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- Total Points:
- 20,151
- February Points:
- 95
- Last Activity:
- Jan 22, 2012 at 01:37 PM
- Member Since:
- Jan 24, 2010
- Websites:
www.amazon.com/s/ref=pd_rhf_s_7?ie=UTF8&search-alias=digital-music&keywords=Grose%2C%20Tom
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- Interests:
- Music, Politics, Travel, Entertainment History, Local Neighborhoods, Religion, Therapies, Food, Recording, Coffee
- Hobbies:
- Swimming, Circuit Weight Training, Elliptical, Mountain Hiking, College Football
- Television:
- Batman, The Smothers Brothers, The Monkees, Laugh-In, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, Flipper
- Movies:
- Billy Wilder, Frank Capra, Elia Kazan, Alfred Hitchcock
- Music:
- Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Igor Stravinsky, The Allman Brothers Band (w/Duane and Berry), Lieber And Stoller, Goffin And King, Lennon And McCartney, Cole Porter, Luther Vandross, Donnie Hathaway, Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Bill Evans, Todd Rundgren, XTC, Traffic, Gentle Giant, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix
- Books:
- Zanuck, Liberty And Tyranny, Frank Capra The Name Above The Title, Surprised By Joy, Harpo Speaks
- About me:
FZ's music has been inside my head for 38 years.
I sing and play keyboards, bass and guitar.
Recent Activity
TG updated the photo album Transcriptions
19 days ago
TG posted a comment on the blog post "Crackpot" is number 3 on Amazon's Psychedelic Rock Charts!
25 days ago
TG created the blog post "Crackpot" Moves up to Number 1
25 days ago
Hey Tom, how are things? I wondered if you've come across some of the work that Manning B. is doing here on DZW.
He has an index of Zappa tunes performed by DZW members here and I would love to see your pieces added to that list. Why not send him a message and share your talent with a hungry audience?
Thanks. I just got the new live from london 3 cd set. The quality is great. I just got done reading a book that talked about the old mono mixes and how much better they were than the stereo mixes back then. I think I'll probably get it soon.
It's very cool...The original Capitol version of Lumpy Gravy is included. It's in mono and it includes most of the studio orchestra stuff from the MGM album...no talking inside the piano. It also features many of the original basic instrumental tracks from "We're Only In It For The Money" before FZ VSO'd them, and they're a real revelation. Billy Mundi, not Jimmy Carl Black, is the drummer on these basic tracks and he is fantastic...I can imagine that Frank wasn't happy to see him leave. His groove is incredible and his chops are up to par with anyone working in rock or R&B at that time...in fact it matches up well with players today.
The real treat in the box is a 25 minute track called "How Did That Get In Here?" which features a few of the original themes from "Lumpy Gravy" played by Abnuceals and morphing into a jam with cues. It's brilliant although the clavinet (panned hard right) is a little overbearing due to high mid EQ.
It was worth $50.00 to me.
Did you ever get Lumpy Money? How is it?
Not many Gentle Giant fans left out there. Had a piano theacher get me to listen to them when I was very young.