YTSEJAM Digest 974 Today's Topics: 1) HELP with getting ACOS!! by euan@waikato.ac.nz (Euan Kilgour) 2) Re: bunch of stuff/so-called "progressive" music/NDTC rambling by email_address_removed (Zack Gemmill) 3) Re: ACOS question & other stuff by email_address_removed (Zack Gemmill) 4) Re: YTSEJAM digest 959 by email_address_removed 5) Re: stuff by Damon M. Fibraio 6) Re: Thank You Dream Theater! by Damon M. Fibraio 7) Re: ACoS by Damon M. Fibraio 8) Re: Babs-o-rama by Damon M. Fibraio 9) Re: Trevor Rabin (NDTC) by Damon M. Fibraio 10) Re: ACOS and a transcription petition by Damon M. Fibraio 11) ONE BIG UPDATE by Michael Bahr 12) Re: Cover concepts on I&Ws & Awake by email_address_removed (Zack Gemmill) 13) Re: Derek's keyboard sounds by Damon M. Fibraio ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 14:52:22 +1200 From: euan@waikato.ac.nz (Euan Kilgour) To: email_address_removed Subject: HELP with getting ACOS!! Message-ID: It seems that here in New Zealand ACOS will not be printed. Therefore the local stores must import a copy. I don't want to do this because they charge extra. This is my big plea to all of you jammers who have access to a copy. CAN YOU BUY ME ONE!? I'll pay for the CD and the shipping costs - all you have to do is go down to the store and pick me up a copy. Please*grovel*grovel*grovel*bootlick* I must have one. Euan Kilgour YJLHB. ACOSless. Mail to: euan@waikato.ac.nz "The ninties bring new questions, new solutions to be found..." DT - Learning to live _I&W_ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Sep 95 19:41:53 PDT From: email_address_removed (Zack Gemmill) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: bunch of stuff/so-called "progressive" music/NDTC rambling Message-ID: >ACOS rules!!! Yeah!!! I agree with Jaime (Burks, not our resident Dragon !>)> Those layered vocals on the "Ignorance surrounding me..." part are one of my favorite parts of the song! I think I'll play it again (for the third time in four hrs. Is 57 mins. too short?). > How I got into DT: <> > There I was led to > alt.r-n-r.metal.progressive. (Up to this point I had thought progressive > metal would be like Hurl Jam or Nirvana, around here progressive is considered > alternative). That's the most pathetic thing I've ever heard (well, almost). KWOD 106 in Sacramento claims to play "progressive" music. It's mostly alternative/dance. I do admit that sometimes it's listenable. What trips me out is when they play something from Peter Gabriel/ Howard Jones/The Fixx (you get the idea) and say "Du..uhhh [Moose from the "Archie" comics voice], here's an alternative duhhh..uh 'classic'." You dumbasses, that stuff used to be Top 40! I know they know this, but those generation (sub-Xers, let's call them) listeners are ignoramouses. How can I be familiar with music from the 70s, while they remain blissfully ignorant of 80s music? It makes me want to declare war on anyone 18 and under. Did anyone hear that they have _another_ alternative station in Sacramento now??? I think it's 100.5 FM. That makes 4 alternative format stations withing a 100 mi. radius in Northern Califonia now, 2 of which were AOR format just last year (98.5 KOME and 95.1 KDJK)! I can't wait to move out of here. At least KWOD is sometimes listenable because they don't play as much grunge as the others. I hope the Portland area is better... (could be my destination in 2 years, at least I'll be over halfway to Alaska--- my *final* destination). > > Deep Purples Perfect Strangers is awesome. I recommend people checking it out > if they haven't yet. I'd like to see them do "Knocking at Your Back Door." "Feel it comin'!!!" (isn't this whole song about sex?) > Oh well, I suppose I need to get back to work:( My boss was looking over my shoulder this afternoon when I first logged on and said something like "Don't these people have anything better to do?" First, he doesn't know how many of us there are. Second, spending 10 mins. typing up a message isn't any different then spending the same time bullshitting in the hallway (most often about non-work related stuff). Third, a lot of people do this at night from home, or from school. I do dread the thought of switching jobs to one w/out 'net access. To think that I'd actually have to buy a computer and *pay* to waste my time !