Toyah & Robert's Weekend

Toyah & Robert's latest Upbeat Moments & brand new Sunday Lunch! Tomorrow at 12:00 BST... And, today at 18:00 BST...

Complete Salisbury Cathedral Soundscapes.

Robert Fripp performed on four consecutive afternoons in the majestic surroundings of Salisbury Cathedral in June,1997.  The first of these was released on dgmlive in 2021. We are now adding the three remaining performances to complete this series of solo soundscapes.   Download:   Salisbury Day 1    Salisbury Day 2   Salisbury Day 3   Salisbury Day 4 The Salisbury Festival...

Rough Trade Frippertronics

On This Day, 40 years ago.  Robert signing a copy of Exposure, at Rough Trade on July 19, 1985. (Note: 16 second delay, bottom right). Robert Fripp performed Frippertronics at the Rough Trade record shop on Talbot Road, just off the Portobello Road, in West London on July 19, 1985, using the Electro Harmonix 16-second delay pedal (the ‘Fripp in a Box’). The performances were followed by a...

Nugs release Europe 74, and there’s an updated Udine concert.

From the Starless and Bible Black tour. It’s long been a must-listen show from the Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford lineup, including as it does the only known performance of Guts On My Side. Frustratingly, it also happened to be one of only two concerts from the tour with reels missing from the board recordings. Only the last three pieces from Udine are from the official tapes, the rest coming...

Gibson Stereo guitar.

Hugh’s Archive Deep Dive - 9. “Exciting to play, thrilling to hear! This new Gibson can produce any sound you’ve ever heard from any guitar.” So said the advertising blurb in the new instrument catalogue for 1962.  Gibson catalogue page, 1962. The ES-345 was Robert Fripp’s main guitar from 1963 to 1968.  With him during his transition from local Bournemouth musician to London...



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