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| name = Live 1967 |
| name = Live 1967 |
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| type = live album |
| type = live album |
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| artist = [[ |
| artist = [[Red Krayola]] |
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| cover = Red Krayola - Live 1967.jpg |
| cover = Red Krayola - Live 1967.jpg |
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| alt = |
| alt = |
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| released = July 28, 1998 |
| released = July 28, 1998 |
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| recorded = June–July 1967 |
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| recorded = June – July 1967 at Venice Beach, [[Los Angeles]] and at the Berkeley Folk Festival, [[Berkeley, California]] |
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| venue = |
| venue =Berkeley Folk Festival, [[Berkeley, California]] |
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| studio = |
| studio =Venice Beach, Los Angeles |
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| genre = [[Experimental rock]] |
| genre = [[Experimental rock]] |
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| length = 108:41 |
| length = 108:41 |
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| label = [[Drag City (record label)|Drag City]] |
| label = [[Drag City (record label)|Drag City]] |
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| producer = Kurt Von Meier, |
| producer = Kurt Von Meier, Red Krayola |
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| prev_title = [[Hazel (album)|Hazel]] |
| prev_title = [[Hazel (album)|Hazel]] |
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| prev_year = 1996 |
| prev_year = 1996 |
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== Background == |
== Background == |
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Kurt Von Meier, a [[University of California, Los Angeles|University of California]] art-history professor, became interested in the band after he heard tapes containing ''[[Coconut 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.<ref name="magnetmag"/> Meier also pushed to get the band to play in the [[Monterey Pop Festival]], but was turned down by the festival's organizers.<ref name="dragcitybio">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://white-rose.net/redcrayola/dc257bio2.pdf |title=The Story So Far of the Red Crayola & the Red Krayola |publisher= |website=press@dragcity.com |date= |accessdate=August 15, 2012}}</ref> |
Kurt Von Meier, a [[University of California, Los Angeles|University of California]] art-history professor, became interested in the band after he heard tapes containing ''[[Coconut 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.<ref name="magnetmag"/> Meier also pushed to get the band to play in the [[Monterey Pop Festival]], but was turned down by the festival's organizers.<ref name="dragcitybio">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://white-rose.net/redcrayola/dc257bio2.pdf |title=The Story So Far of the Red Crayola & the Red Krayola |publisher= |website=press@dragcity.com |date= |accessdate=August 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://sites.northwestern.edu/bfmf/the-counterculture-years-1967-1970/ | title=The Counterculture Years: 1967–1970 – the Berkeley Folk Music Festival }}</ref> |
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==Recording== |
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[[Mayo Thompson]] had this to say about recording the album: "Live 1967 is what we were doing around that time. When we'd go to play live, it was not with the purpose of making terror — it was with the purpose of the artist as the agenda. This is on the menu tonight, what do you think of that. When we were in California, we borrowed a machine, a 3M stereo portable machine that was really cheap. [We used] that kind of bronzy colored, real thin tape, and recorded on both sides. And just did it very primitively — had a couple of microphones and just put 'em there, and let the frequencies sort themselves. We learned that that would happen by doing ''[[The Parable of Arable Land]]''. We knew that we would be alright. We were satisfied also with the sound, it just worked out. We dragged this tape recorder with us for the 3 or 4 or 5 days that we were there and recorded everything." |
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== Performance == |
== Performance == |
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The music played by the Red |
The music played by the [[Red Crayola]] during their sets was completely instrumental and consisted of [[drone music|drone]], [[noise music]] and [[free improvisation]], comparable to early [[The Velvet Underground|Velvet Underground]].<ref name="allmusic"/> 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 the [[Folk music|folk]] guitarist [[John Fahey (musician)|John Fahey]], who accompanied the band onstage for an improvisation session.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-03-03-9503030153-story.html|title=NEW SHADES OF THE RED KRAYOLA|first=John, Special to the Tribune|last=Corbett|website=chicagotribune.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/starter/9314-john-fahey/|title=John Fahey|website=Pitchfork}}</ref> 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. |
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== Reception == |
== Reception == |
