Newsgroup: it.arti.musica.rock.progressive
Titolo: [Paul Kantner news / PERRO ha un sito] per la ristampa odierna del disco 80s

http://www.planetearthrockandroll.com/
e inoltre ecco le news:
The wait is over. Paul Kantner's Science Fiction 
Masterpiece; Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra is being 
re-released in a Deluxe package. After twenty three years 
the original, never before heard mix of Planet Earth Rock 
and Roll Orchestra has been carefully transferred to CD 
format in the Sony Studios.
The original Tapes were prepared for vinyl release. This 
altered the sound from the original mix as the very top 
frequencies and lowest frequencies had to be chopped in 
order to meet the RIAA standards for superior vinyl 
playback. As a result this Vinyl Master just sounds 
different than the original Master. The original master 
was completed six months before it was altered to conform 
with the limitations of a great, but not perfect 
technology. Sadly, the Cassettes were even worse as they 
were duplicated at high speeds which chopped off 
everything above 10 to 12K, so the sounded less airy than 
the original mix.
So what to the digital masters sound like; breathtaking. 
When I first heard the CD I thought it was an entirely 
different mix. I had to A - B the copies song by song, I 
compared the new CD to one that was made from a record 
(the transfer was made using an audiophile turntable , 
pre-amp and amplifier). Indeed, the volume levels of the 
instruments, vocals, effects were basically the same, but 
the new recording just had MORE!
  Still I was uncertain and when I spoke to Paul about the 
mix I said that it sounded like an entirely different 
album. When Paul listened to the master he had one 
response, let's do it!
  So for the first time we present you with the great Paul 
Kantner Masterpiece (and one of my favorite recordings of 
all time) the Authorized version of Planet Earth Rock and 
Roll Orchestra (with special thanks to our friends at 
RCA/Sony/BMG). This may well be the great missing 
Jefferson Starship album, check out this line-up:
PAUL KANTNER: guitars, synthesizers, banjo, glass 
harmonica, vocals
GRACE SLICK: vocals, piano
JACK CASADY: bass
CHINA KANTNER: vocals
ALEXANDER KANTNER: vocals
CRAIG CHAQUICO: lead guitar
PETE SEARS: piano
AYNSLEY DUNBAR: drums
SCOTT MATHEWS: everything - guitar, vocals, percussion, 
pedal steel guitar, Linn drums, mandolin, harmonica, 
synthesizers, saxophones, vocoder
RON NAGLE: vocals,piano
THE DUROCS: sound effects
RONNINE MONTROSE: lead guitar on "TELEPATH"
MARK VOLMAN & HOWARD KAYLAN: vocals a/k/a FLO & EDDIE
MICKEY THOMAS: vocals
DAVID FREIBERG: synthesizers and vocals on "CIRCLE OF FIRE"
JOHN BLAKELEY: 2nd rhythm guitar on "LET'S GO"

Stamattina mi sono accattato Red Octopus. Che mi devo aspettare?
--
"Look around again, it's the same old circle"
David Crosby

 Stamattina mi sono accattato Red Octopus. Che mi devo aspettare?
Non è bruttissimo. Per gli standard attuali, anzi, è
un disco decisamente pregevole; pecca mi pare il tipico
brano melenso di Marty Balin -non ricordo se Caroline sta
qui, ma se non è quella è un clone.
Tieni presente che anche i successivi si equivalgono nei
pregi e difetti: bei brani cantati dalla Slick, due o tre
kantnerate decenti, tracce di aggiornamenti proto-funk
non molto deprecabili e in ogni caso ben suonate.
Segnalo a questo proposito Spitfire e Earth come decenti,
Freedom At Point Zero come 'anfame.
bye
s