WESTERN VACATION

Marty Schwartz's "Western Vacation" album got released in 1987 and featured Bob and Thana Harris, and Tommy Mars.
It also had a guest spot for Steve Vai and for Scott Thunes!
The album got released on CD on the Muffin Records Productions label in 1996, but has been hard to find ever since.

Favored Nations has released a remastered and remixed version earlier this week.

http://www.favorednations.com/

VAITUNES #3

Steve Vai has made a third VaiTunes track available: "Speed".
Earlier this year, he released "Without Me", and "The Moon And I".

More info:
http://vai.com/vaitunes/index.html

ED PALERMO BIG BAND PLAYS ZAPPA

Earlier this week, the Ed Palermo Big Band did two concerts, performing the music of Frank Zappa.

Both the early and the late show are being seeded at the Zappateers website right now.

The Ed Palermo Big Band

2010/06/23-Early Show- concert 'Iridium', New York City, NY, usa

setlist

Intro, Uncle Meat Variations, Regyptian Strut, Brahms Brown Shoes/Black Page > King Kong/21st Century Schizoid Man (Zappa/King Crimson), Florentine Pogen, Jingo/G-Spot Tornado/Caravan (Santana/Zappa/Ellingtom), Sofa > Directly From My Heart to You, Magic Fingers, Echidna's Arf > A Day In The Life > (Beatles), Orange County Lumber Truck > Don't You Ever Wash That Thing, 200 Motels Finale, Inca Roads Outro

a 78-minute audience recording got seeded at the Zappateers site
http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=19369


2010/06/23-Late Show- The Ed Palermo Big Band - concert 'Iridium', New York City, NY, usa

setlist

Intro, Uncle Meat Variations, Peaches En Regalia, Zoot Allures, Waka/Jawaka, Sy Borg/Band Intros, Fifty-Fifty/Janet's Big Dance Number, The Grand Wazoo, Sleep Dirt, Whipping Post, San Berdino, Grand Finale (Procol Harum from In Held Twas In I), Waka/Jawaka, Waka/Jawaka Encore

a 72-minute audience recording got seeded at the Zappateers site
http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=19371

ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA

Dweezil Zappa is touring the east coast with his Zappa Plays Zappa project at this very moment. In a couple of weeks they'll come over to the old continent, play one date in Israel, and come back to Europe.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - THE ULTIMATE TRIBUTE TO LED ZEPPELIN

• various artists: the ultimate tribute to led zeppelin
  (2008, 2cd, ??, ??)

"The Ultimate Tribute To Led Zeppelin" features Dweezil Zappa (on 'Stairway To Heaven), and Vinnie Coliauta (on four tracks!)
Picture and data have been added to the U.M.Files.

VARIOUS ARITSTS - STONE COLD QUEEN

• various artists: stone cold queen - a tribute
  (2001, cd, usa, shrapnel)

Dweezil Zappa contributed to "Stone Cold Queen", the Queen tribute album that got released in 2001. He plays the guitar on 'Spread Your Wings'.
Picture & data of the album have been added to the United Mutations Archives.

COME ON! BEAT IT!

"Come On! Beat It" is the name of the happening / festival that will take place in Brugge, Belgium on Sunday, February 20, 2011.

Percussionists and drummers from all over the globe will be performing at the marvelous Concertgebouw.

& Terry Bozzio will be headlining !!

-- info: Danny Mathys

PAUL BUFF PRESENTS... VOLUME 10

• various artists: paul buff presents the pal and original sound studio archives, vol.10
  (2010, download, -, crossfire publications)

The exceptional & archival PAL Studio journey continues with volume 10 of the "Paul Buff Presents..." series.

Greg Russo adds:

"Volume 10 features Zappa providing background vocals on an unreleased track by Johnny Barakat And The Vestells ("Jezebel"), along with Baby Ray And The Ferns' "The World's Greatest Sinner" and Zappa's engineering of The Tornadoes' "Moon Dawg." Note that this was 25 years before "Jezebel Boy"! "

Available as a download-only album:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/paulbuffpresents4

PAUL BUFF PRESENTS... VOLUME 9

• various artists: paul buff presents the pal and original sound studio archives, vol.9
  (2010, download, -, crossfire publications)

Crossfire is back, and this time it's with Volume 9 of the "Paul Buff Presents..." series, collecting all the recordings that Paul Buff did in his PAL studio in Cucamonga in the early sixties.

FZ content in Volume 9 include his production with Dave Aerni of the previously unissued Rhythm Surfers track "Steel Wheels" (its debut release was two weeks ago on the Dave Aerni collection), and Frank's engineering of The Tornadoes' "The Tornado."

Download-only album:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/paulbuffpresents3

THE MASTERS - SINGLES & RARITIES

• the masters: singles & rarities
  (2010, download, -, crossfire publications)

"The Masters started out as Paul Buff, lead guitarist Ronnie Williams and rhythm guitarist Johnny Fisher. After releasing the single "T Bone"/ "Sunday Blues," The Masters were just Buff and Williams on multi-tracked parts. The only exception was "Breaktime," a mid-1961 track that was co-written by Paul Buff, Ronnie Williams and guitarist Frank Zappa, a friend of Ronnie Williams who first came to Pal Studios in late 1960. As nearly all Zappa fans know, "Breaktime" was his first released recording."

The "Singles & Rarities" compilation collects 32 tracks: the three original EMMY singles, plus 26 previously unreleased recordings of demos, outtakes and alternate mixes.

