Fripp & Eno Live In Paris

Posted by Sid Smith
25 Jul 2014

Live In Paris. the long-awaited archive live album from Fripp & Eno is now available for pre-order.

Live In Paris 28.05.1975 will be released on September 15th and can be obtained from Inner Knot for US costumers and Burning Shed for UK and Europe.

 

The subject of many poor quality bootlegs, this concert - one of only a handful undertaken by Fripp & Eno - is routinely described as ‘legendary’.

Hearing the tapes in fully restored audio quality, it’s easy to understand why it attracts such reverence now and perhaps, why the shows attracted such hostility then. No Roxy Music hits, No King Crimson riffs, just a duo sitting in near darkness with a reel to reel tape recorder, improvising over the pre-recorded loops with a filmed background projection. Replace the reel to reel machine with a couple of laptops/iPads/sequencers and the core of much current live performance from electronica to hip-hop was there some thirty years in advance. At the time, audiences responded to such a glimpse of the future with booing, walkouts and general confusion.

Thanks to the discovery and restoration of the original backing tapes, it was possible - with much painstaking restoration work by Alex Mundy at DGM - to isolate, de-noise and match the live elements from the performance tapes to the studio loops to produce the final recording.

* CDs 1 & 2 feature the complete concert with full audio restoration synched with the original studio backing loops as used in the performance.

* CD3 features the backing loops without overdubs.

* CD3 also features the reversed loop for Wind on Water as used on the Evening Star album.

* CD3 also features Later On, edited from No Pussyfooting & originally the b side of Eno’s first solo single Seven Deadly Finns.

With the exception of the last two items this is the same concert that was first made available for download via DGMLive.


Popular Posts

New Album Rumours.
Hugh O'Donnell
11 Jul 2025
Toyah & Robert's Weekend
Mariana Scaravilli
12 Jul 2025
Gibson Stereo guitar.
Hugh O'Donnell
14 Jul 2025
Peter Sinfield RIP
Sid Smith
15 Nov 2024
The Brondesbury Tapes Sleevenotes.
Hugh O'Donnell
3 Jul 2025

Related Posts
Back End Hitch
Sid Smith
11 Sep 2006
ProjeKct Wha?
Sid Smith
13 Sep 2021
Jakko's Tribute
Sid Smith
6 Dec 2018
Gentle Jakko
Sid Smith
15 Jul 2020
In The Company of Ghosts
Mariana Scaravilli
8 Dec 2021