YTSEJAM Digest 755 Today's Topics: 1) Name that Song... by DAMION M KUMARASINGHE 2) New Video/MTV Europe by email_address_removed (Alex Reinelt) 3) Dream theater Sucks! by "Jason K. Schechner" 4) Re: DT stuff (f'real) by William Wright 5) ACOS by UNCLE FESTER 6) Re: various comments (again) by jbako01 7) Subconscious UPDATE!!! by Michael Bahr 8) Re: Questions, questions by email_address_removed (Zack Gemmill) 9) Copies of Awake by email_address_removed 10) Re: Greg 12) TOWHTSTS by Michael Van Opstall 13) Re: YTSEJAM digest 746 by "Bryan F. Stroh" 14) Re: YTSEJAM digest 748 by "Bryan F. Stroh" 15) Re: YTSEJAM digest 747 by "Bryan F. Stroh" 16) Re: YTSEJAM digest 745 by "Bryan F. Stroh" 17) Re: Awake sales by "DANIEL JAMES TEMMESFELD" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 22:06:36 GMT From: DAMION M KUMARASINGHE To: email_address_removed Subject: Name that Song... Message-ID: I sam Dream Theater at the Forum,London, on 15 March and thought they were great.However I cant place the 'cover' that they played as an encore(after 'Silent man', and before 'Metropolis'). Can anyone who was there tell what it was? Yours, Daz. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Mar 95 23:08:28 MET From: email_address_removed (Alex Reinelt) To: email_address_removed Subject: New Video/MTV Europe Message-ID: Well, reading all this stuff bout the silent man video: - does this edition of HBB get repeated somehow? - or any clues when we are about to see the video again...see, i really dont wanna watch mtv all day long since i thing its really rare that they play DT there... bye, Freak ( Alexander Reinelt from Munich/Germany - freakmarked since 1987 ) email_address_removed / freak@cubnet.de / Alex_Reinelt@2:2480/66 ( fax:(++ 49 89) 689 18 71 voice:(++ 49 89) 68 33 40 ) I use & highly recommend Sony MINI-DISC for portable audio! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 17:45:15 -0500 From: "Jason K. Schechner" To: email_address_removed Subject: Dream theater Sucks! Message-ID: On Mar 17, 21:30, email_address_removed wrote: > Subject: Dream theater Sucks! > Dream theater is the worst band ever! > > > -- End of excerpt from email_address_removed If you think so then why did you take the time and effort to search out the Ytsejam mailing list and to determine what its purpose is? If they really are that bad then you just wasted your time in the worst way: on another waste of time. I'm not sure if you are aware of AOL's overall reputation among the more respectable denizens of the Internet, but thank you graciously for strengthening it. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 17:05:28 -0600 (CST) From: William Wright To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: DT stuff (f'real) Message-ID: > > > Here's a bunch of stuff I got to tell y'all. > Got the latest Guitar Player because it said Dream Theater on the cover, > but there was no article about them, just some article about prog music > that mentioned them. I think it had about as much DT content as the > ytsejam, just a quote from Petrucci "Even though we like technical stuff, > we all enjoy Billy Joel and U2" or something. And they raised the price > of the darn thing 45 cents since I last bought it. Dang it. > Can someone post this article about Prog? Thanks! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 18:28:58 EST From: UNCLE FESTER To: email_address_removed Subject: ACOS Message-ID: I'll make this quick - I just read that Mike said that ACOS will be on the next album. That is good- I am happy. Gotta run... -Chris at York College -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major League Baseball players...please come back! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 20:11:08 -0500 (EST) From: jbako01 To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: various comments (again) Message-ID: On Mon, 20 Mar 1995, Clarke Woodfin wrote: > > 4. I heard some Anacrusis for the first time the other day (Thanks Jason). > They're great! Looks like I'll be buying one of their CDs. Can anybody > give me some recommended titles? I also heard some Echolyn for the first > time. They're also great (though not as heavy). > Although they have broken up (*sniff* :( ) they're definitely worth checking out. Try their latest two: Manic Impressions and Screams And Whispers. If you're a little more advenerous, try Reason. Their other stuff: Suffering Hour, and another EP or two are more in the thrash vein. Enjoy, James Bako email_address_removed Polytechnic University Brooklyn, New York ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 18:47:47 -0700 (MST) From: Michael Bahr To: email_address_removed Cc: email_address_removed Subject: Subconscious UPDATE!!! Message-ID: SUBCONSCIOUS CD Update!! Current update: 3/20/95 Estimated date of arrival of my blanks shipment: 3/30/95 1. Orders received 2. A quick review: what the hell IS Subconscious, and how can I get it? