YTSEJAM Digest 998
Today's Topics:
1) Cygnus UPDATE!
by Michael Bahr <durnik@indirect.com>
2) Re: Fates Warning
by James Peele <jpeele@unf6.cis.unf.edu>
3) Stuff
by laussade@enet.net (praxxix)
4) Japanese "Images & Words"
by Masa Daigo <QZE13533@niftyserve.or.jp>
5) Re: YTSEJAM digest 997
by JIMMY <bd30011@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu>
6) DT Date on LI
by James Lutz <jlutz@hartford.edu>
7) Subsribe
by Edward Ip <edwardip@acsu.buffalo.edu>
8) Re: A "Nice" Little Review
by "Jonathan Byrne" <RRI02@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU>
9) Did you hear?? DT is coming!!!
by Timothy Adams <adamst@wasc.egginc.com>
10) Re: YTSEJAM digest 996
by VM460899@HOPE.CIT.HOPE.EDU
11) Re: YTSEJAM digest 997
by JIMMY <bd30011@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu>
12) My Story.
by laussade@enet.net (praxxix)
13) Lords of Sound
by Dan Kidney <dkidney@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
14) an unforgettable night
by Acoslover@aol.com
15) DT Boot CDs
by Michael Backof <mbacko1@gl.umbc.edu>
16) Under A Glass Moon
by laussade@enet.net (praxxix)
17) New Gary Hoey CD
by edju@scf.usc.edu (Edward Ju)
18) Stuff
by Mad dog <jmh@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu>
19) vacation's over
by "R. Hailey" <pass@homer10.u.washington.edu>
20) YJ #997
by Steve Borzilleri <magellan@u.washington.edu>
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Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 22:01:35 -0700 (MST)
From: Michael Bahr <durnik@indirect.com>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Cygnus UPDATE!
Message-ID: <199510010501.WAA26828@bud.indirect.com>
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY: RUSH - CYGNUS
UPDATE for 9/30/1995
NOTICE: INTERNET EMAIL ADDRESS CHANGE: I am now durnik@indirect.com
NOTE: I have sent out ALL CDS ordered through TODAY! If you mailed it and
I have received your mail, your CD is going, going, gone! On its
way to you. So guessing approximately, anything sent up until
Friday is probably enroute to you. Also, a scant few CDs turn up
lost or delayed from time to time, I will endeavor to solve that
problem ASAP if you let me know!
Hi all! It's time to update y'all on the CD project. I have finally
received my shipment of the Rush CYGNUS CD, a CD with an incredible sound
board show from the mystical Hemispheres tour, on it. And I guess I will go
ahead and take orders for it... if you like, you can email a reservation
before you send your check or MO. Here's the info:
Rush "CYGNUS"
Recorded at: TCC Arena (Convention Center Arena)
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Date: November 20, 1978
Source: 2nd gen of original soundboard reel,
transferred to 48kHz DAT and mastered to CD
Quality: See notes below.
Track Listing:
Anthem
A Passage to Bangkok
By-Tor & the Snow Dog
I. At the Tobes of Hades
II. Across the Styx
III. Of the Battle
Xanadu
Something for Nothing
The Trees
Cygnus X-1 Book One: The Voyage
Cygnus X-1 Book Two: Hemispheres
I. Prelude
II. Apollo
III. Dionysus
IV. Armageddon
V. Cygnus
VI. The Sphere
Circumstances
A Farewell to Kings
Running time 72:52
I did a pre-order project like this for the Dream Theater mailing list
a few months back and it worked out very, very well. Any of you who want a
reference or voucher for me, direct your question at any DT fan who is on
the Ytsejam list, and I'll let their judgment be the Word.
How to order:
(PLEASE ALLOW 3 to 4 WEEKS FOR DELIVERY.)
-A lot of you might have forgotten about this. Since I'm
caught up to today's orders for mailing, it's not likely to
take quite this long anymore.
