tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60888492024-03-17T13:36:28.811+01:00Radio DupreeWords of wisdom (?) from Neb and Siggy.Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.comBlogger2145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-55353834393324487442024-03-06T21:13:00.003+01:002024-03-06T21:15:26.253+01:00Official release: The Doors live in Sweden 1968The Doors’ two legendary sets in Stockholm, Sweden on September 20, 1968, will be officially released on Record Store Day 2024.The recordings were made by Sveriges Radio and they are highly regarded by many fans and have been bootlegged many times. But now the recordings have been mixed and mastered from the original four-track tapes by Bruce Botnick, the band’s longtime engineer andmixer,.Seems Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-39218567162704787532024-01-21T20:34:00.005+01:002024-01-21T20:36:00.330+01:00Coming soon (?): Two books from inside the Zappa familyFrank Zappa fans can expect two interesting books to be released in the nearby future: Frank's daughter Moon Unit Zappa's "Earth to Moon – A Memoir" and Frank's brother in law John "Jay" Sloatman's "Frankly Zappa – An Unauthorized Biography"."Yes, this is a book about growing up in the shadows of Frank Zappa, in a sexually free, but also dysfunctional world in 1970s LA."https://Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-65439817331724054922023-11-25T21:03:00.001+01:002024-01-21T16:43:51.546+01:00Robert Fripp and Darryl Hall play King Crimson In the current season of Live From Daryl's House where Daryl Hall - formely of Hall &Oates - eats, talks and and plays with favourite artists, one episode features the living legend Robert Fripp. They seem to hit it off and one musical example is a version of King Crimson's Red.
The complete episode is available here!Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-82313350740833308932023-11-18T21:55:00.005+01:002023-11-18T21:55:56.080+01:00The Zappa Over-Nite Sensation monster set is hereHere it is! 4 hours and 45 minutes of Frank Zappa music featuring one of his best lineups ever.The Over-Nite Sensation 50th Anniversary release is a tasty little sucker, to paraphrase the back cover of the Burnt Weeny Sandwich album released in 1970. But this new collection dates from 1973, one of Zappa's most productive years. It emphasises the instrumental side of Zappa's output. Lots of solos Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-59869481742098080472023-11-08T20:57:00.000+01:002023-11-08T20:57:07.309+01:00A third song released from the upcoming Zappa monster setAn unexpected edit of Dirty Love is the third song released for streaming from the upcoming Over-Nite Sensation 50th anniversary album.The other two songs released in advance are Fifty-Fifty (basic tracks) and I'm The Slime,(demo) both different than the album versions.Release date for the 5 disc album: November 17.Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-76315612496155351112023-08-24T21:19:00.002+02:002023-11-08T20:43:19.123+01:00New: Zappa's Over-Nite Sensation as 5 disc monster setRelease on November 17!Now this came as a surprise! Zappa Records/UMe has announced a super deluxe edition of Zappa's widely-acclaimed 1973 album Over-Nite Sensation. This 50th anniversary set includes way more than 50 previously unreleased tracks and mixes, both studio and live recordings. As a sneak preview one song is already now released on streaming services, a basic track recording of Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-4799922546404021722023-07-23T22:27:00.004+02:002023-07-23T22:41:33.943+02:00Early Steely Dan beer commercial that was stopped for being too sexualBack in the early days of Steely Dan the group accepted the job of writing and recording a commercial for Shlitz Beer. This was 1972, so 50 years ago.The commercial was however shelved by the brewery since the lyrics had what could be interpreted as containing some sexual innuendo. Fast forward 50 years and here it is. Listen and see if you find it too sexual or if you feel a sudden craving Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-21055376307221658082023-04-23T18:31:00.002+02:002023-04-23T18:31:24.764+02:00Hot Rats era related Zappa coming soon!The music on the upcoming Frank Zappa release Funky Nothingness is what is believed to have been planned for a potential sequel to Zappa's iconic Hot Rats album.The recordings were made in 1970. The band consists of Don "Sugarcane" Harris (violin and