After a rare thrift store discovery, a Canadian rock band is getting its long-lost chance at fame

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published March 12, 2026 at 11:51 AM EDT

(L-R) Norm Roth, Clayton Milne, Wayne Harbord, Craig Abbott, members of the rock band The Glass Cage, with retired music promoter Marcus Pollard. (Courtesy of Lauryn Mackenzie/CHLY 101.7FM)

A group of teenagers that formed a rock band in the 1960s never released their music until now.

Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd learns more about how a new album from The Glass Cage came to light more than 50 years after it was recorded. He speaks with band member Norm Roth and retired music promoter Marcus Pollard.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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