Ah, I see. Those would be odd inclusions (but great ones!) since they skip over Criminal Record. And speaking of Criminal Record, a very prog record indeed... Perhaps, there will be a Prog Years Part...
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Ah, I see. Those would be odd inclusions (but great ones!) since they skip over Criminal Record. And speaking of Criminal Record, a very prog record indeed... Perhaps, there will be a Prog Years Part...
Glad I was able to turn a few onto Michael Quatro! I also love his album "PAINTINGS" under Michael Quatro's Jam Band, pretty pricey on CD. I just did a needle drop to digitize it.
Bit of trivia:...
WOW!!! I love this. I had no idea.
I'm confused. You said they were "to be released"?
Where do you see that? Yes, I have a boot DVD of a 40 minute Montreux show, and he plays a track from Rhapsodies.
I would try V. But if you don't like Neal's vocals, i dunno. Neal is more a package deal, multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter. Also, there's context to the time the Spock's albums were released...
Pete conceptualized Tommy a Holiday Inn in Rolling Meadows IL!! Wow, that's in my neighborhood.
Oh almost forgot this one, Ray Manzerek (The Doors) covering Carmina Burana, the whole album...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94P8Y_etFN4&list=PL636511758C9089BA
That's a different octopus. His eye is half closed, and the markings on body are completely different.
I wonder how the Vinyl Box of "Progany: Seven shows from 72" has sold? I thought that was a hoot after we all bought the limited edition CD Box.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVOf_-kvNZQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEJPtTuDtr8
I don't think Jimmy has ever elaborated. I've been confused about the whole PSA deal myself. It's Spock's Beard without Ryo & Al, but no new element added... so basically SB Lite. I know when...
Carl is used to playing with young speed demons, like Paul B. I think it was hard for Carl to readjust his tempos for the senior citizens. I dunno, Carl has very little patience, he had no desire to...
So true. Keith had such kismet with Marc Bonilla. And I think Keith playing in that KEB was liberating for him because they were so tight, he could just glide through performances with them, plus not...
Put me down for hating 80's keyboards. Gauwd, the days when everyone dumped their Moogs & Mellotrons and Hammonds, for weak digital cheese.
Not sure. I don't think "producers" really get prog rock. It's usually dial way down the keyboards, remove anything subtle, and we need this digestible for Spotify.
That's heartbreaking. I wish Steve the best.
There are two official "3" live concert releases. Live at The Ritz NY, and Live in Boston. Yeah, I really enjoyed seeing 3 live at the Vic in Chicago, more so than ELPowell. It just seemed Emerson...
Yea, hate to crap on it. But it's coincidence I just put CA on a couple weeks ago for the first time since I bought it. It sounds horrible to me, I could only get through a few songs. "Harsh on top...
Yes, it was the Houston show.
Don't know if this counts, but I think there's a good argument that Ben Folds solo output is better than Ben Folds Five.
Yes & no. Like the new Beatles single was a horrific brickwall. I think, IMO, everything is mastered today for streaming, equalized for Spotify. It's just an industry standard. Like I just bought the...
They could have sold me if included a DVD with promo videos and interviews, tv appearances, etc. The sprocket rehearsals and the live show were already sold by Maniticore. There are other live shows...
This quick video explains it all:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gmex_4hreQ
I'm guilty doing that sometimes as well, but mostly when I was younger. I still have most the '97 Genesis, but back then I happily got rid of the original Lamb just because it was in that ugly double...
That's cool. I believe Brothers in Arms is known for being the first CD to sell a million copies. So, there certainly must have been a lot of players sold already in 1985. But, we're still looking at...
I just bought a used CD of Dire Straits Brother In Arms, the original 1985 pressing, which was among the very first albums available on Compact Disc. It's notable that it plays as flawlessly as the...
What do you take with you, an external hard-drive, files in full res? Seriously asking. I'm a jogger, I take my iPhone and really MP3's are I would need for a run, along with my a great big...
Jazz trombone, or any sort of jazz horn soloist. I can definitely take them in small doses, but I whole album with soloing loses me fast. Like the new Hiromi album has a horn soloist who is more...
