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The first performance, at Moles in Bath, was on April 30th 1981; the last at The Spectrum, Montreal, on July 11th 1984. The Tony, Ade, Billy & Bob Crimson were more song based than earlier versions of Crimson, but could still tear out and flatten ear hairs within a mile.
The 1981/4 Crimson was the first which did not have a full complement of English players. This was 50/50 Anglo American. The bleak Crim view lightened, the musical boundaries became wider, the hostility of the English music press continued. In one case, that of John Gill, this continued for nearly ten years beyond the completion of the fourth-formation Crimson's tour of duty in mid-1984.
Each live Crimson has featured some aspect of new or current technology. This Crim featured two Roland GR300 guitar synthesisers, Chapman Stick and Simmonds electronic drums.
The 1981/4 Crimson recorded three studio albums "Discipline" (1981); "Beat" (1982); "Three of a Perfect Pair" (1984).
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7 April 1982
London, London, United Kingdom
Apr. 07, 1982
A wonderfully up-close-and-in-room earful of Levin and Bruford conjuring up a kind of space-jazz that would make up the spine of Requiem during the recording of Beat.
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Moles
Bath, England
Apr. 30, 1981
The smoky, sweaty atmosphere of the tiny club is tangible; the place where Red makes its live debut – seven years after it was first recorded.
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Robert Fripp's Diary
Sun., Aug 29, 1982
Reggio. 13.25
Andy Summers was rude to me when we first met: not the calculated insult of considered reflection, but the insouciant brusque of a teenage beast. Read more
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Odyssey Recording Studios London, London, United Kingdom
April 07, 1982
Posted by: syncopatico
What really needs to be said: just listen to a master drummer in the moment--playing improvisatory and intuitively while at the same time reacting to Tony Levin’s bass (fretless?) underpinnings (who in turn, reacts to the percussive Read more
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