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HOW DOES IT WORKS...
2008-12-31 01:45:00
To preserve the interests of the artists involved alongside with those of our visitors, the CURRENT POSTS will last for a LIMITED amount of time, each replaced by the following one. For this reason, POST YOUR COMMENTS HERE if you want 'em to survive to the posts' replacements. CATASTO ELETTRICO's own records, as long as they fully belong to us, are posted here permanently.
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200.000 VISITS NOW!
2008-05-26 00:27:00
Many thanks to you all!

CATASTO ELETTRICO - Micro
2008-05-09 23:20:00
Micro should be intended as the title of this session, not its quality rating. We hope you'll agree with us. Anyway, this time you can rate it in the sidebar...The link: SHAREBEE
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CATASTO ELETTRICO - Gas
2008-02-09 22:31:00
A beery night session. A Concise Catasto Elettrico Alphabet. A Pataphysical Introduction to our music. The fifth sample, anyhow? The link: SHAREBEE

UPCOMING...
2008-02-06 01:32:00
The fifth CATASTO ELETTRICO release is coming tomorrow... See you...
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CURRENT POST
2008-01-27 23:47:00
CAMEL - Radio Broadcasts Live 1973-74Camel were the soft side of the Canterbury school. A perfect mix of that kaleidoscopic "dada" musical contructions with more mainstream prog patterns. But in the beginning of their career the first half was prominent, and made of Camel a very interesting band. Not too many documents of that period are available around, while their live albums are dated some years later. So here we choose some BBC efforts to make an homage here to their shining days. The complete edition of these sessions, featuring a long Snow Goose rendition, may be found on their official bootleg Gods Of Light.The line-up:Andrew Latimer / guitar, vocalsPeter Bardens / keyboards, vocalsDoug Ferguson / bass, vocalsAndy Ward / drums The tracks:1. God of Light Revisited2. White Rider3. Lady Fantasy4. ArubalubaThe links: SHAREBEE or XIRRORPREVIOUS POST: MILES DAVIS - De Doelen, Rotterdam, November 9, 1969
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CATASTO ELETTRICO - Ode
2007-11-26 19:22:00
ODE is our fourth release. It features one of the most recent session, as ever - needless to say - absolutely without a net? The links: MASSMIRROR or ZSHARE

CATASTO ELETTRICO - Master
2007-11-26 19:15:00
MASTER is the next release of Catasto Elettrico. As usual, this release comes from a pair of sessions of totally improvised music. Enjoy.The links: MASSMIRROR or ZSHARE
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CATASTO ELETTRICO - Modo
2007-11-26 17:26:00
MODO is the second release of Catasto Elettrico, another fully improvised session taken from the archives of the past. No overdubs, no preconceptions. A blog visitor called the style of Catasto "kraut in roman sauce". Maybe. Maybe not, never mind. Call it antyhing.The links:SHAREBEE or FILESEND or MASSMIRROR

