Re: Fripper Gear Trivia

[Daniel Berkman <danielberkman@mac.com>]

No Pussyfooting and Evening Star were so uber hip at that time and still 
are. I discovered them in the eighties and they still color everything I 
do musically!

I agree Evening Star is the more musical of the two and really highlight 
Eno & Fripp's signature sound, but there is a punkish rawness to No 
Pussyfooting, not to mention the presence of the VCS3 which added a 
particularly minimalist electronic feel. 

Both albums were a precursor to Let The Power Fall and Frippertronics. 

Man, I love those albums!

Thank you all so much for bringing them up for discussion, into the light 
where they belong and reminding me where I came from.

Best,
Daniel 



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On Dec 9, 2010, at 6:22 AM, tEd ® KiLLiAn <tedkillian@charter.net> wrote:

> Rick,
> 
> I'll say more than that.
> 
> If I had to name a single album that inspired me to take up "looping" 
>Eno and Fripp's "Evening Star" was the one.
> 
> It came out in something like '74-75(?) and by the time I discovered it 
>('77-78, already in the "cut-out" bin) I was ripe.
> 
> A few other experiences were also key in my musical/looping development, 
>but if there was just one recording ... that'd be it.
> 
> It was important to me . . . and I love listening to it still.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ted
> 
> On Dec 8, 2010, at 10:51 PM, Rick Walker wrote:
> 
>> On 7/22/64 11:59 AM, mark francombe wrote:
>>> Ill be honest and say that I love No Pussyfooting, but consider it an 
>Eno album...
>> Yeah,   but am I the only person who thinks that 'Evening Star' is the 
>better album
>> of the two?       People constantly name check 'No Pussyfooting' (which 
>does have
>> the bitchenist album cover art) but I think Evening Star is a lot more 
>musical.
>> 
>> Though definitely in the Eno world,  I hear it as completely 
>collaborative.....
>> each part adding equally.
>> 
>> rick walker
>