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Tag Archives: streaming audio
King Kong – Mother of All Monster Songs
From its first introduction in 1967, Frank Zappa‘s “King Kong” was a composition made for solos – horn solos, keyboard solos, drum solos, guitar solos. “King Kong” had them all. It was also a vehicle for extensive jamming. So, no … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Personal
Tagged field recordings, king kong, streaming audio
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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #14
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
Posted in Music, Sunday Big Note, YouTubery
Tagged 1991, Fragile, jon anderson, progressive rock, streaming audio, Yes
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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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Zappa’s Coven of Drowning Witches
On more than one occasion, upon seeing the colossal size of my Frank Zappa music collection, I’ve been asked, “How many versions of Zappa songs do you really need?” Of course, to someone who isn’t a fan of Zappa’s music, … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Personal
Tagged coven, Drowning Witch, Frank Zappa, live versions, live zappa, streaming audio
17 Comments
Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #9
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
Posted in Alumni, Jean-Luc Ponty, Music, Sunday Big Note
Tagged 1976, Hamburg, Jean-Luc Ponty Group, NDR Jazzworkshop, streaming audio
9 Comments
KUR’s Vinnie Colaiuta Primer Mix
Back on November 26th, 2010, I suggested the idea of a Vinnie Colaiuta inspired mixtape. Little did I know at that time the actual extent of Colaiuta’s extensive recordings. Although he only played with Zappa from Spring 1978 to Fall … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Music
Tagged Frank Zappa, mixtape, streaming audio, Vinnie Colaiuta
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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #7
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).
Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #5
From the very start, Led Zeppelin was a band whose essential ingredients were a ”crushingly loud interpretation of the blues”, “heavy, guitar-driven blues-rock sound”, a style that crossed many music genres, and their unbound male sexuality. It pulsed beneath the … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Personal, Sunday Big Note
Tagged 1975, led zeppelin, Long Beach, streaming audio, sunday big note
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Best of Zappa In Australia – 1973 Tour
In the above clip (short as it is), Frank Zappa expounds on what an Australian concert goer might expect from one of the various shows on his 1973 Australian tour. For some FZ fans, this particular ensemble is their favorite … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Interview, Jean-Luc Ponty, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 1973, australia, Frank Zappa, mothers of invention, streaming audio
12 Comments