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These performances received a lukewarm response from audience and critics alike. Berkeley's underground newspaper, the ''[[Berkeley 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.<ref name="dragcitybio"/> |
These performances received a lukewarm response from audience and critics alike. Berkeley's underground newspaper, the ''[[Berkeley 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.<ref name="dragcitybio"/> |
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In reviewing the two-disc release, the music critic [[Richie Unterberger]] noted 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 Underground and Pink 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 is ''all'' inaccessible freakiness."<ref name="allmusic"/> |
In reviewing the two-disc release, the music critic [[Richie Unterberger]] noted 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 Underground]] and [[Pink 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 is ''all'' inaccessible freakiness."<ref name="allmusic"/> |
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==Covers== |
==Covers== |
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On |
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 as ''J. Spaceman, John Coxon – Play The Red Krayola Live 1967'' in 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lissongallery.com/news/watch-now-art-language-letters-to-the-jackson-pollock-bar-in-the-style-of-the-red-krayola | title=Watch now: Art & Language – Letters to the Jackson Pollock Bar in the Style of the Red Krayola }}</ref> |
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== Track listing == |
== Track listing == |
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{{Track listing |
{{Track listing |
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| headline = Disc one |
| headline = Disc one |
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| all_music = [[ |
| all_music = [[Red Krayola]] |
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| title1 = Venice Pavilion Concert, Afternoon |
| title1 = Venice Pavilion Concert, Afternoon |
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| length1 = 27:03 |
| length1 = 27:03 |
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;Red Krayola |
;Red Krayola |
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* [[Frederick Barthelme|Rick Barthelme]] – |
* [[Frederick Barthelme|Rick Barthelme]] – drums |
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* Steve Cunningham – |
* Steve Cunningham – bass guitar |
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* [[Mayo Thompson]] – |
* [[Mayo Thompson]] – guitar, vocals |
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{{Col-2}} |
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;Additional musicians and production |
;Additional musicians and production |
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*[[John Fahey (musician)|John Fahey]] – |
*[[John Fahey (musician)|John Fahey]] – guitar |
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*Kurt Von Meier – |
*Kurt Von Meier – production |
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*[[Red Krayola]] – production |
*[[Red Krayola]] – production |
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{{col-end}} |
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| 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 | |||
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Live 1967 is a live performance album by the experimental rock band Red Krayola.[1][2] It was released in 1998 by Drag 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 in Vietnam.[5]
Background
[edit]Kurt Von Meier, a University of California art-history professor, became interested in the band after he heard tapes containing Coconut 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 the Monterey Pop Festival, but was turned down by the festival's organizers.[6][7]
Performance
[edit]The music played by the Red Crayola during their sets was completely instrumental and consisted of drone, noise music and free improvisation, comparable to early Velvet 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 the folk guitarist John 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, the Berkeley 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 critic Richie Unterberger noted 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 Underground and Pink 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 is all inaccessible 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 as J. Spaceman, John Coxon – Play The Red Krayola Live 1967 in 2021.[11]
Track listing
[edit]All music is composed by Red Krayola
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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 |
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| 1. | "7/2, Evening: "Dust"" | 27:46 |
| 2. | "7/3, Afternoon: Red Crayola with John 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. ISBN 9780876112977 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Thompson's twins". Dallas Observer. June 17, 1999.
- ^ Kenny, Glenn; Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Red Crayola". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
- ^ a b c d Unterberger, Richie. "Live in 1960s". Allmusic. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
- ^ a b Miller, Bruce (June 2, 2006). "The Red Krayola: Outside The Lines". Magnet. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
- ^ a b "The Story So Far of the Red Crayola & the Red Krayola" (PDF). press@dragcity.com. Retrieved August 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".