I agree with your comments about Mike Giles. I think that M. Giles
drumming with Crimso is amazing. One of my favorite rock drummers of
all time. :) Perhaps a drummer that has been overlooked...?
--- In
Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "David Jacques" <djacques@...>
wrote:
>
> When you think about how those 1969 Crimson live tapes were
recorded, it is
> amazing that any fidelity had survived. I believe that the Fillmore
East
> tapes were from an ancient cassette deck held by someone in the
audience. I
> had one of those when I was 13.
>
> To hear the incredible drumming by Michael Giles, even in lo-fi, is
just
> mind-boggling... Has anyone, besides Fripp, truly appreciated his
genius?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of mlcsixand78s
> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 2:14 AM
> To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Fw: [Mellotronists] Re: Roxy M400 live 1974 (+ King
Crimson
> Live!)
>
>
> In response to earlier posting on this subject:
>
> LIVE CRIMSON _ LO-FI
> Yes some of the earliest live Krimson recordings released are lo-
fi.
> But many of the gigs from the Wallace & Wetton eras have very good
> fidelity. I have many of the KC kCollectors Kclub releases. I
highly
> recommend them.
>
> KC 1ST LINE UP RECORDINGS
> Since the earliest Crimso was so long ago I heard rumor that T.
> Edison attended some of the first US gigs... hmm? Maybe a Detroit
> gig? Perhaps Thomas Edison made some boot recordings of Crimso?
> Maybe Fripp got a hold of these original disks and used them for
some
> of the 'Club releases ...
> ... (haaa, what, huh, where am I? ohhh, what a strange dream).
>
> EDISON DISCOTRON? (or CYLIDRICA-TRON?) (or WAX-CYLI-TRON)?
> Wow, what a beast that would be. All those disks, styli, horns,
etc.
> used as a "sampler/playback" instrument. It could even be powered
> with a small steam engine! Think of it! THE ULTIMATE ANALOG (or is
> that analouge?)instrument. No electronics needed! What a dream! If
> there was a power cut during a gig the 'Edi-Tron-ist' and drummer
> could keep playing happily along, improvising a "duo/solo" to keep
> the audience happy.
> ... ahh, but on stage there might be some technical issues with
very
> low freq. vibrations from, for example, bassists of Wetton
> proportions or drummers with a Bonzo like bass drum foot. This
could
> have all those styli hopping around like a crowd of punkers in a
mosh
> pit.
>
> OK, enuff. back to reality for me.
>
> ;)
>
>
> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@ wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 3/11/2006 6:08:24 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > jonesalley@ writes:
> >
> > and the needle snaps back to the start of the groove every time
> you lift the
> > keyâ¦.hmmmmmâ¦â¦I guess youâd need 35 horns, tooâ¦â¦.Can
you
> imagine the
> > sounds coming out of something like that?!?
> > All attack and less than zero aftertouch.
> >
>
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