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Is the fact that Barry Blue ( of "Dancing on a Saturday night " fame ) was once bass player in Uriah Heep sufficiently obscure ? 
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Originally posted by maani maani wrote:

Tony Levin played bass on "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" (and, in fact, most tracks on Paul Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years" album.)
And he appeared in Paul Simon's movie "One Trick Pony". 
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Originally posted by Evolver Evolver wrote:

Originally posted by maani maani wrote:

Tony Levin played bass on "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" (and, in fact, most tracks on Paul Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years" album.)
And he appeared in Paul Simon's movie "One Trick Pony". 
I actually saw this movie not so long ago and it was definitely a whole lot better than its reputation would make you believe!
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Probably not very obscure either...
When Patrick Moraz left the Moody Blues he sued them alleging that he ought to have been considered as a full band member and not just a guest musician. Eventually he won but he got much less than what he was claiming.
This makes me think of starting a new thread, "conflicts in Prog"?
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Originally posted by Gerinski Gerinski wrote:

This makes me think of starting a new thread, "conflicts in Prog"?


That's a fantastic idea.  As long as we could keep it free of Waters-Gilmour drama, Livgren-Walsh drama, and Captain Beefheart-Everyone Else drama. 

Another thought: how about a People that Phil Spector has Personally Threatened thread?
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The first pressing of the first single of Tull was mistaken putting the name Jethro Toe




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Pink Floyd do five or six gigs with the five floyd formation... none of this were recorded




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^Somewhere in the vaults of Abbey Road is a version of "Let There Be More Light" featuring both Barrett and Gilmour. Some swear Syd is even on the ASOS version.
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I have downloaded a very badly recorded unofficial version of  "What A Shame Mary Jane" on which Syd Barrett and Paul McCartney sing together with two guitars. The recording is very poor but the voices are recognizable. Just a curiosity.
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Another not so obscure fact, but still an interesting one:
 
 
In 1968 a single was released by a band calling themselves The Moles consisting of one song in two parts: We Are The Moles (part 1) and (part 2).
 
Apparently a tape of the recording was put in a Left-Lugage locker in London and the key sent to a major music paper with the instruction that the tape should be released on the Parlophone label.
 
Rumours then circulated that this band was really the Beatles recording under a pseudonym, others that it Ringo was singing lead vocals (some of the YouTube listings of this single still credit it as a rare Beatles track).
 
However, Syd Barrett eventually blew the whistle on the perpetrators as being Simon Dupree and the Big Sound, who admitted recording it following the lack of success of their next three singles after Kites.
 
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Twink tried to setup a project with Syd Barrett after Pink Floyd, but after a couple of gigs he gave up to the idea. Those gigs have been the last public "performances" of Syd.
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Originally posted by zravkapt zravkapt wrote:

^Somewhere in the vaults of Abbey Road is a version of "Let There Be More Light" featuring both Barrett and Gilmour. Some swear Syd is even on the ASOS version.


it's not a rumour, in fact Syd play guitar in Remember a Day




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Acoording with Glenn Povey PF start rehearsals and recordings of a 1974 piece that involves only kitchen artifacts and other home utitities in record an album, but they discard it because playing live would be extremely difficult




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Chosen as replacement for Syd Barrett, who often didn't turn up for Pink Floyd's concerts in the early days, Steve Howe was about to enter stage with Pink Floyd when Syd turned up and Howe who was in high demand was quick to find another musical path.
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Another not so obscure fact, but still an interesting one:
 
 
In 1968 a single was released by a band calling themselves The Moles consisting of one song in two parts: We Are The Moles (part 1) and (part 2).
 
Apparently a tape of the recording was put in a Left-Lugage locker in London and the key sent to a major music paper with the instruction that the tape should be released on the Parlophone label.
 
Rumours then circulated that this band was really the Beatles recording under a pseudonym, others that it Ringo was singing lead vocals (some of the YouTube listings of this single still credit it as a rare Beatles track).
 
However, Syd Barrett eventually blew the whistle on the perpetrators as being Simon Dupree and the Big Sound, who admitted recording it following the lack of success of their next three singles after Kites.
 
You should probably have mentioned that Simon Dupree and the Big Sound consisted of the three Shulman brothers who went on to become Gentle Giant. Wink


Edited by Rune2000 - December 23 2010 at 10:57
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LOL anyone who doesn't know that shouldn't be reading this.
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

LOL anyone who doesn't know that shouldn't be reading this.


rightLOLLOLLOLLOLLOL




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Kevin Coyne was approached by the remaining Doors to replace Jim Morrison
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Now we're talking obscure!
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Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Kevin Coyne was approached by the remaining Doors to replace Jim Morrison


As was Howard Werth of Audience.
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