> Some observations:
> -I've never heard of the Steinman Thanksgiving '78
> disappearing act. I've always been reading that they
> mutually parted from touring together so that Steinman
> could prepare the second album and Meat could tour some
> more.
My understanding is that Jim started working-on/arranging the next album with Roy Bittan, rather than Meat, and that pissed him (Meat) off.
I guess Meat felt they would put the album together like Bat 1, but obviously Jim wanted to try a different approach.
> -I believe Jim said a possible collaboration would be
> called Climaxes & Conclusions.
Jim blogged that, and I took it as a 'working title'. It's okay but if they do a (final) album, I would hope for a better title.
> Four octaves?
I don't think music theory is Meat's strong point. Some of Jim's songs are difficult from a breathing/phrasing point-of-view, but (without checking) I think the biggest ranges are 10-12 notes, which is less than two octaves.
I don't know of a song that stretches over 4 octaves.
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