The infamous "What album did you last buy" thread..

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Pappawas1975 - 1-7-2006 at 11:41

You couldve had my copy of that BB...I havent heard anything of Dweezils stuff that Ive really liked yet....

Puptent - 1-7-2006 at 13:22

Yeah, I'm still on the fence whether I should get that new Dweezil album or not. I'm not a big shred guitar fan in general...

Pappawas1975 - 1-7-2006 at 15:09

What I heard of Automatic seemed ok, but not enough to make me purchase it. I got Confessions and Shampoo Horn through Music For Nations, when my old band were on the label too. They let us raid their Cd cupboards, so naturally I picked up Dweezil stuff ( and several copies of CPIII, as they didnt have any other FZ titles left after losing the UK distribution rights to Ryko ).....I was totally dissapointed. Shampoo Horn is utterly abysmal.

Puptent - 1-7-2006 at 15:45

I got Shampoo Horn from the local library once, years ago. Suffice to say I never bothered to buy it.

Pappawas1975 - 1-7-2006 at 19:11

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Originally posted by Puptent
I got Shampoo Horn from the local library once, years ago. Suffice to say I never bothered to buy it.

Yep. Thats about the size of it mate.....

BBP - 1-7-2006 at 19:21

Well... I got 4 DZs now, vinyl Havin' A Bad Day, vinyl My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, for which I had to travel 8 hours in order to get it, Automatic and Confessions.
Bad Day is kinda cute but not very interesting, Guitar is horrible, Automatic is better but has covers from Bizet that simply sound awful. Confessions after hearing it twice I think is funny and has some very nice bits. But musically, well, he's not his dad. His compositions have the tendency to get boring.

aquagoat - 1-7-2006 at 19:28

Confessions are only funny pop songs, that's all, no great artistic pretensions. I don't think we should expect to hear dweezil try to continue his father's work. I wouldn't try if I was in his place.

[Edited on 1-7-2006 by aquabot]

BBP - 1-7-2006 at 19:33

He's done that with ZPZ I think... and pretty well too! Hope to see him doing that again.

aquagoat - 1-7-2006 at 19:35

He "only" played his father's work, did not compose anything like that, and I don't think he should.

BBP - 1-7-2006 at 19:38

Depends on whether or not you approach his soloing as "air sculptures". And I was sceptical about ZPZ myself, but the show sparkled in Amsterdam even without a good frontman.

aquagoat - 1-7-2006 at 19:50

Unfortunately I didn't see the Paris show but a friend of mine told me it was awesome, but I don't think he's got the necessary talent to compose the kind of music his father made, and I think he shouldn't try, cause I don't even see the interest, I think he should do something totally different, find his own way. And once in a while pay a tribute to his dad and spread the Zappa gospel with ZPZ.

Puptent - 1-7-2006 at 20:20

You've got to admire how he pulled off the ZPZ tour thing, it was way better than anyone could have suspected. I wouldn't have paid attention to any new Dweezil Zappa album if it weren't for his great playing on the tour.

Guess time will tell whether his own music is worthwhile. I'm waiting for a couple more reviews of his new solo album before I might buy it.

Like I said, usually these 'guitar hero' albums bore me quickly. Apparently one of his new tracks has him playing Van Halen's "Eruption" backwards. Now, that might be a nice technical exercise, but why bother to release that on on an album?

[Edited on 1-7-2006 by Puptent]

BBP - 1-7-2006 at 23:03

Didn't get Noiture either. But the rest from what I've heard sounds good! If that Inca Roads solo sounds half as good as the one he did in Brussels, it should be great!

BBP - 13-7-2006 at 20:41

-Ravel conducts Ravel / Prokofiev conducts Prokofiev

-Boulez conducts Pierrot Lunaire

-DAAU - We Need New Animals

BBP - 19-7-2006 at 16:50

Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery

aquagoat - 19-7-2006 at 18:36

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Originally posted by BBP
Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery

What's that ? Never heard of that ?

BBP - 19-7-2006 at 20:06

Dunno... had never heard of them either...
http://www.dogfashiondisco.com

aquagoat - 20-7-2006 at 09:15

That seems to be cool funny songs they make. They must adore Mike Patton.

