HALL OF FAME RECORDS - THE ALBUMS OF 2017

• various artists: hall of fame records - the albums of 2017
      (2017, download, spain, hall of fame records)

Did you get this fine free sampler yet ?
Original material, a Prince cover, a Kate Bush cover, and a couple of Zappa tunes (by The Muffin Men and by Z.E.R.O.
Check it out:
https://halloffame.es/

MORE LIVE PHISH DOWNLOADS

Here's two more "Live Phish Downloads" cdr-on-demand albums that include a Zappa track.
Resulting in a total of 10.
CDR-on-demand releases by Phish on which they perform a Frank Zappa composition, that is.
'Peaches En Regalia'.

• phish: 07.07.12 saratoga performing arts center, saratoga springs, ny
      (2012, 3cdr, usa, live phish downloads)

Track 10 on disc one. In concert in Saratoga Springs.

• phish: 08.28.12 chaifetz arena, st. louis, mo
      (2012, 3cd, usa, live phish downloads)

Track 7 on disc one. Live in St. Louis.

MERRELL FANKHAUSER

Merrell Fankhauser who, together with Jeff Cotton (of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band), did the fabulous MU project in the early seventies, has a solo album out.
Great album cover !!

• merrell fankhauser: tiki lounge live
      (2018, cd, usa, golden lane records)

from Glass Onyon PR :

Surf Rock Guitar Icon MERRELL FANKHAUSER Brings The Magic Of His Long Running TV Show TIKI LOUNGE To CD!

Los Angeles, CA - One of the true innovators of surf rock music, Merrell Fankhauser, has been a mainstay on the music scene in both California and Hawaii for decades not only performing live but also producing a much-loved TV variety show “The Tiki Lounge.” Now, fans of all ages can discover the magic Fankhauser creates with this live concert album, Tiki Lounge Live, set to be released on January 12 via Goldenlane Records. Enjoy performances by Fankhauser as well as special guests Ed Cassidy of Spirit, The Brymers, Lindsey Ikeno, and more!

Merrell Fankhauser’s career began in the 1960s with the instrumental surf rock group The Impacts whose hit album Wipe Out is now revered as one of the era’s best surf rock albums. He later formed two other bands, Merrell and The Exiles and H.M.S. Bounty, before embarking on a formative move to the island of Maui in 1973 with his group MU. Later projects found Fankhauser collaborating with everyone from drummer Gary Malabar of Steve Miller Band and John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service.

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD

Their fifth album in 2017 !!
"Gumboot Soup".


Australian band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard will be doing a number of concerts in the UK next February.

DISCO BISCUITS UPDATE

Earlier this week, I heard through the FaceBook Grapevine that The Disco Biscuits have not just one recording ("Encephalous Crime") with Zappa's 'Pygmy Twylyte' on it, but also a more recent one : "Trance Fusion Radio Broadcast 02".

As it happens, the latter of these, has recently been issued on vinyl, together with "Trance Fusion Radio Broadcast 01".
As a 3 LP set.

http://blog.nugs.net/thediscobiscuitstfr/

How about that?

FROM THE ZAPPA VAULTS

Alex Winter says :

This clip is from the very last performance of the original Mothers of Invention in Ottawa CA 1969. I can only share a very short taste of it, so don’t start throwing digital tomatoes at your screen, but it’s super rare and it made my heart skip a beat and I’m sure it will for you too!

ED PALERMO IN CONCERT AT THE IRIDIUM IN NYC ON JAN 29

The Ed Palermo Big Band
in concert

Monday, Jan. 29th at 8pm

http://theiridium.com/events/6764/ed-palermo-big-band-25/

LIVE PHISH DOWNLOADS

Here's two more "Live Phish Downloads" albums that belong in The Others Of Invention section :

• phish: 08.08.11 hollywood bowl, hollywood, ca
      (2011, 3cdr, usa, live phish downloads)

In concert in Hollywood, August 8, 2011, the band performed Frank Zappa's 'Peaches En Regalia' in their first set. Track 5 on this 3 CD set.

• phish: 08.12.11 outside lands festival, san francisco, ca
      (2011, 3cdr, usa, live phish downloads)

About one week later, Phish played a completely different set at the Outside Lands Festival in San Fran. They did, however, play 'Peaches En Regalia' again as the fifth song on their setlist.

Both albums are available as download and as CDR-on-demand.

TONY LEVIN - WORLD DIARY

• tony levin: world diary
      (1995, cd, usa, papa bear records)

Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel) released his first solo album in 1995 : "World Diary".
MoonJune Records recently made the record digitally available through bandcamp.
(CD copies are still available as well.)

"World Diary" is an extraordinary album.

Check out 'Chasms', his collaboration with L.Shankar !



Tony performs with Shankar, violin and vocal, in a room in the Atlantic Hotel in Hamburg, duets with King Crimson colleague Bill Bruford at Bruford's house. Tony plays electric double bass in the Hotel Royal Monceau in Paris with Levon Minassian on doudouk. Others with whom he collaborates on the CD are: Ayub Ogada - nyatiti & vocal, Brian Yamakoshi - koto, Bendik - tenor sax, Nexus - a five man percussion ensemble, Manu Katche - drums, and Jerry Marotta - drums.

THE RESIDENTS' WARNER BROS ALBUM TO BE RELEASED ON RECORD STORE DAY

From an intervieuw with Homer Flynn :

M[m]: What’s next lined up in this reissue series?
HF The plan, for now, seems to be going through the catalog chronologically, releasing several titles a year until all the major album have been re-released. As you mentioned Meet the Residents and The Third Reich ’n' Roll are set for release in January; Fingerprince and Duck Stab are currently in the works, although I’m not sure if a release date has been set or not. Also, The Residents’ legendary Warner Bros Album, the “audition” tape they sent to Warner Music in 1970 is set for release as an LP on Record Store Day in April, 2018.

More at :
https://www.musiquemachine.com/articles/articles_template.php?id=435