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 I have seen the future, yesterday afternoon! March 22, 2007
Written by tungarbulb
Back in 1983 or so, the late composer/performer Frank Zappa proposed an alternative to the marketing of vinyl records (CD players were brand new and unaffordable to most people). His proposal, using the digital transmission technology of that day, was to have people be able to purchase and download music online via telephone and dial-up modem (at 1X speed!) using one’s TV set to view the album artwork and analogue cassette deck to store the music (no Internet at the time, few PC’s and no CD burners). Damn shame Frank never lived to see his proposal come to fruition, but here it is.
It’s so nice to be able to order a recording on line and receive it in hours rather than days. It’s great to have the FLAC option and get true CD-quality in a download.
Oh yes, the show. The sound couldn’t have been better if they’d rented a time machine and flown modern digital recording gear back to 1973. Shows you what happens when the original recording engineer and the remastering people know what they’re doing! The performance was as sharp as they come. My sole complaint is the 6 and a half minutes of pre-encore crowd noises at the end of LTIA part 2. I suppose it preserves the fly-on-the-wall, documentary quality of this official bootleg, but I consider it a minor nuisance.
All in all, I am very optimistic about how this new technology and business model will get some very crucial music by RF and other artists out of the vaults and into listeners’ hands where it belongs.
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A Dream come True Fri., Jan 5, 2007
Posted by: foxbardave
I think myself incredibly lucky and priveliged to have been at this concert. It was a superb experience on the night as indeed was every Glasgow concert. I have always wanted a recording of that night ever since Robert told Read more
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Perfecting in Perfection in Perfecting ... Tue., Jan 2, 2007
Posted by: landru141
I’m often asked why I collect certain band’s live material. Why, for example, would you want multiple shows of the same band playing the same songs from the same tour? But, the truth is only a few bands have that Read more
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Crisp, precise Sat., Dec 30, 2006
Posted by: Hagiasophia
The sound quality is so deliciously good!!
Everyone sounds like they’re where they are, not smacked on a single sheet of paper but in living, moving colour.
You can hear the many subtle different tones and voices David will express on viola Read more
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I love this music! Sat., Dec 30, 2006
Posted by: jescalera
I was born in 1960 in a small city in Spain. In 1975 I discovered "Larks Tongues in Aspic", for me it was a shock. Even now it is one of my favorites recordings Read more
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Woah! Tue., Dec 26, 2006
Posted by: DoctorNerve
Sweetness! Some scurge blisterment in here! I love the middle section of Fracture. Nice risky portions on a live setting. A must buy for the fans. I cant wait to drop this on a cd and go for a Read more
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Merry Christmas for all Sat., Dec 23, 2006
Posted by: acampo
Crim heads! Speaking for the ’completists’ among us, it’s great to have whole shows of excellent sound quality. Another early version of Fracture with a different improv bit than Arlington is much Read more
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Live at the Apollo Thu., Dec 21, 2006
Posted by: mjboyce
Best live renditions of Larks Tongue in Aspic material that I’ve heard, particularly Larks Tongue Part 1, Talking Drum and Larks Tongue Part 2. I do prefer, however, the guitar solo in the Jesery (Asbury Park) version of Easy Read more
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More, more... Thu., Dec 21, 2006
Posted by: octopus92
Thanks to DGM for this Christmas gift... The sound is fantastic (as good as on "Asbury Park") and the complete show is really fantastic with energic improvs through that Read more
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Of the Highest Musical and Sonic Quality Mon., Dec 18, 2006
Posted by: mouthface
There is nothing completely mind-blowingly unique to this concert (except CAT FOOD!...and the fact that the sound quality is about as good as Night Watch!!), and if you have The Great Deceiver you’ve got about half of this concert Read more
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Performance and Sound are both Pristine Mon., Dec 18, 2006
Posted by: halbie
This is a home run in all respects, particularly the sound quality (even at MP3) I’d put it on any "must have" KC list. The work-in-practice Fracture is worth the price of admission by Read more
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