[Edited on 20-7-2006 by aquabot]

BBP - 20-7-2006 at 09:30

Ha! It's indeed very Mr Bungle! A bit rougher music perhaps. But funny!

aquagoat - 20-7-2006 at 09:40

Yeah, I think maybe I'll buy that when I've got money, the tracks on my space where nice.

aquagoat - 29-7-2006 at 10:13

BBP - 29-7-2006 at 10:47

And? How's that?

aquagoat - 29-7-2006 at 10:58

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Originally posted by BBP
And? How's that?

I've just ordered it, I'll have to wait for a few days to know whether it's good or not. But here's a link if you want to listen to excerpts.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewpro...

Pappawas1975 - 29-7-2006 at 16:34

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Originally posted by BBP
And? How's that?

I think its an excellent album. Very unique. Also very good is another of his latest releases, Minazo Vol.1, on Important records......

BBP - 31-7-2006 at 14:48

2nd hand: digipak (black with cool metal shield on the front) Marduk - Panzer Division Marduk

and

BBP - 6-8-2006 at 17:33

Just bought a cassette with Turkish folk music.

Pappawas1975 - 7-8-2006 at 13:02

Just received Merzbow Turmeric 4 cd set and Live In Geneva....both awaiting dissection...

BBP - 7-8-2006 at 18:10

How many Merzbow records do you have now I wonder?

Pappawas1975 - 8-8-2006 at 07:43

BBP - 8-8-2006 at 10:35

Guk... 300+ albums...
:shocked:

Have you considered buying Merzbox with more than 1? I did that once, with my sister. (Now I got RHCP Californication which is now half the price it was then. Eventually my sister didn't like it anymore and said I could have it, mind you at the full price so I had to pay her.) Could work out.

Pappawas1975 - 8-8-2006 at 16:19

Pappawas1975 - 15-8-2006 at 13:47

BBP - 15-8-2006 at 14:29

BBP - 15-8-2006 at 14:30

Pappawas1975 - 15-8-2006 at 20:37

aquagoat - 15-8-2006 at 20:43

aquagoat - 21-8-2006 at 08:24

[Edited on 21-8-2006 by aquagoat]

Pappawas1975 - 21-8-2006 at 12:39

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Originally posted by aquagoat

[Edited on 21-8-2006 by aquagoat]

Amlux and Buddha are great aqua, especially Amlux. One of his best IMO....
Adding to my luck with Tamago earlier in the week, Ive just found and bought Timehunter! Looonngg out of print and super rare now, this is a sealed copy too....4 3' cds in a faux leather filofax case. I cant believe I got a copy.....
Recent Merzbow additions - F.I.D., Bloody Sea and Merzbeat, which Ive been after for ages and has just finally been re-issued,,,,

aquagoat - 22-8-2006 at 07:49

I'm impatiently waiting for these Merzbow records to arrive, it should take 2 long weeks.:umm:

aquagoat - 23-8-2006 at 10:10

I've just "acquired" this record and I'm really impressed, it's simpler than To megatherion and Pandemonium but it has more impact, in my opinion, perhaps because of the sound that is really good.

[Edited on 23-8-2006 by aquagoat]

Pappawas1975 - 23-8-2006 at 16:05

Quote:

Originally posted by aquagoat

I've just "acquired" this record and I'm really impressed, it's simpler than To megatherion and Pandemonium but it has more impact, in my opinion, perhaps becaus of the sound that is really good.

[Edited on 23-8-2006 by aquagoat]

It is a good album. Kinda sounds like a "prequel" to Pandemonium in a wierd way.....

Saw them last week in London and they were awesome.
Played mainly older stuff, with only a couple of tracks from Mono.

Got my phone smashed in the pit, but ended up with a better one through the insurance.

BBP - 23-8-2006 at 20:04

WoW! A useful insurance company!

BBP - 23-8-2006 at 20:08

BBP - 28-8-2006 at 16:33

Pappawas1975 - 28-8-2006 at 18:22

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Originally posted by BBP
WoW! A useful insurance company!

