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> I have a bootleg tape of one of the original > Frippertronic performances from 79, from Miami, snip > Also, I'm wondering if anyone knows exactly how > Fripp actually did these performances. Did he > create the loops first, then rewind them and play > them back and solo on top of them, or did he solo > as the creation of the loop progressed. When I attended his concert in Ottawa (1979) he performed the initial layers, then rewound the resulting tape while chatting with the audience in a somewhat 'professorial' manner and then performed another layer over the initial tape. It's my understanding that these second layer 'solos' were not recorded, so your bootleg, if it was an audience recording, would be a rare document of a double layered piece. His albums: God Save The Queen and Let The Power Fall only use the initial layers. > Oh, and I agree that No Pussyfooting and Evening > Star are both excellent albums to check out. I'm > not as familiar with his more recent Soundscape > recordings. I have a few of them, but I dunno > that I could recommend one over the others. > Personally, I prefered it when Fripp was doing > the original Frippertronic performances with just > his old Les Paul Custom and whatever effects > pedals he was using (at least volume and > distortion pedals). I have one Frippertronics > recording from 83, I think it is, where he's > using the Roland GR-300 guitar synth, and that, > for some reason I don't like as much. Likewise, I > don't quite like the Soundscape recordings as > much either. I favour the Fripp/Eno albums as well, but highly recommend A Blessing Of Tears as an excellent later ambient work. If you take to that one, then Pie Jesu and November Suite would also be worth experiencing, if you have not heard them yet. Cheers, Scott M2 http://www.dreamSTATE.to ambientelectronicsoundscapes http://www.THEAMBiENTPiNG.com