Had to splurge for the boxed set with costume. In the true spirit of Zappa strangeness, I'm going to make my girlfriend wear the costume while I listen to the entire box set.
Had to splurge for the boxed set with costume. In the true spirit of Zappa strangeness, I'm going to make my girlfriend wear the costume while I listen to the entire box set.
"Why is it when these great Prog guys get together, they always want to make a Journey album?"
- fiberman, 7/5/2015
It'll be the 3CD set for me...although if they do the same sort of multi show release for the 78 Halloween shows then I'll be getting the big one! Those shows are all amazing, especially when Shankar takes part.
Might not be an issue for anyone else, but I'm really hoping they have mixed in those epic Yo Mama esque synths on Black Napkins...I'm pretty sure they were overdubs for the film.
Matt.
3CD set, but I would've gotten the whole thing were it all on CD and not a thumb drive.
I want to dynamite your mind with love tonight.
^^^ x3. Note to Ahmet: study the business practices of DGM. People like big box sets with CDS IN THEM. Not costumes!
♪ Show me your thumb drive if you're really dumb ♩
I whipped off her bloomers 'n stiffened my thumbdrive
If it isn't Krautrock, it's krap.
"And it's only the giving
That makes you what you are" - Ian Anderson
Thumb All Over
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
I don't have a problem with the thumb drive--I can make my own CDRs from it if I really must have CDs--and the "Oh Punky" candy bar design is priceless. I'm just frustrated that the shelf space the format saves is wasted by including that stupid costume. And I'm too much of a dork to keep the drive and throw away the dross.
Speaking of priceless!
Hurtleturtled Out of Heaven - an electronic music composition, on CD and vinyl
https://michaelpdawson.bandcamp.com
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Pr...MCD-spc-7.aspx
Beat the Boots - Not!
Apparently they are offering downloads of the six shows too (although info seems limited/confusing at the moment). That is probably the option I'll take.
I had 2 microSD cards die completely on me in the past 10 days or so, so if I got something on a thumb drive, the first thing I'd do is copy it and back it up someplace.
Halloween 77 released today. To my surprise, all six shows are on streaming services. (I expected them only to put the Halloween show there.) Sounds very good.
As I mentioned on the Zappa Family Fussin' and a Feudin' thread, I managed to find a torrential copy of the whole set. I knew that wouldn't take long since they did us the courtesy of releasing the full set in digital file format only. I will have to imagine the cheap Zappa costume and box.
Last edited by Steve F.; 10-20-2017 at 04:54 PM.
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Gotta be honest, and this might be weird coming from me, but I have almost little-to-nil desire to hear this new one. I dunno, maybe I'm kind of burned out on these tunes, and the repetition of the "same" show 6 times (or whatever) seems a bit overkill, even for a FZ fanatic. I'd much rather spin some other FZ that I am less familiar with (like Dance Me This), or the new Schnellertollermier to be perfectly honest. I Hope I don't get my FZ membership card revoked, but I'm just not feeling it. If there is one single aspect that would interest me on this, its FZ's solos.
If it isn't Krautrock, it's krap.
"And it's only the giving
That makes you what you are" - Ian Anderson
The only song I've listened to so far (on Spotify!) is Camarillo Brillo from the first night, and it seems a little fast, like either the tape is sped up a bit or Frank just wants to rush it and get it the hell out of the way. The track list for these shows seems to have a bit of a "greatest hits" quality, so maybe Frank was sort of on auto-pilot (for him)?
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