If ya gotta phone girl, insurance is a must. Te irony is this new phone is alot better than the one that got smashed up! And Im still due for an upgrade in November.....

BBP - 28-8-2006 at 20:59

Oh wow! Does it have games?
We don't have much positive experience with our insurance companies. Once, my bicycle was stolen out of the shed in the garden, which was unlocked at the time. The insurance wouldn't pay out because the shed wasn't attached to the house.
:pissed:

punknaynowned - 3-9-2006 at 11:52

Insurance is a scam with no kind of governmental oversight, at least here in the states. Here you have to have insurance to do just about anything: drive a car, get sick, sell anything, buy anything, hire people to help you if you've got a business. And then the payouts are skint even if you've paid top $ for years. Everybody in the business is only in it for themselves and their own retirement nest egg and will do whatever it takes to make their quota. Dog eat dog, darwinian escalation to the bottom of the barrel. Yet, the way people treat you if you don't have the correct insurance, even when yer sick is practically criminal. I swear I'm not sure which is worse: legal insurance companies or illegal 'protection' rackets.
oh, woops! last music I bought were the 2 disc versions of bowie's outside and earthling and funkadelic's hardcore jollies and live at the meadowbrook 1971. rounding out the catalogue. yepyepyep.

BBP - 29-9-2006 at 22:45

aquagoat - 30-9-2006 at 08:21

Pappawas1975 - 30-9-2006 at 11:00

MASTODON - Blood Mountain....Fucking great band and album.......

also NAKED CITY - Live At The Knitting Factory

JOHN ZORN - The Bribe

scallopino - 2-10-2006 at 08:41

My sister got me Primus' "Miscellaneous Debris". So very wonderful.

BBP - 2-10-2006 at 14:12

That Primus album was the first record I ever bought... Ahh the good old days...

scallopino - 3-10-2006 at 13:25

Really? i think mine was Oasis-What's the Story Morning Glory. The very first cd i owned was Billy Ray Cyrus-Some Gave All (because i used to dance to achy breaky heart at the of 5 or 6).

BBP - 3-10-2006 at 14:52

Never heard of him... good for you I suppose? First record I owned could probably be a vinyl CareBears album.

aquagoat - 4-10-2006 at 07:35

my very first album was:

BBP - 4-10-2006 at 15:13

Don't have that IM yet... only have Fear of the Dark and Iron Maiden. Is that one good?

aquagoat - 4-10-2006 at 15:36

that one is way bettre than Fear of the dark , Bonny, run and buy it.

BBP - 4-10-2006 at 17:42

I really like Fear of the Dark...

aquagoat - 4-10-2006 at 18:47

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Originally posted by BBP
I really like Fear of the Dark...

that's when I became tired of the band. you should try that live album, it's good.

Pappawas1975 - 5-10-2006 at 17:39

Totally.....I lost interest in Maiden after Seventh Son.....I like their new single though, but not enough to buy the new album.....Somewhere In Time is my favourite Maiden album, but I like em all up to Seventh.....

First albumI bought was Kiss Rock N Roll Over and Van Halen 1984, both at the same time...

BBP - 5-10-2006 at 22:17

Eh... hmm... suppose I have an odd taste then... :roll: I'll look for it tomorrow...

aquagoat - 6-10-2006 at 07:24

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Originally posted by BBP
Eh... hmm... suppose I have an odd taste then... :roll: I'll look for it tomorrow...

there are two versions, bb, choose the re-issued version with 2 cds, it 's better than the 1 cd version.

BBP - 6-10-2006 at 12:57

I got it! And when I got home, I discovered that video I bought one time when we were at a flea market.

Also got Dweezil Zappa - Go With What You Know. It has real tight packaging, and I couldn't open it... stupid...

punknaynowned - 7-10-2006 at 00:39

the 1st with my own $$, 1977

five years later

and

it was 1982

punknaynowned - 7-10-2006 at 00:42

can anyone say Cocaine Decisions?
hahahhahhhahhahhahhahhahhahhhahaa!!!!

[Edited on 6-10-2006 by punknaynowned]

punknaynowned - 7-10-2006 at 04:22

I think I'm listening to a live performance of pete townshend and roger daltrey in edmonton, alberta.

