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Amongst The Darkers  [[Image:darkers.gif]] '''Amongst The Darkers (Behind The Few)''' (1975)
Amongst The Darkers
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= About The Album =


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This is an Italian bootleg released on Raid Masters Records, number RAID910705. It was also released on TAKRL (The Amazing Kornyfone Record Label) in the late 1970's, number TAKRL 1983. According to the liner notes, it was "recorded on stage in October 1975 at the newly refurbished Anytown Aquarium Of The People at the corner of Telephone and Telephone." (Some copies say "Telephone and Telephony.")
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<b>Amongst The Darkers (Behind The Few)</b> (1975)


<H1>About The Album</H1>
The recording was made at the White Plains Music Hall, White Plains, New York, on October 3, 1975, not in Baltimore MD as is sometimes claimed.


This is an Italian bootleg released on Raid Masters Records, number
A listener reports: "My vinyl number is TAKRL 1983, the cover has a light-green (not yellow) and black picture, and according to my liner notes, it was 'Telephone and Telephony.'"
RAID910705.  It was also released on TAKRL (The Amazing Kornyfone
Record Label) in the late 1970's, number TAKRL 1983.  According to the
liner notes, it was "recorded on stage in October 1975 at the newly
refurbished Anytown Aquarium Of The People at the corner of Telephone
and Telephone."  (Some copies say "Telephone and Telephony.")


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A listener reports: "The sound quality on this rare release is incredible. Close up and personal Giant, in front of only a couple hundred people. The cd is an Italian import. I remember seeing this one on vinyl. The audience laughs a bit when they start breaking the glass. Its one of ''those'' records, like the Genesis boots, with a pink and black or yellow and black picture, and details below the picture in weird scribble-y typeface. I paid $25 (US) for this, and it would be worth twice that."


The recording was made at the White Plains Music Hall, White Plains,
The cover image was allegedly taken from the June 6, 1975 issue of ''Rolling Stone'', where the picture accompanied an article called "One Foot in St. Petersburg." The article is supposedly about the plight of retirees who can't survive on Social Security -- hence the government check on the man's chest. (Thanks to Biffy the Elephant Shrew for this trivia.) The photograph was probably taken by the famous Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn. (Thanks to Jos Geluk.)
New York, on October 3, 1975, not in Baltimore MD as is sometimes claimed.


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The TAKRL LP has an interesting LP label, which claims to be from "Worlds Records" and lists five songs on each side, with cliche titles like "I'm So Happy", "Night People" and "Looking Back."
A listener reports: "My vinyl number is TAKRL 1983, the cover has a
light-green (not yellow) and black picture, and according to my liner notes,
it was 'Telephone and Telephony.'"


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= Track List =


A listener reports: "The sound quality on this rare release is incredible.
# [[IN COGS Cogs in Cogs]]
Close up and personal Giant, in front of only a couple hundred people. The
# [[WAYS Funny Ways]]
cd is an Italian import. I remember seeing this one on vinyl. The audience
# [[RUNAWAY The Runaway] / [in.a.glass.house.html#EXPERIENCE Experience]]
laughs a bit when they start breaking the glass. Its one of <i>those</i>
# [[SINCERE So Sincere]]
records, like the Genesis boots, with a pink and black or yellow and black
# [[HAND Free Hand]]
picture, and details below the picture in weird scribble-y typeface. I paid
# [[THE SAME Just The Same]]
$25 (US) for this, and it would be worth twice that."


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= Electronic Genius =
The cover image was allegedly taken from the June 6, 1975 issue of
<i>Rolling Stone</i>, where the picture accompanied an article
called "One Foot in St. Petersburg."  The article is supposedly about
the plight of retirees who can't survive on Social Security -- hence the
government check on the man's chest.  (Thanks to Biffy the Elephant Shrew
for this trivia.)  The photograph was probably taken by the famous
Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn. (Thanks to Jos Geluk.)


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[[Image:elec-genius.gif]]] [/GG/pix/big/elec-genius-back.gif [[Image:elec-genius-back.gif]] '''Electronic Genius''' (1994)
The TAKRL LP has an interesting LP label, which claims to be from
"Worlds Records" and lists five songs on each side, with
cliche titles like "I'm So Happy", "Night People" and "Looking
Back."


 
[[Amongst The Darkers] was rereleased in 1994 as part this 2-CD bootleg. (The first disc contains a Brian Eno concert.) It was released on the Off The Record label, number OTR 65507/08. [Thanks to Claude Wacker for contributing pictures of the cover.]]
<H1>Track List</H1>
 
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<LI> <A HREF="the.power.and.the.glory.html#COGS IN COGS">Cogs in Cogs</A>
<LI> <A HREF="gentle.giant.html#FUNNY WAYS">Funny Ways</A>
<LI> <A HREF="in.a.glass.house.html#THE RUNAWAY">The Runaway</A> /
<A HREF="in.a.glass.house.html#EXPERIENCE">Experience</A>
<LI> <A HREF="the.power.and.the.glory.html#SO SINCERE">So Sincere</A>
<LI> <A HREF="free.hand.html#FREE HAND">Free Hand</A>
<LI> <A HREF="free.hand.html#JUST THE SAME">Just The Same</A>
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<H1><A NAME="ELECTRONIC GENIUS">Electronic Genius</A></H1>
 
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<b>Electronic Genius</b> (1994)
 
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<A HREF="amongst.the.darkers.html">Amongst The Darkers</A>
was rereleased in 1994 as part this 2-CD bootleg.
(The first disc contains a Brian Eno concert.) It was released on
the Off The Record label, number OTR 65507/08.
[Thanks to Claude Wacker for contributing pictures of the cover.]
 
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