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Points: 224 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2007 at 22:17
Originally posted by ZowieZiggy ZowieZiggy wrote:

I have a version of "Thick" which last for 68'43. It was recorded in Tokyo, on August 23, 1974.
 
Damn I want to hear this.  I wish there were more live Tull recordings from the 71-77 period, since it was, in my opinion, their strongest period.  It's a shame they never released any live albums in this time.  Bursting Out is cool and all, but you could tell that the band was past its peak at this point.
 
What's the best sounding Tull bootleg from the 71-77 period?  I'd love to hear a full Thick as a Brick.
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if it is one song, thats my longest as well.
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I'm going with Tales From Topo, too.
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Jethro Tull..thick as  brick
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Mike Oldfield: Incantations. 

72:37.  That's probably about the longest I have, if you only count studio work. 

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could the wat of the worlds be considered 1 song? if so, I'd go for that. ....              unless Der Ring Des Nibelungen (14hrs opera by Richard Wagner) would count. I have tried sitting through the whole thing in one blast on two occasions,  I made it to 12hrs both times
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Dammit, I was just about to say the same thing.  The best i've ever done for listening to The Ring is 3 hours strait.  Because i'm oblivious to the German Language, I grow bored and at times fall asleep.  12 hours!!! Christ sake kid your a trouper how did you do it?

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For me the longest ive heard is A Pleasant Shade Of Grey by Fates Warning (about 53 minutes)

Although, I have heard of a song that is 7 hours long.  I'll try and find out what that song is
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Alvin Lucier's Long Thin Wire (1977) - one performance from a shopping centre in Albuquerque was broadcast continuously and uninterrupted live on FM radio. It lasted 5 days (before the inhabitants of Alburquerque finaly cracked and told them where the secret plans were kept Wink). I've never heard that, but I have rigged up a replica of the long thin wire in my garden on several occasions - the longest single 'performance' I've recorded lasted 60 minutes.
 
I was going to say Whale Song, but apparently that is a half-hour phrase that repeats continuously and can last for several days. The only version I've heard was on one of those nu-age relaxation CDs - I think I lasted about 5 minutes before I punched the eject button.
 
My inital (prog) response was going to be Green Carnation, but reading the posts about Oldfield's Incantations got me reaching for the CD - my copy has 4 seperate tracks.
 


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Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Alvin Lucier's Long Thin Wire (1977) - one performance from a shopping centre in Albuquerque was broadcast continuously and uninterrupted live on FM radio. It lasted 5 days (before the inhabitants of Alburquerque finaly cracked and told them where the secret plans were kept Wink). I've never heard that, but I have rigged up a replica of the long thin wire in my garden on several occasions - the longest single 'performance' I've recorded lasted 60 minutes.
 
I was going to say Whale Song, but apparently that is a half-hour phrase that repeats continuously and can last for several days. The only version I've heard was on one of those nu-age relaxation CDs - I think I lasted about 5 minutes before I punched the eject button.
 
My inital (prog) response was going to be Green Carnation, but reading the posts about Oldfield's Incantations got me reaching for the CD - my copy has 4 seperate tracks.
 

Incantations is only split into separate tracks the way Thick as a Brick or Remember the Future is--A single track had to be split into sections of about 20 minutes in order to accommodate vinyl records.

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"Thick As a Brick", which is approximately 43 minutes long.
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Moonchild from Crimson's debut. It just seems to go on for ever. Then I learned how to edit songs that I was burning to another CD. The album improved fivefold. LOL
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Originally posted by rambaron rambaron wrote:

Dammit, I was just about to say the same thing.  The best i've ever done for listening to The Ring is 3 hours strait.  Because i'm oblivious to the German Language, I grow bored and at times fall asleep.  12 hours!!! Christ sake kid your a trouper how did you do it?


First, try sitting through other stuff (CTTE, TAAB, Passion Play, War of the Worlds, TFTO, I think these songs are increasingly challenging in ths order, you might wanna throw in some early KS).
Then , start with Das Rheingold on its own a few times, then Die Walküre, Siegfried and  Götterdämmerung, each one on its own, just to get used to it, getting a translation of the libretto in the language of your choice is helpful too, my CD-version as the german original and an english translation in the booklets.
Then take a day in the weekend, stay home, set you alarm at 7:30, start playing Das Rheingold at 8:00, set the volume so that it's clearly audible yet not annoying, and do other things (nothing with sound, so no other music, no TV), read a book, cook a meal, whatever, get goosebumps every 5 minutes.
I usually gets on my nerves after 12hrs, midway through Götterdämmerung
Maybe one day I manage to do the whole 14hrs in one day
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