ED PALERMO PLAYS THE MUSIC OF PAUL BUTTERFIELD AND MIKE BLOOMFIELD

a message from Ed Palermo:

Folks, as some of you may know, my band is in the process of finishing up the recording of this long-awaited project.

I've been a devout fan of Chicago blues since I first heard it in the '60s. For the past decade, my band, along with the incredible vocal and harmonica talents of Rob Paparozzi, have been playing concerts of this wonderful music to enthusiastic audiences all over the tri-state area.

On Wednesday, July 31, we return to Echo Lake Park in Mountainside, NJ for a FREE outdoor concert.

We've performed at this event for many years. The park is absolutely beautiful.

For details and directions, please visit this site:  http://www.ucnj.org/park%20events%202012/

THE ED PALERMO BIG BAND PLAYS THE MUSIC OF PAUL BUTTERFIELD AND MIKE BLOOMFIELD

featuring ROB PAPAROZZI

WEDNESDAY, JULY 31

7:30-9:30 PM

We hope to see you there!

ed palermo

SUN RA EXPO IN EDINBURGH UK

From the Saturn newsgroup:

Sun Ra Expo in Edinburgh UK.

Special exhibition of previously unseen cover art and LP covers and ephemera from the esoteric, spiritual jazz great Sun Ra and the Arkestra, shown alongside photographs of the band. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

http://www.theskinny.co.uk/event/64503-sun_ra_immeasurable_equation_eaf

OSTRICH VON NIPPLE - OH, ALRIGHT (ALL AROUND)

from the new Ostrich Von Nipple "Vinyl Look" CDR - oh, fearsome ! nipple ?

Psychofon Records - Germany - Release Date - 6/17/2013

psychofonrecords.com

SECRET CHIEFS 3 - HURQALYA (SECOND GRAND CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS)

• secret chiefs 3: hurqalya (second grand constitution and bylaws)
      (1998, cd, usa, amarillo records acm-609)

"Hurqalya", the second album by Secret Chiefs 3, got released in 1998. The concept stayed the same, but the focus is put on eastern melodies and instumentation.
Great stuff.
The 2000 re-release on the Mimicry label is a remastered edition and has one bonus track.

Recommended listening.

FRANK ZAPPA - SWISS CHEESE

• frank zappa: swiss cheese
      (2012, 3cd, ??, scorpio 28)

Here's another one of these legendary concerts: Zappa and The Mothers live in Basel, Switzerland, October 1, 1974.
Released on the Scorpio label, this factory pressed 3CD bootleg includes both the early and the late show.
These concerts have been bootlegged numerous times.
Nice package, nice artwork, but still superfluous.
Fans of (audience) concert recordings should check out Zappateers.

Picture and data have been added to the United Mutations Archives.

FRANK ZAPPA, BEEFHEART & THE MOTHERS - WATER TURNING BLACK

• frank zappa, beefheart & the mothers: water turning black
      (2012, 2cd, ??, guitar master - 025/026)

Old news for some, as this 2CD factory pressed bootleg album got released a bit over a year ago.
The package presents a famous Zappa / Beefheart / Mothers concert. In fact, this was the first Zappa concert that I received on tape years (and years) ago.

Rather sloppy artwork, and if you want to hear the best available version of this concert, you should check out the zappateers website.
Cover and data have been added to the United Mutations Archives.

SECRET CHIEFS 3 - FIRST GRAND CONSTITUTION AN BYLAWS

• secret chiefs 3: first grand constitution and bylaws
      (1996, cd, usa, amarillo records acm-603)

Fans of adventurous and experimental music should definitely check out Secret Chiefs 3.
Mastermind Trey Spruance's earlier projects include Mr.Bungle and Faith No More, but with Secret Chiefs 3, he takes it another step further.
Fragments of every imaginable musical genre are puzzled and pasted together into a breathtaking, almost completely instrumental mixture.

"First Grand Constitution And Bylaws" was the band's first album. It got released in 1996 and got a re-mastered edition (with a couple of bonus tracks) in 2000 on the World Of Mimicry label.




Thanks to Philippe Lamoot (who convinced me to check this out) !

FRANK ZAPPA - A TOKEN OF HIS EXTREME, THE DVD

I'm aware that I've already mentioned this new Zappa DVD in these very pages, but I'm convinced that I should do it again.

Both the music and the video have been around for years (on various bootlegs and on The Dub Room Special), but there's nothing like this top-quality, official release.

Live at the KCET studios...

1974...

ESSENTIAL LISTENING (& VIEWING) !!!

Recorded on August 27, 1974 at KCET in Hollywood

Frank Zappa guitar, percussion, vocals
George Duke keyboards, finger cymbals, tambourine, vocals
Napoleon Murphy Brock sax, vocals
Ruth Underwood percussion
Tom Fowler bass
Chester Thompson drums. 

edited & produced by FZ

Stereo Mixes Produced by Frank Zappa with Kerry McNabb at Paramount Studios, 1974.
Mastered by Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering, 2009

1. The Dog Breath Variations/ Uncle Meat
2. Montana
3. Earl Of Duke (George Duke)
4. Florentine Pogen
5. Stink-Foot
6. Pygmy Twylyte
7. Room Service
8. Inca Roads
9. Oh No
10. Son Of Orange County
11. More Trouble Every Day
12. A Token Of My Extreme

A ZAPPOSTROPHE UPDATE

Our friends from the Czech Republic recently released issue number 123 (that's one hundred and twenty-three !!) of their Zappostrophe fanzine, dedicated to the music of Frank Zappa.

Here's an update:

zappostrophe no.119  -  2011

incl.

• " bad doberan zappatown" - a zappanale special

zappostrophe no.120  -  2012

incl.

• frank zappa bootlegs
• an article on the fillmore east
• the grande mothers on tour
• frank zappa quartet

zappostrophe no.121  -  2012

incl.

• the story of the frank zappa toilet poster
• the tom mix cabin
• the real frank zappa book variations
• frank zappa in prague - photofactory

zappostrophe no.122  -  2013

incl.

• new dweezil zappa plays zappa album
• zappa / john cage
• zappa the movie
• various article scans

zappostrophe no.123  -  2013

incl.

• r.i.p. wild man fischer
• new releases
• project/object in prague, a review
• slávka prevendarcíková
• frank zappa day in baltimore

SUN RA - LIVE AT THE RED GARTER

• sun ra: at the red garter
      (2013, 3cd, usa, transparency 0319)

This latest Transparency release brings an early July 1970 concert to our attention. "Live At The Red Garter" (later 'The Bottom Line' / New York City) doesn't offer the best sound quality, but it does give a glimpse of an exceptional version of the Arkestra: Sun Ra, Kwame Hadi, Akh Tal Ebah, Marshall Allen, Danny Davis, John Gilmore, Pat Patrick, Danny Ray Thompson, Eloe Emoe, Alan Silva, Alex Blake and a handful of unidentified percussionists...

"Live At The Red Garter" is a 3CD set: 2 audio discs and 1 disc with a picture slide show.

Nice.