General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

15

Total Parts

15

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Synthetic disk/ Cardboard and plastic case/ Paper insert attached to case

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

467.0 cm

Width

167.0 cm

Height

183.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Bachman Cummings

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

2006 +

Canada

The Thunderbird referred to in the CD title ‘The Thunderbird Trax’ is 2011.0003.1, which in in its history to two very important Canadian-born celebrities in the music world, first owner being Burton Cummings and the second one, Randy Bachman. Both gained the status of iconic rock stars during their career, notably with the internationally known rock band The Guess Who and the Bachman-Turner Overdrive band. Their achievements include numerous multi platinum and gold recordings and notable industry awards. Both car owners, Cummings and Bachman, wrote and co wrote songs that became hits like "These Eyes", "Laughing", "Undun", "American Woman", "Takin' Care of Business", etc, not only in Canada but also in U.S. They are still active in the music world. Bachman bought the car from Cummings because he loved it since he first saw it in the late 1970's. Bachman once had a 1961 Thunderbird but sold it because it was not practical in the snow. Now living in British Columbia, he bought the car from Cummings when he was ready to sell it. We have this story written by him in supplementary information. This car is also significant because it is featured on the jacket of ‘The Thunderbird Trax’ CD prepared by Bachman and Cummings when they joined again and released for the "Bachman-Cummings First Time Around" tour in June 2006. Inside the case, the insert tells the story of these tracks and how they came to be. Cummings and Bachman had met at Bachman's tool shed to record songs demo in 1987. They had each one a set of master tapes. One was given to Cummings when he left and he put it in the car and forgot about it. When Bachman bought the car some years later (in 2002) from Cummings, he had it restored. Along with other things found in the trunk, the tape of the songs was given to him. This was the only copy left of all these songs they did together. They were put in digital format and were released on CD.

Function

Recording media upon which music was recorded for playback, in this case songs by Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Black lettering on the CD label reads 'THE THUNDERBIRD TRAX/ BACHMAN CUMMINGS' and '(C) 2006 Bachman Cummings' with white 'THUNDERBIRD'/ Black lettering on the case front reads 'BACHMAN - CUMMINGS' and 'THE THUNDERBIRD TRAX'/ Black lettering on the case back reads '(C) 2006 Bachman Cummings'; white lettering reads 'AMERICAN DREAM/ IN YOUR EYES/ YO TE AMO/ JUST ABOUT SANE/ MARTYR/ SOMETHING ABOUT THAT WOMAN/ SATURDAY'S GLOOM/ ANOTHER ONE/ All songs performed/ by Randy Bachman/ and Burton Cummings./ Made in Canada./ www.bachmancummings.com/ White lettering on the case spine reads 'BACHMAN CUMMINGS THE THUNDERBIRD TRAX BC001 '

Missing

Complete

Finish

Disk: silver disk with label in various shades of grey/ Multicolouredcase cover with colourless transparent synthetic disk holder

Decoration

CD label is a representation of a grey Thunderbird wheel/ Multicoloured photos of the Thunderbird on the front cover and the open trunk of the car on the back/ Multicoloured photos of Thunderbird parts in the insert