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If you are a rich Led Zeppelin fan this is your opportunity to live in the very place where the band was born in 1968: The Boathouse, in Pangbourne, West Berkshire.

Jimmy Page bought the Boathouse in 1967 when he was still a member of The Yardbirds. A year later, he was introduced to Robert Plant and he later invited him to stay at the Boathouse to discuss his proposals to create a new band. It was also at this house where Led Zeppelin -The New Yardbirds at the time- rehearsed for their for their first gigs at The Marquee Club. It was also filmed at this location the part where Jimmy Page plays the hurdy-gurdy by the riverside in the movie “The Song RemainsThe Same”.

This is not the only famous house that the guitarist owned in England, he also lived at Boleskine House, the legendary hunting lodge in Loch Ness that used to be owned by the magician Alistair Crowley, the beautiful Towe House at London’s Holland Park built by Waterhouse that he bought from the actor Richard Harris, and Mill House in Windsor, which he bought from Michael Caine.

Jon Anderson, the vocalist from Yes, will tour Europe during the fall. This is the second time that the renowned vocalist from Yes tours Europe in the las few years, after the Work in Progress - Tour of the Universe, in 2005. Jon Anderson started his solo career in 1976 with the release of the album “Olias of Sunhillow” and he has released more than ten studio albums since. Jon Anderson will play a selection of songs from his solo career, as well as some Yes classics. I had the privilege of watching his show in Barcelona and I can say it was one of the most beautiful and charming live shows I’ve ever seen.

Dates:
11/11/07- Belgium, Gent.
11/12/07-Belgium, Verviers
11/14/07-Bulgaria, Sofia
11/15/07- Hungary, Budapest
11/18/07- Sweden, Vasteras
11/20/07- Russia, St. Petersburg
11/21/07- Russia, Moscow
11/22/07- Russia, Moscow
11/24/07- Spain, Madrid
11/25/07- Spain, Barcelona
11/28/07- Italy, Milan
11/29/07- Italy, Vicenza
12/2/07- Holland, Zoetermeer
12/3/07- Holland, Amsterdam
12/5/07- Germany, Bonn
12/6/07- Germany, Mainz

More info:
www.jonanderson.com

10 years ago today on the 8th of October 1997, Jo (Jonas) Bruce, keyboard player and programmer from Afro Celt Sound System, died suddenly of an asthma attack ten days after finishing a world tour. He was the son of legendary British bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce (Cream, Blind Faith, John Mayall’s Blues Breakers).

Member Simon Emmerson said: “Then we understood he wasn’t going to come back. It was difficult. He was a very important songwriter. There was a loss of faith in what we could do as a group, but we survived it.”

Afro Celt Sound System (later changed Afro Celts) is one of the most significant British bands in the electronic ethnic fusion scene of the 90’s.

The Marquee Club is opening it’s doors again in London’s Soho, this time located at 14 Upper St Martin’s Lane. The main launch it’s been announced for the 5th of September 2007, with a special show featuring The Move, one of the most reputed bands in the history of the oringinal club in the 60’s.

The last reincarnation of the club opened it’s doors in September 2004 at 1 Leicester Square. It was run by Plum Promotions and was closed in December 2005. Plum Promotions is once again running the new version of the celebrated club. I hope to have more details soon about the new club. For more information please visit The Marquee Club official web site.

Thanks to Alex Piva for the pictures and information.

This news via The Marquee Club

“Mention an appreciation of 8 track tapes, and you’ll get a lot of bewildered looks. At one time 8-track was the only portable music format, and now it’s been unfairly reduced to a punchline - a thick plastic icon of the 60’s and 70’s.

There are a number of reasons to be genuinely sore at 8-tracks. You couldn’t rewind the carts, the internal mechanisms could fritz out, and worst of all - the songs were often put on the tape in a different order than the album. “

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I remember the shock of watching Peter Baumann on TV singing a synth pop version of Frank Sinatra’s “Strangers In the Night”. This is a wonderfull album, pretty hard to find by the way.

After quitting Tangerine Dream, Peter Baumann released his first solo work “Romance ‘76″in 1976, which was was a fusion of space rock, electronic music and avant-garde music, gaining international success. In 1981, his solo album “Repeat Repeat” marked a change in Peter Baumann’s career oriented to synth pop.

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This is one of my all-time favorite movies but it’s also some of the best soundtrack music for fantasy movies ever recorded.

See more at Muppet’s News

“John Lennon reads about Brian Jones (1969)”

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A wonderful video of Jean Laurendeau showing the antecessor of the synthesizer, the Ondes Martenot.

Musician and photographer Deborah Anderson has announced the release of her forthcoming cafe-book for the fall, which will include a collection of her portrait photography and latest music productions.

Deborah says in her Myspace blog: “It has been almost three years since i decided to put a book together of images that I shot since first picking up a camera professionally. Finally I have completed this journey and am in the midst of editing the content of this beautiful story told in images and songs.

It shall be published and released worldwide this Fall/Autumn. Accompanying this book is a CD of songs that I recorded solely on my Mac computer using a program called Garageband. So for the past year I recorded songs on my trusty laptop whilst traveling or just sitting home on my porch. New York, Paris, London and LA have been the backdrop for these musical endeavors and this I believe is why I have been able to create an eclectic sound and verse to accompany the visual of the book.”

Read all about it at Deborah Anderson

“A Lego boffin called Arvo has build this incredible Lego Nord Modular.”

Seen at Music Thing

“Classic Rock magazine’s special issue out dealing with the wonderful world of prog is out this week. With features on the likes of Yes, Genesis, Rush, Tull, Floyd, etc there’s also a four page feature chronicling the making of the first King Crimson album with contributions from Ian McDonald and Peter Sinfield.”

Seen at DMG Live

“Can you guess what these might have been used for - and where?”

Seen at News Scientist

A suspicious resemblance between Giger’s seminal artwork for Emerson Lake and Palmer’s album “Brain Salad Surgery” (1973) and the poster for movie “The Psychic” (1989).

Seen at Gatochy’s Blog

My friend guitarist Manoel Macia has told me about this book which was recently published in Spain: ‘Enciclopedia de la Música Progresiva en España’ (Encyclopedia of Progressive Music in Spain).
It seem’s that my first rock band from 1986, Ty-Jir, is featured in the book and the author wrote some nice words on it. That was more than 20 years ago now. We only got to release a tape on Angel Romero’s label Mind Child. The band split soon later but I’m happy to say that most of the members are still making great music.
Thanks for the memory!

My friend Jorge Scapoli sent me this video of his psychedelic rock band from the 90’s, Flowering Treep. I have good memories of seeing them play live.

I found really cool this picture of our friends Julio and Mayte from the electronic music duet Lethargy. It’s a bike but it actually looks just like a Harley.

My friend guitarist Francisco Valdivia showed me this picture of French guitarist and composer Napoleon Coste, featuring some of his amazing guitars.

“Delia Derbyshire, with assistant Dick Mills, created the original version of the theme in August 1963 using techniques, described here, that applied for years, whether the sound sources were electronic or concrete.”

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“It was 40 years ago today that the Beatles dropped “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” on an unsuspecting public, instantly sending shock waves through the pop culture landscape. The landmark album played off a tumultuous decade and provided a focal point for the Summer of Love, when the youth movement, in all its roiling excess and reinvention of the norm, came to full flower.”

Seen at Denver Post
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