Can I ask, what is the point or reason of digitizing (ripping the files of) your entire collection? Including vinyl, which to me seems like the entire point of vinyl is the experience of playing it...
Back in my day I had to listen to something called a radio, where you often got shitty reception with static. And some stations, on something called AM, were even in mono. It was horrible, like after...
Kinga Glyk has a new album coming out. Looking forward to it.
Definitely the definitive Sherwood line-up: Howe, Squire, Davison, Downes & White. Wakeman declined after Anderson was not invited.
I could definitely see YES as avatars, with Billy Sherwood as the only live member on stage, keeping the band all together.
Yea, interesting wording. But, he is saying "goodbye to the audiences." That solo wording might however just leave him open to tour in a YES configuration should one arise. It seems to me the US...
OK. Still very disappointed his last "Rick Wakeman" US tour with a BAND was in 1993, the Wakeman & Wakeman Tour. Happy to have seen him recently in ARW though.
I've seen his piano show too many...
That's the other thing, especially with our prog hobby. Taking digital CDs that are 60 to 80 minutes long (or even a two CD set!) and stretching them on vinyl is something I can't get into. The great...
I actually am a vinyl fan! Vintage stereo guy all the way. Look, sure there has always has been a certain market for vinyl, along with that Hipster Tag (be it true or not). But, when did all the new...
A couple years ago when I bought a new iPhone (iPhone12) I went to put some new CDs into it, only to find out the upgraded iTunes on Mac completely changed its menu and I could not figure out how to...
Tarkus and 2112 are similar in the use of a spectacular epic on side one, and lesser impressive short songs on side 2, including a fun cut.
The Who went out with a horn section in 1989, the Tommy Tour. I remember some fans I knew thought it was lame, but personally I loved it, loved the big sound of the tour. Especially with Pete playing...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXFsbQYSngw
Coming in December:
Pink Floyd/Atom Heart Mother + Hakone Aphrodite Japan 1971
Two disc package in a 7-inch sleeve, containing the Atom Heart...
Yup, had these for a while cool to see them on the interweebs finally. There's also a Perpetual Change video that was broadcast with these with a dancing bikini girl, but they don't show the band,...
Hey George Lucas sued Battlestar Gallactica in the 70's for plagiarism, and lost. Turns out both used spaceship concepts and stories from early sci-fi moves like Flash Gordon & Buck Rogers.
R2D2...
I think Dream Theater should use parts of that Op Ed as lyrics and the basis of their next concept album.
James LaBrie said, "I can say with absolute confidence this will be the final incarnation of DT with many chapters still to be written well into our future."
This makes me think that for Portnoy...
I don't know if anyone else saw, or agrees, that the packing on THC is lacking and boring, to say the least. I was shocked really just how plain the artwork is. A jewel case with a simple booklet. No...
Funny, I was just here about an hour ago thinking of making the same post.
I think we're all captive in a deep realm of awe inspiring sonic production values and the shockingly lack of actual...
Maybe it's another master that Sting stole and recorded over. He famously admitted stealing 2" master tapes from Renaissance and recorded over it.
Great interview! Really enjoyable.
Good review! You know I never caught that ”On The Frontier” was written by Jim McCarty. Interesting!
Ah, yea I think I recall that. And he used to play Birdman solo piano back in the 80's. But still, material from CR has never been a staple in his set lists throughout his career. Did he ever tour...
Rick seemingly has never revisited Criminal Record. Finding him playing any track from it live would be quite a task. I can't recall ever hearing one, other than Judas Iscariot he played once like 10...
Holding out for $989 limited edition 72 vinyl disc box version.
If he does a "Disco Years" I'll probably just do the CD box.
I'm sure most people just think it's a preview for a new Avatar movie called YES.
Huh. That does sound like a lost Triumvirat track.
I found that utterly pointless. Does he really think people will want to hear that a 2nd time? Is there some nuisance to be gathered on subsequent spins?
Could it be that YES was better produced in the 70's, with Eddie Offord on board from the early YES through Relayer? Yeah GFTO holds together nice, but then it crumbled from there. There's also the...
Oh boy, that same scenario happened to me and my wife at The Musical Box in St Charles IL. The couple sitting next to us were totally upset about what they were watching! The wife was shouting, "This...