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Issue #
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Friday, October 25th,
1996
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From: Phil Franks <philfran@mur.hnet.es>
Subject: RE: Where is G.F. Fitzgerald
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 02:53:17 +0000
[In WR#26 Steve Feigenbaum wrote :]
> I have a friend who is trying to hunt down guitarist
G.F. Fitzgerald
> [Canterbury pedigree, if needed: (1) performed on
Guitar Solos II (2) solo
> album "Mouseproof" included reedman Lyn Dobson, of
Soft Machine].
>
> If anyone has any ideas or leads, please email me.
Gerry is an old friend of mine, this summer I saw Simon
Prestwich who shared
a flat with Gerry at the time of Mouseproof, and did the
inside sleeve
photographic collage. I'm preparing a feature at the Philm
freax Archive on
Gerry including a review I wrote of the album for Friends
magazine, and
Simon
is writing a bio of Gerry for it. I'll ask Gerry if I can
put you in touch
with him.
Phil Franks
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From: "Jeffrey S. Kamil" <harryhat@wco.com>
Subject: Nat. Health
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 22:07:09 -0700 (PDT)
I've had the fortune to pick up the "Missing Pieces" CD
today.
It's fantastic!
In the liner notes There is mention that the "Walking the
Dog" track was
recorded at the Squat theater on Long Island. If my memory
serves me well,
The Squat was actually in Manhatten. Someone please
correct me if I'm
wrong. It was a great show! They also played at the Bottom
Line earlier that
week. What a treat! I got to see Pip and Phil twice in one
week. These
performances being my first live experience with these
two, it was quite a
thrill! The Squat was named this because there were no
seats. You literally
had to squat or sit on the floor. It was well worth the
discomfort.
Does anyone know if Caravan has any plans to try to tour
in the states
again. It's been many years and I would love to hear them
perform songs from
the "Battle of Hastings" album (are we still calling them
albums?).
I know that this has already been mentioned on this list,
but could someone
please give me a list of Short Wave's CDs, and which one
would be
recommended to buy first. Is there info on the Calyx web
page?
Thanks, Jeff (H" the H")
[I don't know about any plans for a US tour by Caravan,
this seems pretty
unlikely, given that the members of the band have to free
themselves from
their "proper jobs" to go out on tour. When I met him last
week, Geoff
Richardson mentioned plans for a European tour in 1997,
but nothing else.
As concerns Short Wave, only one CD has been released so
far : "Live" from
1993, which actually is a mix of live and studio
recordings made in France
in late 1992. The band is still active, but I don't know
about any plans
for a second CD - AL]
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From: bc71445@binghamton.edu
Subject: Re: WR#25
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 13:00:16 -0400 (EDT)
Dear Aymeric,
I just got a response from Hugh that will prove invaluable
to my article.
I was wondering if you have any chart info for the Soft
Machine, Kevin
Ayers, Matching Mole, or Caravan, as far as their records
charting in
countries like France, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, or
anyplace
besides the US and Britain.
Thanks again,
Catch you on the flip side,
Jim
[No chart positions are given in Peter Frame's family
trees, that's either
because the albums didn't chart, or because such info
wasn't considered
necessary... I know a lot of books exist that compile
chart positions, so
if anyone can be of help, please send this to WR. I for
one would be inte-
rested to know... - AL]
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From: nomad@netrover.com
Subject: Keith Tippett Group-"Dedicated To You But You
Weren't Listening"
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 19:01:44 -0700
Hi Rattlers!!!
If anyone in the U.S. or CANADA can tell me where I could
find the
recording of THE KEITH TIPPETT GROUP-"Dedicated To You But
You Weren't
Listening", it would be greatly appreciated. My friend
Earl Rapp from
New Jersey is looking for it, but he hasn't been
successful yet. The CD
format would be excellent. I would be willing to send
money-order and
shipping if anyone can find it.
