This isn't specifically about tu-NER, but this was the only ProgDay 2023-related thread I could find after a bit of digging.
If anyone's interested, I wrote up my annual "scrapbook" page (with...
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This isn't specifically about tu-NER, but this was the only ProgDay 2023-related thread I could find after a bit of digging.
If anyone's interested, I wrote up my annual "scrapbook" page (with...
OK, getting rid of the left channel was key. I ripped the track with Exact Audio Copy, opened it with CoolEdit, deleted the first 37 seconds (after that point the volume level of the right channel...
I've been gradually going through Charles Ulrich's exhaustively researched book "The Big Note - A Guide to the Recordings of Frank Zappa" and listening to each album as I read the chapter about it.
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I tried Googling "Moon Unit Zappa Valley Girl Aerobics" and all that comes up is pages about the song Valley Girl. Was the Aerobics track ever released?
I even went so far as reversing a WAV file...
My replacement 200 Motels box arrived this afternoon and sure enough this one has all six CDs. Of course, it also has the front cover of the book scratched up by the replica motel room key, which is...
Yeah, can't say I liked that remix at all. But it did include some Moon Unit spoken parts that weren't on the original song. Wonder where those came from and how Flux Pavilion (whoever he is) got...
I once found a "sneak preview" version of the Ryko 2-CD 200 Motels in a used CD shop. I think it was this one:
https://www.discogs.com/release/2519978-Frank-Zappa-200-Motels
Unfortunately,...
Yeah, for the studio albums (and the ones that sound like studio albums even if they're mostly live recordings) I just went with the release date. Basically I started with all the albums released...
I've got a bunch of 'em in that roughly album-sized but thicker format. YesYears, a deluxe version of Yes' The Quest, a Pink Floyd's Shine On box and Division Bell 20th Anniversary box, King...
I'm such a hopeless case that I have all three costume boxed sets. I initially bought the 3-CD version of Halloween '77 because I wasn't going to pay $100 (or whatever the original asking price was)...
I don't have a lot of "real" bootlegs - the only ones that come to mind are Apocrypha and a CD of a Roxy-era show at the Pennsylvania Farm Show building (which I got because the venue is within...
I also went by the latest thing on discs that mixed material, for largely the same reasons.
Yeah, your photo looks very similar to what I came up with. I don't actually have everything lined...
From what I've read, the Ryko 2-CD 200 Motels set isn't made *completely* redundant by the 6CD boxed set - supposedly the Strictly Genteel Finale is different on the big box. I still haven't heard...
Just my luck, I got one of the copies with two disc 4s and no disc 2, bought from Amazon. Fortunately I was able to return it for a refund.
I contacted a different Amazon seller (OUTLETofAMOEBA)...
If anyone's interested, I put together one of my "ProgDay scrapbook" pages with setlists, photos and overly opinionated reviews:
http://eichler.byethost11.com/progday22/ProgDay2022.html
I would buy something from Starpoint if they brought anything other than IPAs. I believe their choices this year were an IPA or a Hazy IPA. Some of us just really don't like IPAs.
I got a...
I don't think I've ever had a hotel room (at the ProgDay hotel or anywhere else) where the bathroom fan was strong enough to keep the mirror from steaming up.
My issue with shower in my room was...
I wanted to go to that show to see Bruteus (saw them play a ProgDay preshow a few years ago and they were great), but it was my wedding anniversary. My wife shot that idea down before I could even...
For what it's worth, I pretty much agree with most of the previous posts about this year's ProgDay. It was great to be back at Storybook Farm. The new sound crew left a lot to be desired (the...
How about coming back in 2024 for the 30th anniversary of Boil That Dust Speck and playing that album? The whole thing this time. :-)
I'm late to the party on this one - didn't even realize the album was out until I saw it on the shelf in a local record store a couple weeks ago.
First impression was that "A Living Island" was...
Well, I finally traced the email chain all the way back to the very first email I sent requesting the replacement discs, and...it turns out I was the one that typed my own address wrong. So I have...
Looking closer at the order for the replacement discs (via the "view your order" link in the shipment notification email), I noticed that whoever typed the order into the system mis-copied my address...
I was looking through some old emails today and found the one from December 2019 saying that they had shipped my replacement discs for the defective Early Years Blu-Rays. They never arrived. I had...
Thanks, I'll update my web page.
Yeah, my neighbor told me about a distributor around here that's similar to Total Wine down in Chapel Hill, except they stock mostly beers. But they carry as many different types as they can find...
In case anyone's still looking for another opinion, I just put up my annual ProgDay "scrapbook" page, a week late as ususal:
http://eichler.byethost11.com/progday20/ProgDay2020.html
Well, this thread seems to have run its course, so here are the official answers from the tour program:
1. What do 'The Tea Set', 'Sigma Six', 'The Flowers' & 'Jokers Wild' all have in common?
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No problem with posting the answers - that's what I assumed people would do.
