King Crimson

What KC album is it - the picture link doesn't seem to work?

It was Power To Believe - this one:



Late late Crimson (Fripp, Belew, Mastellotto, Gunn). Don't know it myself. I only go as far as Thrak, but it sounds interesting.

Thanks Gary

Another album that looks worth checking out

ATB Rotf

"Level Five" - yowza!

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Originally posted by bhazen:
"Level Five" - yowza!

Brian,

If you mean, Check your house Foundations if you have DBL's I agree . Hadn't played this for a while and all the Crimso ingredients are here... Power, Beauty and Mayhem.

Denis

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Originally posted by DenisA:

quote:

Originally posted by bhazen:
"Level Five" - yowza!

If you mean, Check your house Foundations if you have DBL's I agree . Hadn't played this for a while and all the Crimso ingredients are here... Power, Beauty and Mayhem.

Denis

Heck, I have J.M. Reynaud Twins (standmounts about the same size as Epos M12.2's) and the Crimso bass frightens the downstairs neighbors!

Cheers,
Bruce

Another DBL Warning!!

Robert has accompanied Gavin Harrison - O5Ric on some of the tracks for their forthcoming SoulKatcher release. This should be interesting and a chance to hear Gavin explore more ideas than his simple Porcupine Tree drumming I have no knowledge of Mr O5Ric other than he plays a 7 string Bass.

Also King Crimson are planning to get together in 2007 for yet another cycle of Crimsonising here

Denis

Power To Believe arrived yesterday, was played at a respectable <cough> volume and drew deep scowls from the family.

Result. Thanks for this Steve.

Bugger! I'm going to have to buy it.
I blimmin' love Crimson

I've been gradually re-discovering them over the last year. I loved the early ones to bits then they gradually lost me in the mid-70s. I confess I thought they'd gone the way of noise for the sake of it and didn't even try again until fairly recently.

Whether I was bonkers at the time or my tastes have changed, I've come to love the middle period albums and am working my way up-to-date, with side-trips through the live vault (for example, I love The Night Watch from which most of Starless & Bible Black came from). I'm currently struggling with the sort of compulsion that resulted in a vast(ish) pile of Grateful Dead live albums (wonderful though most of them are, you do get to the stage where you ask yourself "Do I really need another version of Going Down The Road Feelin' Bad?").

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. . . was played at a respectable <cough> volume and drew deep scowls from the family.

My work is done

What a great thread! I'm rediscovering my KC albums after a lay-off for maybe 6 months of being distracted by Americana.
This is what good threads should do - get you digging in the shelves.
Can't beat Red. Red and Starless & Bible Black.

Must dig out mine again.

I agree with Rasher about "Red" and "Starless & Bible Black" though I haven't listened to the latter for years as I used to have it on musicassette (one of the few I actually bought) which died several years ago.

I'd add Larks' Tongues in Aspic to that list too.

Must listen more to some of the more recent stuff too, I've got some of it on the shelves but I never seem to get as far as K.

Perhaps I ought to file them under C for Crimson but then they'd be nestling with Cure, Cocteau Twins and Chameleons albums (probably in that order, I only vaguely alphabetically arrnge my collection). So I'm still not sure they'd be picked out on impulse.

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Originally posted by Rasher:
Can't beat Red. Red and Starless & Bible Black.

Yes you can - Larks Tounges in Aspic -

Still why worry - just play all three great albums - lots of other Crimson albums are worth a spin too.

Yes, Aspic is sublime too.

I'm just playing Starless off Red - really loud.
Stunning. I'll put it on again.

I'm one of those who likes all KC stuff but particularly the more recent stuff. Saw them in Paris a couple of years ago. Brilliant. Worth checking out is Trey Gunn's recent solo work: Untune the sky on Inside Out Records

If you enjoy the The Night Watch live CD you might like to try another live CD from 21st century schizoid band .

