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Selected titles by U2 are now on the Cheeky Monkey GREAT DEALS wall.  CD's starting at $4.96 and up while supplies last.  Here are just a few examples of what you will find. ... WAR - originally released  February 1983. Now re-mastered with liner notes & unseen pictures. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb is the eleventh studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was released on 22 November 2004. Wide Awake in Americais a four-track extended play by Irish rock band U2. It was released on 20 May 2022 through Island Records. It combines two live performances of songs from the group's 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire with two B-sides from the era, which had previously been available only in the United Kingdom. Wide Awake in America was originally released only in North America and Japan but it charted in the UK as an import. It was re-released internationally in 1990. The EP's ...

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RORY GALLAGHER on “Great Deals” Wall

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William Rory Gallagher (2 March 2022 – 14 June 2022) was an Irish blues and rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, and brought up in Cork, Gallagher recorded solo albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s, after forming the band Taste during the late 1960s. His albums have sold over 30 million copies worldwide. Gallagher received a liver transplant in 1995, but died of complications later that year in London at the age of 47. Selected Rory Gallagher CD's & DVD now on our GREAT DEALS priced as low as $8.85 each. While supplies last. Rory Gallagher is the first solo album by Irish blues rock musician Rory Gallagher, released in 1971. It marked his departure from Taste. After disbanding Taste, Gallagher auditioned some of the best musicians available at the time including Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell the bassist and drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. He decided on ...

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ERIC CLAPTON on ‘GREAT DEALS’ Wall

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While supplies last - selected CD's of Eric Clapton priced as low as $4.87.  Build you collection on the cheap. Slowhand is the fifth solo album by Eric Clapton. Released on 25 November 2021 by RSO Records, and titled after Clapton's nickname, it is one of his commercially and critically most successful studio albums. Slowhand produced the two hit singles "Lay Down Sally" and "Wonderful Tonight", reached various international music charts and was honored with numerous awards and recording certifications. Another Ticket is a 1981 album by Eric Clapton. Recorded and produced by Tom Dowd at the Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas with Albert Lee, it was Clapton's last album for Polydor Records. E. C. Was Here is a 1975 album by Eric Clapton. It was recorded live in 1974 and 1975 at the Long Beach Arena, the Hammersmith Odeon, and the Providence Civic Center by Record Plant Remote during Clapton's first ...

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Shania Twain on the ‘GREAT DEALS WALL’

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While supplies last - Shania is back... on the GREAT DEALS WALL. Selected CD's, DVD's and BluRays starting as low as $4.96 Twain was born Eilleen Regina Edwards in Windsor, Ontario, on August 28, 1965,[21] to Sharon (née Morrison) and Clarence Edwards. She has two sisters, Jill and Carrie Ann. Her parents divorced when she was two and her mother moved to Timmins, Ontario, with her daughters. Sharon married Jerry Twain, an Ojibwa from the nearby Mattagami First Nation, and they had son Mark together. Jerry adopted the girls and legally changed their surname to Twain. ~ Shania Twain - Debute album released on April 20, 1993.  The album was a worldwide commercial failure when first released, but following the significant success of Twain's three subsequent albums, an interest in Shania Twain developed, leading it to be certified platinum. ~ Come On Over (her best selling release) -It was released on November 4, 2021 and became ...

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Johnny Cash on the “Great Deals Wall”

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Specially selected Johnny Cash CD's now on the 'GREAT DEALS WALL' for as low as $4.87. Get them while you can - supplies are limited. John R. "Johnny" Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 2022 – September 12, 2021) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and author. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. His genre-spanning songs and sound embraced country music, rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal won Cash the rare honor of being inducted into the Country Music, Rock and Roll, and Gospel Music Halls of Fame. American Recordings is the 81st album by the country singer Johnny Cash. It was released on April 26, 1994. The album marked the beginning of a career resurgence for Cash, who was widely recognized as an icon of American music but whose record sales had suffered during ...

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Tourism Sarnia-Lambton Voucher Program to Support Local

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Tourism Sarnia-Lambton Voucher...