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 1. Orders received Here is a brief list of the orders that I have received, paid, and the CD numbers you will all be getting... if you are on this list, I have your order IN MY HAND and you are DONE, FINITO... all you need to do is kick back, relax, toss back a Kypler's, and wait for my CDs to come in the mail to me, and subsequently, to you. :) I _am_ keeping a copy of this list, in case future authenticity issues arise, you can be assured of the full _value_ of your Subconscious CD. Given the number of DT albums sold total, there is one Subconscious CD for every 11,700 Dream Theater fans. Not a bad ratio eh!! A quick note: you will notice I have set aside a few low numbers for Kaoru, and I have done this because most of the Japanese Ytsejammers will be doing a group order through her, and I wanted to get *some* of the low #'s to the land of the Rising Sun, tis only fair after all. :) That's the only orders that are not yet paid, because she still has to get the orders from the others. Any Nihon-go Ytsejam members, email Kaoru-san if you want to get a copy of the CD! If more are reserved than space I set aside, I will fill another block of numbers somewhere in the 100's. !!!!!!!!! Quick note!! If you "reserved" a copy with me, but have not yet sent in payment, you won't be in this list yet... DON'T PANIC! I've still got your reservation, and I _did_ say that because of the delay in the CDs getting to me in shipment (my blanks) that you could wait on payment if you wanted to. !!!!!!!!! 000 Original press master copy (CD-R Gold) 001 Glass master disc 002 Final press master #1 003 Final press master #2 004 Mike Bahr :) 005 Mike Portnoy 006 Kevin Moore 007 Michael Burstin 008 Brian Cox 009 Chris King 010 Jenn Albert 011 Alfredo Cappello 012 Andreas Schaefer 013 (reserved) Kaoru Kobayashi 014 (reserved) Kaoru Kobayashi 015 (reserved) Kaoru Kobayashi 016 (reserved) Kaoru Kobayashi 017 (reserved) Kaoru Kobayashi 018 (reserved) Kaoru Kobayashi 019 (reserved) Kaoru Kobayashi 020 (reserved) Kaoru Kobayashi 021 Timo Haanpaa 022 Timo Haanpaa 023 Timo Haanpaa 024 Timo Haanpaa 025 Timo Haanpaa 026 Timothy Byrd 027 Timothy Byrd 028 Timothy Byrd 029 Steve Chew 030 Mark Stahl 031 Cheryle West 032 Paul Poehler 033 Douglas Slauson 034 Stephan Dobay 035 Stephan Dobay 036 Jason Macdonald 037 Jeff Chew 038 Jeff Chew 039 Jeff Chew 040 Bernd Basmer 041 Jeff Stewart 042 Brian Anderson 043 Brian Anderson 044 Michael Van Opstall 045 Greg Bunker 046 Albert Balkiewicz 047 Albert Balkiewicz 048 William Buckley 049 William Buckley 050 Jamie Burks 051 Joel Gregie 052 Uffe Moller 053 Uffe Moller 054 Andy Dixon 055 Anna Davidson 056 Randy Collins 057 Brian Vivier 058 Brian Vivier 059 Bill Nottingham 060 Alfredo Cappello 061 Alfredo Cappello 062 Andreas Schaefer 063 Timo Haanpaa 064 Eric Gauthier 065 Eric Gauthier 066 Michael Backof 067 Tim Altman 068 Mathew Yee 069 Christopher White <- this has to be the coolest number :) 070 Alex Fraser 071 Jason Breitweg 072 George Sorsby 073 Brian Polka 074 Kristian Reyes 075 Dave Fausel 076 John Kotzian 077 Matthew Berger 078 Paul Humm 079 Brent Phillips 080 Bob Holder 081 James Runde 082 Krysten DeBroka 083 R. Christopher Hailey 084 Siegfried Hanisch 085 Jason Birzer 086 Carmen Pezzone 087 Carmen Pezzone 088 David Bell 089 Dan Tshin 090 Stephane Auzilleau 091 Stephane Auzilleau 092 Stephane Auzilleau 093 Russell Brooks 094 Alexander Reinelt 095 Alexander Reinelt 096 Ken Atwell 097 Kevin Werner 098 Kevin Werner 099 Huub J. P. de Lijser 100 Robert Dalton 101 David Rolla 102 Jonathan Larkowski 103 Nathan Bradley 104 Nathan Bradley 105 Nathan Bradley 106 Scott Spehar 107 Adam Ensinger 108 Todd Hartmann 109 Todd Hartmann 110 Paul Goracke 111 Brian Ross 112 Rob Schuldt 113 Randy Haskin 114 Chuck Hanley 115 Brandon Elhai 116 Jonah Lin 117 Eric Anderson 118 Joseph Jurczyk 119 Kevin Howard 120 Henrik Gustafsson 121 Lars Karlsson 200 Justin Poulter 300 Brandon Beach 400 David Fox 500 Steve McMaster If I messed up, TELL ME! :) 2. What the hell IS Subconscious, and how can I get it?!? Subconscious is a CD, a project I undertook simply because I thought maybe it should be done. It's totally privately financed, and I think with the number of reservations that have been made, I will come out of it with my head above water, for which I owe the trustworthy members of Ytsejam a bow of gratitude. :) NOTICE: This CD, I found out, is LEGAL because: 1. It's for promotional purposes only, not for resale 2. It's not for sale to the public. It's only for sale to buyers I contact personally, which means you people on Ytsejam. 