Engaging in a spirit of goodwill, I have to say a big ThankYou for sharing this pearls with us.The dry sound of the strings and oboe following the lead tempo by the drums; a work in progress fragment of the making of such a masterpiece like Islands simply amazes me in such a way..
September 20, 1971 Islands
This track is now available for download as part of a bumper collection of Mr Stormy's Monday Selections - his second year of random romps through the murky, cavernous DGM archives, torch in hand, fedora upon his head.
Still in its early stages of development we get a chance to hear another take by Robin Miller and the uncredited string players [endtease]who featured prominently on Prelude: Song Of The Gulls. Alongside Miller and crew, just beyond the studio baffles, Ian Wallace is heard beyond the studio baffles offering a drum pattern that would eventually be abandoned in favour of a far more minimal approach. Miller’s soaring melancholic tones have a forlorn beauty to them entirely in keeping with what is still on of Fripp’s most enduring and heartfelt melodies from the period.
Still in its early stages of development we get a chance to hear another take by Robin Miller and the uncredited string players [endtease]who featured prominently on Prelude: Song Of The Gulls. Alongside Miller and crew, just beyond the studio baffles, Ian Wallace is heard beyond the studio baffles offering a drum pattern that would eventually be abandoned in favour of a far more minimal approach. Miller’s soaring melancholic tones have a forlorn beauty to them entirely in keeping with what is still on of Fripp’s most enduring and heartfelt melodies from the period.
