Notes
With over a dozen dates under their belts Crimson were really hitting their stride, playing a high-energy show and unveiling new material such as The Night Watch, Lament and Fracture. In the latter’s case, it’s so new that the paint is still wet with a couple of sticky moments evident around the intro.

However, the real surprise comes around the 6.30 mark in Fracture - with an unreleased section they later discarded, propelled by a mighty Wetton bass line that reappears on Red’s Starless. An improvised section prior to those familiar rasping chords adds a pinch of wonder to this tale of the unexpected, making it a glimpse of an alternative Fracture.

A vintage improv, driven by Bill’s rhythm box, features great thunking chunks of bass, laser-beam guitar, screeching violin lines, swathes of Mellotron and some ebullient Bruford mayhem make this an Asbury Park style must-have.

The final 20 minutes of this gig are astonishingly good with one of the best Talking Drum doing the rounds, and if you’ve think you’ve heard all the Schizoid Man you’re likely to need, then think again. The chaps were on form in cowboy country – yee, and indeed, haaa!

Thanks to caption competition winner GeeJay for picking this gig.

 

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Personnel
Bill Bruford - Drums, Percussion
David Cross - Violin, Viola, Mellotron, Electric Piano
Robert Fripp - Guitar, Mellotron
John Wetton - Bass Guitar & Lead Vocal

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