Here are
the survey
results as tabbed, given a massagio galore and typed forth by Jon Naurin.
Thanks
Jon, nice job.
Release Types
Pretty clear results. Of the voters, 82% wanted
entire concerts, 67% wanted unreleased studio material and 64% wanted compiled
highlight from tours. 51% dropped a vote on Mixed live stuff a la YCDTOSA,
44% on guitar solos, 43% wanted more synclavier material and 29% wanted
documentary stuff.
People also had a chance to rank the suggested
release types, and this confirmed the results. Applying a home-made score
system gave the following list:
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Entire concerts (YCDTOSA II):
917 pts
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Unreleased studio recordings (Lost Episodes):
582 pts
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Highlights from a tour (Does Humor Belong In Music?):
562 pts
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Mixed live stuff 1965-1992 (YCDTOSA I):
430 pts
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Guitar solos (Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar):
344 pts
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Synclavier (Civilization Phaze III):
328 pts
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Documentary stuff (Playground Psychotics):
162 pts
Tours:
Unsurprisingly, the Wazoo tours are outstanding.
The Hot Rats, Bongo Fury and 1988 tours were also popular, and behind them
3 more tours stood out from the rest. The top-15:
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1. Grand Wazoo Sep 1972:
116 votes
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Petit Wazoo Oct-Dec 1972:
116 votes
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3. Hot Rats Feb-Apr 1970:
85 votes
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4. Bongo Fury Apr-May 1975:
80 votes
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5. Feb-Jun 1988 tour:
70 votes
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6. Apr-May 1974 tour:
59 votes
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7. Aug-Oct 1978 tour:
54 votes
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8. Oct 1973-Mar 1974 tour:
51 votes
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9. Feb-Sep 1973 tour:
45 votes
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Jun-Dec 1974 tour:
45 votes
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11. Sep 1975-Mar 1976 tour:
38 votes
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Sep-Dec 1981 tour:
38 votes
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13. Sep 1977-Feb 1978 tour:
36 votes
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14. Aug 1968-Aug 1969 tours:
35 votes
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15. Flo&Eddie tours 1970-1971:
35 votes
Songs:
There were 62 songs to choose from for new YCDTOSA-type
releases. Behind some superior favourites, the results were very evenly
distributed.
Here's the top-20:
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1. Farther Oblivion 1973:
114 votes
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2. Sleep Dirt/Black Nakins combo 1975:
99 votes
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3. Peaches En Regalia 1988:
98 votes
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4. Black Napkins fall 1976:
96 votes
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5. Inca Roads 1973:
95 votes
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6. Uncle Remus 1988:
87 votes
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7. Apostrophe 1974/1975:
80 votes
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8. Let's Make The Water Turn Black 1975:
80 votes
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9. Improvisations from 1988:
72 votes
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10. Yellow Snow Suite 1973:
70 votes
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11. Portuguese Lunar Landing 1975:
66 votes
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Village Of The
Sun 1978:
66 votes
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13. Chunga's Revenge 1975/1976:
65 votes
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14. Wild Love 1977/1978:
64 votes
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15. King Kong 1977/1978:
63 votes
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16. Little House I Used To Live In 1978:
62 votes
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17. Brown Shoes Don't Make It 1973:
61 votes
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18. Filthy Habits 1976:
59 votes
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19. Pojama People 1974:
55 votes
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20. Dupree's Paradise 1973:
53 votes
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Yo Mama 1978:
53 votes
Guitar solos:
Again, the voters could rank the choices, which
gave pretty clear results. There were three divisions with 4 tours each,
and the
rest came pretty far behind.
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1. 1988 tour: 167 points
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2. Fall 1978: 151
points
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3. 1974 tour: 133
points
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4. 1977/78:
125 points
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5. 1975/76:
100 points
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6. 1981 tour:
99 points
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7. 1982 tour:
95 points
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Bongo Fury: 95
points
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9. Fall 1973:
85 points
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10. Spring 1973: 75 points
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11. 1976/77:
71 points
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Fall 1980:
71 points
Particular shows/runs of shows:
The superiority of the Wazoo tours was confirmed
here:
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1. Grand Wazoo tour: 148
votes
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2. Petit Wazoo tour:
129 votes
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3. Halloween 1978:
114 votes
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4. Hot Rats tour:
113 votes
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5. Roxy Dec 1973:
101 votes
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6. Bianca '76 shows:
80 votes
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7. Ritz 1981 show:
77 votes
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8. Australia 1973:
71 votes
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9. Hammersmith 1979:
67 votes
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10. Halloween 1977:
54 votes
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11. Dec 1976 shows:
46 votes
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12. Albert Hall 1969:
37 votes
Top-3 things on a future release:
These are the things that got mentioned by
4 or more people:
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1. Petit Wazoo concerts (25 people)
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2. Grand Wazoo concerts (22)
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3. Spring/Summer 1973 concerts (12 + 4 requesting
Sydney '73)
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4. Bianca 1976 concerts (11)
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5. Halloween 1978 (10)
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6. Synclavier material (9)
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7. Bongo Fury concerts (5)
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Fall 1973 concerts (5)
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Fall 1974 concerts (5)
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10. Ritz 1981 concert (4)
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1988 concerts (4)
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Guitar solos (4)
I should also mention here that many, many people
have asked for the CDs FZ completed before he died: Trance Fusion, Everything
Is Healing Nicely, Dance Me This and The Rage And The Fury. I'd left them
out conciously, but it should be noted that people are dying to hear these.
Same goes for the videos, especially the Roxy video.
Own suggestions:
I've recieved over a hundred different suggestion,
including new release type ideas, at least 50 concerts, and some band members
people want to hear more of. I also became aware of some songs that I'd
forgotten on the long list, most notably the Beatles songs from 1988 (12
people reminded me) and the Sofa Suite from 1971 (4 people).
The orchestral Sinister Footwear, played in
1984 was suggested by 10 people, and several others requested any orchestral
stuff there is. Some other things that were requested by more than two
people:
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A CD of guest performers (5 people)
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The "soiree" with Chieftains, Johnny Guitar Watson
etc. (5)
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Tour rehearsals (4)
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Audience participation (4)
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Complete UCLA Sep 1975 concerts (3)
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FZ bands playing covers (3)
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FZ playing acoustic guitar (3)
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The Santa Monica 12/11/81 early concert
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Packard Goose, 1988 version (3)
Two ideas that I found particularly interesting
(suggested by two people each):
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An album of non-FZ solos only. O'Hearn, Mars,
Wolf, Vai, Mann, Duke, etc.
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Evolution albums (evolution of Sinister Footwear,
Greggary Peccary)
End of Phaze One - votes are still coming
in. Stay tuned for updates in a few months. 11/21/98 - Bill Lantz
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