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On This Date...1969

Posted by Sid Smith
9 Apr 2014

King Crimson played their first official gig at London's Speakeasy. Of this momentous occasion Robert noted in his diary "Massive success. The word starts to creep about in the business." Ian McDonald observed that the gig was "Great. Moody (Blues) there and lots of faces. Ginger Baker, Manfred Mann. Blew their minds. Took Bob and Greg home. Home 5.30. Bed 6."

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The 1980s see a very different King Crimson incarnation originally touring under the name Discipline . The presence of Adrian Belew meant that Robert Fripp was working for the first time with another guitarist. This incarnation of Fripp, Belew, Bruford and Levin becomes the first one to record successive studio albums with the same lineup.