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 The gig that changed my life May 22, 2008
Written by mramnesiac
Yes, I know hyperbole is the common argot of the web, but just consider... I was an18 year old rock fan, into Yes, Soft Machine, Kevin Ayers, The Bonzos. I’d heard improvisation before, but always within a context. I’d never heard truly free improvisation, jumping out into the void and seeing what happens. This gig was truly revelatory. And what’s more, of all the free improvisation I have heard since then, from Henry Cow through Lol Coxhill through Evan Parker through to the bunch that I even get to play with myself, Oxford Improvisers, King Crimson, the 1972 Jamie Muir including incarnation in particular, remain the exemplars. Had any rock band ever done anything like this before? Had Crimson done anything like this before? If so, please dear internet egghead, enlighten me. I’ve just recorded my first album, of mainly improvised rock music. For some of us it takes a long time to realise who we are (indeed, some of us never realise it). Were it not a collaborative project I would have called it 25.11.72. How strange that I should wait over 35 years to hear this music again, and how moving to hear it afresh. To everyone involved in its preservation I offer my heartfelt thanks.
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Oxford Dreaming Thu., Sep 1, 2011
Posted by: petersenior
Superb playing and great sound for an audience bootleg. After a great Larks 1 followed by some amusing comments from RF there is a sublime Daily Games drifting via a DC solo into a pastoral improv which quietly builds into Read more
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A quality download Tue., Jul 29, 2008
Posted by: HarrySpade
The sound quality is very good for a bootleg cassette. Most of the instruments are audible throughout, especially David Cross’ violin.
The performances are outstanding. The version of "Larks’ Tongues In Aspic Part 1" included here rivals the studio Read more
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The gig that changed my life Thu., May 22, 2008
Posted by: mramnesiac
Yes, I know hyperbole is the common argot of the web, but just consider... I was an18 year old rock fan, into Yes, Soft Machine, Kevin Ayers, The Bonzos. I’d heard improvisation before, but always within a Read more
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it all comes flooding back.... Fri., May 16, 2008
Posted by: antmanbee
I saw this line-up one magical night at Liverpool Empire about a week after the Oxford show - caught the entire performance on my trusty Philips cassette recorder only for some light-fingered removal man to swipe it (along with half Read more
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Return of the Beast Tue., Mar 18, 2008
Posted by: DeVito
With all due respect to Boz et al., in my view Crimson didn’t exist from January 1970 to mid-1972; the recordings and bands assembled by Fripp during that time seem to me to be more a series of proto-ProjeKcts, none Read more
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It makes me smile Tue., Mar 18, 2008
Posted by: pyython
The "balls to the wall" approach to the music this group has here simply makes me smile when I hear it. After 2 good listens, I still find LTIA 1 and the Improv to be spectacular pieces of Read more
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