3. The cost only covers manufacturing and shipping. What happened was, I felt it was time to release some of Dream Theater's rarer songs on CD, and thus I sought good copies from everywhere, including some that came from sources connected directly to the band! Thus, I think I can safely say that these are the best copies you can find outside of those in Portnoy's vault at home. I bought a CD burner and rented equipment from a CD pressing plant nearby, so I could produce the discs. They will have printing on them and a liner cover. I had to order blanks and jewelcases in lots of 500 or more, though, and thus the risk was made: I emptied my bank account and placed the order. Fortunately, it seems I will make up the difference with CD sales. I will thus get my shipment of blanks + boxes around the end of March, and I will begin shipments immediately, as I can press the CDs faster than real-time. The price will be $25.00 US per disc. It was originally going to be $27.50, but the CD place had a good price on blanks. Why, though, you may ask, should I send a payment now, when I don't get the CD for some time to come? Well, you don't have to. I don't want anyone doing anything they are uncomfortable with. BUT! I will provide as much information as possible to make you comfortable with sending the money. I will provide full ordering and disclosure info below, and plus, the order I get the money in, determines which number CD you all get, and how fast you get it, so sending payment early gets "rewarded" in a way. The CD pressing plant I got all my materials from previewed my current master, and decided it just wouldn't do. Without charging me a penny more for another glass master, they agreed to take on the job of fully digitally remastering the disc! They gave me a great rate on the studio time too. So now it's done! The disc has been totally redone in Dolby Digital Surround Sound, compatible with any CD player but MUCH MUCH better than before, and compatible with Pro-Logic systems for full instrument separation on most tracks. It is also compliant with THX for all except the two covers gig tracks and The Gorilla Session, or so say the engineers. Every track stands out so much better, Eve and Change of Seasons are _better than they were on TDOE_, and songs that I was hoping would sound better, such as Don't Look Past Me and Mission Impossible, now have nary a fuzz or distortion spot. It's so clean, it's the way CD was meant to be. I was confident before that this disc would satisfy the DT collector that _had_ to have it all... now I am confident that if you like DT at all and are familiar with the usual sound of their older boots.. it will BLOW YOU AWAY. :) The tracks that were the worst originally; Wanted Dead Or Alive, Tears, Winter, and The Gorilla Session, were improved tremendously. WDOA is now on par with the best, Tears and Winter are downright tolerable (if you'd only heard the HISS...) and Gorilla... well... we tried. :) It's okay, for a recording that was horribly done to begin with. Here's the still-final tracklist: 1. Eve (live w/samples) 2. A Change of Season (live) 3. O Holy Night 4. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight 5. Don't Look Past Me 6. Wanted Dead or Alive 7. To Live Forever (acoustic version) 8. The Gorilla Session 9. Mission: Impossible 10. The Back Pain Jam (RPM Warehouse) 11. Awake Heavy Jam 12. Experimental 13. Tears 14. Winter In some cases, the rawness of the original recording will be evident, but at least you know you're hearing it the best way it can possibly be reproduced. Subconscious will be _the_ DT event of early 1995! :) Here's how to order: 1. Please use a money order. It's simply the best way, and they cost twenty to forty cents. Make it out to me for $25.00 per disc that you want (limit 5 to a person) and I am paying the shipping cost. Each CD will be mailed in a cushioned mailer so it won't get damaged. Please make out the money order to me, Michael Bahr, not to Feel The Rush or anything like that, since this is really just my own personal endeavor. I accepted checks for the Rush Video Montage, but a few bounced, and I was left holding the bag. I've put too much money into this, and can't afford to be stuck with bad checks, even though I trust 99% of you Ytsejam members. Plus, best of all, a money order can be traced by you, traced by me, and you know for a _fact_ that you will either get a CD, a refund, or I will get thrown in the slammer! :) 2. International customers, I know international money orders are expensive. If there is another way you wish to pay (wire, transfer, or other) let me know and if I can do it, we'll do it. So far just sending cash has been 100% successful, so I guess there's no real harm in it. 3. