Live 1967(Red Krayola album)
| Live 1967 | ||||
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| Live albumby | ||||
| Released | July 28, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | June–July 1967 | |||
| Venue | Berkeley Folk Festival,Berkeley, California | |||
| Studio | Venice Beach, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock | |||
| Length | 108:41 | |||
| Label | Drag City | |||
| Producer | Kurt Von Meier, Red Krayola | |||
| Red Krayolachronology | ||||
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Live 1967is a live performance album by theexperimental rockbandRed Krayola.[1][2]It was released in 1998 byDrag City.[3]The two-disc set comprises the band's performance at the Angry Arts Festival in Los Angeles as well as their sets from various shows at the Berkeley Folk Festival during summer 1967.[4]Like all the music played at the festivals, it is dedicated to the troops positioned inVietnam.[5]
Background
[edit]Kurt Von Meier, aUniversity of Californiaart-history professor, became interested in the band after he heard tapes containingCoconut Hotel,Red Krayola's rejected second album. He was intrigued by the band's experimental and free-form music and invited them to perform at Angry Arts Folk Festival in Berkeley and the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles in June and July.[5]Meier also pushed to get the band to play in theMonterey Pop Festival,but was turned down by the festival's organizers.[6][7]
Performance
[edit]The music played by theRed Crayoladuring their sets was completely instrumental and consisted ofdrone,noise musicandfree improvisation,comparable to earlyVelvet Underground.[4]The first disc contains the band's performance at the Angry Arts Festival on June 6, 1967. The second disc is made up of three separate performances which took place in the evenings between June 27 to July 4. During the festival, the band met thefolkguitaristJohn Fahey,who accompanied the band onstage for an improvisation session.[8][9]On the 4th, the announcer mistook the Red Krayola's music for an equipment malfunction and continued to talk several minutes into the band's set.
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [10] |
These performances received a lukewarm response from audience and critics alike. Berkeley's underground newspaper, theBerkeley Barb,dismissed the band as being the "bummer of the festival." Some of audience accused the music of being so abrasive that it was the direct cause of a dog's death during the festival.[6]
In reviewing the two-disc release, the music criticRichie Unterbergernoted his admiration of the band's dedication to experimenting in-front of an audience who expected more conventional music. He gave the album two out of five stars, writing, "The Velvet UndergroundandPink Floyd,however, rarely stuck with this kind of inaccessible freakiness for more than a few minutes at a time on record, even at their most willfully obscure. This isallinaccessible freakiness. "[4]
Covers
[edit]On October 24, 2019, Lisson Gallery New York hosted a night of performance, discussion and music inspired by the pioneering work of Art & Language and their 40-year collaboration with the Red Krayola, at the event J. Spaceman and John Coxon covered the entirety of Live 1967 and released asJ. Spaceman, John Coxon – Play The Red Krayola Live 1967in 2021.[11]
Track listing
[edit]All music is composed byRed Krayola
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Venice Pavilion Concert, Afternoon" | 27:03 |
| 2. | "Venice Motel, Evening: Piece One" | 12:35 |
| 3. | "Venice Motel, Evening: Piece Two" | 4:16 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "7/2, Evening:" Dust "" | 27:46 |
| 2. | "7/3, Afternoon: Red Crayola withJohn Fahey" | 22:53 |
| 3. | "7/4, Afternoon: Jubilee Concert at Hearst Greek Theatre Radio Broadcast on KQED/San Francisco" | 14:08 |
Personnel
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References
[edit]- ^Jasinski, Laurie E. (February 22, 2012).Handbook of Texas Music.Texas A&M University Press.ISBN9780876112977– via Google Books.
- ^"Thompson's twins".Dallas Observer.June 17, 1999.
- ^Kenny, Glenn; Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira (2007)."Red Crayola".Trouser Press.RetrievedMay 26,2016.
- ^abcdUnterberger, Richie."Live in 1960s".Allmusic.RetrievedAugust 12,2012.
- ^abMiller, Bruce (June 2, 2006)."The Red Krayola: Outside The Lines".Magnet.RetrievedAugust 15,2012.
- ^ab"The Story So Far of the Red Crayola & the Red Krayola"(PDF).[email protected].RetrievedAugust 15,2012.
- ^"The Counterculture Years: 1967–1970 – the Berkeley Folk Music Festival".
- ^Corbett, John, Special to the Tribune."NEW SHADES OF THE RED KRAYOLA".chicagotribune.com.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^"John Fahey".Pitchfork.
- ^Larkin, Colin (2006).The Encyclopedia of Popular Music.Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 806.
- ^"Watch now: Art & Language – Letters to the Jackson Pollock Bar in the Style of the Red Krayola".