z.a.r.p.e.k. (O-Z) XII
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Topic: z.a.r.p.e.k. (O-Z) XII
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Subject: z.a.r.p.e.k. (O-Z) XII
Date Posted: December 27 2012 at 20:30
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Well once again FLOYD should take this but for me it's between that Laurent Thibault album pr the POPOL VUH record which is my favourite from them. I'll vote later on. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
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Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: December 27 2012 at 20:47
| Atom Heart Mother gets my vote. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 27 2012 at 20:54
| Univers Zero - love that album. |
Posted By: Raccoon
Date Posted: December 27 2012 at 22:04
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Hard to choose between Pink Floyd and Ozric Tentacles, but Strageitude holds some of the most unique instrumentals ever. I love my Ozric Tentacles. ------------- Check out my FREE album: A one-man project The Distant Dynasty |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: December 27 2012 at 23:05
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Atom Heart Mother over the Ozrics. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: December 28 2012 at 02:42
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Three albums I would vote for: UZ, TD and PF...but Atom Heart Mother has been one of my intros to prog music. I have discovered the others later. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 28 2012 at 03:28
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Ooooo...now this is getting tricky. Tops for me are Masal, Tangerine Dream, Ozrics, Present, and UZ. I"m going to have to think this over. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: December 28 2012 at 06:11
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Atom Heart Mother is my favorite album by my third favorite band (any genre) of all time, so this was an easy choice. However, quite a lot of excellence on this list. To wit: Present - I just learned about this album last week after Salty Jon reminded me of the wonders of Present, and I started looking back to see albums I'd missed. I was excited to see that this is a live album featuring the live set supporting the Certitudes album, a live show I was fortunate to see (for their only US tour, I think) at a small Atlanta bar, one of the most intense things I've ever seen. I'll jump at the chance to hear that again. Laurent Thibault - just a lovely lovely album that I've loved for years. I once took it to a friend's house and left it there, and it got lost and was never recovered. It became a running joke between us, like Jimmy Hoffa. A few years later it came back in print and I bought a new copy. Ozric - I'm not all that familiar with most of their stuff, but this is one of the albums i recall pretty fondly, mainly for the rockin' White Rhino Tea, one of the few songs of theirs I can recall by name. Popol Vuh - I really wish I liked these guys more, because there seems to be one of their albums in every poll
 . This is one of the albums I have, and it makes a nice background listen here and there, but I have yet to be captivated by its magic.------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: December 29 2012 at 01:36
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Atom Heart Mother is a classic but I would like to vote for Laurent Thibault. Such an incredible light Zehulic album. I was always curious why he never released another album?! EDIT: Try this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjHbxx6AY_Y" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjHbxx6AY_Y |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 29 2012 at 19:32
^ Great to see Laurent Thibault get some love from Sagi and Steve. He was a bass player in Magma before they released an album. Fracois Moze replaced him and he guests on this album. Amanda Parsons from Hatfield And The North and National Health sings on the first track. Laurent started his own label after leaving Magma and also produced albums including Magma's Attahk record.
By the way guys sorry for being lax on this poll but i've had to close down my store which has been a huge under-taking and i've been going to the dump a lot and moving suff home etc. All done now but the next step is getting a job. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 29 2012 at 19:37
^ Sorry to hear that! Can't imagine the difficulty of that transition. Best of luck finding a new job. Hopefully things are better in Canada than they are in the US on the job front.  ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 29 2012 at 20:03
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Man With Hat wrote:Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 29 2012 at 20:07
 I'll miss playing Prog in my work enviroment and people's comments on the music too. A couple of stores that do the same thing just went bankrupt in the next city over so it's not something i'll probably be able to continue with someone else. We didn't go bankrupt but it was heading in that direction. A change might be good and i am optomistic so we'll see, i'll keep everyone updated. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 29 2012 at 20:34
I picked Popol Vuh for what it's worth. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: December 29 2012 at 21:38
Sorry to hear about you closing your store John, I'm sure it's heart breaking but I hope you'll find a good job soon! 
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 29 2012 at 21:44
 I appreciate your words Sagi  . I've been so focused on closing the store the job search hasn't even started yet. Next week though it will. Thanks again !------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: December 29 2012 at 22:14
Thinking of you, John, and wishing you the best.
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 29 2012 at 22:19
I think that's why I like it so much. I like big band jazz and Zeuhl so it seemed like a natural to me. I'll have to look for that Thibault album. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 29 2012 at 22:26
Get a job in a lax office and blast the prog and you'll keep getting people's opinions about it. 
But seriously, that does suck. :( Sounds like you were living the dream! Glad you didn't go bankrupt though. Seems like tough times all around for the independent record stores. Fairly reflective of the general culture I fear. I'll be sure to hug mine a little harder next time. And at least your optimistic. You have a fair amount of business experience under your belt so hopefully that will help you. Keep that positive attitude! They say it makes the difference. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: December 30 2012 at 00:47
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 30 2012 at 08:56
My youngest daughter is thinking of going to school in your fair city. Man that's like a five hour drive though for us to visit.  Nothing is decided yet but it's probably going to happen.------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 30 2012 at 09:06
who had a cottage up here. Funny lady who had her on TV and radio show. Ummm Glen Peart who is Neil Peart's dad. Great guy who basically lives here permanently but it used to be their cottage. A sportscastor on TSN Vic Rauter who lives here.