>)> > **** Pat Daugherty email_address_removed **** **ramble mode ** Zach ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Sep 95 19:50:04 PDT From: email_address_removed (Zack Gemmill) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: ACOS question & other stuff Message-ID: > > Also, someone posted a literal translation of the Italian sample in > TTT and it was very different from what's in the FAQ, etc. It read,"I > was blind all the time while I was learning to see." Now, I am just > curious which version is "more" correct... Translations are often only the best approximations. I looked up "joie de vivre" (from the Rush song "Force 10") and the best translation I could come up with was "love of/for life." Which doesn't sound quite right in English translated _literally_. I think the phrase has more impact in French. > And finally, I have received several positive replys about the "thank > you" letter to DT for ACOS... So I will begin gathering personal > messages shortly... look for another post describing it... > > | Michael Kizer -- Computer Sciences Corporation (Tucson, AZ) | Here's another positive. They just might get more than they're bargaining for since there are more of us now than when we sent the original petition. Zach ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 15:21:02 -0400 (EDT) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 959 Message-ID: >1) CDEUROPE (telnet to CDEUROPE.COM) has a version of DT's _Awake_ >listed as "AWAKE + BONUS LIVE CD SIN". The people at CDEUROPE >couldn't tell me what is on the CD. I can't find what this bonus CD >contains. Is it a boot or really some authorized, but little known, >bonus CD? This bonus CD is a 3" CD single containing the studio track 'EVE'. You need an adaptor ring to put the CD in so a standard 5" CD player will play it. I would suggest not buying this, and instead buying the Silent Man single which includes EVE and a demo version of TTT. >2) I read that Kevin Moore left due to "musical differences" and that >he was going to pursue a Fusion path. Yet the demos I got of Kevin >are anything but Fusion (at least as I understand it). Anyone care to >add anything more? (No pun intended.) What _is_ he currently doing? >(Was there a big fallout between band members?!) Airdance can answer what Kev is currently up to, but there was definitely not a big fallout between Kev and the other members. The split was amicable, as put by the members themselves. However, in the months following the split, Mike Portnoy seemed a little bitter about his departure, at least when I talked to him. He seemed to get over it, though. >3) Does anyone know the origin of the title "Puppies On Acid", which >is the instrumental intro to "Take The Time"? Is it now called something >else? What boots or official releases does it appear on? Puppies on Acid was also sometimes referred to as 'Kittens on Crack', or 'Pup', eventually turned into 'The Mirror' which is track 7 on Awake. I'm not sure where the title came from, but the answer might be in the DT FAQ, which is available at the drkhoe ftp site. I can't recall the address off hand, but I'm sure someone will be kind enough to post it. Bootlegs it appears on include Lost in the Sky, and Dream Out Loud. It is probably on others that I don't have. There is a track by track bootleg listing also at this FTP site. Check it out. >4) The "Live In Long Island: Home At Last" boot lists the following >tracks on the second CD: 4. A Change Of Seasons, 5. Another Won, >6.Your Majesty, 7. Two Far, 8. March Of The Tyrant. >This CD was recorded Oct. 4, 1992. First question, are tracks 6-8 >live with James or just the Majesty demos thrown on for filler? Second >question, according to the promo version of ACOS, the text says DT only >played "ACOS" live twice: once in NY and once in Germany. Well, the >above boot is dated OCt. 4, 1992, and includes "ACOS" live (supposedly). >The _Dance Of Eternity_ CDs, with a live record date of Mar. 4, 1993, >_does_ contain "ACOS" live. Also, according to a Nov. 1990 boot listing, >DT played an instrumental version of "ACOS" live. (See item 5 below.) The Majesty tracks are NOT live, just thrown on to fill the CD. As I understand, ACOS was only played twice w/ James. DOE definitely contains the one from NY, so I assume that the LILI disc either is a duplicate from NY, or is actually the other recording (Germany). I honestly don't know. I assume the date of the recording is wrong. An instrumental version of ACOS definitely appears on the Sundance instrumental bootleg, that many Jammers have. I'd be willing to trade you a copy for something. I also recall hearing that Steve Stone was hired as DT's new vocalist, and came out to sing ACOS as an encore to an instrumental show, but performed terribly, and was fired immediately following. >5) Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the Sundance, Bayshore (NY) >Nov. 17, 1990 all instrumental show? It includes a version of "ACOS" >and an interesting medley of cover tunes. ME. email_address_removed >6) Several boots contain "Moon Bubbles" and "Barfbag" as tracks. Are >there instrumentals? Are these official band titles or fixed by the >bootleggers? These titles were named by the band, but they can't figure out how people found out about them. Another Hand is the only obvious one, since they named the track on Live at the Marquee. There's an interesting story behind Bombay Vindaloo, and Barfbag - check out the FAQ. KAI - the long time missing lurker ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Sep 95 23:53:50 EDT From: Damon M. Fibraio To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: stuff Message-ID: To the guy who went to Birch Hill to see DT, where are you from? I could've gone to see them there, and I had another plan. Kick, kick. Was this the concert in June? June 9? I should've gone. Boston and DT in one week would've been an overdoese. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Sep 95 23:58:15 EDT From: Damon M. Fibraio To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Thank You Dream Theater! Message-ID: Perhaps it is because I am new, but what was the story behind ACOS? Was it that they did for the Ytsejammers? What is the song about, anyway? I am a poor interpretter of lyrics. Fill in the holes, please. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Sep 95 0:00:54 EDT From: Damon M. Fibraio To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: ACoS Message-ID: Since all the Ytsejammers, with some exceptions, have a problem with changes to ACOs between the Subcon and ACOS releases, we should try to do some reporting as to what was actually changed and why. We need to interview the boyz for this. Anyone agree? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Sep 95 0:10:23 EDT From: Damon M. Fibraio To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Babs-o-rama Message-ID: As far as people writing 20 minute songs, it is a very difficult thing to do. It takes experiementation to do something like that. It's different than writing a five minute song, because 20 minutes of the same riff becomes very dull. So, 20 minutes and you have to keep changing it. So, it's an art form that needs to be developed, and if DT does dcdecide to continue with long songs, they will get better at it. Truthfully, even though I had to part ways with my promo copy of ACOS, I thought that the song kicked serious ass. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Sep 95 0:18:01 EDT From: Damon M. Fibraio To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Trevor Rabin (NDTC) Message-ID: Who was trashing Trevor? Not me. I love revor. I said that If he was gone, I'd miss him. I am the guy trashing Tony K. He won't be missed in my mind. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Sep 95 0:25:38 EDT From: Damon M. Fibraio To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: ACOS and a transcription petition Message-ID: What was the problem with Rush's Signals? I think it sounds great, except for the guitar/keyboard war throughout the album. I think Signals sounds pretty good though. What am I missing? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 22:28:31 -0700 (MST) From: Michael Bahr To: email_address_removed Cc: email_address_removed Subject: ONE BIG UPDATE Message-ID: DREAM THEATER: "ACOUSTIC DREAMS" Information and Update Current to 9/21/1995 NOTE: INTERNET EMAIL ADDRESS CHANGE: I am now email_address_removed Hi all! This is the latest information on Acoustic Dreams, the new LIMITED EDITION Dream Theater CD I will be producing. It will be a numbered, hand-initialed limited print just like Subconscious was. ============================================================================ DISCLAIMER: Acoustic Dreams falls into a grey area of law as an uncopyrighted recording produced in such a manner that at least one facet of the production occurs in a country (namely Italy) in which it is legal to do so. In the USA, it is permissible to sell used import CDs only if they are labeled as such. This is such a CD. Be aware that the various powers-that-be are collecting nothing for this. ============================================================================ Of course, that's all cover-my-butt lawyerspeak. I hope you all will want to be a part of this. I make roughly minimum wage doing it, so you know I'm not out to scam you. In all humility, I appeal to anyone who might not think too kindly of my endeavor, and ask that they might give me the benefit of the doubt on this one. Friends? :) 1. What is Acoustic Dreams? 2. What is the release schedule? 3. How can I get my own copy of Acoustic Dreams? 