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. By now, you know why. :) I will be literally sending out discs the DAY I get my order of blanks, so nobody will or should have to wait more than 6 weeks. If it turns out that it WILL last more than 6 weeks, I will contact you directly, or you may contact me, so that I can either discount the CD or give you a free concert on tape. 4. My new apartment complex won't hold enough mail for all the mail I will be getting from the list, and also I figured you guys and girls wanted to send money to a more permanent address, so I will be using my parents' (aka my permanent) address for the orders. I am 21, so don't let the word 'parents' scare you into thinking I'm some sort of kid. Also, I am in touch with my parents on a daily basis, so I will be getting the mail immediately, and they can reach me just about 24 hours a day. If you happen to live in the Phoenix area feel free to page me at 602-232-6647. Besides all the CD stuff, I'm always up for lunch 'n' trading with local Jammers. Send to: Michael Bahr 3383 W. Monterey St. Chandler, AZ 85226 That's a real address, folks, not a PO box, so you _know_ I'm not going to jump the border tomorrow. :) I'm putting it all on the line so you will all be comfortable enough with the project to make it a success. If you are still having doubts, let me know via email, and I will give you my home phone (don't want to post it publicly) and I will take the modem offline so you can actually raise me on it. :) 5. Send in your order: . Your NAME . The ADDRESS for me to SEND your CD(s) to . The money order, made out for $25, $50, $75, whatever . your EMAIL address, in case I need to contact you (emerg.) . (OPTIONAL) your home phone. I won't require home phone because I want you to all feel safe that I am not selling mailing lists. :) If you _do_ include it, I will use it in case of emergency (maybe the mailman spills coffee on your order and I can't read your address or something). Again, 4-6 weeks for delivery... and if I can get anything faster than that, I will. I've already requested a breakup of the order into two packs of 250 CDs + 250 jewels, but they said 500 is the minimum blanks they can even sell.. so... heck, it brought the price down, so it's worth it. If they get here faster, I send out the CDs right away. I am at email_address_removed and will remain there until the end of time, so please mail me if you are confused, need information, are angry, sad, lonely, maybe even a little whimsical, and need to get in touch with me. Thank you ALL for showing such solidarity that a 21-year-old college student emptied his bank account to order tons of plastic! :) You are truly, one and all, ladies and gentlemen, the best fans Dream Theater could hope for. Take care of yourselves, everybody, and happy whomping day! :) -Mike Bahr, email_address_removed, humble DT discog editor, anime' collector, videogame player, CD presser, bass player, guitar player, backup vocalist, beer drinker, college stoodent, and secretly, vampire by night. :) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Mar 95 17:40:11 PST From: email_address_removed (Zack Gemmill) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Questions, questions Message-ID: > From: email_address_removed.co.uk (Mark Tiplady) > > Question two... I'm gonna be in San Francisco for a few days in October > (YES!), can any of you West Coast 'jammers recommend any decent music > stores for, ahem, 'rare recordings' :) Any help would be much > appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Mark. > > Colchester, UK. Birthplace of Humpty Dumpty and Judge Dread. Just take a little 45 minute jaunt down HWY 101 to Sunnyvale to The Compact Disc Warehouse. They have tons of Metallica boots, a few Rush boots, Queensryche (I picked up the US and the European Bridge singles the other day). They had a copy of WDADU there the other day as well. I have acquired all of my DT stuff there (except the demos and 1 other). They get new shipments every week so I try to keep up with them without maxing out my credit card !>)> (It's on the west side of El Camino Real, btw). Zach ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 21:05:03 -0500 From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Copies of Awake Message-ID: Hi All Well, as of today, I've bought six copies of Awake since Christmas. Myself and many gifts for friends. Can anyone top this : ) ??? Tom Tubbiola btw: Ytsecons NY & AZ sound like the places to be, count me in!!! "The spider in the window" | "The angel in the pool" | "The old man takes the poison" | Tom Tubbiola "Now the widow makes the rules"| email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 16:11:58 EST From: email_address_removed (MISS JAIME K KIMPTON) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Greg >Skyclad are definitely the Next Big Thing >the extensive use of the violin and keyboard really kicks ass< I only have a couple of songs, and those I procured from a Japanese penpal who in turn had gotten them from *her* British penpal. I can't find an actual CD here as of yet. >I recommend any DT fan pick up Tales from The Thousand Lakes< I did a couple of weeks ago - haven't listened to it enough to formulate an opinion. I did think it was neat that they used traditional Finnish lyrics for the most part. They must have had fun translating... I'd move to Europe just for their taste in music and nothing but! Off topic, I haven't gotten a digest in several days - what's the deal? "In dark places we will see Jaime the Dragon worlds we've always dreamed..." CRIMSON GLORY ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 21:15:00 -500 (EST) From: "DANIEL JAMES TEMMESFELD" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Tourniquet (and some Dream Theater content) Message-ID: >I briefly would like to inform you all of some really great bands >that I have never seen mentioned on this list. The two bands and >their two best discs are the following >Vicious Rumors-"Word of Mouth" Never heard of them. >Tourniquet-"Vanishing Lessons" I've brought them up several times when I posted (but I'm relatively new to Ytsejam- about 2.5 months). I think that I put Gary Lenaire in my dream band as rhythm guitarist (behind lead Petrucci, of course) and Ted Kirkpatrick is very close to Portnoy, in my book. But, he's in a different genre all together. If you like really prog stuff and really heavy stuff, I'd recommend them. I like their sophomore album _Psycho Surgery_ better than _Vanishing Lessons_, but that falls more into speed metal. They always tend to do different stuff with every album. Imagine a speed metal drummer (who is affluent on drums and guitar and...) playing a drum solo overtop of a sped up Domenico Scarlatti keyboard sonata, K517. Their first album _Stop The Bleeding_ was your basic speed metal, and throw in prog-style key changes and sig changes, etc. _Psycho Surgery_ was more proggy, with some orchestration on the title track, and many classical melodies turned heavy metal riffs. _Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance_ had a lot of classical influence, but still heavy. They did finally get an epic song, a whole 10:30 for speed metal diserves some prog credit. "The Skeezix Dilemma" had 4 parts, including a "waltz" session. Weird for speed metal stuff. _Vanishing Lessons_ slowed their style a lot. They lost their lead vocalist and one of their guitarists in between. And their new vocalist Luke Easter brought a Metallica feel. It still showed their proggy style with some funky time changes and classical instrument- ation >IMHO these are some of the best bands next to Dream Theater. Both >play power/prog metal at it's finest. Both bands also have >excellent vocals. Power speed metal progressive rock... Tourniquet's vocals always made my like them more. On their first 3 albums they had a *lead* vocalist Guy Ritter, but Gary Lenaire (guitarist), Erik Mendez (guitarist), and Victor Macias (bassist) all took part in a portion of the vocals- Gary especially. Gary Lenaire's vocals tend to remind me of Rage Against The Machine. He's just yelling, but it works so well with Tourniquet's songs- "Ark Of Suffering," "Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance," the split vocals on "Spineless," and "The Skeezix Dilemma" rock. Guy Ritter, the lead vocalist, had a weird style; but he worked for that period of speed metal. Luke Easter is a much better singer, but I still like their older stuff