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Originally Posted by ladyislingering
I have a couple DEVO Lps with the original sleeves still intact - they've got a bunch of merchandise advertising inside. It's trippy to see old school prices on band merch. Weird band. If I'm not mistaken, David Kendrick (who played for Sparks for a short while in the early 80s) was part of DEVO for a short while. Sparks' backup band during that time went on to become Gleaming Spires.
Have you heard the "Live at the Bottom Line" (1976?) bootleg? It's basically a bunch of tracks from "Big Beat" and a few from prior albums. It's from a performance somewhere in New York; the bootleg album has been floating around for a while (on the topic of bootlegs, are you aware of or have you heard the 'Arista' demos?) and there's a terrific live version of "Equator" that I think everyone should hear.
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Devo were wierd, but not as weird as they originally were, have you ever heard any of their really early demos? Brian Eno on their debut actually made them more accessible to the listening public. David Kendrick was in Devo in their later period (but they were really in decline at that time)
I've never heard of Live at the Bottom Line but found this page.
SPARKS US Tour 1976 - Live at the Bottom Line, New York City
Equator has always been an amazing song, a song to blow and mess up your speakers especially when Russell goes really high pitch.
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