RE: KC video: live in japan, oct. 95

[Paulpop@ssnet.com (Paul Poplawski, Phd)]

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>>From:  Dan Howarth
>>Sent:  Tuesday, December 17, 1996 1:43 AM
>>To:    John_Ott@ATK.COM
>>Cc:    loopers-delight@annihilist.com
>>Subject:       KC video: live in japan, oct. 95
>>
>>
anyone know the availability of the Sylvian videodisk ... where can it be 
had?



anybody else have this yet? i've watched it twice in the last 20 hours...
>>i'm sorry that i missed them on the tour, but this seems to make up for
>>it. there's great footage of everyone (except TG, in my opinion not
>>enough) and it's very well patched together - except for very annoying
>>camera shaking and panning (i think it was an attempt to be weird. just
>>kinda shook up my stomach a little - and being the worldest evil-est
>>band and slightly drunk... well, the camera didn't need to shake that
>>much - they're hard enough to follow as it is).
>>there's some neat footage of fripp dialing his effects during B'Boom, 
>too.
>>very prominent TC 2290s and Eventide equipment in his main rack.
>>
>>there's not much of a comparison between the stick and the warr guitar 
>(of
>>which TG plays only the 8 string model) in the video. there is an
>>interesting version of the stick improv/duet from the live album, but the
>>processing of each was unclear for comparison value.
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>
>Got this a few weeks ago myself (also the Fripp/Sylvian laserdisc) from
>Possible Productions.   The video was originally shot for a Japanese
>TV show.   Wierd video is from Director of the TV Show.
>
>What struck me as weird was Belew's guitars.  Saw KC twice
>(Warner june 95 DC as last summer at merriweather Post MD)
>and Adrian had three Fender Custom Shop Strats both shows.
>Yet in the Video he has just the one Strat and Plays a Les Paul
>(one of Fripp's Tokai Les Paul copys?) and a Parker Fly.  He mentioned
>in Guitar Player (June 95 KC feature) that he really likes the Fly
>but would be using the Custom Shop Strats on Tour.
>Did some get lost or damaged in shipping?
>
>>I'll have to post to ET to see if anyone knows the story behind this.
>
>    The Fripp Sylvian disc is much better.  The director was very good
>    at getting the soloist on film.   Cool interplay between Micheal
>Brook and
>    Fripp at one point.   I had the Damage CD (same tour different
>shows)
>    and had a some Ideas as to who played what.  The video straighted
>that
>    out.  (I was right about 80% but was dead wrong on one solo that
>    I was sure was Trey Gunn (just like something on the Third Star)
>only
>    to find Fripp playing it in the Video, oh well they both use
>Eventides)
>
>    peace
>    John