Send a cashier's check or money order (made out to me) to:
Michael Bahr
Limelight Music
3175 N. Price Rd. #1066
Chandler, AZ 85224
Note: I'm just a humble fan with a project going, not a store
or CD warehouse... the dealers and mailorder places can give
way better prices on other common boots so I don't have or
sell any of them. Limelight is what I put on my business license
so that I could pay sales tax, thus nobody would ask how I was
getting all this money to deposit and why I'd dump thousands
at a time into CD production. :)
The price is as follows:
$25 US - base
free - postage within the USA
$1 - postage to Canada
$2 - postage to anywhere else
So it would cost $25 to send it to Humble, Texas... $26 to
send it to Lakeside Park... and $27 to Geleen, Holland.
There are around 70 copies left... get 'em while they exist! :)
A note on quality. It has come to my attention that a lot of people
were expecting quality comparable to Rush's live releases (ATWAS, ESL, ASOH)
or comparable live albums of the 1970s. No bootleg can compare to these.
Even the best of them, Rush's Oakland '92 performance, a digital soundboard,
sounds flat and hollow compared to the three live albums. Cygnus is no
exception to this: it does _not_ measure up to the three live albums. But!!
I will stake this claim here and now and defend it until the day I die: The
sound quality of Cygnus is superior to 99% of all Rush bootleg recordings.
Since I own over 1000 Rush shows on tape, I can make this claim with some
degree of accuracy. :) It's a legit soundboard taken on an analog reel,
manually, in 1978. Those factors weigh in when considering the quality. There
are also three dropouts on the master tape that I cleaned up as best I could,
usually by fading into them. Be aware of these things when you order... so far
people have usually been happy with it (all the boot collectors are having a
field day with the comparable quality) but those who were expecting quality
like that of the 3 live albums have been disappointed, every single one of
them. And that's no fun.
Now then, back to ordering via cashier's check or MO.
Why use a cashier's check or MO? Besides the fact that they can't
bounce, they are traceable both ways. You know that if you don't eventually
get a CD or a refund, I'll be in deep shit. :) It's really the safest way to
buy, as I myself have been burned in net dealings before, I do my best to
alleviate those fears where my projects are concerned. Actually, I don't mind
personal checks really... I just recommend the MO or CC because it leaves that
paper trail and is totally safe, and if I _didn't_ recommend MO or CC, you'd
all have reason to believe it was a scam of some sort. So while a personal
check is OK with me, understand that a MO/CC is the best way to buy.
PLEASE! When you send the money order, TELL ME that you're ordering
the Cygnus CD. Most of you are already doing this, I just wanted to make sure
you all knew, as I am still working on Acoustic Dreams, as well as
taking the early pre-orders for the next Dream Theater CD. Also, be sure to
include your email address. It's quite hard to get ahold of you if something
goes awry, without it. :)
A note on the CD LABEL: It does not say the word "Rush" anywhere on it
but all the songs are labelled correctly (Anthem, The Trees, Hemispheres,
etc.) and it says "Cygnus" rather prominently. Dont let this nuance of
labelling throw you off. A lot of you are already familiar with this, but
before the Italian Cd companies started legally making boots in 1991, all
boots produced in the USA could not bear the band's name on their labels.
Look at Rush boots like "Through any Window" and "Nassau '82".. on the record
labels they have fake band names and song names. I just put the real song
names and "Cygnus" and left Rush off, since I didn't want to complicate things
any more than they already were. It _IS_ the Rush show from 11/20/78 and it
is already well known here on the net, if a bit scarce.
If anyone has any questions, please feel free to email me or call me
at (602) 777-0501, between the hours of 6pm and 11pm Pacific time. I'm sorry
that I don't have an answering machine (as this is my home line, it's mainly
available to all of you as a courtesy) but if I'm there, we'll chat. I do
have classes these days so I may or may not be there. I do have work and
school like the rest of you, after all. I *WILL* answer it if I'm there,
that much I will definitely promise you. If you miss me entirely and want
*me* to call *you*, I will do so if you leave your number in email. Please
understand that it will probably be brief as I'm a starving student with a
phone bill. :)
Thanks all!
