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Dallas Knebs

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  1. really deep and emotional subject
  2. ...and "You Can't Seize A Sunrise" Conneyfogle started a memorable thread a while back here =====>
  3. ALS section one is LP1, artic strat (vari-speed), tele1(vari-speed), section two is ES, LP3 (vari-speed), LP1, tele2, tele1, dubs are everything FYL is triple tracked Strat RO is LP1 and Rickie NFBM is LP3 & LP2 CSR is ES & Tele Candy Store Rock starts at 7:35... not too sticky HOFNW is LP v's and Strat solo w/double LP and double Strat on tag T41 is LP3 and LP1
  4. Swan Song/Midnight Moonlight took the longest so I don't know if that equates to difficulty I'm Gonna Crawl was a try, try, try again track that started as a mandolin/hurdy gurdy/acoustic in Feb '70.
  5. Is JP a sloppy player? in studio= no. You don't get hired and in demand by being anything other than someone who delivers precisely what is requested. You do not get called back ever if you do. On stage = no. No more than someone driving an automobile or operating machinery is whilst under the influence. Even on the best clean days every musician I know cringes when they hear playbacks of themselves and usually says "I heard it a little different than what it sounds like..." At the O2 several- especially those who were not at the event- commented that JP was cautious, reserved and played safe. He played sober.
  6. this stuck with me since you posted it and ya know SAJ you have something here. Could borrow some of the format from "It Might Get Loud" especially the informality. Screen it to theaters which would minimize the need to get on the promo circuit and slog thru all that and it would provide access to the content for many who would not be able to win a ticket lottery. Aaaaaand JP could put together a soundtrack, remaster it- with a companion disc- and well there you have it the 50th Anniversary super D deluxe extra bonus issue with marbled mothership red vinyl with a SRTS genuine reissue tshirt available in Japan since the Medium and Large do not fit anglos. See what you do to me- want to don't want to. Can't help it.
  7. Use the "search" function on this site for a smattering of info
  8. thanks for the review, I have not heard any audio to me he leans this way naturally kinda freaks me out a little i.e ZOOMA and THUNDER THIEF
  9. ... how can they not. I am 100% confident of new composition and companion materials.
  10. Exactly. Excitement/enthusiasm peak was 68-71 Command/execution peak was 72ish I will say '79, '98 and '07 were just fine for me. Not a fan of the over-nuanced push and pull of his phrasing in '77-Over Europe, for me it's annoying.
  11. ... would be nice to see blimps fly again- been a while now hoping they do a night at Knebworth if they do anything and beam it to the world. Demand unprecedented. I am 100% confident new music will be involved.
  12. ...so what I hear you saying is "what a great song" and "it's fantastic that it is on an official release" If the purpose of LZ music was to rise above critical pressures, it would not. Rather, the band created demand unprecedented during a time of enormous competition [allegedly] I rarely listen to studio LPs, "glitches" and "sonic imperfections" prevent my enjoyment and pleasure not one iota. Warner had zero input regarding content.
  13. not at all originally on the Cut Loose album ====> Live in Peace 1983 [if you can abide the cilck track drum work btw he played all the instruments] It holds up ok. Mendelsohn's work on the LP is like a textbook and frames the vocals- kinda the point- precisely. Live in Peace is my personal favorite from the band. So much care and emphasis had gone into "don't sound like Bad Company" or "LZ" we have to sound like our own unit. =====> solo begins 42:42 55:30 laser/bow worth a watch & listen Commercial music was such a mud puddle then and no one was certain what would take off and Mean Business owes some of it's patchwork to that. Next favorite from the band is: Money Can't Buy- Live [1:55 track begins]
  14. sweet mama rain comin' down in hurrrrr...... Groove Me Deep
  15. this one is on my list because of all the different little things they had worked into the number especially as it approached the finale- spent a great deal of time trying to chart it out back in the day.
  16. ...it went a bit past 11pm and started a bit before 11am- started stepping over people in the bogs by about 8:30am and I thought ticketron wasn't in UK til '81
  17. Mr. Rosanne Rosannadanna, release says he had end of life issues including Alzheimers. RIP. Hope they do a fantastic send off and memorial.
  18. well... he got paid. I think it speaks volumes that John Davis is doing LZ, Page and Yardbirds work. Caveman at that moment was a solid pick, else he would not have been employed. Technically, Caveman did what he was asked to do by the guy paying him to do it, at no point did that include pleasing and meeting the critiquing expectations of fans. "Wow listen to the clarity, the mud is gone wow listen to the chink and transients on the bass..." and it is impressive, Caveman did a solid job. Taking analog to digital tho is going to have a downside. The toms on the kit tell the entire story. At some points it's like a mic was dropped inside a tupperware container. With Caveman's work, the apparent level, relative level and perceived level [humans hear in averaged btw] are as high as -0.2db rather than bumping along around -6db and breathing/expanding up and down. Not much room to breathe when the range is so narrow and already at the top. Contrary to urban legend, Caveman did not push/compress/chop the signals excessively. Had he done that the noise floor would have come up so high as to be a huge distraction. For me, what I will tell you is that I prefer the original releases on vinyl. Folks who have never owned a turntable have not experienced the expansion that occurs when you crank an LP and that sizzle and glow happens. It's not possible in the digital realm. LZ vinyl was produced in a way to allow the listener to crank it. CD/stream are pre-cranked typically about 6db to 9db hotter than mid-70x levels- and the RMS is still getting louder. When you opened Presence for the first time and the intro to ALS started... then For Your Life. Beyond brilliant. LZ is amazing in that with the headphones on you could hear so much going on. The placement and movement within each section of a song- then looking at each side of the LP as a whole, the artistry is unmatched thru the entire catalog. I enjoy HTWWW, it seems to take some effort tho. PS... Not much is said about the Celebration Day release in 2012, especially the night and day differences between the blu-ray and the CDs. Alan Moulder's work on Celebration Day is fantastic considering what he was given. Once he received instruction on the sound of the band, the outcome was LZ 2007. The digital product is ok and the vinyl is really close. My ears do not feel like someone is hitting my eardrums with an icepick after about 2minutes of listening.
  19. ...and frame that with the obligatory appeal more $$$ for the lawyers
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