Rush 9/28/84 New Haven, CT An excellent-yet-rarely heard audience recording from the awesome Grace Under Pressure tour. Anyone that digs this tour needs this recording. It's not Leaving Omaha Again, but for the GUP tour I'd put it firmly in the top 5 or 6 recordings. Easily.
Cool space jam in the middle. But Petty's slighty stoned southern gentleman vocals makes the song for me.
Yeah, and Let it Be just ticked up a couple of notches in my book (and it was fairly high to begin with).
It's the wrong side of the road over there it is? That would be hard as I like to update my Facebook status every few minutes, but that's tough with the opposite hand. People say Italy is crazy to drive in, but I like it. People drive like they have somewhere to be, and they know it. I wasn't on facebook when I was there, so it wasn't urgent for anyone to know that I was stopped at a red light. Anway - more Jefferson Airplane today - Volunteers, then Hot Tuna America's Choice again. Here's the obligatory picture:
I mean, Led Zeppelin is a great rock band. I'll bust the Led out every once in a while. I was a much bigger fan when I was 16 though to say the least. Jake Holmes on the other hand, well, his stuff is interesting. I'm not sure if it's great, really good, or just interesting, but it's certainly artistically at a higher level than the mighty Zep. Not as entertaining though. His music was never meant to fill arenas with fans. He should've gotten royalties as a co-writer of "Dazed and Confused" for all of those years, but they did eventually settle with him. I think that at my current stage of music fandom/exploration, I'm much more interested in unique, idiosyncratic artists, creators, and free thinkers. I already know most of the great rock bands and have for years.
Bananamour is more accessible than his earlier albums, but still has that weirdo Syd Barrett edge that puts him in a unique class.
Hey man, you forgot the picture of the PB&J sandwich on the inner gatefold. I do love the Jefferson Airplane.
Iron Maiden 91 01 13 Halifax, CAN An excellent AUD recording and one of the few North American gigs on the tour to feature "The Assassin" before it got dropped from the set
Spontaneous Music Ensemble: A New Distance Recorded live 1994 shortly before John Stevens’ way too early death Stevens on his tiny little drum kit and a bit of bugle Roger Smith on acoustic guitar John Butcher on soprano & tenor saxophones The last recording from the inventor of small form improvisations often also referred to as “Insect Music” And yes it’s very British and in a good way. This stuff and Related musics is my core musical passion - and this one with it's incesssent quiet intensity and focus is one of the great examples of this sort of thing. But it’s very extreme which isn’t a problem for me but might be for many. Melody is forsaken except as a very oblique reference by the guitarist. Btw his intensity increases as his volume goes down.
@budwhite, I listened to this album again. I liked it this time, definitely better than the classic Born To Run.
Trying to delve a little deeper into Zappa's live shows. Loving the Halloween '77 show right now and going to check out the Roxy 73 shows after that! Any other recommendations?
No, it’s more the 5-6’ hedges along a one lane road where you can’t see around the corner or up ahead aspect that’s more challenging. We got an auto transmission this time (much more expensive, oy!). But given how much driving we did it was a good decision despite the cost. I’m originally from the Detroit area so I’m a pretty aggressive driver, but Ireland flipped that on its head. I’ve heard Italy is even more formidable.
Some of my favorite: Just Another Band From L.A. (1971), Wazoo, Imaginary Diseases, Little Dots (all recorded live in 1972), Road Tapes Venue 2 (1973), A Token Of His Extreme (1974), Philly '76 (October, 1976), Zappa In New York (December, 1976). There are lots of others, but those will keep you entertained for a while And listen to the Roxy Performances over and over again, of course!
