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 out of 5 stars5 out of 5 stars5 out of 5 stars5 out of 5 stars5 out of 5 stars5 out of 5 stars6 out of 5 starsAbsent Lovers Now Present   February 3, 2009
Written by barrystock

I’ve been waiting for an official release featuring the "Untitled Instrumental" aka "Absent Lovers" for 26 years. I first heard the tune on a bootleg purchased by a friend in 1983, "Indisciple Mining Rocks", and have wondered about it ever since. I went until late last year before hearing it again, and then found that "IMR" had been uploaded to a blog. I questioned a notable authority on the subject, and was told the tune’s brief history as he knew it.

What is most beguiling to me about the tune is the hovering, insectoid major second pattern, and it was what made me come back in my mind over the years to the piece. I think it is unprecedented in their canon, and is...really cool.

Thanks for putting this one up. It made my day!


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Fan Review
New KC compilation album: 'The Guitarless King Crimson'   Mon., May 13, 2013
Posted by: syncopatico
Following The Young Person’s Guide To King Crimson, The Abbreviated King Crimson, The Compact King Crimson and The Concise King Crimson, the newest KC comp is an mp3 DIY collection, The Guitarless King Crimson, featuring only the drum and bass Read more

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master(s) in the moment   Mon., May 13, 2013
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

Fan Review
Thanks!   Tue., Mar 19, 2013
Posted by: dwayne
Been wanting to hear this for 31 years!! Much appreciated! Read more

Fan Review
Of Stick And Slit Drum   Tue., Mar 19, 2013
Posted by: syncopatico
I’d recognize that 17/16 pattern anywhere! Wonderful to hear *just* the "rhythm section" especially the modulation in the second half of the piece when Bill switches the percussion from the more genteel slit drum accents to the heavier boobams, rototoms Read more

Fan Review
Great music and a small correction   Sat., Mar 2, 2013
Posted by: th6640c
Really like this CD. A small thing, but it’s spelled Champaign-Urbana. Read more

Fan Review
Happy to finally have this!   Mon., Feb 25, 2013
Posted by: cuicawrangler
I missed out on the CD release, so this FLAC version is most welcomed. Crimson’s ideas and sketches, particularly from this era, are so rich and musical that they make great listening even in unfinished Read more

Fan Review
Discipline   Sat., Oct 27, 2012
Posted by: dwayne
I would love to hear the percussion and bass track of Discipline. Read more

Fan Review
1981 that was a very good year   Tue., Oct 23, 2012
Posted by: melvinc7
I WAS LPAYING THIS MUISC WHEN IT CAME OUT WITH CHARLIE GAWLK AND JEFF ABBOT.WE WERE ALL IN THE 12TH GRADE IN HIGH SCHOOL.THIS TRACK BRINGS BACK SO MANY MEMORYS.THE BAND I WAS IN WAS CALLED Read more

Fan Review
Feel the Heat of the throbbing Jungle   Mon., Oct 22, 2012
Posted by: syncopatico
Without guitars, the rhythm of this Heat glows and percolates: Tony’s bass guitar (throbs, grooves and emerges even more ’elastic’; while Bill’s (no ride/hi-hat cymbals allowed!!) tribal backbeat pulses more clearly with boo-bams, his crisp signature snare sound and a Read more

Fan Review
FYI, This Recording is the Early Show   Mon., Sep 3, 2012
Posted by: jabella
For those who have been wondering, this recording is from the early show (aka first house) on November 5th.  To my knowledge, no recording exists of the November 5th late show (the first night of the Savoy Read more

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