Five Gifts to Get a Tragically Hip Fan This Holiday Season

Find gifts for the Tragically Hip fan in your life with Exclaim!'s Holiday Gift Guide

BY Exclaim! StaffPublished Nov 15, 2017

As the holiday season approaches, the rush to find the perfect gifts for your loved ones looms ever closer. That's why we're back with our annual Holiday Gift Guide. We've previously given our suggestions for box setsvinyl reissues and cassettes, and keep this page bookmarked for the rest of our seasonal suggestions.

Canada's still mourning the loss of Tragically Hip lead singer Gord Downie, who passed away in October following a battle with brain cancer. For the Hip fan in your life, there are plenty of ways to make their holiday season a little brighter, such as with these five gifts.

The Tragically Hip
The Complete Collection
 The band have slowly been reissuing their albums over the past year, but now the campaign culminates in The Complete Collection — all 13 studio LPs, their debut EP and live album Live Between Us on 180g vinyl. (Universal)
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Gord Downie
Introduce Yerself
Between the many Hip records and his solo work, Gord Downie left behind a large, lauded discography, but it got even bigger with the posthumous release of Introduce Yerself. Produced by Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew, each of the album's 23 songs is written about a different person in Downie's life. (Arts & Crafts)
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Joshua Kloke
Escape is At Hand: Tales of a Boy and a Band
The Hip have many diehard fans, including writer Joshua Kloke, who even dropped out of university to follow the band across Europe. His book Escape is At Hand chronicles his 20-year love affair with the band. (Eternal Cavalier Press)
Order it via Amazon

Mill Street Brewery
100th Meridian Organic Amber Lager
 The Hip's classic track "At the Hundredth Meridian" isn't the only tribute to the start of the Great Plains — it's best enjoyed with a six pack of Mill Street Brewery's 100th Meridian organic amber lager. (Mill Street Brewery)

The Tragically Hip
Long Time Running
After a TIFF premiere, theatrical run and CBC broadcast earlier this year, the Tragically Hip documentary Long Time Running is coming to Blu-ray and DVD. This super deluxe edition includes the doc on both formats along with a VIP replica laminate, collectors pin, tour program, 24-page commemorative booklet, two posters and the concert video of the Hip's final show, recorded last August in their hometown of Kingston. (Universal)
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