I had no idea what that question was even talking about until I Googled it. I've only ever owned Wish You Were...
I missed that one, and then when I read the answer I wanted to kick myself.
Here's something to kill some time while you're quarantined.
This is from the replica 1994 Division Bell Tour Program that was included in the Later Years boxed set.
I thought I was a pretty...
Yeah, like I said it has a pretty steep learning curve. Took me a long while to figure out how to use it the first time, and because I only rarely update the iPod Touch I always have to spend a...
A while back I inherited an ancient iPod Touch that my daughter didn't want any more. I quickly came to loathe iTunes and went looking for an alternative that would work in Windows. At the time, a...
I'm getting to this a little late, but today I started from the self-titled album and played them chronologically through Hemispheres. Tomorrow morning I'm going to try to get from Permanent Waves...
In case anyone is still on the fence about this set and isn't already sick of reading about it, I put up an overlong, detailed look at it on my web site:
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I'm guessing the Delicate Sound footage was filmed (as opposed to the videotape for Pulse)? That would explain why, even though it was shot six years earlier, when I watched excerpts from the two...
I was wondering why they duplicated five of the six blu-rays on DVD, but didn't include a DVD of the multi-channel mixes. I guess that explains it...but in that case why include the DVDs at all? ...
I'm still working my way through the box, but that is my biggest gripe so far. They went to the trouble of re-editing the entire Delicate Sound of Thunder video (removing one of my favorite bits in...
"Thirty-two years after its first release, A Momentary Lapse of Reason has now been updated and mixed..."
Thanks, I wasn't feeling quite old enough today, but that did the trick. :meh
Another minor typo, should you want to correct it: about a quarter of the way down the page, Knebworth is misspelled "Kenbworth".
That's all the further I've gotten into the review so far, but...
Well, looks like I was wrong. I just got this email:
"Thank you for your order from Euro Megastore Eurostore.
You can check the status of your order by logging into your account.
If you have...
I gave in when I saw that DeepDiscount.com was having a 15% off of everything sale on Cyber Monday. That brought the price to a little under $300, but then PA sales tax put it back up to $317. As...
I bought Inside Out from the merch stand when Mason's Saucerful of Secrets played in Philly. Enjoyable book, although I thought it went into too much detail about the very early days and then...
I got an email back a few days after I sent in my replacement request, and it just said some variation of "Due a to high volume of requests, there will be a delay in processing your email."
Then a...
You're welcome. I'm just glad someone actually found it useful.
Thanks for that link. I just finally got around to checking my Early Years box and found that five of the eight blu-ray discs are showing signs of damage, from tiny "bubbles" in a couple spots...
I heard a few comments from people around me at the Harrisburg, PA show that made it clear they thought it was going to be a full band show, not a solo piano performance. And there was a jackass...
For what it's worth, my wife (who's a pretty big Yes fan) and I enjoyed the show in Harrisburg, PA last night. First time I've ever seen him play solo (and first time I've seen him at all since the...
I got several good pictures from that Purple Haze jam.
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You were missed Steve. If you haven't heard, in honor of the 25th anniversary, Michael Bennett gave a quick history of ProgDay after the first band and mentioned your role in keeping the festival...
I've finally finished going through all my ProgDay photos and audience recordings, and have put my annual "scrapbook" web page up, if anyone's interested:
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Damn, I was hoping my annual ProgDay scrapbook page (currently under construction) would be the first to unleash Dörsal Sak upon the world.
I just googled "ProgDay 2019" to see if I could find any blog posts or reviews - unfortunately no luck. But I did stumble on this inexplicable page:
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That's the lad. He's an impressive dancer and was fearless up on that stage.
If you don't do the Dime a Dozen torrent thing, remind me in a week or two and I can put it up on Dropbox and provide a link.
I can tell I've been at a prog festival for a few days because I originally read that as "Lots of MAGMA hats."
I've been to every ProgDay since '97 and this year's Sunday was possibly the best since that first year convinced me to return every year. Felt bad for Farmhouse Odyssey not getting to play, but a...
I'm really hoping that price comes way down - there's basically 11 discs worth of content here (not counting the 5 DVDs because they just duplicate what's on the blu-rays). So Amazon's current price...
The only thing keeping me from saying "screw it" and driving down a day early is that I've already seen Marbin four times (at ProgDay and at three music festivals here in PA). But damn, do they put...
Since the ProgDay thread is at the top of the main page right now, I'll just jump on to mention that I've been listening to nothing but old ProgDay audience recordings and the samples of this year's...