Lots of good memories but there are certain customers who i hope i never see again.
Thanks for all the good vibes guys. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: December 30 2012 at 10:33
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: December 30 2012 at 11:32
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^That is neat, John, the people you have met. My own grandad, my father's father, was an important Conservative politician in the Spadina riding in Toronto, both a provincial and federal Member of Parliament. (but that was in the fifties, he died in 1965) Yeah, i remember Sue Johannson's radio show, "Sunday Night Sex With Sue" *And that's cool, meeting Neil Peart's Dad. *oops, i think i have the wrong lady, the one i'm referring to is named Sue LeGarvey. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: December 30 2012 at 11:39
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I heard that Neil Peart's dad's brother has a country place that no one knows about. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: December 30 2012 at 12:54
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^ Not even himself. Got it now. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 30 2012 at 13:20
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 30 2012 at 13:28
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: December 30 2012 at 16:16
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^ it's a bachelor apartment, so you have to sleep in a chair,or on the floor! And if you don't look for work, i'll throw you out into the cold winter!
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 30 2012 at 21:31
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 31 2012 at 02:32
Damn! Thats pretty  . You must live in a lovely area if it keeps attracting all these famous (or semi-famous  ) people. And that second to last bit sounds like a good slice of life if I ever heard one. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 31 2012 at 02:34
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Also, Relistened to all the ones that I thought of voting for. I'm going to go with my first gut reaction and stick with Encore. My favorite TD record and one where they really rock (in the musical sense). Best part of both worlds there IMO. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 31 2012 at 11:56
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 31 2012 at 12:08
I live in a tourist town called Wasaga Beach. The longest fresh water beach on the planet. Love living here. No down town area, no factories, no High School or hospital. Unique is the word. 10 miles of beach which right now is covered in ice and snow. When i was a kid the population here was 400 people, then in my teens it was 1,500, now 16,000 people call this home. When i was a kid it truly was just as Don Henley sang on the song Boys Of Summer. "Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach..." When labour day weekend ended the people were gone. It went from hundreds of thousnads of visitors to several hundered permanent residents over night. That always made me sad, probably in part because the next day was the start of another school year. It's just hard to imagine though when it went from an absolute zoo here to being deserted. My parents rented cottages in the summer and my dad plowed snow in the winter. My grandparents moved here in the late thirties and owned a dance hall and also rented cottages etc. So yeah my roots grow deep here. Sorry for the long winded response but i do love it here, well not so much in the winter but spring, summer and fall are amazing. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: December 31 2012 at 13:10
| hey, John, that's an interesting story. My Dad's best friend, Doug Davidson, who i was named after, and who is now deceased, his parents owned and ran a Golf Course in Wasaga Beach. This is going back to before you were born, though. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: January 01 2013 at 15:34
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I only have four of the albums in this list: Prat's, Thibault's, UZ's and Pink Floyd', but love each of those dearly. Jean-Paul Prat's was my favourite evaluation while on the Eclectic team, and I can think Assaf for bringing the album to my attention. I think it's wonderful album, and I probably played it a hundred times. Thibault's is also superb -- been quite a a while since I last listened to that one. Clivages is terrific, and was my favourite of its year. I think it's one of UZ's best albums, and proves that 70s bands can still release truly great modern albums (UZ never released a poor album). Clivages and 1313 are probably the UZ albums I've played the most over the last few years. The Geesin/ Pink Floyd collaboration "Atom Heart Mother" suite is my favourite music that Pink Floyd has released. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Each of those albums has its own merits for me. Throughout my life Atom Heart Mother has been the most important as I first heard it, and loved it, as a kid, and I still love it after all these years. Still, I'm giving Masal a vote as i don't like to see it voteless and I do think that it is an excellent album (the CD is one of the best albums I've heard for its bonus tracks too). By the way, when I saw Siddhartha I thought of the Krautrock band (not with a self-titled album), but I know you're speaking of the one in Psych/Space. EDIT: John, all the best and apologies --- my eyes are very dry/ sore so I didn't read the posts before babbling else I would have remarked on your situation. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: January 01 2013 at 15:46
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I also wish you godspeed, John. Sorry you had to close your shop, it always makes me sad when a good indie store has to close. I've seen it too many times. I'm lucky to still have a few left in Atlanta, and I feel good every time I spend a bundle there (which neatly offsets the guilt of spending too much money on music!). Thanks for sharing the description of where you live and work, sounds very lovely, I could almost picture it. I haven't been to Canada much but I remember it fondly. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: January 01 2013 at 20:26
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Just to clarify guys, i didn't own a record store, i just used to play Prog all of the time in the store which was for vacuum repairs and sales along with a water store combined where i sold reverse osmosis water and related products.
I would love to own a record store although yeah that's a tough way to make a living with these days as well. Thanks again everyone for your encouraging words ! ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 02 2013 at 02:44
Wow. That's pretty cool! I didn't peg canada has a hot spot for the celebs. But it sounds quite wonderous, natural, and private. Your home town also sounds pretty nice. Kind of right up my alley...no down town/factories etc...a place you can just exist in and enjoy soaking up the surrounding area. I would've totally stayed around the area as well if I was in your shoes. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: January 02 2013 at 19:49
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Gotta vote for the Zero. Great album.
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Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: January 03 2013 at 17:40
| Atom Heart Mother |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: January 07 2013 at 09:51
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Atom heart mother. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |