Category Archives: Sunday Big Note

Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #15

Posted on February 19, 2011 by urbangraffito

I still recall with great fondness the day I discovered Traffic’s 1967 debut album, Mr. Fantasy and their psychedelic tour de force, “Heaven Is In Your Mind”. Unlike many psychedelic groups of the era, Traffic had the special ability to … Continue reading →

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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #14

Posted on February 13, 2011 by urbangraffito

Like a lot of other North American listeners, my first exposure to the progressive rock group, Yes, was via their edited for radio version of “Roundabout” from their fourth album, Fragile. Albeit a small hook, given the edited version, yet … Continue reading →

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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #13

Posted on February 6, 2011 by urbangraffito

Growing up as a Canadian teenager in the 1970s, one could literally count the number of well known “homegrown” musical groups and artists on the fingers of one’s hand (okay, maybe two). The trouble was that, at the time, Canada … Continue reading →

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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #12

Posted on January 30, 2011 by urbangraffito

I’m certain each of us has our own personal experience in relation to Pink Floyd‘s masterpiece, Dark Side of the Moon. The band itself had conceived the album as a concept reflecting themes such as conflict, greed, the passage of … Continue reading →

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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #11

Posted on January 23, 2011 by urbangraffito

The choice of this week’s Sunday Big Note was an easy one as it is also one of our webmaster’s favorites as well. Indeed, it put a smile on my face to learn that he had this very recording in … Continue reading →

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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #10

Posted on January 16, 2011 by urbangraffito

Although not an actual member of Frank Zappa‘s band, Lakshmirnarayana Shankar definitely made a mark on countless numbers of Zappa’s fans (including myself, I might add) when he first appeared on stage with Zappa in Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany on September … Continue reading →

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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #9

Posted on January 9, 2011 by urbangraffito

As I chose today’s Sunday Big Note Listening Session, I was struck at how, over time, the details of many of these concerts and broadcasts are either lost or omitted by successive trader, poster, torrenter. Venue. Date. Location. Line-up. Important … Continue reading →

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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #8

Posted on January 2, 2011 by urbangraffito

For as long as I have been a Zappa/Mother‘s freak – going four decades strong and showing no evidence of slowing down – almost every fan of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention I’ve encountered has also been a … Continue reading →

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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #7

Posted on December 26, 2010 by urbangraffito

I had a completely different artist in mind for this week’s listening session before the sad, untimely passing of poet, painter, musician and all round iconoclast, Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart).

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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #6

Posted on December 19, 2010 by urbangraffito

For this week’s Sunday Big Note, I’ve got a fantastic gem of a listening session in store – a soundboard of Wishone Ash from 1976. Although short (approximately one hour in length), the sound quality is excellent, and the performance, … Continue reading →

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