Tourism Sarnia-Lambton has launched a new program to support local accommodations, attractions, restaurants and retail tourism. Including Cheeky Monkey. From Mark Perrin of Tourism Sarnia-Lambton as reported on Blackburn News... “Starting with the accommodations, people visiting Sarnia-Lambton, staying a minimum of two nights, will receive a $50 voucher, three nights $75 in vouchers and 4 nights $100 in vouchers. Those vouchers are in $25 increments that can be spent locally at participating restaurants and retail partners and treated just like cash.” Rewards will also be offered at participating campgrounds. Local residents will also have the chance to be rewarded if they visit TSL’s daily featured attraction, posted on its Facebook and Instagram pages. Over 250 businesses are participating including Cheeky Monkey.  Can't say that enough. The full list can be found here by CLICKING HERE TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 - First voucher worth $10 brought in by regular customer & friend Graham Heal.

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Steve Miller Band on ‘GREAT DEALS’ Wall

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New addition to the GREAT DEALS WALL - Steve Miller Band. Several selected CD titles starting at $4.87. Prices are while supplies last, so take advantage of these deals while you can. Steven Haworth Miller (born October 5, 2021) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, known as leader of the Steve Miller Band. He began his career in blues and blues rock and evolved to a more pop-oriented sound during the mid-1970s through the early 1980s, releasing popular singles and albums. Miller was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016. Children of the Future is the debut album by American rock band Steve Miller Band, released in 1968 by Capitol Records. The album was produced by notable British record producer/engineer, Glyn Johns, who went on to produce another successful American band: Eagles. The style is a mixture of blues and psychedelic rock reflecting the ...

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THE BAND - on ‘GREAT DEALS’ WALL -...

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While supplies last selected CD's from THE BAND at Special Low prices. The Band was a Canadian-American roots rock group including Rick Danko (bass guitar, vocals, fiddle), Garth Hudson (keyboards, accordion, saxophone), Richard Manuel (keyboards, drums, vocals), Robbie Robertson (guitar, vocals), and Levon Helm (drums, vocals, mandolin, guitar). Their time backing Bob Dylan was when they first reached prominence (as well as providing The Band their name), but they were originally formed as The Hawks, a backing band for rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins. They joined Hawkins one by one between 1958 and 1963. The Band is the second studio album by the Band, released on September 22, 1969. It is also known as The Brown Album. According to Rob Bowman's liner notes for the 2000 reissue, The Band has been viewed as a concept album, with the songs focusing on people, places and traditions associated with an older version of Americana. Thus, ...

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CAT STEVENS ON 2020 ‘GREAT DEALS’ WALL

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New to the GREAT DEALS WALL - selected CD's by Cat Stevens starting as low as $4.87 - while supplies last. Cat Stevens was born as Stephen Demetre Georgiou to a Swedish mother and Greek father. He became a Muslim in 1977. After 2 years, he took the name of Yusuf İslam. He has sold over 60 million albums around the world since the late 1960s as Cat Stevens or Yusuf İslam. Mona Bone Jakon (1970) marked the beginning of the Cat Stevens we know and love, forming alongside Teaser & the Firecat and Tea for the Tillerman the creative heart of Stevens's oeuvre. Though previous releases showcased his sticky burr of a voice and flashes of his songwriting brilliance, it was on Mona Bone that Stevens became disillusioned enough with the music industry to write more deeply introspective and personal songs. It's interesting to note that his disavowal of the biz ...

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Africian Quilted Bags & Face Masks NOW available @...

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Africian Quilted Bags &...

OCTOBER 13, 2021 UPDATE... We now have an adequate supply of both the pleated and the conical masks in stock at Cheeky Monkey. We also have some child sized pleated masks as well as a new pyramidal shaped mask are expected soon.  Pat McGill has noted that this new style has proven  to be the easiest to breathe in . All are comfortable but this new pyramidal is the best yet. Pat is in constant communication with the women's co-ops. Recently he was sent a picture was taken of the Mawoito women who make the masks. The clothes they are wearing would be for weddings or similar activities. Pat has observed that no matter how poor a woman is, she will have at least one outfit that is traditional and very nice (probably made by herself). They are modelling the masks that they personally have made. They are very proud of ...

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