-Mike Bahr, durnik@indirect.com
"All sweeping generalizations are bad."
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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 01:35:41 -0400
From: James Peele <jpeele@unf6.cis.unf.edu>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Cc: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com>
Subject: Re: Fates Warning
Message-ID: <Pine.DYN.3.91.951001012413.24968B-100000@unf6.cis.unf.edu>
Wow! I am excited about the new Fates Warning! I love "Inside Out" but
I was a little disappointed by it (except for "Monument" which must have
been written by God). After 'Parallels', I expected the band to take a
left turn and try to re-invent them selves. It did not happen with
"Inside Out". I think of "Inside Out" as the b-side to "Parallels" (with
the obvious exception of "Monument").
Ever notice how the lyrical metaphors of "Life In Still Water" and "Pale
Fire" are different metaphors for the same thing: Stagnation.
Reading the lyrics to "Leave The Past Behind", "Life In Still Water", "The
Eleventh Hour", and "The Road Goes On Forever", it seemed that a left
turn was eminent. It seems like it will finally happen.
Damn, I am psyched about the new FW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jay Peele
For info on INFERNO, E-mail: jpeele@unf6.cis.unf.edu
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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 00:44:20 -0700
From: laussade@enet.net (praxxix)
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Stuff
Message-ID: <199510010744.AAA10549@maple.enet.net>
Greetings o, Ytse-Jamming ones,
Anyone watch Strange Luck on Friday? IMO that's a great show.
Especially the part near the end where the innocent guy was in the electric
chair and the other two guys were trying to get there in time to stop the
execution, and in the background Live's "Lightning Crashes" was playing.
Does anyone besides me think that that was an amazing sequence?
As for DT, they still kick as much ass as they did yesterday. Bye.
Ben Laussade
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Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 14:55:00 +0900
From: Masa Daigo <QZE13533@niftyserve.or.jp>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Japanese "Images & Words"
Message-ID: <199510010559.OAA12022@inetnif.niftyserve.or.jp>
Michael Backof wrote:
>> Images And Words, 1993, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) LP, CT, CD
>>Images And Words, 1993, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)
>>Need a catalog # (mine is a copy)
No, it's wrong, the correct one is:
Images and Words, 1993, MMG Inc. (Japan) CD only (AMCY 438)
..and...
Another Day, 1993 ATCO 7567-96013-2 (Germany)
CD Single
Another Day (Album Version) 4:22
A Fortune in Lies (Live) 5:10
Another Day (Live) 4:25
Another Day, 1993, ATCO Promotional (USA)
PRCD 5090-2
CD Single
Another Day (Album Version) 4:22
Take care,
Masa
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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 12:30:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: JIMMY <bd30011@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Cc: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com>
Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 997
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.951001122658.26832B-100000@bingsun1>
BAFU VAI,
What the hell possesed you to come up with those idiotic lyrics.
You're the MERCY FUCK you ASSHOLE. Get a life LOSER. Stop wasting my
time with your bullshit letters.
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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 12:56:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: James Lutz <jlutz@hartford.edu>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: DT Date on LI
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.951001125441.6905C-100000@morpheus>
> I just heard from a guy who heard it on the radio that DT will be playing
> Malibu on Long Island.
>
> That's all I know, he didn't catch the date. I'll try to find out more.
I heard that the date was Dec. 28, but i would check with the club to be
sure.
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; Ytse' Jim : "Seize the Day", I heard him say, ;:
; University of Hartford : Life will not always be this way, ;:
; lutz@uhavax.hartford.edu : Look around, Hear the sounds, ;:
; jlutz@morpheus.hartford.edu :Cherish your life while you're still around ;:
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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 13:16:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Edward Ip <edwardip@acsu.buffalo.edu>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Subsribe
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.951001131531.8502A-100000@conciliator.acsu.buffalo.edu>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Edward Ip~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
edwardip@acsu.buffalo.edu Follower of Eddie Van Halen
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~edwardip Guitar RULEZ!!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~Office of Student Life, University At Buffalo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 11:57:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Jonathan Byrne" <RRI02@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU>
To: "YtseJam" <ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com>
Subject: Re: A "Nice" Little Review
Message-ID: <m0szQnx-0001pvC@crash.cts.com>
I'm so glad that good ol' objective journalism thrives in the desert! And
I though my school's music reviews were biased.
