Bootleg on Wayside ?

[polmico]

So many forward looking musicians,in England,Germany..everywhere,were putting both ears on anything from Zappa/MoI in this era.Soft Machine, Henry Cow...all these cats(and many more) went to school on this stuff.

"Sometimes we even are progressive/And we listen with attention/To the Mothers of Invention."

[walt]

My dumb ass, i totally forgot about the existence of Road Tapes from 1968.I was so blown away by Ahead Of Their Time(1968) that i was intrigued by any live material from that year,official, or not.Which is why i sprang for the Keyhole boot.

Any comments/opinions on the sound quality/performance quality of Road Tapes 1968?(i'm buying it whatever).

[zombywoof]

Any comments/opinions on the sound quality/performance quality of Road Tapes 1968?(i'm buying it whatever).

I've got it. Haven't played it ages. Will listen and report back.

[Dave (in MA)]

I've got it. Haven't played it ages. Will listen and report back.

Ages! It's not even 2 years old yet. Note to self: I still have to pick up RTv1 and RTv2.

Also, Electric Aunt Jemima, Our Man in Nirvana, The Ark and Tis the Season to Be Jelly are all officially-available releases from roughly the same time period and range from at least listenable to pretty good-sounding. You may end up needing to settle for downloads, though.

[chalkpie]

How bizarre is this.....I grabbed YCDTOSA Vol. 5 disc 1 for my drive today! Haven't listened to that is a million and a half years, then I see this thread now. I guess weirder shit has happened - but not for me for today.

I love the Mozart Piano Sonata with bizarre chicken noises and grunts, and the falsettos of Preston and Roy Estrada on "Chocolate Halvah" - f'ing hilarious! Some little FZ guitar solo gems as well.

[Dave (in MA)]

For the past couple of years, knowing what we now know about Roy Estrada it's kind of taken some of the fun out of listening to the MOI for me.

[Oreb]

Steve F., while not presuming to give you any business advice...

If you genuinely have a question to ask Steve F why wouldn't you PM him? Taking this approach seems odd.

[Jay.Dee]

Any comments/opinions on the sound quality/performance quality of Road Tapes 1968?(i'm buying it whatever).

The sound quality is very decent. As for the performance I really cannot judge it as I have no other live recordings from that period. Compared to contemporary psychedelic live rock it shines, however if I put it up against any subsequent Frank's band lineup from the 70s I have mixed feelings. My main gripe is that the rhythm section does not sound too confident when handling more demanding segments, especially in "Orange Country Lumber Truck", "Suite Exists of Holiday in Berlin Full Blown" and "Octandre".

I am really curious about the boot we are discussing here to be able to check whether it was something incidental. If not I will be tempted to admit that Frank was damn right about disbanding his first group!

[Jay.Dee]

If you genuinely have a question to ask Steve F why wouldn't you PM him? Taking this approach seems odd.

But then how would we learn that the next mail order at Wayside was overdue?

[unclemeat]

If you genuinely have a question to ask Steve F why wouldn't you PM him? Taking this approach seems odd.

The classic "shoot the messenger" response.
There is indeed a question mark in the thread title, denoting surprise. But there isn't any in my post, since it is a statement, not a question ("genuine" or not).
It is not a personal matter, hence no PM. His business operates in public, so the discussion is public as well.
Although I don't know him, in my opinion Steve is obviously a decent chap - otherwise, why even ask ? I have no doubt that a considered response to this situation will be made.

[Oreb]

The classic "shoot the messenger" response.
There is indeed a question mark in the thread title, denoting surprise. But there isn't any in my post, since it is a statement, not a question ("genuine" or not).
It is not a personal matter, hence no PM. His business operates in public, so the discussion is public as well.
Although I don't know him, in my opinion Steve is obviously a decent chap - otherwise, why even ask ? I have no doubt that a considered response to this situation will be made.

Steve F is able to defend himself should he consider it worth doing. For myself, I am simply pointing out that your post is grubby.

[progman1975]

Steve F is able to defend himself should he consider it worth doing. For myself, I am simply pointing out that your post is grubby.

[Rarebird]

"Sometimes we even are progressive/And we listen with attention/To the Mothers of Invention."

Nice Supersister quote.

[Steve F.]

Steve F is able to defend himself should he consider it worth doing. For myself, I am simply pointing out that your purposefully inflammatory public post is grubby.

Added a couple of words & some emphasis! Thanks!

[unclemeat]

Responses acknowledged.

[mozo-pg]

Added a couple of words & some emphasis! Thanks!

I have to agree it's a low blow. The original poster could have just emailed you for clarification or maybe it wouldn't be worth responding to.