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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Zeppelin Joins the Digital Age
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
One of the few remaining digital hold-outs has joined the media revolution. Billboard reports that Led Zeppelin’s entire catalog, previously unavailable for legal downloading, will hit the electronic frontier on Nov. 13.
Nov. 13 also happens to be the date for the release of “Mothership,” a 24-track, two-disc compilation that covers the band’s entire career. One week later, on Nov. 20, a remixed and remastered version of the soundtrack from the concert film “The Song Remains the Same.” It will include six songs that didn’t appear on the original release.
All of this comes in the weeks leading up to a one-time reunion show that will take place in London on Nov. 26.
Looking forward to getting instant Zeppelin gratification, or do you have it all already?
Respect the Pylon
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Today, another Georgia underground classic comes to CD for the first time. You can finally get “Gyrate,” the 1980 debut album from influential Athens post-punk quartet Pylon on a shiny silver disc.
The skittering guitars, thumping bass and the keening, cooing voice of Vanessa Briscoe (now Vanessa Briscoe Hay) inspired a cult of adoring fans over the years, and some of those admirers are pretty accomplished musicians. The liner notes for this expanded and remastered version of the album include contributions from the B-52’s Fred Schneider, Gang of Four drummer Hugo Burnham and R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe. Pylon opened for every one of those bands in its earlier days.
Even folks who haven’t heard Pylon might know one of their songs. R.E.M. did a version of “Crazy” (it’s on the compilation “Dead Letter Office”). With this new reissue, perhaps a new generation will discover how cool Pylon was (and still is). In recent years, the band has been doing occasional gigs again, and they’ll be playing at the EARL in East Atlanta on Nov. 1.
I saw the band at the I & I Club in Athens, probably sometime between the release of “Gyrate” and the band’s second album, 1983’s “Chomp.” I still remember it being one of the loudest gigs I’ve ever seen —and I loved it. Anyone else have memories of seeing Pylon back in the early ’80s? Or on the R.E.M. tour back around 1990? Are you planning to replace that worn vinyl copy of “Gyrate” with the one of those newfangled, remastered discs?