4. Orders received. ============================================================================ 1. What is Acoustic Dreams? Hi all! Allow me to introduce myself, if you aren't familiar with me yet. I'm Mike Bahr, humble maker of special-edition CDs. I noticed a lot of the mass-manufactured bootleg offerings were spiralling quite high in price and yet offered little for the die-hard fan, and I concocted a scheme by which I could make around minimum wage by producing CDs on my own, CDs that would fill the demand for REAL rarities and special songs, unreleased items, live shows, and the like. Basically, since no CD plant will print them for me, I have to rent studio and equipment time and do it myself. So far, it's working. :) Fortunately, and for this I am very relieved, my Subconscious CD has been incredibly well-received by the net community, especially the Ytsejam mailing list. I just do what I can do and leave the rest up to God, and I guess the Almighty isn't disappointing you folks. People from all walks of life, all countries of the world, both sexes, all races, and all religions have joined in on the Subconscious and Cygnus projects, and I am very happy to have you all along for the ride. I'll keep making CDs as long as you folks are willing to keep buying them. Thanks so _very_ much... :) Unfortuantely, Cygnus has been a mixed pot. The Ytsejam list, for the most part, loves it. Alt.music.rush is another story. The boot collectors who have been on the group for a while are usually pleased, but a lot of people who were expecting album-release quality (impossible for a boot) have been unhappy with it. For this reason, I'm considering never offering any CD to anyone except the members of Ytsejam. I'm open for comments/criticism, or suggestions about this. And now, I have Acoustic Dreams on tap. Well, this is the current CD I'm doing, also known as Dream Theater Unplugged. We were given a VERY high-quality soundboard tape of DT's recent Unplugged performance in Europe, and it can only be fully expressed in the form of a CD. Trust me. :) I am fervently hoping that the finished product is well-liked. I've created the master DAT and submitted it and I got the glass master made. Here's the final tracklisting from Acoustic Dreams. I know many were hoping I'd find more stuff, but I've pretty much scraped the barrel dry at this point. The only other things of similar sound quality I could find were in soundboard shows that ought to be released to CD in their entirety. Acoustic Dreams 1. Another Day 2. Lifting Shadows off a Dream 3. Wait For Sleep 4. The Silent Man 5. Lie (boogie version) 6. Tears (Rush cover) 7. O Holy Night Electric Extras 8. Perfect Strangers (with Bruce Dickinson on vocals) 9. 6:00 (performed in session with a much better mix) 10. Caught In A Web (another better performance) Bonus Tracks (acoustic) 11. Voices (just a small part of it was all there was) acoustic 12. Bad (U2 cover) acoustic I hope that once you've heard it, you will, like me, have your breath taken away by the beauty of the acoustic tracks and the clarity and sharpness of the electric mixes. As good as Cygnus sounded, this is easily and by far the best sounding CD I will have ever made. 2. What is the release schedule? Here is the current schedule of releases as I see it (all dates estimated): NOW - Rush: Cygnus released/shipping NOW - Dream Theater: "Acoustic Dreams" ordering begins 09/30/1995 - Dream Theater: "Acoustic Dreams" released/shipping 11/15/1995 - Dream Theater: "When Dream and Today Unite" ordering begins 12/15/1995 - Dream Theater: "The Lost Artifacts/TBA" ordering begins 12/25/1995 - Dream Theater: "When Dream and Today Unite" released/shipping 01/30/1996 - Dream Theater: "The Lost Artifacts/TBA" released/shipping 02/--/1996 - Public Affection: "Death of a Dictionary", details TBA 03/--/1996 - Rush: To be announced 04/--/1996 - Live or Type O-Negative: To be announced 05/--/1996 - Dream Theater: To be announced Here are a few descriptions to keep your curiosity satiated :) Dream Theater "Subconscious" Released 04/03/1995 - Limited Edition - 500 copies - sold out Contained Dream Theater rarities including A Change of Seasons. All copies were hand initialed/numbered in gold for authenticity. Rush "Cygnus" Released 08/14/1995 - Limited Edition - 1000 copies - still available Contains a rare soundboard show from the Hemispheres tour. Dream Theater "Acoustic Dreams" Currently in pre-ordering. To be released 09/30/1995 - Limited Edition of 500 copies Each copy will be hand signed/numbered in gold for authenticity. Contains beautiful unplugged performances. Dream Theater "When Dream and Today Unite" To be released 12/25/1995 - Limited print of either 500 or 1000. Contains the songs from Dream and Day only with James LaBrie on vocals. Collected from MANY sources and optimized for quality. Some of these still need quality boosts. (Light Fuse, STS...) Dream Theater "The Lost Artifacts" Details TBA - Limited print of either 500 or 1000. Each copy will be hand signed/numbered for authenticity. Will contain vocalist auditions, demos, errata, outtakes, unfinished works, unreleased tracks, and the like. A call for votes: which name should we use? - Antiquities - Tapestry - The Darkest Years - Forgotten Lore - The Lost Artifacts - Mosaic - Relics from the Vault Public Affection "The Death of a Dictionary" Details TBA - Unlimited print Is