Episode 29! In this episode Alice and Kristen are on the road to the premiere of the Fanny documentary “Fanny: The Right To Rock” so we are doing something a little different for this podcast! Have a listen to see what surprises we have in store for you all!
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First of all, thank you to Kristen for the shout out. I’m glad I was on the right track connecting “Summer Song” with Fanny: The Right to Rock.
Prior to listening to this episode, I streamed “Fanny: The Right to Rock”. One thing I never knew was Scott Millington describing how The Svelts drew crowds even when they rehearsed in the backyard. A great live band back even then.
On that note, playing The Beat Club session in its entirety was fitting. It would have made for a killer album & perfect for a road trip. I listened to the Beat Club session while taking the bus from NYC to Boston earlier this week. It was also fitting as it was a year ago this week that I heard Fanny for the first time in my life.
With respect to Episode 30, I hope we will hear Alice’s & Kristen’s observations of the U.S. Premiere of “Fanny: The Right to Rock”.
Thank, Aaron! Next episode promises to full of lots of good stuff!
“Summer Song” gave me the idea that we would be possibly talking about the movie… but whilst Alice, Gloria and Kristen are on the road, Byron *is* “always on the go” at “The Fanny Fort”, and drops THE set of songs that made me fall in love with this band…
…and now I have sweet tinnitus!
Interesting to purely “hear” the ‘71 “Beat Club” set; you can really focus on the playing and be blown away AGAIN!!!
See you guys for Ep 30!!! ❤️?❤️
I actually prefer to listen to the Beat-Club audio only as it really drives home how damn good they were live. And holding down the fort is what I do best! 🙂
The Beat-Club video currently has 267 dislikes. That’s 267 wimps, for those keeping score.
23K+ likes and almost ¾ million views are great to see!
And now, you have the actual….coming, yes, it’s coming….as soon as Byron gets them to me to sign……so, more tinnitus in your future!
Alice
Sounds terrific! This is the sound I fell in love with.
As for the premiere, “I wanna be there!”
Speaking of that section of “Charity Ball” has anybody deciphered what Nickey is saying rapidly during that part in the performance? All I can make out for certain is, “Baby you(‘d) better believe it…”
“Special Care” gets the proper ending it deserves here (with all due respect to Alice’s “bomp-bomp-diddly-bomp-bomp” ending on the record).
I am terrible at hearing lyrics in songs, so I’ll leave it to more qualified ears. I wish I could have been at the premiere too, but life didn’t allow for it.
I’m so glad, Tim, that you made note of the “better” ending on “Special Care.” I really am quite embarrassed when I hear the “bum, bum, diddlia, bum, bum”
That’s my spelling, and I’m sticking to it, I am!
HA!
Alice
Wow! What a great episode! It is awesome to hear the new and improved version of the Beat Club performance. Thanks Byron.
I once had a desire to be an audio engineer for a recording studio, but the math was way beyond me. But I occasionally get to use some of that skill to remaster some old audio and it’s just a ton of fun to do. Glad you liked what I did to the audio!
Thanks for holding the fort Byron. Good job !
You’re welcome, Angie!
Now that’s how I remember Fanny sounding in an auditorium! Hearing new things in your mix, Byron. Da iawn!
Have a great time at the premiere, gang. The revving and screech of burning rubber brought an irresistible image of the old ’47 bus lighting out for Frisco, lol. Can’t wait to see the film.
I’m streaming it this weekend myself. Glad you liked my remastering of the audio!
Greetings from balmy NYC –
Byron, thanx for clearing out the the dead time ‘tween numbers.
This will be my go to tape of the Beat Club performances from now on.
As much as I love the Beat-Club video, I’m way too hyper-active to sit through some of the long pauses. This is the mix I listen as well.
That was tight! This is a great mono recording and the first time I’d ever listened to it with headphones on,a real treat and a nice edit,Sir!
I did try applying some quasi-stereo effects to the audio, but it just didn’t sound right. I dig mono mixes in certain cases and this time it really drives the power of Fanny’s live performance.
Thanks for not messing with it too much!
Alice
While I certainly missed the regular banter, I loved having a chance to listen to this – I’d buy the CD if one was produced! The sound is crisp and clear and is a great example of all of the ass that Fanny kicks.
Such a great sound, man. Thanks for the Episode 29 treat!
I’d love it if this were put out on CD and vinyl, but the rights are WAY too expensive unfortunately.
Dammit, man. That’s one of the very best rock bands ever. I said it before, I’ll say it again.
Cheers,
E
Fuck yeah!!
Eric,
You can say it as many times as you want. I won’t get tired of it. I am proud of what Fanny created, even all these years later!
