By way of a tribute to Greg Lake who died on 7th Decemeber, an early demo version of Cadence And Cascade featuring Greg on vocals has been made available as a free download.
Cadence And Cascade was one of the abiding mysteries of King Crimson’s second studio album, In The Wake Of Poseidon, being the only vocal track on the record not sung by Greg Lake but by a then-guesting, Gordon Haskell.
The common consensus from talking to all of the players involved in the making of Poseidon, including Greg himself, was that the ballad hadn’t been attempted by the time Lake left for ELP. However, the discovery of a tape in 2007 by DGM engineer, Alex Mundy, proved everyone wrong. It seems that it was probably a guide-only vocal, with the intention being to come back and finish it at a later session.