Thanks a whole lot.-----------JULIAN "Ranting Man" from
CANADA
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From: Clay Gaunce <CGAUNCE@UKCC.UKY.EDU>
Subject: "The Trip" playlists
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 96 12:04:38 EDT
[Following is some info that Clay Gaunce mailed to me
about his radio
show "The Trip". It was originally for inclusion on Calyx,
but as I know
some of you have no access to the WWW, I thought it could
be interesting
to introduce potential listeners of its existence. Please
don't flame
Clay for "advertising" his activities - it's my own
initiative, so flame
ME... ! - AL]
"The Trip" (U.S.A.): Prog journeyman Clay Gaunce
began in 1972 hosting
progressive radio shows in Florida. His current show
is heard Saturdays
from 3:00-6:00 p.m. on WRFL (88.1 FM) in Lexington,
Kentucky. Canterbury
music has long been a staple of his broadcasts.
WRFL has just inaugurated a web page:
http://www.uky.edu//StudentOrgs/wrfl/shows.html
Playlists :
"The Trip" - 10/19/96:
Lancaster-Lumley Take Off/Sail on Solar
Winds Marscape
Genesis
Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers/ Wind and Wuthering
In That Quiet Earth
Bo Hansson A
Journey in the
Dark
Lord of the Rings
Bo Hansson
Divided
Reality
Magician's Hat
Bo Hansson
Waiting
Attic Thoughts
Blue Oyster Cult Screams/She's as Beautiful as a
Foot S/T
Wishbone Ash Queen of
Torture
S/T
Deep Purple Into the
Fire
In Rock
Gentle Giant Nothing at
All/Why
Not?
S/T
E.L.P.
Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression, Pt. 1 Brain Salad Surgery
Tony McPhee The Hunt,
Pt.
4
Two Sides of Tony McPhee
Wilde Flowers The Big
Show
S/T
Syd Barrett No Good
Trying
The Madcap Laughs
Soft Machine A Door Opens
and Closes/10:30 Volume
2
Returns to the Bedroom
King Crimson
B'Boom/THRAK
THRAK
Anekdoten
Where Solitude
Remains
Vemod
Curved Air Piece
of
Mind
Second Album
Stomu Yamash'ta Freedom is
Frightening
Freedom is Frightening
Frank Zappa Stink
Foot
Apostrophe (')
Robert Wyatt East
Timor
Old Rottenhat
Robert Wyatt
N.I.O./Dondestan
Dondestan
Robert Wyatt Strange
Fruit
Nothing Can Stop Us
Pink Floyd
Echoes
Meddle
"The Trip" - 10/12/96:
French TV
Vacilando
After a Lengthy Silence
Caravan
Winter
Wine
In the Land of Grey & Pink
Camel
Chord
Changes
Moonmadness
Wishbone Ash The
Pilgrim
Pilgrimage
Yes
Long Distance Runaround/The Fish Fragile
French TV
Go Like
This
After a Lengthy Silence
Matching Mole Gloria
Gloom
Little Red Record
Eno
Driving Me
Backwards
Here Come the Warm Jets
E.L.P.
Promenade/The
Sage
Pictures at an Exhibition
Renaissance Mother
Russia
Turn of the Cards
National Health Dreams Wide
Awake
Of Queues and Cures
French TV
Friendly
Enzymes
After a Lengthy Silence
Kevin Ayers Lunatics
Lament/Pisser Dans un... Shooting at the Moon
Colosseum
Bring Out Your
Dead
Daughter of Time
Audience
Jackdaw
The House on the Hill
Jethro Tull Dharma for
One
This Was
French TV
...and the dead dog leaped up... After a Lengthy
Silence
Gentle Giant Mr. Class &
Quality/Three Friends Three Friends
Brand
X
Nuclear
Burn
Unorthodox Behaviour
Frank Zappa I Come
from
Nowhere
Ship Arriving Too Late...
