=-> Quoting Stuart Dubois to Martin Ridgley:
 SD> The funny thing is, if there was one KC album which didn't need
 SD> great bass playing (for the most part), it was Islands.
   Hmmm... that was Boz's first album with them.  I wonder if the music
 didn't require great bass playing or was it just that the parts were
 written to accommodate a guy who was still fairly new to the instrument?
 I can't honestly discuss the album with any authority, though.  I haven't
 actually heard _Islands_ in many years.  At the time the album didn't do
 much for me.  It might now, but I lost my vinyl copy in the late 70s
 sometime and never replaced it.
 =-> re Adrian Belew:
 M> I like _Lone Rhino_, but his second album, _Twang Bar King_ didn't
 M> do as much for me.  I don't have a lot of his solo material, but one
 M> that I *do* really like is _Young Lions_ (1990).  IMHO, his best stuff
 M> is on the two late 1980s albums by The Bears.
 SD> I guess the only non-KC stuff I've heard (other than Laurie Anderson
 SD> and Peter Gabriel, maybe) is _Lone Rhino_.
   I didn't know he'd worked with Laurie Anderson.  I don't have any of
 her stuff.  As for Peter Gabriel, I know that Robert Fripp is on his
 first three solo albums, and Tony Levin plays on almost all of them.
 I don't recall Belew working with PG, though.  Unless he toured with
 him or something.
   I guess Belew's best known work outside of KC has probably been his
 stints as lead guitarist with David Bowie and Talking Heads.
 SD> Don't know ANYTHING about the Bears, though.
   The Bears were a quirky four-piece pop/rock band fronted by Belew on
 lead guitar and vocals.  They made only two albums, _The Bears_ (1987),
 and _Rise and Shine_ (1988).  Both albums were on I.R.S. and are now
 out of print, but if you like Adrian Belew, they're definitely worth
 searching out.
 SD> He deleted a guitar solo of the remaster of _Discipline_.
 M> Whoa!  I never heard about that!  Which one?
 SD> Something in "Matte Kudasai", according to the RMPers.  I have not
 SD> verified this personally, but it seems to be widely agreed upon.
   Hmmmm... I'll have to check that out!
 =-> re: the re-mastered versions of _Discipline_, _Beat_ and _TOAPP_:
 SD> If you really can't find them, I can probably steer you to a vendor.
   Well, I haven't been able to actually find copies locally, but I'm
 sure I can find a store or independent dealer here who will get them
 for me.  Thanks anyway, for the offer, though.
 =-> re: harsh criticism of Fripp's
 SD> Yes, but I think I'm allowed to criticize him as much as I want,
 SD> since I've been supporting him for so long.
   Fair enough.  You'll get no argument from me on that score!  :-)
 M> Actually, I find him to be quite an interesting individual.   ;-)
 SD> Yeah, anyone who can come up with _Court_, _LTIA_, and _Discipline_
 SD> and call it the same band has to be pretty interesting.
   No kidding!  ;-)
    Cheers,
             Martin
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