Released as a download-only album by Crossfire Publications.

www.cdbaby.com/cd/mastersrock

WM RECORDINGS

The WM RECORDINGS website has a new look.

http://www.wmrecordings.com/

KATHI MCDONALD - INSANE ASYLUM

• kathi mcdonald: insane asylum
  (1974, lp, usa, ??)

Kathi McDonald's excellent 1974 "Insane Asylum" album features an impressive list of musicians, including Aynsley Dunbar who had previously played with Zappa's Mothers.

Data & picture have been added to the United Mutations Archives.

You can check out the album at

http://floppybootstomp.blogspot.com/2010/06/kathi-mcdonald-insane-asylum-1974.html

-- info & link: Jan van Kemenade

NEW SUN RA ALBUM

"Egypt Strut" is a new Sun Ra LP on the Vinyl Lovers label.
It probably is a reissue of the "Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab in Egypt" album.

THE RONDO HATTON REPORT _ VOLUME THREE

http://www.rhreport.net/current.html

"The third issue of The Rondo Hatton Report continues to reflect the interest that this organ excites around the globe, featuring not only a first contribution from (the?) Indian of the group, but also an essay from the man behind that indispensible tool for true obsessives, the superlative Information Is Not Knowledge website. Fans of the statistical density that Google makes available will doubtless be thrilled to learn that The Rondo Hatton Report is now read in 35 different countries and accessed by 28 different language groups. As previously advertised, we still aim to encourage submissions from each and every ambient domain, and hope to sweep the entire planet shortly. We are committed to publishing texts in languages other than English, so there continues to be no reason why you or your loved ones should suffer as you hesitate to express yourself outside of ‘your’ language. As long as you speak Zappish, we’ll understand you.

SUN RA - COLLEGE TOUR VOL.I

• sun ra: college tour vol.I
  (2010, 2cd, usa, esp 4060)

May 1966, Sun Ra and his Arkestra did a tour of five New York colleges. Part of the 1966/05/18 concert found its way to the "Nothing Is.." album, released in 1970.

As Russ Musto explains in the liner notes of "College Tour Vol.I", this was a full year before Jimi Hendrix released his "Are You Experienced" album; one year before The Beatles did "Sergeant Pepper's".
The Mothers Of Invention had just recorded their "Freak Out" album. It wasn't even out yet. No wonder that Frank Zappa decided to move the band to NYC little after that.

Sun Ra and his Arkestra were defining new boundaries, pushing the limits.
On "College Tour", the band performs some superb Sun Ra compositions and Arkestra members John Gilmore, Marshall Allen and Pat Patrick show why most Saturnians consider this line-up as their favourite.

"College Tour Vol.I" presents the soundcheck, the first set, and a part of the second set of the 1966/05/18 concert.
As the "Nothing Is..." album was taken from the first set of this concert, the entire 40 minutes of the LP are included in "College Tour Vol.I". So should we consider this album as a re-release of "Nothing Is..."? Not really, as "College Tour" clocks at almost 140 minutes !!

In my list, "College Tour Vol.I" is the perfect introduction to Sun Ra.
If you're not familiar with the music of Sun Ra, get your hands on this one.
If you already know "Nothing Is...", you know that you will need "College Tour" as well.

Great show(s),
great artwork,
Essential listening!

Released by and available from
http://espdisk.com

DWALMACAT 386

Go to
http://www.fmbrussel.be/programmas/dwalmacat.aspx

Click on
“Luister”

and enjoy

• GROUP DOUEH – Eid el Arsh
• MAYO THOMPSON – Horses
• DICK JUSTICE – Cocaine
• DEAD MOON – I hate the blues
• JANDEK – When the telephone melts
• JONATHAN RICHMAN – Hey there little insect
• HARRY MERRY – Moody busdriver
• THE WITCH – Little clown
• IGNATZ – Hello there little ghost
• TLAHOEN GESSESSE – Yéné felagote
• ARIEL PINK – Life in L.A.
• ? - Tezeta slow-fast
• MAHER SHALAL HASH BAZ – Goodbye
• WESLEY WILLIS – Chronic schizophrenia

BUMBLEFOOT - 9.11

• bumblefoot: 9.11
  (2001, cd, usa, hermit inc)

Bumblefoot (= Ron Thal) released "9.11" in 2001.

"9.11" was, and still is, an exceptional album.

Originally meant to be titled "Guitars Suck", the album got renamed after the September 11 tragedies. Even more important, all the profits of the album went to the American Red Cross.

And behind this philantropic gesture, there's the music.
This is food for guitar freaks. Ron Thal is a fine guitar player and songwriter, and for this album he surrounded himself with some top notch musicians:
Matthias Eklundh gets a solo guest spot in 'Bandwagon', a tune that would fit perfectly for a 60s television series. Superb!!
And Dweezil Zappa gets to unleash his guitar chops in 'Top Of The World', a first-rate tearjerker with a ripping guitar solo...

Yep. Right up my alley: different styles, funny, and some amazing guitar stuff.
Who cares that Ron Thal is playing with Guns n Roses...
This is Bumblefoot and this is great.

RUFUS HARLEY - BAGPIPES OF THE WORLD

• rufus harley: bagpipes of the world
  (2009, cd, usa, transparency 0251)

Last year, Transparency released this fine tribute to the late Rufus Harley.
"Bagpipes Of The World" is a 3-CD set that features a concert by the Rufus Harley Quartet, his last radio interview, 5 tracks by America Patton Harley (Rufus' son), and a concert by Rufus Harley and Messiah Patton Harley (one of his other sons), live in Jamaica.