I definitely heard the overture/underture from tommy live, just now!!!!!
very exciting for me as if it is live an immediate gratification thing of a piece of music I've loved for over twenty years. To a hear new, even, right now, live version, for free, on the net, is fantastic. and then the two of them play a song about having some tea, growing old, just the two of them, 'feeling kinda sad'

Anyone unfamiliar with The Who Live at Leeds should check that out for sure::guitar::drums::singer::guitar2:

they're doing it in conjunction with/for the 24-7 Who internet radio station they've launched. sirius.com, you get a free three-day trial. which means I can listren again on the tenth for them in Vancouver :lol:

guess I just diverged from the subject topic

[Edited on 7-10-2006 by punknaynowned]

scallopino - 7-10-2006 at 15:50

Hey punk:

have you ever seen the episode of Family Guy with John Williams in it? You haven't? Ok, i'll tell you about it then...

Brian starts working as a director of porn flicks in LA. He becomes very successful very quickly and gets nominated for the porn film industry awards (the Woodies). One of the awards for the night is for best soundtrack for a film. The first four nominations are all stereotype sleazy smooth restaurant funk-jazz producers sitting in studio who all sound the same, and then there's the last guy: John Williams, who's in a suit with a 120 piece orchestra conducting a complex Star Wars style thing with trumpet fanfares and fast woodwind runs and all! God it's hilarious.

punknaynowned - 7-10-2006 at 18:45

there are 'Romantics' in every walk of life, aren't there?
:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

BBP - 8-10-2006 at 20:56

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Originally posted by BBP
Well... I got 4 DZs now, vinyl Havin' A Bad Day, vinyl My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, for which I had to travel 8 hours in order to get it, Automatic and Confessions.
Bad Day is kinda cute but not very interesting, Guitar is horrible, Automatic is better but has covers from Bizet that simply sound awful. Confessions after hearing it twice I think is funny and has some very nice bits. But musically, well, he's not his dad. His compositions have the tendency to get boring.

Now it's 5 DZs. GWWYK has, of all, the ugliest front cover (and a back that's worse), impossible sealing, and a disgusting love song with lyrics that would embarrass me if I had written them. On the brighter side, most compositions on it are pretty cool, apart from the first track (that love song. It begins with a high peep that ascends further, like Slow, Deep and Hard from Type-O-Negative). Peaches is nice, though the beginning sounded horrible. And the Inca Roads clipping is a bit cruel. Otherwise it's very enjoyable. DZ has learned not to spend the entire booklet on intensive Thank You messages. Furthermore he's sounding more like daddy, his compositions are definitely interesting. It's possibly his best album yet.

scallopino - 11-10-2006 at 09:56

Well that's good news. What do you think of his guitar playing?

BBP - 11-10-2006 at 13:43

His playing is amazing, Inca is to drool over.

BBP - 20-10-2006 at 18:02

Latest purchases:
Primus - Blame It On The Fish (DVD)

Merzbow - F.I.D.

aquagoat - 20-10-2006 at 18:48

Sodom: Agent orange.
Mastodon: Blood mountain.
Mindfuck: Mindfunk.

Pappawas1975 - 20-10-2006 at 19:52

Blood Mountain is fucking great isnt it? Man, that and Leviathan are SERIOUS METAL RECORDS. Jesus.....

Pappawas1975 - 20-10-2006 at 19:57

Last album -

THE PERSUASIONS - Frankly Accapella. Classic FZ done Doo Wop Acappella stylee.....Am yet to hear it....

EYVIND KANG - 7 Nades

JOHN ZORN - Astronome ( the second Moonchild album, incredible! )

ICE CUBE - AmeriKKKas Most Wanted

MISFITS - Walk Among Us

MERZBOW - Merzbeat

THE MARS VOLTA - Amputechture

aquagoat - 22-10-2006 at 11:00

Quote:

Originally posted by Gojira1975
Blood Mountain is fucking great isnt it? Man, that and Leviathan are SERIOUS METAL RECORDS. Jesus.....

yes, I a convert now, the first songs I heard didn't convince me,but someone lent me the cd, and now I think it's one of the best metal records of the year.