better. They would have to be my favorite Christian band. They are my favorite musicians behind Dream Theater (there's my DT content). Great speed metal, prog influences, and good spiritual lyrics that shouldn't intimidate. Many of their lyrics relate science and medical terminology to spiritual things. >Steve Bauer Dan Temmesfeld email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 21:27:52 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Van Opstall To: email_address_removed Subject: TOWHTSTS Message-ID: Besides having the coolest abbreviation of any DT song, what's up with The Ones Who Help To Set the Sun? I think this is one of Petrucci's most brilliant lyrics, because it is so multifaceted. From an objective standpoint, it seems that it is about a fatal car accident where the driver seems to be alcohol influenced (the cloud the size of a man's hand could be an effect of blurred vision). Later on the song gets tough to figure out. Has the driver had a near death experience when he leaves the vehicle, or has he been given a second chance, sort of a chance to tell the world that we seem to be a moment too late in everything, sort of an anti-procrastination thing. The character learns his lesson in the end "Never again will my senses lose control" The story conveys this message, to change before it is too late, but there's also a symbolic meaning for the entire thing as well. Although the driver may be drunk, the lamplights that misguide and the cloud the size of a mans hand represent the things he is struggling with that eventually kill him (the drive symbolizes life and the accident its end). Again, in the end he decides to shed his vices, having been given a second chance. I suppose the title of the song refers to angels, or spirits of the dead performing a supernatural task after death, or servants of the sun god Apollo. This is just a theory all. A couple of questions for the rest of you...where does the "I can't see where this is going" sample from "Light Fuse and Get Away" come from? Also, I know on CD there is a three letter rating (i.e. ADD) that refers to elements of the disc being analog or digital. I believe the last one is mastering, because it is always Digital. Can someone remind me what the others are (I knew at one time, I believe it goes recording, mixing, mastering). Thanks. M.A. VanOpstall email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 21:40:02 -0500 (EST) From: "Bryan F. Stroh" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 746 Message-ID: > I'm a big fan of Asia and it's interesting to see what albums people like. I > was very surprised to see that someone actually though "Aria" was better than > "Aqua." Personally, I though "Aria" was very weak, no substance. "Aqua" Really? That is interesting. Aria doesn't really have any songs that *stick out* as much as some on Aqua, I will agree, but I find that I like all 12 songs on Aria, whereas I like 7 or 8 on Aqua. The rest are listenable, but just not as appealing in my opinion. > CD is great, even though Steve Howe isn't there. The solo on "Time Again" > suffers. The two Crimson tunes on there are awesome. Yes, the KC songs are great. I also really like the never-before released 'Kari-Anne.' Just shows that they could still do it. > was a great supergroup, too bad they didn't stay together longer. BTW, what > the hell it John Wetton up to these days? He released a new album, called _Battle Lines_ (Czech import) or _Voice Mail_ (Japan import) laste last year. The track lists on the discs are identical. I might add that I like the album very much. It has Michael Cartellone from the Damn Yankess on drums for a few tracks, and Steve Lukather from Toto and 1 Asia track on guitar. Very similar to some Asia stuff. > above. It's called Power and features Steve Morse (from the Dregs). By then > the violin was gone and the material was even more guitar focused. Incidentally, that cd can usually be found at used cd places for as low as 2.99. I guess it really wasn't too successful. Didn't they also release another one ffairly recently (less than 5 years). I seem to remember seeing another Kansas cd somewhere... BFS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Bryan F. Stroh | "So I sat back down, had a beer, | | President & CEO of BFS Enterprises| and felt sorry for myself." | | Princeton University | | | Class of 1998 | - Hootie & The Blowfish | | email_address_removed | "Let Her Cry" | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 22:03:59 -0500 (EST) From: "Bryan F. Stroh" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 