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Actually Dave, I think it's Gilmour who took something from Gottsching (see things like "Run Like Hell"), given the year. I really don't understand what they have in common with Fripp, and with Schulze, he played with him and he was the guitarist...

Airone, do you know Abandoned Cities by Harold Budd? It contains two long, very dark suites, Dark Star, but above all Abandoned Cities (my favorite "Vuh") and I believe it's the twin album of In the Garden, although I personally prefer it to the Popol Vuh album, which I've lost the impact of after the first listens. Now the Germans' album somewhat bores me; I find it hasn't aged very well, while Hosianna is still as fresh as a rose.
@Psycho: reading what you wrote, I think you should avoid End of an Ear like the plague, since, just to mention one thing, it’s probably a lot tougher to listen to than Trout Mask Replica…imho, of course. In Rock Bottom, I initially appreciated especially Sea Song; now among the six tracks, it's the one I find “lesser,” and not out of some snobbishness like Decano, but because I later discovered the value of the other tracks.

psy, I haven't read krautrocksampler yet, but from what I've heard I knew that Cope later completely reevaluated this album...

Krautrock is a timeless masterpiece, and jennifer follows closely, not to mention the absolute modernity of this album. Sure, there are a few lesser tracks, but I wonder how much decano would rate So far and Faust tapes. It seems that for the reviewer, the fault lies in the fact that the faust are more “listenable,” and from the above, that they have sold out to become the idols of teenage girls. Any serious arguments, instead? “reaching for the stars”? Huh?!

And then, before discussing the "death of the album format," I'd be cautious. Simply put, the ability to sell the single track in digital format will accompany the album.

@tom troubert and primiballi: you see, I wasn't really referring specifically to Vasco: even Radiohead, for example, discussed years ago the overcoming of the album format. The single track doesn’t have to be radio-friendly/ringtone/three-minut es long. Is it a commercial move? Yes, but the album that needs to be filled also had to do with commerce and not art. The difference is that in the first case we would rid ourselves of the filler. Clearly, this doesn't mean that Vasco will suddenly become Mahler because he will focus on the single track in the future, but perhaps many will be able to focus more on quality (at least avoiding the publication of every nonsense recorded to reach a half hour of music to put on the album).

"Only the album gives you the time to develop thoughts" sorry, and who established this? So a classical music piece (which originally for obvious reasons couldn't be on a record) lasting ten minutes wouldn't have its own dignity? I understand that your argument might have some relative validity for a concept, but what about that vast amount of records which are essentially collections of self-sufficient songs (that is, they don’t refer to anything else: they start and end and “explain” themselves), perhaps written years apart, which only have in common the fact that the artist in question selected them to put them in the same container? The discussion goes beyond Vasco. (Ah, De Andrè was an open and curious person; I hardly see him in the shoes of a conservative.)

And what does the piece have to do with the reasoning?

Beyond the value of the song, which I haven't even heard (and I'm not too concerned about), I believe what Vasco says (who certainly wasn't the first) is reasonable. There are thousands of albums out there where the only worthy part is the single, and the rest is filler. This is because either you reach a certain length or you steal people's money; a lot of people think this way. Why on earth should it be a bad thing to move past the era of the container that has to be filled to the brim at all costs?

Yes, the guitarist of Patto was truly monstrous technically; at that time I think he was second only to Holdsworth and on the same level as McLaughlin. In my opinion, he even outshined Alvin Lee. However, it's true that in terms of composition there are better options. Ah, I think you should specify what kind of blues you're looking for (slow or gritty, classic blues or blues/rock?) in case someone needs to give you some advice...