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Written by Emory Anderson

25 March, 2023

I first listened to LTiA by accident

Not exactly by accident, but the 80s Crimson was the version I first saw live, and their 70s albums were the "old" stuff and pretty much only available on import vinyl. But my girlfriend bought a copy of Red on 8th Street and then SABB and then someone lent me a tape of Lark's Tongues and said, "Oh yeah: This one's good too"... I wasn't into the earliest Proggy records but LTiA wasn't proggy. Well, maybe it was but when I first listened to it on cassette and headphones I noticed all the quiet on the record and then the band kind of bursting out of that black space, though sprinkled with weird toy sounds..."Shit. This ain't bad" I said. I was right.

Written by David Janssen

23 March, 2023

Lark's Tongues is 50

"Although groups such as The Mahavishnu Orchestra and Can integrated improvisation into their setlists, it’s hard to think of any other rock band operating at the time who took that blistering mixture of calculated risk and blind faith as far as it could go." Henry Cow's live performances were at least 50% improvised and, as much as I like Crimson, were far more radical and experimental than anything Crimson ever did.

Written by Andrew Mather

23 March, 2023

LTIA

Once I heard and had this album I was done for…..and I still am. The expectation and promise of SABB I was able to experience…and the wait was worth it.

Written by Malcolm McHenry

22 March, 2023

Sailors Tales - any chance of any more?

It seems that Sailors Tales is impossible to buy. Is there any chance of a reissue? Any suggestions of how to get hold of a copy. There don’t seem to be any on Amazon or eBay.

Alex Mundy replied:

Dear Malcolm, CD/DVD-a of Lizard, Poseidon and Islands are all still available & we will, at some point, be issuing Dolby Atmos mixes/album sessions as individual CD/Blu-Ray sets of these albums. Sadly both The Sailors Tales & THRAK are now gone from us - but individual retailers may still have copies.

Written by Paul J Contos Jr

20 March, 2023

Cleveland 2021 Download?

Alex, You weren't able to add a track from this show due to the venue's rules or something. Will that mean that this show may never see the light of day? My father and I were at this show and hope that someday it will be available for download.

Alex Mundy replied:

Dear Paul, Yes, Sadly that probably will be the case. I'm not sure if there is a time limited clause on some of these shows. When we come to making them available, I'll look into it.

Written by Jeff Walker

17 March, 2023

Latest Tours

What are the current plans regarding tour bundles for 2014-2021? I renewed my 1000 club for this year hoping you would start posting them. Thanks.

Alex Mundy replied:

Dear Jeff, There are no immediate plans to release these tours as bundles, however they will in fullness of time make their way to the site.

LATEST REVIEWS

Written by Chris Inguanta

Kiel Auditorium St Louis

5 stars for the playing, 2 stars for the quality

I actually enjoy listening to historical shows such as these, no matter how they sound. Very murky, and for real fans only, of which a lot of them visit this site. It's almost like some of the shows I went to in the past.

Written by John E Torregrossa

Kiel Auditorium St Louis

Not As Bad As Expected

While it's true that this is not the best sounding recording, I believe that years of listening to crappy sounding airshots recorded on ancient equipment of the likes of Bird, Miles and Diz from the 1940s have stopped me from paying more attention to the quality of sound than the quality of music. That being said, the greatness of this band shrines through on this recording, as I fully expected. I'd say that Mr. Stormy's diligent fairy dusting has done a fairly decent job of bringing that out to make this listening experience, dare I say, enjoyable.

Written by Chris Inguanta

Kinetic Playground Chicago

Interesting artifact

I agree, it's a 3 star, but great playing. It is interesting to hear people throughout the concert asking(telling) others to sit down and constantly talking. I can relate to this. Good listen of the Fracture riff in its infancy. Recommended if you can deal with listening through the murk. I can!!!!

Written by Chris Inguanta

Volkshaus Zurich

Nice historical show

Definitely worth listening to. A must have for all Crims, despite the murk.

Written by Mark Van Kempen

Volkshaus Zurich

A Blast From The Past

Three months after the departure of Jamie Muir, KC sound very different. The repertoire is the same, LTiA enlarged, with a new piece at the beginning, and an old piece at the end. The improvisations still form a large part of the set, occasionaly haunted by the ghost of Jamie Muir. But the sense of impending chaos has lessened considerably, and the compositions are being performed better than before, stricter, more effective. Sandwiched between the very impressive Rome and Paris performances, this gig from Zurich holds its own. Sound: poor, but not hopeless. There is some clarity and dynamics. John Wetton's bass is loudest in the stereo mix, but that's not a crime. I've brushed up all KC bootleg recordings a little further, by reducing the often dominant lower mid-range, after which the low and upper range become more apparent, sometimes resulting in a sound somewhat closer to reality. In this case, I will probably only increase the upper range and leave it at that.

Written by Darryl Wayne Rhoades

Richards Club Atlanta United States

I was there

I saw this particular performance in Atlanta at Richards which was recorded by my friend, Joe Neal, with his mobile recording unit, "Sam's Tape Truck". On the bill along with King Crimson was opening act, NRBQ, followed by The Atlanta Rhythm Section. Richards held about 250 people and it was packed. The sound was amazing as was the band's performance.

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