First erd em when alex came down the studio with one of his records I said whas this shite? He goes that's me that is And if yo don't like it ill do ya So then I broke his little finger and he smashed my face And then we became the best of friends. You guys are a bunch of freaks. Lartay anyone? Wheres zippy gone today? ------------------------------------------------------- kdx: blackbanana.dyndns.org ( www.haxial.com ) mail: thrash@btclick.com -----Original Message----- From: orb-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:orb-admin@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Felix Atagong Sent: 26 November 2002 14:36 To: Orb Bro Subject: [Orb] where were you when you first heard the orb? As a longtime Floyd collector (yep, I'm that old!) I read in Miles' Pink Floyd bible that The Orb sampled a lot of PF. I happened to be on a yard sale in London, a few months later, and I found a 12 inch called Little Fluffy Clouds (and also a Polish David Gilmour tape, but that has nothing to do with this story). I bought it and back at home I listened to it and was NOT very impressed. The B-side was also rather awful, IMO (that's what I thought, then)... Years went by and The Orb made an appearance at Forest National in Brussels, I went to see time and was not very amused, although a few tunes haunted my mind for days long (later I would find out these were Blue Room and Lovin' You). I went to a record shop, bought me the double Ultraworld in nice price, listened to it, had a few nookies on it as well, and I was hooked... especially when I found out that among these floating geezers were Steve Hillage (ex-Gong and a lot of psychedelic solo recordings in the seventies) and Guy Pratt. Bought everything from The Orb and still do today, but didn't follow LX on all his solo-outings and Badorb excursions...