French TV
A Tab in the
Ocean
After a Lengthy Silence
"The Trip: Midnight in the Afternoon" - 10/26/96
Curved Air
Phantasmagoria/Whose Shoulder Are You Phantasmagoria
Looking Over Anyway/Over and Above
Bob Johnson and
Witch
The King of Elfland's
Pete
Knight
Daughter
Louise Huebner
Witchcraft
The Occult Explosion
Gong
...witches spell/Witches Song/I am Flying
Teapot
your pussy
Peter Gabriel
Intruder
S/T
Michael Mantler The Hapless
Child
The Hapless Child
The Enid
Death/The
Reaper
In the Region of the
Summer Stars
Incredible Witches
Hat
The Hangman's
String
Band
Beautiful Daughter
Gentle Giant Edge of
Twilight
Acquiring the Taste
Eno
Energy Fools the
Magician
Before & After Science
Beatles Blue
Jay
Way
Magical Mystery Tour
Black Sabbath Black
Sabbath
S/T
Savoy Brown Hellbound
Train
Hellbound Train
Strawbs
Ghosts
Ghosts
Rosemary Brown
Spiritualism/"Grubelei"
The Occult Explosion
P.F.M.
Photos of
Ghosts
Photos of Ghosts
Gentle Giant The Moon is
Down
Acquiring the Taste
Caravan
C'thlu
For Girls...
Alice Cooper Unfinished
Sweet
Billion Dollar Babies
Heldon
Psylocybine
IV
King Crimson One More Red
Nightmare
Red
Bill Bruford
Beelzebub
Feels Good to Me
Anton LaVey
Satanism
The Occult Explosion
Black Widow Come to the
Sabbat
The Occult Explosion
The Enid
The
Devil
In the Region of
the Summer Stars
Audience
The House on the
Hill
The House on the Hill
Gentle Giant The House, The
Street, The Room
Acquiring the Taste
Michael Mantler The Insect
God
The Hapless Child
King Crimson THRAK/Fearless and
Highly THRaKked THRaKaTTaCK
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From: Mark_Panagos@intersolv.com
Subject: Books
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 96 11:30:04 EST
In reading about the history of Gong, I saw mention of
Daevid Allen's
autobiography, "Gong Dreaming." I had my local
bookstore do a search
for it and the search turned up nothing. Does anyone
know anything
about the availability of this book?
Also, in the liner notes for the Soft Machine album
"Spaced," there is
a reference to the Robert Wyatt biography, "Wrong
Movements." Again,
no success when the book store conducted its search.
Anybody know
anything?
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From: d-wayne@lanl.gov (Dave Wayne)
Subject: Isotope - current whereabouts
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 15:19:50 -0600
The news comes so fast & furious that latecomers like
me have to be careful
not to present redundant information... therefore I've
been ploughing
through the back issues of WR to see what people have been
asking about. In
WR #2, there was an exchange regarding the whereabouts of
some of the
members of Isotope:
*********
Q: Hi. Someone mentioned that Hugh Hopper played in
Isotope. Is this true? Did
anyone else connected with the Canterbury scene play in
this band?
A: [Hugh Hopper was in Isotope from 1974 to 1976, playing
on their second and
(part of) third album. It was through his involvement in
Stomu Yamash'ta's
East Wind that Hopper first met Gary Boyle - a guitarist
involved on the
British jazz/rock scene since the mid-60's, playing with
Brian Auger's
Trinity and appearing on Keith Tippett's second album. The
drummer in
Isotope was Nigel Morris, who worked again with Hopper on
the "Hopper
Tunity Box" album of 1976, and in live context as
exemplified by the
bonus tracks on Cuneiform's reissue of the Hopper-Gowen
album. I under-
stand Boyle has released a comeback album recently. Anyone
with more
info is welcome to submit them - A.L.]
Here are my 2 cents... Gary Boyle was very active in the
UK music scene
while I was ther (1990 to 1992). He toured with at least 3
different groups,
only one of which I got to see. The first (...the one I
saw) was a 8- or 10-
piece band with a horn section called "Crosstown Traffic"
that played
exclusively the music of Jimi Hendrix. I liked what i
heard, although the
vocals (by Gary Boyle) left a lot to be desired
(...sorry). The other bands
I didn't see, but i sure wish that i had... one was a
quartet with Eberhard
Weber on bass (I can't recall other band members).
Evidently, Gary &
Eberhard met in a recording studio 20-odd years ago &
struck up a friendship
which resulted in their musical collaboration. A CD was
supposed to come of
this, but I've heard nothing about it since. The other
band was a "power
trio" with ex-Andy Sheppard drummer Caroline Boaden (...i
think the spelling
of her name is correct...).