[Edited on 22-10-2006 by aquagoat]

DED - 22-10-2006 at 21:46

not really buying but someone gave me
15 taperecorders (So now I have 77)
1 beautiful cassettedeck BEOcord8000
And a Instant Noodle box with aprox 70 recorded cassettes.
Wrong headbangers/ techno trance shit.
I will take the best brands out and trew them away.

BBP - 23-10-2006 at 12:18

Ooh DED! Don't throw away any old cassettes, please! There's still tons of vinyl I could record on it.

DED - 23-10-2006 at 13:19

I don't need a house
I urgently need a hangar or a 25000 square feet location to store all stuff we have

BBP - 25-10-2006 at 14:45

It's OK... If we just throw your bed out you can put 5 more tape recorders there...

punknaynowned - 25-10-2006 at 16:02

I added to the pile:
miles davis: 'volume 1', blue note, rec's from 1952 05 09 and 1954 03 06
jimi hendrix, jimi plays berkeley 1970 05 30
yellow shark, barking pumpkin records, 'used'/mint ($10)!!!!!!!!!!!

and last week

dr john, Duke Elegant, dr john does duke ellington in 2000
Sun records sessions, volume 2, (3discs), various artists ($10)!!!!!!!!!
JB Lenoir & Magic Sam, 2 disc comp, Fuel records, 2004
American Sea Songs and Shanties, Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, Rounder Select, 2004
The Zombies, Odyssey & Oracle, 30th anniv ed, stereo and mono and bonus tracks
Prince, The Hits and the B-Sides, 3rd copy of this 3-disc set . . . I dunno where the other ones went . . .

stuff I downloaded in this last week:
zappa: 1973 05 XX, unknown venue
1973 08 30 Bologna Italy
1974 10 31 felt forum, nyc, early and late
1975 04 27 Boston, early
1976 10 24 Boston, early and late

zpz, detroit, 2006 06 15
zpz, philly, 2006 06 11; I snatched these up after I saw them in KC

pattismith, 2006 10 15
prince, 1988 08 18, after hours party: HOT
ween, 1996 10 17, boulder, rare
ween, 2006 05 26, teaneck NJ

I need to get out:freak:

BBP - 29-10-2006 at 16:33

...So I'm a former fan (now just someone who likes it) of the musical Cats and I got a recording of the Australian version. Unfortunately it's an inaudible keyboard + bad singers record (how come I have so many of those?), but it has 2 songs that aren't in the British or Dutch version.

aquagoat - 3-11-2006 at 09:35

ok, here's may latest acquisitions:

and a few others I'll post later.

BBP - 3-11-2006 at 17:59

Napalm Death! Nice!

Bought 2 CDs yesterday, one Best Of Muddy Waters and one with 50 classical tunes (I'm bound to have most, if not all, haven't checked yet). The last one has some great music by Beethovan.

Pappawas1975 - 3-11-2006 at 18:31

Quote:

Originally posted by aquagoat

Quote:

Originally posted by Gojira1975
Blood Mountain is fucking great isnt it? Man, that and Leviathan are SERIOUS METAL RECORDS. Jesus.....

yes, I a convert now, the first songs I heard didn't convince me,but someone lent me the cd, and now I think it's one of the best metal records of the year.

[Edited on 22-10-2006 by aquagoat]

Id agree. That and Merzdub are my favourite releasesof 06.

aquagoat - 7-11-2006 at 08:47

[Edited on 7-11-2006 by aquagoat]

BBP - 7-11-2006 at 10:43

Got a lot of records from my mother. Among them:
Mozart - piano concert 17 and 20
Mahler - das Lied von der Erde
Grieg - Peer Gynt suites + Sibelius - various
Bach - keyboard concertos
Trumpet concertos by Hummel, Mozart, Haydn and Bellini
Mozart - Symphony 41 and 29
a Sony compilation with some classic and some jazz
compilation of 1930s dance tunes
French hit compilation with mostly chansons and Nina Simone
Homeless - The Girl From Ipamema
Soon e MC - Rap. Jazz. Soul
And: Iron Maiden - Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter single. Of all the stuff I ever expected my mother to give me! :bald:

aquagoat - 8-11-2006 at 13:19

DED - 8-11-2006 at 18:09

Beautiful peace of artwork. Pitiful when it is only a small picture in a cd booklet.
Makes me homesick to the vinyl period.

aquagoat - 10-11-2006 at 08:52

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Originally posted by DED
Beautiful peace of artwork. Pitiful when it is only a small picture in a cd booklet.

