Music from the mid 60's to late 70's (when creative genius reigned..)
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My first smoking sessions were accompanied by a flying teapot. Perhaps a bit silly, but Daevid Allen was a great poet and the members of Gong included Bill Bruford, Steve Hillage and many other excellent musicians.
Radio Gnome Invisible (complete)
NOW is the happiest time of your life
Radio Gnome Invisible (complete)
NOW is the happiest time of your life
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(zombie) Woof.
Two kinds of people, as seen thru the eyes of FZ....this kind:
Frank Zappa - "Plastic People" - The Factory, February 13, 1969
I bought this double vinyl when it was released around '88... still have it and it's in mint condition cuz I moved on to primarily cds right about then... good stuff.
Edit: whoops! Just went down into the basement to double-check... it's this, the "sampler", released in April, '88:
And this:
Frank Zappa - Po-Jama People (Visualizer)
My first official copy of this was given to me as a holiday gift with about 5 other Zappa cds my would be then wife bought for me at the physical Rykodisc shop in Salem, MA (click the link, interesting bio about RD) around '93.... hell of a gal, and still is...!
Edit 2: 4 Zappa cds actually, I believe, and "Ziggy Stardust" and the Hendrix "Live at Winterland", too..,. It's hard to remember specifically, I was listening to so much music back then... and I moved on from cd many years ago now, so don't make me go down into the basement again and check...! Many of the boxes are slightly out of order...
Frank Zappa - "Plastic People" - The Factory, February 13, 1969
I bought this double vinyl when it was released around '88... still have it and it's in mint condition cuz I moved on to primarily cds right about then... good stuff.
Edit: whoops! Just went down into the basement to double-check... it's this, the "sampler", released in April, '88:
And this:
Frank Zappa - Po-Jama People (Visualizer)
My first official copy of this was given to me as a holiday gift with about 5 other Zappa cds my would be then wife bought for me at the physical Rykodisc shop in Salem, MA (click the link, interesting bio about RD) around '93.... hell of a gal, and still is...!
Edit 2: 4 Zappa cds actually, I believe, and "Ziggy Stardust" and the Hendrix "Live at Winterland", too..,. It's hard to remember specifically, I was listening to so much music back then... and I moved on from cd many years ago now, so don't make me go down into the basement again and check...! Many of the boxes are slightly out of order...
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Still Crazy After All These Years
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Bologna
(zombie) Woof.
I was only lucky enough to see him live twice (no official Mothers, tho 
)!:
First:
Frank Zappa - 1984 08 31 - Winter Island, Salem, MA
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Frank Zappa's Band, July - December 1984
FZ, Ike Willis, Ray White, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Allan Zavod, Bobby Martin, Napoleon Murphy Brock (July 17 - August 1)
1984 08 31 - Winter Island, Salem, MA
105 min, Aud, A-/B+
0:00 Audience - Tuning
2:20 Zoot Allures
11:00 More Trouble Every Day
15:17 Penguin In Bondage
20:09 Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel
26:00 Goblin Girl
28:19 The Black Page
33:26 I'm The Slime
37:57 Be In My Video
41:14 City Of Tiny Lights
48:21 You Are What You Is
52:12 Mudd Club
54:48 The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
57:56 Ride My Face To Chicago
1:01:24 Improvisations (incl. Singing Winds, Crying Beasts)
1:06:24 He's So Gay
1:08:51 Bobby Brown
1:11:29 Keep It Greasey
1:14:56 Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?
1:18:54 Joe's Garage
1:21:15 Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
1:25:10 Dinah-Moe Humm
1:28:38 Cosmik Debris
1:35:13 Dancin' Fool
1:39:25 Whipping Post (q: Big Swifty)
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Last:
Frank Zappa Live in Boston 2.19.1988
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From FZShows:
Frank Zappa's Band, February - June 1988
FZ, Ike Willis, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Paul Carman, Albert Wing, Kurt McGettrick.