...as for Nigel Morris, I recall a conversation I had with
Paul Hession,
(who is one of THE finest drummers in the European
free-improv scene) who
knew Nigel Morris. Paul told me that, after Isotope broke
up, Morris joined
an avant-garde jazz band called "The Siger Band" (also
featuring George
Haslam, Paul Rutherford, Pete MacPhail and others). Morris
recorded a live
LP with this group in 1983 ("Live in Hungary" on Spotlite
Records & probably
still available through Cadence / North Country). He then
became a
'born-again' Christian (...or maybe he already was one...
i can't recall
precisely) & eventually left the Siger Band & the
secular music world
altogether shortly thereafter. Supposedly he was active
for a time doing
"christian" music in the UK, but i can't confirm this.
Anyway, Paul Hession
replaced Morris in the Siger Band & recorded at least
one LP with them ("The
Healing" also on Spotlite).
*****
Hope this is of interest to someone out there!!!!
Take Care,
Dave Wayne
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From: Mark Hewins [forwarded to WR by AL]
Subject: GIG in Whitstable
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 00:32:34 +0100 (BST)
Just a short note to tell you Hugh and I are gigging
as a 'power trio' with
Vince Clarke in Whitstable on the 12 November... Just
before the MASHU
mini-tour of France!
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From: zolumbo@flinet.com
Subject: question about r wyatt lyrics
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 02:49:27 -0500
hi,
maybe you can help me regarding a r wyatt question. i
remember a j peel
show, wyatt sang played piano & dubbed percussion.
lyrics on first verse
went-
and later we had coffee
and the cream spilled on the sheets
and you said leave it i can clean it when youve gone and
underneath the chaos of your hair
arond you pretty face & shoulders
you were thinking 'bastard you bastard'.
it is one of my favourite all time songs but ive never
found it on cd.
do you know what it is called? is it on cd?
regards.
zolumbo.
[The song is called "Instant Pussy". It was recorded for a
Top Gear session
on November 10th, 1969, and broadcast on November 29th.
The info comes from
Mike King's "Wrong Movements" book. Wyatt performed this
on "vocal, piano
and electronic bleeps". The full lyrics are included in
the book. Actually
this was recorded during the same session as the septet
performance of
the "Mousetrap" medley. It has never been officially
released, as far as I
know... - AL]
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From: "James L. Kirchmer" <jamesk@jamesk.seanet.com>
Subject: Soft Machine rarities?
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 23:04:47 -0700
Hello there -
this being my first post to this wonderful list, I suppose
I should
identify myself. I am 26 years old, and live in
Seattle, WA, USA,
where I not too long ago graduated with a BA in
International Business
from the University of Washington, and am currently
pursuing a
certificate in Sound Production via the University's
"extension"
program. Someday I hope to integrate the two
disciplines by starting
up a record label with a very sophisticated "global
presence". (!)
Anyways, I post today not to provide information, but to
ask for it,
so to speak. I actually am in search of some Soft
Machine rarities,
as an acquaintance of mine that collects Soft Machine
music(owns ALL
the commercially available items, of course, and snaps up
new ones
AS they come out...) would LOVE to hear any live tapes of
Soft
Machine from their tour with Percy Jones on
Bass(75?76?77?)
He also would LOVE to hear any tapes of the band with
Steve Cook on
bass('77 tours or perhaps the Ronnie Scotts show from
'84?).
[Percy Jones was the bass player of Soft Machine from
september 1976 to
early 1977 when Steve Cook was recruited - AL]
PLENTY of interesting prog-rock/jazz rarities can be
traded in return
for the above(or any other essential Soft Machine rarities
for that
matter - the interest does not lie EXCLUSIVELY with the
above tours...)
Btw, the individual in question (who cannot get enough of
this music)
is Fred Chalenor, an extremely talented professional bass
player....
Perhaps some of you are familiar with some of the projects
he's been
involved in, such as Wayne Horvitz's Pigpen....