actually +Live+'s little-known first album, released in 1989, two years before their 1991 breakthrough Mental Jewelry. Demand for this one is skyrocketing, and the Jam gets first shot at it. The following are all "Work in Progress" releases... Rush other titles I'm considering (for any of the given shows): Land's Edge, Storm World, Lifeforce, Arena of the Ancients... Rush "A Symptom of Life" - from 12/20/81 2nd gen soundboard Contains a LOT of neat stuff. a LOT. But very long... 2 CD set? Rush "Concordant Crossroads" - from 3/24/81 audience MASTER in stereo This one has unbelievable good sound quality. It's a tossup whether to take this or Symptom, since both are so good but so similar. Rush "Sleight of Mind" - from a remastered 6/25/75 Toronto This tour has been very underrepresented in available material, so who knows, if S.H.'s cleanup efforts turn out good... +Live+ "Disenchanting Discourse" - from a 10/25/94 audience MASTER in stereo It might be released, it might not, depending on many things. If you would like to see it released, please let me know and let as many people know as you can. I tend to find ways to release things when I find an overwhelming demand for them. :) Type O-Negative "Deathgrip" - from a 5/30/94 audience MASTER in stereo A great setlist and decent sound. Only my worries about how many copies I can sell prevent this. I can't undertake anything less than a potential sellout project or I risk going under. Again, if this is a title you'd like to see, you can make it happen. All I need is a lot of interest, and away we go! So far I've had a few positive replies... much much more are needed though. Dream Theater... oh who knows, there's so much good stuff. Possible shows: Osaka soundboard from late 1992 Hamburg soundboard from spring 1993 various excellent DATs recorded in Texas 3. How can I order a copy of Acoustic Dreams? Finally, I am going to go ahead and let the ordering begin, because I can tell everyone's excitement level is peaking at this point. :) I will say this in advance: I expect it to come out 9/30 or thereabouts (I'm going to try and beat my own schedule) and that's two months away, folks. If that dosen't bother you too much, I guess it won't bother me either. However, I'm one of those guys who hates having things take too long. :) I say this because Subconscious took an unbelievably long time to turnaround due to delays in the making of it, and despite my best efforts, Cygnus is going a bit too slow for my taste as well (though it's still within the predicted schedule, it was a schedule I had been planning to beat). So I am trying to jumpstart Acoustic Dreams so there's NO DAMN WAITING. :) FORTUNATELY, we're STILL ON SCHEDULE for release 9/30. Yes!!! Here's the nitty gritty then: RESERVATIONS. I'll take them, to save you a COPY, but not necessarily a _specific copy_. In many cases, people who request special numbers such as birthdays and so on will get them. But people requesting a specific low number are going to find that they're all sold. Which brings me to the next point: ORDERS. The numbering, excepting special requests when possible, will fill in the order I receive the mail orders. It's only fair after all. I'll reserve a copy for someone over e-mail, but if thirty people get their orders in before he or she does, it's not fair for me to still hold copy #014 or whatever. You all get the idea... these decisions are just in the effort to make it fair for all. Please, I stress to all of you, don't miss this if you missed Subconscious. It really does pain me to have to tell a fellow DT fan that there simply aren't any more Sub discs to be had, especially because I would be MORE than glad to sell one if I had it. Blanks, materials, studio time, etc is cheaper per unit for a production line of 1000 than for 500, which is why Cygnus was cheaper for the Ytsejammers. Acoustic Dreams, alas, must remain $25. I was hoping to bring it down to $21 or $20 but that wouldn't be cost effective. I think I may be able to do that for the Public Affection CD, however. Things are pretty simple from here. Send along a money order for $25 bucks to my address, being sure to include a note with your name, the address to ship to, your email address, and WHICH CD you're ordering (after all, Cygnus is still in ordering) and HOW MANY you're ordering. As before, international customers may use whatever means of payment is most convenient for them, though I stress that sending cash is risky and should not be a first option, but a backup plan. :) Also, to pool opinions: would you all want me to include a number list as orders are received? The address and so on is me at: Mike Bahr - Acoustic Dreams 3175 N. Price Rd. #1066 Chandler, AZ 85224 My home telephone number, available as a courtesy to you, is 1-602-777-0501. I am usually not home on weekends (band practice) so try during the week, between 6pm and 11pm pacific time, for best results. Also, please use discretion when handling this number, as it is, after all, my own home phone, and I will be very confused if a stranger calls at 3:00 AM. :) I trust you Jammers to be cool about it, as you always have in the past. Also... watch your time zones! I had one fellow calling at 6:00 AM. Owch! 4. Orders received. This is NOT "reservations"... it's paid-for orders. If you have a reservation, it's still valid, trust me. :) These are just the numbers that are filled. Also there are a handful of "saved numbers" in there. 