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  Scary Good! March 24, 2008
Written by syncopatico
The beautifully bizarre nature of this piece takes on new significance with the contributions of only the four-man core Lizard band present on this fledgling Cirkus! Gordo’s maniacal mumblings provide some of this lovely dislocation, but Mr. Haskell’s (under-rated) superb full-toned bass playing benefits from this barer context. The drum takes for this record remain a force of nature as always! Mel’s appropriately spine-tingling soprano solo before the pause before the last verses also takes on new menace heard in this ’stripped down’ setting. And this even-more-elongated pause becomes effectively even creepier by emphasizing what is missing! And what of the composer? He gets to be heard here as one-man orchestra, displaying a younger and wilder exuberance of full-on mellotron before his modesty or producer’s ’mindset’ called upon further orchestral additions. What a joyful dread is heard! Perhaps this is a glimpse or maybe an extreme taste of what the core Lizard quartet might have sounded like live? (Bring on the early "Indoor Games" or maybe "Prince Rupert..." before or in-the-early-rehearsal stages with Jon Anderson!)
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Fort Worth Tue., Apr 27, 2010
Posted by: cheyler
Does anyone know why this set is so short? And why Exiles and Starless are missing? Was this set an ’opening’ set for some other band? Or is there a missing reel or Read more
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the original boot Tue., Apr 27, 2010
Posted by: crimson_king22
There is some funny audience banter on the original bootleg recording of this concert. During the improv, a lady says, "They’re too loud!"....also, a man says, "Chuck it! Hell, chuck Read more
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Good upgrade. Mon., Apr 26, 2010
Posted by: myshadow
Thank you, this is a very good upgrade. It is great to listen to ’Fracture’ without all of the conversation. My recording of this has a brief improv before ’Fracture’. Stormy did a great job with the bootleg recording, the Read more
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New Artwork ? Sat., Apr 24, 2010
Posted by: octopus92
I had bought this concert some 10 years ago when it was available as a reel CD but lost it rcently ! So, I was happy that I could buy it again as a downlad but the DGM Team has decided Read more
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Ochre Mon., Apr 19, 2010
Posted by: norwoodgolf
This sounds a lot like "Ochre" from the League of Gentlemen album.
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A Hot Night in a Cold City Tue., Apr 13, 2010
Posted by: adbass
I was at this show and while I enjoyed it, I was, for one reason or another, disappointed that I wasn’t as overwhelmed by this gig as I had been by ’la place des arts’ show ~18 months Read more
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I wish I had been there Tue., Apr 13, 2010
Posted by: becarmi
Wow! I have suggested this as a download just of few weeks ago after reading about it in RF’s On This Day diary. Really, I did not expect such a quick response from Read more
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Quebec City, Canada March 10, 2003
Posted by: Elyoskin
Amazing tape of good concert!
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Zoinks ! Sat., Apr 10, 2010
Posted by: microbunny
Wow...tons of ideas crammed in here ! This could have easily made it into the setlist. I could hear all sorts of ways to piece these fragments into a coherent piece of Read more
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For the first time, I'm saying 6 stars Mon., Apr 5, 2010
Posted by: anothertheletter
I always loved The League of Gentlemen, now I want to marry it. I waited for our date in San Francisco but it never came. Thirty years on this fantastic recording deepens the wound.
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