The 21stcsb can be purchased here

Featuring - Ian McDonald (Saxophone, Flute, Keyboards, Vocals); Mel Collins (Alto / Tenor Sax, Flute, Keyboards); Peter Giles (Bass, Vocals); Jakko Jakszyk (Guitar, Lead Vocals) and finally the late great Ian Wallace (Drums)

Of this release Mel Collins comments "I think with this live album we got somewhere close to playing with the same amount of passion and ability that I was hoping for when we put the band together in 2002."

With pristine soundboard quality and the band playing up to an enthusiastic New York crowd, this double album is the definitive live release by the group.

Disc One:
Pictures Of A City
Cat Food
Let There Be Light
Cirkus
Spend Us Three
Cadence & Cascade
The Court Of The Crimson King
Ladies Of The Road
Catleys Ashes
Formentera Lady
Sailors Tale

Disc Two:
I Talk To The Wind
Epitaph
21st Century Schizoid Man
Starless

Enjoy

Denis

After reading this thread. I can't stand it any longer, I'm taking Schubert off the turntable and putting on Lark's Tounges in Aspic.

Thanks

volume is up to 12 oclock

VROOM is also very cool. "Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream" is a great track.

Power To Believe has just arrived, and I'm playing it now (had it delivered to work).

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Originally posted by Rasher:
Power To Believe has just arrived, and I'm playing it now (had it delivered to work).

So what is it like then you tease?

Brutal

Had the joy of seeing them on their UK Tour not long after they got together. Centre Front Row Circle at Cambridge Corn Exchange. Perfect view and sound. Sublime. I nearly cried.

James

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Originally posted by DenisA:
If you enjoy the The Night Watch live CD you might like to try another live CD from 21st century schizoid band .

The 21stcsb can be purchased here

Featuring - Ian McDonald (Saxophone, Flute, Keyboards, Vocals); Mel Collins (Alto / Tenor Sax, Flute, Keyboards); Peter Giles (Bass, Vocals); Jakko Jakszyk (Guitar, Lead Vocals) and finally the late great Ian Wallace (Drums)

Of this release Mel Collins comments "I think with this live album we got somewhere close to playing with the same amount of passion and ability that I was hoping for when we put the band together in 2002."

With pristine soundboard quality and the band playing up to an enthusiastic New York crowd, this double album is the definitive live release by the group.

Disc One:
Pictures Of A City
Cat Food
Let There Be Light
Cirkus
Spend Us Three
Cadence & Cascade
The Court Of The Crimson King
Ladies Of The Road
Catleys Ashes
Formentera Lady
Sailors Tale

Disc Two:
I Talk To The Wind
Epitaph
21st Century Schizoid Man
Starless

Enjoy

Denis

Power to Believe is hard to find fault with, I was very pleased to hear more of the vibes from the post-Double Trio "ProjeKCts" surfacing than was in evidence on ConstruKCtion of Light (odd, as that was made right after the ProjeKCts, but seemed a bit more harking back to the Discipline era in its makeup). I particularly like the 80s output, but it did seem a bit retrogressive to concentrate on interlocking guitar lines again after all of the rhythmic invention of the ProjeKCt lineups.

In 2004 the Crims (with T-Lev stepping back in and Gunn departing) scheduled themselves to get back together around... September 2007, but a bit of googling suggests that'll be off, but a possible 40th anniversary lineup (as yet unannounced, but knowing Fripp I can't think it'll owe much to nostalgia and greatest hits!) may be in the works for a couple of years time.

Speaking of T-Lev, he has a new CD called Stick Man out on September 24th. http://www.tonylevin.com/ has some tasters to listen to, sounds quite good to me in a "if you like Power to Believe, you'll like this" manner. Pat Mastelotto has done most of the drumming, I think, and it has the inventively busy vibe he's brought to his Crim recordings.

Personal fave Crim... probably THRAK. That album just has such amazing range.

Pete.

News from DGM Live!

Awakening The Beast of Crim
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Sep 3, 2007

Crimson are back in action in 2008. Short on details for the moment, Robert’s
latest diary entry has what there is.

Denis