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Penn State University University Park, Pennsylvania |
 Underappreciated Show July 9, 2008
Written by nasmformyzombie
This is an underapppreciated show. Granted, it doesn’t have quite the energy or power of the Asbury Park gig, but the band is in good form, Fripp’s opinion of the show at the time notwithstanding. Larks’ Tongues Part II, Lament and Exiles are typical of this period, muscular and confident. The boys are in supersonic overdrive intergalactic space boogie mode on the improv Is There Life Out There, and Easy Money’s improv section takes on a jazzy sensibility. But here’s the surprise: the show’s closing numbers, Fracture and Starless, are superior here to the Asbury Park gig; more energy, better focus. And one more thing: from a sonic perspective there is not a better recorded show of 1974 Crimso available. If the boys had only come out for the Schizoid Man encore, this would be a gig for the ages.
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Curious Tue., Jan 29, 2013
Posted by: JordanClifford
It’s curious to me, as it should be to anyone, to see a 2 minute Easy Money followed by a long improv. Why do they separate this one as a separate and re-titled improv instead of just billing it as Read more
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Fantastic Mon., Aug 22, 2011
Posted by: DarrylDardenne
Not only is the performance wrought with tension, which means in this case the musicians are paying attention to each other, but the recording sounds as if the band is playing right in front of you in a small Read more
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I was AT this show.... Wed., Jun 15, 2011
Posted by: JackK777
It was a very funny situation cause I wasn’t a fan of the earlier KC (the only thing I’d heard was "Court of the Crimson King") and I went because it still sounded like a cool Read more
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The perfect accompaniment to Asbury Park Thu., Jul 1, 2010
Posted by: Slipstream
King Crimson rises with greater rage when under pressure and this gig is the perfect example of such situation.
Everybody was disgusted with some aspect or another and the tensions were spoiling the general happiness, but the most intriguing is the Read more
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Underappreciated Show Wed., Jul 9, 2008
Posted by: nasmformyzombie
This is an underapppreciated show. Granted, it doesn’t have quite the energy or power of the Asbury Park gig, but the band is in good form, Fripp’s opinion of Read more
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