Best,
Alice
Fantastic. Loved it. Xxx
Thank you!
Thanks, Ann,
I’m just so thrilled that you’re having such a good time with us, AND that you’re playing again! I call that a “win-win!”
Love,
Alice
Ya know, you can go to the finest museums and view art of history’s master artists. You can travel the world over and see the worlds great architectural structures and be amazed by their presence. You can be awed by so many different human endeavors done by mankind over the millennium. You can learn so much from all the great writers and books written. But nothing and I mean nothing can change your mood, create a laugh, a smile, bring a tear, an instant memory of time past, instill love, joy and cause your body and mind to become “one” for just awhile like music can and does. And “Fanny is one such Band” that can and has done that to so many. They are truly a “special” band.
They are the “archeological discovery of Rock Music”! And, I am glad their music found me!
A poet after my heart.
Roger…this is an incredible comment. I’m simply blown away. I’m going to share it on the Fanny FB page, so that others can read it too. This is powerful…and I couldn’t agree more with your take-away that Fanny is that truly special band and indeed an archeological discovery that continues to find me.
Cheers,
Kristen
Wow, Roger,
I almost caught that lump in my throat, but it got away before I could grab it. Thank you kind sir, for you ever-so kind words!
Best,
Alice
Okay, this was the first time hearing the Beat Club without seeing it at the same time. Man, the be-bop pop of Charity Ball is transformed into a heavy-as-a-hundred-ton wrecking ball with the sound and fury of June’s guitar really shining through. I don’t think it’s overstating things by suggesting a lot of the pleasure derived from the Beat Club video clip is from watching Alice absolutely slaying her drums into submission on Blind Alley, and the audio file does nothing to diminish that. Although, I will say, I feel like I’ve now heard the definitive version of Ain’t That Peculiar as well now, again Alice doing some fine work – that section of the song where she’s almost exclusively thrashing her symbol is particularly satisfying to these old rocker’s ears! I mean, I turned around looking for Moonie.
As an aside, I go up my local athletic track most nights to burn off a bit of the old winter excess, and played this clip on a loop, and it came as no real shock to me that I smashed my personal best time! Talk about taking a performance enhancer!
Alice pretty much slays on every song! Well, at least the rockers. And I’m glad we’re helping you burn off some winter “excess”!
Hey, Jason,
I love being the motivation to help you best your time! I’ll keep that in mind as I practice on my electronic kit…..I’ve got some MAJOR rust to work out!
Thanks again,
Alice
Thanks Byron. Great work!
“That’ll wake you up!”
And thank you for the compliment! And yes, it will wake you and your neighbors up at the right volume. 🙂
Poor Snickers, turn it down, Byron…….
Byron, I detected that the playback in your mix was just a fraction of a beat faster than the You Tube Beat Club video and this sound is so much more alive its incredible! I believe you’ve captured the essence of what the girls must have sounded like live, which is of course un-freakin-believable!
Well, I didn’t purposely speed it up. I’ve noticed that will happen when an analog video is converted into a digital format. I’m glad you liked how I mastered it. The original was just too dry for me.
Hi John-E-Boy,
Thanks for pointing that out. l hadn’t noticed it, but I have always really liked the audio from the Beat Club, especially after Byron did his magic with it.
Alice
Also sounding awesome is the Live in Cleveland 1972 CD I got from the Fanny Store. Like Beat Club, it sounds like a radio station live-in-the-studio broadcast, with a great choice of songs. And it’s in stereo!
Yes, that CD is great sounding too! And yes, since it was broadcast on an FM station, the mix is in stereo.
You’re not the first, Roman,
My friend, Angie, had it on constant play in her car in France! She’s got me playing it in my car now as well. It works!
Alice
Another Fanny mystery solved!
I always figured that Todd Rundgren, like many creative people, was rather avant garde, and so I just chalked up to quirkyness, the shirtless pic of him sporting “nipple-protectors”, that had a strong resemblance to miniature cymbals, in studio.
Well, the context behind the photo of that light-hearted moment became oh-so-clear during the streaming of FANNY, THE RIGHT TO ROCK, whilst viewing candid photos from the Mother’s Pride sessions.
So now, I’ve just GOT to know Alice; were those “Paiste” pasties?
(see what I did there? Huh, huh?)
AND, as hot as it already was in the studio, did you not realize that by taking off your shirt you were only going to make it HOTTER?
(I could keep this up all day!)
Oh, you’re killin’ me!
If they hadn’t put the drum “cage” in front of the radiator, this would have never happened. Do ya think they might have done so on purpose? Hmmmmm
Yes, Todd did have that quirky side, and he loved the paiste pasties!
Best,
Alice