001 Master 002 Press Master A 003 Press Master B 004 Mike Bahr 005 Justin Poulter 006 Steve McMaster 007 David Fox 008 Robert Dalton 009 Chris King 010 Michael Burstin 011 Brian Cox 012 Scott Hansen 013 Mike Portnoy 014 Mike Portnoy 015 Mike Portnoy 016 Bracken Odiorne 017 John Nguyen 018 Nathan Bradley 019 Mike Engelhardt 020 Todd Masek 021 Johan Moore 022 Mark Tedhams 023 Brian Fieg 024 Adam Japhet 025 Steve Chew 026 Kristian Reyes 027 Alan Wilds 028 Jeff Stewart 029 Matt McIntosh 030 Brian Polka 031 Stephan Dobay 032 Dale Newberry 033 Scott Hansen 034 Sanjeev Ghai 035 Sanjeev Ghai 036 Mike Robinson 037 Paul Poehler 038 Lisa Gaunt 039 Tracy Mangum 040 Jeff Forte 041 Robert Castilone 042 Bracken Odiorne 043 Jean-Francois Cote' 044 Uffe Moller 045 Steve Esterle 046 Chad Smith 047 Scott McCammon 048 David Edwards 049 Craig Newmeyer 050 Partha Mukhopadhyay 051 Dave Silva 052 Dave Silva 053 Dave Silva 054 Dave Silva 055 Robert MacAusland 056 Jason Breitweg 057 Demetris Papallis 058 Adam Marshall 059 Paul Goracke 060 Andrew Garinger 061 Alex Fraser 062 Uffe Moller 063 Fred Ward 064 Matt Masi 065 Iwahori Tomonori 066 Iwahori Tomonori 067 Michael Backof 068 Brian Ross 069 Anna Davidson 070 Kjetil Nordahl 071 Kjetil Nordahl 072 Kjetil Nordahl 073 Bill Wrightson 074 S. Johnson 075 Jaison John 076 Jaison John 077 Craig Newmeyer 078 Paul Humm 079 Jay Miller 080 Astrid De Ronde 081 Jason MacDonald 082 Scott Kuennen 083 Scott Kuennen 084 Rick Beem 085 Mike Ringelstetter 086 Conrad Chi 087 Brian Kirk 088 Brian Adams 089 Chris Freel 090 Chris Freel 091 Patrick Davis 092 Dave Fausel 093 Chris Derobertis 094 Sean Brady 095 S. Craig Caldwell 096 Andrew Stiles 097 Gregory Bunker 098 Eddie Webb 099 Edwin Million 100 Jenn Albert 101 Jenn Albert 102 Jeff Hill 103 Mike Olekshy 104 David Delmont 105 Derek Bober 106 Adam Japhet 107 Jamie Burks 108 George Fan 109 Tony Maglia 110 Stephen Soukup 111 Sookapat Niyomthai 112 David DeSalvo 113 Randy Haskin 114 Jennifer Sharward 115 Bryan Hunter 116 Bryan Hunter 117 Todd Dakin 118 J. R. McCullough 119 Jeff Chew 120 Patrick Sullivan 121 Patrick Sullivan 122 Pete Dziadzka 123 Ken Bibb 124 Jason Russell 125 Gary Ake 126 Bernd Basmer 127 Stefan Sutter 128 Chad Cook 129 Jason Danio 130 Brandon Elhai 131 Mathew Yee 132 Eric Gauthier 133 Eric Gauthier 134 Wilco Barg 135 Joe Kruger 136 Rob Pociluk 137 Brenden Thomson 138 Marton Stromgald 139 Asif Khan 140 Jarrod Ramsey-Lewis 141 Jon Kretschmer 142 Jon Kretschmer 143 Michael Pomerleau 144 Ronald Tijhuis 145 Bill Nottingham 146 James Garrett 147 Reenoitnevnoc 148 Stephane Auzilleau 149 Stephane Auzilleau 150 Stephane Auzilleau 151 Stephane Auzilleau 152 Carl Jason 153 Ken Hugo Hoili 154 Ken Hugo Hoili 155 Shigeru Yamashita 156 Brian Ross 157 Takumi Akiyama 158 John Sievers 159 David Russum 160 David Russum 161 David Russum 162 Stefan Rau 163 Stefan Rau 164 Martin Hayter 165 Martin Hayter 166 Eugene Szucs 167 Warren Williams 168 Tilman Kuendgen 169 Tilman Kuendgen 170 Tilman Kuendgen 171 Chad Preston 172 Gregory Cole 173 Heath Augustover 174 Chris Fyhr 175 Chris Fyhr 176 Chris Fyhr 177 Bill Huston 178 Tim Jensen 179 James Abraham 180 Jeffrey Smith 181 Michael Coghlan 182 Brett Owens 183 David Kobayashi 184 Elliott Kim 185 Ed Polzin 186 Sean Gill 187 Tim Altman 188 Alexis Ramos 189 James Daugherty 190 Jon Heller 191 George Bast 192 Paul Cashman 193 Ramin Miraftabi 194 Stacie Rosenzweig 195 Ryan Whitaker 196 Brian Vivier 197 Kevin Villines 198 Mike Rapazzo 199 Koby Fuessler 200 Merieke Ri Berit 201 Chris Pokladnik 202 Ties Gobel 203 Ties Gobel 204 Chuck Hanley 205 Yuji Miyazaki 206 Chad David 207 Chad David 208 Chad David 209 Bill Polymenakos 210 Greg Sands 211 Greg Sands 212 Ryan Park 213 Evelyn Lauer 214 reserved 215 Jun-Dai Bates 216 Fernando Ma 217 Fernando Ma 218 Tom Tubbiola 219 Ryan Skadberg 220 Ryan Skadberg 221 Patricia McLoughlin 222 Jacob Caminati 223 Rob Schenk 225 Jason Russell 226 Kevin Czarnecki 228 Eric Marlett 240 Chris Mahaffey 244 Andreas Kasper 246 Jan Melander 249 Tim Villa 275 Mark Stahl 293 Steffen Barabasch 294 Steffen Barabasch 299 James Runde 300 James Runde 303 John Mastin 304 John Mastin 310 Craig Erskine 313 Evelyn Lauer 330 Philip Jason 333 Jacob Caminati 350 Keith Aspinal 