November 29, 2007 – 5:51 am
Bob Harris, keyboardist/vocalist of the 1980 Frank Zappa band with guitarists Steve Vai, Ray White and Ike Willis, keyboardist Tommy Mars, bassist Arthur Barrow and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, will soon have his 1986 album The Great Nostalgia released in an expanded format by Crossfire Publications. The Great Nostalgia, originally a self-financed release on his Mastahna label, has been remastered (and in some cases remixed) from the original session tapes.
More than twenty-one years after its first release, The Great Nostalgia has been expanded by six additional tracks. Frank Zappa heard the album in 1986 and thought that the track “Ageless Love†was outstanding and should kick off the album. Bob Harris, who is currently working with ’80s rock legends Axe, wanted to change the song order because he highly valued Zappa’s opinion, but the album had already been pressed. Out of respect for Frank Zappa, “Ageless Love†is now the first track on Crossfire’s reissue, and Jeremy Barber’s violin has replaced the original keyboard emulation of that instrument.
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November 29, 2007 – 5:43 am
Led Zeppelin have made the cover of the new issue of Rolling Stone. Click here to read an excerpt from David Fricke’s interview with the band in which Plant talks about how getting the band back together was “no big deal†and how having John Bonham’s son on drums has changed the dynamics of the group.
November 29, 2007 – 5:35 am
Vangelis’ score for the motion picture “El Greco” won the “Best Music” award at the 48th Thessaloniki Film Festival in Greece. The website “Elsewhere“, the last word on all things Vangelis, reports:
The film is an “absolute smash hit” in Greek cinemas, having sold more than 650,000 tickets in just 4 weeks, while still going strong… Visitor numbers are projected to reach at least a million tickets within Greece alone. Greece has a population of only 11 million inhabitants. It is rumored that the film may be screened at the Berlin film festival in February next year, while Spain is reportedly expecting to have the film on general release by the end of February or shortly thereafter. No news so far for any other territories…
November 29, 2007 – 5:19 am
From John Wetton’s website: John Wetton will be one of the keynote speakers at Sun, Sea & Sound 2007, an official music industry event for Bournemouth and Poole, UK. John will discuss “From Bournemouth to Asia” on December 7th at 2:00PM at the B.I.C. Visit the official events website for more info.
November 28, 2007 – 2:20 am
Bob Lefsetz has posted a very nice piece on his recent experience at a Van Halen reunion concert and, more over, he brilliantly waxes nostalgic about the long gone days of arena rock and what it meant to be 20-something WAY before MTV. Back when your car radio was the single point of contact with Rock-N-Roll.
Read it here: Van Halen At Staples
November 28, 2007 – 1:59 am
Bill Bruford is the cover feature on the December issue of Drumhead Magazine.
November 28, 2007 – 1:46 am
Give the gift of music this Christmas season with a “personalized”, autographed copy of Odin Dragonfly’s Offerings CD. This Xmas special offer is now available from the official Odin Dragonfly online shop. Plus, they’re donating £2 from every order to The Rainbow Trust charity.