SECRET CHIEFS 3 - LIVE AT THE GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL

• secret chiefs 3: live at the great american music hall
      (2009, dvd, usa, mimicry)

Adding data to the Secret Chiefs 3 discography.
"Live At The Great American Music Hall" got released in 2009.

From Midheaven.com :
Live at the Great American Music Hall captures Secret Chiefs 3 in concert with what many consider to be the best of their many lineups in 14 years of playing. Shot in 2007 at one of the band's favorite haunts, this DVD does justice to a group whose live energy usually exceeds the recorded medium. Renowned for their ultra-elaborate CD productions, Secret Chiefs 3 has also garnered a reputation for the power and immediacy of their live shows. Their fanbase has swelled in recent years and grown accustomed to this live incarnation (the Secret Chiefs 3 bootleg scene is thriving), and they demand an official release! Not just some audience-hand-cam and stereo-mic-job thing, this DVD boasts a pro six-camera shoot with live sound mixed by Billy Anderson, with the multi-channel outs mixed for DVD by Trey Spruance and Randall Dunn (producer of Earth, SUNNO))), Kinski, Wolves in the Throne Room, etc). And it comes with a really nice six-panel gatefold digi-pack with original artwork.

At the show, Secret Chiefs 3 performs a set of both familiar and as-yet-unreleased music. The line-up includes Ches Smith (Xiu Xiu, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog), Shahzad Ismaili (who also plays with Graham Haynes, Laurie Anderson, and Tom Waits), Timb Harris (Estradasphere), Rich Doucette, Peijman Kouretchian, and Jai Young Kim. Live at the Great American Music Hall also has an award-winning and seriously dimensionally altered 80-minute stop-motion animation feature film directed by Tawd Dornfeld that uses Secret Chiefs 3's live show as a soundtrack.

BERT DOCKX - TRANSIT

• bert dockx: transit
      (2018, lp+cd, bel, unday)

I finally managed to get the data for Bert Dockx's "Transit" album in the Archives.
Solo guitar. And some vocals.
Superb.

Bert Dockx is the composer / guitar player for Flying Horseman and for Dans Dans. He will be touring with his most recent OTTLA project later this year.
Something to look forward to.

In the meantime, I'm happy to hear "Transit".

NEW ZAPPA BOOKS

Next to the previously mentioned libretto for "200 Motels, The Suites", there's another two Zappa books about to surface.

The French version of "Them Or Us" got released last week and should be available at the forthcoming Paris concerts.

And there's a Dutch book scheduled for release in November. Written by Peter Sijnke and entitled "Zappa - Controversieel Componist".

FRANK ZAPPA - 200 MOTELS, THE SUITES - THE LIBRETTO

Next to the very informative program booklet that was distributed during the concert, there was also a beautiful book for sale.
About 90 pages with the complete libretto in French and in English, plus some black and white pictures.
Published by T&M.

THE HEADSHAKERS - WE JAZZ WE ROCK WE FUNK

• the headshakers: we jazz we rock we funk
      (2012, cd, france, private release) 

Now here's a nice surprise !!
The Headshakers released their first album in 2015. Before this album, however, the band already released two EP's.

The first one, from 2010, and in the meantime only available as a digital download, can be found here:

The second one, "We Jazz We Rock We Funk" can also be found on Bandcamp but it's also still available on compact disc.
Three funky tracks, AND a hidden track : a superb version of Frank Zappa's 'I'm The Slime'. In French. Love it.
An excellent addition to The Others Of Invention.

NEW ALBUM BY PIERRE VERVLOESEM AND ALINOVSKY

"Invisible Quality", the new album by Pierre Vervloesem and Alinovsky, is available from the Off Records label.

http://off-recordlabel.blogspot.com/2018/09/opv013-pierre-vervloesem-alinovsky.html

ALTUN GÜN RELEASES 7"

Altin Gün just released 'Cemalim / Vay Dünya' on 7" on the Les Disques Bongo Joe record label.

Very nice.

THE ED PALERMO BIG BAND UPDATE

October 19 and 20 at 'The Iridium'

ED PALERMO BIG BAND WITH NAPOLEON MURPHY BROCK

https://theiridium.com/event/ed-palermo-big-band-with-napoleon-murphy-brock/

KLOOT PER W AND MAURO PAWLOWSKI

On his latest release, "Inhale Slowly And Feel", Kloot Per W recorded a number of Velvet Underground tracks.
Featuring Mauro Pawlowski.

VINNIE COLAIUTA AND AYNSLEY DUNBAR

Former Zappa drummers Vinnie Colaiuta and Aynsley Dunbar contributed to the "Spin The Bottle" Kiss-tribute album that got released in 2004.
The album will get a new package and a new title plus a bonus DVD and will be re-released as "Pure Fire".

1. Detroit Rock City - Dee Snider, Doug Aldrich, Marco Mendoza, John Tempesta
2. Love Gun - Tommy Shaw, Steve Lukather, Tim Bogert, Jay Schellen
3. Cold Gin - Mark Slaughter, Ryan Roxy, Robben Ford, Phil Soussan, Steve Riley
4. King Of The Night Time World - Chris Jericho, Rich Ward, Mike Inez, Fred Coury
5. I Want You - Kip Winger, Paul Gilbert, Greg Bissonette
6. God Of Thunder - Buzz Osbourne, Bruce Kulick, Blasko, Carmine Appice
7. Calling Dr. Love - Page Hamilton, Mike Porcaro, Greg Bissonette
8. Shout It Out Loud - Lemmy Kilmister, Jennifer Batten, Bob Kulick, Samantha Maloney
9. Parasite - Dug Pinnick, Bob Kulick, John Alderete, Vinnie Colaiuta
10. Strutter - Phil Lewis, Gilby Clarke, Jeff Pilson, Bobby Rock
11. Stole Your Love - Robin McAuley, C.C. DeVille, Tony Franklin, Aynsley Dunba