I didn’t know that! I better track it down then.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 06:42 (two years ago) link
Just running through my head that it has been said that the band lost a certain amount of spontaneity when they went multitrack in recording. They ceased to record one take simultaneously so weren't playing off each other to the same degree. Which would not be true live where they would be becoming more and more familiar with how to communicate with each other. So unless that became a safe shorthand which I have heard is a possibility in improvisation if one doesn't watch out the results could be spectacular.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 3 August 2021 06:43 (two years ago) link
Freeshow from Cologne in 1972.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 3 August 2021 06:44 (two years ago) link
'75/'76 shows I've heard have been brilliant. There's one from January 1976 (I think) recorded in Lyon which probably has the best drumming I've ever heard from Jaki - not only that but the sound quality is quite a bit better than this Stuttgart gig.
― Soundtracked by an ecojazz mixtape (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 06:51 (two years ago) link
Paying proper attention I now realise that "Zwei" is a live mashup of "Dizzy Dizzy" and "Bel Air", which is nuts.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 00:44 (two years ago) link
and the DRUMMING ON "DREI" OMG
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 00:45 (two years ago) link
Listening to side one this morning, whew! Intense.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 12 August 2021 10:45 (two years ago) link
New archival album announced -- Brighton, 1975
https://canofficial.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-brighton-1975-2
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 15:00 (two years ago) link
Hell yes! Was hoping that was the news when I saw this bumped.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 15:00 (two years ago) link
Yes!!!!!
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 15:15 (two years ago) link
oh fuck YEAH
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 15:19 (two years ago) link
can they just release a massive live box set and i'll just never listen to any other music again
nice
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 15:19 (two years ago) link
yessss
― sleeve, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 15:32 (two years ago) link
f yeah!
― brimstead, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 15:58 (two years ago) link
Short excerpt on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2IepPY-8fk
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:00 (two years ago) link
same year, basically the same cover, will I drop $50 on it? I dunno probably. it has Sechs and Sieben on it!!!
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:00 (two years ago) link
Ugh I refreshed the bandcamp like 3 times hoping there was a preview track and that it just wasn’t loading for me
― zacata, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:01 (two years ago) link
xp: Sechs und Sieben.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:02 (two years ago) link
Nevermind I now see the excerpt above. I wonder if this was recorded by the same guy as the first one…has a very similar sound quality.
― zacata, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:03 (two years ago) link
I think everything in this series was recorded by the same guy
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:07 (two years ago) link
I bet they'll do a box set once everyone has bought all the individual releases - I'm holding out :D
― StanM, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:18 (two years ago) link
So is this show the one that these two songs from Live Music (1971-1977) came from?
"Dizzy Dizzy" – 8:0219th Nov 1975, Brighton, Sussex University"Vernal Equinox" – 12:4419th Nov 1975, Brighton, Sussex University
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 17:55 (two years ago) link
O SHITI hope so bc those tracks 🔥🔥🔥
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 19:44 (two years ago) link
Hope there's some Damo stuff coming down the pike, but also love that this zone of perfect rapport between the core members is getting so much richer.
― Citole Country (bendy), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 19:53 (two years ago) link
I like that they're doing post-Damo stuff first, because my knowledge of post-Damo can is pretty meager.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 20:15 (two years ago) link
IIRC the main archive they're drawing on is a dude who made tapes mostly in the post-Damo years, so that's something to keep in mind.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 20:19 (two years ago) link
A lot of the live Can post damo ive heard has sounded better than the studio versions, so that makes it all the more exciting imo
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 20:23 (two years ago) link
yeah, all this post-74 live stuff rules
unperson: Landed, Unlimited Edition, and Flow Motion are all really good!
― sleeve, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 20:25 (two years ago) link
Indeed, and those albums are my cut-off point.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 20:30 (two years ago) link
They were playing Ege Bamyasi at REI in Portland today. It ruled
― Davey D, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 20:33 (two years ago) link
Live and studio Can were very much different things by then, by design I'd say. The band were great live in this period but tbh I've heard much better quality recordings - soundwise - than this.
― Starmer: "Let the children boogie, let all the children boogie." (Tom D.), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 21:00 (two years ago) link
Saw Delight and Inner Space are quite good as well. Out of Reach is the only out and out dud they've ever made, in my opinion
well I guess the reunion album too, though that one is at least pretty funny
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
i think when we did the can poll i fell in love with every can record except out of reach? rite time sounds cursed but i kinda like that
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 21:13 (two years ago) link
the single edit of "Hoolah Hoolah" which samples "Spoon" is hilarious
what can I say, I have soft spot for it somehow. it's really a bizarre record
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 21:15 (two years ago) link
Inner Space is one I don't have, I need to check it out.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 21:31 (two years ago) link
That's "Can"? The last album? 'Tis good!
― Starmer: "Let the children boogie, let all the children boogie." (Tom D.), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 22:01 (two years ago) link
I love Saw Delight and Inner Space (and all the ones before too)
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 22:02 (two years ago) link
hard to think of another band that changed their sound so many times within a single decade. maybe Yellow Magic Orchestra
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 22:12 (two years ago) link
All Gates Open one of my fave Can songs.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 22:50 (two years ago) link
amazing tune, sounds like a cosmic beer hall
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 23:23 (two years ago) link
I assume, by now, we've all seen the clip of Can playing "I Want More" on Top of the Pops - the one where Michael Karoli has been replaced by some guy who looks like Lou Reed, which is unfortunate as Karoli was the only member of Can who could conceivably pass for a pop star. Well, here's a clip of them playing it, with Karoli, with added bonus of some hilarious German comedy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVDqR8Del_Q
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Sunday, 28 November 2021 14:28 (two years ago) link
!!!!! thank you
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 28 November 2021 14:41 (two years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 28 November 2021 15:58 (two years ago) link
"Soon Over Babaluma" is post-Damo, definitely no drop-off there.
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Sunday, 28 November 2021 17:01 (two years ago) link
Gee “I Want More” sounds like an influence on Talking Heads’ “I Zimbra” to me.
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 28 November 2021 17:38 (two years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 28 November 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
Great to see the Can/Inner Space album get recognized, for me it’s the best post-Babaluma record
There was a package with this and Out of Reach together which I think maybe convinced some people they were both crap
― frogbs, Sunday, 28 November 2021 18:09 (two years ago) link
I don't think many people were interested in Can by 1979 tbh.
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Sunday, 28 November 2021 18:15 (two years ago) link
Or by a new album by Can in 1979 rather.
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Sunday, 28 November 2021 18:16 (two years ago) link