"Bagpipes Of The World" takes a look at the music and the life of Rufus Harley. Rufus was a fine musician, and a man with a mission.
"Bagpipes Of The World" is an excellent tribute.
Beautiful.

The YouTube excerpt is from a documentary by George Manney.

NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEG: LET'S HEAR IT... 50-50 SPLIT WAX

The Hoffman bootleg label did it again. "Let's Hear It For Mr. Green Genes" is a brand-new vinyl bootleg, produced in a limited edition of 250 copies and in various vinyl colours...

The album has the 1968/04/28 recording from The Grande Ballroom in Detroit, but as I was told the other day: "you don't actually play vinyl bootlegs. you collect them."

Here's the 50-50 split wax one.
Front insert on high-quality paper & comes with extra inserts & postcards.
As you can imagine, even this 50-50 split wax one, exists in different editions...

the cover

back-insert

side one - example one

side one - example two

side one - example three

NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEG : LET'S HEAR IT... SPLASH WAX

Way too expensive, and completely illegal, but beautiful to look at.

the cover

side one

side two

NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEG : LET'S HEAR IT... MAGENTA WAX

And if this isn't rare enough already, this "magenta" pressing exists in colour variations as well...


cover

side one

side two

side one - different colour

side two - different colour

NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEG : LET'S HEAR IT... RED WAX

cover

side one


side two

NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEG : LET'S HEAR IT... BLUE WAX

cover

side one


side two

NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEG : LET'S HEAR IT... GOLD WAX

cover

side one

side two

THE BROWNIES

Here's something that you should listen to.

Dutch band The Brownies have put a couple of mp3's on their website.
Nice. I like it. I like it a lot.

Here's the link:
http://www.thebrownies.net/music/mp3.html

The Brownies website:
http://www.thebrownies.net

And here's a YouTube snippet:

21 BURNT WEENY SANDWICHES

21 artists were asked to condense Frank Zappa's "Burnt Weeny Sandwich" album into a 3 to 5 minute piece of music.

The result is called "21 Burnt Weeny Sandwiches" and is available from Cordelia Records.
More info soon!

http://www.cordeliarecords.co.uk/

DWEEZIL ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA

The new Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa album will be out tomorrow (June 21)!

& the European edition will be released on the 9th of July.
Here's the tracklist!

disc one

1. the deathless horsie
2. andy
3. magic fingers
4. broken hearts are for assholes
5. bamboozled by love
6. king kong - band solos
7. montana
8. inca roads

disc two

1. the torture never stops
2. dirty love
3. zomby woof
4. billy the mountain
5. camarillo brillo
6. pygmy twylyte

-- info: Danny Mathys

SUN RA - CLUB LINGERIE

• sun ra arkestra: club lingerie - audio series volume two
  (2006, 2cd, usa, transparency 0237)

The Transparency label started releasing Sun Ra material in 2005. After a couple of DVDs, the label continued with two albums in the Sun Ra Audio Series, the second one of which was "Live At Club Lingerie".

The date is December 14, 1985, and it's Sun Ra and the Jet Set Omniverse Arkestra that are performing at the 'Club Lingerie' in Hollywood, CA.
As usual the setlist is a mix of unknown pieces and some classic Sun Ra material.

I never actually saw Sun Ra in concert, but I was fortunate to catch the Arkestra with Marshall Allen six nights in a row in Tilburg a couple of years ago. What I hear on "Club Lingerie" exactly is the atmosphere that I experienced in Tilburg.

A great set. A fine audience recording.

If you're not familiar with the music of Sun Ra, this could be the perfect introduction.

-- info / tracklist: Danny Mathys

AMK - THE LONESOME ECHO

• amk: the lonesome echo
  (2009, cd, usa, transparency 0352)

Talking about the Transparency label, here's AMK's "The Lonesome Echo".
AMK is an american experimental musician who puzzles sounds into compositions. On "The Lonesome Echo" he used records, turntables, flexi discs and field recordings.

AMK builds his soundscapes by means of repetition of samples and sounds, on top of which he puts other sounds.
You won't hear this on your local radio station...

Check out the AMK website for sound samples:
http://www.bannedproduction.com/amk.html

NEW ZAPPA VINYL BOOTLEG : COBO HALL

• zappa / mothers / ponty: cobo hall, detroit 5-12-73 soundboard
  (2010, lp-bootleg, ??, hoffman records)

New vinyl bootleg in a limited edition of 10 (ten!!) copies.
It's an advance pressing. Numbered.

the cover

side one

side two

PICTURES AND STUFF

I've pasted a couple of new pictures in the "zappa pictures" corner of U.M.

http://www.united-mutations.com/z/frank_zappa/frank_zappapictures.htm

Here's (part of) a sample (that I received from Klotz).
Ring any bells? Or you someone who can immediately say "1971"?
Click on the picture for the complete image, or follow the above link for more.

RUFUS HARLEY - RE-CREATION OF THE GODS

• rufus harley: re-creation of the gods
  (2006, cd, usa, transparency 0235)

Wiki says:

"Rufus Harley, Jr. (b. near Raleigh, North Carolina, May 20, 1936; d. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 31, 2006) was an American jazz musician of mixed Cherokee and African ancestry, known primarily as the first jazz musician to adopt the Scottish great Highland bagpipe as his primary instrument."

At young age, Rufus Harley studied saxophone, flute, trumpet, oboe and clarinet.
After seeing a scottish battalion playing the bagpipes at John F. Kennedy's funeral, he switched to the bagpipes.