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"THIS LIFE'S NOT FOR WINNING, IT'S FOR FIGHTING AND FOR WARS,"
NO MATTER WHAT THE TRUTH IS, HOLD ON TO WHAT IS YOURS."
-"HOLD ON", YES
JONATHAN BYRNE
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
RRI02@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU
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Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 12:09:43 -0500
From: Timothy Adams <adamst@wasc.egginc.com>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Did you hear?? DT is coming!!!
Message-ID: <s06e8498.012@wasc.egginc.com>
Hey all,
Just thought I'd post this again, and again, an aga.......anyway,
DT is coming to Connecticut on December 27th. Here is the
scoop so far:
The club is in New London CT and it's called the El-N-Gee. I
stopped at the club yesterday afternoon when they were closed
and spoke to the owner. I kinda volunteered my services to do
all the flyers for the show and help him with the ticket sales. I
have a lot of DT artwork on my machine so this will be no
problem (remember the ytsecon??). I showed him the "Thank
you" in the ACOS sleeve and he was mildly impressed. Then I
showed him the pictures from the Ytsecon and he began to
understand that I was serious. Well, he said he'd put me on the
guest list and he'd reserve me some tickets if I thought anyone
on the jam was interested in coming. He told me his club could
hold about 500 people.....yea right, if we all shower that day we
might not mind being shoulder to shoulder......anyway, he yelled
at his ticket man and told him to call Monday and put the tickets
on sale. I#ll keep you all posted as to when they actually go on
sale and if I can hold a block of tickets for the Jammers. He
said the price would be $10.
The club is approximately an hour from Providence, RI and
about 2 hours from Boston, MA. I#ll keep you all posetd....
Tim Adams
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Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 12:22:30 -0500 (EST)
From: VM460899@HOPE.CIT.HOPE.EDU
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 996
Message-ID: <01HVXC7SOFSI8ZE0DB@HOPE.CIT.HOPE.EDU>
Ibanez does not make 7-strings any more, last time I checked. They're
only available used. The JP signature model is a sixer, and furthermore,
the only songs on Awake which do use the 7 are CIAW, Mirror, and Lie. I'm
pretty sure about that.
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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 12:21:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: JIMMY <bd30011@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Cc: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com>
Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 997
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.951001122009.26832A-100000@bingsun1>
DECEMBER 28 at Malibu
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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 11:51:46 -0700
From: laussade@enet.net (praxxix)
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: My Story.
Message-ID: <199510011851.LAA21089@maple.enet.net>
Greetings and Salutations,
I figured it was time to post the story of how I got into DT.
Once upon a time, in a land that's not too terribly far away, I read
Modern Drummer magazine. In that magazine, there were a couple of Mapex
Drums ads bragging about how this Mike Portnoy guy used there equipment. I
didn't pay much attention. Then, a couple of issues later, Mike Portnoy got
voted the best drumming performance of the year for Awake. I had to see
what all the buzz was about, so I went and picked up a copy of Awake. As
soon as I picked up my jaw off of the ground I went right back to the music
store and got Images and Words. Well, there it is. See Ya.
Ben Laussade
Ben Laussade
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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 14:22:53 -0500 (CDT)
From: Dan Kidney <dkidney@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Lords of Sound
Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.951001141624.71091A-100000@black.weeg.uiowa.edu>
Helloooo jammers! I figure I've lurked here for long enough and it's
time to post. My roommate got me turned on to DT right after I&W came
out and now I'm addicted.