1988 02 19 - Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA
Soundcheck
5 min, Aud, B+
0:00 Audience
2:23 Sinister Footwear Show
145 min, Aud, A-
6:47 Audience/Voter Registration Rap 10:21 The Black Page
19:28 Who Needs The Peace Corps? (incl. I Left My Heart In San Francisco)
22:30 Dickie's Such An Asshole
28:45 When The Lie's So Big
32:27 Planet Of The Baritone Women
35:10 Any Kind Of Pain
40:40 Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk
48:13 Sofa
50:49 City Of Tiny Lights
1:01:02 A Pound For A Brown
1:14:49 Intermission and Preamble
1:16:16 The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley
1:27:50 Bacon Fat
1:30:29 Stolen Moments (q: The Black Page)
1:40:02 More Trouble Every Day
1:45:20 Penguin In Bondage
1:50:22 Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel
1:56:50 What's New In Baltimore?
2:03:05 Whipping Post (q: Black Napkins)
2:09:09 I Am The Walrus
2:13:08 Advance Romance
2:20:47 Stairway To Heaven
2:28:59 Strictly Genteel
zappalifeontheroad.wordpress.com
More great memories conjured by YouPube, FZ, and the great members here... thanks buddy!
EDIT: Speaking of WEEN (earlier), my daughter is going to her first live Ween show TONIGHT in Providence, RI with a few of her buds.....!!!! I'm so fuckin PROUD
I'm so psyched I might spin down and see if I can get a "miracle" for tonight, too, out front, as I will no doubt know many peeps there!! Or maybe just take her to Hampton Beach tomorrow night?!?!.. We'll see!! Been awhile.... TOO LONG!
SUMMAH AIN'T OVA YET!
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Frank Zappa - 1984 08 31 - Winter Island, Salem, MA
From FZShows:
Frank Zappa's Band, July - December 1984
FZ, Ike Willis, Ray White, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Allan Zavod, Bobby Martin, Napoleon Murphy Brock (July 17 - August 1)
1984 08 31 - Winter Island, Salem, MA
105 min, Aud, A-/B+
0:00 Audience - Tuning
2:20 Zoot Allures
11:00 More Trouble Every Day
15:17 Penguin In Bondage
20:09 Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel
26:00 Goblin Girl
28:19 The Black Page
33:26 I'm The Slime
37:57 Be In My Video
41:14 City Of Tiny Lights
48:21 You Are What You Is
52:12 Mudd Club
54:48 The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
57:56 Ride My Face To Chicago
1:01:24 Improvisations (incl. Singing Winds, Crying Beasts)
1:06:24 He's So Gay
1:08:51 Bobby Brown
1:11:29 Keep It Greasey
1:14:56 Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?
1:18:54 Joe's Garage
1:21:15 Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
1:25:10 Dinah-Moe Humm
1:28:38 Cosmik Debris
1:35:13 Dancin' Fool
1:39:25 Whipping Post (q: Big Swifty)
zappalifeontheroad.wordpress.com
Last:
Frank Zappa Live in Boston 2.19.1988
From FZShows:
Frank Zappa's Band, February - June 1988
FZ, Ike Willis, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Paul Carman, Albert Wing, Kurt McGettrick.
1988 02 19 - Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA
Soundcheck
5 min, Aud, B+
0:00 Audience
2:23 Sinister Footwear Show
145 min, Aud, A-
6:47 Audience/Voter Registration Rap 10:21 The Black Page
19:28 Who Needs The Peace Corps? (incl. I Left My Heart In San Francisco)
22:30 Dickie's Such An Asshole
28:45 When The Lie's So Big
32:27 Planet Of The Baritone Women
35:10 Any Kind Of Pain
40:40 Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk
48:13 Sofa
50:49 City Of Tiny Lights
1:01:02 A Pound For A Brown
1:14:49 Intermission and Preamble
1:16:16 The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley
1:27:50 Bacon Fat
1:30:29 Stolen Moments (q: The Black Page)
1:40:02 More Trouble Every Day
1:45:20 Penguin In Bondage
1:50:22 Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel
1:56:50 What's New In Baltimore?