Rufus Harley released "Bagpipe Blues" in 1966 and he continued to release approximately one album a year until 1972.
It's the 1972 album "Re-Creation Of The Gods" that got re-released on CD in 2006.

Impressive stuff.
At first, scottish bagpipes against jazzy keyboards and a double bass do make your eyebrows move, but when you keep on listening, you're in for a treat.
The thing about bagpipes is that once that you've started playing, the notes have to keep on coming. It's not like you can play short phrases, or that you have to catch your breath every once in a while. The notes just keep on coming.

If you're in for new sounds, might I suggest to try some Rufus Harley...

ZAPPA'S 1976 SNL BAND

December 1976, Zappa performed at the Saturday Night Live tv show with his band.

Checking out the footage, Javier found out that the Zappa band guested two musicians from the Saturday Night Live house band:

Cheryl Hardwick on keyboards (who later wrote music for the Muppet Show)
Bob Cranshaw on bass.

Both now have an entry at the United Mutations archives, 'though I could use a bit of extra info...

-- info: Javier

A JERRY OUTLAW UPDATE

Jerry Outlaw & friends will play Skipper's Smokehouse on Sunday afternoon, July 25th. Doors at 4, show at 5, tickets $10. A Skipper's show in July should prove to be a moist, steamy affair.

In Bogus Pomp news.... BP is definitely bringing the music again for
Zappaween 15 this year at the State Theatre on Saturday, Oct 30th.

PIERRE VERVLOESEM - SKETCHES OF PAIN

Earlier this month, Pierre Vervloesem's C.A.C.A. project did a gig in Antwerp. Remember the nice flyer?
Anyway, couldn't be there as my son has to study for school (which means that I had (and have) to be around the house).

So I went back to the C.A.C.A. bandcamp link to play some of the tracks again, and I noticed that one can link the player in a blog...

Here's 'Jelly', from the upcoming "Sketches Of Pain" album, by Pierre Vervloesem's C.A.C.A.
Use the buttons to hear the next and/or previous tracks !

DE1BERT SPACEMONKEY

a message from de1bert spacemonkey:

ook!

hello human - ook - I come to you via brainthink - ook

I like you - ook!

I am de1bert - monkey from space - ook - I do some acting - I work exclusively in pixelvision - ook - http://wp.me/pLtqu-5O - ook

my journey to Earth was powered by Heavy Lextricity - ook!

my human - lextrical - has harnessed this power and made it available to other humans - www.lextrical.bandcamp.com - ook

they can pay what-they-like-or-pay-nothing - such is the spacemonkey way - ook

you must get Heavy Lextricity and tell the other humans - ooook!

also - you eat music beans - ook - www.magicmusicbeans.co.uk - my human makes fresh every day - ook

over and ook.

SUN RA - THE ROAD TO DESTINY

• sun ra: the road to destiny - the lost reel collection volume six
  (2010, cd, usa, transparency 0306)

Earlier this year, volume six of the Sun Ra "Lost Reel Collection" got released by the Transparency label.
Entitled "The Road To Destiny", the album takes us to the 'Gibus' club in Paris, France, in 1973.

It took a while for the album to arrive, but I'm sure glad it did. The 50-minute recording opens with 'Astro Black', goes into an excellent 'Discipline 27' (with a spacy vibes (?) solo), takes us to a lengthy Sun Ra recitation, and ends with 'Prepare For The Journey To Other Worlds / Swing Low Sweet Chariot / Why Go To The Moon'.

The sound of the recording is a bit distorted at times, especially in the vocal section, and that's a pity because this is an excellent show.
Not the best sound quality, but I enjoyed it.

SUN RA CONVENTION IN SWITZERLAND

Breaking news: there will be again a Sun Ra Convention, this year not in
Waitawhile but elsewhere in Europe:

________NEPTUNE CALLING

__________I_______C
__________N___TO__O
__________V________N
__________I__THE____V
__________T__________E
__________A_SUN_RA___N
__________T___________T
_______________________I_O_N

in Teufen (AR), Switzerland, from July 30th to August 1st, 2010.

-- info from the Saturn Newsgroup

BILL DIXON DIES AT 84

June 16, 2010 — American free jazz/avant-garde trumpeter Bill Dixon died last night (June 15) in his sleep. He was 84.

Along with the trumpet, Dixon, born in 1925, also played the flugelhorn and piano, and was highly respected in the free jazz scene. His musical history is long and storied: back in 1961 to 1963 he played with saxophonist Archie Shepp; in 1964 Dixon presented a concert series called The October Revolution in Jazz, with musicians such as Sun Ra and Paul Bley. Dixon is also known for organizing the Jazz Composer's Guild, who supported jazz independent of clubs or agents.

Dixon also left his mark in academia, teaching at Bennington College from 1968 to 1995, where he formed the Black Music Division in 1973. In 1986, he published a book, L'Opéra: A Collection of Letters, Writings, Musical Scores, Drawings and Photographs.

THE IMMEASURABLE EQUATION

Over at http://books.google.de/books?id=tffvurF89-EC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

you can get an idea of what "The immeasurable equation: the collected poetry and prose of Sun Ra", compiled by James L. Wolf and Hartmut Geerken, is all about.

-- info from the Saturn newsgroup

Z

Over at the Zappateers site, the 1995 performance of Z at the NAMM show is being seeded.

It's a fine video recording that shows the band both rehearsing and in concert, performing their famous 60s/70s/80s & 90s medley.

