The Letters, previously only performed live in 1971, has, since its reintroduction onto the Crim setlist in 2014, become one of the undisputed high points of the Crim concert. Coming after the tussle between the baritone, sparkling guitar embers and shifting drum rolls, Jakko’s peerless reading of Peter Sinfield’s tale of betrayal and tragedy carries within such a sombre stillness, most venues adopt a pin-drop silence as he enters the final moments of the verse unaccompanied. It’s quiet a moment.
first half
TUNING UP
HELL HOUNDS
LTIA 1 (STRAIGHT IN)
PICTURES OF A CITY
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ITCOTCK
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CIRKUS
FRACTURE
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SUITABLE GROUNDS
LETTERS
SAILORS TALE
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INTERLUDE
EASY MONEY
RED
Second half
DEVIL DOGS
DAWN SONG > RADICAL 2
LEVEL 5
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EPITAPH
RADICAL 1 > MELTDOWN
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TALKING DRUM
LTIA 2
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STARLESS
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ENCORES
BELL HASSLE
21ST SCHIZOID