CATASTO ELETTRICO - Trio
2007-11-26 17:20:00
All the Catasto Elettrico albums were recorded during a single session, totally improvised. TRIO is no exception.The links:MEGAUPLOAD or ZSHARE or RAPIDSHARE
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JOHN SURMAN, JACK DE JOHNETTE & LONDON BRASS ENSEMBLE - Live at Umbria Jazz
2007-11-25 02:29:00
Few monts after the recording of their ECM outfit Invisible Nature live at the jazz festivals of Tampere and Berlin in November 2000, the duo went in Italy to perform at the Umbria Jazz Festival together with the London Brass Ensemble, and in July 21, 2001 in Perugia they played the program we present here today, recorded from a Sat TV broadcasting. The full line-up is told by Surman himself in the track No. 2.The tracks:1. First Part (20:25)2. Musicians and program intro (2:36) 3. Second Part (45:12) The links:SHAREONALL or XIRROR
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HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS SERIES
2007-11-24 00:48:00
POPOL VUH - Live at Università Statale, Milan, September 1975This concert was organized by the italian musical magazine Gong. The aim was to promote the music of the Cosmic Couriers brand after Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser, the mythical German producer, signed with italian PDU label (see a short history in our Pickin' The Comments section) for licensing the Ohr and Pilz records in Italy under this distinctive mark. Popol Vuh, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Cosmic Jokers, Ash Ra Tempel and others’ albums were so made available in this land. This is a rare audience recording with its obvious quality limits. So, enjoy the music.The line-up:Florian Fricke (piano, voice)Daniel Fichelscher (guitar)Renate Knaup (voice, percussions).The tracks:1. Steh Auf, Zieh Mich dir Nach (7'44")2. Oh wie Nah Ist der Weg (3'47")3. Improvisation (2'57")4. Hosianna Mantra (7'12")5. Letzte Tage Letzte Nachte / Haram Dei Raram Dei Haram dei Ra (7’08")6. Improvisation (8'42")7. Kyrye (6'21")8. In Deine Hä...
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MANFRED SCHOOF - Horizons (Germany 1980)
2007-11-22 23:11:00
Manfred Schoof is a German jazz trumpet player. In 1969, he joined the George Russell Orchestra and stayed with the band until 1971. Throughout the next two decades, Schoof expanded his musical horizons, recording and performing with several groups, including Global Unity Orchestra and Jasper van't Hof. Recorded in November 1979 at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, Horizon s was released on the JAPO label. JAPO is an abbreviation for Jazz by Post and was the predecessor of ECM. This album, though a little late for the golden era of progressive jazz, has ever been one of our German jazz favourite, alongside with Rolf Kühn's Going To The Rainbow. Notable here is the presence of Rainer Brüninghaus on keyboards. This is a Lp rip.The line-up:Manfred Schoof - trumpet, fluegelhornRainer Brüninghaus - piano, synthesizerMichel Pilz - bass clarinetGünter Lenz - bassRalf Hübner - drumsThe tracks:1. Horizons (9:33) 2. The Abstract Face Of Beauty (6:11)3. Hope (8:44)4. Sunrise (7:32)5. Old Ballad...
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JOHN MAYALL - Ten Years Are Gone Vol. 2 (1973)
2007-11-22 01:01:00
Here's the promised Volume Two of this missed album. This is the live record. With two warnings: this set is very lower in inspiration than Jazz Blues Fusion or Moving On, and the sound quality in the original vinyl was surprisingly poor for an official record: this is probably one of the reasons of its discard from the catalogue. For hard-core fans or collectors only.The line-up:John Mayall - vocal, guitar, piano, harmonicaFreddy Robinson - guitarBlue Mitchell - trumpet, fluegelhornFred Clark - saxVictor Gaskin - bassKeef Hartley - drumsThe tracks;1. Introduction2. Sitting Here Thinking3. Harmonica Free Form4. Burning Sun5. Dark Of The NightThe links:SHAREBEE or SHAREONALL
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NIEMEN - Aerolit (Poland 1974)
2007-11-21 01:20:00
Czes?aw Niemen (1939 - 2004) was one of the most important and original Polish musicians. His song of 1967, Dziwny jest ten ?wiat (Strange Is This World) became the most important Polish protest song of that era. He was one of the first Polish performers to wear long hair and colourful clothes and introducing psychedelia style to communist Poland . In 1969 he changed musical style to progressive rock while recording the monumental album Enigmatic. Niemen played Hammond organ, later mellotron and Moog synthesizer on his records. In the early 70s, Niemen recorded three English language albums under the CBS label. He died of cancer in Warsaw.The line-up:Czes?aw Niemen - vocal, keyboardsS?awomir Piwowar - guitarAndrzej Nowak - pianoJacek Gazda - bass Piotr Dziemski - drumsThe tracks:1. Cztery sciany swiata2. Pielgrzym3. Kamyk4. Daj mi wstazke blekitna5. Smutny Ktos i biedny NiktThe discography:1967 Dziwny jest ten ?wiat ("Strange Is This World")1968 Sukces (Success)1968 Czy mnie jeszcze ...

