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  Peaches, Ft. Laud., FL May 19, 2011
Written by mrdickens
Robert Fripp’s name appeared on the marquee of this chain record store for about a week, and I was shocked. I attended the concert on time and the store was already thoroughly packed. So I had to stand in the back, and since it was a store floor after all, it was hard to see. Also Mr. Fripp is relatively short in stature so that made it worse. Mr. Fripp began with a surprisingly lengthy unamplified spoken preamble which was very difficult to make out, and audience members were shouting out from time to time with, "Microphone! Can’t hear you!" etc. One thing I recall him saying which surprised me was a comment on digital sampling and saying how wonderful it was that now we could use practically any sound in any manner, and he gave the example of using a door slam as a drumbeat. Disregarding the audience’s outbursts, Mr. Fripp spoke in a very quiet manner. He also mentioned something about the performer’s limited obligation to the audience, the "vampiric" relationship, and a prohibition on recording devices, since they diminish the possibilities of the performance. With much urgency, someone finally appeared with a mic on a mic-stand and after weaving through the audience, placed it in front of Mr. Fripp. Whereby, Mr. Fripp immediately concluded his monologue and began his guitar solo with Revox machine. When that was done, Mr. Fripp stopped, rewound the tape, gave a brief description of the intention of the following overdubbed improvisation, and then proceeded with a rather scalding performance over top the previous foundation. Quite soon after the performance I was obligated to leave for some reason that I don’t recall. I was quite overwhelmed by the performance. In the photo, you can see a "corn plant" which is a popular ornamental plant, and also large paper which was hung for the performance, over the enormous plate glass windows of the store. The store has changed hands multiple times, but still stands at 1500 E Sunrise BLVD. J
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CD Version Fri., Feb 24, 2012
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Sirs, I was wondering when/if the CD version of this would be coming out. I’m really looking forward to it. Thanks for everything, Mike Bennett / Zimiamvian NightHi Mike, sadly there's no release date set for the Read more
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Crafty fun Thu., Feb 23, 2012
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London, London, United Kingdom July 21, 1969
Posted by: paulwelsh
sounds wonderful! the utter precision of the guitar is only appreciable when heard in this reverbless context-id love to hear the whole album like this
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Hannover, Germany May 23, 1980
Posted by: dennymc
I was lucky enough to see this band twice in 1980, in NY. This is the best live recording I have heard of the LOG, and it sends chills up my Read more
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London, London, United Kingdom July 21, 1969
Posted by: mipoch
Funny thing is, the drum sound on ITCOTCK is one of the things I’ve continued to love about this album since I first heard it in 1976. I don’t know if it’s how they’re tuned, or the particular sonics of Read more
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What a drums!! Mon., Feb 20, 2012
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My grandfather should be 105 by now but he died at 97. He was an excellent musician that could have been professional, but his family forced him to be an Read more
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Erroneous indexing of samples of wonderful music Thu., Feb 16, 2012
Posted by: JamesBlevins
Wonderful music.
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Great Thu., Feb 16, 2012
Posted by: construccion
Excellent.
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A piece of history Tue., Feb 14, 2012
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How different the world of music would have been had this concert not have happened for KC!
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Thank you Thank you Mon., Feb 13, 2012
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Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you...This is too much...Thank you
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