Comments on On An Overgrown Path: The Year is '72

Frank, many thanks for that informed contribution....

2005-12-05T20:24:00.000Z

Frank, many thanks for that informed contribution.

You are quite right, the release date of Dark Side of the Moon was 1973, I guess though we can say it captured the zeitgeist as it was recorded in '72.

I am sure you will find the path through the Rubbra symphonies rewarding. It remains a mystery as to why he hasn't registeed at all on the musical Richter scale in the US, although truthfully his music is rarely performed here in the UK.

Hopefully though his time will come in both countries.

Again thanks for visiting On An Overgrown Path

Dear Pliable,Thanks for this wonderfully exhaustiv...

2005-12-05T19:40:00.000Z

Dear Pliable,

Thanks for this wonderfully exhaustive (in the positive sense of the word) time capsule of 1972.

I am ashamed to admit that I know very little of Rubbra's music. It is never performed in the United States. I've been hemming and hawing about whether to take the plunge and buy the boxed CD set of his complete symphonies in the not-too-distant future; now thanks to you I will :)

Please note, however, that both Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and Carl Orff's vastly underrated De temporum fine commedia (cited not by you but in a reader comment above) were both products of 1973.

Also, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band released quite a few albums after Clear Spot. Yes, the personnel was different, but that's true for all the pre-1972 stuff as well. For a complete discography, visit the excellent www.beefheart.com. IMHO, Doc at the Radar Station (1980) and Ice Cream for Crow (1982) rank among his best work. The closest we ever got to Beefheart on NewMusicBox,alas, was an extensive interview with Gary Lucas(www.newmusicbox.org/article.nmbx?id=754) who played an important role on both of these important and sadly final Beefheart albums.

A reader has made the following very useful observ...

2005-11-20T16:09:00.000Z

A reader has made the following very useful observation:

I just scanned your entry about the '70s and enjoyed it very much. Just purely for your own potential interest, spurred by the absence of a mention,I'd like to recommend the music of the Grateful Dead of '72. It's one of the band's many high points, including '69 and '77.

I could go on, but you know how it is with music -- I wouldn't want to unnecessarily raise expectations. However, it's powerful and overlooked improvisation that encompasses a range of styles.

A contribution about the musical legacy of the Grateful Dead is something I would really like to run. However I don't feel up to it myself as their music wasn't really well known here in my rock days. Any offers for an article on the Deads position in the 20th century music landscape Gratefully (pun intended) received.

Predictable as ever - walltiger-pub.fda.gov at Par...

2005-11-14T19:45:00.000Z

Predictable as ever - walltiger-pub.fda.gov at Parklawn Computer Center / Dimes Hq, Maryland, Potomac, United States logged on 30 minutes ago for his 18th visit.

It must be pure coincidence, but Walltiger and his buddies only ever visit On An Overgrown Path when I mention the US government or military. No stress, I'm sure he really just logged on for Rubbra's mighty Chorale 'Almighty Lord we pray thee'.

For more on the music loving folks at Parklawn Computer Centre, and the interesting company their IP address keeps follow this link

Didn't Carl Orff's visionary final opera-cantata, ...

2005-11-14T17:38:00.000Z

Didn't Carl Orff's visionary final opera-cantata, Die Temporum Fine Comedia, also date from 1972, or am I off by a year?

Great response to this article, with many new read...

2005-11-14T15:25:00.000Z

Great response to this article, with many new readers On An Overgrown Path within hours of posting.

I would particularly like to welcome aboard first time visitor hiajhnstwc02.ngb.army.mil of the Army National Guard Bureau at Virginia, Fairfax, United States.

I'm now waiting for my periodic visit from Parklawn Computing Center, Dimes HQ .....