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Catching up here! Without a doubt, "Evening Star" and "No Pussyfooting" are pioneer outings of their own report. I think of these two as a bit more indulgent, as if their own "wow effect" hadn't receded yet, and both Fripp and Eno are not only finding new places and marvelling at them, but having fun exploring as well. While the soundscapes work is elegant at worst (!), I think that Robert Fripp's most illustrative works of looping/frippertronics/roscotronics are on "Let the Power Fall" and "Under Heavy Manners/God Save the King". In each of these releases, RF can be heard placing layer upon layer, until the washes of sound just make me go all "Ah... yes". In this role I think RF found his teaching career, in a sense... and in many cases with both RF and Eno, one comes away with a feeling that someone's said, "Here, listen to it, here it is", and "Here's how it's done. Go forth, nterpret and create for yourself." I think that, when the two of them get together, wonderful things happen, and we get to enjoy it at least. Unfortunately the CD release of "Under Heavy Manners/God Save the King" is um, modified from its original release, with overdubs aplenty. Not BAD overdubs, mind you, but I wonder if it obfuscates the effect experienced on the previous revisions, whereby we learn more. I remember the first revisions, and wish I'd put the vinyl to good tape before it began to pop and click a bit. In this particular case old vinyl doesn't shine, since you eventually hear surface noise. Thankfully, "Let the Power Fall" is of course untouched in its pristine majesty on the CD release. Regarding "Zero of the Signified" - one of my all time faves! - I thankfully had it on tape (the vinyl version) and have transferred it to mp3 for my own ecstatic enjoyment. It's a good 13+ minutes long! I believe that it was Musician magazine that credited RF with The Longest Fade-Out Ever on this one - and I think they may have been right! S.P. Goodman EarthLight Productions * http://www.earthlight.net/Gallery - Cartoons and Illustrations! http://www.earthlight.net/HiddenTrack - Cartoons via Medialine!