So get your bittorrent going...

SUN RA - LIVE IN ROME

• sun ra: live in rome
  (2010, 2cd, usa, transparency 0315)

Today, I enjoyed Sun Ra's "Live In Rome", the latest Transparency release.
"Live In Rome" takes us back to 1980. Back to the Teatro Giulio Cesare in Rome, Italy, where Sun Ra and his Arkestra performed on March the 28th.

Floating soundscapes, Arkestra freak-outs, Sun Ra classics, and keyboard madness, the omnipresent June Tyson... It's all part of "Live In Rome".

Recommended listening !

DWEEZIL ZAPPA FRACTAL AUDIO AXE FX

THE GRANDE MOTHERS RE:INVENTED IN BRAZIL

Napoleon Murphy Brock(vocals, sax and flut), Roy Estrada(bass and vocals), Don Preston (keyboards and vocals)), Miroslav Tadic(guitar) and Christopher Garcia (drums and vocals) in an amazing perfomance at Inferno on may 13, 2010. São Paulo, Brazil

CHILD BITE

Today's discovery is called Child Bite, a band that has a new album out and that will start touring the U.S. next month.

Think Pere Ubu, Devo, Dead Kennedys, ...

Here's two samples:

"Odd Inn" - http://joyfulnoiserecordings.com/mp3/jnr54.mp3

"Paws Perilous" (available via Magnet Magazine) - http://www.magnetmagazine.com/audio/PawsPerilous.mp3

JERRY OUTLAW AND FRIENDS IN CONCERT IN ST PETERSBURG TONIGHT

Jerry Outlaw and friends will be bringing the music to downtown St Pete in a big way with some serious old school jazz/rock fusion (and some cool originals as well) at the State Theatre on Friday, July 16 with special guests Todd Grubbs band opening the show. Jerry and Todd are gonna light things up!! This show is going to be a serious double shred attack.

Doors at 7:00, show at 8:00, tickets $10 advance

Sponsored by MORLEY pedals, EMG pickups and Granville guitars.

Ok, check this out y'all.....

Jerry Outlaw ~ guitar ... prepare to be offended!!
Ross Jobson ~ keyboards ... prepare to be buggered!!
Alex Pasut ~ bass ... prepare to be schooled!!!
Jason Caren ~ drums (precision) .... I'm not sure you are ready but,....
Royse Bassham ~ drums (spastic) .... prepare to be beaten up and down!!!

That's right,.... you heard right,.... 2 drummers. 2,... count 'em,.... TWO!!!
Brave listeners are gonna get TWICE the beating!!! Come see and hear for yourself, the wonder of spastic precision.

-- info: Fred Hemmer

ZAPPANALE WINS LAWSUIT AGAINST ZFT

Actually, it was the ZFT who filed a complaint against the Arf Society for using the name "Zappa".
And, yesterday, the complaint got rejected by the German court.

Hip hip hooray, congrats to the Arf Society and long live Zappanale.

ALESSANDRA CELLETTI - PLAYS BALDASSARRE GALUPPI

• alessandra celletti: alessandra celletti plays baldassarre galuppi
  (2009, cd, usa, transparency)

Now here's a nice surprise.
Last year, Transparency, the U.S. label that is best known for its excellent Sun Ra series, released an album by italian pianist (and composer) Alessandra Celletti.
Alessandra Celletti is known for her interpretations of works of Sati and of Philip Glass, but she has also released a couple of albums of original compositions.

On "Alessandra Celletti Plays Baldassarre Galuppi", Alessandra performs the works of 18th century composer Galuppi on the grand piano.
I have to admit that I was a bit reserved as 18th century music can not be heard that often at the United Mutations headquarters, but I'm always in for trying something different...
And I was pleasantly surprised.

Playful, joyful, and very intense at the same time.
I like it.

Check out Alessandra Celletti at MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/alessandracelletti

And here are a couple of samples from the album:

STEVE VAI FESTIVAL

October 22 and 23, the Oosterpoort will be hosting the Steve Vai Festival. (The Oosterpoort is a concert hall in Groningen in The Netherlands.)

Steve Vai will be performing with the Noord Nederlands Orkest (NNO).
They will be performing a 40-minute symphony that Steve Vai wrote, as well as five new pieces.

Rumour has it that Mike Keneally will also be participating.

The show on the 22nd is entitled "New Compositions For Guitar And Orchestra", whereas the show on the 23nd is called "The Middle Of Everywhere".

HEAVEN AND - BYE AND BYE I'M GOING TO SEE THE KING

• heaven and: bye and bye i'm going to see the king
  (2010, cd, ger, staubgold 098cd)

"Bye And Bye I'm Going To See The King" is the second Heaven And album. It caught my eye as Ali N. Askin guests on piano.

The album arrived in my mailbox a couple of days ago and made quite an impression. Heaven And plays instrumental, experimental rock, flavoured with classical elements and with jazz.

Heaven And has Tony Buck on drums, Martin Siewert on guitar and electronics, Zeitblom on bass, and Steve Heather on percussion.

"Bye And Bye..." presents six tracks. All of these tracks (except one) are seven minutes plus. It's all about soundscapes: searching and giving room at the same time. The result is a very powerful soundtrack for a fantastic journey.

I love it.

Recommended listening !!

www.staubgold.com

www.myspace.com/heavenand

VARIOUS ARTISTS - DAVE AERNI PRESENTS...

