On the subject of System 7, there's a new live CD out in September: "In response to many requests, including many of your emails, we are preparing a limited release CD of a System 7 live recording. The show recorded is from the 17th August 2002 Tokiodrome event at the Liquid Room, Tokyo. This CD will only be available on the internet, from just 1 or 2 suppliers. Full details will be posted on this site as soon as the CDs are available. Essentially this is a CD release exclusively for all of you who visit our website and receive our mailing list. People often remark that our live set sounds different from our records. Here's an opportunity to check it out. The live CD set list:- 1. Fay Deau Deau 2. Teotehuican (Pyramid of the Sun) 3. Manik Shamanik 4. High Plains Drifter 5. High Plains Drifter (Voyager) 6. Gazed and Diffused 7. Ring of Fire 8. Varkala 9. Alphawave 10. Hangar 84" Available via http://www.groovetech.com/PhoenixData/GT/srvlt/GTController?action=CompanyDe tail&page=detail_company.jsp&HTMLType=Company+Detail&XMLType=Music+Image+Lis t+HTML&CompanyID=5146 (not there yet), and http://www.planetgong.co.uk/octave/info/news.shtml (also not there yet). Info from the Gong list and http://www.a-wave.com/system7/ L8rs, Nick ;-)
I decided to listen to a cd so I went in the other room and said, "First thing you see that looks good." Odd but it took me three shelves before "777" leapt out at me. I didn't hear this album until it was released by Caroline over here and was completely floored by it at the time. I had already arranged acid trips around listens to a couple of Orb albums (and a select other group) and didn't really grasp at the time how interwoven that 777 album and the early Orb was. There is so much joy in the performances and depth in the mix... I can only imagine the sessions must have been something incredibly cool. This is one of those albums I've studied closely trying to figure out how it was done and that's because it's pretty obvious on most recordings.
I'm missing Burning Man once again. Anyone on the list going?