My roomie picked up "Mind Control" a few weeks ago, a boot with
mostly stuff from the Japan tour and 2 tracks from a London show. It's
sweet--lots of great improv material. I was checking out the insert and
there's an order form listing other recordings--one of 'em is called
"Lords of Sound", a 2 CD set from a '93 show. Does anyone have this? Do
you reccommend it? please mail 'n' let me know.
BTW--ACoS continues to rule. A kid in my dorm who, until
recently listened exclusively to Rush (the band, not the large
Conservative guy), just picked up ACoS on the advice of folks in a Rush
newsgroup. I think we have another recruit... Keep jammin'!
"All my life's been drained from me
The end is drawing near"
--Dan
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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 15:49:01 -0400
From: Acoslover@aol.com
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Cc: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: an unforgettable night
Message-ID: <951001154900_33822970@emout04.mail.aol.com>
Hello all. I am actually someone who is already on the jam, but because "I"
wish to keep my real identity anonymous, I shall use another account. You
will have to excuse me on that account, but I have my own reasons.
I have something I'd really like to share with you all, about an experience I
had last night (9/30-10/1). I don't know why I'm doing this, and you may
think it's all rubbish, but that's ok. I guess I just wanted to get this out
of me once and for all.
Last night, my girlfriend and friends did something perhaps bad; we took in
some shrooms. I decided that I was going to bring some cd's to listen to on
my "journey." I pulled out some Tori Amos, Yes' "Fragile", and a couple of
others. The last I put in (and actually became the first and only cd I
listened to all night) was ACOS. You have to picture it- it's pitch black
outside in this nature preserve in the back of my school, and we're all just
tripping face and looking at the millions of stars. Very surreal. ACOS was
fun to listen to- it didn't necessarily give me some drug-induced revelations
about the world, but it was good listening.
Some time later, after it had pretty much worn off of me, I was trying to
deal with my girlfriend, who was still going strong (it was her first time).
And she wished me to tell her stories, so I began to ramble on as best as I
could about King Lear and Titus Andronicus (how's that for opposite sides of
the spectrum?), and then she bade me to tell her a "happy story." So I began
to tell her about a boy who was growing up so young and innocent, and he
would look at the world with those callow eyes, and he would jst get pummeled
by everybody and everything in life- he had someone special in his life, and
one day, she looked him in the eye and said "I love you", and then "goodbye."
Now, are we getting somewhere? Do you all perhaps see where this is going?
Yes, my interpretation of the song may be quite "inaccurate", but I'm, afraid
that may be irrelevant at this juncture. The story continues.
I went on telling my how even after "she" left, "he" (our protagonist)was
determined to build himself back up again. Gradually, it beacme a reality,
and finally, he was back at the top again with someone special in his life
again, and towards the end, he would sit back and think happily that although
his life was ending (or perhaps just beginning), some other fledging was
about to take the long path which we can call "life."
As I was telling this story to my girlfriend, something else on a much more
REAL scale began to dawn upon me. All my life I was searching for "her", the
person who meant the most to me. When I was a little younger, I thought I had
found her, but once I was away at college, during that time when one
discovers his or her true friends, she basically told me "I love you,
goodbye."Her being out of my life was perhaps the most difficult thing I had
to go through (ironically, SHE goes to my school as well- a twist of fate, I
guess). And yet, I knew I had to move on, and grow up. Somehow, somewhere
along the line, I found someone who has evolved into the exact perosn I was
looking for since God knows when, and she was lying next to me holding me
tightly. To have this concept dawn upon me was so incredible. At this point,
it wasn't the drugs talking for me, it really was my pure emotions.I swear to
God, it was the greatest feeling I've ever had- no drug can nor ever will do
that to me.
I am fully aware of the fact that my sense of accuracy is questionable, but
do you knwo what? That's ok with me. Firstly, we are all open to our own
interpretations of music (although I actually concur with the recent opinion
posted back about how ACOS is more like a "rebellion against religion", as
I'll call it), and secondly, it's just nor all that relevant. I'd just like
to say that ACOS (directly or indirectly I'm uncertain) did something HUGE to
me. Thank you all, and if Mr. Portnoy happens to catch this, THANK YOU!.
