KING CRIMSON – GREAT DECEIVER-LIVE 1973-1974 CD2

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David Cross: Violin, Mellotron, Electric Piano Robert Fripp:¬ Guitar, Mellotron, Electric Piano John Wetton: Bass Guitar, Vocals Bill Bruford: Drums, Percussion At first glance it may have seemed like overkill, 4CDs of live unreleased material from only one of several of the King Crimson line-ups covering a 9-month period of performing, to be issued within a mere 18 months of a previous 4CD (the 3 studio, 1live ‘Frame by Frame’) Crimson retrospective boxed set. All the more so when considered against the fact that one of Crimson’s key markets, the USA, where much of the material had originally been recorded, was reported to be ‘hostile’ towards live recordings as a general rule. Nor was there any vast enthusiasm shown for the project elsewhere – with the customary exception of Japan – until the set was issued, warmly received critically, promptly purchased by fans & sold out of retail outlets who proved rather more accepting of the set than record company logic dictated they should have been. The key to the success was in the music itself. Nine months in the life of an extraordinary group of young musicians, musicians who listened to one another intently, musicians who had a wealth of existing material to draw from, an emerging body of new material to perform, (ultimately the basis of the classic ‘Red’ album recorded shortly after the final concert represented here), and a passion for improvising that allowed them to treat their core set with great fluidity. Track Listing CD1…Acts Of Deception (The Magic Circus, or Weasels Stole Our Fruit) Pittsburgh, PA – Stanley Warner Theatre: April 29th. 1974 1. Walk on… No Pussyfooting 2. The Great Deceiver 3. Improv – Bartley Butsford 4. Exiles 5. Improv – Daniel Dust 6. The Night Watch 7. Doctor Diamond 8. Starless 9. Improv – Wilton Carpet 10. The Talking Drum 11. Larks’ Tongues In Aspic Part Two (abbreviated) Penn. State Univ. June 29 1974 12. Applause & Announcement 13. Improv – Is there Life Out There? CD2 …But Neither Are They Otherwise Toronto Massey Hall: June 24th. 1974 1. Improv – The Golden Walnut 2. The Night Watch 3. Fracture 4. Improv – Clueless And Slightly Slack Zurich Volkshaus: November 15th. 1973 5. Walk on… No Pussyfooting 6. Improv – Some Pussyfooting 7. Larks’ Tongues In Aspic: Part One 8. Improv – The Law Of Maximum Distress: Parts One 9. Improv – The Law Of Maximum Distress: Parts Two 10. Easy Money 11. Improv – Some More Pussyfooting 12. The Talking Drum