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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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Addendum Tue., Jan 25, 2011
Posted by: Carnamagos
I’ve nothing to add to the other superlatives here, but I want to note one thing about this recording that no one else seems to mention: David Cross’s mellotron was largely missing in action for much of the Read more
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Great!!!! Sat., Aug 21, 2010
Posted by: ekimshield
I saw this band in June ’73 (a few months before this recording) performing much of the material presented here. This a faithful document of that (and this) hair-raising night. A desert island recording if ever there were Read more
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Glasgow, 1973... Tue., Dec 29, 2009
Posted by: avakashitar
I wish I could’ve been there (but I only arrived on Earth a full month and three days later, so, no good for that...).
Although I had the studio albums and "The Night Watch", and had heard most of "The Great Read more
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great but redondant and an overview Mon., Aug 31, 2009
Posted by: danielontheparapet
All those coming out concerts are great but it becomes redondant , even if it’s never the same excatly! The problem is that this incarnation of the band was always playing the same Read more
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Staggering Wed., Jan 21, 2009
Posted by: kevineden
My first DGM download and what a scorcher. Having heard some of it on the Great Deciever box I was partly prepared for this gig. What a staggering beast of sonic power this KC Read more
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Amazing Wed., Oct 31, 2007
Posted by: HenryKC
I was lucky enough to be at the Apollo on October 23, 1973. It was a truly amazing experience. As you can hear from the demands for an encore, the crowd went crazy at the Read more
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Devastating!!!!! Mon., Oct 15, 2007
Posted by: wolverinepete
I burned this beast onto a CD and am now blasting it at concert level over a quality stereo system at home, just unreal. This is my first download from this site and my God, what outstanding sound Read more
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My First Of Many Downloads Here!!! Fri., May 4, 2007
Posted by: Catfoody
First of all I must thank Robert Fripp most sincerely for the creation of this amazing website and for the offering of equally amazing live shows to download; I wish more musicians would offer the same Read more
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I have seen the future, yesterday afternoon! Thu., Mar 22, 2007
Posted 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 Read more
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WOW Fri., Jan 26, 2007
Posted by: margaret
Thanks Bob, Bill, Ian, John et al, you guys changed my life, no pre release,just a gig at the Apollo, i was 16, u gave an intro to a wider world, i know you get this stuff all Read more
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