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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. >< > >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