391 Charlie Farrell 405 Philip Jason 406 Joe Lukas 412 Keith Aspinal 420 Darren Brown 421 Darren Brown 424 David Swanston 427 Ryan Brown 441 Christopher Merlo 444 Jacob Caminati 496 Zach Gemmill 497 Zach Gemmill 498 Zach Gemmill 499 Zach Gemmill 500 Melissa Bentheusen If you see something that just isn't true, please let me know. :) -Mike Bahr, email_address_removed Magic: The Gathering - I light my cigars with burning Black Lotuses. "I wrote it down so I wouldn't _have_ to remember!" -Dr. Henry Jones Sr. NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY: RUSH - CYGNUS UPDATE for 9/21/1995 NOTICE: INTERNET EMAIL ADDRESS CHANGE: I am now email_address_removed QUICK NOTICE: So far, of the 16 CDs that had been found mis-sorted and re- sent, 13 have been confirmed received. If you're one of the 3 remaining, _please_ drop me a line... I intend to see to it that everyone gets what they ordered, after all!! :) NOTE: I have sent out ALL CDS ordered through TODAY! If you mailed it and I have received your mail, your CD is going, going, gone! On its way to you. So guessing approximately, anything sent up until Friday is probably enroute to you. Hi all! It's time to update y'all on the CD project. I have finally received my shipment of the Rush CYGNUS CD, a CD with an incredible sound board show from the mystical Hemispheres tour, on it. And I guess I will go ahead and take orders for it... if you like, you can email a reservation before you send your check or MO. Here's the info: Rush "CYGNUS" Recorded at: TCC Arena (Convention Center Arena) Location: Tucson, Arizona Date: November 20, 1978 Source: 2nd gen of original soundboard reel, transferred to 48kHz DAT and mastered to CD Quality: See notes below. Track Listing: Anthem A Passage to Bangkok By-Tor & the Snow Dog I. At the Tobes of Hades II. Across the Styx III. Of the Battle Xanadu Something for Nothing The Trees Cygnus X-1 Book One: The Voyage Cygnus X-1 Book Two: Hemispheres I. Prelude II. Apollo III. Dionysus IV. Armageddon V. Cygnus VI. The Sphere Circumstances A Farewell to Kings Running time 72:52 I did a pre-order project like this for the Dream Theater mailing list a few months back and it worked out very, very well. Any of you who want a reference or voucher for me, direct your question at any DT fan who is on the Ytsejam list, and I'll let their judgment be the Word. How to order: (PLEASE ALLOW 3 to 4 WEEKS FOR DELIVERY.) -A lot of you might have forgotten about this. Since I'm caught up to today's orders for mailing, it's not likely to take quite this long anymore. Send a cashier's check or money order (made out to me) to: Michael Bahr Limelight Music 3175 N. Price Rd. #1066 Chandler, AZ 85224 Note: I'm just a humble fan with a project going, not a store or CD warehouse... the dealers and mailorder places can give way better prices on other common boots so I don't have or sell any of them. Limelight is what I put on my business license so that I could pay sales tax, thus nobody would ask how I was getting all this money to deposit and why I'd dump thousands at a time into CD production. :) The price is as follows: $25 US - base free - postage within the USA $1 - postage to Canada $2 - postage to anywhere else So it would cost $25 to send it to Humble, Texas... $26 to send it to Lakeside Park... and $27 to Geleen, Holland. There are around 150 copies left... get 'em while they exist! :) A note on quality. It has come to my attention that a lot of people were expecting quality comparable to Rush's live releases (ATWAS, ESL, ASOH) or comparable live albums of the 1970s. No bootleg can compare to these. Even the best of them, Rush's Oakland '92 performance, a digital soundboard, sounds flat and hollow compared to the three live albums. Cygnus is no exception to this: it does _not_ measure up to the three live albums. But!! I will stake this claim here and now and defend it until the day I die: The sound quality of Cygnus is superior to 99% of all Rush bootleg recordings. Since I own over 1000 Rush shows on tape, I can make this claim with some degree of accuracy. :) It's a legit soundboard taken on an analog reel, manually, in 1978. Those factors weigh in when considering the quality. There are also three dropouts on the master tape that I cleaned up as best I could, usually by fading into them. Be aware of these things when you order... so far people have usually been happy with it (all the boot collectors are having a field day with the comparable quality) but those who were expecting quality like that of the 3 live albums have been disappointed, every single one of them. And that's no fun. Now then, back to ordering via cashier's check or MO. Why use a cashier's check or MO? Besides the fact that they can't bounce, they are traceable both ways. You know that if you don't eventually get a CD or a refund, I'll