• various artists: dave aerni presents the best of the aertaun, daani, ador & daytone labels
  (2010, download, -, crossfire publications)

In the early sixties, Dave Aerni worked with Paul Buff, Frank Zappa and with Ray Collins in Paul Buff's PAL Studio in Cucamonga.
At the time, Dave Aerni worked as a musician, producer and even as a manager (for surf band The Tornadoes).

Crossfire Publications has collected these early recordings on this album. As you can imagine, it has both Frank Zappa and Paul Buff on a number of tracks.
Again, excellent liner-notes were written by Greg Russo.

Greg adds:
"The Dave Aerni collection includes tracks by The Tornadoes (some engineered by FZ), The Pharos, both sides of the Ron Roman single ("Tell Me"/ "Love Of My Life"), three tracks by The Rhythm Surfers produced by Zappa and Aerni, both sides of Zappa/Aerni-produced singles by Conrad And The Hurricane Strings and The Cordells, The Torquays, Arty & The Supremes, Ray Holland & The Lilly Cups and four tracks by Dave Aerni's 1966 group City Limits."

Of historical value!

Download only & available from CDBaby

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/daveaerni

VARIOUS ARTISTS - MARKUS DETMER PLAYS STAUBGOLD

• various artists: markus detmer plays staubgold - 100 jahre einsamkeit
  (2010, cd, ger, staubgold 100)

DJ and musician Markus Detmer founded the Staubgold label in 1998. We're a bit over ten years later now, and Staubgold is celebrating its 100th release.
For the occasion, Markus Detmer mixed his favourite tracks from the label into one album.

"Markus Detmer Plays Staubgold - 100 Jahre Einsamkeit" (one hundred years of loneliness) is a collection of psychedelic dance tracks, electronic pieces, experimental music, exotica, and more.

An excellent introduction to an impressive label.

http://www.staubgold.com

For a taste, try
http://www.myspace.com/thestaubgolds

TODD RUNDGREN - HELLO IT'S ME AND MY FRIENDS

• todd rundgren: hello, it's me and my friends
  (2004, cd, eu, music avenue 250097)

Todd Rundgren's "Hello, It's Me And My Friends" features Dweezil Zappa as a guest. Dweezil plays the guitar on one track 'Time Heals'.
But don't let them fool you. This album is a re-release of the 2002 album "Todd Rundgren & His Friends". Plus four bonus tracks, yes, but it's a re-titled re-release.

STANTON MOORE AND TERRY BOZZIO

Drum Channel presents Stanton Moore and Host Terry Bozzio - Rebroadcast of DC LIVE

http://www.drumchannel.com/entertainment/Stanton-Moore-and-Host-Terry-Bozzio-Rebroadcast-of-DC-LIVE-Pt-1-103115.aspx

PHIL ALVIN - UN SUNG STORIES

• phil alvin: un sung stories
  (1986, lp, usa, slash recordings)

Phil Alvin, frontman of The Blasters, released his first solo album in 1986. The album was entitled "Un Sung Stories" and featured The Dirty Dozen Brass Band as well as Sun Ra and his Arkestra as special guest.
Sun Ra & his Arkestra can be heard on three tracks!!

On the Saturn Newsgroup ihor added:

"i came across this phil alvin album 'unsung stories' at
http://twilightzone-rideyourpony.blogspot.com/2010/04/phil-alvin-unsung-stories-1986.html
which also has a link to a 128 kbps mp3 of the album. of interest to
me was the appearance of sun ra and the arkestra on three tunes,
doubly so because phil alvin and sun ra and the arkestra were doing
two cab calloway tunes - 'the ballad of smoky joe' and 'the old man of
the mountain' - and 'brother can you spare a dime'. being a bit
familiar with the cab calloway songs, i was wondering how they were
going to do these - would they out-'hi-de-ho' calloway, or miss the
mark, or what..."

GLAUCO VENIER RECORDED A ZAPPA ALBUM

"Glauco Venier Suona Frank Zappa" on the Music Center label.
If you have additional info, please let me know.

-- info: Danny Mathys

SUN RA ON ARTBEAT 2007

WTTW, Channel 11's ARTBEAT piece on Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn & Chicago's Afro-Futurist Underground, 1954-68, at the Hyde Park Art Center, October 2007, Curated by John Corbett, Anthony Elms, and Terri Kapsalis



-- info & link from the Saturn newsgroup

PROJECT OBJECT

Did I tell you that I went to the P/O show in Eindhoven last month? And that my car got wrecked and broken into? Well, the latter one is fixed, AND it was a great show.

Here are a couple of recent Project Object setlists, plus fine video taped versions of Cosmik Debris (great Ray White guitar solo!) and of Zomby Woof. - thanks to Luuk for catching these.


2010/05/18 - concert 'Blue Note', Milan, Italy
line-up
Andre' Cholmondeley - guitar & vocals * Dave Johnsen - bass & vocals * Jordan Shapiro - keyboards * Glen Leonard - drums & vocals * Ike Willis - vocals & guitar * Ray White - vocals & guitar
setlist
A Pound For A Brown, More Trouble Every Day, Idiot Bastard Son, Bamboozled By Love, Peaches En Regalia, City Of Tiny Lites, Stick It Out, Zomby Woof, Apostrophe, Outside Now, I'm the Slime, Andy, Inca Roads

2010/05/20 - concert 'Effenaar', Eindhoven, The Netherlands
line-up
Andre' Cholmondeley - guitar & vocals * Dave Johnsen - bass & vocals * Jordan Shapiro - keyboards * Glen Leonard - drums & vocals * Ike Willis - vocals & guitar * Ray White - vocals & guitar
special guest: Reinier Parengkuan - background vocals
setlist
intro, Pound For A Brown, Trouble Every Day, Magic Fingers, Idiot Bastard Son, Bamboozled By Love, Cosmik Debris, City Of Tiny Lites, Stick It Out, Keep It Greasey, Outside Now, Peaches En Regalia, Apostrophe, I'm The Slime, Zomby Woof, Illinois Enema Bandit, Andy, Inca Roads

recordings of both shows can be found at the Zappateers site!