Please do not reply to me personally, as i will terminate this ASAP. Put it
on the jam. Thanks.
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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:44:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: Michael Backof <mbacko1@gl.umbc.edu>
To: Ytsejam Digest <ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com>
Subject: DT Boot CDs
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.91.951001165740.18791C-100000@umbc8.umbc.edu>
Hello Jammers,
Several people have asked about the availability of boots CDs and how to
get them. The guy I buy from is very reliable (I have ordered from him
about 15 times) and he gets the orders back to me within 2 weeks in good
condition.
I am willing to do one order for people on the list. Here are the Dream
Theater CDs I can get:
Consciously Unreal 2CD (USA 1989, 1992 Charlie on 1989 vox
Charlie singing Metropolis
The Dance of Eternity 2CD (New York City, USA Limelight 3/93)
Original A Change Of Seasons,
Eve, To Live Forever
Tragedy 1CD (New York City, USA Limelight 3/93)
Comedy 1CD (New York City, USA Limelight 3/93)
Lost in the Sky 2CD (Milan, Italy Paridiso 11/93)
OAMOT, Afterlife, To Live Forever, Eve
A Kick into a Dream 2CD (New York City, USA 10/28/94)
TOWHTSTS, most of Awake
Majestic Harmonies 1CD (Stockholm 10/27/93 & Majesty demos)
Wake Up 2CD (Japan PPV Show 1/24/95)
most of Awake, instrumental jam
Mind Control 2CD (Japan PPV Show 1/24/95/Acoustic Holland 95)
**Notes**
1. Tragedy and Comedy are the same show as The Dance of Eternity, except
they are split into two different packages.
2. Wake Up and Mind Control are the same show except Mind Control has
bonus Holland Acoustic 1995 tracks.
3. Majestic Harmonies contains some of the Majesty demos are filler.
4. The sound quality of The Dance of Eternity, Lost in the Sky, Wake Up,
Mind Control, Tragedy, and Comedy are all excellent for boots.
5. A Kick into a Dream and Consciously Unreal have really good sound
quality for a boot, and I haven't heard Majestic Harmonies.
6. I can provide set list information on Wake Up, Lost in the Sky,
The Dance of Eternity since I own these.
Ordering:
1. I will be accepting orders until October 31st by e-mail at
mbacko1@umbc.edu The CDs will take 2 weeks tops to come back once I
get the money so If I have all money in by November 7th I can have the
CDs to you by November 24th.
2. Pricing - This is going to depend on the number of orders since
I can get a price break the more I order. Initially the prices are
as follows:
1CD set $26
2CD set $45
This price includes priority mail shipping in the USA, if you are
ordering from another country e-mail me and we will work out
shipping prices.
If I get more than $200 in orders overall the price of the disks
will decrease. I will let you know when I confirm your order,
they will probably drop to 1CD $23 and 2CD $42 respectively.
3. Payment - Send money orders only to the following address once I e- mail
you with the amount of your total order.
Michael Backof
1894 Uniontown Road
Westminster, Maryland 21158
USA
4. If you have any questions and comments please e-mail me.
Later,
Mike Backof
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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 12:47:39 -0700
From: laussade@enet.net (praxxix)
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Under A Glass Moon
Message-ID: <199510011947.MAA22198@maple.enet.net>
Hi,
At about 1:08 in UaGM when Mike P.'s got the sixteenth's going on
the bass drums and hittin' the snare on two and four, that thing just takes
off! But when he switches the snare hits to one and three it just kind of
ruins the whole effect. Agree? Disagree? Possible new thread?
