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Tag Archives: 1974
The Tubes – Re Styles, Then & Now
From the very beginning of The Tubes, I was always taken with the vocal and performance style of band member Re Styles – born Shirley Marie MacLeod (certainly being a teenage boy at the time didn’t hurt my infatuation very … Continue reading
Frank Zappa – Penguins In Bondage, 73-74
Ah, the memories, Barry. Especially from the 8th November 1974 WXRT radio broadcast of “Penguin In Bondage” from Frank Zappa’s performance at the Roxy on December 1973 (above) with various visual memories added later. Then a soundboard recording of “Penguin … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 1973, 1974, buffalo, Opopoppa Special, penguin in bondage, Roxy, St. Paul, Sweden
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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #12
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
Posted in Miscellany, Music, Sunday Big Note
Tagged 1974, dark side of the moon, Empire Pool, london, Pink Floyd, Wembley
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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #11
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
Posted in Miscellany, Music, Personal, Sunday Big Note
Tagged 1974, Donald Fagen, london, Rainbow Theater, Steely Dan, streaming audio, Walter Becker
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Gentle Giant’s “Funny Ways” – Brussels, 1974
A little something special for all you aficionados of Gentle Giant music. “Funny Ways” is the second track from Gentle Giant‘s debut album of the same name released in 1970. Vocals were provided mostly by Phil Shulman, with Derek Shulman … Continue reading
Posted in Interview, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 16mm film, 1974, Christopher Nupen, funny ways, gentle giant
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Trouble Every Day – Live In Philadelphia ’74
A couple of weeks ago, I was contacted by a couple of old friends I knew in High School, and among our collective reminiscences, were those long afternoons we spent listening to my Frank Zappa and Mothers of Invention records … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, Personal, YouTubery
Tagged 1974, Frank Zappa, mothers of invention, philadelphia, the spectrum, trouble every day
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Frank Zappa poltti näppinsä Suomessa
A finnish article about the ’74 show in Helsinki: Zappa had in Helsinki, Finland two concerts on September 22, 1974 (famous Helsinki concerts, YCDTOSA vol. 2). Short concert review (“Voihan Zappa!” is on page 89). Before that on September 17 … Continue reading
Tweezer Glint: Finale – The Roxy Years 73/74 (Part III)
Welcome fellow KUR-meisters to the final installment of the Tweezer Glint series, “Tweezer Glint: Finale – The Roxy Years 73/74 (Part III)”. 120 tracks of raw, unbridled buffoonery amid some of the finest musicianship you’ll hear from this period of … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Jean-Luc Ponty, Music
Tagged 1973, 1974, Frank Zappa, mothers of invention, streaming audio, the roxy band
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Tweezer Glint: Finale – The Roxy Years 73/74 (Part II)
Welcome to the second installment of Tweezer Glint: Finale – The Roxy Years (Part II). Slip on your headphones to oblivion, kick up your feet, and enjoy this unique group of talented musicians which many consider to be the absolute … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music
Tagged 1973, 1974, Frank Zappa, mothers of invention, streaming audio, the roxy band
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Tweezer Glint: Finale — The Roxy Years 73/74 (Part I) (aka Ruth Is A Sugar Bear — Or, The Continuing Adventures of Marty Perellis)
Between February 1973 and December 1974 Frank Zappa and the Mothers – featuring George Duke, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Ruth Underwood, Ian Underwood, Bruce Fowler, Tom Fowler, Walt Fowler, Jean-Luc Ponty, Don Preston, Ralph Humphrey, Chester Thompson, Jeff Simmons, and Sal … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music
Tagged 1973, 1974, Frank Zappa, mixtape, streaming audio, the roxy band
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