vocals), Max Bennett (bass, Aynsley Dunbar (drums), Ian Underwood (keyboards and saxophone), Frank Zappa (guitar).One of the titles is Twinkle Tits,Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-28447776882012324572023-04-01T22:15:00.000+02:002023-04-01T22:15:45.014+02:00Di Leva on tour again with acclaimed Bowie tributeSwedish artist Thomas Di Leva is touring Sweden again with Changes – his tribute show to David Bowie. The Radio Dupree staff has seen the show this spring and also in 2019. If you get the chance we can really recommend it. The band is great!Above video was released in 2019.https://radiodupree.blogspot.com/2019/03/di-leva-plays-bowie-pin-ups-changed-my.htmlNebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-78643030836553579562023-03-04T21:57:00.000+01:002023-03-04T21:57:02.149+01:00New Zappa release featuring the spring/summer 1980 band"Mudd Club/Munich '80" is a 3 CD set featuring Frank Zappa's band during the spring and summer of 1980, the band that featured the drummer David Logeman.This lineup is basically the You Are What You is band. But when it comes to live recordings it has been somewhat overlooked. This new release features two shows, one of them a rare club gig at the Mudd Club in New York City and the other one is aNebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-52002872599657100742022-12-20T23:07:00.000+01:002022-12-20T23:07:08.318+01:00Terry Hall of The Specials diesTerry Hall, frontman of British band The Specials has died at the age of 63.The sad news came from the band on social media:"It is with great sadness that we announce the passing, following a brief illness, of Terry, our beautiful friend, brother and one of the most brilliant singers, songwriters and lyricists this country has ever produced."Terry Hall joined The Specials a couple of years beforeNebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-56343776643707425052022-12-18T23:00:00.004+01:002022-12-18T23:06:30.326+01:00Waka/Wazoo – one of the best posthumous Zappa releasesThis monster release is sweeping the ocean! We suggest that you dive deep into this collection of music recorded during Frank Zappa's acclaimed Waka/Jawaka - Grand Wazoo era.Waka/Wazoo is available on streaming platforms, as well as in a five-disc multi-format box set.What first strikes me when confronted with this 50th anniversary release is how Zappa did not seem to value certain eras of his Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-77210446904432893542022-11-29T22:12:00.000+01:002022-11-29T22:12:50.068+01:00New Bowie set: Hunky Dory demos – with Scary Monsters cluesThe Divine Symmetry 4 CD set celebrates the twelve months running up to the release of the album Hunky Dory in December 1971 via home demos, BBC radio sessions and live and studio recordings.Already halfway through the first track, Tired Of My Life, Bowie surprises. It turns out that this is the prototype to It's No Game that was released on the Scary Monsters album in 1980. (At around 17:00 in Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-52057929725737179942022-11-02T23:04:00.000+01:002022-11-02T23:04:09.331+01:00Audio engineer Bernie Grundman on the Steely Dan reissuesLegendary audio engineer Bernie Grundman and Chad Kassam discuss the Steely Dan catalogue, reissues, and the master tapes. The first record "Can't Buy A Thrill" is out November 4, 2022 with the rest of the albums to follow in the coming 12 months.More on Bernie at Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_GrundmanAnd here's Donald Fagen himself on the reissues,Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-83853704324752411302022-10-12T08:46:00.000+02:002022-10-12T08:46:44.892+02:00Historical archival Zappa release: Waka/Wazoo box setThis are the recordings we thought did not exist, but finally we get to know they do, alternate takes of songs from Zappa's beloved Waka/Jawaka and Grand Wazoo albums. Plus a live concert and Zappa related George Duke demos."The Waka/Wazoo box set features a complete historical run-down of the entire project, featuring alternate takes of almost every composition recorded during the album sessionsNebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-84496950475868111742022-09-22T23:15:00.004+02:002022-09-22T23:33:10.039+02:00Donald Fagen on the upcoming improved versions of all the original Steely Dan albumsThis is an interesting chat about amongst other things the newly mastered releases of the original Steely Dan albums starting in November with Can't Buy A Thrill.