Ben Laussade
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Ben Laussade
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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 13:39:11 -0700
From: edju@scf.usc.edu (Edward Ju)
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: New Gary Hoey CD
Message-ID: <199510012039.NAA19234@chaph.usc.edu>
This may be a bit off topic, but I just saw Gary Hoey's new CD at
Best Buy yesterday. He's on Surfdog Records now (probably his own label) and
the new CD is simply self-titled (Gary Hoey). Gone are his rhythm section from
the his first two albums, now replaced by Nick South on bass and Frankie Banali
on drums. Tony Franklin returns on the first track "High-Top Bop" and
additional keyboards were done by Lori Weinhouse.
This is still a guitar instrumental album, so fans of the genre that
Joe Satriani popularized should definitely check it out. I am listening to it
for the first time right now, sorry I can't review it yet. But I like what I
hear so far.
Eddie
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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 16:53:13 -0700 (MST)
From: Mad dog <jmh@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu>
To: ytsejam <ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com>
Subject: Stuff
Message-ID: <Pine.ULT.3.91.951001161854.8878B-100000@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu>
A response to a bunch of things by a bunch of different people:
1) A lot of people got into DT through PMU because thats the song that has
gotten the most radio play (I would assume so at least...). PMU is a very
good semi-radio-friendly song. Personally, i like _Metropolis_ much
better, but I is a much different song, maybe a little too different for
someone who isnt into that type of thing.
2) Yeah, I'm pretty sure that I bought the same ACoS as the rest of ya.
Listening to LaBrie sing Zep hurts. I also really like Queen, and I don't
really like James singing that either. In SOME places, I think James does
a little better than Elton John, but overall, I think Elton has more
emotion. James has almost nothing in his voice for the Genesis, and Roger
Waters just does so well on PF's _In The Flesh?_ that James can't touch
it. Give me James singing _Surrounded_, _To Live Forever_, _Voices_,
ect and he's incredible, but the covers... no.
4) I know Jason Fickett, and I think that for the most part, he has great
music taste. He likes alot of quality music, and is open to hearing new
stuff. He doesnt quite have the respect for DT that I do, but... Anyways,
I don't see what is wrong with his review. Yes, I did just say that. He
didn't like the CD, so he gave it a bad review. If someone gave me
something I didn't like to review, I would have no credibility if I gave
a glowing review. I probably would try to point out some of the good
points, but if i didn't like it, I wouldn't say that I did.
What would be the point of writing Fickett saying that you love ACoS?
You're not gonna change a thing. The 1000+ people on this list personally
wrote me saying that they love how James sings on the covers, and how I'm
not a real DT fan, or a real James LaBrie fan because I don't, I wouldn't
bow to the pressure and develop a love for how James sings there.
5) I love Dream Theater. Really.
6) I borrowed (thanks Fernando) _Structural Damage_ by the Steve Morse Band
(Dixie Dregs guitarist) amd it's pretty cool...
A "Mad dog shaven head bottle boy Freak" aka John Haveman
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company directors?"
"Really?" said Arthur. "No, I didn't. For what offence?"
Trillian frowned.
"Offence?"
"I see." - Douglas Adams, _Life, the Universe and Everything_
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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:15:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: "R. Hailey" <pass@homer10.u.washington.edu>
To: digest <ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com>
Subject: vacation's over
Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91j.951001162353.68158C-100000@homer10.u.washington.edu>
well, I recently finished reading all the Posts From the Summer
(all 2700 of them, approx...)( you may think I'm mad,
and you're probably Right
but at least I won't be trying to start a Thread Concerning Hair...)
(not in the Near Future, at least...)
happily, I chanced to Pick Up my copy of ACoS
even Without the help of Fellow Ytsejammers to tell me when It came out
and, even more happily, thus missed the Opportunity to be Driven Mad
by all those Pre-Release Reviews... :)
now, (here's the part where it gets Long)
my views on ACoS...
on my First Listen, I was Disappointed.
that Marching Snare (or Piccolo Snare, or Tin Can, or Whatever)
hit me First Off and I thought it was because of the poorness of
my stereo System...I found out I was mistaken...
I still don't know what to Make of it --
it really Sticks Out (good? bad?)