[Fred is also known for his work in Caveman Shoestore and
in particular
the "Caveman Hughscore" CD with Hugh Hopper from last year
- AL]
Thanks for putting up with this blatant grovel for
"bootlegs" - and I
hope to add some quality info to the list, or perhaps pass
along some
interesting info on Fred's behalf. He is not "wired"
yet.....
Sincerely yours,
James Kirchmer
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FORTHCOMING CANTERBURY-RELATED
CONCERTS
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[for more info : check out the 'Concerts' page of CALYX -
see URL below]
GONG / NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
[Allen-Smyth-Malherbe-Sharpstrings-Howlett-Pyle]
Oct 25 - Phantasy Club, Cleveland
Oct 26 - Cabaret, Montreal [tel : 206-789-1184]
Oct 27 - Cabaret, Montreal [tel : 206-789-1184]
CARAVAN / BRITISH TOUR
[Pye Hastings-David Sinclair-Jim Leverton-Richard
Coughlan-Jimmy Hastings]
Oct 28 - Palace Theatre, Newark (Notts) (w/Be Sharp) [tel
: 163671156]
Oct 29 - Town Hall, High Wycombe (w/Be Sharp) [tel :
1494461000]
Oct 30 - Pavillion, Bath (w/Be Sharp) [tel : 1225448860]
Oct 31 - Astoria 2, London (w/In Cahoots) [tel :
1714340403]
Nov 1 - Penytheol L.C., Swansea (w/Be Sharp) [tel :
1792897039]
Nov 2 - Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton (w/Be Sharp)
[tel : 1902312030]
Nov 3 - Waterfront, Norwich (w/Be Sharp) [tel :
1603632717]
Nov 4 - Assembly Halls, Royal Tunbridge Wells (w/Be
Sharp) [tel : 1892532072]
IN CAHOOTS / BRITISH CONCERT
[Miller-Dean-Lemer-Dvorak-Baker-Pyle]
Oct 31 - Astoria 2, London (opening for Caravan) [tel :
1714340403]
GONG / EUROPEAN TOUR
[Allen-Smyth-Malherbe-Sharpstrings-Howlett-Pyle]
Nov 7 - Barog, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Nov 8 - Noorderlicht, Tilberug, Netherlands
Nov 10 - L'Abattoir, Lillier, France
Nov 11 - Atelier, Bresse-sur-Grosne, France
Nov 12 - MJC, Nice, France (TBC)
Nov 13 - Genoa, Italy (venue TBC)
Nov 14 - Totom, Vichenza, Italy
Nov 15 - Novara (Nr Turin), Italy
Nov 16 - Spilimbergo (Nr Turin), Italy
Nov 19 - Nantes, France (venue TBC)
Nov 20 - Marseille, France (venue TBC)
Nov 21 - Paris (Bataclan), France
Nov 22 - Aeronef, Lille, France
Nov 23 - VK Club, Brussels, Belgium
RICHARD SINCLAIR (SOLO)
Oct 20 - Cafe de Groot, Eindhoven, Netherlands [16.00 hrs]
RICHARD SINCLAIR (SOLO) / US TOUR
Nov 9 - Dizzy Debbie's Cafe, Los Angeles (Ca)
Nov 13 - The West End, Santa Monica (Ca)
Nov 23 - Aron's Records, Hollywood (Ca)
Dec 1 - Poo-Bah Records, Pasadena (Ca)
Dec 2 - The Alligator Lounge, Santa Monica (Ca)
Dec 9 - The Baked Potato, North Hollywood (Ca) [2
shows]
[more dates TBA - hopefully a dozen or so]
MARK HEWINS/HUGH HOPPER/VINCE CLARKE / ONE-OFF 'POWER
TRIO' GIG
Nov 12 - Whitstable
MASHU / EUROPEAN TOUR
[Mark Hewins-Hugh Hopper-Shyamal Maitra + special guest
Elton Dean]
Nov 26 - Brussels, Belgium
Nov 29 - Die (Drome), France
Nov 30 - Chez Jacky, Bresse-sur-Grosne, France
MAGICK BROTHERS / EUROPEAN TOUR
[Daevid Allen-Graham Clark-Mark Robson]
Dec - UK and/or European tour (TBC)
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