King Crimson
Hart Theatre @ The Egg Center For The Performing Arts
Albany, NY
September 8, 2014
Full dress rehearsal concert for 'friends and family' the night before the first official public concert.
Taped and transferred by Bigdaddybflo
Gear: Tascam DR-07
Mastered by }{eywood
Lineage: DR-07 (wav @ 24/48) > USB > Dropbox > plugin enhanced Adobe Audition 1.5 (clap reduction, EQ, normalization) Xrecode II (flac 8)
I'm posting this on The Pirate Bay as a big Fuck You to Robert fripp and his attitude toward tapers and because it's the only place that isn't afraid to keep it posted when Fripp & Co. try to have it taken down. It's nice to see a private show where one of the "friends and family" of a band that cracks down the hardest on bootlegging was a taper.
A number of treats at this show including the first live performances of Pictures of a City, The Letters and A Sailor's Tale since 1972, Larks' Tounges in Aspic Part 1 and Starless since 1974 and the first performance ever of One More Red Nightmare.
Because of security issues Big Daddy had to keep hiding the recorder. The sound of the recording changes as the show goes on because of this. Some times the low end is a bit abundant, sometimes the mids. There were also a lot of mic bumps and sounds of the recorder being handled. I've edited these out or attenuated them as much as possible, but I couldn't chase all the problems out, so it is what it is.
Finally, there was a very od electrical interference sound beginning at the encore break, a high pitched squeal that sounds a lot like the sound a remote control makes when you point it at a mic or tapedeck. I have no idea what causes this, but I saw it once before on another show my partner recorded. The majority of it happens during the encore break applause, but it spills over a little into the music. I cut it from the encore break, but behind the music I had to noise reduction to get it out.
01 Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One
02 Pictures of a City
03 A Scarcity of Miracles
04 interlude
05 The ConstruKction of Light (Part One)
05 One More Red Nightmare
06 Hell Hounds of Krim
07 Red
08 The Letters
09 Level Five
10 Hell Bells
11 Sailor's Tale
12 The Light of Day
13 The Talking Drum
14 Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two
15 Starless
16 Hoodoo
17 21st Century Schizoid Man
Robert Fripp — guitars, guitar synthesiser/MIDI guitar, Soundscapes, keyboards, Frippertronics
Mel Collins — saxophones, flutes
Tony Levin — bass guitars, Chapman Stick, upright bass, backing vocals
Pat Mastelotto — acoustic and electronic drums and percussion
Gavin Harrison — drums
Jakko Jakszyk — guitars, lead vocals, flute
Bill Rieflin — drums, keyboards, backing vocals
Many thanks to Big Daddy for taking the risks he does, and for his "Fuck you. It's not yours anymore" attitude toward bands, one I wholeheartedly embrace.