King Crimson on November 21, 1969 in New York

King Crimson

	November 21, 1969

	Fillmore East New York, N.Y., USA

Notes
They say good things come in small packages. By seamlessly joining an audience recording of In The Court to Michael Giles’ own cassette of the gig at the first night of the Fillmore East (which had been missing the bulk of that song), DGM have faithfully recreated a small slice of KC history - now audible for the first time since the gig some 37 years ago although the majority of this show will be familiar to anyone who has the KCCC25.

A tired Ian McDonald records in his 1969 dairy that the band had spent the previous day rehearsing Pictures Of A City and ran through it on the afternoon of the 21st just to nail down the arrangements. The lyrics, as you can hear are still being written, differing slightly from the album version which would be recorded the following month by the remnants of the group. Of the gig on the 21st itself, McDonald notes that they “Played really well, went down OK." A classic slice of Crimhistory and as David Singleton says “that rare treasure - a virtually complete and audible show from 1969.” The band played a shortened set list as they were part of a large bill, headlined by Joe Cocker - with two shows a night.

Tracks

Disc Number 1
1.	In The Court Of The Crimson King	[PREVIEW]	7.53
2.	A Man A City	[PREVIEW]	11.50
3.	Epitaph	[PREVIEW]	9.00
4.	21st Century Schizoid Man	[PREVIEW]	7.55

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Personnel
Robert Fripp - Guitar
Michael Giles - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocal
Greg Lake - Bass Guitar, Vocal
Ian McDonald - Winds, Reeds, Keys, Backing Vocal
Peter Sinfield - Words, Illuminations

Audio Source: First Generation Cassette

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Fillmore East 1969 - Please Clarify!!!, Tue., Feb 3, 2009
Written by pcontos

Filmore East 1969 - Please Clarify!!!
:: Posted by pcontos on August 21, 2007

DGM,

This was the message on the site when this show went live in Feb 2006. I am very confused as to which show is which, 21 or 22. Can someone claify?

KC69 "Played really well, went down OK"
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Feb 3, 2006

There’s a new old show available today as KC69 makes their DGMLive debut.

What we have here is an about as complete as it gets audience recording of the first night of KC69s stint at the Fillmore East and here, as David Singelton explains, is how it came to be.

“Shows from 1969 bring out the treasure hunter in me. This show - now available with everything but the final improv for the very first time - came quite by chance. Twice! The first time, Michael Giles mentioned that he had "the same bootleg of Fillmore East as everyone else" - and produced what is still the only copy I have ever heard. His tape had three complete songs but was missing all but the closing bars of The Court of the Crimson King. The second time, some ten years later, Tony Calabro wrote to say that the liner notes from Epitaph were wrong, as the performance that we had dated as 22nd November was actually one of the two performances from the 21st. In passing, he mentioned that he knew this as he had himself recorded the opening songs, until his machine jammed. By putting the two tapes together, we now have that rare treasure - a virtually complete and audible show from 1969. Any other undiscovered tapes in those closets?!”

Clearly if you already have KCCC25 and don’t feel the need to have a complete version of Court then you can happily save your heard-earned moolah for lots of other goodies.

It says that there were two performances on the 21st? Does that mean there weren’t any on the 22nd as the CC #25 indicates?

Also, Epitaph boxset has listed the recording on there from the 21st? This one matches the first show on CC #25 which also says the 21st.

The DGM Live download says its the 21st as well but this one matches the version on CC #25 listed as the 22nd. Is this where the mistake is? Is this actually a second show from the 21st? Can sombody Clarify?

Also, on the new download, where does the seem of the two recordings occur? I can’t tell at all so Alex did a great job. Does it occur during the flute solo on Crimson King where Michael Giles tape starts? Or does it occur during Epitaph where the bootleg copy ends?

Any help would be appreciated

thanks

Paul Contos

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