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Poplar Creek Music Theatre Hoffman Estates, Illinois |
 We Were There February 26, 2012
Written by rabbimeyer
"Our drummer, Bruford, would like to thank the two guys from Baton Rouge from two years ago ... and all the rest of you, too." And with that, KC launched Red. I just downloaded this show, I hope the banter is on there! Dave, Brian, Geo and cousin Russ were there, too, that strange night 28 years ago ... and thanks Auntie Grace, for letting us crash on your floor. I know you didn’t expect a bunch of heads at your place at midnight, but you were a trooper! Poplar Creek had sold "packages" that summer (four or five different shows grouped together and sold at a "discount") and, by my recollection, they packaged KC with Rick Springfield and some other pop acts to make for a strange collection (who’d you pair them up with to begin with?). So there were a number of folks there because they had the tickets, but no experience with the band. I trust Entry -> Larks Tongues ->Thela was a nice introduction. Elvis Brothers opened and having seen them as "just" a party band in Madison, I was quite impressed with their show, even having fun with us by "playing to type" (not). Fire in the City indeed. I was able to trade for this bootleg right when classes started in Madison that next fall (and thanks to the clerk at Wazoo Records in Madison for trading!) When friends who saw the next KC show (in Milwaukee) heard the tape, they were disappointed that they hadn’t gone to this show. And I am pleased that I am able to support the artists by purchasing the download here. If you have Absent Lovers, you don’t "need" Poplar Creek (and vice versa, I guess) but I think the Poplar Creek show was "better" and I’m trying to judge by quality, not because I was there.
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Posted by: halbie
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Delightful Fri., May 19, 2006
Posted by: DoctorNerve
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Posted by: z1jams
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Dodgy audio, but engaging performance Thu., May 18, 2006
Posted by: dubhthaigh
The stars are strictly for the performance on this. It isn’t the worst of the official boots, that distinction belongs to the Ft Lauderdale take on the Collins-Wallace-Burrell and Fripp KC, but it isn’t very good Read more
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Reggio Emilia, Italy August 29, 1982
Posted by: Jonathan
The word "Fun" seems to be the key word in most reviews when describing this release and I can only add to the growing throng of reviews that FUN this concert definately is to listen Read more
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Rising synergy captured Fri., Mar 31, 2006
Posted by: sfeite
Don’t be fooled, this isn’t a studio album, it is a bootleg. You will hear people talking sometimes, but like some polite audiences they do actually stop talking while the musicians are Read more
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Very expensive!! Wed., Feb 22, 2006
Posted by: SoftCorrea
It’s a bootleg, an audience recording. Is very expensive.
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Sheer Energy from a Hungry Band Tue., Feb 21, 2006
Posted by: heavenly
Sheer Energy from a hungry band REVIEW 21-02-06 King Crimson Live, 14 October 1981, Cologne This is a fantastic concert. At the time, I did not attend this one, but Read more
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The Chatter auf Deutch is sehr ungewohnlich Thu., Feb 16, 2006
Posted by: dubhthaigh
This is Deutsch with a KC this time. The performances are exceptionally fun to listen to, and for a boot tape (God Bless German technology) it certainly sounds better than the Moles Club Read more
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Terrific Live '81 Set Wed., Feb 15, 2006
Posted by: baldrick
This is a very good cleaned up audience recording of King Crimson circa 1981. Its significance stems from the fact that there are very few high quality live recordings available from 1981: a year when King Crimson re-emerged with arguably one of Read more
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