I totally agree with you on that, some record sleeves deserve something better than just a little 12x12 cm booklet.

[Edited on 10-11-2006 by aquagoat]

punknaynowned - 10-11-2006 at 18:42

Quote:

Originally posted by BBP
Got a lot of records from my mother. Among them:
Mozart - piano concert 17 and 20
Mahler - das Lied von der Erde
Grieg - Peer Gynt suites + Sibelius - various
Bach - keyboard concertos
Trumpet concertos by Hummel, Mozart, Haydn and Bellini
Mozart - Symphony 41 and 29
a Sony compilation with some classic and some jazz
compilation of 1930s dance tunes
French hit compilation with mostly chansons and Nina Simone
Homeless - The Girl From Ipamema
Soon e MC - Rap. Jazz. Soul
And: Iron Maiden - Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter single. Of all the stuff I ever expected my mother to give me! :bald:

this all looks awesome. I'd listen to all that over and over and over . . .

Pappawas1975 - 11-11-2006 at 20:42

Latest horde.....

ZORN / ELECTRIC MASADA - At The Mountains Of Madness

POSSESSED - Seven Churches

FEAR FACTORY - Soul Of A New Machine ( not quite as good as I remember it! )

BBP - 12-11-2006 at 14:32

Ah! Seven Churches! Nice!
Though I preferred Beyond the Gates to be honest (Tribulation kicks ass). It's still pretty good.

PS Punky: You can have Soon e MC anytime, some French rap, very boring.

aquagoat - 14-11-2006 at 08:44

BBP - 15-11-2006 at 18:38

Some more in the classical department:

Codex Faenza: Instrumental Music of the Early XVth Century By Ensemble Unicorn, Naxos label. The title is odd, since all music on it is 14th century. Among others, there's Machaut, Landini and Bologna on it.

Stravinsky: Divertimento; Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano; Prokovief: Sonata op 94a, Philips label.

And, my favourite:
Shostakovich: The Nose.
The opera after one of my favourite books. Since it sounds experimental (unlike most of the music Sh. has written), it never got as popular as Lady Macbeth (with the infamous rape scene), so it was rarely recorded. Even in the Shostakovich-year it's difficult to get your hands on The Nose. I found it by coincidence in a second-hand section of a popular music store.

scallopino - 17-11-2006 at 06:09

i saw a documentary the other day about Shosty and Prokofiev and the Stalinist state. Man they had it tough, to say the least.

BBP - 17-11-2006 at 20:58

Yup... Shost was walking on the brink of disaster occasionally whenever he'd composed something the State did not approve of (like Lady Macbeth or his 4th symphony.
The Soviet state was about the only government we know of that would actually censor music. Most censorship in music is limited to changing lyrics, but the Soviets (better put, Stalin) saw threat in tones. Chaikovsky's infamous Ouverture 1812 for instance has been partially recomposed because it contained the hymn of the Czar.

scallopino - 18-11-2006 at 03:43

Yeah. Part of the documentary talked about the music conservatories. Every now and then the "Minister for Music" and the music police would come around and all the students would have to get out their compositions for inspection. The music police would come to everyone with an eraser, pencil and scissors to "fix" their works and get rid of certain intervals and chords.

Pappawas1975 - 18-11-2006 at 12:29

ZAPPA - Trance Fusion ( fucking great album! )

MERZBOW / GENESIS P. ORRIDGE - A Perfect Pain

SLAYER - Hell Awaits ( had it for years, finally on cd )

GENESIS - Genesis Live

Pappawas1975 - 19-11-2006 at 00:31

Oh, and the new ISIS album, In The Absence Of Truth, which is MASSIVE....

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