Train
- Pharisee
- It All Fades Away
- Love Letter
- Take it from Day to Day
- Acadian Saturday Night
- Billy Green
- Straight and True
- The Woodbridge Dog Disaster
- Louise's Song
- Past Fifty
- Evangeline
- A Matter of Heart
- Famous Inside
- At Last, I'm Ready for Christmas
- Your "Laker's" Back in Town
- The Puddler's Tale
- Music in Your Eyes
- Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her
- Down the Road
A Matter of Heart (cast recording, 2000)
From the critically-acclaimed stage show.
Samples coming soon!
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- Rise Again/Fogarty's Cove
- White Squall
- Bluenose
- Acadian Saturday Night
- The House of Orange
- Northwest Passage
- The Idiot
- Flying
- Song of the Candle
- MacDonnell on the Heights
- The Lock-keeper
- Night Guard
- Workin' Joe
- Try Like the Devil
- Lies/Field Behind the Plow
- Last Watch
- NWP Reprise/A Matter of Heart
- The Mary Ellen Carter