JOHN FRUSCIANTE PLAYS INCA ROADS

Pinkpop festival in Holland, 1990.

NICK DIDKOVSKY EXPLAINS COSMIK DEBRIS

Frank Zappa's 'Cosmik Debris' guitar solo.
A guitar lesson (and a nice story) by Doctor Nerve's Nick Didkovsky !!

LILO // THE XTRA XTRA ORCHESTRA

data & setlists have been added to the United Mutations Archives:

2010/06/05 LILO // THE XTRA XTRA ORCHESTRA
concert 'Le Triton', Les Lilas, Paris, France

LILO

• LiLo (lead guitar) & tape (rhythm guitar, keyboards, bass, drums)

setlist
Zapmosphère, Soup'n Old Clothes, Heavy Duty Judy, Beat it with Your Fist, The Torture Never Stops, Treacherous Cretins, Stinkfoot, Watermelon in Easter Hay, That Ol' G Minor Thing Again (transe-jungle version), Amnerika, Dirty Sleep

THE XTRA XTRA ORCHESTRA

• Jeff Marschalle (guitars, lead vocals),
• Matthieu Metzger (alto, soprano & sopranino saxes, flute, vocals),
• Fabrice Barré (clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, vocals),
• Jean-Yves Monjauze (keyboards, vocals),
• Stéphane Gacioch (bass, vocals),
• Patrick Desoyer (drums)

setlist
Uncle Meat, Absolutely Free, Intro, L'Extraordinaire Développement du Rat Bleu, unknown, Le Rat Gai, unknown, Penguin in Bondage, Echidna's Arf (of You), Don't You Ever Wash that Thing ?, Tanpis, unknown, unknown, Goudha Bouda
encores
Intro, The Idiot Bastard Son, Peaches en Regalia

Recordings of both shows are being seeded at Zappateers.

DWALMACAT 384

Go to
http://www.fmbrussel.be/programmas/dwalmacat.aspx

and click on “Luister”
for your weekly dose of Dwalmacat

• SATANICPORNOCULTSHOP – Anorexia gasballoon
• GONJASUFI – She gone
• SILVER COLUMNS – Columns
• HOLY FUCK – Red lights
• VERMIN TWINS – Hot wings
• BOENOX – Fuga
• FAGGET FAIRYS – Feed the horse
• MEMORY TAPES – Green knight
• WARPAINT – Billie Holiday
• ODD NOSDAM – Untitled
• LAURENT GARNIER – Greed (Remix by Avril)
• BONOBO – Black sands
• KACEY JOHANSING – Angel island
• TRIKE – My little pony

RALPHAMERICA CLOSES DOWN

a message from Ralphamerica

Hello Ralph Pals,
today we have an announcement for you...

As of August 15, Ralph America will be closing due to the general state of
the music business and the expanding cost of creating physical products.
It's been a great ride. Thanks for all your support over the past 11
years.

Lorrie and Dren

Over the next few weeks you will see things disappear from the site...and
once they gone, they gone!

That's the long and short of it. It's been a joy getting to know many of
you over the years. I think we will have many of your addresses etched
into memory for years to come from sending so many packages to you.

So pick up those last few goodies before it's too late!

the Ralph Store
http://ralphamerica.com

ADRIAN BELEW POWER TRIO IN EUROPE

ADRIAN BELEW Power Trio
www.adrianbelew.net


2010/10/21 The Sage Gateshead, North East Guitar Festival,GB-Gateshead
2010/10/24 Islington Academy,GB-London
2010/10/27 P60,NL-Amstelveen
2010/10/28 w2 poppodium,NL-Den Bosch
2010/11/04 Santiago Alquimista,PT-Lisbon
2010/11/05 Luz de Gas,ES-Barcelona
2010/11/06 Rock Star Live,ES-Barakaldo (Bilbao)
2010/11/08 Harmonie,D-Bonn
2010/11/10 dashaus,D-Ludwigshafen
2010/11/11 Alcatraz (w/ Joe Satriani),IT-Milano
2010/11/12 Bronson,IT-Madonna dell'Albero (Ravenna)
2010/11/13 TimeZones,IT-Bari
2010/11/18 Retro Music Hall,CZ-Prague
2010/11/19 Quasimodo,D-Berlin
2010/11/20 HsD (Gewerkschaftshaus),D-Erfurt

ALLAN HOLDSWORTH, CHAD WACKERMAN & JIMMY JOHNSON TO TOUR EUROPE

Allan Holdsworth: guitar
Chad Wackerman: drums
Jimmy Johnson: bass

DATE,VENUE,CITY
2010/11/02 Randall,SK-Bratislava
2010/11/03 Exit Chmelnice,CZ-Prague
2010/11/04 Club Tante JU,D-Dresden
2010/11/05 Jazzfest,D-Ingolstadt
2010/11/06 Jazzfest,D-Aalen
2010/11/09 Leverkusener Jazztage,D-Leverkusen
2010/11/10 ??, NL-Tilburg
2010/11/11 Boerderij,NL-Zoetermeer
2010/11/12 Spirit of 66,B-Verviers

YO LA TENGO

December 28, 2005, Yo La Tengo performed at 'Maxwell's' in Hoboken, New Jersey, as part of the Hanukah concert series.

