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 great but redondant and an overview August 31, 2009
Written by danielontheparapet
All those coming out concerts are great but it becomes redondant , even if it’s never the same excatly! The problem is that this incarnation of the band was always playing the same stuff. And it’s at least good to see one concert without the freaky 21st.. to end it or in the middle or whatever Plus i think Cross was a very limited violin player specially after the passage of Mel Collins on improvisation. More colours, more subtilities less raw primitivity power in the islands incarnation. I thing this band would have reach his full potential with Mac Donald back. And Red is the somptuous conclusion of a band who were searching a melodic line (except for 4 or 5 cuts) all the time. It would have been very interesting to seem them touring with a genius guy with that music instead of a good but without sparks violin player. I think Van Der Graff generator succed in the Vital album to mix the raw energy pf KC plus the amazing performances of saxes and violin combined K.C. failed that test to me Now Both bands are disaterous bands without genius. Those old men still think there can be Nadir!(PH alter ego 16’enns year old kid) At least VDGG i had one fantastic cut on the comeback album Present: IT is call NUTTER ALERT! One genius cut in 30 years well that’s better than KC" did in all those cheap cd"s with Belew? Are they only in it for the money? Old bands and old singers that can’t retired are pathetics! Remember the words of Jacques Brel when he retired at the summit? Well dig for them! I will conclude by the words of Peter hammill at the only US appeareance of Vdgg in the 70’s: ”Everytime Fripp is trying to bring out Fripp it’s a disaster for the world!” I don’t think it was true at that time. Now it,s more than obvious. Keep on searching Mr. Fripp those old tapes. you are lest pathetic digging in the past than living in the present! A beginning of something else is very invisible indeed in your toughts! Is engaging in a spirit of goodwill eliminates all sorts of criticsm Excuse any english mistakes ! i am french cdn. (i dare you to write as good french as i write good english) Modesty is always false
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Addendum Tue., Jan 25, 2011
Posted by: Carnamagos
I’ve nothing to add to the other superlatives here, but I want to note one thing about this recording that no one else seems to mention: David Cross’s mellotron was largely missing in action for much of the Read more
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Great!!!! Sat., Aug 21, 2010
Posted by: ekimshield
I saw this band in June ’73 (a few months before this recording) performing much of the material presented here. This a faithful document of that (and this) hair-raising night. A desert island recording if ever there were Read more
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Glasgow, 1973... Tue., Dec 29, 2009
Posted by: avakashitar
I wish I could’ve been there (but I only arrived on Earth a full month and three days later, so, no good for that...).
Although I had the studio albums and "The Night Watch", and had heard most of "The Great Read more
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great but redondant and an overview Mon., Aug 31, 2009
Posted by: danielontheparapet
All those coming out concerts are great but it becomes redondant , even if it’s never the same excatly! The problem is that this incarnation of the band was always playing the same Read more
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Staggering Wed., Jan 21, 2009
Posted by: kevineden
My first DGM download and what a scorcher. Having heard some of it on the Great Deciever box I was partly prepared for this gig. What a staggering beast of sonic power this KC Read more
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Amazing Wed., Oct 31, 2007
Posted by: HenryKC
I was lucky enough to be at the Apollo on October 23, 1973. It was a truly amazing experience. As you can hear from the demands for an encore, the crowd went crazy at the Read more
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Devastating!!!!! Mon., Oct 15, 2007
Posted by: wolverinepete
I burned this beast onto a CD and am now blasting it at concert level over a quality stereo system at home, just unreal. This is my first download from this site and my God, what outstanding sound Read more
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My First Of Many Downloads Here!!! Fri., May 4, 2007
Posted by: Catfoody
First of all I must thank Robert Fripp most sincerely for the creation of this amazing website and for the offering of equally amazing live shows to download; I wish more musicians would offer the same Read more
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I have seen the future, yesterday afternoon! Thu., Mar 22, 2007
Posted by: tungarbulb
Back in 1983 or so, the late composer/performer Frank Zappa proposed an alternative to the marketing of vinyl records (CD players were brand new and unaffordable to most Read more
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WOW Fri., Jan 26, 2007
Posted by: margaret
Thanks Bob, Bill, Ian, John et al, you guys changed my life, no pre release,just a gig at the Apollo, i was 16, u gave an intro to a wider world, i know you get this stuff all Read more
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