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King Crimson - Variety Playhouse 07/21/01 (2001)

Track listing:
  1. Dangerous Curves 6:57
  2. Into The Frying Pan 6:22
  3. The Construkction Of Light 9:11
  4. Level Five 8:34
  5. Prozakc Blues 5:51
  6. Response To Stimuli 5:19
  7. Cyriel 6:56
  8. Frame By Frame 5:18
  9. Dinosaur 5:53
  10. Red 5:41
  11. Thela Hun Ginjeet 6:00
  12. Larks' Tongue In Aspic Part IV - Coda 13:58
  13. Deception Of The Thrush 7:51
  14. Crimson Blue 6:39
  15. Elephant Talk 5:03

Notes

Atlanta

Not the best sounding audience recording from this tour but not too bad. The biggest problem seems to be the overall volume. However, there is low audience noise and the bass is audible.

What's pleasantly interesting is the track "Crimson Blue" which is a slow bluesy version of "Level Five" they played during this summer tour. This seems to be a primitive version compared to others i've heard with an intirely different arrangement, including a bit of a spy theme shuffle for last the few measures. Adrien Belew introduces saying,"Something brand new. We had so much success with The Prozakc Blues we decided to write some more blues. This one will have melody and words but for now you can make up your own." The track "Cyriel" is an early version of "Virtuous Circle". "Response To Stimuli" is a unique version here of an improv that led to "Elektrik".