I think I'm used to it Now
and I notice that it just Demands airdrumming... :)
(actually, one thing my bro and I noticed on LiT was that Most of the Time
it was Impossible to tell whether or not he was Actually Using a snare...
and Maybe that's why this Thing is there)
I distinctly heard Sherinian miss his Cues and come in Late in several
places although I admit that those Places are no longer So Obvious to me
The slowness of James' singing Really Bothered me...
I'm used to it now, though I still do Think that a certain Intensity has
been Lost
Derek's Clean Piano Sound really rankles me...it just doesn't Rock
and reminds me rather of a Barroom Piano...or something
I *really* miss the Excluded Verses, esp the 'I stood outside...' bit
but I do agree that it No Longer Fits within the Context of the song
I think that's enough Slag for one post
now for the Good Stuff...
the intro is Good and Appropriate
I'm gratified to be able to hear Myung a Bit More Easily
(sounds as though they Thinned his Tone)
and I have a Question for bassists:
is that a Tapping Pattern under 'the snow has now fallen - ff' or what?
it sure sounds Bloody Good
I love the three Sections (in pt.IV) where the instruments take turns
Doubling the Drums (though Derek's sound is Odd right there...)
I like the way James speaks the "preparing for the flight - ff' passage
(and yes, I do miss [and sing] the "Please Don't Go!")
big Sigh of Relief that 'mercy fornification' was not included
(even Bigger one, that 'massive act of fornification' wasn't :) )
now about the Covers...
the Sound Quality is Astounding on these...
I love LLB/FfaF...hard to choose between That and the Original
(I don't think my mom noticed it wasn't Elton John when I played it for her)
PS is pretty good...I Actually Heard it on KISW in Seattle
(granted it was on Metal Shop at 1:30ish on a Sunday... :P )
the Zep medley is incredible...
out of Curiosity I listened to the Original Studio Versions
and DT absolutly Crushes, Stomps All Over, and Buries the originals...
(and I mean that in the Nicest Possible Way, all you ZepHeads...)
it started out as my Least Fave and is now one of my Most Faved
The Big Medley is sweet...
the only Sour Part for me is BoRhap
because it is not done So Well.
Derek comes in Late, *with* the Wrong Piano Sound, and then...
well, Petrucci just doesn't do Brian's solo Justice...sorry guys...
aside from that, the BM is Great and Beautiful
and I gotta go
my next post will probably dissect the Album Art, so Be Prepared!
chris
every grinch can find true meaning l r.christopher hailey
all your moves are up to you l -0-
l pass@u.washington.edu
echolyn 'letters;a short essay' l__ _.. _. _ .. .
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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 17:19:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Borzilleri <magellan@u.washington.edu>
To: Dream Thespians <ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com>
Subject: YJ #997
Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91j.951001165614.104705B-100000@homer12.u.washington.edu>
Gotta do it.
> Hey Bafu,
> Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary defines inequity as
> 1: INJUSTICE, UNFAIRNESS 2: an instance of injustice or unfairness.
> You need a new dictionary bud. Not a flame. Just picking up the
> ball where it dropped.
> Bracken
Hey Bracken,
Let me begin by re-stating what my p.s. began with. "For those who
remember," ie if you weren't around the Ytsejams when I deciphered all the
lyrics to ACOS and corrected a lot of crazy things people had written in,
you probably won't understand why I included that p.s. in the first place.
I am aware "inequity" is a real word. That's how I translated James'
singing from the live shows I had to work with. However, a lot of people
e-mailed me directly after "the big translation" to tell me (1) I couldn't
speak English, (2) I needed to get a new dictionary, (3) "inequity" isn't
a real word, (4) please stop posting non-real phrases that don't exist
because you're cluttering up the jams with bullshit, etc.
I was being sarcastic in my p.s. by displaying to those Angry Ones the
actual lyrics and re-stating what they had all said to me, thus adding,
with a big smile on my face, and without words, that Mike Portnoy seems to
agree with me after all. :)
Bafu Vai
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