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Apollo Glasgow, Scotland |
 I love this music! December 30, 2006
Written by jescalera
I was born in 1960 in a small city in Spain. In 1975 I discovered "Larks Tongues in Aspic", for me it was a shock. Even now it is one of my favorites recordings ever. A little later I read that King Crimson was broken. I was desolated, they were not going to do new recordings and I was not going to live a gig from this band. This is my favourite crimson, and with recordings like this I know why. It has delicate balance between the sweetness of songs like "Book of Saturday" or "Night watch" and the storm power of "easy money" or "Larks ... II". The sound in this recording is fantastic and it is possible to hear the subtleties of all the instruments. In some recordings the guitar of Robert Fripp sounds terrible, but here is sometimes delicate ("cat food") and other times imposing. David Cross has a difficult task in live recordings. The sweet sound of the violin of the studio recordings is lost and he has to compete with the power of the other instruments. But in this show he is very creative and plays very different from other times. We all know that Robert Fripp is a genius. In many concerts he plays perfect with very rounded solos (specially in the 90’s 00’s shows). In some cases he moves freely, even lost (for instance in some 71-72 shows). But in this show he explore new possiblities returning with ease to order when it is needed, fantastic show! John Wetton is here in the peak of his creativity, never before or later of the 73-74 period has played so well. During this time he is a truly inventive bass player with a strong position in the group. I love Bill Bruford’s playing, specially when he is not doing solos. There are many drummer that play good solos. But his way of acompany the melody in addition of the rest of the group is marvellous. I find that this is one of his best performances ever. When you listen to him in this show you know why he left Yes. His playing improves so much with this music and with the freedom King Crimson offers to him! I hope that he will listen again to this concert. Yesterday I was listening the show. I was 15 and I was in Glasgow. I love this music. Thank you Robert, John, Bill and David. And Thank you to the people in DGM for doing it possible.
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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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