2:03:05 Whipping Post (q: Black Napkins)
2:09:09 I Am The Walrus
2:13:08 Advance Romance
2:20:47 Stairway To Heaven
2:28:59 Strictly Genteel
zappalifeontheroad.wordpress.com
More great memories conjured by YouPube, FZ, and the great members here... thanks buddy!
EDIT: Speaking of WEEN (earlier), my daughter is going to her first live Ween show TONIGHT in Providence, RI with a few of her buds.....!!!! I'm so fuckin PROUD
I'm so psyched I might spin down and see if I can get a "miracle" for tonight, too, out front, as I will no doubt know many peeps there!! Or maybe just take her to Hampton Beach tomorrow night?!?!.. We'll see!! Been awhile.... TOO LONG!
SUMMAH AIN'T OVA YET!
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1973 - During a birthday party for Gong's Gilli Smyth in London, an inebriated Robert Wyatt fell from a fourth-floor window and broke his spine. Pink Floyd performed two benefit concerts in one day at London's Rainbow Theatre, supported by Soft Machine. He had begun drinking heavily while touring the US supporting The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and Keith Moon introduced him to alternating shots of tequila and Southern Comfort.
1974 - Robert Wyatt released Rock Bottom, produced by Nick Mason and accompanied by Mike Oldfield, Ivor Cutler, Alfreda Benge, and various members of Soft Machine, Matching Mole, Henry Cow and Gong, including Hugh Hopper and Richard Sinclair who (along with Wyatt, Kevin Ayers and Brian Hopper) founded the The Wilde Flowers in 1964 and established the Canterbury scene.
1974 - Robert Wyatt released Rock Bottom, produced by Nick Mason and accompanied by Mike Oldfield, Ivor Cutler, Alfreda Benge, and various members of Soft Machine, Matching Mole, Henry Cow and Gong, including Hugh Hopper and Richard Sinclair who (along with Wyatt, Kevin Ayers and Brian Hopper) founded the The Wilde Flowers in 1964 and established the Canterbury scene.
Canna Chameleon
Muted by mods. Run off by rudeness.
1975 Pure Prairie League
Amie was their big hit, but if you grew up listening to the right station they only played these two songs together and in this order.
Amie was their big hit, but if you grew up listening to the right station they only played these two songs together and in this order.
Robert Wyatt never liked the Canterbury label since he was born in Bristol and lived near Dover as a teenager, only going to school in Canterbury. Wherever it may be produced, "the real essence of Canterbury Sound is the tension between complicated harmonies, extended improvisations, and the sincere desire to write catchy pop songs". Some Soft Machine is not easy listening (especially their third album) but I hope that some members will appreciate the Canterbury tale I have told on this page. Beyond 1975 the Canterbury sound faded, and after Robert Wyatt left Soft Machine and Daevid Allen left Gong those bands continued to produce 'jazz rock'.
I learnt piano as a child and only listened to classical music at home. Popular radio held no interest, until I heard Hocus Pocus by Focus in 1973, closely followed by Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells. Eyes and ears now opened, I searched local record stores for anything resembling 'progressive rock'. There are some names that stand out for me as creative genius, including Daevid Allen, Robert Wyatt, Fred Frith and Robert Fripp, and many of my favourite albums have their input or influence. True creative genius is not a flash in the pan, and these artists have consistently created inspired and inspiring music throughout their long careers.
I have generally preferred British music, but Frank Zappa and Don van Vliet are both quite remarkable talents.
