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Sorry if already mentioned, but I'm not reading the whole thread! the keyboard player for the Cars, Greg Hawkes co-wrote Happy the Man's "Service with a Smile".
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^^^^I did not know that! I love it when connections between prog and new wave bands are drawn.
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Mike Oldfield’s “Platinum” was partially recorded at Electric Lady studios in New York, with locally-based musicians. Three of them—Allan Schwartzberg, Neil Jason, and Francisco Centeno—all made appearances with Paul Shaffer and the band on “Late Night With David Letterman”, sitting in for the regular musicians on occasion.
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Steve Howe is the guitar player from Yes
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Former member of Logan Dwight and Libra, Federico D'Andrea, was run over by a car and killed on November 28th, 1978 in Rome at the age of 30.
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When Triumvirat toured in the US in '74 and they played the complete music to the Illusions On A Double Dimple album, they opened their set with an as yet unrecorded song "The Burning Sword Of Capua", which would be recorded the following year in '75, appearing as the beginning track to side two of the studio album Spartacus.
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Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

When Triumvirat toured in the US in '74 and they played the complete music to the Illusions On A Double Dimple album, they opened their set with an as yet unrecorded song "The Burning Sword Of Capua", which would be recorded the following year in '75, appearing as the beginning track to side two of the studio album Spartacus.

Hey Doug, that would have been something special to see!  Do you know who else was on the '74 tour with Triumvirat and who was the headliner Question
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You bet it would have! They were on tour with Fleetwood Mac, and Fleetwood Mac were the headliner.
        PA member cstack3 (Chuck Stack) was lucky enough to have seen them on that tour, and has had some insightful comments to make on it. Member Garion81 also saw them with Fleetwood Mac, and included in the bill were Jefferson Starship, when they played LA.

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I can't believe some of you got to see T'rat! They only toured the States once, right?
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Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

You bet it would have! They were on tour with Fleetwood Mac, and Fleetwood Mac were the headliner.
        PA member cstack3 (Chuck Stack) was lucky enough to have seen them on that tour, and has had some insightful comments to make on it. Member Garion81 also saw them with Fleetwood Mac, and included in the bill were Jefferson Starship, when they played LA.

Triumvirat would have blown Mac & the Starship off the stage Clap
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

I can't believe some of you got to see T'rat! They only toured the States once, right?
More than once-in 1975, they did a tour with ELO, and also some on again, off again dates with Supertramp.
    There were also Triumvirat concerts in the US in '75 that involved Little Feat, Caravan, or Nektar.
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Tony Iommi was in Jethro Tull for 1 gig (The Rolling Stone's Circus one in 1968) but his guitar part was overdubbed anyway so you can't even hear him play on the video.

Also, Rick Wakeman was asked to join David Bowie's Spiders From Mars the same day as Yes.

That's about it though :)
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Originally posted by Xonty Xonty wrote:

Tony Iommi was in Jethro Tull for 1 gig (The Rolling Stone's Circus one in 1968) but his guitar part was overdubbed anyway so you can't even hear him play on the video.

Ya, the only live thing in Tull's "Rock and Roll Circus" performance was Ian Anderson's voice...the rest of the guys were just miming to a tape Wink
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Obscure? Well Trent REZNOR renting the same house where the Charles Manson murders took place to write and record The Downward Spiral in 93/94 was pretty Bizare and interesting to me. ;)

REZNOR even called the studio 'le Pig' after Manson of course. ;)
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Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Obscure? Well Trent REZNOR renting the same house where the Charles Manson murders took place to write and record The Downward Spiral in 93/94 was pretty Bizare and interesting to me. ;)

REZNOR even called the studio 'le Pig' after Manson of course. ;)

I remember reading that...reminded me of the story that Genesis and Van Der Graaf Generator both stayed at the same reportedly haunted house to write Foxtrot and Pawn Hearts.  I think the house was owned by Charisma Records president Tony Stratton-Smith and of course Genesis and VDGG were both on his label.  It's my understanding that a photo of the house appears on the inside LP cover of Pawn Hearts.  Anyone able to confirm this or provide more details?
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Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:

Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Obscure? Well Trent REZNOR renting the same house where the Charles Manson murders took place to write and record The Downward Spiral in 93/94 was pretty Bizare and interesting to me. ;)

REZNOR even called the studio 'le Pig' after Manson of course. ;)

I remember reading that...reminded me of the story that Genesis and Van Der Graaf Generator both stayed at the same reportedly haunted house to write Foxtrot and Pawn Hearts.  I think the house was owned by Charisma Records president Tony Stratton-Smith and of course Genesis and VDGG were both on his label.  It's my understanding that a photo of the house appears on the inside LP cover of Pawn Hearts.  Anyone able to confirm this or provide more details?
It's called a Tudor house called Luxford House, situated in Crowborough, West Sussex, though the bulk of the work on both albums was done in Trident Studios. It is reputedly haunted, but according to Stratton-Smith that's a joke:

Quote TONY STRATTON-SMITH: Genesis went down to Luxford House, my home in Crowborough, Surrey, where they rehearsed for most of the summer. It was a lovely old Tudor house, which was in the centre spread of Van Der Graaf's Pawn Hearts album cover and there was a joke about the house being haunted, the sort of house with sixteenth century timbers that appeared to have very good vibes for musicians. Many have worked and stayed there - Neil Diamond, Leonard Cohen, Van Der Graaf, Bert Jansch, Bob Johnson, Mike Nesmith.

Several of the old country house recording studios are reported to be haunted. Headley Grange in Hampshire is supposedly haunted, Genesis did most of the writing for Lamb there but it's more famous for Led Zepp's classic era albums II, IV, House of the Holy and Physical Graffiti. Ringo's old retreat of Tittenhurst Park in Berkshire where Judas Priest recorded British Steel is allegedly haunted by ghost horses.
 
 
/edit: It was Nursery Cryme, not Foxtrot.


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^^ it's all about atmosphere. That studio REZNOR recorded in was torn down shortly after the finishing of The Downward Spiral's recording process. It's a special album and I think being in such a dark place really helped him cement a very raw, crazy dark sound with TDS. Who doesn't get a little weirded out when they hear MR. SELF DESTRUCT? It's pretty creepy, but the music sounds terrific. Anyway, it's a unique accomplishment. ;)
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^^ Indeed, atmosphere and inspiration yields wonderful creativity.....
......always thought that house in the g/f of Pawn Hearts looked spooky.....
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