12 Steps Beyond Prog #157
A LONG TIME AGO... In Portland Oregon at La Luna on October 6th 1994, 2 young fans armed with gin and tonics and a borrowed portable DAT machine recorded the Ozric Tentacles direct from the board and captured their 1st PDX performance in early digital glory. The batteries wore down as the band did their last song, but they did not care. They had them captured on a marvel of engineering at that time. The DAT tape. NOTHING was done with that tape AND it sat in all its 16 bit 48k glory on a shelf next to some CDRs of questionable playability. Luckily the DAT plays back just fine.
Now you will hear the result of that recording, edited for time but otherwise an intact performance. This is part of a continuous series of shows I will do on a semi regular basis of rare and otherwise unheard of performances. Only the best recorded versions will air here.
This is a perfect time to have that smoking device ready.
As usual for the 12th Step Beyond I look to other genres attempting to fool the un-initiated. This week we take New Zealand and Australia in a seriously prog direction.
This happens tonight at Midnight on 91.1 and 107.1 in Portland and in Vancouver at 99.9.
Live radio that will make your parents feel like they have fallen, and they don't want to get up.
http://xray.fm/shows/12-steps-beyond
- 12:01am Calling All Stations by Genesis on Calling All Stations (Atlantic, 1997)
- 12:08am The Great Unknown by Anekdoten on A Time Of Day (Virta, 2007)
- 12:14am The Hanging Tree by Arena on The Visitor (Verglas Music, 1998)
- 12:21am De Labore Solis by Eloy on Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes ( Remastered ) (Brain, 1979)
- 12:27am Other Stars by The Airwaves on Second Shift (Opcion Sonica)
- 12:33am Matmos by Amplifier on Echo Street (KScope, 2013)
- 12:41am Icehouse by ICEHOUSE on Icehouse (30th Anniversary Edition) (Regular, 1981)
- 12:45am Sons by ICEHOUSE on Icehouse (30th Anniversary Edition) (Regular, 1981)
- 12:49am Stranger Than Fiction by Split Enz on Mental Notes (Mushroom, 1975)
- 1:03am Ozric Tenticles Live 10/4/94 by Orzric Tenticles on Live at La Luna PDX Radio Vers (Edit for XRAY , 2017)
- 1:55am The Choral Sea by Split Enz on True Colours (A&M, 2002)