The band invited Arkestra members Fred Adams (trumpet), Michael Ray (trumpet), Dave Davis (trombone) and Tyrone Hill (trombone) on the stage and performed Sun Ra material with them.

2005/12/28 Yo La Tengo & The Sun Ra Arkestra - concert 'Maxwell's', Hoboken, New Jersey, usa

line-up
Yo La Tengo: Ira Kaplan Georgia Hubley and James McNew
Sun Ra Arkestra [partial] with Fred Adams, trumpet ; Michael Ray, trumpet ; Dave Davis trombone ; Tyrone Hill, trombone

setlist
Beach Party Tonight*, Georgia vs. Yo La Tengo*, Don't Have To Be So Sad*, Out The Window*, Double Dare*, Tears Are In Your Eyes, Stockholm Syndrome, Walking Away From You, Can't Forget, Clumsy Grandmother Serves Delicious Dessert by Mistake*, Deeper Into Movies*, Big Day Coming (fast)*, Little Honda (Beach Boys)*, Nuclear War (Sun Ra)*
encores
I Dream of Jeannie (Hypnolovewheel, with Stephen Hunking on guitar and vocals), (I Live For) Cars and Girls (The Dictators, with Todd Abramson of Maxwell's on vocals), Dreaming (Sun Ra)

*with members of the Sun Ra Arkestra.

a recording of this concert is being seeded at dimeadozen.
and mp3-files can be found at http://bigozine2.com/archive/ARrarities08/ARyltsunra.html

DWEEZIL ZAPPA 2010 06 06

the Dweezil Zappa newsletter:

Hello Everyone,
It's summer time again and that means the we have our bags packed and we're heading out to play more of the world's finest optional entertainment for all of you who are interested.

What can you expect from us this time around? A lot of new material and visits to a few great new cities around the world.

We have added an additional keyboardist once again. His name is Chris Norton. He sings well too. We've learned several new songs that we've never played on tour and we've brought back a few we haven't played in a while.

Here are just a few of the new ones. Pick Me I'm Clean, The Blue Light, Big Swifty, Easy Meat, Blessed Relief, The Little House I Used To Live In.

To find a show near you please visit :
http://www.dweezilzappaworld.com/events
or http://zappaplayszappa.com/tourdates.html


I have also made improvements to my guitar equipment. I'm quite inspired by the detailed sounds I'm currently able to produce with it. To hear a few recent audio examples from the road visit:
http://www.dweezilzappaworld.com/songs/category/fractal-experiments

We also have a new audio release. Dweezil Zappa - Return Of The Son Of...

It's a double CD set with live performances from 2008 - 09. It's available for pre-order in North America right now, here's the link :
http://www.musicspace.com/redir.aspx?ciid=47730&url=/product.aspx%3Fproductcode=MS3102%26ciid=47730

It will be available in stores worldwide in July. For a quick listen to all of the tracks on the CDs please visit :
http://www.dweezilzappaworld.com/songs/category/return-of-the-son-of

The final thing I'd like to mention is Dweezilla. What is it? It's a 4 day music bootcamp taking place June 21st through the 24th in the Catskills. All of the ZPZ band members will be teaching workshops. There are also private lessons available. There are still a few spaces left! For more info about Dweezilla visit:
http://www.dweezilzappaworld.com/pages/dweezilla

I look forward to seeing all of you out there on the road!

Thanks, DZ

COPERNICUS - NOTHING EXISTS

• copernicus: nothing exists
  (2010, cd, usa, nevermore / moonjune ncd 2085)

"Nothing Exists" was originally released in 1985. It presented performance poet Corpernicus (real name Joseph Smalkowski) using psychedelic music and free jazz to accompany his readings.
The band started in 1978 in New York City with Copernicus, Larry Kirwan and Pierce Turner.
Kirwan (on electric guitar, keyboards and vocals) and Turner (keyboards and vocals) are the musical masterminds, adding to the vocals that are spontaneously created by Copernicus.

"Nothing Exists" was Copernicus' first album. It combines complex music with Copernicus' extraordinary view on the quantum world.

And it looks like Copernicus found a good home at MoonJune Records.
MoonJune released "Disappearance" last year, and continues now with a re-released of "Nothing Exists.

Very impressive. Check it out.

http://www.moonjune.com/

http://www.myspace.com/copernicusonline

SONIC CIRCUITS FESTIVAL

SONIC CIRCUITS FESTIVAL 2010 to feature first Washinton DC appearnces of MAGMA, UNIVERS ZERO, FENNESZ and a rare DC performance by MERZBOW, as well as more than 25 other cutting-edge artists from around the world.

http://dc-soniccircuits.org

PAUL BUFF PRESENTS... VOLUME 8

• various artists: paul buff presents the pal and original sound studio archives, vol.8
  (2010, download, -, crossfire publications)

Volume number eight of Crossfire's "Paul Buff Presents..." series includes another fine selection of rare and obscure tracks from Paul Buff's PAL studio.
The place is Cucamonga, and we're talking early sixties.

Rene & Ray, Mr.Clean, The PAL Studio Band, The Friendly Torpedoes, and many more.

A true gem is the Pal Studio Band's original version of "Love Of My Life" with Ray Collins' lead vocal.

Available as download only from CDBaby.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/paulbuffpresents2