Off Topic Foredeckdave's Music Thread!

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The sound quality is ****, and the mix you're hearing is just straight off the desk.

This performance is mixed properly on Volume 6 of the "Stage" series. Well worth a listen

[video=youtube;9L5AJwnp6f0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L5AJwnp6f0[/video]
 
The sound quality is ****, and the mix you're hearing is just straight off the desk.

This performance is mixed properly on Volume 6 of the "Stage" series. Well worth a listen

[video=youtube;9L5AJwnp6f0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L5AJwnp6f0[/video]

Don't know if it's just me but I can never work out when Zappa is just taking the piss.
 
The sound quality is ****, and the mix you're hearing is just straight off the desk.

This performance is mixed properly on Volume 6 of the "Stage" series. Well worth a listen

[video=youtube;9L5AJwnp6f0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L5AJwnp6f0[/video]

Usually my favourite part of SG is the bit that kicks off at 4:25 in this recording, and I don't quite feel it here. Either way though, it's a stunning example of musicianship from everyone involved. Love it.

Of all the Zappa collaborators, my all time favourite was Patrick O'Hearn. Especially here:

[video=youtube;myBbd1Bs_5A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myBbd1Bs_5A[/video]

... and his work on Sheikh Yerbouti:

[video=youtube;glLsZIj5XvM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glLsZIj5XvM[/video]

[video=youtube;KQXUCjKd13Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQXUCjKd13Q[/video]
 
The problem with Zappa is that for every wonderful piece of music he creates, he churns out something like this:

[video=youtube;ixHujoSAC3k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixHujoSAC3k[/video]