Agreed - there were many great bands & hopefully a lot got captured & could now be released.I realize that licensing some of these items may be difficult because many bands are long gone.personally, I'd love to hear ANYTHING from the Tony William's Lifetime shows from 1970, featuring John McLaughlin before he formed the Mahavishnu ...

I have no idea what FZ interviews you could have heard or seen.Zappa was usually EXTREMELY articulate.  On the other hand he also knew how to dumb it down when needed - Most of his lyrics had a mix of these two styles.I suggest that you specifically listen to what he had to say when he appeared before the US Congress in 1986. He was clear as ...

I think the recent Mahavishnu releases have been fabulous.But in re-reading the original release note, I noticed that Mr Paul Caruso said: MrPaulCaruso: We do have an extensive archive of Mahavishnu Orchestra material, with a large core of it coming from the band's 1972/1973 tour dates.  We picked the best of these and decided to present ...

So if the 'large core of it' comes form 72/72, where are the shows from 72?

Sure there should be more FZ here.& this single show is NOT representative of anything except the 'Flo & Eddie' band.However, this is a very important show in that there have been several bootleg recordings out there & the actual date & venue has been hotly contested for years.I hope that Wolfgang's stamp is accurate as it would ...