be in deep shit. :) It's really the safest way to buy, as I myself have been burned in net dealings before, I do my best to alleviate those fears where my projects are concerned. Actually, I don't mind personal checks really... I just recommend the MO or CC because it leaves that paper trail and is totally safe, and if I _didn't_ recommend MO or CC, you'd all have reason to believe it was a scam of some sort. So while a personal check is OK with me, understand that a MO/CC is the best way to buy. Apparently, this offer isn't as limited as I originally thought... ~425 copies have been ordered so far. However, I didn't order any more than the initial run of 1000 Cygnus Cds, because there has been a concern raised that the limited-edition nature of the project could be compromised. I will not order more than that 1000 unless overwhelming demand says to. PLEASE! When you send the money order, TELL ME that you're ordering the Cygnus CD. Most of you are already doing this, I just wanted to make sure you all knew, as I am still wrapping up work on Subconscious, as well as taking the early pre-orders for the next Dream Theater CD. Also, be sure to include your email address. It's quite hard to get ahold of you if something goes awry, without it. :) A note on the CD LABEL: It does not say the word "Rush" anywhere on it but all the songs are labelled correctly (Anthem, The Trees, Hemispheres, etc.) and it says "Cygnus" rather prominently. Dont let this nuance of labelling throw you off. A lot of you are already familiar with this, but before the Italian Cd companies started legally making boots in 1991, all boots produced in the USA could not bear the band's name on their labels. Look at Rush boots like "Through any Window" and "Nassau '82".. on the record labels they have fake band names and song names. I just put the real song names and "Cygnus" and left Rush off, since I didn't want to complicate things any more than they already were. It _IS_ the Rush show from 11/20/78 and it is already well known here on the net, if a bit scarce. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to email me or call me at (602) 777-0501, between the hours of 6pm and 11pm Pacific time. I'm sorry that I don't have an answering machine (as this is my home line, it's mainly available to all of you as a courtesy) but if I'm there, we'll chat. I do have classes these days so I may or may not be there. I do have work and school like the rest of you, after all. Please understand why you may not catch me at home the first three or four times you try. If the phone rings, I *WILL* answer it if I'm there, that much I will definitely promise you. If you miss me entirely and want *me* to call *you*, I will do so if you leave your number in email. Please understand that it will probably be brief as I'm a starving student with a phone bill. :) Thanks all! -Mike Bahr, email_address_removed "All sweeping generalizations are bad." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Sep 95 20:40:13 PDT From: email_address_removed (Zack Gemmill) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Cover concepts on I&Ws & Awake Message-ID: > > The first Ytsejam I ever received had this post on it by...I dont know > who...but I thought it was real cool so I saved it. Read on my freinds! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Subject: Awake cover representations... <> > > > > One final thing: When I first bought Awake, I thought the statue was > >holding a torch. I guess however that he's just tugging at his beard or > >something. Does anyone know if this is an actual statue or just something > >the artist made up? The night before Awake came out, my friend was lucky enough to get a copy of the CD (I already had a tape of it thanks to Tim Lodge). He called me on the phone that night and said that the statue looked familiar to him. Unearthing pictures from his Europe trip years ago, he identified it as Michaelangelo's _Moses_. His photo was from a slightly different angle, but he was adament about it. I forget which museum in Italy that the statue resides... My favorite cover concept has to be the sparrow falling on the cover of IAW. Coming in a close second might be the cover/innersleeve of ACOS. What a cool concept. Zach ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Sep 95 0:31:51 EDT From: Damon M. Fibraio To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Derek's keyboard sounds Message-ID: To Rob Martino: E-Mail me at email_address_removed. I want to talk keyboards. While I can't really answer your question, I think us keysmen should talk as often as we can. To give you some question to answer, I want to know what keyboards/racks/effects you use, and what music you play? Talk to you soon, I hope. ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 974 *************************