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Fz With Pink Floyd
DIR By: freddiewaht
Date: May 13, 2006, 11:14 am
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FOR THOSE WHO MISSED IT THE FIRST TIME
AROUND...
HTML http://www.sendspace.com/file/2ykkd9
A little
background : the Actuel festival was organized by the
publication of the same name (who, under different editorship,
went on to become a prime mover of the French counterculture in
the early to mid-70s) in collaboration with the fledgling BYG
label. It was originally going to take place in or near Paris,
but French authorities forbid it and the marquee was eventually
set up a few miles outside the French border, on Belgian soil.
It took place over 5 nights, entertaining an audience of
15-20,000 to a unique mixture of progressive pop, free jazz and
contemporary music. Frank Zappa was present at the festival
(well, the first four days, it seems) in a twofold capacity.
First, as Captain Beefheart\'s road manager; secondly, as M.C.,
assisting Pierre Lattes, a famous radio/TV presenter at the time
(and the pop music editor for Actuel magazine). The latter task
proved problematic given FZ\'s very limited mastery of French,
the prevailing language among the audience, who themselves
didn\'t seem to understand much English. Instead, FZ
relinquished his M.C. job for one of occasional guest guitarist.
As far as I know, with the exception of FZ\'s performance with
Captain Beefheart, this collects all of his jams with
participating bands. A couple of films, directed by Jerome
Laperrousaz and Jean-Noel Roy, came out in 1970 but were
instantly banned because of objections from various bands (most
notably Pink Floyd) whose permission hadn\'t been properly
secured. Zappa\'s performance with Beefheart is included in one
of them, and since the audio of the film (unlike the film
itself) is in circulation, possibly in better sound than I could
provide, I decided not to include it. The whereabouts of the
master tapes for the festival, if any exist, are unknown. What
recordings are circulating are either the soundtrack of the
film, or taken from radio broadcasts (on Luxemburg\'s RTL and
Belgium\'s RTBF). The source used here is an audience recording
made by a young French member of the audience using a now
antiquated amateur tape recorder. The original tapes have been
newly transferred, but even so, the sound quality is rather
poor. Still, it seems to be the only source available at this
time, so that will have to do for now. Most legendary, of
course, is Frank Zappa\'s jam with Pink Floyd on a very extended
"Interstellar Overdrive". Apparently, despite the wealth of Pink
Floyd bootlegs in circulation, no one seems to have their
Amougies set, so this will probably delight a lot of people.
Browing various PF-related websites, there even seems to be a
debate on whether the jam ever took place. Well, here is the
final proof that it did.
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Fz With Pink Floyd
DIR By: TSCrow
Date: May 13, 2006, 3:12 pm
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This looks incredible, thanks freddie, d/lin now.
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Fz With Pink Floyd
DIR By: Todd
Date: May 14, 2006, 1:36 pm
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Thanks Fred. Was finally able to d\'l this. There were no open
slots for quite a while.
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Fz With Pink Floyd
DIR By: freddiewaht
Date: May 14, 2006, 2:29 pm
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Fz With Pink Floyd
DIR By: crimsonknuckles
Date: May 14, 2006, 7:28 pm
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just stumbled on this thread, thanks alot fred!!!! you rule!!!!!
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Fz With Pink Floyd
DIR By: freddiewaht
Date: May 14, 2006, 7:34 pm
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i do my best..
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