I learnt piano as a child and only listened to classical music at home. Popular radio held no interest, until I heard Hocus Pocus by Focus in 1973, closely followed by Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells. Eyes and ears now opened, I searched local record stores for anything resembling 'progressive rock'. There are some names that stand out for me as creative genius, including Daevid Allen, Robert Wyatt, Fred Frith and Robert Fripp, and many of my favourite albums have their input or influence. True creative genius is not a flash in the pan, and these artists have consistently created inspired and inspiring music throughout their long careers.
I have generally preferred British music, but Frank Zappa and Don van Vliet are both quite remarkable talents.
Bologna
(zombie) Woof.
Yes, Beefheart, of course, naturally...! I posted all this (and the "stuff" above) years ago here, as I'm sure many others have, too... much less "accessible" than the "radio friendly" SAM, this FZ produced masterpiece is much more challenging:
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica [Full Album]
"Trout Mask Replica", by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band.
[Straight Records - 1969] All Rights Reserved.
**DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THIS MATERIAL. ALL CREDITS FOR CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND AND STRAIGHT RECORDS**
Song list:
0:00 - Frownland
1:41 - The Dust Blows Forward 'N the Dust Blows Back
3:34 - Dachau Blues
5:56 - Ella Guru
8:23 - Hair Pie: Bake 1
13:22 - Moonlight in Vermont
17:20 - Pachuco Cadaver
22:00 - Bills Corpse
23:50 - Sweet Sweet Bulbs
26:10 - Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish
28:36 - China Pig
32:38 - My Human Gets Me Blues
35:25 - Dali's Car
36:51 - Hair Pie: Bake 2
39:15 - Pena
41:48 - Well
43:56 - When Big Joan Sets Up
49:14 - Fallin' Ditch
51:22 - Sugar N' Spikes
53:52 - Ant Man Beer
57:49 - Orange Claw Hammer
1:01:24 - Wild Life
1:04:33 - She's Too Much For My Mirror
1:06:14 - Hobo Chang Ba
1:08:16 - The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica)
1:10:21 - Steal Softly Thru Snow
1:12:40 - Old Fart at Play
1:14:30 - Veteran's Day Poppy
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A true American Original and MORE than worthy of a huge post like this... RIP
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica [Full Album]
"Trout Mask Replica", by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band.
[Straight Records - 1969] All Rights Reserved.
**DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THIS MATERIAL. ALL CREDITS FOR CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND AND STRAIGHT RECORDS**
Song list:
0:00 - Frownland
1:41 - The Dust Blows Forward 'N the Dust Blows Back
3:34 - Dachau Blues
5:56 - Ella Guru
8:23 - Hair Pie: Bake 1
13:22 - Moonlight in Vermont
17:20 - Pachuco Cadaver
22:00 - Bills Corpse
23:50 - Sweet Sweet Bulbs
26:10 - Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish
28:36 - China Pig
32:38 - My Human Gets Me Blues
35:25 - Dali's Car
36:51 - Hair Pie: Bake 2
39:15 - Pena
41:48 - Well
43:56 - When Big Joan Sets Up
49:14 - Fallin' Ditch
51:22 - Sugar N' Spikes
53:52 - Ant Man Beer
57:49 - Orange Claw Hammer
1:01:24 - Wild Life
1:04:33 - She's Too Much For My Mirror
1:06:14 - Hobo Chang Ba
1:08:16 - The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica)
1:10:21 - Steal Softly Thru Snow
1:12:40 - Old Fart at Play
1:14:30 - Veteran's Day Poppy
Captain Beefheart | The Range Planet
Don Van Vliet (15.01.1941 - 17.12.2010)
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The story of Captain Beefheart, an art sculpting child prodigy
The story of Captain Beefheart, a gifted musician, painter and sculpting child prodigy who inspired Tom Waits and collaborated with Frank Zappa
Captain Beefheart obituary
Discordant and mesmeric, the 1960s Magic Band singer Don Van Vliet was rhythm and blues based but completely unorthodox; latterly he won fame as an artist
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A true American Original and MORE than worthy of a huge post like this... RIP
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