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:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: :: :: - WHAT'S RATTLIN'? - :: :: The Weekly (or so) Digest for Canterbury Music Addicts :: :: Issue # 172 :: :: Friday, December 29th, 2000 :: :: :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- HAPPY 2001 !!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CuneiWay@aol.com Subject: New Cuneiform releases Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 09:27:11 EST Hi, We're pleased to announce that the following two new "Canterbury related" titles have a street date of January 16th: ELTON DEAN - Moorsong NATIONAL HEALTH - Playtime [recorded live in France 4/27/79 and in the US 12/1/79] additionally, the following title makes a return after being unavailable for the last few years: THE MUFFINS - Open City full information, photos, and realaudio files can be found at : http://www.cuneiformrecords.com Thank you for your interest and support. Steve Feigenbaum Cuneiform Records - - - - - - - - - PS: re: Brotherhood Of Breath In WR#171, Aymeric wrote: >And more good news - a previously unreleased live recording from>Brotherhood Of Breath, recorded in 1973, comes out on Cuneiform >Records in January 2001 Actually, the Brotherhood Of Breath CD is currently scheduled for SEPTEMBER, 2001 or maybe May, 2001...definitely NOT for January, as all have been announced, including the National Health. Info, hyp, photos & realaudio files at: http://www.cuneiformrecords.com Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nick Loebner <loebner@synopsys.com> Subject: Gong Remasters Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 12:53:40 +0000 Hi all, The Victor label in Japan has just released a bunch of "Gong" CDs (Magick Brother, Camembert Electrique, Flying Teapot, Angel's Egg, You, Planet Gong and About Time). I have just received three of these (yes, the trilogy - predictable, moi?). They are wonderfully packaged miniatures (as is fashionable for reissues these days). Most importantly however, they are K2 (?) 20-bit remasters. I dunno what this consists of but I can say that these sound fantastic! "You" (although perhaps a shade bass-light on side two - hey I'm a bassist myself!) is a revelation - it almost sounds like a new record! And "Love is How U Make It" ("Angel's Egg") had the most amazingly lifelike percussion swirling around my front room last night! I haven't played "Flying Teapot" yet, and suspect the improvements will be less apparent, as the production values were not so high in the first place. Now the downside - these are very pricey indeed (unless you happen to live in Japan, I suppose!) - nevertheless I've ordered "Camembert Electrique" now, too. I only hope that they extend this treatment to the post-Allen gong trilogy (Samal, Gazeuze! & Expresso II). - Nick. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Boughey Joseph <J.Boughey@livjm.ac.uk> Subject: Noisette Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 15:20:49 -0000 Dear Aymeric A short note to advise all subscribers to WR that the "new" Soft Machine CD, Noisette, is very much worth acquiring and listening to. I am wary of previously unissued material, which can be rubbish, but in this case this is something which would have been outstanding if it had been released 30 years ago. I can particularly recommend the contributions by Lyn Dobson - quite a stunning and anarchic player. Does anyone know what happened to him? May I say that, as a middle-aged longstanding admirer of Soft Machine (especially the early 1970s incarnation), I have been quite amazed to find that anyone else was interested in this and other groups. Perhaps it shows that those who were teenagers when the Canterbury groups came to prominence are still interested in listening to music. There must be a lot of us grey-haired souls out there! Kind Regards et Tres Bien Joseph Boughey ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Parker <bparker@bisnets.net> Subject: Progradio.com plays Canterbury Rock Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 06:40:19 -0800 To all of us Canterbury Friends out there, http://www.progradio.com is playing its great Canterbury Rock show. Check out the Daily Schedule for play times. Please pass this on. Keep listening. Thanks, Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Andrea Malambri" <andrea.malambri@tecnichenuove.com> Subject: Where to buy...? Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 16:23:44 +0100 Could you kindly tell me where on the web the works of Soft Head "Rogue Element", Soft Heap, Spirogyra, Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin (1986 - 1990), Pip Pyle's solo works? Thank you very much indeed Andrea Malambri Milano Italy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Anthony Shaw" <tonyshaw@clinet.fi> Subject: Didier Malherbe & co Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 19:41:54 +0200 Just another plug for the December AAJ (http://www.AllAboutJazz.com) where there is an phone interview I did in November with DM. It's in the interviews section, where I also noticed an interview with Brian Auger (proto Canterburiensis?) Would any of you lucky Parisians attending any of those advertised gigs be willing to write something of it? (I would be willing to translate anything in French for all us language-impaired anglos.) It's so good to read first-hand accounts by enthusiasts, when you're on the wrong side of the continent/globe etc. Rattlin good Christmas to all, Tony in Helsinki ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** FORTHCOMING CANTERBURY-RELATED CONCERTS ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * [for more info : check out the 'Concerts' page of CALYX] http://perso.club-internet.fr/calyx/index/concerts.html ==> CARAVAN <============================================================ CARAVAN will be appearing during the Burg-Herzberg festival, held between July 19-22, 2001 in Germany. Other bands appearing include Porcupine Tree, Ozric Tentacles, Anekdoten, Keef Hartley Band, Embryo, RPWL and Birth Control. Other plans for the band include dates in Italy and Southern France during the Spring. ==> DIDIER MALHERBE / HADOUK TRIO <====================================== Jan 18 - NICE, Cedac Parc de Cimiez / Jan 19 - CHOISY-LE-ROI, Theatre Paul Eluard [Festival Sons d'Hiver] / Mar 23 - VILLEBON-SUR-YVETTE, MJC Bobby Lapointe / Apr 05 - TRAPPES, Le Grenier A Sel / Apr 24 - QUIMPER, Theatre de Cornouailles with Loy Ehrlich (hajaj & synth) & Steve Shehan (percussion) also: Mar 29 - HYERES, Festival Souffles de Rythmes by CARAIBES TRIO, with Roger Raspail (percussion) and Alain Jean-Marie (piano) More info: http://www.malherbedidier.com ========================================================================= * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** AND OTHER GOOD GIGS... ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ==> AMY DENIO, with FRED FRITH and others <============================== Apr 05 - OAKLAND, CA (USA), Mills College ==> JOHN ETHERIDGE <===================================================== Jan 10 - MONTAGU, Montagu on the Garden Hotel (Montagu St, W1) / Jan 14 - WEST HAMPSTEAD, Sirous / Jan 16 - LONDON, Vortex (Stoke Newington) / Jan 17 - LONDON, The Pheasantry (Kings Road) Info: http://www.johnetheridge.f9.co.uk ==> F.FRITH / I.MORI / Z.PARKINS <======================================= Jan 12 - PARIS (France), Sons d'Hiver [solos evening] / Jan 13 - PARIS (France), Sons d'Hiver [Traffic Continues w. Ensemble Modern] ==> NEARFEST 2001 <====================================================== Jun 23/24 - BETHLEHEM, PA (USA), Lehigh University Featuring: Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM), Porcupine Tree, After Crying, The Underground Railroad, Under the Sun, Deus Ex Machina, California Guitar Trio, Djam Karet, White Willow and Birdsongs of the Mesozoic. More info: http://www.nearfest.com ==> LOUIS SCLAVIS QUINTET <============================================== Jan 06 - PARIS (France), Radio France / Jan 27 - VINCENNES (France), Festival Sons d'Hiver / Mar 30 - NIMES (France), Festival de Nimes / Apr 20 - LYON (France), Pierre Benite / Apr 28 - LE MANS (France), Europa Jazz Festival / May 03 - ANGERS (France), Theatre / May 27 - BATH, Festival ================================================================================================================================================== END OF ISSUE 172_________________________________________________________________________ WHAT'S RATTLIN'? - WHAT'S RATTLIN'? - WHAT'S RATTLIN'?_________________________________________________________________________ CALYX - The Canterbury Website http://perso.club-internet.fr/calyx WHAT'S RATTLIN'? 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