ASSOCIATION P.C. - Mama Kuku (Germany 1974)
2007-11-20 01:41:00
Fourth and last of the Association P.C.'s Lp rips series a very cool friend sent us to forward to you. Their last record Mama Kuku contained live recordings from 1973, on which the band was joined by American flute player Jeremy Steig. Then the group continued to tour until 1975. More infos in the previous three posts: check to fill up your Association P.C. discography.The line-up:Toto Blanke - guitarJoachim Kühn - electric pianoJeremy Steig - fluteSiggy Busch - bassPierre Courbois - drumsThe tracks:1. Mama Kuku 5:442. Bold 'n Steig (Duo Flute-Piano) 5:44 3. Dr. Hofmann 4:304. Ecnelis 4:455. Bassamagic (unaccompanied solo on bass-flute) 4:186. Lausanne 21:50The links:SHAREONALL or XIRROR
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HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS SERIES
2007-11-19 00:08:00
SENSATIONS' FIX - Live (Italy 1974)To complete our serie of rare Sensations? Fix releases (followingPortable Madness and the self-titled albums), here are three tracks recorded live in Italy during 1974. Exaxt dates and locations are unknown, and the sound, especially for parts 2 and 3 is very weak, but as ever music comes first, and Sensations? Fix are a rare example of Italian Cosmic Music. So here it is, mainly for the collectors.The line-up:Franco Falsini / acoustic & electric guitars, synthesizersRichard Ursillo / bass, bass pedalsKeith Edwards / drums, percussionThe tracks:1. SFL7412. SFL7423. SFL743The links:XIRROR or SHAREONALL
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MILES DAVIS - Fillmore East, March 6th, 1970
2007-11-18 00:00:00
This is our No. 100 post since we started this blog on August 25th: what else could it be if not a Miles Davis ? one? Miles opened for Neil Young and Steve Miller for two nights at the Fillmore East , NY, on March 6th and 7th, 1970. There were two shows each night. Columbia recorded both nights: the March 7th shows were released in 2001 and entitled It's About That Time. These are the other two unissued shows.The line-up:Miles Davis - trumpetWayne Shorter - tenor & soprano saxChick Corea - electric pianoDave Holland - bassJack DeJohnette - drumsAirto Moreira - percussionThe tracks:Early Show1. Directions (8:29)2. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down (13:09)3. I Fall in Love Too Easily/Sanctuary (5:55)4. It's About That Time/The Theme (14:41)Late Show1. Directions (9:58)2. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down (10:16)3. I Fall In Love To Easily/Sanctuary (4:34)4. It's About That Time/The Theme (16:18)The links:Early ShowSHAREBEE or SHAREONALLLate ShowSHAREBEE or SHAREONALL

ISOTOPE - Perception Of The Beholder (Holland 2002)
2007-11-17 00:25:00
Though not too far in musical context, these guys are not the Seventies? English Isotope with Gary Boyle and Hugh Hopper, but a contemporary band from Holland . Drummer Sebastiaan Cornelissen formed this jazz/fusion trio at The Conservatory of Amsterdam along with his teacher and well-known Dutch piano virtuoso Rob van Bavel. They have since released two albums: Isotope (1999) and Perception of the Beholder (2002). Though not out of print, this album is not easy to find and to buy from the main and safe records sellers, so we think to give it an helping hand in letting you know it as it deserves.The line-up:Rob Van Bavel - Electric PianoUdo Pannekeet - BassSebastiaan Cornelissen - DrumswithTom Beek - SaxRuud Breuls - TrumpetJan van Duikeren - TrumpetWim Both - TrumpetIlja Reijngoud - TromboneThe tracks:1. Compound (3:41)2. Bowshock Nebula (5:39)3. Soundset (4:36)4. Rename Later (3:36)5. Perception Of The Beholder (6:34)6. 24 Pilot Lightd (2:44)7. 12 Men Left (5:13)8. Dipsy (3:20)9. V...

