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I bought the Euro version of the Evans set and sold the rustbox.

Going in Circles

Zappa estate coming out with a 4CD/1BR box of 1972 recordings, centered around the sessions for 'Waka/Jawaka' and 'The Grand Wazoo'. Sounds really good, the only other giant box besides the 'Hot Rats' one I would consider a 'must have'. I'll watch prices and pre-order. $60 list, so much better than normal in that regard for Zappa boxes. https://theseconddisc.com/2022/10/18/it-just-might-be-a-one-shot-deal-zappas-1972-chronicled-on-new-cd-blu-ray-box-waka-wazoo/

Hope you did the same with his 'Tales From Topographic Oceans' !

U.K. version is three songs longer, but U.S. version has the transcendent "Paint It Black".

Count me as a fan of 'Midnight Walk' (and of 'And Then Again'). I used "Lycra Too?" on one of my BFT's a few years ago.

Sort of, they jumped decades. BTW, fascinating album.

Brazilia '67 rather than Brasil '66. And I agree, it sounds pretty decent. Hard to go wrong with that song.

He gave it to them, and produced it for them,

He wrote it!

The upcoming release is 2 CD's, and the original 2LP vinyl set would have fit onto one CD, so maybe they did use the unedited takes and/or bonus cuts? I agree, would have preferred the Morgan session released alone with new artwork.

I don't, I'm a big fan of the Friends of Distinction, who are much more likely to be confused with the 5th Dimension. BTW, Cuba Gooding Jr.'s father was lead singer of the Main Ingredient, wasn't he?

Still alive and as of 2021 still performing.

She got reissued (I own it and it's good)... Not familiar with Robbie, never did any of the Harry Potter movies or books, but RIP. 72 is young these days.

Webb City in November, me in December, you in January!

Did anybody sign up for November 2022?

I don't get them musically. You well know my listeng aversion to that sort of thing!

And Anthony Braxton. I do not get the Anthony Braxton compositions with the numbers and symbols in the title (and I'm really good at math).

What's your view on OTC it beyond a condescending wink at the conversation?

I have, and like, those early Funkadelic albums now, and they're my favorite George Clinton by far. But didn't actually ever hear them back in the day, just knew of their existence. And doubt I would have been into them even if I had heard them back then - it took me 25 years to gravitate to them. The whole Westbound label seemed pretty strange, especially with those bizarro album covers (and I've still never heard those early Ohio Players albums, as I have no use for their later work on Mercury). I foolishly have sold off that "On The Corner" box twice. It brought me good money, but I should have held onto it and done without something else.

I'll take those bonus points. Never heard (or heard of) this album, though I have the BN's that come before it, and 'Musart' that came after it (thank you, Real Gone Records annual clearance sale!). Reminds me of my four year old grandson!

I didn't get it then, and don't really get it now. I liked much of the electric work that came before (Jack Johnson, Bitches Brew) and that came after (Big Fun, Get Up With It, Agharta/Pangea), but the stretch of 'At Fillmore'/'LIve Evil'/'On The Corner'/ 'In Concert' remains relatively lost on me (though I own them) with 'On the Corner' being the nadir. Would be great if one of the people here much more knowledgeable than I am could explain what during that period is different than the recordings before and after which turns me off. I know part of it is Keith Jarrett's distorted electric keyboard playing (I like his acoustic work fine), but there's more to it than that, and he's only on a couple of the titles. Probably something rhythmic I'm unable to explain.