The albums will be released in various CD and vinyl versions over the coming 12 months, and here you can get some facts from Donald Fagen himself together with Acoustic Sounds/Analogue Productions CEO Chad Kassem and Fred Kaplan, Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-1633486555798008452022-09-18T21:47:00.002+02:002022-09-18T21:47:19.528+02:00Steely Dan's Joni Mitchell cover finally availableSteely Dan. Photo: Danny Clinch.It popped up a couple of months ago. Steely Dan's cover of the song Carey recorded for a tribute album released in 2007 on Nonesuch Records titled just A Tribute to Joni Mitchell. Back them it had been in the works for seven years!We wrote about it in 2006 stating a lot of the songs and artists that in the end didn't make the album. Including Steely Dan. ClickNebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-22848034351979023982022-09-10T23:32:00.004+02:002022-09-10T23:32:40.528+02:00Archival release of The Beatles Revolver album On 28th October the groundbreaking 1966 album Revolver will be released in newly-mixed and expanded Special Editions packages.Versions:* 5 CD/4 LP Super Deluxe* 2 CD Deluxe* Picture Disc* 1 LP* 1 CD* Download and streamingIncluding: Original mono album mix, previously unreleased session recordings and demos, Paperback/Rain EP.https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-66813511699931985642022-09-04T22:00:00.029+02:002022-09-04T22:00:00.153+02:00Rock Theatre – excellent Finnish Genesis tribute bandAttention Genesis fans! If you ever get the chance to see Rock Theatre from Finland...don't hesitate!The quintet mostly performs in Finland but has recently played a couple of concerts in northern Sweden. They do covers of songs from the Genesis albums that were released between 1970 and 1977, like Nursery Cryme and Selling England by the Pound.Rock Theatre band leader guitar player Charles Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-53884355263783540822022-08-21T11:51:00.005+02:002022-08-21T11:53:43.368+02:00New: Zappa in Yugoslavia 1975 – 2 CD setIn November 1975 Frank Zappa went to Yugoslavia for two concerts. Of course he recorded them.This incarnation of The Mothers of Invention is the same as the one on FZ:OZ (a show in Australia, January 1976), with one exception. In the fall 1975 singer/sax player Norma Bell was in the band for a short time. Otherwise it is the same band and pretty much the same repertoire. To be honest this isNebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-23347689671945667182022-07-31T21:39:00.004+02:002022-07-31T21:55:02.730+02:00October release: Bowie's "Heroes" 45th anniversary vinyl + Live in Berlin 1978The release of the "Heroes" 45th anniversary vinyl is nice but more interesting is the digital release of the rare Live in Berlin (1978) mini album. Live in Berlin was made available exclusively at the "David Bowie Is..." exhibition in New York. In October it will be released digitally for the first time. The music was recorded at the Deutschlandhalle in West Berlin on 16th May 1978.Live in Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-37958462869112189732022-07-21T07:49:00.002+02:002022-07-21T07:50:47.146+02:00New: The first bioplastic vinyl record – made of sugar and starch Well, you should probably not try to eat the new bioplastic vinyl record, although it is made from sources such as sugars and starches rather than oil or gas and is better for the environment.Read more here: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220720-world-s-first-bioplastic-vinyl-record-launched-in-the-ukNebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-22967829842409875662022-06-18T21:27:00.011+02:002022-06-27T22:58:12.612+02:00"Zappa/Erie" reviewed by Radio DupreeThe highlight of this 6 CD set is the first part, a long awaited release of a concert with the spring 1974 Mothers, the 10th anniversary of the Mothers tour. Edinboro, PA 8 May 1974:Don't be sad over the absense of percussionist Ruth Underwood here, She had obviously other things to attend to. On the good side is that we now get three horn players (Walt Fowler, Bruce Fowler and Napoleon Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-21202209174022727322022-06-17T11:14:00.003+02:002022-06-18T19:56:26.929+02:00The funky "Zappa/Erie" 6 CD set streaming now! The latest release from the Frank Zappa vault is now available on streaming services as Spotify and Tidal. It is a 6 CD set from Erie, Pennsylvania and surrounding area recorded between May 1974 and November 1976.We at the Radio Dupree office have just dug in to this tasty little sucker, and my God we are already on our feet. This is Zappa (& The Mothers) at his/their funkiest!We are Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088849.post-41518468389352192672022-06-14T00:10:00.000+02:002022-06-14T00:10:04.583+02:00Kate Bush Running Up That Hill gets a new life thanks to the TV series Stranger ThingsCreated in honour of Stranger Things Season 4That is the line of text below the short edit of the 1985 hit Running Up That Hill published today on Kate Bush YouTube channel.https://youtu.be/SzcZGuj5HdgThe background is the Netflix series Stranger Things using the song Running Up That Hill causing it to get popular 27 years after it was released and a hit. https://ultimateclassicrock.com/Nebukadnessar Stephenson and Sigurd Hucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07229074725389438567noreply@blogger.com0