KLAUS SCHULZE - The Studio Seventies Vol.1 1970-73
2007-11-16 00:54:00
It?s difficult for a band like us to deny the influence of Klaus Schulze on our music. Just as it is for a big part of contemporary musicians involved in the non-pop use of keyboards and electronics. So, an homage to The Cosmic Musician is due. We present here five non-album studio recordings dating the 1970-1973 period, the most experimental one: long before his debut solo work Irrlicht to his second one, Cyborg. As this collection's title says, a Volume 2 will probably follow?The tracks:CD11. Tempus Fugit (1970) [26:25]2. Landpartie (1972) [10:47]3. Dynamo (1973) [14:27]CD24. Traumraum (1973) [31:41]5. Nightwind (1973) [16:14]The links:CD1: SHAREBEE or SHAREONALLCD2: SHAREBEE or SHAREONALL
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DON ?SUGAR CANE? HARRIS - Keep On Driving (1970)
2007-11-15 01:06:00
"When actually he was to come, it was November. I wrote him to bring along an over-coat as Villingen is 1000 metres high and there was already snow in the Black Forest. When on the eve of his departure to Germany Don with his new coat stepped out of a shop in Venice, near Los Angeles, some bloke threatened him with a gun ('it was a big one - a real canon') and coat, car, money, violin, bass, and - 'this was the worst' - lovely ring changed their owner. 'I literally lost everything but the ticket to Europe.' And that is why two day later Don 'Sugar Cane ' Harris stood chilly and trembling in the Black Forest's snow in white beach shoes and in a summer-shirt Californian style and with a single US-dollar only. He had to borrow the violin from a music shop in Donaueschingen, the pick up from Volker Kriegel, and the coat from the son of an MPS employee" (J. E. Berendt, excerpt from the original Lp liner notes). That's enough to introduce the first Sugar Cane's MPS album: the mu...
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TERRY RILEY & DON CHERRY - Studio Session, Copenhagen, September 1970
2007-11-14 00:51:00
The legend regarding this session tells that took place in a completely darkened room, with the musicians seated in a circle on the floor. And that the session itself was the result of a casual meeting of Riley and Cherry . Apart from this all, this recordings are rather interesting, especially the second part, that recalls nearly the structure of the most famous Riley?s work, A Rainbow In Curved Air, following a slight more minimalist first part.The line-up:Terry Riley - soprano sax part 1 & 3, organ part 2Don Cherry - pocket trumpet, wood drum part 2Knud Bjørnøe - flute part 1 & 2, drum part 3Jesper Zeuthen - soprano sax part 1, tenor sax & tambourine part 2, wooden flute part 3Poul Ehlers - bass part 1 & 2, cello part 3The tracks:1. Part One (10:03)2. Part Two (21:20)3. Part Three (7:25)The links:SHAREBEE or SHAREONALL
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ASSOCIATION P.C. - Rock Around The Cock (Germany 1973)
2007-11-13 01:01:00
Third step into the Association P.C. discography. And third thank to the friend who provided the original MPS vinyl rip. By the time of this album the group has lost the piano of Jasper van't Hof - gone to sail toward Pork Pie - and acquired the Joachim Kühn collaboration. For more informations and the first two chapters of the story, see here and here.The line-up:Toto Blanke - guitar, ring-modurator, nagoya-harpSiggi Busch - bassPierre Courbois - drums, percussionJoachim Kühn - electric piano (tracks 5-7)Karl-Heinz Wiberny - sax, basset-horn, flute (tracks 1-4)The tracks:1. Phenis 5:002. Polar Anna 6:353. Mirrored Dimensions 2:434. Shirocco 3:415. Rock Around The Cock 6:446. Autumn In March 7:447. Cap Carneval 9:05The links;SHAREBEE or MASSMIRROR
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VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR - The Virtual Live (1970-72)
2007-11-12 00:18:00
The unusual thing in the VDGG discography - compared with the other main bands of the golden prog era - is the lack of an official live album in the higher days of their career. Earthbound, Yessongs, Playing The Fool, Genesis Live ... was common efforts in those days: but Van Der Graaf published their Vital/Live only in 1978, when they had yet lost the word Generator from the name and the keyboards of Hugh Banton from the band. Moreover, the unofficial VDGG recording field is very poor, made of a fistful of horribly sounding bootlegs. So, like in a genetic laboratory, we tried to reconstruct the live album that never was picking the most listenable and rare fragments and joining them together in a skeleton of classic VDGG 1970-72 concert. We reprocessed the pieces to obtain the most audible and uniform sound possible, split all in a two-disc set, drew the cover... and so The Virtual Live is here to simulate an evening show of thirtyfive years ago: the rest it?s up to your immaginatio...

GRATEFUL DEAD - The Other Ones Restored Edition (1967-1995)
2007-11-11 11:09:00
Due to the discover of a new long 1967 performance, we decided to expand our The Other Ones compilation. In doing this, we also decided to substitute some of the formerly included performances with new better sounding items - and notably the 1971, 1989, 1994 and 1995 ones - and to remove the unuseful one minute long 1972-part2 track. All these variations are included in the CDs 1 and 4, wich we provided of new links: so, if you intend to upgrade your copy, download these two volumes only. All of this can be found in the original post.
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EDDIE LOUISS - Our Kind Of Sabi (1970)
2007-11-11 00:27:00
Let?s have a short break from the Association P.C.'s albums to listen to another gem from the great MPS/Basf vaults. This time we put forward a peculiar work featuring an unusual organ/sax/drums trio leaded by the French organist Eddie Louiss. As always out of print, this is moreover one of the most difficult to find something about even in the Net. But thankfully we bought a vinyl copy at the time? So here it is.The line-up:Eddie Louiss - organ, piano, marimbaJohn Surman - baritone & soprano saxDaniel Humair - drumsNiels-Henning Oersted-Pedersen plays bass on track 2 onlyThe tracks:1. Our Kind Of Sabi (10:54)2. Zafe Ko Ida (7:39)3. Song For Martine (16:50)4. Out Of The Sorcellery (4:19)Recorded in Tokyo on August 27, 28, 29, 1970The links:SHAREBEE or SHAREONALL