748 Message-ID: > He performed live with the band on that tour. You can see him on "ASIA IN > ASIA," a home concert video. Ok, anybody have any opinions on this concert video? Anybody know where to get it? Also, what about the Mockba concert video? Is it just like the cd? > Amazingly enough I heard The Silent Man on a local radio station here in Des > Moines, 103.3 KFMG. Needless to say I was completely shocked!!!! It was the > first time I had heard any DT on the radio in my four years of living here. That is good to hear. I am from Cedar Rapids, and I know 103.3 a little from various trips to Des Moines. Drake, eh? That is my dad's alma mater. :) Unfortunately, I have not heard Silent Man on the radio anywhere out here (new Jersey). There are a few radio stations from trenton that are ok, but they never play any DT, and unfortunately, I ama bit too far to pick up anything good from NY or Philly. > Yes. Daylight was a bonus track offered only on the cassette. I just went > out and bought Alpha on disc and it isn't on there. Is Daylight any good? Is it good enough for an Asia fanatic to go buy the cassette? (tough question, I understand) BFS : ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 21:50:59 -0500 (EST) From: "Bryan F. Stroh" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 747 Message-ID: > voice to me. :) Greg Lake may have played on "Astra" -- I don't have > that one. Is anyone looking to sell their "Astra" CD? I haven't been > able to find it. I don't know about whether or not he played in concert with them - i never saw them, but I do have the Astra disc. Greg Lake is not mentioned anywhere on the album... Wetton, Meyer, Palmer, and Downes with Mike Stone producing again and Downes helping. BFS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Bryan F. Stroh | "So I sat back down, had a beer, | | President & CEO of BFS Enterprises| and felt sorry for myself." | | Princeton University | | | Class of 1998 | - Hootie & The Blowfish | | email_address_removed | "Let Her Cry" | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 21:27:43 -0500 (EST) From: "Bryan F. Stroh" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 745 Message-ID: > I have U.K.'s self entitled album, which is quite good. It features Allan > Holdsworth on guitar (this is is awesome! You should hear his solos, a I will assume then, that the self-titled one is the one you recommend to get for people like me who dont haven anything by them yet. > Although it sounds like a sure-fire winner, I was very disappointed in > this album and felt that it is the worst thing Hackett or Howe have done. > I noticed that someone on Ytesjam listed it as being in his Top Three > albums ever. To each his own. I would agree with you. I am glad that I own it, but I find that I don't listen to it very often. Besides the Howe/Asia connection (and Downes producing) what are the other connections with the group? (ie Bacon, Spalding, etc.) > The truth is the pre-Perry days were when Journey was at its best! If you > prog and prog-metal heads want to here some great stuff check out their first > three albums! Musically, you may be correct. However, Perry got Journey to much of the success that it holds. Most people associate Journey with the sound of his voice, especially the ballads. I like all of Journey, but I would venture to say that pre-Perry stuff is not quite as popular or well known. BFS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Bryan F. Stroh | "So I sat back down, had a beer, | | President & CEO of BFS Enterprises| and felt sorry for myself." | | Princeton University | | | Class of 1998 | - Hootie & The Blowfish | | email_address_removed | "Let Her Cry" | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 22:50:00 -500 (EST) From: "DANIEL JAMES TEMMESFELD" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Awake sales Message-ID: Last I saw, Awake peaked at #32 on Billboard's Top 200. Not bad for a band that isn't "grunge" or overly "commercial." I'm not sure if it's gone gold or whatnot, but I'd like to know if anybody out there does. What pisses me off is when albums like Metallica _Metallica_ is on the chart for 180+ weeks, selling 8+ million albums. That isn't even their best album. Why can't prog bands get the publicity that bands like Metallica gets!?! At least I saw that Megadeth's Youthanasia reached #4 (but now they're hanging around 130). C'all. Dan Temmesfeld email_address_removed ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 755 *************************