JOHN MAYALL - Ten Years Are Gone Vol. 1 (1973)
2007-11-10 01:34:00
Another John Mayall lost album (mysteries of the majors...). It was released as the last one of an albums' trilogy - featuring nearly the same personnel - that started in 1972 with Jazz Blues Fusion and continued with Moving On. Notable here - otherwise than in the other two items - is the presence of Sugarcane Harris on the violin. Ten Years Are Gone was a double-Lp outfit published also as two separated volumes: this is the Volume One, recorded in studio. Volume Two, a live recording, will follow sooner or later?The line-up:John Mayall - vocals, guitar, pianoFreddy Robinson - guitar, vocalsSugarcane Harris - violinBlue Mitchell - trumpetRed Holloway - sax, fluteVictor Gaskin - bassKeef Hartley - drumsThe tracks:1. Ten Years Are Gone2. Driving Till The Break Of Day3. Drifting4. Better Pass You By5. California Campground6. Undecided7. Good Looking Stranger8. I Still Care9. Don?t Hang Me UpThe links:SHAREBEE or XIRROR

THE ALAN SKIDMORE QUINTET - TCB (1970)
2007-11-09 01:12:00
A rare outfit from the classic age of the British jazz. Now out of print, we have seen that the used CD value is around 200$. So, we think it's better to give a chance to those not rich enough to reach it! The names of the musicians here seem like terms in the Seventies? British Progressive Jazz Encyclopedia. Nothing more needs to be said about it. Just listen.The line-up:Alan Skidmore - tenor saxMike Osborne - alto saxJohn Surman - soprano saxMalcom Griffiths - tromboneJohn Taylor - piano, electric pianoChris Lawrence - bassTony Levin - drumsThe tracks:1. Jack Knife [Surman] (8:32)2. Lantern Wood [Warren] (10:42)3. One On One Off [Warren] (7:28)4. T.C.B. [Skidmore] (7:30) / Walk In And Dance Out [Osborne] (6:12)5. A.J. [Surman] (3:38) / And Think Again [Taylor] (2:44)Recorded at Philips Studio, London, October 21,1970The links:SHAREBEE or XIRROR

GRATEFUL DEAD - The Other Ones
2007-11-07 23:44:00
Well, we're not exactly deadheads, and we have problems with country music, but Greatful Dead deserve a special attention as unquestioned heroes of improvised music. But as it happens with King Crimson, the Net and the music world are full of Grateful Dead ? So, once more, sort of homage, we decided to work a bit, gathering 29 versions of one of our Dead favourites, the suite The Other One. We choose one performance per year from 1967 to 1995, picking from the boundless Dead live recordings catalogue and, of course, providing a new cover art for the whole thing. As usual for the band?s items, the result it?s a 4CD-set! Obviously, the tracks differ a lot in terms of musical interplay and sound quality. But once more, nothing like this is available around?RESTORED EDITIONThe Twenty Nine Ones:CD1:1. 1967-10-22 - Other One - Winterland San Francisco (14:46)2. 1968-03-29 - Other One - Carousel Ballroom San Francisco (3:31)3. 1969-09-30 - Other One - Cafe Au Go-Go Ny (11:32)4. 1970-01-03 ...

ASSOCIATION P.C. - Erna Morena (Germany 1972)
2007-11-07 01:02:00
MPS albums again. This is the second piece of the gift of our fair friend. This time we have here a live album. For further information about Association P.C. see here and for a brief history of the MPS label, look at our Pickin' the Comments section...The line-up:Toto Blanke (guitar)Jasper van't Hof (el. piano, organ)Siggi Busch (bass)Pierre Courbois (drums)guest: Karl H. Wiberny (sax, clarinet)The tracks:1. Frau Theunissen's Kegel 8:512. Erna Morena pt. 1. Space Erna 9:323. Erna Morena pt. 2. Erna In India 5:404. Erna Morena pt. 3. Erna Audi Maxima! 2:265. Erna Morena pt. 4. Only Grass In My Stomach 12:016. Erna Morena pt. 5. Schnoor 8 7:56The links:SHAREBEE or MASSMIRROR
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